Fresh water algal flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Most guidebooks give readers long lists of restaurants, hotels, and attractions, but Florida Travel-Smart gives only the best listings. It makes specific recommendations, telling travelers what they shouldn't miss, what is good to see, and what they should see only if they have extra time. It also takes the guesswork out of getting there, with clear directions, maps, mileage charts, and travel times. Readers can plan a vacation that suits their personal needs and interests, choosing from one-, two-, and three-week itineraries that show them the very best of the state, from the excitement of Daytona to the remotest stretch of sand.

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Florida Travel Smart by Wilson & et al.......2000-05-12

What a delightful volume ! I live on Florida's Sun Coast and was so pleased to find its virtues extolled with such a succint and easily read book. I was amazed at how much local lore I had missed that was right in my own backyard.

The maps and clear directions make this an invaluable aid to anyone choosing our fair state

Al Rice

Refreshing new travel guide to Florida.......2000-04-27

This is a wonderful down-to-earth guide book. In addition to the better known tourist attractions, the writers tell you about the lesser known attractions, such as museums, natural attractions, some history, the arts, etc. This book has something for everyone, from the nature lover to the theme park lover; it's for people who like to camp, and those who'd rather stay at pricey hotels. Check out the special interest tours in the back, they're great!

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Florida Gulf Coast: A Different Kind of Guidebook

Travel Smart: Florida Gulf Coast
Carol J. Perry , and Jan Kirby
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 156261441X

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This useful guide has everything figured out for any vacation length or budget. It supplies maps, driving guides, a mileage chart to determine driving times, time estimates for visiting sites, and scenic routes off the beaten path.

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Florida Gulf Coast: A Different Kind of Guidebook.......2001-06-30

I searched far and wide for a travel guidebook that deals specifically with the Gulf Coast of Florida, and I found exactly what I was looking for in "Florida Gulf Coast: Travel Smart" by Carol J. Perry (John Muir Publications, 2000). Now that I've returned from ten interesting days of putting this book to use, I want to share my experience of applying it to my travels. While covering a geographic area from Pensacola to Naples, "Florida Gulf Coast: Travel Smart" starts off with a great introduction to the Gulf Coast including nature and history. Then it offers good background information about each destination and suggests sightseeing highlights. The sights are prioritized in order, which helps separate the "must sees" from the "if you have time" attractions. Perry suggests activities that make a "perfect day" at a given location, then gives information on food and lodging choices. Overall, this book was helpful because it told enough about a destination(I particularly enjoyed the write-ups on Apalachicola and Cedar Key) to give a general feel for it so the reader could decide if a certain place was their style or not.If so, proceed to visit and use the food and lodging selections. If not, then one can spend time elsewhere. Perry also includes Special Interest Tour sample itineraries (ex. Family Fun Tour, Nature Lovers Tour) at the back of the book. The only draw back to "Florida Gulf Coast: Travel Smart" is that pricing information is very general, at best, though ranges are presented that cover B&Bs to camping. Phone numbers are included so it is possible to call ahead for lodging. Overall, I strongly recommend this book and believe that it truly is "a different kind of guidebook". It does take the guesswork out of your travels and does an excellent job of pin pointing the most interesting attractions.

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The straight scoop on visiting Tampa-St.Pete
City Smart Guidebook Tampa St. Petersburg (1st Ed.)

City Smart: Tampa/St. Petersburg
Fred W. Wright
Manufacturer: John Muir Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1562613243

Customer Reviews:

The straight scoop on visiting Tampa-St.Pete.......2000-04-03

This book covers the Tampa/St. Petersburg area like no other guide book I've read. It's well-organized; whatever I was looking for - restaurant, attractions - was easy to find. Additionally, I enjoyed the insights and odd tidbits about the area. The maps were especially helpful and easy to use. Highly recommended!

City Smart Guidebook Tampa St. Petersburg (1st Ed.).......2000-01-16

Page one of this travel guide begins with an erroneous orientation of the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg. We read "Tampa, on the west side of Tampa Bay" and "St. Petersburg, on the east side of Tampa Bay" when in fact the opposite is true. A taveler must then question the accuracy of other information presented in this travel quide.

Cancun Insight Smart Guide (Insight Smart Guides)

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Cancun Insight Smart Guide (Insight Smart Guides)

Manufacturer: APA Publications Pte Ltd,Singapore
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Guidebooks | Reference & Tips | Travel | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 9812587934

The Florida Gulf Coast: Travel-Smart Trip Planner (1st ed)

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The Florida Gulf Coast: Travel-Smart Trip Planner (1st ed)
Jan Kirby
Manufacturer: John Muir Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1562613189

Fodor's Miami and Miami Beach 2001: Completely Updated Every Year, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z, Pull-Out Color Map (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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Fodor's Miami and Miami Beach 2001: Completely Updated Every Year, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z, Pull-Out Color Map (Fodor's Gold Guides)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679005579
Release Date: 2000-10-10

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Fodor's Miami and Miami Beach "Fodor's guides cover culture authoritatively and rarely miss a sight or museum." - National Geographic Traveler

"The king of guidebooks." - Newsweek

No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go.

Insider info that's totally up to date. Every year our local experts give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun.

Hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special.

Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency.

Full-size, foldout map keeps you on course.

We've compiled a helpful list of guidebooks that complement Fodor's Miami and Miami Beach 2001. To learn more about them, just enter the title in the keyword search box. Fodor's Exploring Florida: An information-rich cultural guide in full color. Fodor's Compass Florida: A full-color guide, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture, and character of Florida. Fodor's Citypack Miami: A full-color pocket-size guidebook and a full-size color map, all in one sturdy plastic sleeve.

Fodor's South Florida 2000: Expert Advice and Smart Choices, Completely Updated Every Year, Plus a Full-Size Color Map (Fodor's South Florida, 2000)

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Fodor's South Florida 2000: Expert Advice and Smart Choices, Completely Updated Every Year, Plus a Full-Size Color Map (Fodor's South Florida, 2000)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679004491
Release Date: 1999-09-28

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"Fodor's guides are always a pleasure." -- The Chicago Tribune

"Teeming with maps and loaded with addresses, phone numbers,
and directions." -- Newsday

Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Updated each year and containing a foldout Rand McNally map, a Fodor's Gold Guide is an essential tool for any kind of traveler. If you only have room for one guide, this is the guide for you.

Let the world's smartest guide enrich your trip
Vivid descriptions evoke what makes South Florida unique - Local experts show you the special places - Thorough updating keeps you on track - Practical information gives you the tools to explore - Easy-to-use format puts it all at your fingertips

Choose among many hotels and restaurants in all price categories
Stay in grand historic hotels, restored Art Deco jewels, golf and tennis resorts, seaside hideaways - Dine in elegant restaurants, culinary hot spots, ethnic eateries, fish houses, and Old Florida favorites - Check out hundreds of detailed reviews and learn what's special about each place

Mix and match our itineraries and discover the unexpected
Savvy advice helps you decide where to go and when - Driving and walking tours guide you from glamorous Palm Beach to laid-back Key West, from Chic Miami to the silent waterways of the Everglades - Hit all the best beaches - Listen to salsa, jazz, and reggae - Explore boutiques, crafts galleries, shell shops, bathing-suit emporiums, and cigar stores

Go straight to the facts you need and find all that's new
Useful maps and background information - How to get there and get around - When to go - What to pack - Costs, hours, and tips by the thousands

Fodor's Florida 2000: Expert Advice and Smart Choices, Updated Annually, with a Full-Size Map and Colo r Planning Section (Fodor's Florida)

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Fodor's Florida 2000: Expert Advice and Smart Choices, Updated Annually, with a Full-Size Map and Colo r Planning Section (Fodor's Florida)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679003169
Release Date: 1999-08-31

Book Description

"Fodor's guides are always a pleasure." -The Chicago Tribune

"Teeming with maps and loaded with addresses, phone numbers,
and directions." -Newsday

Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Updated each year and containing a full-color foldout Rand McNally map, a Fodor's Gold Guide is an essential tool for any kind of traveler. If you only have room for one guide, this is the guide for you.

New for 2000! Full-color sections let you experience Florida before you get there with region by region virtual tours and cross-referencing to the main text, Fodor's color sections are a great way to begin planning your trip.

Let the world's smartest guide enrich your trip
Full-color images evoke what makes Florida unique - Local experts show you the special places - Thorough updating keeps you on track - Practical information gives you the tools to explore - Easy-to-use format puts it all at your fingertips

Choose among many hotels and restaurants in all price categories
Stay in grand historic hotels, seaside hideaways, golf and tennis resorts. B&Bs, and
family-friendly motels - Dine in elegant restaurants, culinary hotspots, fish houses, diners and Old Florida favorites - Check out hundreds of detailed reviews and learn what's special about each place

Find your perfect place in the sun and discover the unexpected
Savvy descriptions help you decide where to go and when - Driving and walking tours guide you from hip neighborhood to nature preserves - Play the fabulous golf courses - hit the best beaches - Explore chic boutiques and zero in on great sources for nifty souvenirs, from seashells to cigars

Go straight to the facts you need and find all that's new
Useful maps and background information * How to get there and get around - When to go - What to pack - Costs, hours and tips by the thousands

Travel Smart: South Florida and the Keys

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Travel Smart: South Florida and the Keys
Marylyn Springer
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1562613766

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Sarge Reynolds: In The Time of His Life
Michael P. Gleason , and Andrew McCutcheon
Manufacturer: Gleason Publishing Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Political | Leaders & Notable People | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0965558401

Book Description

Sarge Reynolds: In The Time of His Life is a collection of stories about J. Sargeant Reynolds, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1970 until his untimely death in 1971. Those who remember Sarge Reynolds know that he was no ordinary young man. Heir to the Reynolds Metals Co. fortune, Reynolds was a rarity in politics -- loved by many, feared by some and respected by most. He had charm and ability, as well as potential and ambition -- plus wealth and a family name. He was elected state lieutenant governor in 1969, took office in 1970 and died in 1971, in his prime, at the age of 34, after illness -- an inoperable brain tumor -- intervened.

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Not everyone who graduates from Ivy League schools immediately enters high-paying and prestigious careers. Peter Alson, Harvard graduate and nephew of Norman Mailer, writes in an "almost-tough-guy" style of his life as a bookie in Brooklyn, from the highs of making some big commissions to the lows of spending time in a feces-encrusted and overcrowded cell. A cross between Jim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries and Damon Runyon's tales of down-and-out or lowlife New Yorkers.

Book Description

Juxtaposing the thuggish worlds of bookies and privileged ivy leaguers, this hilarious study of unfettered machismo takes a perceptive look into a young, donw-on-his-luck Harvard graducate who joins a bookmaking operations while he tries to pull his life together.

Customer Reviews:

Even odds on whether it's worth it........2000-02-16

Despite the subtitle ("A True Tale of Love and the Vig") I was plagued throughout my reading of this semi-confession of a former Ivy-leaguer's plummet into the world of bookmaking by a certain dubiousness. Alson's story is written in a kind of flippantly open manner that undermines the believability of his insider's story. Don't get me wrong, it's very entertaining and all, but his coyness about just how "connected" the small-time operation he was a part of was came across as rather disingenuous to me. While his confusion and despair about figuring out what he should be doing with his overeducated self hit the right notes, the subplot of the long distance sort of relationship was often more annoying than interesting. Still, not a bad little peek into bookmaking.

What a brave and compelling tale!.......1998-01-16

I felt like I was growing up with Peter as he faced the consequences of his decisions. Looking forward to his next one.

A Sure Bet!.......1997-10-26

I really liked this book! I thought it was a refreshing and entertaining look at how are lives don't always end up as we had planned. There are some unresolved issues, but perhaps that makes the book all the more realistic. A movie version of this book would do very well.

Very entertaining misadventure.......1997-04-22

This book was a great but limited look inside a small-time illegal sports book. Alson's story is very funny, compelling, and informative but suffers from his distracting whining about a long-distance girlfriend and the unresolved mystery of whether his operation was part of a bigger syndicate. His frustrated accounts of big-time editors wanting his services as a bookie instead of a writer are a gem

Covers the spread.......1997-01-30

Very much enjoyed this real life book and look forward to the next one from Alson

Customer Reviews:

Not just about this book..........2006-08-18

It has been a while since I read this book, but remember that I found it very informative on a broad variety of western training questions, and can recommend it for anyone who wants to add to their western training library.

The main reason I'm writing this review is to see if there is someone out there who might be able to recommend a book to me... I have been searching for a good book that focuses mainly on training and using the Bosal Hackamore. So far, I've had no luck. Perhaps someone out there knows of such a book and could post it here for me! I'd be tickled to come back here and see such a recommendation! Thanks for your kind attention!

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Practical Western Training
Dave Jones
Manufacturer: UNIV OF OK + PRESS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SMZAK0

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Practical Western Training
Dave Jones
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OG7CBU

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Practical Western Training

Manufacturer: Arco
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0668025379

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Practical Western Training
Dave, w/ a Foreword By Randy Steffen Jones
Manufacturer: New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc. 1972
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O3LX22

Brainerd's practical horseman, or, Every man his own trainer: Comprising new and practical methods of subduing and making tractable the American bronco or wild horse reared on the western plains

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Brainerd's practical horseman, or, Every man his own trainer: Comprising new and practical methods of subduing and making tractable the American bronco or wild horse reared on the western plains
Wm. P Brainerd
Manufacturer: Swain & Tate Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

The terminological investigation of professional and scientific terms from the literature of vocational and practical arts education, (Wester arts association bulletin)

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The terminological investigation of professional and scientific terms from the literature of vocational and practical arts education, (Wester arts association bulletin)
William E Warner
Manufacturer: The Western Arts Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Vocational | Education | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0008A8SLK

The unions and productivity: Practical experience and training in Western Germany (Union studies)

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The unions and productivity: Practical experience and training in Western Germany (Union studies)
Willfried Schaefer
Manufacturer: Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007KCYV6

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For beginner to expert!

Good resource

Very Useful Book!

Comprehensive guide

A Home Staple

Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Cheryl Mendelson
Manufacturer: Scribner
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens

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Good Housekeeping The Complete Household Handbook: The Best Ways to Clean, Maintain & Organize Your Home

Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos

Checklists for Life: 104 Lists to Help You Get Organized, Save Time, and Unclutter Your Life

ASIN: 0743272862

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Virtually everyone enjoys a crisply ironed dress shirt, clean sheets on a well-made bed, and a savory home-cooked meal. Yet housekeeping today stands as a somewhat neglected, if not maligned, job. But as author Cheryl Mendelson points out in Home Comforts, keeping house well can be a rewarding position--it allows you to provide for the physical and emotional comfort of loved ones. It's also not an easy job--there's much to be learned about properly managing a home, and Mendelson has set out to provide a guide to doing just that.

Mendelson, a homemaker, lawyer, and mother, learned about housekeeping from an early age from her grandmothers, one Appalachian, the other Italian. The two grandmothers taught her that although different ways of keeping house can be appropriate, there are generally smarter, faster, and more creative ways of housekeeping that make it less of a chore and more of an art. In a practical, authoritative tone, Mendelson discusses the ins and outs of homemaking, such as washing dishes, recommended cleaning methods for various surfaces, housekeeping for those with pets or allergies, and emergency preparedness and safety procedures.

Mendelson's well-researched book includes meticulous sections on food (for example, which foods belong in the fridge versus the pantry, food storage times, picking the freshest fruits and vegetables, and keeping your kitchen and food sanitary) as well as laundry (caring for various fabrics, how to read--and read between the lines of--clothing care labels, and removing stains). Mendelson covers a lot of ground, and as she herself points out, readers shouldn't feel required to do everything mentioned in the book--simply pick the activities that seem appropriate for your particular home. This is a comprehensive reference book that should serve homemakers well and induce a greater appreciation for the effort and specialized knowledge that go into keeping house. --Kris Law

Book Description

Home Comforts is something new. For the first time in nearly a century, a sole author has written a comprehensive book about housekeeping. This is not a dry how-to manual, nor a collection of odd tips and hints, a cleaning book, a history book, or an arid encyclopedia compiled by a committee or an institute. Home Comforts is a readable explanation for both beginners and experts of all the domestic arts -- choosing fabrics, keeping the piano in tune, caring for books, making a good fire in the fireplace and avoiding chimney fires, ironing and folding, setting up a good reading light, keeping surfaces free of food pathogens, and everything else that modern people might want to do for themselves in their homes. But this reliable and thorough book on the practicalities of housekeeping is also an argument for the importance of private life and the comforts offered by housekeeping.

Cheryl Mendelson is a philosopher, lawyer, sometime professor, and a homemaker, wife, and mother. Home Comforts is based on her domestic education, which she acquired while growing up on a farm in the hills of Greene County, in southwestern Pennsylvania, from her grandmothers, aunts, and mother. Learning from the distinct domestic styles of her native Appalachian relatives and her Italian immigrant relatives, she appreciated early on how important domestic customs are to a sense of comfort and identity in life. She writes out of love and respect for her subject, and hopes to inspire others to develop the affection and respect for home life and housework she was fortunate to have learned.

Mendelson addresses the meanings as well as the methods of housekeeping with a keen sense of the history and values involved. The result is a warm, good-humored, engagingly written book with a message and a point of view, one that is overflowing with useful reflections and information. The clarity, breadth, and depth of the information collected here are unparalleled. You can read Home Comforts for thoughtful entertainment or use its ample index to help you find the answers to practical domestic questions. There is nothing quite like it.

Among this book's unique features:

· A skeptical discussion of the excessive use of disinfectants in the home. · How to iron a dress shirt and how to fold sheets. · How to make up a bed with hospital corners. · How to do all basic sewing stitches. · How to choose proper sizes for sheets, tablecloths, and other household linens. · How to set the table for informal and formal meals. · Expert recommendations for safe food storage. · The most exhaustive and reliable information on fabrics, textile fibers, and their laundering, drying, and other care that exists for nonprofessionals. · A thorough explanation of care labels and why and how you should often (carefully) disregard them. · Housekeeping guidelines for people with pets or with allergies. · What to do about dust mites. · How to clean and care for wood, china and crystal, jewelry, ceramic tile, metals, and more. · Guides to stain and spot removal. · Extensive recommendations for improving home safety. · A summary of laws applicable to the home, including privacy, accident liability, contracts, and domestic employees.·

· 200 Elegant, Clear Drawings ·

Customer Reviews:

For beginner to expert!.......2007-05-21

Ms. Mendelsohn has created the housekeeper's bible. The beginner will find answer to every dilemma, from how to shop to how to store groceries once you get them. Food selection, preservation and storage get a thorough going-over. The chapter on cloth tells you all about how it works, how to store it, and how to clean it without getting the dreaded pink sheets from red socks.... and then how to clean the rest of your castle. Home safety is not neglected, with valuable tips for avoiding a tragedy.

Chock full of sage advice, even the veteran homemaker can benefit. This book is worth reading for everyone, and is a must-have for teaching kids who will someday be on their own. Would make a great gift for a new bride or someone setting up house in that first apartment. Five stars

Good resource.......2007-04-06

This has information on virtually all aspects of housekeeping. It is interesting and appropriate for both the novice housekeeper and those who have been at it for a longer period of time. While there are better single-subject books, the encyclopedic nature of this one makes it a great reference for housekeeping topics. Covers everything from ironing to thread-count to home organization. Recommended.

Very Useful Book!.......2007-01-26

This book reminds me of the Victorian home economics books that were popular during the cult of domesticity. It's full of tons of useful information as well as interesting factoids about the origins of many of our household rituals! I highly recommend this book.

Comprehensive guide.......2007-01-17

There are pages and pages of things in this book that I may never do, but many more pages detailing the how and why of things I aspire to do as well as things I haven't decided yet whether I will ever get around to! Having covered EVERYTHING, the author is sure to provide me with the answer to whatever housekeeping question is important to me.

I am amazed by the completeness of this reference and absolutely charmed by the combination of modern day applicability and old world practicality!

A Home Staple.......2006-12-28

Every home should have this book! It not only tells you how to clean and maintain a home but it is also funny. There are instructions for how to fold bottom sheets and how long to keep different types of food in the fridge. I now buy this book for every couple getting married as part of their gift.

Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House

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interesting

Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House
Cheryl Mendelson
Manufacturer: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0965004023

Customer Reviews:

interesting .......2006-12-03

be careful to get the right edition. I got the British edition and it is not cute to own it at all.

The author gets five stars for effort. Three stars is about my inabilty to focus on the material in it.

It's interesting to have such a big book of insights even if you don't do things the same e.g. I line up matching socks and tie them together to make one fat knot like a garlic knot and I lay out my duvet as it would normally lie on the bed, then I place the inside out cover over the duvet as it should line up and running my arms inside the reversed cover, pinching the inner corners, I FLIP the duvet cover over the duvet, jump on the bed and hard shake the cover down over the duvet. Woohoo.

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Enjoyable reading and practical advice

Tennessee & Kentucky Gardener's Guide
Judy Lowe
Manufacturer: Cool Springs Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
South | Regional | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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Month-By-Month Gardening in Tennessee and Kentucky: What To Do Each Month To Have a Beautiful Garden All Year (Month-By-Month Gardening in Tennessee & Kentucky)

50 Great Trees for Tennessee (50 Great Plants for Tennessee Gardens)

50 Great Shrubs for Tennessee

50 Great Herbs, Fruits, and Vegetables for Tennessee

50 Great Flowers for Tennessee (50 Great Plants for Tennessee Gardens)

ASIN: 1591861195

Book Description

Authored by Judy Lowe, leading gardening expert in the region, this proven format has helped gardeners experience more success and enjoyment from their gardens.

As gardening continues to grow in popularity, gardeners want more resources to help them succeed. The Gardener's Guide series provides credible information on the plants that perform best in specific states. Gardeners will find information they can trust and use successfully in their own gardens.

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Enjoyable reading and practical advice.......2007-04-29

This was my first gardening book and I have read it many times over. The book is very logically organized, with sections on annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, grasses, bulbs, and water gardens. There even is an appendix devoted to shady gardens. While perhaps not comprehensive, the plants chosen are those that are classic to Tennessee and Kentucky. The author has a very down to earth style in writing, touching on the basics of soil/light/water requirements, routine care, companion planting, and personal favorites. The photos are very nice. I have found the book to be a great resource for choosing plants for where I live in middle Tennessee, and the style of the writing is simply enjoyable to read. I have read it many many times and have not tired of it. If you live in this area, it is a great first book to get you started. If you are an advanced gardener, you might not find it quite comprehensive enough, but I still think you would find it enjoyable.

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Quick and fun, while unbelievably helpful

A must read for 1st time moms-to-be

Great for first time moms!

Very good book for a new parent!

Good if you have lots of money

Girlfriends' Guide to Baby Gear (Girlfriends' Guides)
Vicki Iovine , and Peg Rosen
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Infants | Babies & Toddlers | Parenting | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
General | Parenting | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
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Consumer Guides | Reference | Subjects | Books
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Best Baby Products, 9th Ed. (Best Baby Products)

The Girlfriends' Guide to Getting your Groove Back (Girlfriends' Guides)

ASIN: 0399528458
Release Date: 2003-01-07

Book Description

Vicki Iovine and her passel of friends tell mothers-to-be when to skimp and when to splurge, and which hand-me-downs are safe and which are sorry. Readers will get advice on...

Â€ Where to get what you need
Â€ Crib and car seat dos and don'ts
Â€ Wardrobe musts and misses-for mother and child
Â€ Stocking the nursery and the rest of the house
Â€ What every new mom should have on hand for herself
Â€ Which brand names are the best
Â€ The Master Shopping List-don't leave home without it

Customer Reviews:

Quick and fun, while unbelievably helpful.......2007-10-06

I ordered this book in the midst of one of my "oh my god how am I ever going to be ready to take responsibility for another life form" freakouts. The idea here for me was to get something that would be constructive and distract me from the anxiety of impending motherhood (the rest of the time I'm fine I swear) long enough to get a registry started.
This book not only got me started on the right track, it helped me learn what items I wanted to research a little more before getting out there, and I actually built up some much needed "I'm going to be an awesome mom" confidence. When we went to the baby superstore (you know the one) it didn't seem as frightening, with all the choices for everything you never knew you wanted or needed. I was able to lead my hubby around the store with opinions I had formed myself as a result of the recommendations made in the book (they rarely make a specific recommendation, rather they tell you the options for you to weigh what is important to you).
The book is funny, quick to read, easy to skim back through as a reference, and here's the bonus: despite the name I actually got my hubby to read parts of it and he even said it was pretty good! From a guy who hates all things girly, that is a pretty strong recommendation.

A must read for 1st time moms-to-be.......2007-09-17

I found this book to be one of the most helpful and comprehensive lists of must-haves (and splurges, if you desire) for first-time parents.

Great for first time moms!.......2007-08-16

I read this book cover to cover and really enjoyed it. It has lots of helpful tips about what to buy and what to avoid.

Very good book for a new parent!.......2007-08-02

I am due in December and I wanted to get a headstart on researching baby products. I am a new parent, fresh out of college and married, and I was very apprehensive about what products to buy on a limited budget. This book is very helpful and categorized very well and loaded with major educational websites and emergency numbers every parent should have. Very thorough on how to baby-proof and prepare your home as well. If anything, take this book with you when you go to register!

Good if you have lots of money.......2007-01-10

I found that Baby Bargains was a much better guide... a lot more prducts to choose from.

3-book Set; Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, the Girlfriends' Guide to Baby Gear, the Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy

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3-book Set; Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, the Girlfriends' Guide to Baby Gear, the Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
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A real life tear jerker. Reads like a novel. I loved it!

The 20th Century's greatest photojournalist

Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa
Alex Kershaw
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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An evocative biography of the incomparable Robert Capa, the most famous photojournalist of the twentieth century.

Robert Capa, one of the finest photojournalists and combat photographers of the twentieth century, covered every major conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the early conflict in Vietnam. Always close to the action, he created some of the most enduring images ever made with a camera--perhaps none more memorable than the gritty photos taken on the morning of D-Day.

But the drama of Capa's life wasn't limited to one side of the lens. Born in Budapest as Andre Freidman, Capa fled political repression and anti-Semitism as a teenager by escaping to Berlin, where he first picked up a Leica camera. He founded Magnum, which today remains the most prestigious photographic agency of its kind. He was a gambler and seducer of several of his era's most alluring icons, including Ingrid Bergman, and his friends included Irwin Shaw, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and John Huston. From Budapest in the twenties to Paris in the thirties, from postwar Hollywood to Stalin's Russia, from New York to Indochina, Blood and Champagne is a wonderfully evocative account of Capa's life and times.

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A real life tear jerker. Reads like a novel. I loved it!.......2006-02-13

I loved this book. It actually made me cry. I had no idea that Robert Capa had an affair with Ingrid Bergman (among others!) and it is brilliantly told. I have read a few of Alex Kershaw's books and the thing I really love about them is that they tell true stories in an exciting way. They really do read like novels -- rather than the usual stuffy, worthy bios that get written that only an obsessive fan of the subject could be bothered to wade through. Deserves to be made into a movie.

The 20th Century's greatest photojournalist.......2003-05-18

The life of Robert Capa is fascinating. Born in Budapest in 1913, he was to die forty years later in Vietnam after establishing himself as one of the great photojournalists of the 20th Century. He captured on film some of the most memorable pictures in the Spanish Civil War, including the iconic "The Falling Soldier." A shameless propagandist for the Republican cause, he thought nothing of having combatants "pose" for some of his most dramatic pictures - including, many think, "The Falling Soldier." Did the republican soldier fall because he was shot or because he tripped? Was it posed? The jury is still out on that one. A Jew at a time when anti-Semitism was rife in Europe, he became a committed anti-fascist and socialist. He established the photographers' co-operative, Magnum, in order that photographers had control over their own photographs and earnings. This was not so different to the kibbutzim established in Israel by highly idealistic settlers whom he so admired. Needless to say, Capa was there to record the birth of the fledgling state of Israel in 1948 and caught on film that nation's birth pains as it battled with its Arab neighbours. War was his medium, even though he hated it. He went over in a landing craft to photograph the D-Day landings and produced some of the most memorable pictures of battle ever taken. This was despite that most of the pictures were ruined during the rushed processing in London and some of those that survived are out of focus.

Capa was talented, generous, humorous, and charismatic. An inveterate gambler, he played poker with the likes of John Huston and Ernest Hemmingway, and inevitably lost. Like most people who don't care about money, money problems plagued him. Highly sexed, he counted some of the most beautiful women of the age amongst his lovers, including Ingrid Bergman. When lovers were not immediately available, he contended himself with prostitutes. Loving and loved in return, he was too much of a bohemian to commit himself to a permanent relationship. He could have been rich, but he never was. He could have happily married, but he never did.

Capa's luck ran out when he went to Vietnam in 1953 to cover the war between the French and the Vietnamese and trod on a landmine.

Alex Kershaw deserves credit for writing such a meticulously researched and readable biography.

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AS GOOD AS IT GETS

hatchet job

superb - the best account yet

Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa
Alex Kershaw
Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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"It does seem to me that Capa has proved beyond all doubt that the camera need not be a cold mechanical device," John Steinbeck wrote of photojournalist Robert Capa in a quote that launches this well-written, exhaustively researched biography. "Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart." That's quite a compliment coming from an author like Steinbeck, but then Capa won the respect and friendship of some of the brightest talents of his generation; other admirers and poker buddies included Ernest Hemingway and John Huston, and among his many loves was actress Ingrid Bergman. Capa won fame slogging through the blood and grime to capture vivid images of five different wars, from the Spanish Civil War (where he wasn't above staging some of his photographs), through the landings at Omaha Beach on D-Day (which he chronicled for Life magazine as the only journalist to wade ashore with the first wave of G.I.s), to the early days of the Vietnam conflict (where he was killed in action at the age of 41 while covering the French army, soon to be replaced with disastrous results by the Americans). Born a Hungarian Jew named André Friedmann, another great writer, John Hersey, famously dubbed the swarthy chain-smoking photographer "the Man Who Invented Himself," and author Alex Kershaw contends that one of his greatest achievements was the legend that he created for himself. A California journalist who contributes to The Guardian and The Sunday Times Magazine, among others, Kershaw brings Capa and his times to life with bright, vivid writing and telling anecdotes, using a fascinating personal odyssey to put the man's professional accomplishments in perspective. "Capa was the first photographer to make photojournalism appear glamorous and sexy," he writes. Of course, that distinction and all others take a back seat to the photos themselves, and this book's only shortcoming is that it does not include any examples of the great man's work.--Jim DeRogatis

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Blood and Champagne is a fitting title for a biography of Robert Capa. Friend of Hemingway, Steinbeck, and John Huston, lover of beautiful women (including Hollywood icon Ingrid Bergman), Capa lived a life filled with equal parts glamour and danger. The best of combat photographers, his assignments pulled him into the worst fighting of the Spanish Civil War, the landings at Normandy, paratrooper missions over Holland, and the first years of the Indochina conflict, where he was killed in l954 at age forty-one. When still in his thirties he helped found the Magnum photo agency and was known to generals and bartenders, politicians, gamblers, and movie stars. Yet no one knew that Capa was not even his real name, and that his greatest artistic achievement may well have been himself.

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It's okay.......2007-09-14

Capa is one of the romantic characters of journalism, a free spirit with an insatiable appetite for risk-taking, alcohol, cigarettes and women. That he died at age 40 in the line of duty as a war photographer has only embellished his image. These are the facts we have known about Capa for decades, reported nicely in Whelan's biography in the 1980's. This book doesn't expand on this information very much.

If you leave out the sections about the famous women he bedded, this would be a much shorter book. It's tawdry in that regard but that does keep the book rolling along. Overall, it's not a bad biography of Capa. It does seem to me to borrow heavily from Whelan's biography and from Capa's own book "Slightly Out Of Focus". If you're familiar with those books, there are no new revelations here.

I do take issue with one small point. Capa is constantly referred to as having Leicas dangling around his neck, using Leicas on assignments and holding Leicas. While I do not doubt Capa used Leicas--along with other brands of cameras--during his career, Kershaw's repeated references are tedious. This is especially true when one considers that Capa is closely identified with the now defunct 35mm Zeiss Contax, he used Contax cameras during the D-Day invasion and he was using Contax cameras at the time of his death in Indochina in 1954. In fact, the two photographs in Kershaw's book that show Capa with a camera "dangling around his neck" actually show him with Contax cameras, not Leicas.

That small point is indeed small, however, it begs the question of how correct the other information might be. Of course biographies are often based on hearsay and ancedotal information, the veracity of which is open to interpretation. Maybe Kershaw was just invoking creative license and using Leica as metaphor. It's not a point any non-photographer reader would even notice. Still, I find it a little troubling.

Overall, this is a decent but derivative sketch of Capa.

AS GOOD AS IT GETS.......2004-01-16

This book is a story, told to be thrilling and informative and will stand the test of time as the best book written about the trade of war photography. It should be a film because the action and character development are well plotted. And if you want to know, close up, about the great moments of the last century, then here is a ring-side seat on history in the making too. Inspiring stuff. If only there were more biographies written like this.

hatchet job.......2003-10-27

An exceptionally nasty hatchet job, sloppily written, relying heavily on the authorized biography by Robert Whelan. Not surprisingly, Cornell Capa, the biographee's brother and custodian of his heritage refused cooperation, even to the extent of denying the use crucial photos, with this author.

superb - the best account yet.......2003-08-28

A great, cinematic read - a shame that the estate did not allow photographs, but they never will. Yet this book is so vivid and esxciting that you don't notice the images not being there - you see them in your head. Really tremendous research, so much more objective than the authorized hagiographer Whelan's account, and this will one day be a movie - it just feels so right. A great, great tale told very well by Kershaw. Best bio on a photographer ever written.

Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa

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Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa
Alex Kershaw
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Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa
Robert] Kershaw, Alex [Capa
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Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa
Alex Kershaw
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