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King kauri: Tales & traditions of the kauri country of New Zealand
Gordon Ell Manufacturer: Bush Press of New Zealand ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0908608713 |
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Adapter Kit: France: A Traveler's Tools for Living Like a Local
Terry Link Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Passionately written by authors who have taken the plunge themselves, the exciting new Adapter Kit series helps travelers extend their journey and live like the locals in select international destinations. Adapter Kit: France author Terry Link includes an overview of France and its influential culture, takes a look at the attractions and top features of specific regions, lists up-to-date prices, and adds plenty of advice on communicating and learning the language.Customer Reviews:
Full of great practical information.......2001-11-13
Thank you Mr. Link.......2001-08-01
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Carpenter from Conway: George Washington Donaghey As Governor of Arkansas, 1909-1913
Calvin R. Ledbetter Manufacturer: Univ of Arkansas Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1557282811 |
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Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot before Al Capone
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Wonderful Book.......2007-06-12
North side chicago vs the NYC mob classic.......2007-01-23
The Genuine Article: Rose Keefe Delivers 100 Proof Goods.......2006-07-11
Well-researched and a fun, fast read.......2006-07-06
O'Banion, Chicago's Premier Florist Gangster.......2006-06-02
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First year with your new kitten
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Kitten Kindergarten/the Kitty Cafe: Practical Help and Advice for Your Kitten's First Year
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A two-in-one volume for cat owners, The Kitty Caf & Kitten Kindergarton 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 of kittens, this volume includes humorous facts, informative illustrations and invaluable advice on grooming, training, care, and diet.
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Your Cat's First Year
Jane Burton , Kim Taylor , and Michael Allaby Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0671600907 |
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Your Cats First Year
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Your Kitten's First Year
Shawn Messonnier Manufacturer: Seaside Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 155622527X |
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Organized in an easy to read , illistrated formt, thisbook is a concise but comprehensive reference for cat owners.
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Rare Record Price Guide: 1995
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Annamaria Ciarallo Manufacturer: Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 089236629X |
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A study of Pompeiian frescoes reveals that the Vesuvian landscape of 79 AD included a vast and beautiful variety of fauna and flora. This lavishly illustrated volume combines botanical images depicted in Pompeiian art with present-day photographs of gardens in the region to give a complete
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The Gardens of Pompeii, Herculaneum & the Villas Destroyed by Vesuvius.
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The Gardens of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Villas Destroyed by Vesuvius, Vol. 1
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The Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the Villas Destroyed by Versuvius: Vol. 2, Appendices
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Feels like your there.......2000-05-30
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Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
Lois Ruskai Melina Manufacturer: Collins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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"Some people may describe adoption as difficult; others simply describe it as different. I am inclined to think of it as complex," writes Lois Ruskai Melina in the updated, revised Raising Adopted Children: Practical, Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent.Adoption practices have evolved considerably since this book's first publication in 1986, and the new version of the "Dr. Spock for adoptive parents" reflects the latest theories. Drawing on the findings and practices of pediatricians, social workers, scientists, and adoptive parents, Raising Adopted Children is carefully and thoroughly researched. Chapters on open adoption, international adoption, and transracial adoption are combined with advice on bonding and attachment, breast-feeding an adoptive infant (possible but complicated), dealing with schools, privacy issues, adopting a child with disabilities, adopting as a single parent, and the challenges of adolescence. While Melina's many years of professional and personal experience shape her advice, she remains very evenhanded. For example, she's a strong proponent of the "early telling" theory of adoption (being open about the adoption with the child from the beginning), but she also clearly presents other points of view, and, throughout the book, encourages parents to make decisions that feel right for them.
The text includes specific suggestions for explaining a child's birth circumstances, including common misconceptions, and a valuable discussion about whether adoptees are at greater risk for behavior problems or learning disabilities. She also provides suggestions for setting rules for contact with biological parents, easing grief, and acknowledging a child's history. A completely annotated list of selected references and resources rounds out this superior guide. --Ericka Lutz
Book Description
In this completely revised and updated edition of Raising Adopted Children, Lois Melina, editor of Adopted Children newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology,sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development. Melina addresses the pressing adoption issues of today, such as open adoption, international adoption, and transracial adoption, and answers parents' most frequently asked questions, such as:
Up-to-date, sensitive, and clear, Raising Adopted Children is the definitive resource for all adoptive parents and concerned professionals.
"Raising Adopted Children is a comprehensive source of practical, reassuring advice and intelligent support for the adoptive parent. [It is also an] excellent professional resource for social workers, physicians, teachers, therapists, and others working with adopted children and their parents."
--North American Council on Adoptable Children"Melina, an adoptive parent, writes both sensibly and sensitively on many critical issues faced by parents and their adopted children from infancy through adolescence."
--BooklistCustomer Reviews:
I agree with the two reviwers who said that this book assumes that all people who adopt are unable to conceive, and that the book is overly "PC". In regards to infertility, the book really does heap it on about how people who can't conceive need to grieve, and may think that they won't be able to love another's child, and so on. We're not infertile, but I would be just as offended if I were. Infertility and adoption do not always go hand in hand, and I think that Melina forgets that.
Informational, Yet Flawed.......2005-10-14
I also found the writing to be hyperbolic, as in "You MUST" do this, or, my favorite "All adoptive parents" fear that their children will love their birthparents more than the adoptive parents. Use of such imperatives, "All," "must," "will," instead of more realistic words like "Many," "should/need," and "might," makes the text sound like a user's manual for computer applications.
That negative said, the book itself does contain a lot of useful information, which I haven't seen in any of my previous adoption-related readings. I would absolutely recommend it to people who are going through the adoption process. I think there are better books for people who are wondering whether or not to adopt (such as "Is Adoption for You?"), but that this book directly addresses the fears and questions for people who are about to become adoptive parents.We are in the process of getting our home study done thru Lutheran Social Services and this is one of the "required reading" books. It is far better than any book I've purchased on adoption on my own. It takes you through every scenario. It's realistic and practical. It's also easy to read.
The number one book to get!.......2005-08-01
Like the other posters, I too was given this book as part of our homestudy for adopting a child from China. After reading the first chapter I found myself insulted. This book assumes all who read it are adopting because they cannot get pregnant, which is not my case. While infertility is something that should not be ignored, and I appreciate the fact that most adoption books I read address the matter, this book would have been much more respectable if it did not direct its text to the reader as a person who cannot conceive. I was so insulted that I returned the book to my social worker with these concerns.
Disappointing........2005-05-18
My husband and I found this book invaluable in raising our son. There is so much information that you need to know: from dealing with varied emotions to working with your child's teachers and peers and helping them relate to the world. Should definitely be a required book for all parents of adopted children.
Helpful.......2005-03-14
So many adoptive parents lose sight of the fact that adoption exists to provide loving homes for children, NOT to provide them, an infertile couple, with a child. Even the happiest adopted child, in the very best of circumstances, will have certain issues throughout their life and their parents should be prepared to deal with these and answer questions. For far too long adoption has been a secretive practice and everyone has assumed that the process itself ended when the court papers were signed. It's a lifetime adjustment and education like this will help ease the concerns of all three members of the adoption triad - birthparents, adoptives, and adoptees. How I wish my adoptive parents had had something like this to read. They did so many insensitive things that were so hurtful. Should be required reading for everyone planning to adopt.
Excellent and should be required for prospective adoptives.......2004-10-01
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Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
Lois Ruskai Melina
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- MArilyn
Marilyn 2004 12-month Wall Calendar
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Rare photos from the Milton Greene archives convey the sensuality and allure that made Marilyn Monroe a legend.Customer Reviews:
This is it, the calender I chose for 2004.12 pictures of beautiful MArilyn by her favourite photographer.
MArilyn.......2004-04-23
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- Interesting throughout, but more on publishing than Judaism
Oughtobiography: Leaves from the Diary of a Hyphenated Jew
David Marcus
Manufacturer: Gill & MacMillan, Ltd. (Ireland)
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ASIN: 0717132501Customer Reviews:
David Marcus, early in his story, tells of his mother's assistance to the nascent Irish independence movement, prior to the 1904 Limerick attacks on the few Jews there. Typically of the place of "hyphenated" Irish a century (and less) ago, the precarious, always questioned, double-take nature of being a prominent leader in the literary world dominated by those who may have often been raised to see the Jew not only as the Other but the enemy makes for a naturally intriguing tale.
Interesting throughout, but more on publishing than Judaism.......2005-04-23
I was surprised, however, to find barely an aside to Marcus' own wife and children. They barely receive any mention. Perhaps his wish is to focus on only his own career, but this reticence does not seem to be matched in the rest of his account, as his dealings as the editor of the magazine Irish Writing brought him into close working and often personal relationships with the best authors that Ireland produced in the middle of the 20th century, a position matched by his own tenure at Dev's paper The Irish Press, where Marcus served as literary editor and continued to publish quality efforts.
He also has penned his own novels about Cork Jewish life, and must be one of the few writers capable of translating not only Hebrew but Irish fluently! While this autobiography, by its title, slides a bit away from giving a full picture of Marcus, it's worthwhile for insights into mid-century Irish literati, and gives a fitting counterpart to the tales of bohemian Dublin in the post-war period from John Ryan (Remembering How We Stood) and Anthony Cronin (Dead as Doornails). Less drinking in Marcus' version, however!Books:
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