COMMON MALAYAN BIRDS

Average customer rating:
COMMON MALAYAN BIRDS
M. W. F. TWEEDIE
Manufacturer: LONGMANS OF MALAYSIA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RYAXVK

Average customer rating:
Common Malayan Birds (Malayan Nature Handbooks)
M W F Tweedie
Manufacturer: Longmans
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000CKOMG

Average customer rating:
Common Malayan birds, (Malaysian nature handbooks)
Michael Willmer Forbes Tweedie
Manufacturer: Longmans
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Plants | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
General | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007IXR5U

Average customer rating:
COMMON MALAYAN BIRDS.
MWF. Tweedie
Manufacturer: Longmans
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O9KQAG

Average customer rating:
Common Malayan Birds by M.W. F. Tweedie
M.W. F. Tweedie
Manufacturer: Longmans
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VNI3C8

Average customer rating:

World Ventures & Mike Azcue Cruise vacations

Great Info in easy to read format

Great Overview of Cruising

Crusing for Dummies is a Smart Book

Cruise Vacations For Dummies 2005 (Travel Guides for Dummies)
Fran Wenograd Golden
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Cruises | Reference & Tips | Travel | Subjects | Books
Guidebooks | Reference & Tips | Travel | Subjects | Books
General | Travel | Subjects | Books
Look Inside Travel Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
Similar Items:

The Essential Little Cruise Book, 3rd: Secrets from a Cruise Director for a Perfect Cruise Vacation

Fodor's FYI: Plan and Enjoy Your Cruise, 1st Edition: Experts Share Their Secrets (Special-Interest Titles)

The Unofficial Guide to Cruises (Unofficial Guides)

Caribbean for Dummies (Dummies Travel)

Frommer's Cruises & Ports of Call 2006: From U.S. & Canadian Home Ports to the Caribbean, Alaska, Hawaii & More (Frommer's Complete)

ASIN: 0764569414

Book Description

Whether you’re a veteran cruiser or have never set foot on an ocean-going vessel, this is the book for you. Up-to-date and comprehensive, it will guide you through everything from choosing a cruise to clearing Customs on your return. Cruise Vacations For Dummies 2005 includes information on:

Getting the best deal (few people pay full boat; consider the brochure price like a “sticker” price)
Choosing the best cruise for your interests, schedule, and budget
Ways to make your cruise more romantic
Planning a family-friendly cruise
What to expect onboard—from cabin size to spas, sports, entertainment, and gambling
Popular cruise destinations, including the Carribbean, Alaska, the Mediterranean, and more
The major cruise lines and their vessels
Mainstream ships, luxury ships, and alternative and sailing ships

Cruise Vacations for Dummies 2005 was written by Jerry Brown and Fran Wenograd Golden; cumulatively, they’ve been on more than 100 cruises. Fran is a columnist for concierge.com and the Boston Herald travel section, and co-author of Frommer’s European Cruises and Ports of Call and Frommer’s Alaska Cruises and Ports of Call.

With their vast cruise experience, the authors give you tips and tidbits on:

Travel insurance, packing tips, passport requirements, tipping, and more
Top attractions and best shore excursions at major ports of call
Wining and dining (a main attraction in itself)
Activities onboard

The “Quick Concierge” appendix and comprehensive index help you find what you want to know fast.

Customer Reviews:

World Ventures & Mike Azcue Cruise vacations.......2007-02-27

I really liked this book. It reminds me of Mike Azcue, Wayne Nugent, Wes Melcher, Dan Stammen, Robert Oblon and Marc Accetta who got involved in World Ventures and it great cruise packages for average people. My friends Dave and Yvette Ulloa went to a few of these great trips and just loved it. I highly recommend cruise vacations book that shows so many great vacations and packages out there.

Great Info in easy to read format.......2006-01-16

We loved this book, as this was research for our first ever cruise we found it very interesting. Would recomend to any one who has never cruised before and would like info.

Great Overview of Cruising.......2005-07-16

The For Dummies series covers just about every topic that exists, and cruising is no exception. Learn about cruising from the ground up with this informative book.

I have a number of books about cruising, and each has its strengths and weaknesses. Cruise Vacation is a great overview of what cruising is all about, with information given on the most commonly used ports and destinations. There's also a page or two on each main cruise line and what its strengths and weaknesses are.

The beginning of the book goes over the basics - passport and documentation, what to expect on a cruise ship, how you pay your bills, what duty-free is all about, and so on. The next section helps you compare the cruise lines, describing each main line and providing comparison charts of the typical rates for the ship and the fleet's specifications. They update the Dummies book each year, so make sure you get a current book to get valid rates.

The rest of the book - almost the second half of the book - is taken up with descriptions of the various port towns and destinations. If you're leaving from Tampa, for example, you can see maps of the area and learn about interesting things to do before you sail off. You can read through the descriptions of the various destinations and see which ones appeal to you, and start to prioritize your choices.

Where some other books are sure to point out the bad AND good of the locations and ships, Dummies seems much more oriented towards always talking up the good. This makes it less of a "consumer reports" and more of a "promotion of the cruise industry". Cruise descriptions include "outstanding features" and "super deals" - but not any listing of what to watch out for. The very few times they give warnings, they are of the quite obvious kind - i.e. Disney cruises are full of kids, and honeymooners seeking romance should be aware of this.

Still, the book gives a great overview, and is well recommended.

Crusing for Dummies is a Smart Book.......2002-10-21

Growing up watching "The Love Boat," I was never interested in actually taking a cruise. But real-life cruises can be very different from that program -- and are not only for shuffle-board playing seniors or honeymooners or (as in every episode of "The Love Boat") comically bickering spouses. In fact, a cruise vacation can be a fun, easy way to travel. As the author notes, you can see lots of places, but only have to unpack once.

"Cruise Vacations for Dummies" provides great detail about everything you'd want to know about cruises (*but were afraid to ask), and provides so many useful tips that it's hard to summarize everything, but it includes information on how to make your cruise more romantic, how to plan a family-friendly cruise, even how to gamble, plus how to choose the best shore excursions -- whether you're planning a cruise in the Caribbean, Alaska, the Mediterranean, or a more remote destination -- and how much and whom to tip.

Unlike other cruise books, "Cruise Vacations for Dummies" serves as a kind of Consumer Reports on cruising with its objective reviews of the major cruise lines, their fleet, itineraries, food, entertainment, atmosphere, and cabin choices. In fact, whether you're considering a top-of-the-line experience, like on a Seabourn or Windstar, a popular-priced cruise, like on a Carnival, or a cruise to Alaska (Holland America) or to an alternative destination, like Antarctica, the reviews are great for first-timers and for experienced cruisers, alike.

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Bilingual Review, published by Bilingual Review Press on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 7337 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.

Citation Details
Title: Indigenous and Informal Systems of Support.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: R. Cruz Begay
Publication: Bilingual Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: Bilingual Review Press
Page: 79

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Star Flower Earns Her Name.(Short Story): An article from: Child Life

Average customer rating:

Star Flower Earns Her Name.(Short Story): An article from: Child Life
Heluiz Washburne
Manufacturer: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00098Y5AO
Release Date: 2005-07-28

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Child Life, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on September 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2819 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.

Citation Details
Title: Star Flower Earns Her Name.(Short Story)
Author: Heluiz Washburne
Publication: Child Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1999
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: 78 Issue: 6 Page: 4

Article Type: Short Story

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Weavings for the Children: An Exhibit of Early Navajo Child & Adolescent Blankets

Average customer rating:

Weavings for the Children: An Exhibit of Early Navajo Child & Adolescent Blankets
J Mark Sublette
Manufacturer: Medicine Man Gallery
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Fashion | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000MOHRGE

Birth certificate tell the facts!: Give your child a permanent name!

Average customer rating:

Birth certificate tell the facts!: Give your child a permanent name!
J. Nixon Hadley
Manufacturer: Dept. of the Interior, United States Indian Service
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Genealogy | Reference | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007H23GU

Average customer rating:

Does your child have a future?
Blanche Bizahaloni Begay
Manufacturer: Northern Arizona University, Home Economics Dept
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007I91NW

Customer Reviews:

an important resource..........2001-05-19

Ken Alvarez has written a masterful account of the Florida Panther Recovery program. His exhaustive research, his elegant prose, his penetrating insights make this book a significant contribution to endangered species literature and an indispensable resource for those of us working in panther recovery today. Alvarez has recorded for posterity a blow by blow description of how a recovery effort with massive public support and funding was stalled by agency inertia and infighting and by the relentless development pressure of late twentieth century Florida --the real world counterpart of Carl Hiaasen novels. He chronicles the victories and defeats and tackles the hard questions of how endangered species recovery programs can be made more effective.

His insights into agency bureaucracies that have little interest in endangered species and little knowledge of small population management are as relevant today as when they were written:

"And so it goes...the actors come and go; decisions are reversed, often without explanation; no one is in charge; the different agencies and factions pursue their separate objectives; motives are sometimes discernible and sometimes not; the recovery program is a case of strategic aversion and operational chaos, organized only to the extent that it can avoid any action deemed undesirable by its component factions, as they project an image of industry and purpose while consuming a perennial flow of revenue." Twilight of the Panther, p.171.

an important resource..........2001-05-19

His insights into agency bureaucracies that have little interest in endangered species and little knowledge of small population management are as relevant today as when they written:

Book Description

Civil War collectibles is one of the largest and most passionate areas of the collecting field. Enthusiasts can carry this handy and portable field guide with them to shows, auctions and wherever else their quest for these popular collectibles takes them.

Affordably priced, this reference covers everything from guns, to uniforms, to flags and swords - and everything in between. With more than 300 brilliant color photos and over 1,000 price listings, this book is a must-have for the Civil War collector on the go. It also features information on availability and reproduction alerts, as well as tips on collecting.

-1,000 current price listings -300 full color photos -Portable and affordable

Customer Reviews:

Caveat Emptor.......2005-11-21

This purports to be a handy field guide that on can take to autcions, flea markets, and the like for indentification purposes.

Descriptions read like those that usually accompany reputable auction house photographs, published in pre-auciton catalogues that ordinarily cost 3 times the suggested price of this book. In this case, however, far too many decriptions have no accompanying photograph.

Unfortunately, the prices given are somewhat (to be kind) out of date. Further more, many of the item classes are specialties in themselves, and provenance (meaning proof of origin in writing) is more reliable than informaiton that can be crammed into a "field book" of this sort. Descriptions of items with no photos of an example are really useless to the novice and meaningless to the cognoscenti.

One of the positive aspects of the book are the occasional diversions regarding what kinds of items are difficult to fake (e.g., flags) but there is no dicussion of how to evaluate any purported Confederate item (whether used after pickup on the battlefield, manufactured in the South, or imported. Such issues are critical to anyone willing to put hundreds of dollars into any Civil War item.

The Glossary is also good, but too short--the Index a positive, but also brief. If you are going to go into collecting, you're going to need much more than this type of "field guide."

An investment of a few hundred dollars in specialized books (e.g. Civil War Rifles, Dance & Brothers Revolvers, Civil War Swords come to mind), will save one hundreds of dollars in errant purchases. "Caveat Emptor"--let the buyer beware!!

Average customer rating:

more emphasis in arranging than I wanted

Beginner's Answer to Dried Flowers

WHAT A BOOK!

Dried Flowers for All Seasons: Creating the Fresh-Flower LookYear-Round
Jan Gertley , and Michael Gertley
Manufacturer: Taunton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Dried Flowers | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Flower Arranging | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
General | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Seasonal | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Harvesting, Preserving & Arranging Dried Flowers

Basic Dried Flower Arranging: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (Stackpole Basics)

Wreaths: Creative Ideas for the Year Round

Dried Flower Techniques Book: Over 50 Techniques for Creating Beautiful Arrangements

The Book of Dried Flowers : A Complete Guide to Growing, Drying, and Arranging

ASIN: 1561582859
Release Date: 1999-10-01

Book Description

A fresh approach to the art of drying and arranging flowers, Dried Flowers for All Seasons shows how to create dried flower arrangements with the color and appeal of fresh flowers. Most dried flower books take a craft approach to dried flowers that results in arrangements looking pale and lifeless - dried. Using the Gertley's time-tested techniques, anyone can dry flowers that look nearly alive, preserved with the vibrancy and color of being just picked from the garden. Especially amazing is the fact that flowers not usually associated with dried arrangements, like spring flowers such as tulips and daffodils, can be dried as successfully as more traditional types for drying and look stunningly alive. The book is arranged by season and there are several types of arrangements for each, including wreaths, sprays, and traditional bouquets. Seasonal arrangements use flowers of the season for dramatic effects. Unusual holiday arrangements give this book special appeal.

Dried Flowers for All Seasons is also the most complete book on dried flowers, including in-depth information on growing flowers to dry, detailed instructions for drying techniques suitable for a wide variety of flowers, as well as a glossary of over 60 flowers particularly suitable for drying. Michael Gertley's vivid color photography and Jan Gertley's warm and elegant illustrations document the step-by-step directions for creating the arrangements.

Customer Reviews:

more emphasis in arranging than I wanted.......2003-09-07

I was looking for more relaxed natural looks - if you want a good book on drying flowers, taping them to wire and arranging them then this would be a great book for that. Lots of beautiful pictures to inspire and seems to have lear instructions. Some info on the use of silica too.

Beginner's Answer to Dried Flowers.......2002-08-29

This is an excellent book. What I especially liked were the photos of the authors performing the techniques decribed. Very straight forward with lots of good project ideas. They included an extensive list of flowers, how they should be harvested, and the best drying technique for each. I've bought several dried flower books and if I'd bought this one first, it would be the only one I'd own.

WHAT A BOOK!.......1999-11-01

Every photograph and illustration is stunning. The Gertleys have brought dried flower arranging to a level that I've never seen anywhere in any other book.

Average customer rating:

This book is very entertaining.

Fresh flowers for all seasons
Jenny Raworth
Manufacturer: Readers Digest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Decorative Arts | Design & Decorative Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

Dried Flowers | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Flower Arranging | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0895778416

Customer Reviews:

This book is very entertaining........1999-04-16

It surprised as to the number of colorful pictures used. I can find almost any flower I want and the book gives me a short description, something I neve suspected in a floral arrangement book. I was very impressed!

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Theological Studies, published by Theological Studies, Inc. on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 599 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.

Citation Details
Title: Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century.
Author: Wanda Zemler-Cizewski
Publication: Theological Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1998
Publisher: Theological Studies, Inc.
Volume: v59 Issue: n1 Page: p147(2)

Article Type: Book Review

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Average customer rating:

A Flower Blooms in the Heart and Soul

Magical

Awesome

A Place in El Paso: A Mexican-American Childhood
Gloria López-Stafford
Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

African-American & Black | Ethnic & National | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | Ethnic & National | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
Sociologists | Professionals & Academics | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

The Rebel (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)

The Making of a Chicano Militant: Lessons from Cristal (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

My History, Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

A Place to Stand

Preaching and Culture in Latino Congregations

ASIN: 082631709X

Book Description

This memoir of growing up in El Paso in the 1940s and 1950s creates an entire city: the way a barrio awakens in the early morning sun, the thrill of a rare desert snow, the taste of fruit-flavored raspadas on summer afternoons, the "money boys" who beg from commuters passing back and forth to Juï¿½rez, and the mischief of children entertaining themselves in the streets. Lï¿½pez-Stafford shows readers El Paso through the eyes of Yoya--short for Gloria--the high-spirited narrator, who is five years old when the book begins.

Yoya is a survivor. Her young mother has died, leaving her in the care of her much older father, who tries to provide for his family by selling used clothing. Her brother Carlos, Padre Luna, and a community of children and women assume responsibility for Yoya, but like the inexplicable loss of her mother, unexpected changes separate her from her beloved barrio. The search for su lugar, her place, becomes a search for identity as Gloria seeks to understand her various homes and families.

Customer Reviews:

A Flower Blooms in the Heart and Soul.......2006-08-09

The author titles her story "A Place in El Paso." Nevertheless, any of the following titles, "A Place in My Heart," "A Place in the Sun," "A Place in my Life," would had been appropriate as well. To the careful reader the story will bloom like a flower in his or her heart and soul.

Even though the characters, the places, and the events are necessary to complete the gestalt of the story, the characters, and the events are not restricted to any particular place or to anyone in particular. It can happen anywhere to anyone.

The careful reader will examine the story "A Place in El Paso" by looking below the surface, below the gestalt of the story in order to reach the nuances of Gloria's coming of age and survival. Moreover, the grammatical structure of the story is, symbolically speaking, a ticket for the reader to shadow, follow, and observe her life, and in doing so experience her innocence and get involved in the vicissitudes in Gloria's existence. The reader will witness and feel not only the tragic sad and heartbreaking moments in her existence, but the events that made her strong to endure the various disappointments and disillusionments while trying to find the right place in her life.

I highly recommend this book whether you are Anglo, Black, Hispanic, and so forth; this story can very well be your story as well.

Magical.......2002-03-31

Beautifully told story of a young Mexican-American girl growing up in El Paso in the 1940s. Ms. Lopez-Stafford shares her recollections of her barrio and all it's colorful characters.

Awesome.......2001-05-03

Great book, I read it for a Chicano Studies class but I enjoyed every moment of it. A good memoir for anyone interested in the daily life experiences of Chicanas in the U.S.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books