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Australian rain-forest trees, including notes on some of the tropical rainforests and descriptions of many tropical species,
W. D Francis
Manufacturer: Australian Government Publishing Service
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ASIN: 0642997896 |
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The British Horse Society's: Manual for Teaching Riding
Islay Auty
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The BHS Manual of Equitation: The Training of Horse and Rider
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The Bhs Veterinary Manual (British Horse Society)
ASIN: 1872119565 |
Product Description
Written for the BHS by a chief examiner, this book provides clear guidelines on how the skills of riding should be taught and riding lessons conducted.
Average customer rating:
- Not for Beginners But Good for Reference
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The BHS Complete Manual of Stable Management
British Horse Society
Manufacturer: Half Halt Pr
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Binding: Paperback
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Principles of Riding (German National Equestrian Federation's Complete Riding and) (German National Equestrian Federation's Complete Riding and) (German ... Equestrian Federation's Complete Riding and)
ASIN: 1872119034 |
Product Description
A comprehensive guide to the care and management of horses and ponies, filled with reliable information and advice on modern stable management practices.
Customer Reviews:
Not for Beginners But Good for Reference.......2006-06-23
**The following is from the back of the book, I DID NOT write it**
This book is an updated, omnibus edition, bringing together the sevel titles which previously formed The British Horse Society Manual of Stable Management. (The Horse, Care of the Horse, The Horse at Grass, saddlery, specialist Care of the Competition Horse, The Stable Yard, Watering and Feeding).
Essential reading for students taking the British Horse Society examinations - invaluable to amateurs and professionals alike
Compiled by a panel of experts, this book offers career students and horse owners a comprehensive guide to the care and management of horses and ponies.
Previously published as a series of seven books, the new BHS Complete Manual of Stable Management brings together all seven volumes, conveniently providing a single source of reference. This all-in-one volume has been fully revised and updated to bring it into line with current thinking in the horse world.
Filled with reliable information and advice on modern stable management practices, the book provides a sound foundation for Horse Knowledge and Care Stages 1 to 4 and the BHS Stable Manager's Certificate.
Throughout, the emphasis is on the adoption of correct and safe procedures for the welfare of all who come into contact with horses, as well as for the animals themselves.
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My Review: I think that this book has a lot of very good information, certainly the most comprehensive guide on the market that I have found on all things "horse care." I do not believe that a beginner or person lacking a good amount of horse world experience would have the best of luck with it though.
This hefty book had excellent text but not enough pictures to illustrate its procedures and advice. As an example, the adjustment of a bridle and use of different bits. A person with experience can read the text and understand what the book is talking about but I honestly think that a beginner would have been completely lost. The book mentions different bits but does not have them illustrated - which I consider essential for them to be able to differentiate in the descriptions.
Needless to restate, it is not a waste of money. This book is cutting-edge in British horse care and does cover much of the dismounted material that is seen in the BHS Horsemastership (Stages) examinations. I can easily picture an experienced horseperson keeping this as a reference and often using it. I also think it would be a good addition to a public library because of the sheer volume of material it contains.
For beginners I would recommend starting with books by Cherry Hill such as her "Horse Handling & Grooming" or "Horse Health Care" books.
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Peat Smoke and Spirit: The Story of Islay and Its Whiskies
Andrew Jefford
Manufacturer: Headline
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Binding: Hardcover
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Islay (Pevensey Island Guides)
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Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch
ASIN: 0747227357 |
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- A compact but rewarding sampling
- simply amazing
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African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions)
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Up from Slavery (Signet Classics)
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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions)
ASIN: 0486296040 |
Book Description
Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from the religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) to 20th-century work of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Other contributors include James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, many others. Indispensable for students of the black experience in America and any lover of fine poetry.
Customer Reviews:
A compact but rewarding sampling.......2001-09-04
"African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927," edited by Joan Sherman, is a powerful and rewarding gathering of poems. Sherman has packed a lot into just 82 pages. Many of the giant names of African-American literature are here: Phillis Wheatley, Frances E.W. Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and many more. There are also poets who are perhaps less well-known, but still admirable as literary creators. As a whole, these poets write with an intriguing variety of voices: solemn, satirical, militant, etc.
Many of black America's most important and most memorable poems are in here: Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America," Dunbar's "Sympathy" (with its significant line, "I know why the caged bird sings..."), and Countee Cullen's "Yet Do I Marvel." There are poems about slavery, literacy, religion, racial uplift, folk culture, and more. It is interesting to see the juxtaposition (sometimes from the same author) between poems written in vernacular language and those written in very formal English with classical references.
The only weak aspect of the book are the author bios. They are simply too short. Some are only a single sentence long, and they don't contain much bibliographic data. I would have liked a little more for each author. Still, this is an excellent anthology whose compact size and focus make it great both for classroom use and for general reading.
simply amazing.......2000-05-18
This book is simply amazing. I contains more culture than I have ever read in just one book. I definitely reccomend it to anyone.
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Gandharan Art in Pakistan
Harald & LYONS,Islay INGHOLT
Manufacturer: Pantheon Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NV9LQA |
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- For the not so great memory.
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Progressive School Exercises for Dressage and Jumping
Islay Auty
Manufacturer: Half Halt Press
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Binding: Paperback
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School Exercises for Flatwork and Jumping
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Grooming To Win: How to Groom, Trim, Braid and Prepare Your Horse for Show (Howell Reference Books)
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Teaching Safe Horsemanship: A Guide to English and Western Instruction
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Teaching the Child Rider
ASIN: 1872119387 |
Product Description
By popular request, here's a more advanced series of exercises and movements that follow from the best-selling School Exercises for Flatwork & Jumping. A very useful book aimed at instructors and for riders schooling their own horses, by a highly respected BHS chief examiner, coach, dressage judge and competitor
Customer Reviews:
For the not so great memory........2003-08-01
Many of these exercises are not new to the horse world, however I think this is a publication every teacher and trainer should have on hand. Sometimes when teaching I find it difficult to come up with a new exercise to have my students perform. Even though I have done and taught thousands of them in my lifetime somehow they never come to mind when I need them. Now I can just open to any pageof this book and have an excellent exercise. The best part is that they are listed progressively so I know just where to flip for my beginners, intermediate students and advanced jumping students!
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- beautiful book on a wonderful Island
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Islay (Pevensey Island Guides)
Norman S. Newton
Manufacturer: David & Charles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 090711590X |
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beautiful book on a wonderful Island.......2004-08-16
A small book, but loaded with gorgeous colour pictures of this beautiful Island in the Hebrides. Has a Useful Information and Places to visit Guide. Gives you a crash course of Place-Names and their pronunciation, so you won't be murdering the Gaelic. Includes of map, gives information of Medieval ruins, the Islay distilleries - which produces fine Single Malt Whisky. Gives you a real flavour of this delightful Island. The book is soft sided and lightweight so if you plan to visit, the book is easy to take along.
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Islay (Landranger Maps)
Ordnance Survey
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Islay (Pevensey Island Guides)
ASIN: 0319226603 |
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Islay
Douglas Bullard
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0932666272 |
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Ancient & mediaeval sculptured stones of Islay
W. D Lamont
Manufacturer: Oliver & Boyd
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ASIN: 0050016512 |
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Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, 1805-1866 (Centennial Series of the Association of Series, 11)
Elizabeth Silverthorne
Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press
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Buffalo Bill, the Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Colonel William F. Cody (Bison Book)
Helen Cody Wetmore
Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
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ASIN: 0803252153 |
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Buffalo Bill: Last of the Great Scouts is the entertaining and fascinating story of William F. Cody, known to millions for over a century as the legendary Buffalo Bill. Born in a log cabin in Iowa, he was a buffalo hunter, stagecoach driver, Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, and a scout for the U.S. army before beginning his career as the star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, which electrified audiences around the world from 1883 to 1917.
Bill’s sister, Helen Cody Wetmore, has written an affectionate biography that recalls fully both the man and the legend, his colorful personality and ironic wit, as well as his celebrated international status. Some of her anecdotes read like the dime novels they were probably based on, but others provide fascinating glimpses of frontier life. Before becoming a showman, Cody tried his luck as a land speculator, a hotelkeeper, and a justice of the peace. These pages also show the author herself growing up on the wild frontier. Humorous and informative, Buffalo Bill introduces us to an unforgettable and controversial figure in American frontier history.
This commemorative edition includes the full text of the original 1899 edition, a foreword and afterword by novelist Zane Grey, illustrations by Frederic Remington, E. W. Deming, and Rosa Bonheur from a rare 1903 edition, and an introduction by scholar Joy S. Kasson.
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- This book is a great resource for anyone wild about animals!
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Jack Hanna's Ultimate Guide to Pets
Jack Hanna
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0399523448 |
Amazon.com
You've seen him on Good Morning America and The David Letterman Show with his iguanas and lemurs and all sorts of delightful, unpredictable animals. Now, here is his guide to house pets, and the title describes this book explicitly--the ultimate guide to choosing and caring for pets.
Customer Reviews:
This book is a great resource for anyone wild about animals!.......1998-03-02
This is one of the best books I've ever read! It contains great information on all kinds of pets. Unlike some books, it explains why wild animals do NOT make good pets. I like how the author helps you select a pet by providing pros and cons for each animal. Jack Hanna illustrates a guide to proper pet ownership with humor and warmth. Reading this book was definitely an enjoyable experience.
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THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO U.S. COIN VALUES 2001
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GPXUN8 |
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- The Essence of The Insiders Guide To U.S. Coin Values
- This book is great for everyone...beginner to expert.
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The Insider's Guide to U.S. Coin Values 2001 (Insider's Guide to U S Coin Values, 2001)
Scott A. Travers
Manufacturer: Dell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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ASIN: 0440236916
Release Date: 2000-11-28 |
Book Description
Don't be overcharged when you buy-- Don't be shortchanged--. When you sell.
America's #1 consumer advocate for coin hobbyists, collectors, and investors is Scott Travers. His mission is to make sure you never fall prey to unscrupulous buyers or sellers. Now he has created a guide that provides comprehensive facts on all U.S. coins, advice on collecting trends, and a complete listing of the fair market value for your coins today. Plus, he teaches you to be the expert with information on:
Understanding coin grades and what they mean in dollars and cents for collectors
The advantages of a "certified coin" from a grading service
Essential specifications--diameter, weight, composition, edge, and designers--for popular U.S. coins
Comprehensive listings of coin periodicals
The most complete and current price guide on the market today!
Customer Reviews:
The Essence of The Insiders Guide To U.S. Coin Values.......2000-12-31
Well, i think any, and i mean any recent or long time collector of coins should read this book is because if you want to know anything about coins like how many mints has there been, or why you shouldn't ever clean your coins this is the perfect book for you. It is also the most up-to-date coin book you will ever find because it has the most recent coin listings ever!
This book is great for everyone...beginner to expert........1998-09-21
I am new to coin collecting but found this book easy to understand. It is categorized in a manner that is easy to follow. I would reccommend anyone looking to evaluate their own collection or someone else's purchase this book
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- Gardening seventy years ago....
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The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Those Who Love Green Growing Things (Modern Library Gardening)
Richardson Wright
Manufacturer: Modern Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement
ASIN: 0812968735
Release Date: 2003-04-22 |
Book Description
First published in 1929, The Gardener’s Bed-Book is a much beloved gardening classic by the renowned editor of House & Garden magazine in the 1920s and ’30s. Each of its 365 perfectly sized little essays is meant to be read in bed at night after a long day’s work, either real or imagined, in the garden. A charming and mischievously funny companion to curl up with, Wright ranges comfortably—and lyrically—from giving gardening advice to meditating on such topics as antique collecting and travel, great literature and architecture. He is an addictive delight, as memorable describing the challenges of growing plume poppies as he is the simple pleasure of hanging up the dish towel once the housework is done. Written in language that is as timeless as it is seductive, The Gardener’s Bed-Book will appeal to gardening experts and armchair enthusiasts alike.
This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Dominique Browning, the editor in chief of House & Garden and author of Around the House and in the Garden and the forthcoming Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener.
Customer Reviews:
Gardening seventy years ago...........2003-10-26
Editor and writer Michael Pollen has added Richardson Wright's THE GARDENER'S BED BOOK (first published in 1929) to the Modern Library Garden Series. Although Wright included an entry for every day of the year plus a longer piece for each of the first 11 months, I read about ten pages a night and thus finished it in about a month. Wright was the editor-in-chief of House and Garden for thirty four years. He and his wife were upscale, maintaining homes in New York City and Connecticut. He had a hired gardener to help him mind his acreage and apparently room for pigs and chickens.
Wright says he has not written a "how-to" gardening book. However, he offers mostly useful garden suggestions at the end of each entry (for those in growing zone 5 or 6 in Connecticut), as well as a few bits of wisdom. Wright also wrote a few comments some will find offensive. Vegetarians will find his interaction with two pigs named WEE-WEE and FANNIE a bit painful. (He raised and slaughtered them during the course of the year.) African Americans may object to either one or both of two entries in the latter part of the book. (i.e., Wright and his wife collected antiques and among other items he was searching for a "yard-boy.")
Wright offers some sage advice, such as working off anger by destroying tent caterpillar nests and never giving up on a plant until you've tried it thrice. He also suggests the need for a club for men who have given up golf and taken up gardening which he views as a superior activity. He has some suggestions about tracking the weather using hard to find antiques such as a Dutch weather glass that may be more reliable than "modern" technology. (My bones are more reliable than modern technology!!) He says one should not attempt to garden on torrid days and suggests laying in the sun as long as you can in October. He laments the loss of burning autumn leaves, and fireplaces consuming cedar or apple wood. He and his wife both think of their "top" garden on days when things are tough in NYC. Wright provides insights into the life of a gentleman gardener living in a different era, but much of what he says remains salient.
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Designing Beds & Borders (Time Life Complete Gardener)
Manufacturer: Time-Life Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0737006021 |
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Another Gardener's Bed-Book
Richardson Wright
Manufacturer: J. B. Lippincott Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NX2C3M |
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Another gardener's bed-book: A second crop of short and long pieces for those who garden by day and read by night
Richardson Little Wright
Manufacturer: J.B. Lippincott company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: B00086SYCW |
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- Fun and Sassy
- Feisty and Funny
- Hilarious!
- Best gardening book I've read!
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Beds I Have Known: Confessions of a Passionate Amateur Gardener (Curley Large Print Books)
Martha Smith
Manufacturer: John Curley & Assoc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0792707397 |
Amazon.com
Publishers Weekly calls Martha Smith "a sort of Erma Bombeck of the floral plot." Beds I Have Known reveals the hilarious side of gardening, including what it's like to be mistaken for Martha Stewart and what agricultural one-upsmanship is all about. The best chapters, though, are her funny, rather touching stories about gardening oddballs such as Antoinetta Goodwin, who planted marigolds in city traffic circles, and Martha's neighbor, John the Dahlia King. There's something self-revelatory about gardening, and Martha lets it all hang gloriously out.
Customer Reviews:
Fun and Sassy.......2001-06-20
Martha Smith is entertaining and light. A great read to lighten your heart and load after working outside in the heat all day.
Feisty and Funny.......2000-08-11
I found this gardening memoir to be both feisty and funny. I love the way Martha Smith describes her "Mae West Memorial Garden". I could almost smell the lilacs and dahlias as I was reading. For anyone who loves gardening essays with a humorous slant this book is a must read!!
Hilarious!.......1999-11-02
My husband and I are both avid gardeners and on a recent road trip, I read this book aloud to him as he drove and he almost wrecked from laughing so hard. This is a very funny book and the author knows too well the joys as well as the back-breaking hard work that gardening can be. My favorite chapter - "Canna lily kill you?" - a must read for gardeners who enjoy a spike of humor.
Best gardening book I've read!.......1998-12-22
This is a must read for anyone who loves the joy of gardening and knows it's Nature's Prozac. Smith is a funny, witty, spirited writer and my only woe was that it was too short. Yes, 300 plus pages was simply not enough of her wonderful outlook on life and gardening and people and giving. As a writer and writing teacher, I'm sensitive to good writing and Martha Smith's work exceeded my expectations.
Please take my advice and read this collection. Then go out and get your hands dirty. You'll be in good company. I'd say more, but my garden and my dog are waiting!
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The Gardener's Bed-Book
Richardson Wright
Manufacturer: J. B. Lippincott Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NX60CG |
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Gardener's Bed-Book (PAJ Books)
Richardson Wright
Manufacturer: PAJ Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 1555540287 |
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The Gardener's Bed-Book Short and Long Pieces to be Read in Bed By Those Who Love Husbandry and the Green Growing Things of Earth
Richardson Wright
Manufacturer: J.B. Lippincott Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W907I4 |
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The Gardener's Bed-Book; Short and Long Pieces to be Read in Bed By Those Who Love husbandry and the Green Growing Things of Earth
Richardson Wright
Manufacturer: J. B. Lippincott Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JF9JZI |
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The Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
Lance Hattatt
Manufacturer: Running Press Book Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj (Monographs and Theoretical Studies in Sociology and Anthropology in Honour of Nels Anderson)
Robert W. Stern
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Mike's World: The Life of Mike Myers
Martin Knelman
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From the sixties spy Austin Powers and his nemesis Dr. Evil, to metalhead Wayne, and the German pseudo-intellectual Dieter, Mike Myers has created some of the biggest characters in popular culture. While Myers is a huge movie star, his rise to fame is not well known. Best-selling biographer Martin Knelman chronicles Myers' early career from the first television appearance of Wayne's World (not on Saturday Night Live), to his breakthrough success on Saturday Night Live and movies such as Wayne's World and Austin Powers.
The road to success has not always been smooth. His first hit movies were followed by flops. Portraits of Myers as a vain control freak began to surface in the media including a vicious profile in Vanity Fair. Accusations intensified when Myers, facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit and intense criticism from the Hollywood establishment, stopped production on a movie based on his Dieter character because it wasn't funny enough. Only with the intervention of Jeffrey Katzenberg did Mike Myers' career and reputation bounce back with the overwhelming success of Shrek.
Mike's World explores the controversies and successes of Myers' career. This compelling portrait of a passionate artist who is devoted to his career, his family and wife. It is above all about a man who continues to live by his late father's advice: always be funny.
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Mike's World: The Life of Mike Myers
Martin Knelman
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- A Real Live Character from James Joyce
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As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy in Fact
Oliver St. John Gogarty
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A Real Live Character from James Joyce.......2004-01-30
'Oliver St. John Gogarty, who served as the prototype for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's Ulysses, was a surgeon, poet,playwright, novelist, passionaote opponent of the Sinn Feiners, and a wit of legendary fame. In these remarkable memoirs, which he labels "A Phantasy in Fact," Gogarty records a fascinating variety of people and events in t he literary and political life of Ireland during the disordered early nineteen twenties...'
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Oliver St. John Gogarty (The Irish Writers Series)
J. B. Lyons
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AS I WAS GOING DOWN SACKVILLE STREET
Oliver St. John Gogarty
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As I Was Going Down Sackville Street
Oliver St. John Gogarty
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As I Was Going Down Sackville Street
Oliver St. John Gogarty
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As I Was Going Down Sackville Street
Oliver St. John Gogarty
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As I Was Going Down Sackville Street. Penguin Biography No 970
Oliver St John Gogarty
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Bread Out of Stone. Preface by William Butler Yeats. Epilogue by Olivers St. John Gogarty.
Scharmel. Irish
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The Circus Animals; Essays on W. B. Yeats: Essays on W. B. Yeats
A. Norman Jeffares
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Collected poems
Oliver St. John Gogarty
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