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Travellers Naples and the Amalfi Coast, 2nd (Travellers - Thomas Cook)

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Travellers Naples and the Amalfi Coast, 2nd (Travellers - Thomas Cook)
Thomas Cook Publishing
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
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ASIN: 1841577014

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This loving, even worshipful, tribute to America's 40th president is a visually stunning work of art. Packed with over 500 photographs, many previously unreleased from Nancy Reagan's private collection, memorabilia, magazine covers on which he appeared, and even his belt buckle collection, this is a fitting celebration of a man who touched people around the world. There are brief remarks written by Mrs. Reagan and William F. Buckley Jr., as well as short essays on key points in Reagan's life, but the focus is on the images. And what images they are! Whether wading into a crowd wearing his trademark grin or giving a speech at the Berlin Wall, the man's charm and grace are clearly evident in these photographs. In looking them over, it appears that no one can stand near him without smiling.

"Not since Lincoln, or Winston Churchill in Britain, has there been a president who has so understood the power of words to uplift and inspire," Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of Great Britain at the time, said of Reagan. Appropriately, this book highlights dozens of quotes for which Reagan is fondly remembered, including the humorous and self-deprecating quips such as "I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting 'no'" and "It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure why take the chance." In addition, over 200 quotes from a range of world leaders, cabinet members, journalists, family, and friends speak to the man's character and vision and bear testimony to why he was one of the most beloved American presidents of the 20th century. --Shawn Carkonen

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A photo essay on the life and times of America's 40th President. "He did not adjust his beliefs to conform to prevailing political winds.... Instead he spoke directly from his heart to the hearts and minds of the American people. And, in doing so, he initiated the greatest love affair between an American President and his constituents in recent history." -- Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., chairman of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Even before he made the White House his home, Ronald Reagan spoke for the American people, capturing the hearts of small-town citizens and world leaders alike. His remarkable career in public life, spanning over fifty years, began in the Midwest, as a student leader and sports broadcaster, then in Hollywood as an actor and long-time director of the Screen Actors Guild, later as governor of California, and finally, as president of the United States. His legacy, too, is extraordinary: In the eight short years as president, Ronald Reagan presided over epochal international changes and ushered in unparalleled peace and prosperity--not only to his country but the world. Ronald Reagan: An American Hero is the story of Ronald Reagan's trials and triumphs, the story of his character and vision and values. It's the love story of a man for his wife, his country, and the world--the story of his unquenchable passion for liberty and life itself. Over 500 archival and full-color images, including many never-before-published photographs from Nancy Reagan's private collection and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, chronicle the milestones of America's fortieth president. Punctuating this visual history are close to 200 quotes from world leaders, actors, journalists, family, and friends who bear testimony to the greatness of the man who, for millions, has become an enduring American hero.

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A hero for whom?.......2005-08-31

What does it say about the gestalt of America that this man could have remotely been considered a hero? Are we truly so blind, so lulled into bovine somnabulance that we can't separate myth from true heroism? Every GI in harm's way right now in the killing fields of Iraq has more heroism in his or her pinky than this first figurehead puppet of the Neocon death cult ever had.

Beautiful tribute to the greatest US president of the 20th Century.......2005-07-23

What can I say? This is the book that the Gipper deserved. The respect and affection for the man is obvious on every page. The pictures are gorgeous. Reagan was certainly the most handsome of American presidents. Everyone will have their own favorites. Mine are (pg. 216): Ron in his leather flight jacket giving an affectionate kiss on the cheek to Margaret Thatcher upon her arrival at Camp David; and (pg. 224): Ron and Nancy walking along a road at Camp David during a gentle snowfall . . . Nancy walking a little dog wearing a red sweater and Ron playfully chucking a snowball. Any fan of the Gipper would love this book.

Magnificent tribute in words and pictures.......2005-02-13

This magnificent tribute to Ronald Reagan is introduced by William Buckley Jnr and contains a foreword by Nancy Reagan. It recounts the story of this beloved leader's trials and triumphs in over 500 splendid black and white and full-color photographs of people, places, events and memorabilia.

The section An Emerging Voice deals with the years 1911 to 1932: From Dixon to the Gridiron. There are pics of Reagan as a baby, the Reagans' first home in Dixon and Reagan as a handsome youth and attractive young man.

An Aspiring Voice 1932 to 1954: Always The Performer covers the Hollywood years, his time as a broadcaster and as an actor. It includes a double page spread of movie posters from 1937 to 1964.

His years as governor of California are covered in A Voice For California 1954 to 1980: The Citizen-Politician and includes reproductions of fascinating political billboards, posters and buttons.

A Voice For America 1981 to 1984: Casting A New Vision deals with the presidential years and contains reproductions of amusing cartoons and magazine and newspaper covers. My favorite photograph here is the one of Reagan dancing with Princess Diana.

A Voice For The World 1985 to 1988: Triumph Over Evil contains many pics of world leaders, including a poignant one of Ronnie kissing Maggie. This section also contains covers of magazines like Time, Newsweek, Life, National Review and many others.

An Enduring Voice 1989 to present: A Legacy For Tomorrow deals with the twilight years and his legacy, including the presidential library. It also includes a reproduction of Reagan's handwritten note to the nation announcing his illness.

The impressive visual history chronicled in these photographs is elucidated by the captivating text and about 200 quotes from world leaders, actors, journalists, family and friends.

The book is a stunning work of devotional art that may be opened at any page to find inspiration from the life of this great leader who revived America and whose vision led to the liberation of millions of people.

I also recommend the 5-CD set Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches With Personal Reflections, and the books When Character Was King by Peggy Noonan and Ronald Reagan: How An Ordinary Man Became An Extraordinary Leader by Dinesh D'Souza.

What an imagination!.......2003-03-02

What an imagination this lady has. This book is well written but not even close to reality. The Fuzzy glaze the writer puts on Ronnie is disgusting. Try Reagan's America by Lloyd Demause or Blinded by the Right the much more informative.

A Wonderful Tribute to a Wonderful President.......2002-11-18

This is a stunningly beautiful book for those of us who loved what Ronald Reagan did as President. I was a single mom receiving no child support. I'll never foget the hit that inflation was delivering. With the tax rebate, lower taxes and inflation sinking, thanks to President Reagan, he will forever be my hero. I love this man and all he stood for.

Ronald Reagan: Portrait of an American Hero

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Ronald Reagan: Portrait of an American Hero
Tamra B. Orr
Manufacturer: Publications International
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Binding: Hardcover

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Ronald Reagan: An American Hero : His Voice, His Values, His Vision

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Ronald Reagan: An American Hero : His Voice, His Values, His Vision

Manufacturer: Tehabi Books
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Ronald Reagan: Portrait of an American Hero, 1911-2004, Collector's Edition, pb, 2004

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Ronald Reagan: Portrait of an American Hero, 1911-2004, Collector's Edition, pb, 2004
Orr
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Ronald Reagan An American Hero His Voice, His Values, His Vision
Nancy Reagan, William F. Buckley, Jr. Reagan Ronald
Manufacturer: Dorling Kindersley / Tehabi
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ASIN: B000UE0D3K

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Dogs! helps answer every major question ahead-from how to make a pup feel at home to how to pass Training 101.

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Creative Tucks And Textures: For Quilts And Embroidery
Jennie Rayment
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A Feast for the Eyes.......2001-03-09

This is a book to savor, packed with beautiful close-ups of plants as well as photos of the author's various borders. Written by someone who obviously loves both the plants and the planting process, it's like taking a walk with an experienced gardner and getting the inside story on each flower.

The Flower Garden: A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting (Wayside Gardens Collection Series)

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The Flower Garden: A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting (Wayside Gardens Collection Series)
Helen Dillon
Manufacturer: Sterling Pub Co Inc
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ASIN: 0806908475

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From exotic paradises and romantic meadows to manicured walkways and carefully chosen container arrangements, flowers bring color, fragrance, spectacular effects, and magic to any garden. With a little help, even first-time gardeners can cultivate fabulous floral displays in carefully constructed borders, luxurious beds, and clay pots. Whether you're starting from scratch or sprucing up what's already there, plan your flowery haven by taking into account factors such as size, existing features, lighting, climate, and soil. Colorful drawings of original planting ideas can provide a blueprint for your arrangement--or simply spur your imagination. Establish focal points, effectively juxtapose different varieties, and use trees, shrubs, and climbers. As you look through these bright and alluring photographs, including a directory of key plants, consider each bloom's shape, texture, flowering cycle, and of course hue. A handy summary of seasonal tasks ensures your flowers' year-round success and health.

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Stylish Rather Than Fashionable Gardening
Stylish Rather Than Fashionable Gardening

On Gardening
Helen Dillon
Manufacturer: Town House
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Stylish Rather Than Fashionable Gardening.......2000-04-11

At last a book on gardening that doesn't assume the reader has unlimited money, and space, to work with- and best of all, Dillon admits to her gardening failures so you don't feel too bad about your own. I thought her wry humour on the subject of water features worth the price of the book in itself.

Stylish Rather Than Fashionable Gardening.......2000-04-11

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Down to Earth With Helen Dillon
Helen Dillon
Manufacturer: Timber Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0881928593

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In this book Helen Dillon encapsulates, in her inimitable witty and accessible style, her lifetime of gardening know-how, deep love of plants and assured sense of design. Here is illumination for every gardener—from the beginner wondering why nothing will grow in the garden of the new house to the sophisticate aiming at exquisitely subtle effects. Thoughtful ideas on garden style are underpinned by practical advice on looking after plants and careful instructions on the basics of digging, planting and propagating. Helen Dillon teaches us all how to garden, and garden well.

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Helen Dillon's Garden Book
Helen Dillon
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Treat Your Back Without Surgery is based on the acclaimed Texas Back Institute’s successful nonsurgical treatments for back injuries. Providing proven exercises and natural healing techniques, this book helps readers diagnose back problems and relieve pain noninvasively. Also included are black-and-white photos, illustrations, back surgery benefits and risks, and an updated resource section.

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An absolute "must buy" for anyone with back pain!.......2007-07-23

After a visit to a chiropractor (who was highly recommended) and being told I would need a year of treatments with a total cost of $2700.00, I opted to order this book and after doing the exercises for 1 month, I have been pain free from my sciatica!

Excellent balance.......2005-04-14

What I appreciated most about this book was it's balanced approach to treating back
and neck pain. Having recently taken up golf, which aggravated a prior back problem,
I read this book to get an understanding of my treatment options. This book provides
excellent coverage of both surgical and non-surgical options as well as, what I found
very interesting, how the mind can influence back pain. I especially liked the exercises
to strengthen the back which I now do as part of my exercise regimen. I'd give this
book five stars for presenting a good even picture of treatment alternatives, many of
which I hadn't really considered.

My back problems solved.......2005-04-13

This book is an easy-to-read overview of back problems that actually helped me tremendously! I have been dealing with back pain for the past several years and visited many doctors, specialists and physical therapists as well as trying many of the "alternative" treatments such as massage, herbs, supplements, glucosamine, chiropractors, liniments and yes even drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex with minor improvement, but never a long-term cure. I was pleased that this book provides many back-strengthening exercises with easy-to-follow photos and directions. I am very glad I read this book and highly recommend it as it has provided me my first long-term relief in years. Happy reading.

Treat Your Back Without Surgery: The Best Nonsurgical Alternatives for Eliminating Back and Neck Pain

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A wonderful primer about back pain care.

Treat Your Back Without Surgery: The Best Nonsurgical Alternatives for Eliminating Back and Neck Pain

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ASIN: 0760758298

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From the Publisher Treat Your Back without Surgery provides proven exercise programs and natural healing techniques that will allow readers to self-diagnose back problems, relieve pain, and prevent its recurrence. Based on the methods used at the renowned Texas Back Institute, Treat Your Back without Surgery begins with a discussion of the spine, the muscles surrounding it, and the causes of most back and neck pain. It goes on to explain in clear, concise language the difference between a strain and a sprain, first aid remedies for your back, when you should go to the doctor, what questions to ask, and how to handle persistent back pain. The authors also provide insight on mainstream professional remedies, such as physical therapy, chiropractic, and the use of lumbar corsets. This revised second edition adds up-to-date information on: equipment that can strengthen the back treating disc problems without open back surgery IDET: a new, minimally invasive alternative to fusion surgery artificial discs and bone-healing technology the best uses of injection therapy Over 40 detailed photographs clearly illustrate how to perform back exercises and lift heavy object safely, and there is a fully updated resource section and instructions on how to obtain health-care information using the Internet.

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A wonderful primer about back pain care........2006-03-07

This was a great book to find. You can tell the authors are experts. They provide a good overview of what a person can do about that nagging back pain, without immediately resorting to going under the knife. It is very up-to-date and handy when navigating the miriad of treatment options out there.

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Her brother Augustus is better known today, but in the early decades of the 20th century Gwen John (1876-1939) was equally, if not more, respected as a painter (and not just as model and muse to her lover Rodin). Particularly in Paris, where she made her home, and in New York, where she was represented by pioneering art dealer John Quinn, she was acclaimed for the sureness of her technique and the haunting psychological penetration with which she captured the inner lives of her subjects. Drawing on her letters and journals, novelist and poet Sue Roe is able to chronicle the evolution of John's artistic, emotional, and spiritual strivings in fascinating detail. Rodin encouraged her work, but Roe perceptively notes that John's passionate desire to submit to the sculptor warred with her "profound sense of independence [and] need to access and control her own muse." She was sustained by a series of intimate friendships with other women (including her brother's wife and mistress), as well as a burgeoning Catholic faith. Far from being the eccentric recluse of posthumous legend, John exhibited and sold her work regularly and had an active social life. The stillness and harmony of her work, Roe convincingly argues, were the product of enormous self-discipline and restraint imposed on a turbulent psyche. This sensitive, sympathetic biography arouses our admiration and awe for a woman who "lived uniquely, with dedication and daring." --Wendy Smith

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A revealing, animated biography of a sexual and intellectual rebel and a great painter

In 1942, at the height of his fame, Augustus John predicted that 'fifty years from now I shall be known as the brother of Gwen John'. Gwen John (1876-1939) is indeed now recognised as a great artistic innovator, yet for years her life remained shrouded in the myth of the solitary recluse. Born in Pembrokeshire, Gwen followed her brother to the Slade. Her future was bound up with Augustus, his women and his coteries, yet she was also daring and highly original, living determinedly in her own way.

Defiant yet shy, she painted and modelled amid the Bohemian circles of early twentieth-century Paris and embarked on a long, intense love affair with France's most legendary artistic figure, the sculptor Rodin. A friend of Symbolist poets and post-Impressionist painters, later she turned increasingly to religion, achieving a deep serenity which masked her inner turbulence and creating her haunting paintings, described as delicate and austere, restrained and still.

Based on her lively and passionate unpublished letters and lavishly illustrated, this vivid new biography challenges our prejudices about the ways we evaluate women artists and finally uncovers the life of this ardent and complicated personality, one of the finest artists of her day.

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A Painter of Interiors.......2004-05-30

Gwen John (1876-1939),the Welsh painter,is the sister of the more reknown Augustus John but with a style of art distinctly her own. Gwen John is a painter of interiors and reticience, who allows the subject's state of being, both physical and spiritual, to dominate the canvas. As her teacher Whistler knew and praised John's use of use of colour and especially tone became her trademark.
Ms. Roe has done an admirable job of combining the hidden life of this artist and the world of art in Paris from 1900-1939 in which she moved freely and with great competence. Ms. Roe has gone a long way in shattering the "Gwen John myth" of solitude and isolation and demonstrates that Ms. John continued to have and make friends and maintain her family ties until her death in 1939.
Ms. Roe writes of John's early days in Paris a a model and lover of Rodin. Her later associations with Rilke,the American collector and her patron John Quinn and his companion poet Jeanne Robert Foster,as she lived in Paris during the heady days of the great new developments in modern art. In the 1930s John retired to a Parisian suburb with her cats and her wild garden but continued her work. Even in her 50s she considered herself a student and studied under Lhote. She was reknown for her perfectionism and her inability to meet arbitrary deadlines. John's own sense of what a painting should be, did not always meet the expectations of dealers and exhibitors. Her work was not commercial it was personal some have called it spiritual.
Gwen John is far less known than her contemporaries Chagall, Picasso, Roualt yet she knew she had a place in art and so pursued her vision fearlessly. She had little reknown in her own lifetime but time has proven her vision and her reputation in art is now secure.
I once met the art critic Sister Wendy Beckett at the Tate Museum, and she asked me whose works I had come to see. I told her Gwen John and Sister Wendy replied "Don't you just love her?." Gwen John,unique,ruthless,gentle,complex,gifted,restless and Celtic,Sue Roe shows us why those who admire Gwen John "just love her" and invites those who do not know her to do so.

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