Nature's use of colour in plants and their flowers

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Practical tips to improve travel with small children.

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Written by an inmate serving 45 years for a drug conviction when he was 23, this is an in-depth view living behind bars from the perspective of prisoners themselves. Sections of the book are based on length of imprisonment. Prisoners in Fort Dix, N.J., detail their unique experiences, thoughts, and feelings about "life on the inside." Some describe the actions that lead to their confinement, or detail the complexities of living in all-male communities. Others reveal the ways they cope with their terms, or the expectations they have for life after prison. Santos offers the gripping stories of men serving a variety of terms, providing commentary and analysis as he guides readers through the prison experience. How men adjust to their confinement, and how they utilize their time while serving their sentences, can be a predictor of future success or failure both in prison and society upon their release. Through these often-difficult accounts, readers gain a greater understanding of what it means to be a prisoner, and how the system itself can contribute to both positive adjustment and negative outcomes alike.

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Fascinating Glimps of Prison Life.......2006-03-25

This book is hard to put down. Each chapter is a short story about a particular prisoner and how he got involved in crime and what his prison experience was like. For someone who has never been involved with the prison system it was a facinating glimps into another world.

Profiles from Prison: Adjusting to Life Behind Bars (Criminal Justice, Delinquency, and Corrections)

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Profiles from Prison: Adjusting to Life Behind Bars (Criminal Justice, Delinquency, and Corrections)
Michael Santos
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORQGDY

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More and more dog trainers are using head halters as the most effective and humane way to correct canine behavior problems. The author explains how, despite appearances, head halters are not muzzles. Head halters teach through logic, and allow dogs more freedom and comfort than regular training devices. The author goes on to discuss the basics of good training?praise, patience, and persistence, how to make your dog sit at attention, walk on a leash, obey verbal and hand commands, behave inside the home, and ultimately?behave and enjoy the outdoors without need for collar and leash restraints. Approximately 80 full-color photos. Paperback / 128 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 2000

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Outstanding book.......2000-07-15

Ms. Fields-Babineau has clearly outlined the use of a head halter as a training tool for use with dogs of any temperament, size, and breed. Following her easy to understand guidance, even a brand new pet owner can acheive success in obedience training. The reader gets the feeling of sitting down to a one-on-one conversation with the author without the book being preachy. Ms. Fields-Babineau has done an excellent job of compiling a lot of information into a format that is easy to follow and even easier to use.

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Very Helpful Book about making Pretty Polymer Clay Stuff!

Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts

Right Up There With the Best of Them!

A real inspiration!!

Polymer Clay Traditions

Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts
Judy Belcher
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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Binding: Paperback

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The Art of Jewelry: Polymer Clay: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration (Lark Jewelry Book)

ASIN: 0823040658
Release Date: 2006-01-01

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•A one-of-a-kind resource that shows polymer clay artists how to use historic design ideas in their work

• More than 30 exciting techniques and projects illustrated with clear step-by-step photos

• Features the work of today's biggest names in polymer clay, including Donna Kato, Pier Voulkos, Kathleen Dustin, Ford + Forlano, and KLEW

Thousands of crafters have discovered that polymer clay is versatile, easy to use, and just plain fun. Now they can use this exciting medium to create remarkable new work inspired by the decorative arts of the past. Polymer Clay Creative Traditions lets both beginners and experienced artisans draw inspiration form painting and drawing, ethnic carving, quilting, ceramics, sculpture, glass, metalwork, and more. Thorough 300 stunning photographs and fascinating text, author Judy Belcher reveals how these influences can be exptessed in polymer clay. Introduction on the history and handling, plus tips and techniques throughout the book, make Polymer Clay Creative Traditions an invaluable guide to creating works of art that blend a great material of today with the greatest design ideas of yesterday.

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Very Helpful Book about making Pretty Polymer Clay Stuff!.......2007-08-04

Very Helpful Book about making Pretty Polymer Clay Stuff! I really like this book alot. :0)

Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts.......2007-08-03

This is the perfect and complete polymer clay book. Step by step are so clear and Judy Belcher is a talented and generous clay artist. Must buy.

Right Up There With the Best of Them!.......2007-06-13

This is a wonderfully inspirational polymer clay book, with a fresh approach and new ideas. The photos, diagrams, and written instructions are detailed enough to actually be useful and the projects are enticing enough to make readers want to actually try them, rather than just view the pictures. This is a fine addition to my polymer clay library and a book I'll refer to often.

A real inspiration!!.......2007-04-11

Polymer clay artists are frequently inspired by other art forms
-from fibre and metalwork to painting and sculpture.
Judy shows how to turn inspiration into reality and just how versatile
polymer clay is for this purpose.

Each chapter starts from a material-based art tradition, eg. glass, metal,
wood, and develops the techniques associated with these crafts in concise,
clearly explained projects. Each technique has a gallery of beautiful
examples of both the source artforms, such as exquisite pieces of
wood furniture, and several works in polymer clay inspired by the material
and sometimes combined with it in mixed media objects.

Judy has selected her gallery artists with care -the best work by the best artists-dazzling!
By illustrating high standards of design and execution, she places polymer clay
on an equal footing with older art material traditions and demands that we keep aiming higher.
For me this is the real inspirational effect of a great book.
Well done, Judy Belcher.

Carol Blackburn, author of 'Making Polymer Clay Beads'

Polymer Clay Traditions.......2007-02-13

This was one of my first clay books and one that gave me a good start.

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Deep in the Green: An Exploration of Country Pleasures
Anne Raver
Manufacturer: Vintage
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Writer in the Garden

ASIN: 0679767983
Release Date: 1996-04-30

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As gardening columnist for The New York Times, Anne Raver is one of our foremost authorities on making things grow. Even non-gardeners will find this book of essays a source of profound pleasure, for Raver is a writer who transcends her subject even as she illuminates it, writing with such passion, wisdom and stylishmess that her book will enchant anyone who reads it.

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Great Informational Book

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hypothyrodism living well with this

very informative

Living Well with Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know (Revised Edition)
Mary J. Shomon
Manufacturer: Collins
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0060740957
Release Date: 2005-02-15

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As many as one in eight women have a thyroid condition. In Living Well with Hypothyroidism, Mary Shomon outlines the most common of these--too little thyroid hormones in the body. Weight gain, depression, fatigue, and what patients call "brain fog, Brillo hair, and prune skin" result. Because the symptoms of hypothyroidism mimic so many other conditions--chronic fatigue, PMS, clinical depression--it can be very tricky to diagnose, especially since patients with HMOs may not get the thorough testing they need.

Shomon knows of what she speaks: she's a health writer and thyroid patient herself. She also manages a thyroid Web site and writes a newsletter on hypothyroidism. In Living Well, she offers an extensively researched guide to this complex condition. She covers conventional, alternative, and late-breaking approaches to treatment--such as challenging the gold standard of Synthroid as the thyroid replacement therapy of choice. (Synthroid replaces T4, the less active of the two thyroid hormones, and Shomon features new research on adding T3--the more potent thyroid hormone--to treatment.)

With her down-to-earth, patient-centered approach, Shomon explains everything from how to choose a thyroid specialist to how calcium, antidepressants, and a high-fiber diet affect thyroid hormone absorption. The book includes a chapter on depression, which is a typical misdiagnosis of hypothyroidism--as well as a symptom that often persists even after treatment. She also covers infertility (women who are hypothyroid don't ovulate as regularly and miscarry more frequently) and thyroid cancer, one of the less common causes of hypothyroidism. She explains how to spot hypothyroidism in kids, and ends with a glossary, international resources, and journal references.

Shomon creates a sense of community by excerpting e-mails from her vast network of patients--voices that bring a sense of humor so often missing from health books. One quibble: she could have avoided the antidoctor stance in the beginning of her book, where she blames physicians, rather than incomplete science, for the misdiagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism. --Rebecca Taylor

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The Most Comprehensive Resource Available on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism

For millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated ... or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate—a hypothyroidism patient herself—provides you with answers to all your questions, including:

What is hypothyroidism?
What are the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors?
Why is getting diagnosed often a challenge, and how can you overcome the obstacles?
What treatments are available (including those your doctor hasn't told you about)?
Which alternative and holistic therapies, nutritional changes, and supplements may help treat hypothyroidism?

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The Most Comprehensive Resource Available
on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism

For millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated ... or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate -- a hypothyroidism patient herself -- provides you with answers to all your questions, including:

What is hypothyroidism?
What are the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors?
Why is getting diagnosed often a challenge, and how can you overcome the obstacles?
What treatments are available (including those your doctor hasn't told you about)?
Which alternative and holistic therapies, nutritional changes, and supplements may help treat hypothyroidism?

Customer Reviews:

A must have.......2007-09-03

I think this book is great for patients that are undiagnosed. I suspected my sister was hypothyroid like I am but her doctor never tested and had her scheduled for a ton of specialists. I sent her this book and she had a diagnoses within the week. It helped her understand her test results and gave her the confidience to push for thorough testing. The symptom section is great. I prefer Ken Blanchard's book for understanding treatment options.

Great Informational Book.......2007-08-09

I have had hypthryoidism now for 5 fives. This book is so informative. I have referred back to it a million times. The one thing I would like to stress is the fact that doctors only check TSH and/or T4. Somehow, this standard has to change. I asked my doctor to give me a complete test, he refused stating that I only need TSH/T4. Yet I have lost about 1/2 of my hair even though my TSH level is within "normal" limits. I am searching for another doctor who is alittle more open to different approaches. Thanks Mary for the insight!

Great book.......2007-07-23

This is a book that every Hypothyroidism people should have. My suggestion is read this book first before you go to see a doctor. Knowledge you learn form this book will help you in many ways, and many years.

hypothyrodism living well with this .......2007-05-27

I think this book is a must have for those who are faced with this in their life. A very interesting book.

very informative.......2007-05-13

Was very excited to find a book,broken down for us patients whom have hypothyroidism.Not just for doctors only.I will use this for reference and questions for my doctor,from time to time.It helped me understand why things are happening to me.I thought it was part of getting old.Now I know better.And I know this is related to my fibromayalgia&vice versa.It is well worth the money to spend if you or a family member,or close friend has fibro or hypo.

Living Well with Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know

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Living Well with Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know
Mary J. Shomon
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000R0YV1W

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LIVING WELL WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need To Know
Mary J. Shomon
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEOQIO

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Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death--or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent--and about Lipton herself.

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Good read!.......2007-06-13

As an art lover and as I writer, the author's style of blending fact with conjecture was very well done. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

Alias Olympia - What a Surprise.......2007-01-20

My girlfriend was going to do a musical about Victorine, so she spent years researching the subject, and offered Eunice Lipton 300 pages of research for free.
Imagine our surprise to read the book's first edition and find out that she had characterized my girlfriend as someone with a drinking problem.
There was a LITTLE PROBLEM with that. My girlfriend has been a lifelong TEETOTALER and had never met Eunice!
The book fails to describe Victorine, and it never delved into her COMPETENCY as an artist. It also doesn't mention enough famous works by famous artists that Victorine modelled for, so don't stop there when it comes to research.

Very Disappointing.......2002-10-27

Being an avid admirer of Manet and of the paintings in which Victorine Meurent appeared, I was happy to see a book about her. Finally, I would be able to learn something of her and her life! I learned that she was a Lesbian and died in 1927 and not as a destitute alcoholic as written in some rather sketchy histories of her. but that is all I learned. The book is actually more about the author and her trying to make peace with her past and her mother than anything else. If you want to learn about Victorine, you must find another book. If you want to know about Eunice Lipton, this is the book for you. Also very few facts in the book; the author puts Victorine in some situations and conversations, but these are all imaginary. Definitely would not recommend. Author was self-indulgent and apparently not very concerned with her subject.

Dissapointing.......2001-04-13

Lipton seems reluctant to deal with the facts she can recover. Instead, she prefers to create a fiction which is more of a projection of her own neurosis than anything which is supported by her sources. All the primary sources agree that Victorine Meurent was a destitute alcoholic for some time before she dies, but Lipton prefers to imagine her as a proto-feminist heroine. She seems so blinded by her own prejudice that she can only lash out at anyone who presents her with information which paints Victorine in less than favorable colors. For a more balanced view of the same material, find a copy of Otto Freiderich's Olympia: Manet and the Paris of his Times.

An inspiring story with a reward at the end........2000-11-20

This book is more autobiography than the "art history mystery" I had expected, but it's an engaging story, and well worth reading. When the missing diary, or some such document, which will tell all about the real life story of Victorine Muerant fails to materialize, a fictional version is inserted in chapters. I was dissappointed by this because it gives more weight to the story Ms Lipton invented and hoped to prove, than to the facts she worked so hard to reveal. The research is tedious and discouraging, and the results will not rock the art history world. The true reward for the author is not the tidbits of information she aquires about her subject, but in her own growth both as a blossoming writer and a woman. Her finest writing is in the descriptions of the things she knows best and experiences first-hand: the great food in Paris, her past life, her present feelings, her beliefs and self-realization. It's encouraging that Ms Lipton has chosen now to be a writer, and not an art historian, and I will look forward to her next effort.

Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and her own Desire

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Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and her own Desire

Manufacturer: MacMillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Alias Olympia: a Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire

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Alias Olympia: a Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire
Eunice Lipton
Manufacturer: Charles Scriber's Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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from the book cover.......2006-08-29

The author is the leading historian of English religion in the years following the Reformation. This collection of essays ranges from Thomas Cranmer, who was burnt at the stake after repeated recantations in 1556, to William Sancroft, the only other post-Reformation archbishop of Canterbury to have been deprived of office. This work explores the complex interactions between the inclusive and exclusive tendencies in English Protestantism, focusing both on famous figures and on the individual reactions of lesser figures of the time. Two themes throughout are the importance of the Bible and the emergence of Puritanism iside the Church of England.

Cranmer and the English Reformation (Teach yourself history)

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Cranmer and the English Reformation (Teach yourself history)
Francis Ernest Hutchinson
Manufacturer: English Universities Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Cranmer and the English Reformation

Manufacturer: Hodder and Stroughton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GGD0LE

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Cranmer And The English Reformation
F M Hutchinson
Manufacturer: Hodder And Stoughton
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIEFN6

Cranmer and the English Reformation (Headstart History Papers)

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Cranmer and the English Reformation (Headstart History Papers)
D.M. Loades
Manufacturer: Plantagenet Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Cranmer in Context: Documents from the English Reformation

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Cranmer in Context: Documents from the English Reformation
Peter Newman Brooks
Manufacturer: Fortress Pr
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ASIN: 0800624173

THOMAS CRANMER AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION

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THOMAS CRANMER AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
ALBERT FREDERICK POLLARD
Manufacturer: PUTNAM'S SONS
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Binding: Hardcover
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Thomas Cranmer And The English Reformation 1489-1556

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Thomas Cranmer And The English Reformation 1489-1556
Albert Frederick Pollard
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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A brief sketch of the life of Thomas Crammer, Archbishop of Canterbury: Martyred A.D. 1556. with an outline of some of the principal events of the Reformation, ... from "Memorials of the English Martyers

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A brief sketch of the life of Thomas Crammer, Archbishop of Canterbury: Martyred A.D. 1556. with an outline of some of the principal events of the Reformation, ... from "Memorials of the English Martyers
C. B Taylor
Manufacturer: Tonks and Jones
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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CRANMER AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
A. D. Innes
Manufacturer: T. & T. Clark
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