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Tracing a ragged line down the west coast of Greece, the Ionian islands are no more than 30km from the mainland, yet this has been far enough to exclude them from many of the key events in Greek history, most notably occupation by the Ottoman Turks. However, their position at the south of the Adriatic instead put them at the mercy of northerly invaders, primarily the Venetians and, later, the British, whose cultures fused with those of the islands. The Venetians, who first arrived in the archipelago in the late fourteenth century, imported language, art, music, law and architecture; the British turned up in the eighteenth century and unpacked local government, education, civil engineering, cricket and ginger beer. To a lesser or greater degree, all these influences can still be found in the islands, and the Italians and British remain the region's main summer visitors.

The Ionian islands comprise a core group of six - Corfu (Kérkyra), Paxí (Paxos), Lefkádha (Lefkas), Itháki (Ithaca), Kefalloniá (Cephallonia) and Zákynthos (Zante). Kathira, isolated at the foot of the Peloponnese, along with its satellite Andikathira, is officially part of the Ionian group, but we haven't covered them in this Guide, as they bear few similarities to the core group of islands and share no transport connections with them.

As the big narrative happened elsewhere, the Ionian has no major archeological sites - though Olympia, just two hours' drive from Pátra on the Peloponnese mainland, is accessible from the southern islands. However, there are some spectacular medieval fortresses, and museums on the larger islands trace the archipelago's cultures back to the Paleolithic era. Itháki is still the favourite for the disputed site of Odysseus's Homeric home and has some scattered remains as proof, with neighbouring islands laying claim to particular settings and events from the Odyssey.

But the major feature that distinguishes the Ionians from the mainland and the central swarm of Greek islands in the Aegean is climate: a reliable rainfall pattern has allowed centuries of fairly stable agriculture and has nurtured olive trees, vineyards, rich fruit and vegetable crops, and even wheat and cereal farming on some islands. The Ionian islands display similar geographical characteristics, too: all are mountainous (even tiny Paxí has a small mountain of sorts), with their east coasts tending to be gentle dip slopes above flat, sometimes reclaimed, farm land. The west coasts are often rocky, with cliffs up to 200 metres high. This geology conspires against tourism, placing most of the best beaches on the less accessible west coasts, and the worst on the handy east coasts - where lazy developers have tended to concentrate their attentions. With the exception of Corfu's southwest and north coasts, the south coast of Kefalloniá, southern Zákynthos and pockets of western Lefkádha, most beaches are pebbly, usually shelving into sand.

Island-hopping through the Ionian is not as tricky as you might imagine and, with a month on your hands, you could easily get a taster of all six major islands, though you would be unable to see them all in depth. There is certainly not the abundance of ferry and hydrofoil lines weaving through the group that the Aegean is blessed with, but most of the islands have at least one connection with their nearest neighbour. The chain breaks down, though, between the northern duo, Corfu and Paxí, and the southern quartet: apart from a sporadic summer service between Corfu and Kefalloniá, there are no direct boats between the two groups, forcing you to travel via the mainland, though that in itself can be a pleasurable experience and allows you to glimpse a different side of Greece. Full details of all the possible inter-island connections are given throughout the Guide.

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A perfect counterpart to Lawrence Durrell's Prospero's Cell.......2001-08-08

John Gill is no Lawrence Durrell, but this is not necessarily bad. While it is highly unlikely that anybody will show any interest in this guide 60 years after its publication, I have to admit that it is quite useful now. Having just returned from a two-week holiday with friends on Corfu and Paxos, I can confirm that we put the guide to good use. It contains the usual blend of the descriptions of attractions, historical information, an occasional topical articles (like The Ionian School of Painting), and of course practical information.

As for practical information: the author himself admits that the situation with ferries changes from one year to another, so you have to check it yourself. Most ferry companies have their own Web sites nowadays, and you can also make reservations there. The yearly inflation rate in Greece is about 5%, which you have to take into account when comparing prices in the guide with the actual ones. As for kafenios and tavernas - use your own sense. Recommending or - rarely - advising against some taverna can be useful sometimes, but sticking strictly to your guidebook without looking around, you are no different than the rest of the tourist crowd, are you?

And one thing is clear: Mr. Gill doesn't like tourists, especially British tourists. Neither do I (I don't sport any preferential dislike for any nationality, though), nor probably do you, or you would be booking your package holiday in Kavos or Ipsos instead of reading this guide. The attitude of "travellers" towards "tourists" is snobbish in its own way, and if you are put off by it, you probably won't like this guide. If you do consider yourself a traveller rather than a tourist, though, then the Ionian islands might be a good destination for you. I don't remember seeing any McDonald's joint there, so the charming idyllic picture might not be completely lost yet. And, speaking of idyllic pictures, Durrell's autobiographic Prospero's Cell, describing his years on Corfu before WWII, might be a perfect counterpart to this guide.

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By examining how ordinary Virginia citizens grappled with the vexing problem of slavery in a society dedicated to universal liberty, Eva Sheppard Wolf broadens our understanding of such important concepts as freedom, slavery, emancipation, and race in the early years of the American republic. She frames her study around the moment between slavery and liberty—emancipation—shedding new light on the complicated relations between whites and blacks in a slave society. Wolf argues that during the post-Revolutionary period, white Virginians understood both liberty and slavery to be racial concepts more than political ideas. Through an in-depth analysis of archival records, particularly those dealing with manumission between 1782 and 1806, she reveals how these entrenched beliefs shaped both thought and behavior. In spite of qualms about slavery, white Virginians repeatedly demonstrated their unwillingness to abolish the institution. The manumission law of 1782 eased restrictions on individual emancipation and made possible the liberation of thousands, but Wolf discovers that far fewer slaves were freed in Virginia than previously thought. Those who were emancipated posed a disturbing social, political, and even moral problem in the minds of whites. Where would ex-slaves fit in a society that could not conceive of black liberty? As Wolf points out, even those few white Virginians who proffered emancipation plans always suggested sending freed slaves to some other place. Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831 led to a public debate over ending slavery, after which discussions of emancipation in the Old Dominion largely disappeared as the eastern slaveholding elite tightened its grip on political power in the state. This well-informed and carefully crafted book outlines important and heretofore unexamined changes in whites' views of blacks and liberty in the new nation. By linking the Revolutionary and antebellum eras, it shows how white attitudes hardened during the half-century that followed the declaration that "all men are created equal." AUTHOR BIO: Eva Sheppard Wolf is an assistant professor of history at San Francisco State University.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion (Graphic History)

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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion (Graphic History)
Michael Burgan
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Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory

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Nat Turner's name rings through American history with a force all its own. Leader of the most important slave rebellion on these shores, variously viewed as a murderer of unarmed women and children, an inspired religious leader, a fanatic--this puzzling figure represents all the terrible complexities of American slavery. And yet we do not know what he looked like, where he is buried, or even whether Nat Turner was his real name. In Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory, Kenneth S. Greenberg gathers twelve distinguished scholars to offer provocative new insight into the man, his rebellion, and his time, and his place in history. The historians here explore Turner's slave community, discussing the support for his uprising as well as the religious and literary context of his movement. They examine the place of women in his insurrection, and its far-reaching consequences (including an extraordinary 1832 Virginia debate about ridding the state of slavery). Here are discussions of Turner's religious visions--the instructions he received from God to kill all of his white oppressors. Louis Masur places him against the backdrop of the nation's sectional crisis, and Douglas Egerton puts his revolt in the context of rebellions across the Americas. We trace Turner's passage through American memory through fascinating interviews with William Styron on his landmark novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and with Dr. Alvin Poussaint, one of the "ten black writers" of the 1960s who bitterly attacked Styron's vision of Turner. Finally, we follow Nat Turner into the world of Hollywood. Nat Turner has always been controversial, an emblem of the searing wound of slavery in American life. This book offers a clear-eyed look at one of the best known and least understood figures in our history.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: Including the 1831 "Confessions"

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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: Including the 1831 "Confessions"
Herbert Aptheker
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The first full-length study of the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history, this meticulously researched document explores the nature of Southern society in the early 19th century and the conditions that led to the rebellion. Aptheker's book includes Turner's "Confessions," recorded before his execution in 1831.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: Together With the Full Text of the So-Called "Confessions" of Nat Turner Made in Prison in 1831

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American Wars of Liberation, Part II

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: Together With the Full Text of the So-Called "Confessions" of Nat Turner Made in Prison in 1831

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American Wars of Liberation, Part II.......2004-06-16

When I was a college student in the early `60s, Herbert Aptheker was referred to as a Marxist historian. Maybe he was or maybe that was just part of the spirit of those somewhat cramped times, when anyone who challenged authority or wanted to speak his mind contrary to "accepted wisdom" ran the risk of being labelled Marxist, red, or Communist. Certainly, after reading this book---published by the "radical" Grove Press in 1968---I cannot find anything remotely resembling Communism or leftwing ideas. Perhaps at the time, ideas such as those found in NAT TURNER'S SLAVE REBELLION were considered controversial. Daring to praise the spirit and intelligence of a man who tried to rebel against an evil, ugly system was still radical. It is not so today, at least not so far as slavery is concerned. We have our own, modern bogeymen of whom it is better not to speak.

Aptheker documents the origins, local economic and social conditions, the mood among slaves, and the mood among whites as concerned the very institution of slavery before the two-day rebellion which occurred in Virginia in 1831. He notes the rise in black population vis-à-vis the white population. He uses many quotes from either contemporary writers or those who wrote much later and footnotes everything scrupulously. The bulk of this short work is divided into three sections: the Environment, the Event, and the Effects. I cannot say the book makes thrilling reading, nor will it hold the attention of many. Aptheker ably establishes that Nat Turner's Rebellion belongs in that class of historical movement led by a prophet and disastrously unprepared for real war. Such movements have sprung up everywhere throughout history, from Brazil to India, from the American West to medieval Europe. The most fascinating reading is Nat Turner's "confession" itself, taken after his capture, a few months later. We read the words of a prophet strained through the mind and pen of a local man of average intelligence who believed he was interviewing a dangerous criminal, nothing more. Few such interviews with prophets---even of this quality---exist. Perhaps there are other, better books on Nat Turner. If so, read them. He deserves to be far better known, a would-be American Spartacus. Aptheker's pioneering work is solid, but difficult reading, hence my grade of only three stars.

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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
Aptheker H
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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

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Good for the uninformed

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion in American History (In American History)

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion in American History (In American History)
Judith Edwards
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
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Good for the uninformed.......2006-01-24

Which is just about anyone who's gone through a basic "American History" high-school course and nothing else. Actually, even the history courses in college tend to focus in on the Underground Railroad and the Civil War for the most part, and when it comes to slavery itself, only on certain figures such as Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln. You hardly ever hear about the rebellions. I certainly hadn't, in either high school or college.

I got this book, knowing that it was for children, because that's the learning level I felt I was on when it came to this subject. Even Movies and TV specials don't cover this and I wanted to know about this part of history that seems to get skipped over in our time.

This is indeed a good book for someone wanting an introduction to the rebellions in the South. The first few chapters discuss previous attempts at rebellions as well as Nat Turner's early years, in order to give a background for his latter actions. It was a good job at fleshing out the history behind it all. The photographs of documents and etchings provided a good feel to the book, giving a better glimpse into the minds of the people of the time than just dry text would have.

As another reviewer said, this is in no way a good book for a scholar or a knowledgeable student of the subject. But for someone, young or adult, who has little background in it, this is a good book to start with.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion in American History (In American History).......2005-07-20

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion in American History (In American History)is a great book if all you want is an overview of the subject matter. The author has made use of a range of sources such as newspaper excerpts and legislation bills throughout, yet this book offers the reader a narrative rather than an interpretive history. I would recommend this book for high school children, or those who are interested in learning the basic facts about Nat Turner and the events that surrounded the insurrection. From a scholarly perspective, this publication is limited in its usefulness. On the upside, Edwards' book does contain some beautiful etchings, paintings and photographs that do not appear in many other books about Nat Turner.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Including the Full Text of Nat Turner's 1831 "Confession"

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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Including the Full Text of Nat Turner's 1831 "Confession"
Herbert Aptheker
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"We hope that range managers reading this book will realize that they are also wildlife managers, and that wildlife managers reading this book will realize that they are also habitat managers; in the region this book covers, rangeland and habitat are synonyms."-from the Preface

For most of the last century, range management meant managing land for livestock. The best measure of success was how well a landowner grew the grass that cattle ate. In this century, landowners look to hunting and wildlife viewing for income; rangeland is now also wildlife habitat, and landowners are managing their land not just for cattle but also for wildlife, most notably deer and quail.

Unlike other books on white-tailed deer in places where rainfall is relatively high and the environment stable, this book takes an ecological approach to deer management in the semiarid lands of Oklahoma, Texas, and northern Mexico. These are the least productive of white-tail habitats, where periodic drought punctuates long-term weather patterns. The book's focus on this landscape across political borders is one of its original and lasting contributions. Another is its contention that good management is based on ecological principles that guide the manager's thinking about:

Habitat Requirements of White-Tailed Deer

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Excellent reference and nice authors.......2007-01-04

This is a great reference book for anyone interested in range management and wildlife. I would highly recommend this book. The co-authors of this book are very dedicated to the preservation of wildlife. I am proud to consider them both friends of mine. Thank you for the good work.

Naturalist's Big Bend: An Introduction to the Trees and Shrubs, Wildflowers, Cacti, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Fish, and Insects (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, 33)

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Nature boy, this book's for you
Good general naturalist's info
Great book, bad citations.
Plants and Animals at Big Bend

Naturalist's Big Bend: An Introduction to the Trees and Shrubs, Wildflowers, Cacti, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Fish, and Insects (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, 33)
Roland H. Wauer , and C. M. Fleming
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Nature boy, this book's for you.......2007-07-19

Naturalist's Big Bend is a comprehensive overview of the flora and fauna of the Big Bend National Park region in Texas. Big Bend is unique for a couple of reasons. First, because the US/Mexico border dips south there, many species are found in the US only in this region. Secondly, as the climate changed following the last ice age, other species found themselves islanded in the cooler mountain ecosystems as the plains around them became deserts. These "sky islands" hold unique flora and fauna that has remained isolated for thousands of years.

Authors Wauer and Fleming have comprehensive first-hand knowledge of the park that comes through in every chapter. The book provides the advantage not only of their expertise but of their access to many unpublished Park Service and other reports and surveys of the park. The bibliography is the definitive go-to guide for anyone wishing to research any aspect of Big Bend's ecosystem. However, for a more personal tour of the park, you might prefer For All Seasons: A Big Bend Journal by author Wauer.

The book makes an excellent reference for the knowledgeable biologist or biology buff planning, enjoying, or remembering a visit to Big Bend National Park. Casual tourists will find the detail overwhelming and the illustrations miserly. With a bigger budget, this could have been a stunning illustrated field guide. As it is, most species rely on description alone for identification. There are a few black-and-white plates of plants, a limited number of fascinating black-and-white photos of animals, and a select group of stunning color photos that illustrate the diverse habitats found within the park.

Good general naturalist's info.......2006-03-07

My husband and I both found this useful and interesting for our recent weeklong trip to Big Bend. I would recommend it more as preparatory reading before the trip, or evening reading at your room or campsite while in the park, than as a guide to specific areas or species. Also it is best used with oher books accompanying it rather than relying on it alone, such as hiking, lizard, flower, or birding book too, depending on your interests. The bibiography uses up about the last quarter of this rather slim book. So you may want to get it way ahead of your trip then order more books from the bibliography or elsewhere.

Great book, bad citations........2005-12-14

This is a neat little book summarizing the flora and fauna of Big Bend National Park. It covers plants, birds, mammals, invertebrates, fish, and reptiles and amphibians, and provides a brief history. It is not an identification guide, but a listing of species of interest with some facts about them. There are better resources of information about birds and plants, but the other topics are rarely covered elsewhere aside from checklists available at the park.

My only problem with this guide is that they have provided in-text citations that are not in the bibliography! If you are going to cite sources in the text, please provide complete information *somewhere*. The bibliography lists lots of great sources, just not ALL of the sources used in the book. This lack of attention to detail is the reason I gave this book anything less than 5 stars.

Plants and Animals at Big Bend .......2004-12-27

Big Bend National Park has a variety of habitats for plants and animals. I was surprised to read that Big Bend counts more bird species than any other National Park in the US. Most of the park is desert, but the Rio Grande attracts water-loving species and the higher elevations of the Chisos mountains support trees normally associated with the Rocky Mountains hundreds of miles further north.

This is a fine little book. It has many color illustrations of the rugged terrain of the Big Bend, historical photos, black and white photos of animals and plants, and line drawings of wildflowers for identification purposes.

The book offers a capsule history of the Big Bend and a description of the five ecological zones in the park: floodplain, desert shrub, desert grassland, woodland formation and woodland. A chapter each is devoted to describing trees and shrubs, wildflowers, cacti, mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish, and insects and other invertebrates. An extensive bibliography will guide a reader who wants more information. The text is competently and clearly written with brief descriptions of each species and comments on its importance, uses, range, and habitat.

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The Explorers' Texas: The Animals They Found

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Texas Past

The Explorers' Texas: The Animals They Found
Del Weniger
Manufacturer: Eakin Press
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Texas Past.......2000-09-09

Del Weniger used 360 journal entries from whites who explored what would be Texas from the late 17th Century to 1860 to find out what the fauna of the region once was. He used only observation notes to avoid the distortions that can arise from reminiscences, and what he found is awe-inspiring: vast numbers of plains animals, comparable to the African savanna and not limited to buffalo. There were pronghorns and White-tailed Deer in herds of hundreds on the prairies - yes, deer in the open in giant herds. His research indicates they became shy forest creatures after whites with their mass slaughter and land destruction entered the scene. With them were attendant wolf packs, also hundreds strong. Peccaries, jackrabbits, coyotes, and elk (in north and south Texas!) joined them for what must have been an awesome spectacle to the European settlers. Jaguar roamed to the Red River. Ocelots lived wherever there was shrub cover, even in what's now the Panhandle. Mountain lions were encountered on a daily basis and said to be relatively harmless and even tamable. Immense prairie dog towns extended for miles with populations in the hundreds of millions. Beavers, otters, ringtails, black bears, and gray foxes were abundant, but armadillos hadn't yet moved north of the Valley and porcupines hadn't moved south of the Panhandle before 1860. Weniger uses etymology and range records to validate his arguments and clarify his points. The only irritating thing about this book is his ignorance of Native Americans. Names from American languages (like jaguar, opossum, and cougar) he says came from "the Indian word for...", implying there's only one Indian language. And for opossum, he says that the first syllable is a white approximation of the "peculiar grunt common to Indian speech". No linguistic research past Hollywood Westerns? That aside, this is a fascinating, enlightening book.

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The Classic of Southwest Mammalology

The Mammals of Texas
William B. Davis , and Schmidly David J.
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William B. Davis and David J. Schmidly bring together over seventy years of experience in the study of Texas mammals. A completely revised and updated version of Davis' classic text, which was first published in 1947, The Mammals of Texas is a perennial favorite, going through four reprints and revisions during the past forty-seven years. A basic reference for the wildlife enthusiast, the book contains information on the distribution, physical characteristics, and life histories of 181 species of Texas mammals. Included are photographs, a comprehensive set of distribution maps, and identification keys to the orders and species of mammals found in Texas.

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The Classic of Southwest Mammalology.......2000-04-09

This book is a classic reference -- it's been around for a long time, and will probably continue to be around for quite some time to come. I all but slept with it under my pillow during my college days, and now, decades later, I still frequently refer to it. Every subspecies of every wild mammal found in the Lone Star State, from mice to buffalo, is covered here in painstaking detail: feeding and breeding habits, distribution (including maps), population status, very good photographs, and relationship to human society (game animal, crop pest, etc.) is all here. Due to the size and geographic location of Texas, the animals covered in this book range over many habitats from desert to woodlands to subtropical seas -- making it a useful reference tool for zoological study in almost any area of the United States.

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Really cute way to introduce kids to Texas' symbols.

Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol
Mary Brooke Casad
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Really cute way to introduce kids to Texas' symbols........1999-04-14

I checked this book out at the public library during a "Texas" unit in my first grade classroom. The book really enhanced our study of Texas symbols such as the state seal, the state tree, the state bird, the state flower, the flag, the capitol, etc. A great book for Texas children - natives or "transplants"! Thanks to you Mary Brooke Casad!

Patterns in the Structure of Mammalian Communities (Special Publications (Texas Tech University Museum))

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Patterns in the Structure of Mammalian Communities (Special Publications (Texas Tech University Museum))
D. W. Morris , S. Abramsky , and B. J. Fox
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Biosystematics of the Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher, Cratogeomys Castanops (Special Publications (Texas Tech University Museum))

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Biosystematics of the Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher, Cratogeomys Castanops (Special Publications (Texas Tech University Museum))
Robert R. Hollander
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From a family of readers

The Buffalo Train Ride (Texas Trilogy)
Desiree Webber
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Although millions of buffalo once covered the great plains, the animals were hunted almost to extinction in the 1880s. In this compelling story of perseverance, the reader is led through a tale of tragedy followed by triumph. When land was a valuable as gold, conservationists fought to establish a wildlife preserve for bison. Fifteen buffalo from the New York Zoological Society were loaded onto a train, and three men were assigned to stand guard on the 1800-mile trip.

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From a family of readers.......2002-01-11

I read this book aloud to my family, and we all enjoyed it. My 11-year-old son still refers to it. The book tells a sad story with a positive ending. It was an interesting and inspirational story about how a species was saved and what a big difference a few people can make. What the reviewer above may have taken for lame attempts at humor, we read as successful attempts to explain events and situations in simple ways that a modern reader -- especially a child -- can understand. In my opinion, there's too much fluff and political correctness in children's literature today. This well-researched book that made note of a true story was a refreshing break from the monotony. This isn't our favorite book ever, but we've added it to our permanent library to reread and to lend to friends.

Catalogue of type specimens of neotropical bats in selected European museums (Special publications - The Museum, Texas Tech University ; no. 15)

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Catalogue of type specimens of neotropical bats in selected European museums (Special publications - The Museum, Texas Tech University ; no. 15)
Dilford C Carter
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Contribution to a Bibliography of Recent Texas Mammals, 1981-1990 (Special Publications (Texas Tech University Museum))

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Contribution to a Bibliography of Recent Texas Mammals, 1981-1990 (Special Publications (Texas Tech University Museum))
J. Knox Jones
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Roman Gold: Coins of the Medieval World 383-1453 A. D.
Harlan Berk
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Gardens have been all things to all people: paradoxical sites of pleasure and pain, safety and danger, art and nature; public spaces and private retreats, places of physical labor and metaphysical reflection. This diversity and versatility have always attracted poets, whose repertory of garden
themes on paper matches what gardeners themselves have achieved on the ground.
Now, in The Oxford Book of Garden Verse, the best of this poetic tradition has been gathered. From enclosed gardens and landscape parks to Victorian flower gardens and modern patios, successive historical periods of gardening are mirrored in verse from the Middle Ages to the present day. Here
is a variety of poetic expression: the metaphorical associations gardens inspire, and the detailed descriptions, both romantic and robust. And in The Oxford Book of Garden Verse, the gardener is celebrated as much as the creation, as are the mundane tasks of weeding, making compost, mowing lawns,
and tending the grounds. Particularly fertile in modern examples, this delightful collection offers a wealth of literary talent to match the most abundant of gardens.

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John Dixon, Ed. Hunt
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The road not taken. The one that got away. Serendipitous meetings. These are the stories that populate How We Met, an anthology of "chance encounters and other true love stories of real-life couples." They are stories of enduring affection that transcends time and distance until the couples eventually find their way to one another through happenstance or dogged perseverance. That fork in the road eventually circles back to the right path. The one that got away is found again. Romance blooms at stoplights. Sometimes it takes a week or a month, sometimes years--even decades--for the lovers to find each other and acknowledge their bond. In the end, they all live happily ever after--or at least that's what we hope: nearly all the stories conclude with marriage.

Some of the 32 stories in this collection are contemporary, with young adults meeting in modern settings such as through the singles ads; others date to World War II or start there and finish in the 1990s with long-lost lovers finding each other against all odds. It would be easy to prejudge How We Met as schmaltz, but once you dive in, you are assured of finding a story that reminds you of your own history (perhaps of the moment you met your spouse) or that rekindles memories of a special someone from the past. Single readers will be reassured that they, too, may one day meet their soul mate.

The writing style is journalistic and unembroidered with the intemperate gush of many love stories. This restraint allows the narratives to speak for themselves, and as examples of true love between regular folks, they need no embellishment. --Brenda Pittsley

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Every day, in every corner of the world, chance encounters bring together people who are meant for each other. As anyone who has ever fallen in love knows, few moments in life are more magical. How We Met is a treasury of these life-changing encounters. Real couples young and old share heartwarming stories of being brought together by seemingly blind happenstance—a missed appointment, a wrong turn, an unexpected phone call. The stories range from the profoundly simple to the simply miraculous—you'll read of people who discovered their loved ones by turning a corner, and others who had to traverse great distance and time. You'll be charmed by the awkward fumblings of first meetings, and you'll be moved by the undying pursuit of lasting love.

How We Met will remind you that every couple's story is special—including yours.

"Engaging, charming, and altogether romantic."

—Jonathan Kellerman, bestselling author

"This book displays solid execution of a fascinating idea and provides an abundance of engaging, touching true stories."

—Michael Medved, film critic and author of Saving Childhood

"I thought this would be a fluff book on love stories. Instead, it was a banquet that fed my heart and soul. This book is for anyone who believes that true love does exist. Here are powerful, memorable stories to savor and relish."

—Krysta Kavenaugh, managing editor, Marriage magazine

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Whether in a relationship or still looking, read this book........1999-02-25

I not only read Miriam's book, I read it again. The introduction is critical as it prepares you for the elequent journey into truly enlightening stories of how people met and fell in love. What makes this book unique is the innocent and sometimes strange circumstances surrounding the clandestined lovers within its binding. Miriam covers everything from the first kiss to second chances for those who were either to inmature to notice or to stubborn to care. Each story is laced with destiny; and lends credence to the possibility of a soul mate for everyone. At first glance it is just a compilation of "How We Met" stories. On a second it touches you on a deeper more spiritual level, freeing the you (the reader) from the ideals and standards we set for "the perfect mate". For those of you in relationships you won't finish this book without seeing yourself in at least one of the characters. For those of you single and still searching, "How We Met" holds out hope, inspiration and faith in what is destined for you. Soul mates do exist!

So why only four stars?? You can tell by the introduction, these stories affected Miriam in a spiritual sense; so much so that she speaks to the issues of spirtuality, destiny and soul mates as they relate to love. It would have been great had she shared some of this insight at the end of each story. Then again, maybe it is better left to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. You be the judge!

A breath of fresh air - soulmates do exist!!!.......1999-02-22

Miriam Sokol's book of real life stories was a joy to read. I didn't want to put it down. In a world where sometimes there is so much sadness in relationships, it was so refreshing to realize that meeting our soulmates is possible if we allow ourselves to realize that a higher power is guiding us.

Wonderfully written, engaging stories with depth.......1999-02-02

The stories in How we met are wonderfully written, engaging and with a surprising amount of depth. I also liked the insights that begin each chapter, which served as a guide for the stories. It's a fun and interesting read for just about everyone. I even had my teenage daughter read it!

INSPIRING OF HOPE FOR ALL SINGLES.......1999-01-29

I was touched by Miriam Sokol's book and after several tissues I realized I was filled with hope. As an single woman, who is old enough to have alot of her own stories, I became more convinced of the power of spiritual forces in guiding a match. Just when you think you may never meet your soulmate, Ms. Sokol's book illuminates the possibilities that he may materialize any day now. Ms. Sokol understands that the greatest matchmaker of all times, is "The One whose hand is in every match." I highly recommend this lovely book.

a banquet that fed my heart and soul.......1999-01-20

Remember those old films where there is a tent in the desert, looks small from the outside, but its a magnificent palace on the inside? My state of mind changed as I read this book. I wasn't just reading. I was filling my heart and soul with possibility, with reality, with love. The feeling of hope, trust, excitement has lasted for days. True love is alive and well.

Plutarch: Moralia, Volume X, Love Stories. That a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially With Men in Power. To an Uneducated Ruler. Whether an Old Man ... Menander. (Loeb Classical Library No. 321)

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Plutarch: Moralia, Volume X, Love Stories. That a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially With Men in Power. To an Uneducated Ruler. Whether an Old Man ... Menander. (Loeb Classical Library No. 321)
Plutarch
Manufacturer: Loeb Classical Library
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0674993543

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Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daughter and four sons. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned.

Plutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the 46 Parallel Lives, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), though the last four lives are single. All are invaluable sources of our knowledge of the lives and characters of Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers and orators. Plutarch's many other varied extant works, about 60 in number, are known as Moralia or Moral Essays. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics and religion.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of the Moralia is in fifteen volumes, volume XIII having two parts.

Herman Melville's Malcolm Letter: Man's Final Love

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Herman Melville's Malcolm Letter: Man's Final Love
Hennig Cohen , and Donald Yanella
Manufacturer: Fordham University Press
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ASIN: 0823211843
Release Date: 1993-01-01

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This previously unpublished letter, one of 36 to be retrieved since the publication of The Letters of Herman Melville (1960), has earned a place in the New York Public Library's Gansevoort-Lansing Collection. The Malcolm Letter was written by Melville in 1849, on the birth of his son. In a bit of dramatic irony, Melville reflects on the responsibility looming ahead of him as the reader notes the tragedy that Melville cannot possibly foresee- his son Malcolm's suicide eighteen years later. Cohen and Yannella's careful study relives for the reader this and other events which shaped the clannish Melville family history and how the author's struggle with these pressures is manifested in his writing.

Getting over John Doe: A Story of Love, Heartache, and Surviving With Style

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Quick entertaining read - NOT for those seeking a how to
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Not What I Expected--Shallow
HOORAY FOR THIS BOOK!!
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Getting over John Doe: A Story of Love, Heartache, and Surviving With Style
Suzanne Yalof
Manufacturer: William Morrow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0688162010
Release Date: 1999-01-20

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Is there anything worse than being in love with someone who -- suddenly, out of the blue, with no reason at all -- stops loving you back?

Here is a remedy for that all-too-familiar chapter in every girl's life: getting dumped.

It's not really Ben & Jerry's that soothes the sting -- or getting even -- though that certainly helps. Rather, it's learning to lose him and respect yourself that puts you on the path to sanity-and gives you some Zen with men.

In this quirky romantic comedy of errors, Suzy Yalof tells her John Doe story from the pitch "open -- minded, smart, funny" to sex, the L-word, and the big dump (a subzero day on a chairlift) to finally getting over John Doe (Hint: Do the things he always hated). Like all of us, Suzy Yalof has survived the exaltation, embarrassment, and disappointment of romance. But with the realization that for every frog there is a prince, she's rebounded with style. Hers is an exemplary story of a woman scorned -- and then inspired.

Every woman who has ever loved and lost and then gone on to exhaust her mom, her pals, and the neighborhood bartender with her John Doe story will find a well of unconditional empathy in Getting Over John Doe. It is a love lesson for our time -- and far more titillating than dating John ever was.

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Quick entertaining read - NOT for those seeking a how to.......2005-01-11

This is a "feel better because someone else has been there" kind of story - I read it in a couple hours after long-ago getting over my own John Doe,. It is amusing and maybe a little inspiring to know that almost anything can get published should I decide to write a get-over-it book...

A Reader.......2004-08-25

LIGHTHEARTED - DON'T THINK IT'LL CURE YOUR HEARTBREAK. Cute book, but not one that will heal a heartache. Easy read, can be read in one sitting. Upbeat and cheery - can relate to some of the accounts mentioned. But if you are looking for a book that will truly heal a heartache, this is not your book. I ordered this book hoping for advice and testimonials that would help me get over him - this book does not deliver that. A fun read most women will enjoy.

Not What I Expected--Shallow.......2002-04-24

This book will be of no use when dealing with the break-up of a serious relationship. One of the suggestions is to go shopping. Great, not only will I still have a broken heart, but I'll be up to my eyeballs in credit card debt too. This book is only good for a few laughs when dealing with the break-up of a short and superficial romance.

HOORAY FOR THIS BOOK!!.......2001-02-28

This book was so great-finally a book to talk about getting over someone that is so realistic and hilarious at the same time. My friends and I rolled over laughing -we've all been through it and it's great to laugh about it. Getting over someone can take a long time-this is a good read in the meantime.

I Love This Book!.......2000-01-16

This book has helped me much more than any one ever has. If you have ever been dumped by someone that you thought was the "one," this book is definatley for you to read. Two years ago, I broke up with a person that meant more to me than any one ever has and it was the hardest thing that i ever had to do. But when i picked up this book one day at a local bookestore, it impacted my life in the most positive way. I learned that i had to grow from this experience instead of wallowing in my own self pity. Thank you Suzanne for writing such a fabulous book!

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Written with style
An extraordinary work of criticism

Jane Austen, or The Secret of Style
D. A. Miller
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0691090750

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What is the world-historical importance of Jane Austen? An old maid writes with the detachment of a god. Here, the stigmatized condition of a spinster; there, a writer's unequalled display of absolute, impersonal authority. In between, the secret work of Austen's style: to keep at bay the social doom that would follow if she ever wrote as the person she is.

For no Jane Austen could ever appear in Jane Austen. Amid happy wives and pathetic old maids, we see no successfully unmarried woman, and, despite the multitude of girls seeking to acquire "accomplishments," no artist either. What does appear is a ghostly No One, a narrative voice unmarked by age, gender, marital status, all the particulars that make a person--and might make a person peculiar. The Austen heroine must suppress her wit to become the one and not the other, to become, that is, a person fit to be tied in a conjugal knot. But for herself, Austen refuses personhood, with all its constraints and needs, and disappears into the sourceless anonymity of her style. Though often treasured for its universality, that style marks the specific impasse of a writer whose self-representation is impossible without the prospect of shame.

D.A. Miller argues this case not only through the close reading that Austen's style always demands, but also through the close writing, the slavish imitation, that it sometimes inspires.

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Written with style.......2004-10-14

Austen's achievement is to create a kind of magically anonymous narrator, one whose judgements and descriptions never seem to proceed from a person freighted with human foibles, but from an untouchably transcendent wit, and Miller's book teaches us how and why this is. It is a tour de force.

An extraordinary work of criticism.......2003-12-22

This is probably the most thoughtful and intelligent book that has ever been written on Austen. Miller addresses the basic problems that any critic of Austen's work must consider -- particularly the narrative stance for which she is famous -- and he carefully examines its component parts and its preconditions. It will be impossible for any future commentators on Austen to proceed without taking account of Miller's insights.

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The Other Man (Linford Romance Library)
Kathy George
Manufacturer: Ulverscroft Large Print
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1843955687

The Other Man: A Love Story - John F Kennedy Jr, Carolyn Bessette, & Me

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The Other Man: A Love Story - John F Kennedy Jr, Carolyn Bessette, & Me
Michael Bergin
Manufacturer: Regan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MQ6UHY

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Other Voices, Other Climes
Edward Michel-Bird
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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ASIN: 155395579X
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Ten unique stories evoke South Africa, New York, San Diego, Paris, Dieppe, Amsterdam, Toronto, Vancouver, Flin Flon, Man

TIME OUT OF MIND - And Other Stories: The Man Who Picked Up Pins; The Miracle; The Perfect Robot; The Enigmatic Saint; The Lunians; The Diabolical Weapon; The Age of Wisdom; The Man Who Hated Machines; Love and Gravity

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TIME OUT OF MIND - And Other Stories: The Man Who Picked Up Pins; The Miracle; The Perfect Robot; The Enigmatic Saint; The Lunians; The Diabolical Weapon; The Age of Wisdom; The Man Who Hated Machines; Love and Gravity
Pierre (translated from the French by Xan Fielding and Elisabeth Abbott) Boulle
Manufacturer: Signet Books - New American Library
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000CS79EK

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Author Pierre Boulle of Planet of the Apes. Science Fiction

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TIME OUT OF MIND - And Other Stories: The Man Who Picked Up Pins; The Miracle; The Perfect Robot; The Enigmatic Saint; The Lunians; The Diabolical Weapon; The Age of Wisdom; The Man Who Hated Machines; Love and Gravity
Pierre (translated from the French by Xan Fielding and Elisabeth Abbott) Boulle; Illustrator-Richard Powers;
Manufacturer: Signet Books - New American Library
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Binding: Paperback
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Blooming Meadows: a Bountiful Harvest for Modern Irish Trad.......2000-09-13

As a traditional musician I very sensitive to the way Irish folk music is presented to the population as a whole. The recent boom in popularity has put players through an astounding degree of attention and brought up some interesting questions and debates. Can the music remain representative of the tradition in the face of such publicity? The tradition is prized for its honesty both in its music and players. Some feared that fame would 'ruin' the down-to-earth asspects of the genre. Fintan Vallely, a talented flute player from an emmensly musical family, with Charlie Piggott, an amazing fiddle player bring forward a thrilling harvest of biographical material. Such personalities as Bredan Begley,Paddy Canny,Paddy Kennan,Maighhread NiDhomhaill,Micho Russell and many others are interviewed with sensitivity, appearing as old friends rather than stars placed on an unreachable pedestal. The stories are inspirational for the new player and sustaining for the traditional music veteran, I refer constantly to this book when writing or speaking on the topic of traditional music. The black and white photographs are in keeping with the sensitive, understanded nature of the book, making clear the bountiful harvest of modern Irish traditional music.

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