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A field guide to New Zealand native orchids
Dorothy Cooper Manufacturer: Price Milburn for the Wellington Orchid Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0705507866 |
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Cicedrone Walking in the Dolomites: 28 Multi-Day Routes (Cicerone Guide)
Gillian Price Manufacturer: Cicerone Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1852843853 |
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What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers (Lauber, Patricia. Around-the-House History.)
Patricia Lauber Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0689824203 Release Date: 2001-05-01 |
Book Description
In the Middle Ages, St. Francis of Assisi listed dirtiness as a sign of holiness...
But by the mid 1800s clean was in.
The early Greeks and Romans were among the first to build public baths and toilets. One of the biggest Roman baths held three thousand people at once -- and everyone went naked! But when those empires fell, so did the standard for cleanliness. It would be 1,400 years before bathing came back into style.
Newbery Honor-wining author Patricia Lauber and artist John Manders team up again to tackle the dirty business of getting clean in their latest book, What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers. In this hilarious how-to of bathing and bathrooms, readers can take a trip through the stalls of history and learn not only how bathrooms came to be, but who used them and why.
Customer Reviews:
"But, where did they go to the bathroom?".......2007-09-22
Most hilarious and resourceful book.......2006-07-13
Factually Interesting...but Inappropriate .......2006-03-31
A quick history of cleanliness........2003-04-07
Another great book by this author/illustrator team!.......2001-08-19
Many children (and some adults) will be surprised to learn that the Europeans came to value cleanliness much later than did many other cultures. They may laugh to imagine how certain historical figures might have smelled.
Since the book deals with bathing and eliminating, some of the illustrations do involve nudity. However, the illustrator has drawn the cartoons in such a way that genital areas are hidden. I would not find the drawings objectionable for young children.
Baths and hygiene are often areas of conflict between parents and children. A book like this could give some perspective, and its humor could soften the family bathroom struggles.
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You Wouldn't Want to Travel With Captain Cook!: A Voyage You'd Rather Not Make (You Wouldn't Want to...)
Mark Bergin Manufacturer: Franklin Watts ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0531124460 |
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What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks and Chopsticks (Around the House History)
Patricia Lauber Manufacturer: Aladdin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0689851006 |
Book Description
Stone Age people invented the first knives...and also the first spoons.In the Middle Ages the first books of manners told readers to wipe their greasy fingers on the tablecloth. And in 1669 King Louis XIV ordered that table knives should have rounded ends because there'd been too many stabbings.
In What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks, & Chopsticks, Patricia Lauber and John Manders serve up a hilarious and informative look at how ways of eating and manners have changed through the ages. This well-researched tour of social history makes the subject of how we eat more fascinating and fun than you ever imagined it could be.
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Taught me a thing or two!.......2001-12-28
Gave my kids a new appreciation for utensils.......2001-08-19
It gives brief descriptions of eating customs and utensils in different cultures over the centuries. The evolving dining and feasting customs of medeval Europe are particularly amusing. Children will have a new appreciation for their spoons, knives and even forks after reading the author's amusing take on their introduction into our popular use.
This is a book that was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone in our family--from the six-year-old to the adults.
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Why?: The best ever question and answer book about nature, science and the world around you (Questions and Answers Storybook)
Catherine Ripley Manufacturer: Maple Tree Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 189437925X |
Book Description
Simple and satisfying answers to questions young children love to ask -- and it's a picture book too!
Why is the sky blue?
Why is soap so slippery?
Why do stars twinkle?
Why does my stomach g-r-r-owl?
Why do cows moo?
These are just some of the charming questions that are answered in this generous and richly dynamic collection of the six books from the Question and Answer storybook series. Everyday childhood activities, such as an excursion to the park, splashing in the bathtub, or fixing a snack in the kitchen, prompt so many questions for young children. Why? provides easily understood explanations for dozens of these everyday mysteries.
A delightfully buoyant storybook approach takes young readers inside the kitchen and out to the park; from the farm to the supermarket; and from bathtime to bedtime. Along the way, the simple question and answer format reveals much valuable and fascinating information about science, nature and the world around us.
Bright, playful illustrations are the perfect complement, telling the story behind common questions that curious kids ask-and explaining the answers that parents and teachers want to know. Perfect for reading aloud at bedtime or for use in a classroom setting, Why? combines the best qualities of educative nonfiction and joyous storybook to delight young readers.
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pleased.......2007-03-08
Very good, except not as complete (big)as I would have liked.......2001-11-21
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History Around You: Book 2
A Waplington Manufacturer: Longman Schools Division (a Pearson Education company) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0050024272 |
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You Wouldn't Want to Travel With Captain Cook! (You Wouldn't Want To... (Sagebrush))
Mark Bergin Manufacturer: Tandem Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 1417747099 |
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History Around You: Study Book 2
L E Snellgrove , and D Thornton Manufacturer: Pearson Schools ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0050038907 |
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Giuseppe Penone: The Imprint Of Drawing
Briony Fer , Michael Newman , Ruggero Penone , Kathryn Tuma , and Giuseppe Penone Manufacturer: The Drawing Center ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 094232420X Release Date: 2004-07-02 |
Book Description
The artists of the Italian Arte Povera movement took as their common goals the use of simple, humble materials; an appreciation of the processes of daily life; and the blurring of the boundaries between art and nature. Giuseppe Penone, the youngest member of the group, which began in the 60s, explores these principles primarily through the act of drawing. Penone's poetic and indexical approach to this simple act finds him extending his fingerprint through hundreds of lines painstakingly handrawn in concentric rings, millimeter by millimeter. Or enlarging the lines of his forehead and eyelids in related gestures and techniques. The Imprint of Drawing examines large- and small-scale works created over the past 25 years, accompanied by essays and an interview with the artist by The Drawing Center Director Catherine de Zegher.
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Animals A Popular Natural History
Wallace Rice Manufacturer: Herbert S. Stone & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O691QY |
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"To tell briefly of the wild beasts which one may come upon in their native haunts or captive in some menagerie or garden...." 49 color plates. Descriptives of hundreds of animals.
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Bottle Nosed Dolphin in the Wild
Susan Shane Manufacturer: Susan Shane ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0962118400 |
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Bottle-Nosed Dolphins (Animal Kingdom Set II)
Julie Murray Manufacturer: Abdo Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 159197304X |
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Doll: Bottle-Nosed Dolphin (Young Animal Adventures)
Sally Glendinning , and Arabelle Wheatley Manufacturer: Garrard Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0811675017 |
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Marine science series
Betty Miller Brothers Manufacturer: Litoky Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007FSWGM |
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The bottle-nosed dolphin: Our coastal dolphin (MAS Bulletin)
William R. Hall Manufacturer: University of Delaware ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00072TG88 |
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S.A. Leaping Bottle Nosed Dolphin Postcards 25
Manufacturer: Donker ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9061004985 |
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Gaslighting in America : A Pictorial Survey, 1815-1910
Denys P. Myers Manufacturer: Dover Publications, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MBPDKE |
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Gaslighting in America: A Pictorial Survey, 1815-1910
Denys Peter Myers Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0486264823 |
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Saarinen House and Garden: A Total Work of Art
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810944626 |
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A Fine Documentation of a Masterpiece.......2000-06-17
There are about 100 pages of rich, color photographs of the restored house and garden, but this is more than a coffee table book. The authors provide good historic background and lend their authoritative commentary on this masterpiece of residential architecture and its restoration.
Photographs of the house and garden are sumptuous and capture the original splendor of the house's rich interior and its many sophisticated details. Contemporary black and white photographs documenting Saarinen's career and the history of the house are included.
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Varieties of Comparative Criminology (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology)
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 9004122451 |
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Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Manufacturer: Mentor/New American Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0451622936 |
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Approx. 4 1/8" x 7".
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Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: Signet ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0451621425 |
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Gandhi: his life and message for the world (A Mentor Book)
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: New American Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B0007H0CSG |
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GANDHI - HIS LIFE AND MESSAGE TO THE WORLD
FISCHER LOUIS Manufacturer: Mentor Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HDL68A |
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Gandhi His Life & Message for the World
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000SEIX6Q |
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GANDHI HIS LIFE AND MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD
Manufacturer: New American Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000H4KFC2 |
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Gandhi, his life and message for the world
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: Thorndike Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding Similar Items:
ASIN: 0896214567 |
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The true saint.......2005-08-26
enlightening, but convoluted .......2005-06-11
Great for fans and neophytes alike........2004-03-23
Being such I decided it was time to learn something about him that was not a movie (though the movie is very good; truncated but good) or a magazine article or some old handout from high school I found in a dark corner of my closet. So I chose Louis Fischer's short little biography. And I am very satisfied.
Mr. Fischer does not make any excuses for being a fan of Gandhi either. Like another biographer of Gandhi mentioned, it seems everybody whoever saw Gandhi and spoke to him felt the overwhelming need to write something, preferably a biography, of him. Mr. Fischer met Gandhi twice, stayed in his Ashram for a week as a guest, and he documents it in this biography.
I fear I will sound repetitive with my biography reviews, but once again this is a great introduction to Gandhi. Just over 200 pages, full of important details, but never drowning in the complications of them (though it gets close to such when dealing with the creation of Pakistan, which is admittedly complicated and difficult to explain).
Louise Fischer writes with emotion. This is not a straightforward academic account of the life and times of Gandhi, but a thank you letter to the spirit and power that Gandhi was. For one rare moment I let the emotion sway me as Gandhi's death was recounted and I felt a very rare sympathy that I have rarely ever experienced with the written word; a remarkable achievement.
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His life is his monument........2002-01-14
The book ends abruptly with the three shots, the smile fading from Gandhi's face, and his final words on earth "Oh God."
"His legacy is courage, his lesson truth, his weapon love.
His life is his monument.
He now belongs to mankind."
We turn the page, and hope that something is there... but it isn't. The world since, has not seen anyone like Gandhi.
Inspiring, detailed and accurate........2001-04-23
The book does inevitably contain Indian words and concepts, which could stand in the way of making it a leisurely reading. But the author has a great advantage since he has a familiarity with the Indian situation and a personal acquaintence with Gandhi himself. Anyone who is intereested in working for the advancement of humanity should learn about Gandhi and this is the book to begin with.
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Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: Signet ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 045160797X |
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Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: Signet ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0451616235 |
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Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Louis Fischer Manufacturer: Signet/New American Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000BUCA16 |
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Austin Clarke, his life and works
Susan Halpern Manufacturer: Humanities Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006DCFIQ |
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Austin Clarke: His Life and Works
Austin Clarke Manufacturer: Humanities Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0851052657 |
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