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Hungry for Wood: An American Memoir from the Shores of Iwo Jima to the Tundra of Alaska
Herb Rhodes
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GREATEST GENERATION PERSONIFIED.......2001-06-06
From the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930's through the Battle of Iwo Jima to the settling of Alaska, this book is filled with the sights and sounds of an entire generation. Mr. Rhodes was born into poverty, earned a Purple Heart for wounds on Iwo Jima, and lived the Alaskan dream. Pathos and hilarity, mixed with tragedy and triumph make this book a must reading for fans of "Saving Private Ryan", "The Greatest Generation", et. al.
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FROM THE SILK ROAD AND TIBET, THE EPIC MEMOIR OF A BESTSELLING ADVENTURE
Over the course of three decades, Sven Hedin traveled the ancient Silk Road, discovered long-lost cities, mapped previously uncharted rivers, and saw more of "the roof of the world" than any European before him. This epic memoir captures the splendor of now-vanished civilizations, the excitement of
unearthing ancient monuments, the chilling terrors of snow-clogged mountain passes, and the parching agony of the desert. A worldwide bestseller in the 1920s, it today introduces a new generation to a man of exceptional daring and accomplishment. The book is illustrated with 160 of Hedin's own
drawings.
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Real Life Adventure Like Few Others.......2007-07-25
When you think of an "explorer" you think of a guy like Hedin. From an early age he ventured again and again into large swatches of Asian geography where few or no Europeans had ever trod. Hedin graphically and realistically portrays his travels with such detail that you can feel the cold, the heat, the parched throats, the curious indigenous eyes and the scenery staggering in its beauty. When you come to the end of this book, you will be all "adventured" out, for on almost every page there is a suspenseful, fascinating episode. Hedin was truly an explorer's explorer. His greatness is dimmed, however, by his fervent support of Naziism during WWII. As someone has writen elsewhere, Hedin knew about the death camps and never disavowed them. He was a solid Nazi partisan. In an epilogue to this book, author and admirer Peter Hopkirk urges us to look at Hedin's many and major contributions and to forgive his pro-German activities in both world wars. I'm not quite willing to forgive, but I will segment my views of Hedin into Hedin the explorer and Hedin the Nazi sympathizer. Anyhow,if you're looking for a fascinating book about exploration in the most forbidding sectors of our planet at the turn of the 20th century, this is a book for you.
The Last Great Explorer .......2005-04-09
The Swede Sven Hedin was the last great explorer we will see on this well-traveled planet. Hedin was born in 1865 and this autobiography describes his life up until 1908. Hedin's career was hardly finished, however, as he continued to traipse down the old Silk Road in Central Asia until the 1930s when he was 70 years old.
In a happy trait that should be copied by more auto-biographers, Hedin doesn't spend much time on his childhood. By the third page of his narrative he is 20 years old and off to the Caucasus Mountains which only whets his appetite for the little-known peaks and deserts of Tibet and Central Asia. He spent the years between 1893 and 1908 exploring these regions and filling in blank places on the map.
National Geographic's "Traveler" magazine put this book on its list of 100 best adventure books and, truly, the tales of Hedin's adventures make for good, exciting reading. Hedin displays both charm and generosity in his account. He traveled without the company of other Europeans and he enjoyed the companionship of his local helpers and the dogs he adopted along his way. He draws many clever portraits of the people he met in his travels. Hedin, however, was no mere adventurer. He was a serious, sober scholar who produced dozens of scientific studies of his findings.
One of the most hair raising tales in the book concerns Hedin's first expedition into the sands of the Takla Makhan (desert) of China in which he and his companions nearly died of thirst. A second high point of the book is the account of his attempt to visit Lhasa, the forbidden capital of Tibet. He failed after getting nearly to the gates of the city and was denied the honor of becoming the first foreigner to visit Lhasa in half a century. Amidst the plethora of adventures, the stoic Swede brushes over incidents others would consider high -- or low -- points of their lives. "Fever kept me in Kashgar a long while" is his complete description of one serious illness.
The book is illustrated with many of Hedin's drawings, including his hand drawn maps. I suggest that you read the book with a good modern map at hand so as to trace his routes with more precision as his constant tooing-and-froing can be confusing.
Smallchief
A well written, great adventure book.......2003-11-29
(This refers to the National Geographic Reprint edition)
This is truly a great book, full of the amazing adventures of an incredible explorer. You have to admire Hedin's determination and stubborness, although sometimes I wonder about his planning. It seems like every trip all his animals die, and the men are on the verge of starvation. And as for his trips in the desert, I would have thought the concept of "take some extra water" would have occured at some point!
Hedin is a fine writer, and his descriptions are not only accessible to the average reader, but often quite poetic as well.
Nevertheless, I only reluctantly give this a full 5 stars, because I feel that National Geographic missed a great opportunity to make this an almost perfect book, and it wouldn't have been that difficult to do. As a previous reviewer mentioned, some good maps could have helped. There's almost no excuse for NG not to have included some decent maps of Central Asia in their edition. Furthermore, one tends to forget (although Hedin mentions in the text), that he also took photographs on many of his travels. These might have been included as well. (To see some, refer to the Photos section of the website of the Sven Hedin Foundation, "http://www.etnografiska.se/hedinweb/htmsidor/organi.htm"). Aside from the simplistic drawings that are included, Hedin also did many detailed sketches and potraits on his travels. Now one can assume that none of these were included in the original, and this is only a reprint, but nevertheless, it is a missed opportunity. The introductory chapter by A.Brandt also adds little insight, and might as well have been left out as well.
However, despite the lost opportunities, this book is highly recommended.
An Adventure Story Like No Other.......2002-02-15
This is a tale wonderfully told of an explorer's quest to fill in the blank spots on the map of Asia. Not only does Hedin present a clear and highly entertaining view of his travels, but he also gives us a portrait of his character. He shows us that he is a man with high goals and is undeterred in achieving those goals, even when all odds are against him. He shows us that he is also a very caring man, very much concerned about the welfare of his men and his animals. He also is a man that is awestruck by nature and is very concerned about not unduly intruding upon it or unnecessarily destroying it.
But most of all, this is an adventure story that is just plain fun to read.
A suggestion to readers who are not very familiar with the geography of central Asia would be to have on hand some good maps as the ones Hedin draws are quite limited and often fail to give the perspective that may be desireable.
The best travel book I have read too........1999-08-13
I concur with NDylanRay@aol.com. This book is exceptional. I could hardly put it down. You feel the excitement and intensity of his adventures, you begin to understand the force that drives him (and you respect him for it), and you meet the people and the places that make Turkestan and Tibet 100 years ago like no place that you could ever imagine.
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Does Martha Stewart make you feel like you never do enough for your kids? Do "celebrity mom" profiles leave you feeling lumpen and inadequate? That's because they're supposed to, say Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels, authors of The Mommy Myth and self-professed "mothers with an attitude." Both scathing and self-deprecating, their pop-culture critique takes on "the new momism," the media's obsession with motherhood and the impossible standards which that obsession promotes. Today's ideal mom makes June Cleaver seem like a layabout: she may work outside the home, but never too much, always looks at the world through her children's eyes, makes sure to buy only educational, age-appropriate toys, and includes a loving note with each hand-prepared lunch. Meanwhile, the news media hype stories about child abduction, politicians excoriate so-called "welfare queens," and parenting experts advocate wearing your child in a sling until he moves out on his own. Romanticized, commercialized, sensationalized, and demonized by turns, today's mothers are damned if they work and damned if they don't; what's more, the idea that the government might do something to help their plight has come to seem almost quaint. As a history of motherhood in the media from 1970 to the present, The Mommy Myth makes a fun and thought-provoking read. Yet close readings of episodes of thirtysomething don't create quite the call to arms the authors seem to have in mind; no woman likes to think of herself as a media dupe, particularly the kind of woman who will be reading this book. Straightforward policy critiques like their chilling chapter on childcare fare much better, illuminating a culture that seems to have forgotten public institutions' power to correct social ills. --Mary Park
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Taking readers on a provocative tour through thirty years of media images about mothers -- the superficial achievements of celebrity moms, the sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the media-manufactured "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more -- The Mommy Myth contends that this "new momism" has been shaped by out-of-date mores, and that no matter how hard they try, women will never achieve it. In this must-read for every woman, Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels shatter the myth of the perfect mom and all but shout, "We're not gonna take it anymore!"
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Susan Douglas first took on the media's misrepresentation of women in her funny, scathing social commentary Where the Girls Are. Now, she and Meredith Michaels, have turned a sardonic (but never jaundiced) eye toward the cult of the new momism: a trend in American culture that is causing women to feel that only through the perfection of motherhood can true contentment be found. This vision of motherhood is highly romanticized and yet its standards for success remain forever out of reach, no matter how hard women may try to "have it all."
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A bit interesting, but mostly bad........2007-06-27
I heard her on NPR a while back was really impressed with her interview and views on "the mommy myth", she touched on a lot issues that I have been feeling and I rushed out and bought this book. I kept picking it up and reading just bits of it a time, then putting it down for months at time, I just couldn't get in to it. It was angry and I felt alienated by it, I felt like the person I heard in the interview and person (or people) who wrote the book were from two different planets. I haven't picked it back up to finish it, in fact I just put it in my donate-to-charity box.
There were some interesting points made, but it was very judgmental... a big turn off.
Excellent Subject Matter, Strident Tone.......2007-02-02
This book makes a lot of excellent points about the misinformation women are fed about motherhood, about other possibilities (and yes, these possibilites tend towards government help for mothers which may offend the truly insane), and about the ways that this misinformation hurts women. The book has an excellent point to make and a fair bit of good information to back it up, but it becomes difficult to read due to the shrill and irritating political asides that are constantly distracting from the point. If you can get past the writing to the ideas, it is a book well worth reading, but that's easier said than done.
Interesting subject matter, annoying tone.......2006-12-14
The Mommy Myth explores history mostly in this century of various aspects of childrearing. This is really well done, and they pull out interesting bits on each topic. For example, they describe how toys sold in groceries stores were shifted from something available for parents to purchase into something marketed to children. This causes more whining at the store, but sells more toys, so marketing to children is now the norm in toys. The authors also described government run daycares set up during WWII. These were onsite at a few large factories and also provided services like medical care for the children, groceries, and take home dinners. It sounds very convenient. The history of trends in mothering was very interesting. It can be an overview, but for me was even more valuable in providing many jumping off points for the details I was most curious about.
The biggest flaw with this book was the way it was written. There are countless sarcastic asides and commentary on what the authors are describing. These are cheesy and plentiful and really brought the book down for me.
Overall this is interesting reading on mothering. The sarcastic asides really got to me and brought the book down. I recommend that you read a bit of this at a bookstore or a library before you buy it just to test the waters on that tone thing.
Smug, arrogant waste of your book dollars.......2006-12-01
Despite their feeble assertion at one point that it's all the fault of "the media" for pitting careerist mothers against stay-at-home mothers in the so-called "Mommy Wars", the authors make it perfectly plain which side they are on. The entire book is a long diatribe in favour of only one point of view, that the government should provide universal day care because, if only they knew it, all mothers really want to work. (And if they don't, they are servile, baby puke-stained, backwards dullards who are probably too stupid to understand the thousand and one mocking jibes the authors fling in their direction.)
The most inane part of the book is a long chapter in which much is made of the baby-making obsession touted in the pages of "People" and other celebrity rags, with all those perfectly groomed actresses posing on the covers with their adorable infants. Somehow, the authors think this is the primary means by which the women of America have been duped into embracing what they call the "New Momism." Do they really think most women look to this sort of stuff when they make their major life choices? And to the extent that some of them actually do, why are they so susceptible to it? The authors never bother to explore that question, because they might not like the answers. The ideology of feminism, with its militant insistence that women focus on their careers and put off getting married and having children, means there are more women than ever before for whom child-raising is only an imagined, not actual experience. Is it any wonder that they have no "reality check" to counteract the rosy fantasy of these insipid mags? Even women who have kids, if they spend long hours at their careers are not in tune with the day-to-day, hour-to-hour reality of child-rearing. Women who spend all day with their children would know better than to swallow this pap, and in fact, in the 1970's when female homemakers were still far more common than now, authors like Erma Bombeck could write candidly and with great humour about the drawbacks of having kids.
Yes, there is a regrettable child-centeredness in American life today, especially among the well-to-do. Plenty of people are raising spoiled brats and acceding to their demands to be entertained and feted every second. But there is a middle way between neglecting your kids to pursue a high-powered career, and smothering them with too much unhealthy attention and micro-managing their entire lives (in effect, making child-raising a "career", complete with the pushy, aggressive competitiveness that comes with striving in the world of the marketplace). The whole point of raising children at home, if you do it sensibly, is to be available when your children need you, and an attentive mother knows that this does not happen in ways that can conform to a work schedule. The authors have harsh words to say about any mother assuming what they call the "subject position" of her child. This is fine if you're being a reasonable parent trying to set standards of discipline and teach your kids there are other humans in the world besides themselves. It's not so fine if declining to inhabit your child's subject position means you refuse to imagine what it might actually be like to be a two-year-old dragged out of the safety of home every morning to be dumped in a day care center all day.
The only good point the authors make, and the only section of the book worth reading, is the chapter on the demonization of welfare mothers. Yes, the conservative right is extremely hypocritical in insisting on white, middle-class mothers staying at home with their kids, while at the same time demanding that poor (and mostly black) mothers work. This deserves to be pointed out. But one good argument does not redeem the rest of the book.
If feminists like Douglas have their way, the American taxpayers (including working men whose wives stay at home with the kids) will be burdened by further taxes to pay for some women to work while their children are warehoused in govt-run day care. Viewed against this light, every woman who wants to stay home and raise her own children poses a threat to the ideology of feminists, who want to "normalize" the working mother in order to push through their agenda. So SAHMs, starting speaking out, and speak out loudly -- there IS a war against you, and this book is one of the salvos.
For Every Woman Mother or Not!.......2006-10-16
The Mommy Myth, focuses primarily on the history of the women's movement, lack of government involvement for women/children's issues, and how the media has "served the beast".
One passage I found particularly interesting told of a daycare facility (The brainchild of none other than Eleanor Roosevelt) in the 1940's (WWII) that not only offered extended hours of care, but had drycleaning services, meal services, grocery services, a health clinic, an infermery (for when your kid was sick but you had to work anyway) and more......then of course, once the war was over the gov't pulled all funding basically forcing women back into the home to resume the June Cleaver lifestyle.
In reading this book I experienced several "A Ha Moments", I felt anger,sorrow, laughter, self forgiveness, and motivation.
It is witty, well researched, well written, and with just the right amount of sarcasm *grin*.
No Thinking woman should go without reading this book.
It took me only three days to read this....and that speaks volumes since I'm of the "TV Generation" and my attention span is typically limited to short stories...LOL.
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This is an intimate culinary food album featuring more than 125 Syrian-Jewish recipes, warm family anecdotes, and little-known stories of Syrian-Jewish culture.
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Cooking Middle Eastern Memories .......2007-09-01
author of Cooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family
from the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
September 26, 2003
by Judy Bart Kancigor
Reading "A Fistful of Lentils" is like wandering through a family album. Instead of food photos you find dozens of family portraits, touching stories and the fascinating history of a rich and unique culture. In this engaging new cookbook, first-time author Jennifer Felicia Abadi tells the fascinating story of her Syrian Jewish family and reveals the secrets of their little known cuisine.
In 1924, her great-grandmother, Esther (called Steta in Arabic), left Aleppo for America on the crest of a wave of Syrian immigration as the Ottoman Empire crumbled. She brought with her cherished family recipes, passed down from mother to daughter, from the communal kitchens back home, where Arab and Jewish women gathered daily, as they had for centuries, to bake sambussaks (savory-filled pastries) and exchange gossip.
In the 1970s, Esther's grandchildren (Abadi's mother and aunt) decided to observe their Steta in the kitchen and carefully recorded her recipes for the family. Thirty years later, Abadi embarked on a project of her own -- trying to fill in the gaps by observing her own grandma, Fritzie -- and in the process learned as much about her family's history as she did about their cooking.
Numbering a mere 150,000 worldwide, Syrian Jews descend from a blending of the Spanish Jewish population that fled to Syria to escape the Inquisition and the Mizrahi (Eastern) Jews they found there who had made Syria their home for 2,000 years.
Those who think Middle Eastern cuisine is all falafel and hummus will delight in the exotic tastes and smells of the Syrian kitchen. But what distinguishes the foods of Syria from other Middle Eastern cuisine?
"Syrian cuisine has a strong flavor," Abadi explained, "but as compared to, say, Indian, we don't use a lot of different spices. We use mainly cinnamon and allspice in tandem together and lots of cumin. And whereas Moroccans, Algerians and Tunisians use couscous, we use bulgur wheat. We love rice, too, but bulgur wheat is our favorite grain."
Although rice was plentiful in Persia, Abadi noted, it was brought into Syria later through the trade routes. Originally reserved for the upper classes, the traditional riz (basic Syrian rice) is now considered a staple on the Syrian table. "Basic it is; plain it is not," Abadi writes.
Onions are first sautéed in oil and then combined with soaked and drained long-grain white rice, the mixture boiled and topped with toasted pine nuts. The favorite part of the rice is the prized a'hata, the brown crust scraped from the bottom of the pot, achieved by slowly cooking (and watching) the rice for 50-60 minutes over low heat.
Whereas Moroccans use dates, Syrians prefer mish mosh (dried apricots) in a variety of dishes, from Meh'shi Sfeehah b'Dja'jeh (Stuffed Baby Eggplant with Roasted Chicken) to the colorful and refreshing Mish Mosh m'Fis'dok (Cold Rose Water Syrup With Apricots and Pistachios).
"Many recipes call for rose water or orange water, and that separates us from other Mediterraneans, like the Greeks, who use honey," Abadi continued. "But I think probably our use of tamarind most distinguishes Syrian cuisine from others in the Middle East."
The rich tamarind sauce called ooh, a staple in the Syrian kitchen, is made from the pods of the tamarind tree. It is dark in color and lends a unique tart-sweet flavor to such dishes as Dja'jeh Mish Mosh (Sweet-and-Tart Chicken With Apricots) and Meh'shi Kusa (Stuffed Squash With Sweet-and-Sour Tomato Sauce). Presentation is key to the Syrian table.
"We're definitely concerned with how the table looks and that all the food is presented colorfully," she said. "What's nice is to have many little tastings, not just have one thing, and we like to have plenty. There will usually be several main dishes, on the average at least three or four, with a rice and a vegetable stuffed dish and maybe a noodle dish. The maazeh [appetizers] are colorful and done on little plates with lots of different shapes and sizes."
Most Syrian dishes, Abadi said, are easy to prepare.
"It's peasant food, a home-cooking thing. The dishes are long cooking, but, except perhaps for the pastries, which require more time and skill, they are not that difficult to do."
Case in point, Dja'jeh b'Ah'sal (Chicken With Prunes and Honey), a perfect choice for Rosh Hashanah.
"We use prunes, as well as apricots and dates, not only for their sweetness," Abadi notes, "but because they are round, they represent the cycle of life."
Tired of the same old honey cake? Try the more exotic Ka'ikeh b'Ah'sal (Honey Cake With Sesame Glaze), rich with tahini and sesame seeds, which, Abadi tells us, are used on Rosh Hashanah along with poppy seeds to represent an abundance of good deeds.
Dja'jeh b'Ah'sal (Chicken With Prunes and Honey Sauce)
2 cups pitted prunes, soaked in 1 cup cold water for 15 minutes
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Chicken
5 to 5 1/2 pounds chicken pieces (white and dark meat), skinned
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup finely chopped yellow onions
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Three 3-inch cinnamon sticks
2 cups cold water
To Serve
1 cup blanched whole almonds, toasted in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden
Prepare the sauce. Place the prunes and soaking water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add the honey and cinnamon. Mix well and simmer until the prunes absorb some water and soften (they should be soft yet retain most of their shape), about five more minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Prepare the chicken. Rinse the chicken under cold running water and pat dry with paper towels. Place on a plate.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the onions, stirring, until golden and soft, three to four minutes. Add the chicken pieces and brown, cooking for two to three minutes on each side. Add the salt, pepper, cinnamon sticks and water, stir well, and bring to a slow boil over medium-high heat. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, for one hour.
Uncover the skillet and cook until some of the excess liquid cooks off and the sauce has thickened to a gravy-like texture, an additional 20-30 minutes.
Serve on large platter, garnished with toasted almonds.
Ka'ikeh b'Ah'sal (Honey Cake With Sesame Glaze)
Cake
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste)
2/3 cup honey
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Glaze
2/3 cup honey
1 tablespoon tahini
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Prepare the cake. Combine the beaten eggs, tahini, honey and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth.
In a medium-size bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Add to the wet mixture and mix well.
Pour the batter into a greased 9-by-13-inch baking pan or 9-inch Springform pan and bake until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 25-35 minutes.
When the cake is ready, remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 45 minutes. With a knife, loosen the edges of the cake. Place a large plate on top of the cake pan and flip the pan upside down.
Prepare the glaze. Combine the honey and tahini in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until blended to a smooth consistency, four to five minutes. Add the sesame seeds and mix well.
Remove from the heat and immediately pour the hot glaze over the top of the cake, allowing the glaze to soak in. Let cool for 30 minutes.
Cut into diamond shapes about two inches long and 1-inch wide and serve at room temperature. Do not refrigerate.
Wonderful book for yourself or to give as a gift.......2007-07-16
This my favorite housewarming gift. No Jewish home (Ashkinazi or Sephardic) should be without it. Before I cooked one dish I sat down and read all of the lovely stories first and then went on to make many of these wonderful dishes.
My personal favorite is the pistachio cookies for Passover.
Excellent and Easy to Follow.......2003-02-20
I haven't made a bad meal yet and my fiance is happy.
Fun to read, but the recipes are flawed.......2002-10-23
I enjoyed reading Ms. Abadi's book. Since I am Syrian-Jewish, I compared many of her stories to my own family. in addition, she quotes some people that I know. Unfortunately, however, the recipes are not reliable. Since the author's grandmother spent many years in Oklahoma, where Middle Eastern ingredients were not available, she relied on substitutes such as Worcestershire sauce which we do not use.
Every family cooks their own way. However some of the recipes will fail completely. For example, the Kibbe Nabilseeyah. The dough calls for 5 Tbs. water which is way too little. I would advise anyone who is a serious cook to wait for the second edition. This will give Miss Abadi a chance to correct the errors.
A Fistful of Lentils.......2002-06-06
This outstanding book deserves at least 10 stars! It rates as one of the best cookbooks I own. The recipes are carefully and beautifully written, as well as delicious. I feel as though Ms. Abadi is standing in my kitchen, by my side, as I prepare each recipe, making sure that it tastes just right. Buy this book, you will be very glad you did.
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What Sign is Your Pet?
Donald Wolf
Manufacturer: Taylor Trade Publishing
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Read about your pet's astrological sign and discover how much better you'll understand and enjoy your cat or dog. And if you don't know your pet's birth date, veterinarian Dr. Donald Wolf includes an easy-to-use checklist that lets you accurately pinpoint your pet's sign.
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Complicated.......2007-07-16
If you are new to model aircraft design, this book could be way over your head. There are other books that are quite a lot easier to understand. If you are an advanced designer, this is hot stuff.
Tons of info.......2007-03-25
This book is packed with information, most of it very good for the scratch designer, but it could use some better ogranization and clearer examples. There is also some misprints in the formulas (Ch1 formula 4 is repeated erroneously in Ch 3). The engine info is all given in volume units, making it hard for electric modelers to relate. Static stability could use more analytical treatment.
For more in-depth look at aerodnamics see Simon's "Model Aircraft Aerodynamics", a very good read.
For really hard core but clearly presented control and stability info, look at Brandt's "Introduction to Aeronautics", and Raymer's "Aircraft Design - A Conceptual Approach"
More 'Aero' Than 'Practical Techniques'.......2006-09-14
I bought this and Martin Simons' 'Model Aircraft Aerodynamics' at the same time, thinking that I'd have all the bases covered: Simons for aero, Lennon for construction techniques. Silly me. Why would I think a book entitled 'Practical Techniques for Building Better Models' would have anything to do with construction?
The reality is that both books cover the same topic: aerodynamic design. In my opinion, the Simons book does a better job.
What an Amazing book.......2006-07-29
This book was truly inspiring for me. I have been building and flying model aircraft for over a decade and I was amazed by how much I didn't know about model aircraft design. The book has awesome, in-depth explanations on every topic associated with rc planes. I was able to successfully construct my own airplane the first time using the guidelines in this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in designing, or just the design of model aircraft.
Crammed with disjoint information yet informative........2004-01-03
Though overall a very useful book, this book seems to be a somewhat disjoint conglomeration of various articles about aircraft design that perhaps were once published in a magazine. There is no soft introduction for the beginner - be prepared to be inundated with a slew of graphs, equations and very dense writing that will demand some qualitative understanding of basic aerodynamics. (I would personally recomment _Understanding Flight_ by David Anderson and Scott Eberhardt, which is not very mathematical and quite easy to understand for a novice like myself.) The fact that these disjoint chapters don't flow together is a bit annoying, but on the other hand it is quite pleasant to have such a wide array of specific information in such a portable book. The section on reading airfoil charts is terse and yet intelligible. Be warned: if you're not familiar with the basics, you might get lost quickly and have to reference another text, as did I. If you're just a little dusty, however, there will be a very short review. (For example: how is angle of attack different than incidence, and how do these two things relate to both cambered and symmetrical airfoils? What causes a pitching moment?)
There is some discussion about exotic designs (three airfoil, canard, tailless and delta-wing, NASA safe wing, float design, etc.) although without much in-depth discussion about theory (for example, the NASA Safe Wing chapter described mostly about the history, advantages and characteristics of this device but very little about the theory or even implementation in a new design.) The author clearly tried to cover a lot of topics in a small amount of space, thus I would rate it more vast than in-depth.
Overall a good book with many examples (mostly from the author's own designs). Very useful, with an appendix of characteristics for the airfoils and models used in examples.
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Using LANDCADD
Kent A. Gordon
Manufacturer: Cengage Delmar Learning
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Get the maximum benefit from LANDCADD in the minimum amount of time with this new book! Organized into three sections, Using LANDCADD is a practical guide to learning Eagle Point's LANDCADD landscape design software. Using LANDCADD leads you through an introduction to LANDCADD and an AutoCAD review, tutorials designed to demonstrate real-world applications, and references that will enhance productivity. The unique tutorials lead you through the creation of title block, base plan, construction and hardscape plan, planting plan, irrigation plan, 3D elevation and more. In addition, other tutorials and exercises show you how to produce customized symbols, macros and toolbars to make LANDCADD even more suitable for use in a landscape design practice. Using LANDCADD's tutorial approach makes this a perfect book for self-paced learners, students and professionals.
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A multimedia guide for parents on childcare and development from newborn through one year of age. Written and produced by a pediatrician, the book offers parents the basic information that they need in a well-organized format. Each book comes with a DVD that complements the book's chapters on infant
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Highly Recommended.......2007-05-16
When I had my daughter I read this book immediately. It was very useful. Dr. Lofromento helps to keep it all simple. Her advice is reassuring, easy and direct. I highly recommmend this to any first time parent!
Not very helpful.......2007-05-12
This book is so basic and limited that it's really not all that useful. The entries are EXTREMELY brief (a paragraph or two) for most topics - which means that I can't imagine anybody really using this book as a reference without another book to back it up.
Maybe if you're just looking for a very basic, quick read, it might be useful. But in general it's pretty lacking.
Simply wonderful.......2006-05-22
This is the information that I want the parents of my patients to have! Dr LoFrumento has achieved her goal in creating a very useful tool for new parents- no gimmicks- just plain old medically sound up-to-date information. I wish I could afford to give a copy to each newborn that I see in my practice! I do know it will be part of the my "signature" baby shower gift basket!
A must have for all new parents!.......2005-05-14
As a first time parent I was absolutely clueless as what to expect with the birth of my son. My husband and I felt overwhelmed with the information thrown at us at the hospital regarding his care. Simply Parenting helped us get through the tough weeks in the beginning by answering our questions and calming our fears. This book is easy to read and provides the information that you really need to know regarding your child. The DVD is quite entertaining and informative. Now that our son is 3 months old we use the Simply Parenting book and DVD so that we know what to expect in the upcoming months. I definately recommond this book to all new parents. It's a lifesaver!!!
My best friend is expecting her first child in October and I can't think of any better gift than Simply Parenting.
The Only Book You Need.......2005-02-16
I am the proud Mom of a 5-month-old baby girl. When we first brought her home from the hospital, we, like most new parents, had so many unanswered questions and turned to the "experts" for guidance. After just a few weeks, my husband and found ourselves so confused and overwhelmed by all of the conflicting opinions and information that we decided to pack up all of the parenting books EXCEPT for Simply Parenting and listen to that voice alone. Dr. MaryAnn is clear, easy-to-understand and just spot on. An indispensable resource for any parent!
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Ceramic Career Of M Louise Mclaughlin (Ohio Bicentennial)
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Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
Lafcadio Hearn
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Generally speaking, we construct for endurance, the Japanese for impermanency. Few things for common use are made in Japan with a view to durability. The straw sandals worn out and replaced at each stage of a journey; the robe consisting of a few simple widths loosely stitched together for wearing, and unstitched again for washing; the fresh chopsticks served to each new guest at a hotel... -from "The Genius of Japanese Civilization" Kokoro, roughly translated into English, means "heart," though it can also signify the emotional mind, spirit, courage, and resolve. In 1896, just as Japan was opening to the West and interest in Japanese culture in the outside world was flowering, Western expatriate Lafcadio Hearn published this charming and insightful valentine to his adopted country. In sweetly lyrical prose, Hearn extols the "strange morality" of Japanese crime and punishment, the startling beauty of Japanese music, the graceful demureness of Japanese women, and much more. Japanophiles and travelers to the East will delight in this extraordinary foreign journal by a traveler so in love with the land that he stayed for the rest of his life. Bohemian and writer PATRICK LAFCADIO HEARN (1850-1904) was born in Greece, raised in Ireland, and worked as newspaper reporter in the United States before decamping to Japan. He also wrote Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894), In Ghostly Japan (1899), and Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (1904).
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"Four years ago a strong thief entered some house by night in the Street of the Wrestlers, terrified and bound the inmates, and carried away a number of valuable things. Tracked skilfully by the police, he was captured within twenty-four hours, even before he could dispose of his plunder. But as he was being taken to the police station he burst his bonds, snatched the sword of his captor, killed him, and escaped. Nothing more was heard of him until last week..."
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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1896. The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). Written this word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning, just as we say in English, 'the heart of things'. Partial Contents: At a Railway Station; Genius of Japanese Civilization; After the War; A Glimpse of Tendencies; By Force of Karma; Conservative; In the Twilight of the Gods; Idea of Preexistence; Some Thoughts About Ancestor Worship; Kimiko.
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A Fluent Translation of Unspoken Worldviews.......2007-06-27
Not to be confused with Natsume Soseki's novel by the same title, Lafcadio Hearn's "Kokoro" is a magnificent collection of essays, vignettes, memoirs, and meditations on Japan in the 1890's. Very much a product of the mid-Meiji period, these masterfully-written little literary pieces are nonetheless timeless. Each piece is quite different from the rest, and yet almost all of them manage to start from everyday incidents or obvious observations and gradually spiral inwards to some deeply moving and startling insight into Japanese attitudes, values, and worldviews; more than once this seemingly methodless method allows Hearn to share with the reader certain common opinions and normal spiritual orientations held by average Japanese folks--the kinds of things usually taken for granted and so unarticulated, hence least amenable to documentation and scholarship (especially of the time, but even today). And Hearn does all this with an unpretentious erudition and an understated and balanced sympathy for his subject that, along with his literary flair for wonderfully clear and flowing prose, places his writings here in a category far above the rest. With him we can find none of the unintentional strains of condescension and orientalism so typical of folklore and religious anthropology, for while he's looking with the surprised gaze of the outsider with one eye, his other eye is that of the insider feeling very much at home where he is. The resulting view is visionary--but in subdued and shadowy tones.
Appendix on an Appendix: in addition to the fifteen excellent essays forming the main body of "Kokoro", there's an extensive appendix featuring Hearn's translations of three popular folk ballads: "The Ballad of Shuntoku-Maru", "The Ballad of Oguri Hangwan" and "The Ballad of O-Shichi, the Daughter of the Yaoya". These are fascinating on a number of levels. They provide a tantalizingly fleeting glimpse of plebian drama, remarkable in its very lack of remarkableness. There's a certain sociological angle, as the versions of these oral ballads collected and translated by Hearn are those recited by mountain outcastes in the area of today's Shimane Prefecture. Religiously the first two ballads are key in understanding popular attitudes concerning pilgrimage in Japan--the first demonstrating a creepy (almost voodoo) edge in Kannon faith at Kiyomizudera Temple, the second delightfully exaggerating the rejuvenating benefits of Kumano and its sacred hot springs. Meanwhile, the third ballad is a straightforwardly melodramatic retelling of a true story better known to us today in a more refined and literary version as found in the novelist Saikaku's "Five Women Who Loved Love" of 1686.
The Heart of Things.......2003-10-07
"Kokoro" is a difficult word to translate from Japanese to English. Heart, Spirit, Way of Being...it is all of these things. Rather than attempt a direct translation, Lafcadio Hearn offers a selection of stories focusing on Japanese inner life, so that by the end you will understand kokoro.
The stories follow Hearn's particular interests of Japanese folklore and the vanishing culture of which he found himself a part in post-Meji Japan. Each story is a slice of life focusing on Japanese character, morals and feelings. This is what the Japanese people care about, what they think is important, what is inside.
The selected tales are non-judgmental and non-orientalist. This is no attempt to explain or highlight the "strange" Japanese, but merely a record and an illumination, in the best sense of the term.
The collected stories:
"At a Railway Station"
"The Genius of Japanese Civilization"
"A Street Singer"
"From a Traveling Diary"
"The Nun of the Temple of Amida"
"After the War"
"Haru"
"A Glimpse of Tendencies"
"By Force of Karma"
"A Conservative"
"In the Twilight of the Gods"
"The Idea of Pre-Exsistance"
"In Cholera Time"
"Some Thoughts about Ancestor Worship"
"Kimiko"
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Kokoro : hints and echoes of Japanese inner life
Lafcadio Hearn
Manufacturer: Gay & Hancock
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ASIN: B00085MA9G |
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Kokoro,: Hints and echoes of Japanese inner life
Lafcadio Hearn
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin and company
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Kokoro: Hints and echoes of Japanese inner life
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Kokoro: Hints and echoes of Japanese inner life
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ASIN: B0008AKQ10 |
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