The Biology of Nectaries

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Nectar is the most important reward offered by plants to pollinating animals. This book is a modern and interdisciplinary text on nectar and nectaries, prompted by the expansion of knowledge, especially in the more ecological and now molecular fields, and the strong recent interest in pollination biology. The topics covered vary widely: they include historical aspects, the structure and ultrastructure of nectaries and relationships to plant systematics, the dynamics of nectar secretion, nectar chemistry and the molecular biology of defence proteins, adaptations to insect and vertebrate nectar consumers and consequences for pollination ecology, and broad-scale studies of nectar resources at the community level.

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From the Tall Stacks gathering of riverboats to the state-of-the-art Bengals and Reds stadiums, this essential companion for travelers and newcomers covers Cincinnati and the surrounding areas in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky.

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Great City Guide.......2002-04-05

The Insiders Guide to Cincinnati is a great city guide. I bought the book shortly after I moved here to get an idea of the sights, museums and restaurants in the area. I got a lot more than I bargained for. Great for anyone moving here or planning to visit.

Very Helpful to Newcomers.......1999-12-16

I purchased this book just prior to moving to Cincinnati. I found it to be a great help. This book tells almost everything a newcomer needs to know from information about local communities to where to go bargain shopping. When I moved from Cincinnati, I gave this book to the people that bought my home.

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In this lively history of writing, six goofy birds -- a penguin, two toucans, an owl, and two chickens -- team up to tour the world of writing: how it developed, where alphabets came from, and the origins of international languages such as Latin, Esperanto, and Morse Code, and much more. They begin their time-traveling journey in 4,000 B.C.E. with the Sumerians, who invented pictograms out of the necessity to keep trading records. One of the toucans flies on a kite tail to China to learn about characters, the penguin walks like an Egyptian in full headdress across the desert sands to uncover hieroglyphs, and then there's a mad rush of characters who pass the idea of an alphabet around Europe and the Near East. Delightfully illustrated in full color, Write Around the World includes light-hearted and informative sections on the world's alphabets, languages, handwriting, calligraphy, typefaces and punctuation, icons, and secret codes as well as a glossary of important words.

Write around the World: The Story of How and Why We Learned to Write

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Write around the World: The Story of How and Why We Learned to Write
Vivian French Ross Collins
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKNP8A

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In its third volume, Best Rejected Advertising introduces a new concept. While the previous two volumes selected only campaigns that were cancelled by clients on aesthetic, commercial, or strategic grounds, this third volume focuses on rejection for reasons of censorship. Perhaps in an effort to reach an ever-jaded audience, advertising has frequently resorted to increasingly jarring and provocative campaigns. Calculating the benefits of eye-catching provocation against the detrimental effects on public opinion caused by disturbed sensitivities, many of these campaigns were pulled. Comparing accepted products with work that never reached the public, Best Rejected Advertising Volume 3 allows for a view behind the scenes of a self-regulating industry that encourages mass consumption, while itself being driven by the rules of demand and supply. At its best, advertising is artful seduction. Though it might appear that the rule of reason is often by-passed by advertisers, serious consideration has gone into this appearance of effortlessness and nonchalance. The third volume of Best Rejected Advertising, edited by a jury of creative directors from leading international advertising agencies, draws attention to the often cynical calculations that reject outright provocation in favor of the more insidious influence of gentle manipulation.

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Equines are big business in this country, and that's not to be taken lightly, but as anyone who has spent much time around them knows, horses have a sense of themselves and refuse to be pigeon-holed, catalogued or otherwise restrained. When they are given their due as individual personalities, as they are in this book, an occasional startled giggle has to result.

Calling on forty-plus years of experience, extensive research, and lots of trial-and-error, Joanne Friedman has put together a celebration of life with horses. A horsemanÂ's most important piece of equipment is a sense of humor, and Friedman liberally spices her advice with horse laughs.

Whenever horses are called on to participate in human enlightenment, they do so with great enthusiasm and good humor. Meet the horses that populate FriedmanÂ's world, and your perception of life with horses will never be the same. Join Friedman and the horses of Gallant Hope Farm as they slog through mud season, experience MurphyÂ's Law in full effect at a show, set up a (mostly) working farm, and learn about clicker training. Your perception of life with horses will never be the same.

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MUST READ!! FAR too funny!.......2004-04-01

Real life experiences backed with tons of humor! This is a MUST read for anyone that is interested in horses, then pass it on to all your non-horsey friends! Trust me, your friends will LOVE IT too! I CAN'T WAIT FOR Ms. Friedman's NEXT BOOK!

Fantastic Read.......2004-02-25

The essays in this book bring life with horses right into your living room, in full mud-splattered splender. The author has just the right touch of lightness to her tone as she speaks about life, horses, showing, cleaning, enjoying, and just being with horses. Each short vignette is complete in itself, yet forms part of the wonderful tapestry of the whole. A book of horse lovers, and lovers of life, well written and deeply appreciated by this reader.

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Welcome Home, Westmoreland (Book 1, Covering 15 Dinnerware Patterns and 34 Covered Animal Dishes)
Ruth Grizel
Manufacturer: Fjs Pub Co
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Welcome Home Westmoreland: With Price Guide
Grizel
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ASIN: 9991228136

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a comprehensive history of american gardens

Early American Gardens: "For Meate or Medicine"
Ann Leighton
Manufacturer: University of Massachusetts Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0870235303

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a comprehensive history of american gardens.......2000-06-18

I have been researching the history of gardening in America and have not found a better rescource than Ann Leighton's books, specifically Early American Gardens: For Meate or Medicine. This book is full of good facts and is very readable. Covering the colonization of North America from its earliest years, this book goes into detail on primary sources as well as recent scholarly efforts. This book will be useful for anyone interrested in gardening (especially if making an historic garden on your own property) or in history (especially if you are bored reading about political history).

EARLY AMERICAN GARDENS "FOR MEATE OR MEDICINE" WITH 84 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PERIOD

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EARLY AMERICAN GARDENS "FOR MEATE OR MEDICINE" WITH 84 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PERIOD
Ann Leighton
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RRRZ22

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Early American Gardens: For Meate or Medicine
Isadore Leighton Luce Smith
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0395079071

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Poorly done, slapped together.......2005-02-13

Well, what can you say when you've read a book that shows little desire to convey any meaningful information in any meaningful way? Howard appears to have done a paste up of old news and well known "insights" into what looks like a book, but doesn't really read like one.

Worst sin? They didn't even take the time to format the "graphs" horizontally on the page, or with text. Every time you look at one of these graphs to try to understand the point Howard is making, you have to page ahead and turn the book 90 degrees and try to remember just what HA was getting at. By the time he mentions the 3rd graph you're already skipping ahead.

This is my first Howard Abell book and I have two pieces of good news: first, since I borrowed the book from the library I'm not out any $$$ (although I still feel cheated by the time I put in) and second, it's the last Howard Abell book I will ever read.

(I have a library of maybe $2,000 worth of investment books, so it's not like I won't buy a book of some value. Stick with Weinstein, Tharp, Morris, Nison, McMillan, Bill Williams.)

lots of pages and little content.......2000-10-01

I read about five books on trading techniques in the last four weeks before writing this review, and liked this one least of all. I never actually count pages in a book when writing a review, but I was so much surprised how such a (considerably) thick book can contain so little useful information that I made an exception. Judge by yourself: the structure of this book is as follows:

The first 35 pages (sec. 1-3) is a broad introduction into the psychology of successful day trading, which says all correct things but its style is so dry that you would rather skip to the next section than to read it carefully. Even if you do read every word, you will get such absolutely correct but next to useless statements as the following recipe for successful trading (p.33): "1) identify an opportunity, 2) take immediate action (buy or cell), and 3) feel good no matter the result as long as the trade is consistent with you specific method or technical bias and was based on probability".

The second part of the book (Sec. 4) uses another 50 pages for interviews with several successful traders. This section is not too bad, although one cannot expect to learn much about techniques of successful individuals (even assuming that they are willing to disclose all their secrets) from 6-10 page-long interviews.

The third part on technical analysis is the most useful part of the book. It discusses how to identify trends and select entry points. Unfortunately, the charts used to illustrate the text are too numerous and large, and the text itself tends to be somewhat on the side of general statements. It is sufficient to say that about 50 out of 80 pages in this section are charts, and in my opinion only about 10 pages contain really useful concrete practical wisdom. These 10 pages were very useful since they suggest analysis techniques which I have not seen anywhere else, but its only 10 pages out of 260!

The rest of the book, about another 100 pages, is essentially a large appendix with lists of all NASDAQ and S&P-500 stocks, long excerpts from the TradeCast 3.0 user manual (who needs this section? those who bought this program had presumably gotten the full manual, and those who do not own it do not need these excerpts), and a glossary.

My advice: don't waste your time and money, there is so many better books around than this one.

WHERE'S THE BEEF.......2000-09-06

Pages 3-50 of this book is dealing with some what useful information, for the novice invester. Pages 51-70 testimonials from professianal Traders is exciting and interesting. I found from pages 80-175 useful and worth my reading, I must mention that half those pages had charts. Pages 177-196 names and stock symbols, again probley for the novice. Pages 197-256 Appendix B Excerpts from the TradeCast 3.0 user manual, why I would want this unless I was going to buy the program and my hope would be that the manual would cover this, and then again maybe this book is the manual for the program and they just forgot to send the program?. Pages 257-267 Glossary, Further Reading, and the Index.

Summary-For $40.00 and 269 pages, I found 90 pages (half of those charts) dealing with the Authors title(Moving from One Winning Position to the Next) or as a very famous advertisment slogan goes..... WHERE'S THE BEEF

Good Day Trading Boook.......2000-08-28

I have now read 4 of Howard's books and think they give a lot of useful information to traders. I recommend this one and The Electronic trading of Options. Day Trader's Advantage is also very good. I also like Murphy's and Schwager's books.

0 STARS.......2000-08-24

I don't know who wrote the other reviews, but i guess they were abell's relatives. This is the worst book ever. Two pages of real information. I learned absolutely nothing from this book. After reading lynch, o'neil , motley fool and many other great books; I am insulted by this book.

The Day Trader's Advantage: How to Move from One Winning Position to the Next

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Swing day trader's book
The Day Trader's Advantage, How to move from one winning pos
I reread it, its better than i first thought!
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Very basic ideas. nothing new.

The Day Trader's Advantage: How to Move from One Winning Position to the Next
Howard Abell
Manufacturer: Dearborn Trade
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0793136865

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The meteoric rise of electronic trading has swelled the ranks of day traders profiting from minute changes in the value of a given market or investment within the trading day. Without the psychological or technical background to be successful, many traders can lose their life savings "playing" this challenging market.

To have an adviser and mentor with nearly 30 years' professional trading experience, willing to share his techniques as well as the secrets of the best and most successful traders, offers an unprecedented opportunity for every day trader willing to learn the ropes.

In The Day Trader's Advantage, Howard Abell focuses on the dynamic real-time market characteristics, the psychological considerations and changing technologies required to make more winning trades. Here traders will find a wealth of proven, profit-making strategies, including:

*online day trading techniques to maximize profits *how winning day traders think *technical tools to achieve market discipline and consistency *how to predict the best market entry and exit points *day trading opportunities in both equities and futures *the psychology of success and overcoming barriers

Every trader can discover high-profit insights into the dramatically changing face of day trading, including profiles and secrets from top traders and market experts.

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Swing day trader's book.......2001-01-08

Plenty of fluff in this book. But also some genuinely good trading ideas. That is more that can be said for most trading books.

The Day Trader's Advantage, How to move from one winning pos.......2000-03-07

Because of the author's name and reputation, I was anxious to open this book, read and gain something. Within forty minutes of the read, I found myself skimming through the book to find something with some meat in it. Instead, I found the first 24 pages covering "The Psychology of . . .", "Overcoming the Psychological Barriers . . .", etc., etc. Then we go to 8 pages that touch on "Market Analysis & Day Trading," and then, "The Innergame Trading Approach." Mind you, 8 pages, or a little longer than most forewards. The vast remainder of the book is the author interviewing several well know traders about this and that. The questions are general and as often as not the trader being interviewed rambles on in generalities. My impression of this work is the author was evidently long on positions in the market and decided to write this book while he waited for a price move. Conversely, a book I purchased at the same time,"Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom," by: Van K. Tharp is excellent. This book has something to say and information for anyone to consider or incorporate.

I reread it, its better than i first thought!.......2000-01-29

I reviewed this book before and gave it fewer stars. i reread it a few times, and I must say its better than i thought. the "strategy" section is not much, but quite frankly you will have to find your own anyway, so that is not so important. the psychological aspects covered in the book as well as the interviews are quite good. Trading only has to be as complicated as you want it to be. you can learn that lesson from this book as well as many others.

Very Impressive.......1999-10-18

Interesting and well-written day trading volume. It has heped my trading immensely.

Very basic ideas. nothing new........1999-10-15

Im sure the author is a great trader. However, there is not very much content in this book. If you are familiar with basic trading ideas and the importance of self-control, confidence, and disipline, you will not find anything new here. This is definitely not charlitan material like so much of the other "educational" trading books out there. However, I did not find it worthwhile.

Martine Franck: One Day To The Next (Aperture Monograph)

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Little substance
Genial!

Martine Franck: One Day To The Next (Aperture Monograph)
John Berger
Manufacturer: Aperture
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0893818453
Release Date: 2005-06-15

Book Description

Martine Franck: One Day to the Next includes more than one hundred startling images that capture singular visual moments with memorable elegance and wit. Presented here is a selection of this highly regarded photographer's favorite images from the last thirty years, covering subject matter from the boundless inquisitiveness of childhood to the quirks of old age, from strange and rugged landscapes to the rhythms of crowds. Whether photographing artists and writers such as Michel Foucault and Marc Chagall, or Tibetan Buddhist refugees in India and Nepal, Franck sees photography as "a frontier, a barrier of sorts that one is constantly breaking down so as to get closer to the subject."

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Little substance.......2004-07-22

Unlike her husband, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many other members of the Magnum photo agency noted for their photography books, this book shows nothing out of the ordinary. The cover photo is the best. The rest are on the same level as the mundane pictures running all over the world in daily newspapers. Two stars because of the cover picture only.

Genial!.......2000-04-24

un excelente libro de Martine Franck, los retratos de niños y ancianos son soberbios, una clara muestra de la contundencia de esta gran fotografa a traves de su obra

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Martine Franck: One Day to the Next
Martine Franck
Manufacturer: New York: Aperture,
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PSUKOS

Build one day, ship the next. (includes related article on Class A certification): An article from: Wood & Wood Products

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Build one day, ship the next. (includes related article on Class A certification): An article from: Wood & Wood Products
Larry Adams
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This digital document is an article from Wood & Wood Products, published by Vance Publishing Corp. on April 1, 1996. The length of the article is 2355 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.

From the supplier: Bevis Furniture has become one of the leading manufacturers of ready-to-assemble (RTA) office furniture in the US due mainly to efficiency. Bevis Furniture was able to make $60 million in 1995 because of its capital investments in equipment such as CNC boring and routing equipment and workcell areas which speed up production and ensure high quality products. Bevis has attained Class A status based on the Oliver Wight Checklist in the planning and controlling of its business.

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Title: Build one day, ship the next. (includes related article on Class A certification)
Author: Larry Adams
Publication: Wood & Wood Products (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1996
Publisher: Vance Publishing Corp.
Volume: v101 Issue: n5 Page: p78(6)

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Los próximos cien días de G.W. Bush.(política, Estados Unidos)(TT: The next one hundred days of George W. Bush.)(TA: politics, United States): An article from: Semana

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Los próximos cien días de G.W. Bush.(política, Estados Unidos)(TT: The next one hundred days of George W. Bush.)(TA: politics, United States): An article from: Semana
José A. Delgado
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ASIN: B0008HXDCM
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on May 4, 2001. The length of the article is 583 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.

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Title: Los próximos cien días de G.W. Bush.(política, Estados Unidos)(TT: The next one hundred days of George W. Bush.)(TA: politics, United States)
Author: José A. Delgado
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 4, 2001
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 7 Issue: 427 Page: 2

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On the problem of motor skill development: motor skills do not develop miraculously from one day to the next. They must be taught and practiced.(2007 Alliance ... of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

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On the problem of motor skill development: motor skills do not develop miraculously from one day to the next. They must be taught and practiced.(2007 Alliance ... of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Jane E. Clark
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Release Date: 2007-07-02

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 4877 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.

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Title: On the problem of motor skill development: motor skills do not develop miraculously from one day to the next. They must be taught and practiced.(2007 Alliance Scholar Lecture)
Author: Jane E. Clark
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
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Volume: 78 Issue: 5 Page: 39(6)

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One day in P.E., we did our regular exercises. But the next time we had P.E., my teacher said that one of the exercises was bad for us. Does that mean ... Cory): An article from: Children's Playmate

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One day in P.E., we did our regular exercises. But the next time we had P.E., my teacher said that one of the exercises was bad for us. Does that mean ... Cory): An article from: Children's Playmate
Cory SerVaas
Manufacturer: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Children's Playmate, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 939 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.

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Title: One day in P.E., we did our regular exercises. But the next time we had P.E., my teacher said that one of the exercises was bad for us. Does that mean that an exercise we are doing now could be bad for us?(Ask Doctor Cory)
Author: Cory SerVaas
Publication: Children's Playmate (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v70 Issue: n6 Page: p34(1)

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One more step needed on grains: in the next 30 days, tell the FDA to finish the job and define are 'good' and 'excellent' sources of whole grains.(EDITOR'S ... An article from: Food Processing

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One more step needed on grains: in the next 30 days, tell the FDA to finish the job and define are 'good' and 'excellent' sources of whole grains.(EDITOR'S ... An article from: Food Processing
Dave Fusaro
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Title: One more step needed on grains: in the next 30 days, tell the FDA to finish the job and define are 'good' and 'excellent' sources of whole grains.(EDITOR'S PLATE)(United States Food and Drug Administration)
Author: Dave Fusaro
Publication: Food Processing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 67 Issue: 3 Page: 11(1)

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Perfect One Day -- Digital The Next: Challenges in Preserving Digital Information.: An article from: Australian Academic & Research Libraries

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Perfect One Day -- Digital The Next: Challenges in Preserving Digital Information.: An article from: Australian Academic & Research Libraries
Alan Howell
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This digital document is an article from Australian Academic & Research Libraries, published by Australian Library and Information Association on December 1, 2000. The length of the article is 7694 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.

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Title: Perfect One Day -- Digital The Next: Challenges in Preserving Digital Information.
Author: Alan Howell
Publication: Australian Academic & Research Libraries (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2000
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Page: 121

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Provides an interesting window to Harbin in the 1930s.......2007-05-20

What I liked best about this autobiographical novel was translator Howard Goldblatt's introduction and description of Xiao Hong's life.
She was born in 1911 to an abusive father who was also a ruthless landlord. He pulls her out of school at the age of 20 in order to force her into an arranged marriage. She refuses and is left on her own, not a good thing for a woman in China in the 1930s. Read Madame Mao: The White-Boned Demon by Ross Terrill. In her struggle for independence novelist Xiao Hong ends up depending on various men for support and has a child out of wedlock, which was considered scandalous back then. She dies of a respiratory infection at the age of 30 or 31 in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation.

Market Street reads like a series of tenuous vignettes. Xiao Hong and her lover Langhua live in dire poverty in Harbin, a city that sometimes experiences temperatures of -50 degrees Fahrenheit. This book left a lot of unanswered questions. Xiao Hong is obviously very well-educated but mostly she stays cooped up in the apartment while Langhua goes out and desperately seeks work. At first I thought Xiao Hong was pregnant because there was some mention of a baby in the introduction. It turns out she's not pregnant she only has some minor illnesses. I know it was a tough time for women but, it seems to me that she also could have found something in the tutorial field. Langhua gets several tutoring jobs for well-to-do families: He works and gets paid like a slave.

Toward the last third of this book their rice cooker is inexplicably full and they have leisure time. How they went from near starvation and freezing to death to becoming middle class is not explained. Langhua begins writing plays but it's not all that lucrative. Then rumors start flying that they are on the hit list of the Japanese occupiers. The reader is never really informed as to the reason for this. There are vague hints that some of the plays could be considered anti-Japanese. I realize that it was WWII in an enemy occupied country and there doesn't really have to be a reason. What's so incongruous is that in spite of their fear for their lives they don't immediately flee Harbin for one of the unoccupied areas. Instead they set a time table to leave for Shanghai in several months. They need time to have the equivalent of a yard sale and say goodbye to all of their friends. Does this sound like people running for their lives?

Market Street: A Chinese Woman in Harbin

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Market Street: A Chinese Woman in Harbin
trans. Goldblatt Xiao Hong
Manufacturer: Univ of Washington Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS6PSE

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