The Natural History of WILD SHRUBS AND VINES Eastern and Central North America

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Excellent book. Much interesting detail........1999-07-08

I have read many books on the flora native to the Eastern US and I would rank this book as one of the best. The book gives excellent descriptions of many interesting items and details, almost as if the author were writing a biography. After reading about each plant I felt compelled to go look at it growing in the wild and sure enough - the book was right!

The Natural History of Wild Shrubs And Vines Eastern and Central North America

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The Natural History of Wild Shrubs And Vines Eastern and Central North America
Stokes Donald W.
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
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ASIN: B000UDFO3K

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The Natural History Of Wild Shrubs And Vines: Eastern and Central North America
Donald W. Stokes
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEBYB6

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The Rough Guide to Devon and Cornwall is the ultimate insider''s handbook to one of the most beautiful and popular regions of the UK. In this new edition, there is a 24-page full-colour introduction to the author''s pick of the attractions and activities, from the cliff-top Minack theatre to a helicopter ride to the Isles of Scilly. The guide provides expert coverage of all the major sights, from the wild expanses of Dartmoor to the Eden project and critical reviews of the best restaurants, pubs and accommodation in every area. There is also practical advice for the host of outdoor activities available, from surfing to rambling and horse riding to diving.

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Excellent reference.......2006-11-04

We just completed a two week trip to Cornwall, and used this guide extensively. We found it accurate and meticulous, a rare event. For travel, our favorites have been the Michelin Green guides because they are light, compact, and carry an extraordinary amount of information. This guide meets all those criteria. We particularly appreciated the maps... so many guides have good information, but no maps... and this really slows a tourist down! Great book!

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What was it like long ago? What did children do? Were they like kids today? Lessie Jones Little answers these questions in this classic poetry book by tapping memories from her own rural childhood in the early 1900s. The result is a collection of warm, lyrical poems.

Little Songs of Long Ago: A Collection of Favorite Poems and Rhymes

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Vintage illustrations lovely for child or collector!

Little Songs of Long Ago: A Collection of Favorite Poems and Rhymes

Manufacturer: Philomel Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 039921643X

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A companion to

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Vintage illustrations lovely for child or collector!.......2002-08-22

This is a beautifully made little book of older nursery rhymes (about thirty of them) accompanied by illustrations from the 1910s by a Dutch artist.

Really beautiful for a child 4 years or older for memorization or just enjoyment or for an adult that likes to collect vintage artwork.

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This book contains lots of GREAT information.

Not for your average Newbie Berner Person

Willis on Bernese

Having two Bernese Mountain Dogs and a new litter of 9 I

I think it's a GREAT book for people who want a Bernese.

The Bernese Mountain Dog Today (Book of the Breed S)
Malcolm B. Willis
Manufacturer: Ringpress Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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The New Bernese Mountain Dog

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Bernese Mountain Dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet

ASIN: 1860540848

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This new book is a true celebration of the centuries-old Bernese Mountain Dog. Written from a global perspective, it relates the breed's origins as a reliable Swiss farm dog and traces its modern development as a top show contender, performance dog and treasured companion for the entire family.

The Standard is analyzed in detail and the entire book is beautifully illustrated with numerous lovely photos in both black and white and color --a true “must have.”

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This book contains lots of GREAT information........2004-05-27

I was lucky enough to get this book for a nice price via a amazon partner and both my wife and I agree it was really good I did.

This book discusses the Bernese genetic weaknesses, history, breeding, temperment etc etc. As the information says it is by a Vet which breeds and judges Bernese so you are getting great information.

The book has lots of pictures of dogs and goes over what good or not good appearance and stance issues for the Bernese breed.

I have a 7 month old bitch (or should I say female) which we are thinking of breeding at about 2 years and this book will be studied and the information will help me pick a sire as well as bring some informed questions to my vet.

Now let me say a Bernese is a big teddy bear which loves to rollover and have it's belly rubbed by those it loves and trusts. My female is a big one at 70lbs and likely 90-100 in a year. She still is very puppy like and likes to jump up on me .... which is something we need to correct gently as she is sensitive. I also have a Australian Sheppard which is a great cardio trainer for the Bernese which might otherwise lay around too much.

Not for your average Newbie Berner Person.......2004-02-22

For hardcore Berner people/breeders only.

Dr. Willis is a geneticist by education and experience. He has dabbled in breeding Bernese Mtn Dogs. And he currently roams the globe judging Berners at dog show events. Obviously, it is from this lofty perspective that he writes this book.

If you want to learn more about wisely breeding Berners, or learn more about Berners on a global level from Dr. Willis' unique perspective, this book should be a good read for you with lots of useful information. For newbie breeders, this book can represent an information overload but well worth purchasing as a research resource.

Dr. Willis does give a 'nod' to the average pet owner with useful information like feeding and training. However, if you are an average Berner Pet owner or new buyer, with no aspirations toward breeding your dog, 2/3 of this book may be relatively useless information for you. If this is you, spend your money on a different and better book for newbies in Berners.

Also, an experienced Berner breeder/exhibitor/researcher must be prepared to deal with (and look beyond) the very apparent arrogance that permeates this writer's work to the value of what good information is definitely presented (for the most part).

I will say that a good portion of the genetic and other breeding related information presented here is above what may be found in other hardcore Berner books.

If you're a Berner breeder, this book is a MUST HAVE as a reference.

If you're an average Berner person, another Berner book will probably be of more use to you.

Willis on Bernese.......2001-07-17

Beautifully illustrated with nice photos of some important dogs. Biased toward his own dogs in many ways. Good history and care chapters. Bearing in mind this man is a geneticist, not a Breeder, overall a good read.

Having two Bernese Mountain Dogs and a new litter of 9 I.......1999-08-21

agree with other reviews in that this book is comprehensive and covers everything from breeding, welping, puppy care, purchase care, showing, qualifications, care and best of all it shows off the beauty and temperment of this rare and wonderful breed.

I think it's a GREAT book for people who want a Bernese........1999-04-04

It then agian doesn't help you. If you want to know more about this breed then I would read the book for more info on the breed.My big sister does not want one, but I do so I read this book and got more info on the breed. Now I am 100% that I want one. I LOVE the back cover it is a picture of 5 cute puppys and 4 lovable puppys that want to be taken home to play with you.

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Easy Lifelong Gardening: A Practical Guide for Seniors
John H. Pierce , and Roland Barnsley
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing
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ASIN: 0943955726

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Digital Photography Like A Pro, 4E (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Steven Greenberg , and Bob Shell
Manufacturer: Alpha
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ASIN: 1592574343

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The focus is on great sales with this fully revised guide.

Written by a professional still photographer who's also an expert in digital imaging, this updated edition explains everything beginners and seasoned photographers need to know about digital photography. Step-by-step methods help readers understand and utilize resolution, image processors, and pixels. Readers will find helpful pictures, expanded coverage on camera features, extras for the camera, download devices, and more.
-Software options including using third-party software, proprietary programs, image management programs, and album/scrapbooking software
-More coverage on how to take great pictures with a digital camera
-Digital camera ownership reached 20% in the U.S. by 2003, and continues to grow exponentially both in the States and abroad
-Author is a top-notch professional photographer

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If you are a true idiot-- buy this book

Awesome Informative Book

Photography Like a Pro - brief synopsis

Wow! What a great teacher!

A great book!

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photography Like a Pro, Third Edition
PHOTOgraphic Magazine , and Mike Stensvold
Manufacturer: Alpha
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The Photographer's Handbook (Third Edition, Revised)

ASIN: 1592573568

Book Description

Say cheese!

Packed with everything readers need to know about setting up and taking great pictures, this indispensable guide is perfect for amateur photographers and full-fledged shutterbugs. In this updated and revised edition, readers will find new information on shooting and processing digitally, step-by-step advice for making money with photographs, expanded coverage of aperture settings and depth-of-field, and close to 50 new photographs.

• Includes more than 200 photos (many new to this edition) and illustrations and an 8- page color insert

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If you are a true idiot-- buy this book.......2006-04-22

Obviously one can't fault a book for catering to idiots when their title actually claims to be for "Complete Idiots" however....I was under the impression that the title was simply a marketing gimmick designed to insinuate that this book covers all the aspects of the subject. Well, I was wrong.

If you are truly a "complete idiot" and have never seen or used a camera before, then possibly this book is for you. And if that's the case, I doubt you're reading a book on the subject. But if you want a book that is up to date, addresses some of the more interesting and needed questions about photography (including more than one page on lighting) and read beyond the 2nd grade level, then I would suggest another source. This book also seems to have been directed at a 1980's consumer. There is little discussion of digital cameras and 80% of the book is focused on traditional SLR's-- and if you have a traditional SLR you're a professional photographer (one would hope) and that means it's unlikely that you're buying a book called THE IDIOTS GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY. THis book is currently gathering dust on my bookshelk while I scour the internet for relevant info about this subject. Too bad.

Awesome Informative Book.......2004-08-05

I got this book as a gift for Christmas. I think this book has all you need to know about film and the type of camera you might want to buy. It also helps you understand lighting, film, and creative things to do with photography! It also gives you things to watch out for so you don't make a mistake. I constently go back to it for ideas and I'm finding more helpful things everytime I open it. I think it's an excellent book for beginner photographers.

Photography Like a Pro - brief synopsis.......2003-03-08

This book is a more-or-less well written manual; however, I must admit that a lot of the information in this book is not very well presented, and often confusing (especially if this is a first time that you are encountering the subject). More detail should have been given to differences in aparture settings, and examples were lacking. Depth-of-Field was poorly explained, and while this book starts out with something as simple as a single-use camera, about 50% into it, explanations are assuming that you are very familiar with the concepts before reading this book. I must say that if I were a true beginner, I would not benefit from this book very much at all. I am not sure if there ever will be a book that will have a smooth transition from basics to advanced techniques, and will include many examples, but this book fails completely.

Wow! What a great teacher!.......2001-11-28

I think Mike Stensvold really knows his stuff, and is really up on all things photographic. His humor is engaging and helps me learn more effectively and efficiently. I hope he'll write more books like this, as I aspire to one day be a great writer and photographer like him!

A great book!.......2000-06-16

This book is amazing. It covers everything from using disposable cameras at wedding receptions to having fun with filters and lenses. The pictures help explain a lot of the ideas the author is presenting, too. It's not all a piece of cake, and the author doesn't assume you are an idiot. Luckily, he's an excellent teacher. Like he writes in the book, use what you find helpful, and skip whatever doesn't interest you or what is beyond what you're willing to learn. I have already been trying out some of his tips for animal and outdoor shots--the pix turned out great!--and can't wait to try more advanced tips.

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Discover the cosmic roots of Egyptian musical, vocal, and dancing rhythmic forms.
Learn the fundamentals (theory and practice) of music in the typical Egyptian way: simple, coherent, and comprehensive.
Review a detailed description of the major Egyptian musical instruments, playing techniques, functions, etc.
Discover the Egyptian rhythmic practices in all aspects of their lives. This book will make your heart sing.

Sample Highlights:
- The nine Muses and the musical significance of the number 9, as well as 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8.
- The intimate relationship between the Egyptian calendar, music, and festivities.
- How Plato adopted the Egyptian musical system in his Ideal Republic.
- The incredible types, varieties, ranges, and playing techniques of Ancient Egyptian instruments.
- The role of music and dance in daily activities such as agriculture, fishing, etc.

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Discover the cosmic roots of Egyptian musical, vocal, and dancing rhythmic forms. Learn the fundamentals (theory and practice) of music in the typical Egyptian way: simple, coherent, and comprehensive. Review a detailed description of the major Egyptian musical instruments, playing techniques, functions, etc. Discover the Egyptian rhythmic practices in all aspects of their lives. This book will make your heart sing.

Sample highlights include:

- The nine Muses and the musical significance of the number 9, as well as 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8.
- The intimate relationship between the Egyptian calendar, music, and festivities.
- How Plato adopted the Egyptian musical system in his Ideal Republic.
- The incredible types, varieties, ranges, and playing techniques of Ancient Egyptian instruments.
- The role of music and dance in daily activities such as agriculture, fishing, etc.

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a thorough understanding.......2006-11-09

No one was able except M. Gadalla of a thorough understanding of the Egyptian spirit. Being of an Egyptian origin himself, he could trace the musical instruments available to the modern Egyptian people and track their diversity, origin and functions. Further, being originally a civil engineer he is versed in numbers and numerology thus identifying the meaning of numbers. Plato preceeded him in their significance to the Egyptians. But unlike Plato who was Greek, Gadalla grasped the Egyptian spirit and tries to fetch for a unifying theme which relates music to religion to mathematics and astrology. This book adds up to the other masterpieces of Gadalla. For someone seeking to read for a professional rather than an amateur here is one book indeed.
Assem Deif, prof. of mathematics

Theory and practice of the ancient Egyptian musical system.......2002-06-07

Iconoclastic Egyptologist Moustafa Gadalla's Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies is an amazing and impressive study of the intricacy of ancient Egyptian music, from the 24x7 Egyptian Musical Chart to its religious aspects and daily uses in life. Very highly recommended reading, Egyptian Rhythm details the theory and practice of the ancient Egyptian musical system, and is presented in depth for scholars and serious music study students, as well as the non-specialist general reader with an interest in ancient Egyptian culture and tradition.

Refreshing and well researched.......2002-05-20

On reflection, what were striking to the book were its clear and concise references elucidating hard and common facts. Standing on its own or as a companion to Moustafa's book Egyptian Harmony, Egyptian Rhythm is well researched and could fit easily into a school or public library for all manner of ages. Vibrant, the book shows a living and breathing culture of the Egyptians, often shown in modern and popular culture as an enslaving race, as a peaceful culture dedicated to the understanding of nature and its laws. Egyptian Rhythm is not just a guide on the `music of the Ancient Egyptians' - though it does certainly covers that - it is a guidebook to music itself not just as a hobby or business but as it relates between oneself and the world. "Rhythm means flow" Moustafa writes, this book explores that flow, the science of nature and of echoing its harmonies.

This book, like others from Moustafa Gadalla continues a tradition of retaining excellent chapter headings and an in depth index. Preface, is followed by explaining a few musical references and their standards and terminology, an Egyptian Dynastical Chronology, and lastly two maps of Egypt and its surrounding countries. Coupled with the text this book has an easy practical application.

The first part of this book - five in total plus appendices, glossary, selected bibliography, and a detailed brake down of notes and sources - explores the cosmology of music by asking of meaning which the Ancient Egyptians saw as the harmony of the spheres. Music like other concepts the Ancient Egyptians held strong to was that it flowed, not just into a sheltered system of memory repetition as it is nowadays, into other facets of their life. Moustafa presents with facts and research how music/spheres influenced their daily, weekly and yearly cycles.

The second part explores at core root beliefs of harmony, its application, representation and symbolism of the practiced musicians of Ancient Egypt. Modern musicians can easily find common symbolism and harmony not just in a purely mathematical/geometrical or memorized form but as it applies beyond the music to certain rhythms in life. The tetrachord, unison, the octave all have meaning beyond their direct musical implementation, and as such every page has an epiphanous quality more so in the hands of a musician than student, though if you're familiar with Moustafa's books the concepts behind the music will not be alien to you.

The third part takes formation of music and rhythm and explains the patterning used in Ancient Egyptian music, from song structure to scale harmony, the `how to?' of how such a culture implemented techniques frequently derived as of coming from Greece and heavily accredited to the Western World. A sceptical mathematician could check Moustafa's research (he clearly provides the maths & harmony) and be left wanting.

Part four clearly shows the vast quantities of instrument types used with the examples of what few instruments are remaining, current numbers have little part in explaining how broad the range of Ancient Egyptians' instruments was. From the Lyre to the Kanun (yes, Canon) Kithara (Guitar) and Clappers, four sections explain the four main groups; Stringed instruments (both open & stop types), Wind instruments, and Percussion instruments. The references to existing instruments and the level of detail researched on each would be hard pressed to find in any encylopedia.

The final part rounds off the implementation of music into daily applied life, in festivals, or simply public activities. Again as with the other chapters, clear illustrations from hieroglyphs and paintings show the Ancient Egyptians not just as drum beating primitive culture, but one that had and still has a high value to their belief and representational performance that exist purely fragmented in our own society's today.

Note should be made of the appendices. A small chapter in itself, Moustafa explores five topics that go to answer critics or academics further on the topic of music and its dilution from Ancient Egypt.

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This uniquely complete and up-to-date collection of the surviving remains of ancient Greek music will serve as the standard work of reference for decades to come. Since its appearance in 1970, Egert Pohlmann's Denkmaler altgriechischer Musik has been the standard collection of the surviving fragments of ancient Greek music. But the publication of many further texts in recent years has put it in urgent need of updating. In this new English edition, prepared in collaboration with Martin West, the number of items has risen to 61, of which 23 are additions to the content of the 1970 book. They extend from the fifth century BC to the third or fourth AD, and afford a clearer perception than hitherto of how Greek music evolved over time. All the texts, new and old, have been carefully revised against the original documents or photographs, and many improved readings have been obtained as a result. Each item is given in diplomatic transcript with the ancient music notation, transcription into modern musical notation (except in the case of the smallest fragments), a double critical apparatus for the notation and the poetic text, and a commentary explaining the source and nature of the document, the history of its discovery and study, the musical scales used in it, and any other features of the music or its notation that call for comment. Good-quality photographs are provided for most items, exception being made for some items of which images are relatively easily accessible elsewhere, for example in the volumes of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. All who are interested in ancient Greek music, whether as an aspect of Hellenic culture or as a chapter of high importance in the early history of music generally, will welcome this comprehensive scholarly presentation of the source material by the two leading experts in the field.

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Ancient Melodies
Su Hua Ling Chen
Manufacturer: Universe Books
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Ancient Orkney Melodies
David Balfour
Manufacturer: Orkney Press Ltd.
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ASIN: 090761812X

Hymn-Melodies for The Whole Year from the Sarum Service-Books and other Ancient English Sources together with Sequences for The Principal Seasons & Festivals. Limited Edition

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Hymn-Melodies for The Whole Year from the Sarum Service-Books and other Ancient English Sources together with Sequences for The Principal Seasons & Festivals. Limited Edition
[The Plainsong & Mediaeval Music Society]
Manufacturer: The Plainsong & Mediaeval Music Society
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ASIN: B000M279O6

Hymns Ancient and Modern (1950): Melody and Words

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (1950): Melody and Words

Manufacturer: Canterbury Press
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Ptolemy Harmonics: Translation and Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

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Ptolemy Harmonics: Translation and Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
Jon Solomon
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics

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Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics
Andrew Barker
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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This book examines, for the first time, the scientific procedures devised by Ptolemy (second century AD) for investigating the structures underlying musical melody, a project that he conceived as closely related to astronomy. Ptolemy's account of his methods is unusually explicit, and he pursues them faithfully. By providing an analysis of Ptolemy's sophisticated theoretical apparatus, his strategies for integrating theory with observation, and his meticulous instructions for the design and conduct of experimental tests, the book offers historians of science a new starting-point for wider studies of ancient scientific method.

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The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. This book is the first sustained methodological exploration of Ptolemy's project. After an analysis of his explicit pronouncements on the science's aims and the methods appropriate to it, it examines Ptolemy's conduct of his investigation in detail, concluding that despite occasional uncertainties, the declared procedure is followed with remarkable fidelity. Ptolemy pursues tenaciously his novel objective of integrating closely the project's theoretical and empirical phases and shows astonishing mastery of the concept, the design and the conduct of controlled experimental tests. By opening up this neglected text to historians of science, the book aims to provide a fresh point of departure for wider studies of Greek scientific method.

A Selection of Hebrew Melodies, Ancient and Modern, by Isaac Nathan and Lord Byron

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A Selection of Hebrew Melodies, Ancient and Modern, by Isaac Nathan and Lord Byron
Frederick Burwick
Manufacturer: University of Alabama Press
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