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Way on the eastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula lie two beautiful towns with the sea, sand, and sun you crave, the archeological sites and scuba diving about which to write your postcards, and the hotels and restaurants that welcome you with professional hospitality. Equally professional is this guide book prepared by Caroline Vien and Alain Théroux. Cancún Cozumel is an elegant little book, easy to slip in a pocket or purse, and easy to use. Though small, it's got all the information you could want on hotels (for all budgets), restaurants and bars, the best places to snorkel, scuba, fish, and swim with dolphins, plus beaches and Mayan temples. There's practical information on banks, transportation, speaking Spanish, health, holidays, and where to shop. Cancún and Cozumel are where you go to forget your cares, and Cancún Cozumel enhances the pleasure.
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This Ulysses guide invites you to discover the vast resort of Cancun, created especially for tourism, with superb beaches, a large hotel zone and an authentic Mexican ciudad. Ulysses also takes you to the island of Cozumel - a scuba-diving paradise - to tranquil Isla Mujeres, as well as to vibrant Playa del Carmen. Then, with guide in hand you can explore the ruins of Tulum, Coba and Chicen Itza, treasures of the great Mayan civilization.
This guide also contains a wide selection of the best hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, thorough descriptions of all the sights and beaches, the full scoop on water sports including scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing and fishing excursions as well as a complete English-Spanish glossary.
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Countless books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, yet few historians and biographers have taken Lincoln seriously as a thinker or attempted to place him in the context of major intellectual traditions. In this refreshing, brilliantly argued portrait, Michael Lind examines the ideas and beliefs that guided Lincoln as a statesman and shaped the United States in its time of great crisis.
In a century in which revolutions against monarchy and dictatorship in Europe and Latin America had failed, Lincoln believed that liberal democracy must be defended for the good of the world. During an age in which many argued that only whites were capable of republican government, Lincoln insisted on the universality of human rights and the potential for democracy everywhere. Yet he also held many of the prejudices of his time; his opposition to slavery was rooted in his allegiance to the ideals of the American Revolution, not support for racial equality. Challenging popular myths and capturing Lincoln’s strengths and flaws, Lind offers fascinating and revelatory insights that deepen our understanding of this great and complicated man.
Customer Reviews:
this is the pits.......2006-07-15
avoid this book. bad information. author writes the book to
fit his opinion. facts are distorted, unchecked. get it off
the shelf and into the trash.
An innovative take on Lincoln for general readers.......2006-03-10
Lind, it should be noted, is a journalist and public policy writer, not a professional historian. Nevertheless, this is an interesting and well-researched look at Abraham Lincoln -- perhaps our most appreciated, and misunderstood, president.
The focus of the book is on aspects of Lincoln's career and personality that you probably never learned about in school. His understanding of economics and capitalism, for instance, was surprisingly sophisticated for his age, but does not fit well into our modern pro- or anti-government framework. And Lincoln's attitude towards religion was ambiguous, to say the least -- he actually wrote a book attacking Christianity as a young man, and may have remained agnostic the rest of his life, but he sprinkled Biblical allusions into nearly all of his political speeches, and came to appreciate the power and influence of religious belief in Americans' everyday lives.
All in all, while there's not much here for high-level history students, Lind's book is a great choice for general readers, especially anyone who doubts they really learned much about the Civil War back in high school.
What Did Lincoln Really Believe? (4.3 *s).......2006-02-17
Lincoln is an icon from our political past, but it seems that many groups want to claim him as exemplifying their beliefs: Democrats and Repubs, proponents of economic opportunity, civil rights advocates, etc. The author, by analyzing Lincoln's utterances and actions, demonstrates that none of them are entirely correct or wrong in their claims.
It cannot be forgotten when examining his life, that Lincoln, as any, was a man of his times. He did originate from very humble beginnings, as did many of his era, but he seemed to have an inordinate desire to make something of himself. Lincoln occasionally represented railroad interests in court, but it is quite a stretch to suggest, as the author does, that Lincoln was essentially a well-to-do lawyer for the fat-cats. If anyone can lay claim to advancing beyond log-cabin origins, it would be Lincoln.
Lincoln was first and foremost a Henry Clay Whig and adhered to his program of internal improvements, national banking, and the protection of industry by tariffs. He was not a free-trader as are the current Repubs. Furthermore, he constantly held that labor was more important than capital, hardly an idea held by modern Repubs or the slave-holding Southern oligarchs.
Lincoln had a lifelong reverence for the Declaration of Independence, especially in its advocacy of universal rights of liberty. And that fundamentally impacted his view on slavery, the burning issue of the times, yet Lincoln was essentially a racial segregationist. He was a "Free-Soiler," who advocated for the exclusion of slavery in new territories and states, as well as already freed blacks. Lincoln mostly hoped that freed blacks could form free societies outside of the US. It is only by stages, including attempts to get Southerners to end the insurrection with slavery intact, that Lincoln arrived at the final draft of the 13th Amendment, eliminating slavery in the US. For his times, Lincoln was a liberal voice on the issue of slavery, but he was a practical politician - not an abolitionist.
Lincoln was a staunch Unionist, seeing the gradual solidification of the US state culminate with the ratification of the US Constitution. Any right to leave the Union could only be achieved via constitutional amendment. He regarded the Southern secession as a criminal insurrection. One of the most controversial aspects of Lincoln's presidency was his suspension of writs of habeas corpus in cases where he or his field commanders felt the union's war efforts were being impeded - even via speech. There is no doubt that there was an excess of heavy-handedness in this policy - mindful of many other less than exemplary curtailments of freedom in this country during supposedly times of crisis.
For anyone believing in the purity or idealism of Lincoln's beliefs, this book will let the air out of that notion. On the other hand, the ante-bellum period had become increasingly polarized. For convincing, one need only examine the bloodshed that went on for years in Kansas primarily over the issue of slavery. Lincoln was the moderate compromise candidate among abolitionist Republicans and more conservative ex-Whigs and Democrats. What emerges is that Lincoln was a keen student of the American past. He instinctively knew what was needed and what was possible for his country relative to the times. Perhaps other paths could have been chosen, and the author does speculate on the possibility of other outcomes over the slavery and North/South divide. But finally, the author does hold Lincoln to be deserving as one of the foremost figures from our past in the rise of American democracy, bumpy though it has been.
Eye-opening Analysis of Abe's Views on Race.......2005-10-02
"What Lincoln Believed" is part of a line of recent presidential biographies (Jefferson, Jackson) taking what some readers think is a hypercritical look at some of this country's leading political personalities. It's no exaggeration to say that "What Lincoln Believed" will, for many, be an eye-opener, especially those who haven't focused on our greatest president since high school.
While I had been familiar with some of Lincoln's motivations for the Emancipation Proclamation as well as his Free-Soil views, this remarkable work brought to light numerous other facets of Abe's views on slavery including the relative rights of "free" slaves (his support of the Black Laws) and various details of his support for black colonization in both Africa and the Caribbean.
While some reviewers believe author Lind went out of his way to excoriate Lincoln based on 20th Century views of race, my own belief is that he has very honestly widened the historical record on this shrewd, passionate and courageous man, ultimately paying him the highest tribute by comparing him to the leading figures of his day and explaining how Lincoln was the right man at the right time to preserve the Union and perpetuate the philosophical seeds of democratic republicanism - seeds that could easily have been cast aside as our nation continued to enter the world stage.
"What Lincoln Believed" will make you rethink some of your assumptions about a legendary figure, but you will close the book still knowing that our sixteenth president was the person America needed at its darkest hour.
Good Reading, Question Some of His Conclusions.......2005-07-27
As I read this I found myself thinking of the old saying that you know when a politician is lying because his mouth makes noise. We like to think of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. Mr. Lind is careful to point out that he was no slouch as a politician. You don't get elected to that office without being an accomplished professional politician. Perhaps the Great Emancipator is a title, a view that we hold of him several generations later.
Mr. Lind spends a good bit of time on the definition of the United States as a nation vs. an alliance of sovereign states. Mr. Lind shows Lincoln's vision of the United States as a model of liberty and democracy for the world. Mr. Lincoln's model seemed to be that a state had the liberty to join the Union, but did not have the liberty to leave.
I greatly enjoyed reading Mr. Lind's book. I do question some of his conclusions. They are based on the thinking of a man raised in a culture offset from Lincoln's by a hundred and fifty years.
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Title: Seeing Lincoln for who he was.(What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President)(Book Review)
Author: Wayne A. Holts
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Date: October 7, 2005
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She was born with a devastating disability no one could diagnose and labeled mentally retarded by an uncaring school system. She was sexually abused, nearly killed in a car accident, and stricken with cancer-all before the age of thirty.
Kathy Buckley not only survived, but went on to become a top female comic, award-winning author of a one-woman Off Broadway show, and a beloved motivational speaker throughout the country.
In If You Could Hear What I See, Buckley tells her remarkable life story, from her small-town childhood in Wickliffe, Ohio-where she was unable to form words until age seven-to her incredible career as "America's first hearing-impaired comedienne." In chapters such as "I Can Hear the Laughter," "Confessions of a Deaf Catholic," and "Table Manners with Anne Baxter," she shares the pain and pathos of growing up hearing-impaired, the hope that has sustained her through her darkest moments, and the humor that saved her sanity. She talks about the people and events that changed her life and encouraged her to dream. But most of all, If You Could Hear What I See is about a woman who made a choice: to overcome all the obstacles life could throw her way, and to meet those challenges with dignity, courage, and laughter.
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Good.......2007-01-12
really good book. no matter who you are, it will keep you turning pages
Poignant and Beautiful.......2006-05-18
This poignant and beautifully written tale is both inspiring and hysterically funny! An easy read, but brilliantly written, it ties the reader to the book. Without pity, Kathy portrays herself and shows her life through wit and humor that can bring a tear to your eye without making you feel sorry for her. Instead it helps you see your life in better perspective and inspires the reader to attain higher goals. Excellent read.
Very Inspiring.......2003-10-31
I totally enjoyed this book. Kathy is an inspiration and I wish her nothing but continued success in the future. The book is hard to believe in some points - that so many bad things can happen to one person. It is amazing to see the metamorphasis Kathy goes through in her life and how the total of all of her life's experiences both good and bad have shaped who she is today. She's triumphant!
A powerful memoir and personal account of hope.......2003-04-14
Kathy's severe hearing loss lead to an early diagnosis of mental retardation: she was also molested, run over, and stricken with cancer all before the age of thirty but she never lost her sense of humor. If You Could See What I Hear provides her life story and how she kept this sense of humor through the darkest of days. A powerful memoir and personal account of hope.
worth every penny!.......2002-06-06
wonderful. inspiring. positive thinking.
one of my favorites.
a treasure.
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Another inspiration story.......2006-05-19
I ran across this book and was compelled to read it. This stunning portrayal of the life of Tom Sullivan and how he overcame adversity in a world that he was unable to see, opens the eyes of the reader. He takes his darkened world and livens it up with color and animation taking you on a journey that surprises and delights. This is a must read.
uplifting.......2002-03-14
I'm stationed overseas in bosnia, and it can be very boring. this book gave me hope that my life will be better when i get back to the world. we'll see.
A Favorite After All These Years.......2001-11-25
I gave this book 5 stars because it has to be at least 20 years since I read it last (read it over and over and over then) and I still remember it with a great deal of fondness. My personal favorite has to be his descriptions of spending the summer in Scituate Mass--my mother was great friends with Tommy and his family and this is one of those books that just gives lots of laughs and reflections.
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Imagine folding a piece of pater into nail clippers that really work, or a Swiss Army knife that actually opens, or a surfer on a wave that crashes when the surfer is slid forward....There's no need to imagine-this is for real!In Origami to Astonish and Amuse Jeremy Shafer has taken the art of paper folding in an entirely new direction. Filled with hundreds of entertaining models and folding ideas, ranging from amazingly simple to ridiculously complex, this is origami at its most fun and creative.
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For the advanced origami enthusiast.......2007-04-02
This has to be the definitive book on really incredible origami. If you are a beginner, there are a few models in it you can do, but much of the content is fairly difficult, even for the experienced origami craftsperson. There are a number of models made from dollar bills, which is what I was looking for. What I didn't expect was the encyclopedic nature of the models. There is something there for everyone. The author has a pretty quirky sense of humor that one may or may not appreciate. He is definitely an artist in every sense of the word.
An ancient art form meets one man's intense creativity with fascinating results........2007-01-22
I saw Jeremy on one of the US morning news shows, years ago. He was demonstrating his "flashers"-- which kind of blew my mind. I wrote his name down on a piece of paper near the tv and then promptly lost the darn thing. When I ordered this origami book, I didn't realize it was the same guy until the book arrived and there were directions in it for... "flashers"! There are directions for folding a whole lot more, as well.
I have quite a few origami books (including one for "naughty origami") but Jeremy Shafer's is by far the most fun. His enthusiasm and his sense of mischief are a nice counterpoint to the often complicated instructions for folding such outrageous things as a working pair of fingernail clippers, a working swiss army knife, a pop-up player piano card, complete with disembodied arm/hand that simultaneously pops up to play it, and more. The instructions are often as entertaining as the objects to be folded. But Jeremy is a good teacher: he manages to get a great deal of information across without derailing into moronic self-parody (preferring, I guess, intelligent self-parody!). His directions for folding his double-sided Yin/Yang symbol are written in poetry form, with some subtle and profound wordplay involved that had to take just as much thought and creativity for him to compose as the model was to design. I am, in a word; impressed. I suspect this guy has a really active and fun inner life.
I can highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to move beyond the traditional, without losing the skills and the joy to be had in working with this ancient, paper-folding art form.
Judith Rosen
Buy this book, all you origami fanatics!.......2006-12-21
I had almost given up on the art of origami, before I was given "Origami to Astonish and Amuse" for my 12th birthday.
After that, I never looked back. I mean, how many books involve:
-outrageously complex action models, such as the nail clippers, the Swiss Army Knife, or the "Flasher Series", each of which expand and contract (I have only attempted to make the Basic Flasher so far.) Trust me, there aren't many of those kinds of models in the world.
-surprisingly simple pop-up heart and crane cards, as well as a couple of interesting envelopes and a wallet, each from a single sheet.
-The weirdest, craziest models you will ever see, such as the Man Swatter the Walking Car, and the Clogged Artery, as well as some ridiculously unnecessary models in the same section: the Folder, the Origami Square and even the impossible Monolithic Rubblestone Boulder, which even Jeremy could only fold once!
-unique objects that require a bit of patience, such as the Menorah, (it involves making curved pleats)The Eight Interlocking Rings (one piece of paper,) in which the folds can often be centimetres apart, and the dollar bill cuboid (the creases need to be razor sharp and so exact, that even an electron microscope shouldn't be able to find fault with it.) In any other origami book, it would make you grit your teeth and and throw the book against the wall, but because of the many jokes, puns and careful explanations, you are encouraged to "try, try again."
One of my favourite parts of this book is the carefully put together introduction. Many other books would just give a brief explanation of the history of origami, and perhaps a few techiques that are often used to design models, but Jeremy has taken this one step further. He starts off with how origami became his hobby, then how he started designing models. After that he really expresses his thoughts and opinions on several issues he believes are overlooked on the subject of origami. He has persuaded me to try designing models. I have already designed an old person with a walking stick. Its crude and 2D, but very rewarding, I can promise you.
Buy this book, all you origami fanatics!
UNIQUE. It is not your ordinary origami book........2005-11-16
This book is definitely UNIQUE. It is not your ordinary origami book.
There are challenges in the book for the novice and the expert folder with 5 levels of complexity.
The best thing about Origami to Astonish and Amuse is that its models are functional.
--Section one is filled with models that move and can be used as toys or entertainment pieces: Clapping Hands, Piano Playing Pop-up Card, Frog Tongue, and the Swiss Army Knife.
--The second section contains symbols, signs, and designs: Musical Notes, Menorah, Star of David, Double Yin Yang, and Wine Glass.
--Section three is devoted to "Models from the Heart," which include many functional items that can be given as gifts: several pop-up cards, envelopes, and a present box.
--The final section is entitled "Origami for the Almost Deranged." The folder can attempt to create a Walking Boat, a Jack-O'-Lantern from a t-shirt, a Clogged Artery, an Unopenable Envelope, or a Carbon Atom.
Jeremy Shafer seems to enjoy creating models with arms coming out of strange places. He also encourages the folder to create new designs within the confines of his starting models. Besides this, the author explores several geometric models, which he calls "labyrinths" or "flashers."
Even if you aren't an expert origami folder yet, the models displayed and the instructions will make you laugh. This has become my favorite origami book.
Something for Everyone.......2005-11-03
The version of this book currently shipping has fixed the math typo on the front page, and correctly states there are 89 models in this book. Previous reviewers have said this is not a book for beginners, but I beg to differ. About 25% of the models are simple enough for the average person with no origami experience to fold, with another 10% being slightly more difficult. The rest are intermediate to very advanced, so there's plenty of variety here. This book would be a good gift for anyone interested in paper folding, regardless of their skill level.
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Lonnie Barbach is the acclaimed anthologist of the classic collections "Pleasures" and "Erotic Interludes," two volumes of women's erotica which brought the genre into the mainstream.
Now with "The Erotic Edge" whe turns her attention to arousing fiction for both men and women; stories written by and for both sexes which are designed to bring couples together, broaden their sexual perspective, and deepen their levels of intimacy.
Featuring some of the very best writers of erotic fiction, and including a commentary by Lonnie Barbach which focuses on both the differences and similarities of male and female sexual response, this collection covers a full range of erotic themes: from marital tenderness to fantasy flings, group sex to touching romance.
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Erotic Stories.......2006-02-10
I found this book to be somewhat erotic although I've read better stories in the past.. My boyfriend did enjoy me reading it to him and he got pretty aroused by it..
to many i like.......2005-07-09
this book is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! many stories i love. is good bedtime reading.
A gag gift at best.......2003-07-23
This book is midly amusing and not at all sexy. It contains lines such as "Hi my name is Bob and I will be picking your pubic hair out of the filter..." I couldn't even begin to enjoy it.
I agree with the folks from Santa Monica.......1999-11-09
We found the stories a joke. Lisa and I LOL ed at the ha haaaa, see, twist in the 5 or 6 stories we read. I believe a person could buy any of the romance novels at the supermarket and get the same thing.
Mediocre book with bad, non-erotic stories.......1999-09-18
My husband and I did not bother finishing this book. We skipped around to different chapters, as the editors suggest, in hopes of finding something erotic. The editors clearly had lofty aspirations for this book, but their intentions fell short of what they managed to achieve. Unfortunately, most of the stories were poorly written and laughably ridiculous; a bad combination. You can get mediocre erotica on the 'net for free. Don't waste your money.
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The Life Of Thomas Telford (Slave Narratives)
Samuel Smiles
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But, as Telford afterwards used to say, very much depends on whether the man has got a head with brains in it of the right sort upon his shoulders. In London, the weak man is simply a unit added to the vast floating crowd, and may be driven hither and thither, if he do not sink altogether; while the strong man will strike out, keep his head above water, and make a course for himself, as Telford did.
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But, as Telford afterwards used to say, very much depends on whether the man has got a head with brains in it of the right sort upon his shoulders. In London, the weak man is simply a unit added to the vast floating crowd, and may be driven hither and thither, if he do not sink altogether; while the strong man will strike out, keep his head above water, and make a course for himself, as Telford did.
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Life of Thomas Telford by Smiles
Samuel Smiles
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poor edition of an interesting book.......2005-03-07
This is a very interesting book, but I can hardly recommend this edition. For some reason they did not include any of the illustrations of the original book. The lack of illustrations is very obvious, since the text refers to various illustrations, which are simply not included. In addition, the publishers did a very poor job of proofreading the text, leaving in numerous obvious errors, both of punctuation and misspelling. Also, NO additional information is provided for modern readers, in the way of notes, definitions of words that are no longer currently in use, etc. In short, this is a very poor edition of this book.
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- The Inside story by Mosley's Liberal Son
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Rules of the Game: Sir Oswald and Lady Cynthia Mosley, 1896-1933
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Let the Reader Beware ..........2007-08-19
I can't honestly say it's a bad book. I can't honestly say it's good, either. Lady Diana Mosley summed it up perfectly, when she described it derisively as "that disloyal book."
Sir Oswald Mosley was one of the most interesting and colorful characters on the political scene of the 1930's. When one gets past the flashy blackshirt uniforms and mass meetings, and takes the time to read what the gentleman actually had to say, it becomes clear that he was also the most brilliant political and economic thinker of his age.
Yet Nicholas Mosley spends at least half the book looking down his nose at his father's extra-marital escapades, recounting a lot of them in great detail -- an amazing feat, since it is highly unlikely that he was present at the time. He also wastes a lot of ink printing all the drippy love-letters that passed between his dad and mum, and if they were indeed saved, it is not to his credit to have printed them.
Nicholas is simply doing his best to distance himself from his Fascist father, and Mosley was indeed the greatest Fascist who ever lived -- outshining, perhaps, even Mussolini, who founded the philosophy. In between, however, is an excellent look at the history of the British Union of Fascists, its unfortunate dalliance with National Socialists, and its demise. A pity that Nicholas did not seem to realize the unique and interesting times he lived in, and appreciate the unique position he was in to view the whole thing. For that reason, the book fails rather badly. Nonetheless it is filled with such meticulous detail that it becomes a necessity for serious students of Sir Oswald Mosley and his times -- but it's rather like a dose of Castor Oil in the taking.
The Inside story by Mosley's Liberal Son.......1997-11-10
How very difficult it must have been for a respected and successful establishment liberal to provide a balanced assessment of his own father, the founder of British Fascism, but Nicolas Mosley accomplishes this feat superbly. Fascism is obsolete of course, but there had to have been some wonderful quality in Oswald Mosley's own character as well, because shortly before his death he turned over all his personal papers - not to more conservative members of the family - but to Nicholas, his ideological opposition. Read this one for sure, for these are the revelations of a family tormented - yet never completely divided - by the world conflict which pulled at their souls.
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