Wildflowers Two: Sagebush Country (Wildflowers)

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The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Botswana has to offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy-to-carry and easy-to-read format that is attractive and useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to Botswana by concisely highlighting the region’s ‘must see’ areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar region is compacted into useful and practical ‘At-a-Glance’ sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of Botswana is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the main map of Botswana, which highlights scenic routes, it features 9 detailed area maps and 2 town plans.

Botswana Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs)

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Botswana Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs)
Globetrotter
Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.
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ASIN: 1847730302

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Vesuvius for the layman.......2005-07-31

if you are interested in the geology of what happened in 79AD, this book is for you. With pictures of modern volcanic eruptions, the authors take you step by step through the cataclym that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum. Reading more artsy oriented books about Pompeii, i wondered: How come there are paster casts of the dead victims from pompeii and just skeletons from herculaneum? How come Pompeii is bured in ash/pumice and Herculaneum is buried in hard rock? how come the sea receeded during the eruption? How much of Harris's Novel Pompeii is taken from life/scientific evidence. This not so long book answered a lot of these questions for me. Even the black and white photos were impressive: ie how did the person that took this photo managed to survive this?

A riveting, in-depth account.......2004-01-14

Full-color photographs and illustrations bring to life the scholarly yet vivid text comprising Vesuvius A.D. 79: The Destruction Of Pompeii And Herculaneum. by Ernesto De Carolis (Director of the Restoration Laboratories at the Archaeological Superintendency of Pompeii) and Giovanni Patricelli (vulcanologist and Vesuvius seismological topography expert) successfully collaborate to bring the reader a riveting, in-depth account of a terrible volcanic eruption that brought cataclysm to the people of ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum. Exploring in detail the events leading up to, during, and after the terrible eruption, Vesuvius A.D. 79 is a compelling and very highly recommended "window" into a unique and revealing event in the study of Roman history.

Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum
Michael Grant
Manufacturer: Phoenix Press
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ASIN: 1898800456

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Michael Grant, a pre-eminent classical historian, provides a vivid look at the two doomed cities, their arts, trades, public and private life, squares, temples, and much more. All of it preserved when the cities were buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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Engaging, Enlightening, and Broadly Useful
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Concise and highly informative!

Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum
Michael Grant
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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"At a tavern in the Via di Nola, gladiators abandoned their...drinks and fled for their lives..." The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 quickly and completely buried all the materials of the inhabitants' daily lives under a sea of ash--ironically, preserving them intact for us to see today. Here is a picture of life in a Roman provincial town, from the graffiti on the walls to the fruit in the market stalls, from the arts to the trade, from the temples to the brothels...all frozen in death for 1,900 years.

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Engaging, Enlightening, and Broadly Useful.......2006-02-28

Michael Grant is one of the truly accessible Classicists and historians of Roman History. His production is remarkable and generally rises to a very high level of scholarship. The book under consideration is no exception. Although, Roman History is a major reading area for me, I had no particular plans to read this book. However, I will be going to the Pompeii Exhibit 2005-06 in a few days. It seemed to be a good idea to have some background. So, I purchased this book because I knew it would be very readable.

Grant's first chapter covers the history of the Campania area of Italy from Greek colonization through the Social Wars and into the mid First Century CE. This is a history of the area and its relationship with Greece and Rome. This construction is laid out before the reader effortlessly in nine pages. This is Grant at his best, totally relaxed with an easy mastery of the material to be covered. Subsequent chapters on the mountain, towns and meeting places, religion and philosphers, rural and urban residences, and three more topics are rolled out. This book was a fun read considering that the topics are approached in a scholarly fashion. Very rarely does the book lack the necessary level of detail. I know there are newer books on the subject, and there are certainly more specialized studies of Pompeii. However, in my case I learned a lot. And I enjoyed doing it.

Best on Subject.......2002-09-03

Easily the best book on the subject. In typical Grant style he brings yet another ancient history topic to the masses. This book is easy to read and has a pretty good black and white photo insert. The outlines and graphs of the various homes in Pompeii and Ercolano are very well done. Grant goes into detail about the history of the region around southern Italy (not just Pompeii) which is helpful in understanding the urban development of ancient cities like Pompeii. He sheds light on every day life in Pompeii including chapters on the layouts of homes, the importance of gardening in ancient Italy, religious life, political life, and sports. He mixes primary and secondary sources very well. Primary sources include letters written by witnesses of the great eruption including a very important one written by someone witnessing everything from a ship on the sea. A great book by a great historian.

Concise and highly informative!.......2001-11-17

This book still leaves something to be desired (colour illustrations, for example), but overall, it's a must for anyone interested in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Michael Grant has built up a well-deserved reputation as a popular historian, chiefly on his excellent use of the English language as a medium for communicating with a wide audience; by this I mean that his writing is as close to colloquial as possible without sounding unprofessional. "Cities of Vesuvius" benefits from this as much as from his expertise as a classical historian.

The book is shorter than one might expect (barely 170 pages from cover to cover), but it packs a lot of information about Roman life in 79 AD as explained within the context of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the subsequent destruction of surrounding communities. Detailed maps of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as floor plans of major buildings, make it easier to put everything in its proper place. What makes the text even more interesting is the inclusion of quotations from the graffiti scrawled all over the walls of both cities (including a brief but scathing remark from a customer about his inn-keeper's wine). Unfortunately, the material in this book is vintage 1971 -- the copies for sale are of a 2001 reprint -- and I could only hope that a new edition, incorporating the latest discoveries and scholarship, will come out soon.

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Buried cities of Vesuvius;: Herculaneum & Pompeii
John Fletcher Horne
Manufacturer: Hazell
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000881V9I

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Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum
Pamela Bradley
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The Gardens of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Villas Destroyed by Vesuvius, Vol. 1
Wilhemina F. Jashemski
Manufacturer: Aristide D Caratzas Pub
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ASIN: 0892410965

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Pompeii and Herculaneum (Visiting the Past)
John Seely , and Elizabeth Seely
Manufacturer: Heinemann Library
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Pompeii, Herculaneum and Vesuvius
Theresa Lund Weber
Manufacturer: Bonechi Edizioni Il Turismo
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The Last Days of Pompeii (Unabridged)
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
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Cities of Vesuvius Pompeii & Herculaneum
Michael Grant
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WMA4IO

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Exquisite!.......2001-08-27

This is haiku at its highest level. All are gems! Keller's Japanese sumi-e ink drawings are the perfect complement to the poetry. This handsome little book is a rare treasure. I plan to give it as gifts.

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Haiku Travelers of Eternity
Charles Ghigna
Manufacturer: River City Publishing
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ASIN: B000NUQQI2

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About 250 miles off the east coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean, lies an island that time has forgotten. Isolated from the mainland for millions of years, this place seems to have an endless variety of lizards--It's crawling with reptiles and more varieties of chameleons than you'll see anywhere else on the planet.

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Almost everyone knows that California has incredible gardens, but not everyone knows that California landscape architecture dates back to the mission era, when priests imported the olive tree and Mexican fan palm. California Gardens depicts the high points of California gardening over the last century and a half, from the mission gardens to the custom-designed lawns and flower beds of the wealthy and tasteful. David Streatfield's text explains how the state's ecology and evolving architectural styles borrowed from other areas have influenced garden design. The book's final chapter, "Old Realities, New Possibilities," addresses the modern problems of designing for space and water efficiency. This is a scholarly and thought-provoking work, but is also exuberantly beautiful.

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Informative captions complement this collection of photographs to remind you of your visit to the nation's capital. The city's character is captured beautifully by phtographers James Blank and Richard Nowitz and features images of both famous and little-known sites, including the Lincoln Monument, the Smithsonian's Castle, the National Academy of Science, Union Station, Chinatown, and dowtown jazz clubs.

Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France

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Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France
National Gallery of Art (U. S.) , Ivan E. Phillips , Kristel Smentek , Judith C. Walsh , and Margaret Morgan Grasselli
Manufacturer: Lund Humphries Publishers
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Seattle Impressions (Impressions (Farcountry Press))

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Seattle Impressions (Impressions (Farcountry Press))

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Washington Impressions

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Impressions of Imagination: Terracotta Seattle

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Lydia Aldredge is the expert on terracotta in Seattle.

Impressions of Imagination: Terracotta Seattle
Lydia Aldredge
Manufacturer: Allied Arts of Seattle
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ASIN: 0961555203

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Lydia Aldredge is the expert on terracotta in Seattle........1999-05-23

Lydia Aldredge is the expert on terracotta in Seattle, a city of terracotta where, as she points out, the terracotta buildings glisten in the rain - Jim Buckley

THE AMERICAN IN EUROPE - A Collection of Impressions by Amercan Written from the 17th Century to the Present

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THE AMERICAN IN EUROPE - A Collection of Impressions by Amercan Written from the 17th Century to the Present
Frank (editor) (Samuel Sewall; William Byrd; John Woolman; Francis Hopkinson; Benjamin Franklin; John Adams; Abigail Adams; Thomas Jefferson; Washington Irving; James Fenimore Cooper; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Herman Melville) MacShane
Manufacturer: Dutton Paperbacks
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Impressions of five months in Washington, August, 1933, to January, 1934

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Impressions of five months in Washington, August, 1933, to January, 1934
James Drummond Dole
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00089J1ZI

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Impressions of Wenceslaus Hollar
Julie L. Biggs , Carol Brobeck , Rachel Doggett , and Wenceslaus Hollar
Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
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The 1950 reconstruction of the White House;: An artist's impressions, from original drawings

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The 1950 reconstruction of the White House;: An artist's impressions, from original drawings
Lili Réthi
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An Englishwoman's Impressions of Life in America : Voyage to Washington; Capitol; City of Washington; Congress; Indians; Funeral of a Member of Congress (TRAVEL, 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE, HISTORY)

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An Englishwoman's Impressions of Life in America : Voyage to Washington; Capitol; City of Washington; Congress; Indians; Funeral of a Member of Congress (TRAVEL, 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE, HISTORY)
Frances (Mrs.) Trollope
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