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A completely revised edition of Williams' previous work with the late Ruth Ashton Nelson. this edition uses simple and clear keys to identify more than 350 species of plants found in the Rocky Mountain region from the United States to Canada.
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Ireland is steeped in history, tradition and culture, making it one of the most popular vacation destinations worldwide. Its story is told in centuries-old castles (some of which now welcome overnight guests); stone circles strategically placed to shine in the winter solstice moon; and, of course, in its pubs, where local residents gladly share a pint and a tale. Its cities are a treat to explore, with winding streets packed with tiny antique stores. Trips along the coast take you to traditional fishing villages and past some of the world�s best golf courses. This book, written by an Ireland native, tells it all.
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A detailed guide to every aspect of the destination: history, culture, foods, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing, things to do - written by an author who knows the place intimately.
Customer Reviews:
Hunter Travel Guids Adventure Guide to Ireland.......2006-05-06
I guess I should have looked closer at the title "..Adventure Guide.." After reading the rave reviews on Amazon, I was totally and utterly disappointed in this book. If you're looking for history of any of the towns and counties, forget it - it is very skimpy at best. It gives you enough to tantalize you and leaves you hanging. The author many times speculates on what a meaning might be - doesn't show much in-depth research at all about the subject. It does have sections for each town on golf, fishing, hotels, etc., which is probably useful for some, but again, there is no elaboration. Pubs are not touted at all as great places to eat, which they are - the only eating places listed are mainly hotels and some restaurants. The Eyewitness Guides and the Insight Guides have much, much, and I mean so much more meaningful information and those books are much shorter and able to pack if you want to. I will say the print is bigger, so it is easier to read, but it is much bigger than anything you would want to pack around. The print may be bigger, but you know the old saying -bigger is not necessarily better - substance is what counts and substance this book does not have.
Highly recommended.......2004-07-10
An excellent addition to the Adventure Guide series, packed with detail, from where to stay and eat, to where to shop for local crafts and how to enjoy historic sites. This guide covers a broad range of Irish travel delights, from horseback excursions and walking to surfing and cycling trips. Highly recommended.
The Midwest Book Review
Impressive.......2004-06-01
I had the chance to take a look at the sample chapter (Dublin) that's available on your website and I have to say I am very impressed with layout and detailed information. I have long been a fan of the Lonely Planet Guides, but I compared your Dublin chapter to the one in Lonely Planet and am far more impressed with your guide. I look forward to reading the rest of the book! (Ireland Tour Operator)
Fabulous.......2004-05-16
Aiming at making the visitor a participant rather than just a spectator, the author succeeds admirably in her descriptions, from Ireland's pub life to its prehistoric sites, the spectacular Cliffs of Moher and kissing the Blarney Stone. Neylon takes us on a fabulous and thorough journey throughout this beautiful country. Where to stay is thoroughly researched, with choices from rentals to government-approved hostels, B&Bs and RV parks. The Irish author's book is a compilation of how best to enjoy the delights her country holds for visitors.
Edyth Shepard, Anton Community Newspapers
Excellent Choice.......2004-04-22
This travel series is one of the best . The book is very well detailed and user friendly. It's well priced too and a great bargain. I consider a good guidebook essential when visiting a new place and I was thrilled with this one. The writer is from ireland and the book is filled with her inside knowledge. The photos and maps are great as are the driving instructions, if you buy one guidebook to Ireland then get this one, it has everything you need to know!!!!
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Why The Crab Has No Head.......2000-05-20
Why The Crab Has No Head is a spectacular african folktale illustrated and retold by Barbara Knutson. The dynamic black and white contrast of the drawings is highly stimulating for children of all ages, even infants can focus on the geometrical shapes. Knutson captures the story-telling qualities of the african tradition by using rythm and repetition, making it natural for your child to read along with you. This morality tale is a must-have for all parents seeking to create a multi-cultural library.
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Aimee's party or the rains. Which causes more excitement?.......1999-08-07
Aimee and the villagers have awaited the rains to beging in Zaire for months. Now it's time for them to come, but it's also time for her party. Aimee runs through the village, calling to all of her friends in invitation to her party, each of them helping their parents in preparation for the rains. Will they all arrive before the rain? This is a delightful snap-shot into village life while emparting the sense of anticipation of two important events, a child's party, and the new season with the rains. My 4 year old son had lots of questions about the village activities and waited in anticipation to find out what the children were telling Aimee.
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Zaire in Pictures (Visual Geography Series)
Lerner Publishing Group
Manufacturer: Lerner Pub Group (L)
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ASIN: 0822518996 |
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Le cinema dans les pays des grands lacs: Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi (Collection Cinemedia)
Rik Otten
Manufacturer: L'Harmattan
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: 2858023158 |
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From Fontainebleu to the Louvre: French Drawing from the Seventeenth Century
Hilliard T. Goldfarb
Manufacturer: Cleveland Museum of Art
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0910386978 |
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- Two charming books for the price of one.
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Puppy Preschool/Doggie Diner: Practical Help and Advice for Your Puppy's First Year
Marie Toshack
Manufacturer: Smithmark Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 076511030X |
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A two-in-one volume for dog owners, The Doggie Diner & Puppy Preschool includes fun, simple pet food recipes as well as easy-to-follow techniques for training pets for life. Pet owners will welcome the clear instructions for preparing all-natural meals and other healthy dishes for pets' special needs, including recipes for animals who may be overweight or have allergies. Packed with adorable images puppies, this volume includes humorous facts, informative illustrations and invaluable advice on grooming, training, care, and diet.
Customer Reviews:
Two charming books for the price of one........2005-05-03
One book is a great book of recipes for those puppy lovers that are either fed up with over processed commercial dog food or just want to add a little special meal to their dogs diet.
The other book is filled with great training tips for a new puppy.
Both books are excellent.
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Arco Oriental Antiques in Color (Arco color series)
Michael Ridley
Manufacturer: Arco Pub
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0668044748 |
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- Delightful story/history, exquisitly illustrated
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Human Nature: The Japanese Garden of Portland, Oregon
Bruce Taylor Hamilton
Manufacturer: Japanese Garden Society of Oregon
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ASIN: 0964551403 |
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Delightful story/history, exquisitly illustrated.......1999-05-04
Delightful, exquisitly illustrated story of the development of "the best japanese garden outside of japan". Includes a few design sketches and photos of the work-in-progress as well as photos through the seasons.
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Regna and Gentes: The Relationship Between Late Antique and Early Medieval Peoples and Kingdoms in the Transformation of the Roman World
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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ASIN: 9004125248 |
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One of the movies' greatest actors and most colorful characters, a real-life tough guy with the prison record to prove it, Robert Mitchum was a movie icon for an almost unprecedented half-century, the cool, sleepy-eyed star of such classics as The Night of the Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; Cape Fear; The Longest Day; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Winds of War. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new style in movie acting: the screen's first hipster antihero-before Brando, James Dean, Elvis, or Eastwood-the inventor of big-screen cool.Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Exhaustively researched, it makes use of thousands of rare documents from around the world and nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with Mitchum's family, friends, and associates (many going on record for the first time ever) ranging over his seventy-nine years of hard living. Written with great style, and vividly detailed, this is an intimate, comprehensive portrait of an amazing life, comic, tragic, daring, and outrageous.
Customer Reviews:
Out of the Past: Build My Gallows High, Baby.......2007-10-09
Lee Server has done a commendable job capturing the essence of an enigmatic and iconic Hollywood star. His task was not an easy one: Mitchum's wife and immediate family did not cooperate with Server and made themselves inaccessible. Nonetheless, Server soldiered on and managed to write a creditable biography of a mercurial and oftentimes inexplicable performer.
Mitchum was a living contradiction in terms. Having lived a vagabond life as a hobo during the Great Depression, which included a conviction for vagrancy and a stretch on a Southern chain gang, Mitchum rode the rails to Los Angeles. After marrying his high school sweetheart, Dorothy, who defined the role of a long suffering and supportive spouse, and working in a defense plant, Mitchum broke into acting as a bit player in inexpensive Westerns. Gradually his roles were expanded until he scored successes in films such as "The Story of G. I. Joe" and the low budget film noir thriller "When Strangers Marry." A long term contract with RKO Studios helped establish Mitchum as one of the leading actors in the film noir genre in pictures such as "Crossfire," "The Racket," "The Big Steal" and the definitive noir "Out of the Past."
In the latter film, Mitchum narrated the picture and delivered some excellent lines such as the following response to a statement concerning the femme fatale, Kathy Moffat (Jane Greer): "She can't be all bad. No one is." To which Mitchum replied: "Well, she comes the closest." In several exchanges with Moffat, Jeff Bailey (Mitchum) scores again: "You can never help anything, can you? You're like a leaf that the wind blows from one gutter to another" or "Just get out, will you? I have to sleep in this room."
Late in his career, Mitchum was given the opportunity to revisit noirland in a visually stunning adaptation of Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely." Mitchum treated the acting profession with contempt and disdain, preferring to spend his idle hours reading, womanizing, drinking and smoking. From his youth, Mitchum had smoked marijuana and eventually he ended up serving a prison term for doing so while in Hollywood. Mitchum survived this scandal and continued to prosper.
Server's book recounts some wonderful anecdotes about Mitchum's encounters with the reclusive studio chief Howard Hughes, the penniless bon vivant Orson Welles, John Wayne and many others. The film contains an extensive filmography and summarizes all of Mitchum's important film roles. This book is an excellent read that will be enjoyed by any serious film enthusiast and noir aficionado.
Baby I Don't Care, But You Will About This Bio.......2007-08-25
If Robert Mitchum was a favorite actor, if you're interested in Hollywood history, or larger, funnier than life true stories, or if you just like well written and superbly researched biographies, then this book is for you.
My only criticism is Lee Server leaves you wanting for more, for revealing the tantalizing crazy tales shared to him in interviews, but for concerns of privacy and libel suits, he could not disclose.
I look forward to reading his new book on Ava Gardner, even though I don't care much for Hollywood.
You'll Learn Alot About This Interesting Person.......2007-08-10
Robert Mitchum was NOT one of my favorite actors before reading this book. I didn't appreciate his films very much nor his acting ability. But, after reading the book, I learned that I was wrong. He was a great actor and he was in SOME wonderful films! Plus, the guy was a "maverick" which makes him even more interesting as a personality. This book is worth your time. You'll go back and rent some of the movies in which Mr. Mitchum appeared and enjoy them more than you would have before reading this book. Recommended.
What a Man!.......2007-05-22
They don't make them like him anymore. This was a very well researched book and I enjoyed it very much. One of the things that I thought about while reading it was that Mr. Mitchum remained at RKO in spite of inferior movies and roles because he remained loyal to Howard Hughes who stuck by him after his arrest for using marijuana. What might he have done if he had been at a different studio? Then again if he was with another studio his career might have been over then and there.
One other thing. His wife stayed with him through countless affairs and public humilations. Ava Gardner even called her and asked her to let him go! That was some kind of love. Mr. Mitchum should have been more impressed with her.
baby, I don't care..........2007-04-03
they don't make them like this anymore..a man unto himself..answering to no one but himself..entering LA on a train as a hobo..smoking the wild weed along the route..and leaving Hollywood as an icon of the American screen...Lee Server writes a memorable book..no sugar coating here..a man who could see through the bs of the business and who was never enamored with being a star only with doing the work with integrity..he'll never be canonized but to truly appreciate him, read this wonderful book and then watch one of his films..God, we need more like him today...
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Now there is a series designed especially to introduce young people to women whose heroic lives have helped to shape our world. Informative, inspiring, and engaging, the series tells of extraordinary achievements women have made throughout the world and introduces younger readers to the realities of other countries and cultures. Grades 6 and up. This unique biography series is designed to introduce young readers to the achievements of women around the world. The books tell the dramatic life stories of courageous women who have overcome adversity and discrimination to make extraordinary contributions to the global community. Each book contains contextual information about the geography, politics, and culture of its subject's homeland and introduces, on an accessible level, concepts such as the global economy, environmental preservation, and human rights. By providing role models, Women Changing the World serves as a source of inspiration for future world changers.
Titles in the Series include:
Aung San Suu Kyi
Standing Up for Democracy in Burma
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Ela Bhatt
Uniting Women in India
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Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams
Making Peace in Northern Ireland
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Mamphela Ramphele
Challenging Apartheid in South Africa
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Rigoberta Menchu
Defending Human Rights in Guatemala
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- An Apple Tree Through the Year (Nature Watch (Carolrhoda Paperback))
- An Introduction to Cloud Forest Trees Monteverde Costa Rica
- Backyard Almanac (Appointment With Nature Series)
- Bacteria In Nature, Vol. 2: METHODS AND SPECIAL APPLICATIONS IN BACTERIAL ECOLOGY (Bacteria in Nature)
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- Bacterial Growth And Division: BIOCHEMISTRY AND REGUALTION OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CYCLES
- Basic bacteriology and genetics
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