Diterpenes of Flowering Plants: Composite, Asteraceae

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An excellent resource.......1998-07-13

Everyone needs to have Diterpenes of Flowering Plants as a nearby reference work. The biological informational database alone makes this well worth the investment. It will surely be a valuable resource for years to come.

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Another JFK-trasher; certainly NOT "like no other"

Readable but flawed book about a charismatic but flawed man

Jack: A Life Like No Other
Geoffrey Perret
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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ASIN: 037576125X
Release Date: 2002-10-08

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Written with commendable measure, Geoffrey Perret's Jack: A Life Like No Other is an informal but informed cradle-to-grave biography of JFK. Though Perret hardly ignores the intricacies of Kennedy's uneven and truncated presidency--specifically the cold war imbroglios of Southeast Asia, Berlin, and Cuba, as well as intractable domestic festerings of poverty and civil rights--his real interest lies with the man himself. Kennedy, in chronic ill health from childhood, emerges here as a singular and daunting contradiction, at once cautious and impulsive, generous and selfish. He was a brat and a man of the people, an inveterate womanizer and a devoted family man, well-read but hardly intellectual, a charmer with a ferocious temper. Perret's book--utilizing heretofore-unseen documents--is refreshingly candid and felicitously nonjudgmental. Neither hagiographical, mean-spirited, salacious, nor conspiratorial, Jack, rich in anecdotes, is a welcome, evenhanded addition to the Kennedy library. --H. O'Billovitch

Book Description

Jack is both the first comprehensive one-volume biography of JFK and the first account of his life based on the extensive documentary record that has finally become available, including personal diaries, taped conversations from the White House, recently declassified government documents, extensive family correspondence, and crucial interviews sealed for nearly forty years.

Jack provides a much-needed perspective on Kennedy’s bewilderingly complex personality, presents a compelling account of the volatile relationship between Jack and Jackie (including her attempt to divorce him, move to Hollywood, and become a film star), and reveals how JFK forged the modern political campaign and, once in the White House, modernized the presidency.

Jack: A Life Like No Other is a book like no other. Here, at last, John F. Kennedy seems to step off the page in all his vitality, charm, and originality.

Customer Reviews:

A Good Try.......2003-07-25

Jack is a nice easy read but one tends to wonder where Perret got some of his ideas or if in fact he got them from anywhere but his own imagination. There are times when Perret seems to make up small insignificant happenings to forshadow the inevitable outcome of his life. That aside, Jack is a good book portraying a President so unique and so different than most ex-Presidents. This would be a good first Kennedy read.

Good Stuff Here!.......2003-05-09

The life of Jack Kennedy has been covered countless times in books, magazines and movies. Having made the transformation from assassinated president to tabloid favorite, one wonders if there is anything new to be learned about Kennedy, or if there is anything to be gained by buying Geoffrey Perret's book. If you're at all like me -- a fan of history, an admirer of JFK, but not too swayed by rose colored revisionism -- then this book will prove to be well worth the money. Perret starts at the beginning and fully explores the odd psychological uprbinging Kennedy experienced in a family that was extremely eccentric and neurotic -- quite a far cry from American royalty. He follows Kennedy through his pratfalls as a high school and college student, and laments on the never-ending health problems Kennedy ran into throughout his life. I, for one, never knew that our movie star president was often in a frail and precarious state. By the book's end, you walk away with a new appreciation for all of the complexities of Kennedy's character -- and there enough here to make Freud blink a few times -- and for the truly unique life that he led.

ZZZZZZZZ.......2003-02-28

Mr. Perret somehow succeeded in writing an incredibly boring book about a man who lived an extrodinary life. The book is also marred by continuous misstatements of fact and poor research. To those looking for a good book on JFK, I advise you to take a look at Nigel Hamilton's "JFK: Reckless Youth" for illumination on his early life, Richard Reeves' "Profile in Power" for a broad look at his presidency, and Arthur Schlessinger Jr.'s "A Thousand Days" for an intimate look at his presidency that also gives you an excellent sense of who he was as a person. "Jack" isn't worth the time.

Another JFK-trasher; certainly NOT "like no other".......2003-01-29

It's true that JFK lived a "life like no other," but the author completely missed his chance to tell the reader why. This is the same type of tabloid swill that's already been done to death in, for example, "JFK: Reckless Youth" and "A Question of Character." The themes of JFK's being obsessed with early death and his drive to live every day as if it were his last, are interesting ones, and could have been a good premise for this book. But this book adds absolutely nothing to what's already been written. No new ground is broken, despite promises to the contrary. Also detracting from his credibility are the author's gossipy references to such things as JFK's personal habits while having sex, how many cigarettes a day Jackie smoked (do I care?) and the homosexuality of friends like Lem Billings and Joe Alsop. Obviously JFK felt comfortable and confident enough in his own masculinity and heterosexuality, and valued the loyalty and friendship of these men enough, that he was neither concerned about nor felt threatened by their sexual orientation. Also detracting from the book's credibility is the sloppy research and annoying lack of fact-checking. For example, the author mentions several times that Bobby and Ethel were married in 1951. They were actually married in 1950. The book also states that Bobby and Ethel's first-born son was Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. In fact, he was their second-born son (he was born in 1954); Joseph P. Kennedy II (born in 1952) was the first. Also, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is mentioned several times as JFK's "eldest" sister, and is even misidentified as such (in place of Rosemary) in one of the book's photographs. Perhaps the author fell into Joe, Sr.'s spell of pretending that Rosemary, the actual first daughter and third child, never even existed. These are just a few examples.

This book is a waste of time.

Readable but flawed book about a charismatic but flawed man.......2003-01-23

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not for the research -- as many of the other reviewers and the footnotes section of the book attest, most of the information has been available to us in other forms. But for the insights and attitude. Perret seems intent on making Kennedy human, and he succeeds. Kennedy is at once a visionary legislator (one of the first advocates of abolishing the mandatory retirement age and an early friend to both labor and Israel) and a bored playboy/senator (if a bill didn't interest him, he couldn't be bothered with it). A reckless womanizer who didn't really care about the impact his escapades had on his wife or career, yet one of the first politicians to recognize the power of the women's vote. And perhaps it was his confidence in his own rampaging heterosexuality that made him so comfortable with homosexual men -- something not very common in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Most of all, Jack managed to balance overwhelming ambition and opportunism with a secret but very strong core of idealism and conscience. I wish Perret had been a bit more discerning in choosing his sources. (I mean, J. Randy Taraborelli and Seymour Hersh, for heaven's sake!) But this complaint did not detract from readability of the book. It left me feeling profoundly sad about what this nation lost nearly 40 years ago, and how different the world today would be if JFK, for all his myriad faults, had lived out his natural life.

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A memoir written as a promise to a dying loved one is bound to be a heart-wrenching tale, and in I Hope You Have a Good Life, novelist Campbell Armstrong delivers. The book is a paean to his former wife, Eileen, who died of cancer in 1998. It's also a tribute to her daughter, Barbara, whose decades-long search for her biological mother ended in the discovery that they shared the same devastating disease. In reading about Eileen's courageous battle, her reunion with the daughter she gave up at the age of 17, and the support of her stalwart friends, we enter a small circle of strong, fighting women.

At his best, Armstrong paints these women with a gentle, almost reverent brush, portraying the lives of ordinary people striving to surmount overwhelming circumstances. Unfortunately, however, this loving picture is framed against the intrusive backdrop of his own struggles: substance abuse, affairs, alcoholism, his frequent uprooting of his family. While he's straying into his attempts to dry out and subsequent lapses into what he terms "Slipsville," one wonders impatiently when Barbara will finally make contact. Whether Armstrong chose to highlight Eileen and Barbara's courage by contrasting it with his own failures is uncertain, but the result is not exactly flattering.

The author's regretful musings on life and death are sometimes insightful, but more often, they distract. His narration, however, is engaging. Glimpses of the young couple's beginnings in 1960s Glasgow fascinate but are fleeting, and it's not until Armstrong's persona steps out and Barbara's search for her mother comes forward that the reader really becomes involved. Ultimately, Eileen's final days of fear and hope, the unswerving devotion of her newfound daughter, and the emerging strength of her three sons are a moving testament to the power of family--extended, reunited, troubled, or otherwise. It's with the vividness of this portrait that Armstrong fulfills his promise to Eileen. --Lisa Costantino

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“I Hope You Have a Good Life addresses the most fundamental questions about adoption, families, life, and love. . . . Heartbreaking and beautiful.” —Publishers Weekly

“A passionate memoir of love retrieved.” —The Times (London)

“Campbell Amstrong understands and communicates the devotion of mother and daughter and the special poignancy of their brief and stress-filled time together.” —Kirkus Reviews

The remarkable story of two extraordinary women who had to live a whole lifetime of caring in a few short weeks.

When Campbell Armstrong and his first wife became lovers, she shared her most intimate secret with him—as a teenager she had given up her first child for adoption. Years later, at the side of his ex-wife, Armstrong witnessed a mother and daughter unite in the most overwhelming circumstances.

With compassion and empathy, Armstrong presents the triumphant reunion of his estranged family with a delicate grace that captivates the joy and despair, sadness and laughter they felt when joined. He paints a beautiful and unforgettable portrait of a mother and daughter brought together out of desperation, but whose lives ultimately provide an uplifting, redemptive story.

I Hope You Have a Good Life is an inspirational memoir, a testament to the human spirit and to the ability of families to reunite when it matters most.

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Amazing.......2005-03-16

When I first picked up this book, I was a little unsure about it. I am here to tell you that this book is worth reading. It shows a family dealing not only with cancer, but living with past lapses in judgment that sometimes come back in the middle of the night to haunt them.
It made me realize how short life is, and that we should all take a little more time and enjoy the people who are in our lives. We never know when something could happen to them.

An Extraordinary Book.......2002-04-03

This is simply one of the finest memoirs I've read in years; and an important book on serious topics - marriage, divorce, adoption, alcohol, and illness. Armstrong has a lot of wisdom to impart, and does so in a simple yet affecting style that will often break your heart.
Do not miss this book...it's a work of art.

I Hope You Have A Good Life aka All That Really Matters.......2001-05-14

I just read All That Really Matters the UK version of I Hope You Have A Good Life. What a wonderful book! I would definately give more than 5 stars if I could. The book is a true story of a woman who gave up her baby girl years ago. Well she gets married, to who else, Campbell Armstrong an aspiring writer, and has kids, 3 boys, of her own. After they move to Phoenix, they end up getting divorced and Campbell moves back to Ireland where they are originally from, while Eileen stays with the boys in Phoenix. Years later Eileen finds out she has cancer. Across the world, a woman named Barbara also finds out she has cancer. She has been looking for her real mother for a long time. When she finally finds her mother and they both discover they both have cancer, the illness doesn't matter anymore because they have found each other. This is a story of loves lost and found along with lifes ups and downs. What a magnificent story. I have also read Concert of Ghosts by Campbell Armstrong. Also a descriptive book!!!

No less than emotional; no greater than life, itself..........2000-12-21

I know that you are browsing this review in hope of learning something about this book that may help you to consider reading it. I am a bit reluctant to write about the matter, and possess reservations for such a recommendation. I will present my thoughts and you may judge for yourself.

Campbell Armstrong, a long divorced and remarried author finds that his ex-wife and the mother of his sons has terminal cancer. He and his sons courageously gather to take care of this woman through the long, horrible months that follow. Armstrong writes of how he met her, their life together and glosses over the things that drove them apart, but as might anybody, he retains some shred of fondness for this woman who was his blushing bride so very long ago.

At some point in her youth, prior to the time the two meet and marry, she conceived an illegitimate child. Her parents force her to put the baby up for adoption and her parting words to this swaddling girl as she handed it to the adoption agency representative were... "I hope you have a good life." More than forty years later, this long-lost daughter manages to find her estranged and terminally ill mother and assures her that those parting words came true.

Armstrong writes with an exceptionally graceful ease and admits that he must do so to purge himself of his grief. His memoir of the family story was written as a promise to the dying woman and as you may gather, is very touching. Ironically, there are even times when a memory is shared and dear reader cannot help but to burst out laughing.

But for those of us who have lived through the experience of watching our mother die of cancer, this is a very upsetting book. There are times when these words are a bit much to bear and reflect on memories that we prefer to forget. At that point, we find ourselves putting this book down for a while, until the storm of emotions finally subside.

So to you, dear reader who finds that this subject matter may appeal to you, I recommend it heartily to enjoy a touching, true story that reflects on the frailties and triumphs of human existence. For you, dear reader who appreciate stories of a more light-hearted and happy nature, I would suggest that this may not be a story that you would enjoy.

Uplifting, Moving, Thought Provoking.......2000-12-18

I want to thank the author for following his ambitions, listening to his heart and sharing his writings with us. As we all know, there are, at times, difficult decisions to be made in life. When our choices seem both right and wrong simultaneously, the measure of our worth can possibly be revealed. This is a true story, a memoir, of deep human connections. Make a point of reading this one. You will be thanking Campbell Armstrong, also.

I Hope You Have a Good Life a True Story of Love, Loss, and Redemption

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I Hope You Have a Good Life a True Story of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Campbell Armstrong
Manufacturer: Crown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000X66THY

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Best Loved Cats of the World
Peter McHoy
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Binding: Board book

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The Cat Wall Chart: A Magnificent Full-color identification guide to the world's 50 best-loved cats, beautifully illustrated on an eight-foot foldout chart (Looking at Nature)
Marcus Schneck
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ASIN: 1561380598

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The World of Cats: An Illustrated Guide to Your Best-Loved Breeds
Joan Moore
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
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The World of Cats: An Illustrated Guide to Your Best-loved Breeds

Manufacturer: Salamander Books
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Good beginner book

Disappointed in errors

Nice concept, poor execution

Content overshadowed by errors

Getting Started in Woodworking

Getting Started in Woodworking: Skill-Building Projects that Teach the Basics
Aime Fraser
Manufacturer: Taunton
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Binding: Paperback

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The Complete Book of Woodworking: Detailed Plans for More Than 40 Fabulous Projects

ASIN: 1561586102
Release Date: 2003-03-15

Book Description

While this book was written for any beginning woodworker, it has a special appeal for women. The projects, based on popular items found in fashionable stores and catalogs, are attractive, relatively simple to build, and have obvious appeal. And they are far less expensive to build than to buy. Each project is graded from simplest to most difficult, with each one teaching a set of skills that build on the skills learned in previous projects. "Skillbuilder" features in each chapter explain in detail the key operations or techniques being used to build the project. The book is written in a friendly, encouraging tone and includes not only a wealth of practical information, but also humorous tales of woodworking misadventures aimed at relieving beginners' worry about making mistakes. Over·300 color photos and black-and-white drawings are included.

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Good beginner book.......2006-07-22

I really like this book. The projects build skills used in later projects. The reason I did not give it 5 stars was the descriptions for some of the steps in project making. I found them hard to follow, requiring several readings. I also think that there is a typo on step one on page 65.

The skill building sections, however, were first rate. I liked the section on hand tool sharpening.

All in all a good book

Mark

Disappointed in errors.......2005-02-24

I was very excited to get my hands on this book after reading some of the material covered. I have a woodworking background from a long, long time ago, but wanted a good refresher since so much has changed since the last time I held a block plane in my hand. I am currently finishing up the first project and am extremely disappointed in this book. The errors contained in the first few steps didn't become apparent until several steps later, causing me to basically toss aside my first few pieces of work. This is never a good way to start for a "beginner" like myself. I am going to have to draw up my own plans and do all of the calculating and measuring myself, since the author and editor can't provide it.

First example: Step 1 of the box project tells you to cut your 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of wood into two 16" long pieces. Easy enough, as this was later chopped down to two 4 1/2" and two 10 1/2" pieces to make the sides of the box. WRONG!!!! The actual wood that should be used to make the sides of the box is the 1/2" x 2 1/2". First step already a mis-step, as the finger joints to be cut was specified to be 1 1/4" (which is correct for 2 1/2" tall side pieces). Fortunately, I recognized this mistype early and cut my finger joints at 1 3/4". I did have enough material to build 3 boxes when I first started - now I am going to be lucky to be able to build one, as a majority of my 1" x 4" (nominal) wood was mis-used. Frustrating. . . .

Second example: When you later cut the bottom and top of the box to begin working on the finger joints, you realize that the 4 1/2" pieces that you cut for the sides (and the 10 1/2" pieces as well) are too short, as the author tells you to buy 1" x 4" and 1" x 3" wood, but her actual measurements assume your wood is 1/2" thick, not the 3/4" thick that 1" nominal actually yields. Now the pieces that were cut from the wrong wood to begin with are useless as they are too short to form the joints. I suppose that you could cut the top and bottom pieces down further to fit, but then your box is too small to do much with other than admire. I began at this point to question my sanity as to getting back into woodworking, but as I have already squandered nearly $1000 in equipment, I decided to forge ahead.

Third example: The pictures are best ignored, save for the final project. They aren't presented with the text that they represent, so they can be more confusing than helpful. The author likes to use terms that I have either forgotten or never knew when referring to parts of tools, so I find myself re-reading and studying pictures until the concept of the written text dawns on me. I have small children, so my workshop time is limited to late at night - not the best time to decipher this text.

If you buy this book, be sure to buy some Post-It notes or book marks or tape flags, as you will be flipping back and forth continuously. The skill builder sections are nicely done, but appear in very strange places in the book. I would have put them all either before the projects or in an appendix. As it is, the first project refers you to several skill builders that are scattered throughout the pages of the first project (never on the facing page or the same page). This breaks the project text and pictures up too much.

The best thing that can be said for the first 1/2 of this book is that the projects look really neat, if you can survive the errors. I am now taking the approach to study the end product, draw my own plans, and learn the hard way (always a dangerous prospect when using sharp tools). If I could get a refund, I would - then spend the money on a different book.

Nice concept, poor execution.......2004-12-20

I bought this book since I am relatively new to woodworking and was looking for a book with some different woodworking furniture construction projects that would be fun to build and develop my skills. This book has about 5 different interesting projects ranging from simple box construction, adirondack style chair, bookcase, coffee table, and low file cabinet. All the projects will result in fairly simple yet attractive projects which are well worth the time spent working through. In the process of each project Fraser walks the reader through increasingly difficult woodworking skill building exercises.

Now for the bad news, as touched on buy several of the other reviewers there are numerous typos and innacuracies which I think are inexcusable being that this book is written by a former editor of a very fine woodworking magazine, and it is directed towards beginners which don't need the additional challenge of catching and working around type errors.

Because I liked the project, I skipped directly to the last project, the low file cabinet. The project starts out with an explanation of dimensions for the project, but for some reason leaves out a few of the key dimensions on the drawings. Then the text references photographs, but for some reason the photos don't match the text, or are not sequenced in the right order. Also, a few of the dimensions in the text are simply not correct, and unless you carefully study the provided dimensions in the drawings and make some visual scale estimates on the photos, you will end up with an incorrectly designed project. In spite of the inaccuracies I was able to successfully build the project, but it is imperative you check the drawings, photos, and text carefully and pick the source which provides the most accurate information to complete the project correctly. Not really something a novice woodworker should have to deal with. So I give this book 3 stars, a 4 for concept and a 2 for execution.

Content overshadowed by errors.......2004-10-15

The book contains good explanations of terms and techniques but there are a lot of errors in it. Errors in a book for beginners is unacceptable. It's hard enough to figure out the difference between a dado and a rabbet without being given wrong directions. Take the first project for instance. The first step in the project tell you to cut the wrong piece of wood. The author tells you to buy 1x3, 1x4, etc. wood. The dimensions given for the cuts, however, are for wood that is 1/2" thick. 1x wood is actually 3/4" thick. Additionally, some of the pictures in the introduction to tools section are mislabeled. I haven't tried any projects after the first one. I'm gunshy now.

Getting Started in Woodworking.......2004-08-23

I read all the reviews on this book and they were all good; I ended up happy even with a couple of typos in the beginning of the first project. There was a little wasted materials and time; but, the instructions were thorough and I ended up with a beautiful box.

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" Making Human Beings Human tells the remarkable scientific story of Urie Bronfenbrennerâ€™s journey toward â€~a bioecology of human developmentâ€™- a dynamic perspective of individuals in ever-changing, multi-level contexts. Building upon years of distinguished teaching and research at Cornell, the author skillfully weaves each part of his story together, highlighting the puzzles and fresh insights that enhance understanding. This is a marvelous book to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development."

-Glen H. Elder, University of North Carolina

"This volume is a remarkable compilation of several critical writings of one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the 20th, and now 21st, century. Making Human Beings Human is an essential reader for all students of human development, whether they are undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, practitioners, or policy makers. . . . To read this book is to be a passenger on an exhilarating six-decade-long journey of discovery which, for those interested in the landscape of human development, is every bit as exciting as a Lewis and Clark expedition."

-John Eckenrode, Cornell University

To a greater extent than any other species, human beings create the environments that, in turn, shape their own development. Given this, Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development endeavors to demonstrate that human beings can also develop those environments to optimize their most constructive genetic potentials. What makes human beings human, therefore, is both the potential to shape their world in intricate physical, social, technological, and cultural ways and the possibility that these actions will nurture positive development.

Making Human Beings Human is a landmark collection that traces and summarizes Urie Bronfenbrennerâ€™s thoughts on the bioecological theory of human development and recommends avenues for future research. The majority of the twenty-three retrospective articles were written by Bronfenbrenner, while some were written with colleagues in his own or related fields, over the course of six decades. The bookâ€™s articles document the domain of inquiry that has emerged gradually over many years and has now acquired a title of its own-the bioecological theory of human development.

The book is rich in cultural and historical comparisons, and the concepts of the bioecological model and the ecology of human development represent a unique contribution to the field of developmental psychology. As a co-founder of the Head Start program, Bronfenbrenner has played a major role in shaping many educational and public policies; therefore the book emphasizes social context within the bioecological theory.

Making Human Beings Human is a culminating work by a prominent figure in the field of human development and will help to shape the future of the field. It is an invaluable resource for every developmental psychologist, educator, and public policy individual involved with families and education. The book is also an excellent supplementary text for courses in Psychology, Family Studies and Human Development, Human Ecology, Education, and Public Policy.

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Bronfenbrenner Lit Review.......2007-05-15

This was a great lit review on the development of Bronfenbrenner's ecological framework. It put several previously read articles into a structured presentation that made for ease of understanding.

Making Human Beings Human.......2005-08-12

If you are looking for a really good read covering all of the basic theories of Urie Bronfenbrenner this is the one to get. I got it for research of Urie's work but it has become one of my favorite books of all time!

Renowned bioecologist addresses the future of human development.(Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development)(Book Review) : An article from: Human Ecology

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Renowned bioecologist addresses the future of human development.(Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development)(Book Review) : An article from: Human Ecology
Susan S. Lang
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This digital document is an article from Human Ecology, published by Cornell University, Human Ecology on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 808 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Renowned bioecologist addresses the future of human development.(Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development)(Book Review)
Author: Susan S. Lang
Publication: Human Ecology (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Cornell University, Human Ecology
Volume: 32 Issue: 3 Page: 24(2)

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This is the first in depth biography of one of France's most distinguished female painters, exploring her important place among the Impressionists and the dramatic social and political background of her time.

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A satisfying blend of artistic overview and biography........2001-01-04

Berthe Morisot provides an excellent biography of the 'first lady' of Impressionism, a French female painter who remains the least known of the French Impressionists. Others have focussed on her works; this provides a satisfying blend of artistic overview and a focus on her life and times which brings to life her influences and creations.

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Written on the eve of German's 1998 elections, this volume provides insight into the country's recent past and near future. With an evaluation of Helmut Kohl's record as the longest serving German Chancellor since Bismark. More durable than any other contemporary democratic head of government and all previous German chancellors, Helmut Kohl has earned a place in history by helping to end his own nation's division and shape a new Europe. In this volume, ten scholars and journalists assess his leadership and legacy. They analyse the chancellor's goals and governing, Kohl's domestic political role - vis a vis his own party, its main opponents and the public - and his comparative standing among fellow European leaders.

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