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The Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia ... Monographs
Francis Whittier Pennell ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00085FZ66 |
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The Rough Guide to New Orleans
Samantha Cook Manufacturer: Rough Guides ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1858287448 |
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INTRODUCTIONAs it enters its fourth century, New Orleans remains proudly apart from the rest of the United States. Intoxicating and addictive, the product of a dizzying jumble of cultures, peoples and influences, it's a place where people dance at funerals and hold parties during hurricanes, where some of the world's finest musicians make ends meet busking on street corners, and fabulous Creole cuisine is dished up in hole-in-the-wall dives. There's a wistfulness, too, in the peeling, ice-cream-toned facades of the old French Quarter - site of the original settlement - in the filigree cast-iron balconies overgrown with lush ferns and fragrant jasmine, and in the cemeteries, or "Cities of the Dead", lined with crumbling above-ground tombs. Doubtless New Orleans' melancholy air - and perhaps its joie de vivre, too - is due to the city's perilous geography. Set largely below sea level, and exposed to the devastating storms that career through the Gulf of Mexico, the city could be washed or! blasted away in an instant.
Founded by the French in 1718 on the swampy flood plain of the lower Mississippi River, and today spreading back as far as the enormous Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans is almost entirely surrounded by water, which since its earliest days has both isolated it from the interior and connected it to the outside world. By the time the Americans bought it, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, New Orleans was a cosmopolitan city whose ethnically diverse population had mingled to create a distinctive Creole culture. In the nineteenth century its importance as a port made the city the haunt of smugglers, gamblers, prostitutes and pirates, who gave it the decadent "sin city" notoriety that it still has today. Ever since then more and more visitors, among them an inordinate number of artists, writers and sundry bohemians, have poured in to see what the fuss was about; many found themselves staying, unable to shake the place out of their system.
Given its allure New Orleans is a surprisingly small town, with its million or so residents spread across a patchwork of neighborhoods. Its compact size makes it a dream to visit; simple to get around and easy to get to know, it's one of the best places in the United States to kick back and unwind for a few days. Above all, New Orleans is less a city of major sights than of sensual pleasures. With its subtropical climate, Latin-influenced architecture and black majority population, its voodoo worshippers and its long-held carnival traditions, it is often called the northernmost Caribbean city. The pace of life is slow here, while the sybaritic vices are relished - no more so than during the many festivals, especially, of course, the world-famous carnival of Mardi Gras, when real life is put on hold as businessmen and bus-boys alike are swept along by an increasingly frenzied season of parties, street parades and masquerade balls. Whatever time of year you come, you'll slip easily into the indolent way of life, rejecting an itinerary of museum-hopping in favor of a stroll around the French Quarter, where the vibrant street life and decaying buildings provide endless feasts for the eye; a leisurely steamboat cruise on the Mississippi; or simply a long cool drink in a hidden courtyard. Perhaps the most taxing thing you'll do is head out on the slow-moving old streetcar to the residential Garden District, where dark green shrubs weighed down by fat magnolia blossoms squat in the shadow of centuries-old live oaks tangled with ragged gray streamers of Spanish moss.
Though many of the city's most lingering pleasures come after dark, when the streets fill with people eating in the hundreds of superb restaurants, drinking at its many characterful bars and enjoying a live-music scene to rival any in the world, there's a whole lot more to New Orleans - the "Big Easy", the "city that care forgot" - than its fame as a nonstop party town. Ravaged by the Civil War and since then trailing in the wake of its more dynamic Southern rivals, today New Orleans depends heavily upon the cash brought by the millions of tourists seduced by the allure of authentic jazz, fine food and free-flowing alcohol. While having enormous amounts of fun here, you're always liable to be pulled up short by the divisions between rich and poor (and, more explicitly, between white and black). Just footsteps away from the feted French Quarter and Garden District - themselves touched by decrepitude and decay - lie woefully neglected housing projects and poverty-scarred neighborhoods.
Perversely, New Orleans' second-league status, in commercial terms, has protected it from the modernization that has ripped out the old hearts of wealthier cities, and allowed it to hold on to its distinctive character. And this sense of historic continuity is not limited to architecture. From the devout celebration of Catholic saints' days and the offerings left at voodoo shrines, to the local street parades, in which umbrella-twirling dancers and blasting brass bands lead crowds of thousands through poor black neighborhoods just as they have done for several centuries, much of the city's vitality and its sheer panache comes from a heartfelt belief that what has gone before is worth keeping. The melange of cultures and races that built New Orleans still gives it its heart: not "easy", exactly, but quite unlike anywhere else in the States - or in the world.
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Excellent guide book for New Orleans.......2001-10-18
The guidebook included several helpful maps and some nice historical/background detail.
It has a great section about visiting plantations along River Road to the west of the city. We rented a car and took a daytrip out along the River Road and found the info that was provided to be accurate and insightful.
The book's introduction to the Garden District, how to get there, what to see, etc. was excellent.
We followed several of the book's restaurant recommendations and were quite pleased - the book recommended both Mother's Cafe and The Acme Oyster House, both of which were gems.
Lots of little surprises, very well written.......2000-08-25
I was very glad to see the section listing books and, in particular, movies set in or about New Orleans. Whenever I am going through New Orleans withdrawl I check this guide for movies I haven't seen.
Besides the content, which on a whole is very useful and right up there with the best guide books, I like it's small size. It is easy to carry around with you.
Indispensible!.......2000-04-17
Great pocket guide!.......2000-01-18
Pluses: good coverage of French Quarter attractions; lists plenty of moderate and inexpensive restautants and hotels; helpful tips on navigating the city; easy-to-use maps; compact format
Minuses: index is not comprehensive (if you're looking for a particular restauant, hotel, or attraction, you have to browse the appropriate section); lodging and restaurant guides are selective, not comprehensive (doesn't mention Antoine's!)
Other: focuses heavily on the French Quarter, but also contains information for the rest of the city and surrounding area; contains information for gay travelers (clubs, gay-friendly hotels, etc.)
We (physically) looked at a variety of guides, and this is the one we chose. If it doesn't live up to expectations, expect a follow-up review after our vacation!
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The Rough Guides' New Orleans Directions 1 (Rough Guide Directions)
Sam Cook Manufacturer: Rough Guides ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1843533936 |
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New Orleans Directions is ideal for visitors spending a week or less in Âthe Big EasyÂ, one of North AmericaÂ's most exciting destinations. From the human maelstrom of the French Quarter, to boat trips along the Mississippi, to Mardi Gras, the guide introduces all aspects of city life. The guide includes a full-colour "Ideas" section brings the town to life and helps the reader make the most of their time with suggestions of the best attraction on offer - from bars on Bourbon Street to the architecture of the French Quarter. The complete contents of the guide are made available digitally on a free eBook CD, to download onto your desktop PC or Mac or PDA.
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New Orleans (Mini Rough Guides)
Samantha Cook Manufacturer: Rough Guides ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 1858289513 |
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This guide provides the inside scoop on what to see and do--and what to eat--in one of America's most romantic and exotic destinations.Customer Reviews:
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Hispanics in Us History/3620-3N27
Frank Devarona Manufacturer: Globe Fearon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0822436205 |
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Beyond the Brand: Why Engaging the Right Customers is Essential to Winning in Business
John Winsor Manufacturer: Kaplan Business ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0793188369 Release Date: 2004-10-01 |
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Branding reached its zenith in the dot-com era, when as much as 90 percent of the venture capital raised by start-ups was budgeted simply to establish corporate identity and earn a spot in the public's awareness. Since then, however, it has become increasingly clear that companies were approaching things backwards. And so the time has come to adopt a new set of objectives to move Beyond the Brand. In this book, learn what some of the most forward-thinking companies today do to develop aggressive, innovative growth.Marketing expert John Winsor makes a powerful case that consumers have developed a ""brand immune system"" that only magnifies the problems involved with branding today. Instead of focusing on branding efforts, he explains, companies must learn to use ""bottom-up"" tools to co-create new products and marketing strategies with their customers. It's about getting out in the streets and spending time with right customers in their worlds, creating essential foundations for breakthrough innovation.
While many recent titles such as The Tipping Point, Crossing the Chasm, and The Idea Virus, have highlighted the importance of certain customers in the marketplace, Beyond the Brand takes readers one step further, providing case studies, as well as practical step-by-step methods to engage these key voices in a dialogue that can fuel real product and marketing innovation.
Readers will learn:
* The Eight Steps to develop a bottom-up strategy.
* How to identify and find new ways to listen to the key voices in the marketplace.
* How to hone intuition and find inspiration to drive innovation.
* How to find the company's center of gravity.
The tools John Winsor outlines in Beyond the Brand are the very ones his company, Radar Communications, uses to help some of the most forward thinking companies to develop more aggressively innovative growth.
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A new methodology for research marketing.......2006-05-10
Highly Recommended!.......2005-05-31
A 'Must Read' for Brand Marketers.......2005-02-24
A Must Read!.......2004-10-19
Read this book!.......2004-10-08
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Guide to Adopting an Ex-Racing Greyhound
Carolyn Raeke Manufacturer: TFH Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0793818877 |
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Informative and Entertaining.......2001-03-23
Beautiful book!.......2001-02-10
Greyt Book.......2000-06-29
Wonderful reading.......2000-04-06
Good resource if you're considering adopting an ex-racer.......2000-04-06
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Bookseller's Apprentice
George Talbot Goodspeed Manufacturer: Oak Knoll Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0961969369 |
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For nearly a century, Goodspeed's in Boston was one of the world's preeminent rare book shops. The firm was founded in 1898 by Charles Eliot Goodspeed. The "Bookseller's Appentice" is written by Goodspeed's son, George, who worked at the shop, first as an employee and then as its director for over 70 years.Young Goodspeed describes the rarities which passed through the elder Goodspeed's hands, and the great collectors with who he dealt, and offers a unique glimpse into one of America's most distinquished rare book firms.
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The Profession of Bookselling, a Handbook of Practical Hints for the Apprentice and Bookseller (Thoemmes Press- Thoemmes Library of Printing and the Book Trade)
Adolf Growoll Manufacturer: Thoemmes Continuum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1843713500 |
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The Profession of Bookselling: A Handbook of Practical Hints for the Apprentice and Bookseller. Part III
A. Growoll Manufacturer: Office of Publishers' Weekly ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KSYLVG |
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Taunton's Lawn Guide: Maintaining a Great-Looking Yard
John Fech Manufacturer: Taunton ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1561585203 Release Date: 2002-12-15 |
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In Taunton's Lawn Guide, well-known expert John Fech emphasizes a commonsense approach to lawn care that takes into account the household's budget, lifestyle, and time constraints. He offers a wealth of practical instructions on everything from installation and routine maintenance to improving a problem lawn. Topics include whether to start from seed or sod; how, why, and when to aerate, remove thatch, fertilize, mow, and water; pests, disease, and why organic is not always better; the lawn's design role; and how grass coexists with flowers, shrubs, and trees. Because soil types, grass selections, and seasonal lawn care chores vary from one part of the country to another, the book also includes a detailed regional guide. Filled with step-by-step instructions, easy-to-read charts, and over 125 photographs, this is the complete guide to maintaining a lush lawn.
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Hebraisches Und Aramaisches Lexikon Zum Alten Testament
Ludwig Koehler , and Walter Baumgartner Manufacturer: Brill Academic Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9004039198 |
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The publication of volume 4 completes the Hebrew part of the lexicon. The object of this volume is in accordance with the three previously published volumes and also with the earlier editions of the work on the Hebrew vocabulary of the Old Testament. The vocabulary is recorded as closely as possible to the meaning and its various nuances. The main emphasis lies in the parts of speech (verbs, substantive prepositions and numerals) as well as on first names, place names and regional names. The old translations, such as the Septuagint, the Vulgate, the Targums and the Syriac version are considered as well as the Hebrew-related Semitic languages. FR Mit der 4. Lieferung kommt der hebraische Teil des Lexikons in seiner Neubearbeitung zum Abschlu. Gegenstand dieser Lieferung ist ubereinstimmend mit den schon erschienen Teilen (Lieferung 1-3) und auch mit den fruheren Auflagen des Werkes der hebraische Wortschatz des Alten Testamentes. Die Vokabeln werden in ihrem Sinn mit seinen verschiedenen Nuancen moglichst genau erfat. Dabei liegt das Hauptgewicht auf den die Sprache bildenden Wortklassen (Verben, Substantiven Prapositionen und Zahlwortern), doch haben auch die Personen-, Orts- und Landschaftsnamen ihren Platz. Die alten Ubersetzungen, namentlich Septuaginta, Vulgata, die Targumim, und die syrische Version, werden nach wie vor berucksichtigt und ebenso - vielleicht noch meht als fruher -- die mit dem Hebraischen verwandten, semitischen Sprachen. Es sit selbstverstandlich, da die am Werk beteiligten Gelehrten, die in den Kommentaren, Spezialuntersuchungen und Aufsatzen enthaltenen neuen Einsichten zum atl. Wortschatz in seinem weltlichen und theologischen Gebrauch nach Moglichkeit, nutzbar zu machen suchten. Fragen, die im einzelnen Fall noch offen bleiben, und die verschiedenen Vorschlage, die zu ihrer Beantwortung gemacht werden, sollten dem Leser vor Augen gestellt werden. So soll eine ihn vielleicht dann weiterfuhrende Orientierung geboten werden.
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Hebraisches Und Aramaisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament
Manufacturer: E. J. Brill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GHH3C0 |
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Hebraisches und Aramaisches Lexikon Zum Alten Testament
Walter Baumgartner Manufacturer: N/A ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O3ID0M |
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Hebraisches Und Aramaisches Lexikon Zum Alten Testament: Aramaisch
Ludwig Koehler , and Walter Baumgartner Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9004098038 |
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Hebraisches Und Aramaisches Lexikon Zum Alten Testament: Dritte Auflage
Ludwig Koehler , and Walter Baumgartner Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9004103236 |
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To accommodate a new generation of scholars, we are reissuing the complete set of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner's famous Lexicon in a two-volume edition. This new two-volume set will include a new 100-page introduction and an additional listing of abbreviations. It will have more than 1,900 two-column pages.
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Hebraisches und aramaisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament
Ludwig Kohler Manufacturer: E.J. Brill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9004103201 |
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To Be a Man: Letters to My Grandson
Charlton Heston Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743213114 |
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Holier than thou.......2001-03-23
An excellent source for parents of all ages........1999-03-16
This book really touched my heart ~.......1998-08-01
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To Be A Man Letters to My Grandson
Charlton Heston SIGNED BY AUTHOR Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000JD72KE |
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Samuel Hartlib and Universal Reformation: Studies in Intellectual Communication
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0521520118 |
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In the crucible of intellectual change that took place in the seventeenth century, the role of Samuel Hartlib was of immense significance. Hartlib (originally from Elbing) settled in England permanently from the late 1620s until his death in 1662. His aspirations formed a distinctive and influential strand in English intellectual life during those revolutionary decades. This volume reflects the variety of the theoretical and practical interests of Hartlib's circle and presents them in their continental context.
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Samuel Hartlib and Universal Reformation: Studies in Intellectual Communications.: An article from: Renaissance Quarterly
Stanford Lehmberg Manufacturer: Renaissance Society of America ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00097P9XC Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on June 22, 1997. The length of the article is 620 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.Books:
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