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Seeds and Seedlings (The Young Scientist Investigates)
Terry Jennings Manufacturer: Childrens Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0516484087 |
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The Young Scientist Investigates: Seeds and Seedlings
Terry Jennings Manufacturer: Oxford University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0199170401 |
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Take Your Kids to Europe, 6th: How to Travel Safely (and Sanely) in Europe with Your Children
Cynthia Harriman Manufacturer: Globe Pequot ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 076272790X |
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Leave this book at the store.......2005-08-12
Excellent book on planning any trip with your family.......2005-02-02
Go to Europe with the help you need!.......2005-01-30
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Clean Sweep: The Inside Story of the Zzzz Best Scam... One of Wall Street's Biggest Frauds
Barry Minkow Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0785279164 |
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The Pro Football Chronicle: The Complete (Well Almost Record of the Best Players, the Greatest Photos, the Hardest Hits, the Biggest Scandals and T)
Dan Daly , and Bob O'Donnell Manufacturer: Macmillan General Reference ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0020283008 |
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The best book on the game's esoterica.......2003-06-17
There are no canonisations and platitudes here (for instance, the book criticises in detail Vince Lombardi's late-sixties draft choices and suggests he might have handed Phil Bengtson something of a poisoned chalice - an interesting theory, if nothing else), and no tedious top-ten-this or worst-five-that lists for the more mentally challenged. Instead, there are decade-by-decade glimpses of the game which, taken together, produce the best historical, fan-level portrait of the NFL I've ever come across.
My only complaint - and it's a small one - is that the book does fall back on the inevitable statistical section and identifies what it believes to be the "greatest" players. There's enough of this junk in other books ("Total Football" leaps to mind); I would have preferred more pages of esoterica and amusing photographs.
This is a book really worth searching out for if your idea of a good read is something other than a fawning biography or Officially Licensed propaganda.
Great job O'D!.......2003-04-09
Do not miss this book...........2002-05-15
Wow. No, WOW!.......2002-02-13
My favorite sports book ever!.......2001-12-11
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The Biggest (And Best Flag That Ever Flew)
Rebecca Jones Manufacturer: Tidewater Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0870334409 |
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Biggest & Best Flag That Ever Flew
Rebecca C. Jones Manufacturer: Tidewater Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 087033381X |
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Extreme War: The Biggest, Best, Bloodiest, and Worst in Warfare
Terrence Poulos Manufacturer: Citadel ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0806527307 |
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The Legendary Leaders, Weapons, Battlefields, And Tactics That Defined 4,000 Years Of WarfareWhat was the most effective infantry weapon of the Medieval world? Which defeat was the worst ever suffered by a Roman army? Was Erwin Rommel the best general of World War II, or the most overrated? And which legendary military leader endured the most embarrassing commanding debut in history?
The answers to these and hundreds more of the questions regularly asked and argued over by armchair generals are brought together in one illustrated compilation. Within this thought-provoking and comprehensive volume, you'll witness the first victory won through small arms fire (Cerignola, April 1503) and walk among the worst army ever assembled (the rabble led by Peter the Hermit in the First Crusade), visit the greatest castle (the Crusader fortress of Krak de Chevaliers, in Syria) and fire the most common firearm in history, the Brown Bess. The topics are examined in fascinating detail, with careful analysis of how and why each leader, weapon, battle, or tactic came to fameor infamy. These amazing inside stories examine the heroes and the hapless, the finest hours and worst blunders the military world has yet seen.
Essential reading for military history buffs of any stripe, the book covers the very best and worst of every period of warfare, from ancient times to the 21st century.
No activity has had greater impact on mankind than war. It has destroyed entire civilizations, made kings of peasants and stripped rulers of their power, inspired every art form, ensured the growth or demise of religions, spurred invention and creativity. And like every human endeavor, warfare has its key figures and crucial developments: those people, weapons, and tactics thatfor better or worsemade an indelible impact upon the field of battle and thus influenced the course of history.
Extreme War is the first and only book to gather the pivotal generals, battles, and technological advancements of 4,000 years of martial history in one place. Within the pages of this extraordinary compendium are the stories behind the subjects, including deep and insightful analysis of why each battlefield tactic arose and succeeded or failed, and how the legendary leaders achieved their vaunted victories or suffered ignominious defeat. It details where and when the introduction of new weaponry shifted the advantage and altered the map, and how a single flawed decision could suddenly snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and cost a battle or an empire.
Across land, on and under the sea, and in the air above, the superlatives of combat unfold. From the most decisive drawing of first blood to the most famous last stand, the weapons, strategies, and tactics that forever shaped the world through force of arms are fully explored.
Extreme War provides well-reasoned and documented answers to hundreds of questions military buffs want to know and explores the blunders and tactical errors that played a formative role in military history. Not without controversy, and sure to start as many discussions as it settles, Extreme War brings compelling detail and rare clarity to the chaos that is combat.
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No Challenging Historical Treatise, Just Fun Facts.......2006-12-18
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Extreme War: The Military Book Club's Encyclopedia of the Biggest, Fastest, Bloodiest, and Best in Warfare
Terrence Poulos Manufacturer: Military Book Club ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1582880875 |
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Encyclopedia of warfare history, tactics, etc.
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Movie Record Breakers: The Biggest, the Baddest and the Best Movies of All Time
David Barraclough Manufacturer: Book Sales ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1555217710 |
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The Natural World: Biggest & Best (Biggest & Best series)
Brian Williams Manufacturer: Miles Kelly Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1842360612 |
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Packed with some of the biggest, best, and most amazing facts around, this series takes kids on an eye-opening journey into the world around them. Large-scale color illustrations and pictures, hundreds of facts and figures, and tables of superlatives give kids entertaining insights into science, technology, nature, and various cultures. Designed to appeal to casual browsers and more inquisitive minds alike, each title features easy-to-spot fact tables for quick reference and a compelling narrative that offers more detailed information.The Natural World: Biggest & Best surveys the animal and plant kingdoms and the mysteries of their growth, life, reproduction, and evolution. From the smallest of microscopic bacteria to the mammoth sequoia, a wide range of living things is portrayed.
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Waynesburg, prosperous and beautiful: A souvenir pictorial story of the biggest and best little city in Pennsylvania
Fred High Manufacturer: Greene County Historical Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0870121561 |
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What's What in American Business: Facts and Figures About the Biggest and the Best
George Kurian Manufacturer: Irwin Professional Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0917253175 |
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Faces 1966-1984 (Painters & Sculptors)
Marco Livingstone , and David Hockney Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0500274649 |
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Faces 1966-1984
David Hockney Manufacturer: Laband Art Gallery ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OR2RBO |
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Faces 1966-1984.
Marco and David Hockney. Livingstone Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000P0WCB0 |
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Painting with David Shepherd
David Shepherd Manufacturer: Collins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 000715772X |
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A David Shepherd fan.......2007-08-01
Great secrets revealed by a great artist........2004-12-13
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Lyle 1,001 Antiques Worth a Fortune (Lyle)
Anthony Curtis Manufacturer: Perigee Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 039951757X |
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Lyle 1,001 Antiques Worth a Fortune
Anthony Curtis Manufacturer: Perigee ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RBY73I |
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The Complete Book of Patio & Container Gardening (Complete Books)
Robin Williams , Mary-Jane Hopes , and Robin Templar Williams Manufacturer: Seven Dials ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1841881465 |
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The Complete Book of Patio and Container Gardening
Robin Templar Williams , and Mary-Jane Hopes Manufacturer: Ward Lock Limited. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0706373588 |
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Studies in Egyptian Religion, Dedicated to Professor Jan Zandee (Numen Book Series)
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 9004067280 |
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Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories
Ronald S. Coddington Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0801878764 |
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Before going off to fight in the Civil War, many soldiers on both sides of the conflict posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print roughly the size of a modern trading card. The format arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War, which fueled intense demand for the convenient and affordable keepsakes. Considerable numbers of these portrait cards of Civil War soldiers survive today, but the experiences -- and often the names -- of the individuals portrayed have been lost to time. A passionate collector of Civil War--era photography, Ron Coddington became intrigued by these anonymous faces and began to research the history behind them in military records, pension files, and other public and personal documents.
In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. The soldiers portrayed were wealthy and poor, educated and unschooled, native-born and immigrant, urban and rural. All were volunteers. Their personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction, some were captured, some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of those who survived the war were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life, others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, which too often wrecked their families and careers. In compelling words and haunting pictures, Faces of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on the most dramatic and wrenching period in American history.
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Every Picture Tells a Story.......2005-02-03
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Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Harold Holzer Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000CEXKC4 Release Date: 2005-11-23 |
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Light A Single Candle
Manufacturer: PocketBook ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0671298682 |
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When Cathy lost her sight at the age of fourteen, she faced a very different way of life. It took courage and alertness to explore a new, uncharted world where her other senses had to take over the work of her eyes. But adjusting to blindness was often easier than handling the reactions of people. One friend now avoided her. Another smothered Cathy with too much kindness. Then came the thrill of independence after completing a tough training course with Trudy, her wonderful guide dog. With her new freedom of movement, Cathy accepted the challenge of going back to public high school.
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Candle of Vision
A. E. , and E. A. E. Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0766138976 |
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1928. After meditations and seeing images created not by human but by the divine imagination, he presents this volume. He has tried according to his capacity to report about the divine order and to discriminate between that which was self-begotten fantasy and that which came from a higher sphere. These retrospects and meditations are the effort of an artist and poet to relate his own vision to the vision of the seers and writers of the sacred books, and to discover what element of truth law in those imaginations.Customer Reviews:
Creative Visualization!.......2005-10-25
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The Candle of Vision: Inner Worlds of the Imagination
George Russell Manufacturer: Avery Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 185327030X |
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First published in 1918 this masterpiece by one of the major figures in the western occult tradition discusses concepts that anticipated the modern human potential movement by half a century. Russell taught what we would call creative visualization and believed that the creative powers of imagination could become a passport to other worlds. This study of the true nature of visionary exploration will appeal to the artist and the poet as well as the mystic.Customer Reviews:
Visionary Inspiration.......2004-05-24
His logic seems flawed to me. The subconscious is capable of instantly arriving at aesthetic solutions. It can meld dissimilar impressions into a satisfying whole effortlessly and with no apparent intermediate steps. Just like the idiot savant can solve a math problem instantly without doing any calculations. The imagination is capable of miraculous conceptions. To conclude from this that visions are the genuine appearance of the otherworldly because no genius could be so swift is rather doubtful.
George Russell does raise an interesting question about visions that seemingly exceed the imagination. Is this the genius of imagination which requires the visionary to egotistically take credit for the sublime or should the visionary ascribe these visions to something greater and beyond himself? I would argue that the subconscious contains much that the conscious mind is utterly unfamiliar with but that this is no reason to see subconscious imagery as being beyond the self. It is merely beyond the conscious self.
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The Candle of Vision
George W. Russell Manufacturer: Cosimo Classics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 160206251X |
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The Candle of Vision
George William] A.E. [pseud. of Russell Manufacturer: Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KTAX12 |
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Candle of Vision
A E Manufacturer: MACMILLAN ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000WD4V3M |
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The Candle of Vision
(A. E.) Geroge W. Russell Manufacturer: Macmillan and Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GTHSO6 |
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The candle of vision
AE Manufacturer: MacMillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00085LGQ4 |
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Candle of Vision is the Light at the End of my Day!.......2000-07-27
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The Candle of Vision: The Autobiography of a Mystic
AE Manufacturer: Theosophical Publishing House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000IVEOG2 |
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The Candle of Vision
A.E. Manufacturer: Macmillan and Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UEDWLA |
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