The genus Conophytum: A conograph

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The First and the Best.......2005-10-26

For those interested in the genus Conophytum this book has to be an absolute must. Although the book is a full blown reference book Hammer's writing style is easy and there is no reason why anyone interested could not read it from cover to cover, rather than just use it a reference tool.

The photographs are superb and the plants almost leap off the page at you. The book is well produced and print and paper quality are excellent. Essential for a book that will be used on a regular basis.

It cannot be faulted and should be in the library of every enthusiast of these beautiful plants.

Extraordinary in its scope, quality of photos and scholarshi.......1999-02-14

This botanical work is, quite simply, a classic. The author is the world's authority on his subject, genus Conophytum. Steve Hammer is a natural-born writer and his prose is clear and concise, while also being delightfully witty and informal. For me the most attractive aspect of the book isthe many, many color photographs by John Trager. They make anyone want to grow conophytums! Some plants are photographed to show their rainbow of colors; they are delicious looking.

Yet beyond the wit and color, this is a botanical monograph and will be for many years to come the standard reference on the genus. The book is laid out logically, with chapters devoted to each series within the two sections/subgenera. The early chapters talk about the group's taxonomic history, its cultivation and so forth.

All in all, I not only recommend this book; I urge you to peruse it!

Book Description

This accessible, 8-vol. reference focuses students attention on 160 notable individuals who have shaped American history, from the exploration of the continent to the present. Each chronologically arranged volume ties key people to significant events during a particular era. Balanced not only in gender and ethnic background, but also in viewpoint, the biographies in Profiles in American History offer a unique slant on event-based teaching. Stand-alone volumes include chapter-specific timelines; maps, illustrations and photographs; sidebars highlighting key facts; a bibliography; and a cumulative subject index.

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An Interesting Look at American History.......2000-12-10

Profiles in American History is a great book. I have been doing research on Roger Sherman, and the book gave me many useful facts not only about Sherman but also on the whole Constitutional Convention. If you need information about the Constitional Convention or its most famous delegates, this is a good place to start.

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About The Book-.......2005-07-07

Designer's Commonsense Business Book

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

It's time for you to go freelance, and Barbara Ganim is here to teach you all the nuts-and-bolts of business. You'll learn practices they didn't mention in art school - practices that will mean the difference between squeaking by and enjoying a successful career as your own boss. Ganim helps you through those initial insecurities of setting up shop and shows you how to map your way through the maze of business concerns: networking, pricing, self-promotion and keeping records. With her advice, you'll be able to set and meet long-term goals for yourself and your business, whether you want to remain a one-person shop or expand and become the head of your own advertising agency. In this guide, you'll learn about loans and alternative forms of financing for your business; the latest tax information; organizing your work space for maximum efficiency; computer hardware and software; preparing electronic mechanicals; getting the most out of your computer; solving and preventing production problems; collaborating with and hiring other creative professionals; working with an accountant; recession-fighting business strategies and setting up a retirement plan that works for you. Icons throughout the book make it easy for you to locate special tips, important warnings and time-saving techniques. You'll discover sidebars that discuss particular business problems, and you'll also find instructions for setting up a one-year promotion plan for your business; a step-by-step guideline for managing projects from start to finish with minimum hassle; checklists for successful portfolio reviews and presentations and ready-to-use business forms that will help you make your operation more organized and efficient, as well as detailed instructions on how to use them. You've got the style. Now get the business savvy. Grab this book and start the freelance design career you've been dreaming about!

Great Examples, but Info Out-of-Order in Pricey Book!.......2000-07-31

This review is for the version I have, which was published in 1991. It's well-organized and easy-to-read. Be prepared to make several copies of the forms in the book. (Why not a CD-ROM included in the book so that you could just print them out from that? I hope they did that for the new edition.) The best chapter is 5: Work Smarter Not Harder, which takes you from First Client Meeting through writing a letter thnking the client for allowing you to work on the project! (Billing the client is the NEXT to last thing you do! ) I was wondering, though, if some of these chapters aren't out of order; for example, the above Ch. 5 could go after Ch. 8 Pounding the Pavement and before Ch. 9 Growing Your Business and Ch. 9 Planning Your Future. Also, Ch. 7 Who Hires Designers and Why could be the first or second chapter! So hopefully this new edition was a little better edited. Also, the 1991 version sold for $24.95 (got mine for $5 used!) so is the new, more expensive version worth it? Well, I guess that'll have to be for someone else to say!

self help for the self employeed!.......2000-02-27

Starting a graphics business in this world of incredible technology, comfusing taxes, money management, and millions of OTHER graphic designers was simply daunting! I am not to record keeping type and this book gives you the forms and ideas that inspire you to do those things that will make you look professional, structure (bad word to artists! but my life and creativity changed dramatically when I employeed these methods!) your days so you have both the time and money (billing was one of my weak points! I could do the work but would forget to bill the clients...as you can imagine I was a favorite among entreprenures!) to do what you do best and most importantly, you will not be worring about what is around the bend because you actually KNOW! as you are doing it yourself.

I recommend this to all graphic professionals and wish you crash free days, wild abundant creativity and amazing success!, Li

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The Designers Commonsense Business Book
Barbara Ganim
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This book confirmed what I had felt in my heart for years.

Good book, but a lot of room for improvement

Disappointing

Heartwarming Tear-jerker

Help for the grief process

Will My Pet Go to Heaven?
Steve Wohlberg
Manufacturer: Winepress Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Most people believe in Heaven and hope to see their loved ones there, but what about our pets? Is there any hope for a reunion with them also "on the other side"?

Will My Pet Go to Heaven? contains the real-life story of newlyweds Steve and Kristin Wohlberg, of their tiny dog, Jax, and of the heart-ripping accident that ultimately led to their pet's untimely death on Halloween night, 2001. Shortly thereafter - as a result of unexpected emails from friends - Steve began an unplanned search into the pages of the Bible for hope that they might someday see their furry friend again. You'll be amazed at what he found!

In addition to its timely, spiritual, and hopeful message, Steve's book has an added spark of being filled with contemporary quotations from such notables as Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Laura, Carly Simon, Elizabeth Taylor, Will Rogers, and many others. Beyond this, it also contains real-life reports of animals that saved the lives of their owners, plus a story that didn't make CNN headlines - but should have - of specially trained Therapy Dogs comforting shell-shocked humans immediately after September 11 in New York at Ground Zero.

In a nutshell, Will My Pet Go to Heaven? is a heart-warming, sensible, and truly insightful book, "whose time has come." If you love animals, and if your heart is open to the things of Heaven, you will appreciate its spiritual message. A great gift-idea for neighbors, friends, and loved ones.

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This book confirmed what I had felt in my heart for years........2006-07-05

Ever since I was a small child, I visualized animals in heaven. After all, God did make them first, my little girl mind rationalized. As I got older and had many animals come and go in my life, I needed conformation that my belief was in fact true. I could not imagine a perfefct place that DID NOT include my beloved pets who had passed on. Then on a recent Sunday morning, I was watching a pastor give a sermon on television. He made the mistake of telling his congregation and his television audience that animals do not survive beyond death; that only humans occupy heaven with our Lord. I began a search. The Bible talks little about the direct question: Are His animals to live forever? But after all, the bible was written for human salvation. The animals cannot sin and don't need to be saved. They already are perfect in God's eyes. Jesus has said that He was going to prepare a place for us - his children - and a place for me would not be complete unless all my wonderful and beloved animal children are there with me. And then I found Steve Wohlberg's book! This book has confirmed to me what I have known since a child. Animals do, of course, go to heaven. Steve has given biblical references in this book and explained in a way that only a man of the clergy can do in pointing out God's love for and eternal existence of animals. This is a wonderful book and should be included in bible school curriculums. Every person who has ever loved an animal needs to read this book. And those who preach that animals "die and go into the ground forever" and wrong, wrong, wrong. I wrote and told that televison pastor so and used Steve's book as a reference. He has since recanted his views.

Good book, but a lot of room for improvement.......2005-04-15

What I liked about this book:
Most importantly, the book is based on Scripture. I you are a dedicated agnostic, hoping to find a story to make you feel better, based on a bunch of other people's opinions, you won't find it in here. Wohlberg has searched for the truth on this topic, and wants to share with his readers what he has found. He admits that he is not sure whether or not our pets will go to Heaven, but he tells us why he thinks there is a strong possibility that they will indeed be there. I also like that the book is written in a simple, understandable format. There's no deep theology or "Christianese" that's not explained clearly. Due to the writing style, and some of the other topics covered in this book, it could be a great evangelistic tool - a wonderful book to give to your non-Christian friends when they are struggling with the loss of a pet. I also like the little quotes Wohlberg has scattered throughout the text.
What I didn't like about this book:
Wohlberg only actually spends 9 pages in the book answering the question "Will my pet go to Heaven?"!! The rest of the book is about human-animal bonds, his own personal (and tragic) loss of his pet that led him to write the book, God's love for animals, animal sacrifice, and other somewhat-related topics. Most of this material is good, but I found the chapter entitled "Pets, People, & Priorities" to be inappropriate. Although I agree with the basic idea ("people come first, then pets") I do not think this book was the appropriate place to discuss it. Wohlberg seems to have a particular soft spot for dogs, horses, and cats, or what he calls "God's more intelligent" animals. He is somewhat exclusive. I know I'm not the only person with a pet leopard gecko! I also found several typographical errors, and for a book that is only 94 pages long, I believe this is pretty bad. Doesn't someone proofread these books before they publish them?

Disappointing.......2004-07-11

This book does have some nice thoughts in it but there is only a fraction of the book that actually deals with scripture. Like other similar books it's mostly opinion, and opinion which is not even encouraging! He says we don't know for sure that our pets are in heaven and that we must come to our own conclusion! He stresses so much about how people are so much more important than animals to God and that Jesus died only for humans not animals! (Rom 5:8)
He says all we can do is "hope" that our furry friends will be with us. He does say he believes in a "real possibility" of this happening! He says that animals can't think, they can only give love. I think that since animals can display such attributes as love, hate, sympathy, generosity, reasoning powers, language and body language, memory, a sense of moral responsibility, unselfishness, self denial, forethought, affection, friendship, humour, pride, jealousy, anger, revenge, conscience, love of master, conjugal love, and parental love all of which belong to the spirit, not to the body, that animals can think.
He says that it's a "no brainer" that we should think that a human's eternal life is more important than our pets." Real encouraging huh! One nice thing he teaches is that animals display so much love and compassion and he asks "where do such feelings come from anyway?" Well, love and all the above attributes can only be from God and is evidence they can THINK! I feel for his loss of his precious little dog. My heart goes out to him and his wife. But it is my opinion that Steve Wohlberg should stick to his specialty which is Bible Prophecy.
I've read several books on the subject of animal afterlife and the best one I've found is "There Is Eternal Life For Animals" by Niki Behrikis Shanahan as it details Bible Scripture and shows from the Scriptures how much God loves ALL His creation and it proves from the scriptures that animals ARE going to heaven. That is what a grieving pet parent needs to hear, not just someone's opinion.

Heartwarming Tear-jerker.......2003-07-07

Get the kleenex ready, because this is a heartwarming tear-jerker. However, it will provide some comfort and assistance in dealing with the grief of losing a beloved pet. An ideal gift book for the animal lovers in your life. Buy several copies at a time, and keep them on hand, for when the appropriate occasion arises, and for when the right words fail.
Arlene Millman
author of BOOMERANG - A MIRACLE TRILOGY
(The tale of a remarkable Boston Terrier)

Help for the grief process.......2003-01-21

This is a wonderful, heartwarming book. It helped me tremendously after several of my pets died. This book gave me peace of mind as well as hope for the future. It is written in a clear, concise, easy-to-understand manner & would be helpful if read to children as well. I raise show dogs & will be recommending this book to all my puppy buyers for the time when the inevitable happens. If you have lost a pet at any time of your life, this book will help you with the grieving process. Be sure to have a box of tissues at hand!

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From 1890 to the present, Japanese-style gardens have been built on the Pacific West Coast so skillfully and in such large numbers that they have become an integral part of the region's landscape and culture. "Japanese-Style Gardens of the Pacific West Coast" explores the significance of these delightfully elegant landscapes, presenting those of the United States and California as being distinctly North American, rather than imitations of the Asian original.

Primarily designed by Japanese immigrants and their descendants as a way of maintaining ties to their motherland while assimilating into a new culture, these gardens of the Pacific West Coast offer a reflection of the complex role of Japanese culture in North America before, during, and after World War II.

Melba Levick's splendid color photography vibrantly captures the beauty of twenty gardens featured in this volume. Kendall Brown's authoritative text discusses the evolution of function and aesthetic, as well as patronage, of each of these gardens.

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Are Japanese Gardens in the U.S. fakes?.......2000-12-30

Kendall H. Brown begins his history of Japanese-style gardens with a quote from James Rose to the effect that Japanese gardens outside of Japan are fakes. Brown's attitude is, however, more ambiguous than ambivalent. He seldom says he doesn't like something. His liking may be found between the lines. At the end of his history, Brown concludes that Japanese-style gardens are meant for play. It is pleasant to think of people having a smiling time in Japanese-style gardens . . . the wistaria, azalea, carp and waterfalls call for that. Nevertheless, Japanese in Japan are as out of touch with their past traditions as are Americans with their's. There is pleasure in knowing the symbolic uses of gardens in Japan and in their transplanted versions in the United States. Gardens in both countries should be more creative as is the case with "California Scenario" by Isamu Noguchi, the last garden Brown describes. (It is popular with skateboarders!) "Japanese-Style Gardens of the Pacific Coast" is a splendid book and the only book extant that gives the historical background of West-Coast Japanese-style gardens. Melva Levick's photographs whet the desire to see the gardens, if for no other reason than to see which is better . . . the photographs or the gardens. A small objection: If Brown had included acreages, one might be better able to compare the problems and successes of the individual gardens.

Beautiful work.......2000-01-23

This book is one of the few books on US Japanese-style gardens which compares and contrasts the real gardens of Japan with efforts to recreate the essence of their beauty in the western US. Beautiful Photos

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Order this book ... and please don't be put off by its pallid subtitle, A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, which doesn't begin to do justice to the utterly unique and moving story contained within. The Color of Water tells the remarkable story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two good men she married, and the 12 good children she raised. Jordan, born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew, immigrated to America soon after birth; as an adult she moved to New York City, leaving her family and faith behind in Virginia. Jordan met and married a black man, making her isolation even more profound. The book is a success story, a testament to one woman's true heart, solid values, and indomitable will. Ruth Jordan battled not only racism but also poverty to raise her children and, despite being sorely tested, never wavered. In telling her story--along with her son's--The Color of Water addresses racial identity with compassion, insight, and realism. It is, in a word, inspiring, and you will finish it with unalloyed admiration for a flawed but remarkable individual. And, perhaps, a little more faith in us all.

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This is a book that will "make you proud to be a member of the human race," says Mirabella, and countless readers have already discovered its power. Written in remembrance of his Polish-born, Southern-raised Jewish mother-who married a black man and raised twelve children, all of whom completed college-The Color of Water is a classic of the memoir genre, a testament to love, and a truly American story.

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Entertaining, Yes...Informative, No...........2007-10-15

The Color of Water chronicles the childhood of James McBride, an inter-racial kid born of a Jewish mother and a Black father. The book describes James' mom's philosophy of raising her kids as "colorless," with undeniably good principles such as education, respect, and family unity. James is one of the youngest of many kids, and thus is relegated to menial chores and destined to ignorance in his early years, because his mother refuses to answer any of his questions.

At first, the book is actually quite interesting as you learn of the fiber of the Jordan/McBride family. The older kids are generally more rebellious and usually argue with each other about race and politics. The younger kids look up at the older kids but they reserve their ultimate respect and admiration for mommy. As the book progresses, however, the story gets extremely redundant and stereo-typical as other reviewers have mentioned. Apparently, mommy failed to instill the notion that skin color doesn't matter to their kids as they each begin to turn to racial groups and rebel against the "white man."

This book can be a page turner if you focus on only reading the book for the sake of it's story. If you attempt to read this book to gain knowledge on how to raise your kids or any other ultimate motive, I am sad to report that you will likely be dissapointed, as was I.

If you like stereotypes..........2007-09-27

If you like reinforcing stereotypes, then James McBride's book is for you. Jews have big noses, they only care about money, and of course, his converted mother only finds love through Jesus. But let's move past that. A great mother? Perhaps her children would not have had to eat sugar as a meal or wake up at 3 am (when she came home from work with free food from her employer) to eat-- else they went hungry if she had the number of children that she and her could support. Perhaps living in a house where the dog's feces is kicked under the radiator is not an indication of a strong mother. How about when she pays one fare for the subway and puts herself and the twelve children through on that one fare. These are not virtues. The writing was weak; the message was weaker.

A Jewish Mother.......2007-09-24

Legal History of the Color Line: The Rise And Triumph of the One-drop Rule

A better title for this book would be: A Dark Mulatto's Tribute to His Jewish Mother. The word "black" denies the European Jewish ancestry of the author and his siblings and the word "white" denies his mother's ethnic heritage. Mrs. McBride's Jewish ethnic values were far more important to her children's success than being "white."

Parenthood Pride -- A Mother Must Whimper.......2007-08-13

"Times were different then." Something espoused by the author's mother -- a Polish Jew who grew up in the Jim Crow south before World War II, and then raced away from her self-described purgatory to New York -- where she embraced mixed union, poverty and Jesus Christ.

How people of mixed races could live without constant clamour and request for surrender is not known to the 21st century people -- I grew up with bussing and other issues, but never saw a segregated movie theater, water fountain, or seating area. We really don't know how far we have come. And, we don't know how hard the struggle of others has been.

And, to help us understand that path, we have James McBride's autobiography/biography -- in pica print is his tale and in italic (every other chapter) is his mother's biography written by her son or her autobiography as transcribed from her taped sittings with her son.

Some things which she lived with will astound you -- I refer not to the biracial issues, but to the classic violations of Judeo-Christian ethics by the author's grandfather. As a rabbi and devout conservative Jew, the author's grandfather, we learn, abused his spouse emotionally (if not physically), abused his daughter sexually, and abused the black man in the south for personal financial gain. Interestingly, all had the same achilles heel -- each was a weakened victim. The wife a victim of polio and contract marriage, the daughter a victim of youth, and the black people victims of unadulterated 1930's racism.

Emerging from this broiling escapade by the father came the flight of a young woman to New York (the author's mother) who raised 12 bi-racial children whose faces and hair told most strangers they were anything other than children of a conservative Jew who emigrated from Poland.

In the even-numbered paragraphs (those autobiographical passages of the author), I had laugh-out-loud episodes when he recited events of his naive youth when he asked questions about his race, about his mother's race and more. Like Frank McCourt, he delivers the lines in such accurate manner that you feel as though you are sitting back and watching kids in action doing their thing which we, as adults, can not well remember nor well imitate.

This was solid fun reading based upon an extremely unique factual content.

Very disappointing..........2007-07-18

I was very disappointed with this book, especially given so many positive reviews. Though I certainly admired McBride and his siblings' ability to achieve so much given so little, I was appalled and even morally offended by the sheer stupidity and negligence of his mother as she is described (apparently in her own words) throughout the book.

I think we the readers are so overwhelmed with empathy and admiration for 12 children rising out of poverty despite obstacles of racism, poor education, no support from extended family, etc., that we forget to ask the obvious question: why would any person raise 12 children in poverty in the first place?? How is this a good decision? A mother has no job and no discernable skills, and is married to what seems like a great man - wouldn't she think after the 4th kid that "maybe I should make sure I can provide for my first 4 children before I have a 5th..or a 12th?"! To me, this is morally reprehensible! And if that's not enough, the book is littered with negligent decision making while raising her 12 kids. For example, when she drives a car without a license, she seriously risks jail time (and bankrupcy/legal problems if she hits something/someone). What would happen to her kids then? I guarantee if this same woman with no license and 12 children ran into your car, you'd be thinking much different thoughts, the nicest being "what a complete moron"! She obviously must have been a good, strong, moral woman, but she was also lucky. For every 12 child family success story, there are probably 100 other abject failures.

If I went into the woods with no water and no food and no sense of direction, and I made it out alive after 10 days of on-the-verge-of-death adventure, you might be inspired by the luck/perseverence/moral fortitude...or you might just think "why did that moron go into the woods with no water, food, or sense of direction"? That's the way I felt about this book.

The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

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A LOVING TRIBUTE TO MOM...

The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

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A LOVING TRIBUTE TO MOM..........2005-09-04

This book is, indeed, a tribute to the author's mother. In it, the author, a man whose mother was white and his father black, tells two stories: that of his mother and his own. Tautly written in spare, clear prose, it is a wonderful story of a bi-racial family who succeeded and achieved the American dream, despite the societal obstacles placed in its way.

The author's mother was a Polish Orthodox Jew who migrated to America at the age of two with her family during the early nineteen twenties. They ultimately settled down in Virginia, where she led an isolated and lonely life; shunned by whites because she was Jewish and shunned by blacks because she was white. She was raised in a predominantly black neighborhood, where her father, a despicable and harsh man who brutalized his handicapped wife, ran a local grocery store, where he priced gouged his black clientele.

She left home and moved to New York when she was nineteen and never looked back. She met and married the author's father, a black man, when mixed race marriages were still frowned upon by both whites and blacks. Still, she always felt more comfortable around blacks than around whites. When he died sixteen years later, she married another black man who nurtured her eight children by the author's father and proceeded to give her four more children.

The author tells of his childhood, of his family, and of the issue of race that ultimately colored his life while growing up in predominantly black neighborhoods, where his mother stood out like a sore thumb because of the color of her skin. It was always an issue his mother avoided discussing with him, as for her it was not an issue. It was not until the author wrote this book that his mother discussed the issue of race within the context of her own life. From this dialogue emerges a fascinating look at the issues of race, as well as religion, and how it impacts on an individual's identity within our race conscious society.

It is also a very personal story. While the author's family was economically disadvantaged, his eccentric and independent mother always stressed education. She was a strict disciplinarian who brooked no nonsense from her twelve children. A convert to Christianity through her first husband, with whom she founded a Baptist church, she provided her children with the will to succeed. Consequently, all twelve eventually went to college and did her proud. The story of this unique family is told from two distinct, parallel perspectives: that of the author and that of his mother. While both are interesting, it is his mother's story that dominates this beautifully written book, which is, indeed, a tribute to her. It is truly a story told from the heart, as the love that the author has for his mother is evident with every written word.

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A VALENTINE FOR MOM...

The Color of Water
James McBride
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Around the narrative of Ruth McBride Jordan, a.k.a. Rachel Deborah Shilsky, the daughter of an angry, failed Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the South, her son James writes of the inner confusions he felt as a black child of a white mother and of the love and faith with which his mother surrounded their large family. The result is a powerful portrait of growing up, a meditation on race and identity, and a poignant, beautifully crafted hymn from a son to his mother.

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A VALENTINE FOR MOM..........2005-01-25

2-book Set By James Mcbride; the Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother & Miracle at St. Anna

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James Mcbride
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COLOR OF WATER : A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE MOTHER
JAMES MCBRIDE
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James McBride
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James McBride
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1899 edition by Smith, Elder, & Co., London.

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Parnell vindicated;: The lifting of the veil,
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Charles Stewart Parnell; his love story and political life, by Katherine O'Shea (Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell).

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Charles Stewart Parnell; his love story and political life, by Katherine O'Shea (Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell).
Katherine Wood. Parnell
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The Laurel and the Ivy: The Story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism

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The Laurel and the Ivy: The Story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism
Robert Kee
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Beetons Christmas Annual 1987: Sherlock Holmes

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Beetons Christmas Annual 1987: Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Two Sherlock Holmes pastiches and one of the original Conan Doyle short stories. New illustrations by C. Woolery. Includes a commentary and glossary. One of the pastiches deals with the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes's elder brother, Mycroft. The other pastiche is based on true events in the life of the Irish statesman and champion of home rule, Charles Stewart Parnell.

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Fair effort

C.S. Parnell (Gill's Irish lives)
Paul Bew
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Fair effort.......1997-04-22

This is a fair effort by one of Ireland's preeminant Marxist historians. A concise history which covers the generalities, but errs in the minor details. Bew swallows hook, line and sinker the oft-repeated, but now discredited story about Parnell forcing Isaac Butt from the leadership of the HRCGB

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CHARLES STEWART PARNELL
O\'SHEA
Manufacturer: CASSELL
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RZAGRA

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Charles Stewart Parnell
F.S.L. Lyons
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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Charles Stewart Parnell
Paul Bew
Manufacturer: Gill & MacMillan
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Binding: Paperback

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