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The first edition of Moon Handbooks Four Corners was the winner of the 2004 Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Best Guidebook from the Society of American Travel Writers. This wind-swept, sun-punished heart of the Southwest is where you'll encounter valleys strewn with thousand-foot mesas, the thundering rapids of the Colorado River, the living heart of the Navajo and Hopi nations, and sublime scenery found nowhere else. Julian Smith's award-winning guide helps you have a truly personal experience. Suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights provide you with real insights so you can decide where you should go, stay, and eat—without hassles or regrets. Julian details where to trek, climb, mountain bike, and raft between slot canyons or vast canyon walls. Complete with maps, photographs, illustrations, and special emphasis on leading destinations such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Anasazi cliff dwellings, the Colorado and Greene Rivers, Lake Powell, and the Grand Staircase, Moon Handbooks Four Corners has the tools you need to create your own unique trip.

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Good basic guide.......2007-01-10

This is a well written and well organized guide. There are very few that focus on the Four Corners per se. If that is your area of interest, definitely buy this book. If you are interested in the Four Corners as part of a bigger AZ or NM or UT tour, you may be just as happy with buying the AZ or NM or UT book(s).

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Behind the Border
Nina Kossman
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0688147429

Behind And Beyond The Pine Curtain: A Collection Of Essays By An East Texas Editor

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A entertaining read

Behind And Beyond The Pine Curtain: A Collection Of Essays By An East Texas Editor
Gary B. Borders
Manufacturer: Eakin Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1571688536

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A entertaining read.......2005-06-16

This collection of essays originally published in newspapers around the country is a pleasant read. Borders captures everyday life with clear writing and at- times strong emotions and humor. The concluding piece about living in the town where the bulk of the space shuttle Columbia's debris landed in 2003 is especially compelling.

The Border Legion Leaves Only Dead Men Behind

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The Border Legion Leaves Only Dead Men Behind
Grey Zane
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LC6MZY

Open Borders Behind Closed Doors: The European Union and the South

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Open Borders Behind Closed Doors: The European Union and the South

Manufacturer: International Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9057270056

ARABS-ISRAEL - Aug. 8 - Israel Says Syria Behind Latest Border Attack.: An article from: APS Diplomat Recorder

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ARABS-ISRAEL - Aug. 8 - Israel Says Syria Behind Latest Border Attack.: An article from: APS Diplomat Recorder

Manufacturer: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Recorder, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on August 9, 2003. The length of the article is 414 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: ARABS-ISRAEL - Aug. 8 - Israel Says Syria Behind Latest Border Attack.
Publication: APS Diplomat Recorder (Newsletter)
Date: August 9, 2003
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 59 Issue: 6

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Canada-United States relations: Hard realities and the Canadian dilemmas behind the undefended border (Student working paper)

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Canada-United States relations: Hard realities and the Canadian dilemmas behind the undefended border (Student working paper)
Kenro Kojima
Manufacturer: International University of Japan
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007BM2WG

Exploring behind San Diego: "Bibles, bullets, & bullion on the border"

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Exploring behind San Diego: "Bibles, bullets, & bullion on the border"
Jordan E Detzer
Manufacturer: San Diego Historical Society?]
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You can leave the military without leaving the challenge behind (SuDoc J 21.19:M-459)

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You can leave the military without leaving the challenge behind (SuDoc J 21.19:M-459)
U.S. Dept of Justice
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, National Recruiting Office
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010US38

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This beautiful book focuses on Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s extraordinary country estate in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Beginning in 1902, Tiffany (1848–1933) designed every aspect of the immense home, which had eighty-four rooms and eight levels, and extensive grounds into which the house was carefully integrated. Tiffany’s residential masterpiece was also a quasi-museum, for he filled it with his own works—windows, glassware, pottery, enamels, lamps, oil paintings, and watercolors—as well as with objects from his collections of Islamic, Asian, and Native American art.
Laurelton Hall burned down in 1957, but about ten years earlier most of its contents had been removed and sold. Every aspect of the estate is examined and re-created in this volume: its terraced gardens with fountains and pools; the many outbuildings; and Tiffany’s life there. The interior decoration of Laurelton Hall, a particular focus of the book, is represented by both numerous period photographs and newly commissioned color photography of surviving artworks and salvaged architectural components from the estate. For all who admire Tiffany and his work, this book presents a unique portrait of his remarkable home.

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Louis Comfort Tiffany's Laurelton Hall.......2007-01-19

This is an excellent and scholarly book filled with incredible photos and descriptions of LCT's home, Laurelton Hall. The author has written a series of fine chapters that look at all aspects of this magnificent residence. What the fire at Laurelton destroyed, this book restores with words and photos. For all of you who love Tiffany's artistry, this book is not to be missed!

Tiffany Book.......2007-01-16

Nicely put together and informative for those who are seriously interested in the life and works of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Very nice overview of Tiffany's work. Not exhaustive but affordable.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0300085591

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Very nice overview of Tiffany's work. Not exhaustive but affordable........2006-09-24

I've a few books on Tiffany's stained glass work, including the definitive collection of his lamps and a cut-out paperback with photos of various windows and lamps. In terms of price and coverage, this is a Goldilocksian "just right" middle choice for someone who doesn't want a major investment but is interested in the breadth of Tiffany's work.

Primarily, this book covers the works that are owned by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in fact I bought my copy in its shop to help me remember my visit. (Aside: it is indeed among the best museum shops in the world, and I felt compelled to buy *something*.)

The museum does have an impressive Tiffany collection, including some of the works you've seen photographed in all the "usual places," such as his wysteria window, Autumn Landscape, and the dogwood window. It also has several lamps, vases, and -- possibly surprising to some people -- furniture, mosaics, boxes, and other items that don't get quite as much "airplay" but are still quite beautiful.

The book is separated into chapters on Tiffany's background, interiors, stained-glass windows, mosaics, favrile glass, lamps, enamels and ceramics, and jewelry, metalwork, and woodwork. The text is academic and a little dry, but suitable for the context. You learn about the provenance of the item rather than how it was constructed.

The photos are lovely, with plenty of closeups -- though not *quite* close enough, I found, for my stained-glass hobbyiest's eye. That is, the closeup of the Magnolias and Irises window shows enough detail for you to appreciate the glass and maybe the soldering, but you never see how amazingly the windows are plated. (Fortunately, the museum lets you take non-flash photos, so I have a few examples of my own.) You also see sketches and other in-progress designs, as well as other documents -- such as a drawing of a theater that Tiffany designed which was demolished in 1902.

But if an item isn't in the museum's collection, it isn't mentioned here; if you're looking for an exhaustive All About Tiffany book, this isn't it. It isn't *meant* to be an All About Tiffany book, and as other reviewers have noted, this doesn't focus on windows or lamps. And, at 100 pages, they can't include everything.

Personally, I was blown away by his mosaics (which I'd never seen before), and I realized why the favrile lamps earned him such a reputation (the photos here, like all the others, simply do not do them justice). So I'm very glad that I have this book in my growing collection; certainly, at the reasonable price it gives you a very good overview.

Loved This Book.......2006-05-31

I saw this exhibition at the Met in NYC and was enthralled by it. I showed the book to a fellow Tiffany lover and he said though he has many books on Tiffany there were items in this one he had never seen before. I say buy the book and then a ticket to NYC and go to the Met and see the originals. Both are worth the price.

Brief Info on Book.......2001-10-11

Paperback, 100 pps, over 130 illustrations
A wonderful look at the full range of works by Tiffany. Photos on every page of designs, lamps, vases, mosaics and paintings, and even a peek at his studio and some of the glass workshops. Highly recommended.

Not quite what I was looking for.......2000-06-13

I bought this book expecting to find many pictures of Tiffany's wonderful stained glass windows. In that, I was disappointed, hence the two stars. There is, however, a great sampling of Tiffany's work including jewelry, lamps, and an absolutely stunning green desk collection that I had never seen before. In all it is a great collection of the artist's work and gives an excellent overview of his amazing depth.

However, since I was looking for the stained glass windows, this book wasn't quite what I was searching for. I hope to save someone else from the same mistake.

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Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: Summer 1998: Volume 56, Number 1)
Louis Comfort] Freylinghausen, Alice Cooney [Tiffany
Manufacturer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LQX61I

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Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000P5JBWS

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin - Summer 1998 - Volume LVI Number 1 - Louis Comfort Tiffany at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Joan (editor); Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney Holt
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H4OERE

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The standard reference work on Matthew Boulton and an indispensible resource for collectors, dealers historians.

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Ormolu: the work of Matthew Boulton
Nicholas Goodison
Manufacturer: Phaidon, [distributed by Praeger Publishers, New York
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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An exhibition of Ormolu: The work of Matthew Boulton, June 1974

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An exhibition of Ormolu: The work of Matthew Boulton, June 1974
Nicholas Goodison
Manufacturer: s.n.]
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Site & Landscape Costs.......2005-07-20

This cost data is very useful for estimating the cost of demolition and remediation of plants and facilities sites. I believe it is the best information available at a reasonable price.

Use wisely!.......2002-07-02

The R.S. means Landscaping and Site Work, 2002 cost data guide can help and hurt. It is full of wonderful data and prices that are a general standard in the industry. It is not a guide though, for the beginner. I made the mistake of using the guide for estimating purposes. If used in this manner, you end up with an over-inflated bid. I now understand that this is just a reference guide and not an estimating tool. Overall it is packed with a wealth of information, but on the downside it takes some time to understand, and use properly.

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MarÃa de los Reyes Castillo Bueno (1902–1997), a black woman known as âReyita,â recounts her life in Cuba over the span of ninety years. Reyita’s voice is at once dignified, warm, defiant, strong, poetic, principled, and intelligent. Her storyâas told to and recorded by her daughter Daisy Castilloâbegins in Africa with her own grandmother’s abduction by slave-traders and continues through a century of experiences with prejudice, struggle, and change in Cuba for Reyita and her numerous family members.
Sensitive to and deeply knowledgeable of the systemic causes and consequences of poverty, Reyita’s testimony considers the impact of slavery on succeeding generations, her mother’s internalized racism, and Cuba’s residual discrimination. The humiliation and poverty inflicted on the black Cuban community as well as her decision to marry a white man to ensure a higher standard of living form the basis of other chapters. Reyita actively participated in the life of the communityâoften caring for the children of prostitutes along with her own eight children and giving herbal medicine and âspiritualistâ guidance to ill or troubled neighbors. She describes her growing resistance, over five decades of marriage, to her husband’s sexism and negativity. Strong-willed and frank about her sexuality as well as her religious and political convictions, Reyita recounts joining the revolutionary movement in the face of her husband’s stern objections, a decision that added significant political purpose to her life. At book’s end, Reyita radiates gratification that her 118 descendants have many different hues of skin, enjoy a variety of professions, andââmost importantlyââare free of racial prejudice.

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An interesting sociological document, if not a very good piece of literature.......2006-06-20

Reyita describes her life as a black woman, being born in 1902 and growing up through all the violence and poverty of Cuba in the twentieth century.

In 1912 Reyita, was living with her godfather and his wife, the latter being terribly abusive. This lady was also head of the women's section of the local branch of the leading Afro-Cuban political party, the PIC. The PIC had been formed in 1908 in order to fight against racial discrimination. It was been banned by the Cuban government in 1910 on the false ground that it was anti-white. As a result of what Reyita claims was a trap laid by the Cuban president Jose Miguel Gomez, the PIC launched a revolt. The Cuban military responded by executing and torturing thousands of ordinary Afro-Cubans. Reyita's aunt was arrested on bogus charges and thrown into prison.

Reyita spends a great deal of time in this book discoursing her use of herbal remedies and other home-grown medicine to cure various ailments of her neighbors. In this way, as a medicine woman, also as one with a reputation as receiving accurate visions from the spirit world, she found a certain niche for herself in Cuba's patriarchal culture.

Reyita was alert to any opening in Cuba's political sphere which might serve as veichle to better the condition of her people. The PIC seemed to offer a ray of hope and Reyita tried her best as a young girl to support her neighborhood chapter. After the PIC was crushed, Afro-Cubans were virtually terrorized into submission. The biggest attraction after this was the fatalistic "Back-to-Africa" movement of Marcus Garvey, which Reyita was enthusiastic for, roughly, in the 1918-22 era. This movement was also repressed by the Cuban state. Then there was Reyita's involvement with the Cuban Communist Party, the PSP, in the early 1940's....

Reyita married a white man who was virtually disowned by his family as a result of this inter-racial marriage and had problems with some of his neighbors in places they lived. Her husband, of course, never brought Reyita along when he was invited to dinner at the houses of his bosses at his factory. Reyita admits that she married this man in order to produce light skinned children who would have a considerably easier time of it in Cuban society than she did growing up. In spite of his steadfast commitment to his marriage to Reyita in the face of society's hostility, her husband was at the same time a rather traditional and dull fellow. He was very controlling towards her and their children.

Reyita tried to engage in small activities that would earn her own money and which could give her a measure of independence from her husband. For instance, in what is perhaps the most vivid and interesting section of the book, the family's life in the 1940's living in the poor neighborhood called Barraccones in Santiago De Cuba, Reyita first opens a diner in her family's home.. She reports how several of these prostitutes lifted themselves out of their [...] and their children that Reyita took care of while their mothers were trying to get their lives together, turned out well. Many of these prostitutes were white, but they shared a bond with Reyita because they were all very poor. Reyita also briefly mentions the gay men who patronized her dinner and she speaks about the lifestyle they practiced with no hint of any disfavor whatsoever. A very tolerant woman was Reyita.

On the years after the triumph of the revolution, Reyita mentions that great progress has been made, but that discrimination is still present, that black candidates for jobs can be excluded in favor of less qualified white ones and so on. She mentions that in film and literature, some of the old stereotypes of Afro-Cubans remain. She notes that oral historians in Cuba post-revolution, made little effort to interview people like her, who had witnessed such events in Afro-Cuban history as the massacres of 1912.

This book does not exactly evoke great feeling in the reader, though at times it can. The stanzas of poetry that open each chapter, apparently selected by the poetry buff Reyita, are quite beautiful.

Loved It!.......2002-01-27

Reyita's story is both touching and inspiring. As a Black Cuban woman she suffered a great deal of hardship, which she worked very hard to overcome especially for her children. Stories about her life were very interesting and informative and present a picture of Cuba that is not generally known. Black women all over the diaspora can relate to her story and her desire to have more for her children. Some may question her decision to marry outside her race as a product of poor self-esteem, but she provides a well-reasoned argument to better the lives of her children. I would have loved the opportunity to meet this lady.

Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)

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Lively, superbly written and presented autobiography

Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)
Evelio Grillo
Manufacturer: Arte Publico Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 155885293X

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Ybor City, Florida, was once a thriving factory town populated by cigar-makers, mostly emigrants from Cuba and Spain. Growing up in Ybor City (now Tampa) in the early twentieth century, the young Evelio Grillo experienced the complexities of life in a horse-and-buggy society demarcated by both racial and linguistic lines: Life was different depending on whether one was Spanish- or English-speaking, a white or black Cuban, a Cuban American or a native-born U.S. citizen, well-off or poor. (Even American-born blacks did not always get along with their Hispanic counterparts.)

Grillo recaptures in prose this unique world that slowly faded away as he grew to adulthood during the Depression. He relates his increasing assimilation into black American society, and then tells of his adventures as a soldier in an all-black unit during World War II. Booklovers may have read of Ybor City in the novels of Jose Yglesias, but never before has it been portrayed from this unique and vital perspective.

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Lively, superbly written and presented autobiography.......2001-02-04

Black Cuban, Black American is the informative and engaging memoir of Evelio Grillo's life growing up in Ybor City (now part of Tampa, Florida). Evelio experienced the complexities and difficulties of life in a horse-and-buggy society demarcated by both racial and linguistic lines. Evelio goes on to reveal how he was absorbed into the African-American community as he grew to adulthood during the Great Depression. He then relates his experiences as a solider in an all-black unit serving in the China-Burma-India theater of operations during World War II. This lively, informative, superbly written and presented autobiography is enhanced with an eight-page photo insert.

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Black Cuban, Black American A Memoir
Grillo Evelio
Manufacturer: Arte Publico Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UEE93A

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