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From the ocean to the countryside, from the city to the mountains, Romantic Weekends in Europe contains 16 charming and inviting destinations, telling you all you need to know for each trip. Whether you are riding bikes through tulip fields in Amsterdam, drinking a glass of wine oceanside in Cinque Terre, or soaking in a hot tub after skiing the Swiss Alps, Europe has so much to offer --and this book will help you make the most of it.

So, what are you waiting for? Grab this book and take that romantic weekend getaway you have been dreaming of!

Customer Reviews:

Great book for expatriates.......2004-11-23

My husband and are expatriates living in London. We bought this book and used it for a romantic weekend in Cinque Terra, Italy. We used every one of the recommendations in the chapter and had an unbelievable trip. We are planning more romantic weekends away with the help of this book. It's hard to find recommendations like the ones in Romantic Weekends in Europe in other more general travel books. This is perfectly geared toward those wishing to enjoy the scenery and company of their spouse or significant other!

Fantastic Wedding Gift!.......2004-11-23

I bought this book for my husband and I to help us plan for a future trip to Europe. I couldn't believe how many great places are highlighted. The book is categorized in such a way that you will find several things to do in a given area depending upon your mood. I realized after reading the book that this would make a fantastic wedding gift for those planning a honeymoon in Europe!

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The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history.

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When Laura Jensen Walker was diagnosed with breast cancer on her first wedding anniversary, she found humor to be healing in the midst of terrifying circumstances. In Thanks for the Mammogram! she recounts the highs and lows-from discovering that ''bald is beautiful'' to navigating the world of saline breast implants. Infused with strength and dignity, this book shows women confronting the disease, and those who love them, that faith, hope, and a healthy dose of laughter can make all the difference. Now available for the first time in trade paper with an updated look, Thanks for the Mammogram! is poised to impact a whole new generation of women coping with breast cancer.

Customer Reviews:

Laughing through the Pain.......2003-07-28

"Almost everyone - whether it's your friend, neighbor, coworker, wife, mother, or sister ? has been touched by breast cancer. The cancer survivors I've talked to over the years say that what helped them through their ordeal was faith and often humor." ~Laura Jensen Walker

What is more healing than laughter when you are faced with a situation you can't control? Even science has shown the healing power of laughter. Cancer isn't funny, but somehow the author finds a way to heal through her own vibrant wit. Many of the chapters are rather serious until the end when she gives the punch line.

This is a book about courage, hope and humor. Laura Jensen Walker demonstrates her ability to face the challenge of cancer and fight it with faith, hope and "mild/laid back" humor.

I learned a lot about reconstruction, chemo and was amazed at how Laura's husband stood by her through the entire process.

"How to Lose Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days: The Chemo Diet Way. The original Slim-Fast liquid diet. (But not one I'd recommend.)" was an interesting chapter to be sure. This spells it all out, tells you what chemo is all about and it isn't fun especially if your nurse forgets to give you "zofran." Yes somehow Laura finds a way to appreciate the effects of rapid weight loss even when it is the result of chemo.

If you want to understand what a cancer survivor goes through, this is the book. I recently read "Knowing Stephanie" which I can also recommend for the detailed information and pictures.

The last chapter on what really matters was also quite inspirational.

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A "Must Read" book when faced with breast cancer.......2003-03-14

This is an incredible book. Laura Jensen Walker has beautifully and sometimes humorously, written about her breast cancer journey. I read this book in the hospital following my breast cancer surgery (3/01) and have been very inspired by Laura's writing. This is the first book I loan out to others when they are first diagnosed. I highly recommend "Thanks For The Mammogram" !!
Karen Lange, Asst. Mgr., FriendsInTouch.net (an online breast cancer support site)

A must-read for anyone facing breast cancer.......2002-12-06

I have never been diagnosed with breast cancer, but I am certain anyone facing this disease would want a copy of Laura Walker's "Thanks for the Mammogram." Mrs. Walker remarks that this book was the hardest thing she ever had to write. Like any good memoir, it takes in the uncomfortable, even embarrassing moments as well as the lighter and uplifting ones.

Walker includes a lot of detail, from procedures like reconstruction, chemotherapy right down to the day-to-day patient care and how she felt emotionally. But this is not a gruesome story--instead it is intended to help anyone else along the road to recovery. The best chapter "Where do I go from here" gives eight important points (such as taking charge of your treatment, talking to your family, dropping the Wonder Woman cape for women who do it all) and also useful addresses and a list of books.

This book is interesting reading for any woman, but if you have a loved one facing this challenge or if you are a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, you should get this book. Nothing I have read comes close to this book for frankness and assistance.

Silly, Real, Refreshing.......2002-09-07

Breast cancer is a big deal. Serious stuff. Many women die from it. Other women endure masectomies. Why make light of such a heavy topic? Simple: humor is healing.

Laura Jensen Walker has something to say about breast cancer. She's a survivor. She has faced this beast, and now is able to articulately help readers smile in the midst of a tough time.

In "Thanks for the Mammogram!" Jensen tells her story. Most of the book details a narrative of her diagnosis, treatment and how she survived. However, in reflecting through the most difficult of moments, she draws us in ala Erma Bombeck into candid silliness. It is as practical as it is funny.

Boldly bringing humor into a discussion of cancer marks this book as a standout among its peers. Having lost my mother to lung cancer and flipping through too many solemn tomes of pop-psychology, I read through Jensen's book refreshed. I wished my mom could've read this book. At a certain point, cancer is cancer, and anyone with any cancer would enjoy "Thanks for the Mammogram!"

Each page is a different view of her situation. For example, she spends a delightful chapter on the end of her chemo, and how she and her husband (a 'Disnoid') celebrated this landmark at Disneyland. We read of her struggle to find a decent book to read (unless Mickey Mouse's various adventures appealed to an adult woman, that is).

The chapters are in very chewable chunks--none too long.

With chapters like, "To Baldly Go Where I've Never Gone Before" (a consideration of Capt. Jean Paul-Luc Picard, Michael Jordan and other sexy baldies, she looks for the upside of a hairless head), you, like me, might find a new way of seeing what so many people go through.

She admits her fears, but pushes also the benefits of having a realistic, yet positive view of dealing with breast cancer. Jensen explains her husband's point of view in the whole matter (even letting him write a chapter, "Her Body, His Pain"). She walks the reader through the process, citing how she related to people who had or didn't have cancer.

I fully recommend "Thanks for the Mammogram!" by Laura Jensen Walker. It is a very worthy gift for those whom you love who have cancer, or know someone who does.

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

great cheer up/ get well gift.......2002-01-03

i got this book for my mother-in-law after her mastectomy. she went very quickly from finding a lump to getting diagnosed to having surgery. she is a very lively person who is usually very active. being stuck at home recovering from surgery, i bought a bunch of books that i thought might help her pass some of the time. this was her favorite. she laughed so hard her stiches almost popped! she has not stopped talking about this book.

i think this is one of those things you can give someone when you really dont know what to say. it offers a little bit of cheerfulness to an otherwise somber subject. instead of a "thinking of you" card...get this book!!!!!

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Thanks for the Mammogram!: Fighting Cancer with Faith, Hope and a Healthy Dose of Laughter

Manufacturer: Fleming H. Revell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Breast Cancer | Cancer | Disorders & Diseases | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0739430033

Product Description

When Laura Jensen Walker was diagnosed with breast cancer on her first wedding anniversary, she found humor to be healing in the midst of terrifying circumstances. In "Thanks for the Mammogram!" she recounts the highs and lows - from discovering that "bald is beautiful" to navigating the world of saline breast implants. Infused with strength and dignity, it will show women confronting the disease, and those who love them, that faith, hope, and a healthy dose of laughter can make all the difference.

Thanks for the Mammogram!: Fighting Cancer with Faith, Hope and a Healthy Dose of Laughter

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Thanks for the Mammogram!: Fighting Cancer with Faith, Hope and a Healthy Dose of Laughter
Laura Jensen Jensen Walker
Manufacturer: Baker Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OP6LDG

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The pros & cons - even the ones I didn't want to think about

The Horse Illustrated Guide to Buying a Horse (Horse Illustrated Guides)
Lesley Ward
Manufacturer: Bow-Tie Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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Book Description

Like having an expert at your side every step of the way, this book takes the guesswork out of buying a horse.

Customer Reviews:

The pros & cons - even the ones I didn't want to think about.......1999-07-20

This book was great! I can't wait to buy my horse - BUT - this book gave me enough information to know that I'm being a bit pre-mature about it. I'll wait, and when I'm a more comfortable being back in the saddle again - I'll be better prepared to buy the horse that's right for me.

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The Mosaic Artist's Bible

Great resource

You must buy it

excelente

Must have

The Mosaic Artist's Bible: Over 300 Traditional and Contemporary Designs
Teresa Mills
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

Decorative Arts | Design & Decorative Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1570762937

Book Description

The Mosaic Artist's Bible is an invaluable sourcebook for both novice and experienced mosaicists, featuring more than 200 themed, traceable motifs and a wealth of information and instruction.

Customer Reviews:

The Mosaic Artist's Bible.......2007-02-03

A good buy definitely worth the money. A must have for anyone serious about pursuing this art. It gives details of scale drawings for all projects and a color palette which are helpful. However,it doesn't give an estimate of the number of tiles or the best type of tiles needed for each project.

Great resource.......2007-01-12

This book has more examples than any other I've seen. Great for someone looking for design ideas. Excellent for beginners and advanced mosaicists.

You must buy it.......2007-01-06

I was surprised by this book, the designs are beautiful,the explanations are great and the book presentation is very easy to use. You must have it!!!

excelente.......2006-10-04

THE BEST BOOK I BOUGHT ABOUT MOSAIC AND MOSAIC TECNICS.

Must have.......2006-05-03

This is perfect for quick technique. It has practical design that can be imitated or exaggerated into fine art. Letters and numbers are made creatively. Plenty of ideas that will be a great help. Mine is full of sticky notes!

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If you are into unique landscaping this is the book

How to grow a chair: The art of tree trunk topiary
Richard Reames
Manufacturer: Arborsmith Studios
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Landscape | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
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Customer Reviews:

If you are into unique landscaping this is the book.......2001-12-29

This is the bible on how to grow and train plants and trees to do some amazing things. Really motivates you to grow your own unique piece of artistic topiary. Something that is easy and inexpensive to do, that will dramatically improve any landscaping.

Most of us are used to the chicken wire mesh topiary scupltures - think Rockefeller Center, your local zoo, etc. This book blows those examples away.

If you want to see a really unique application of this book check out Bonfante Gardens, in Gilroy, California (South San Francisco Bay Area). They have many mature trees that are all grown intertwined. They are textbook examples of how inspiring this book can be to grow your own.

If you are really into the eco thing, you can even grow your own true "tree" house - where the walls are living trees. Truly amazing, but I think I'll stick with the more ornamental designs to wow the neighbors.

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No Longer Starved

Worth starting, not sure it is worth finishing

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Brave New Parent

An Unselfish Life

BREAKFAST WITH TIFFANY: AN UNCLE'S MEMOIR
Ed Wintle
Manufacturer: Miramax
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1401352243
Release Date: 2005-06-15

Book Description

Ed Wintle was a successful, urbane professional whose life, at forty, was very comfortable. He had reached the point when he looked around at his well-ordered, unfettered single existence and wondered 'Is this all there is?' After a desperate call from his sister at her wit's end, his street-wise thirteen-year-old niece Tiffany-a writhing ball of adolescent anger-comes to live with him. If he felt he needed a shot in the arm, what he got proved more like electroshock therapy.

Customer Reviews:

No Longer Starved.......2007-04-08

I like this book! The 7th Rib Inventist thing is very witty. It is possible that I met Ed Wintle once or twice. I think my friend Caryn Bernstein had a great picture of him in her apartment. Why do I think it was near Columbus Cricle? Anyway, I am 47 and do not have any children of my own, to chicken. I have asked my friends and family what it is like to raise a child and the explanations have not been able to give me the insight that Ed Wintle has been able to give to me. Taking on this child really impresses upon me that I made the right decision not to have any children my self. Children can be amazing and their behavior can be rewarding because it can appear to be a direct reflection of what we teach them. It can also be devistating for the same reasons. I would not have control as Eddy seems to have. They would beat me down and eat me alive. God bless Mr. Wintle for his paretning abilities. I was really able to put my self in his place. The book makes me proud of Ed and Tiffany but mostly the book makes me glad thatI did not have to put in the hard work that they put in to get the answers I had been looking for. I thank them, greatly.

Ed Wintle, also, does a good job of freeze framing the time period he writes about. Reffering to 9/11 and the Julia Stiles movies, brilliant! He is fun.

Worth starting, not sure it is worth finishing.......2007-02-02

In the beginning I found the characters interesting, New York life appealling, living with a teen ager exhausting and the references to current times events clever but after awhile I grew bored.
Definetly give it a try to at least meet these people.

Just Lovely.......2007-01-23

Forty-year-old Eddie leaves behind his life as a single, carefree (and lonely) gay man in New York when his troubled teenage niece moves in with him. Sweet without being saccharine, full of honesty and humor, this is a memoir about two people who, bonded by love, fall and rise together.
While there's little politics in the book (with the exception of the author's opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq war) anyone who thinks gays are not fit to be parents should read this delightful memoir. They might learn a thing or two.

Brave New Parent.......2006-07-07

This book is a hilarious, touching and inspirational bit of contemporary Americana. Uncle Eddy reveals the terrors and joys of sudden parenthood with the fearlessness of someone who has walked through fire. And on some level he already has, having survived the epidemic of our generation: AIDS in America. I hope that this book reminds readers that parenting can be a madcap adventure, but the goal should always remain to do the best job we can of raising kids that aren't jerks. Eddy does his very best, while scribbling notes in every available margin. Tiffany is a handful but also a delight and we can't help but come away feeling that she will ultimately be a remarkable woman.

An Unselfish Life.......2006-07-07

Flying in the face of a gay culture in which issues such as child-rearing and putting a child through high school or college often take a backseat to focusing on your pet, your work, and the luxury of child-free vacations, Ed Wintle's BREAKFAST WITH TIFFANY offers a refreshingly unselfish portrait of a gay man no longer young but not quite middle aged, willing to set aside the rituals typical of so many of his gay contemporaries--dinners with friends, occasional visits to the local bar, and career--and instead offer to care for his troubled 13-year-old niece Tiffany when her mother can no longer take care of the girl herself. When the relationship between uncle and niece gestates into that of "father and daughter," tensions, frustrations, and problems of communication inevitably flare up, the details of which are recounted honestly and charmingly by the author, who is forced not only to confront the vicissitudes of his niece's life, but those of his own, permanently altering his point of view. The result is an entertaining and highly readable memoir that is recommended for anyone interested not only in a second-generation AIDS culture in a time of flux, but for anyone thinking about or actually raising a child in a stressful and difficult time in our country's history.

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Abandoned New England focuses on five modern American visual artists and poets--Winslow Homer, Robert Frost, Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, and Elizabeth Bishop--who portrayed the stark traditional beauty of New England landscape. Their paintings and poetry of abandoned terrain ask: what does a landscape represent and what meaning can it have when nature's power appears supplanted by urban or technological forces and when the observing eye is no longer emblematic of an enlightened viewer? Abandoned New England pursues these inquiries by discussing shifting and conflicting cultural attitudes toward the wild, rural, and domestic. In her readings of texts and images, Paton explores landscape as the synthesis of the human and nonhuman, as a place simultaneously reflecting and resisting desire, as the setting for social dilemmas, as encounters with otherness and a past both lost and inescapable, and as an integral part of creating and limiting identity.

Paton argues that although "landscape" seems to have lost some of its significance in the modern era, longings for its potential value persist. Landscape iconology, ecocriticism, green cultural studies, cultural geography, and aesthetics provide fresh perspectives on how iconic New England artists have depicted landscape, revised stale conventions, undermined biases surrounding nativism, and recharged our reception of the rustic pastoral. Ultimately, Paton's analysis of the works of these beloved New England artists demonstrates a postmodern yearning to reinvent nature and reimagine Eden.

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