A Passage to Sword Beach: Minesweeping in the Royal Navy

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Wonderful Read! NOT your average, boring war book........2000-01-18

I found myself totally absorbed, transported to 1944, as I read this book! 'Sword Beach' provides an engaging, balanced, vivid, touching and sometimes humoristic account of Maher's personal experiences as a young man in the Royal Naval Reserves leading up to the Normandy invasion (D-Day) and thereafter. Maher was assigned to minesweeping, and kept detailed diary entries of the training preparations and life in wartime Britain. (Minesweeping was perhaps one of the most dangerous and critical tasks of the invasion, but one which recieves less "glory" in most of the WW2 literature.) A wonderful read for anyone with a sense of adventure and an interest in history. An important read, especially for younger generations (like mine), to understand and appreciate the great personal sacrifices endured by people like Maher, to ensure our own freedom. These ordinary-turned-brave people were (and are) our grandparents, parents, siblings, friends and neigbors (and they could be us).

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Margaret Rossiter's widely hailed Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 marked the beginning of a pioneering effort to interpret the history of American women scientists. That effort continues in this provocative sequel that covers the crucial years of World War II and beyond. Rossiter begins by showing how the acute labor shortage brought on by the war seemed to hold out new hope for women professionals, especially in the sciences. But the public posture of welcoming women into the scientific professions masked a deep-seated opposition to change. Rossiter proves that despite frustrating obstacles created by the patriarchal structure and values of universities, government, and industry, women scientists made genuine contributions to their fields, grew in professional stature, and laid the foundation for the breakthroughs that followed 1972.

Women Scientists in America : Before Affirmative Action, 1940 - 1972 ( Volume 2 )

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Women Scientists in America : Before Affirmative Action, 1940 - 1972 ( Volume 2 )
Margaret W. Rossiter
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KMOB7Q

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Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972
Margaret W. Rossiter
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Perfect Paperback
ASIN: B000OM3JNO

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Should you take Advil if you have an ulcer?
An antihistamine if you're taking an antidepressant?
Can you overdose on vitamin C?

For more than fifty years, doctors in all specialties have depended on the Physicians' Desk Reference® to guide them in prescribing medication for their patients. Now, for the first time, the most trusted name in medical publishing has produced a consumer guide to over-the-counter drugs that is every bit as comprehensive, authoritative, and reliable as the classic PDR.

UNIQUE FEATURES YOU'LL FIND NO WHERE ELSE
¸  Vitamin/mineral supplements and their recommended daily allowances
¸  Lactose-free, sodium-free medicines

YOU'LL ALSO FIND
¸  Handy comparison tables to help you select the best product for you and your family
¸  A list of appropriate products for a variety of illnesses
¸  Up-to-the-minute listings for the very latest medications
¸  The uses, active ingredients, proper dosages, and side effects of each medication
¸  Over-the-counter drugs and prescription medications to avoid in combination
¸  Symptoms of vitamin deficiency--and the signs of overdose
¸  Special cautions for seniors, expectant mothers, and infants
¸  And much more!

With thirty-two pages of full-color photographs!

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PDR Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs

Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000IFP5WK

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Great pastry recipe and unusual filliings

Dessert Tarts Masterpiece

absolute best tarts

great fun with great recipes!

Inspiration to make pure and simple tarts!

Book of Tarts: Form, Function, and Flavor at the City
Maury Rubin
Manufacturer: Cookbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Great pastry recipe and unusual filliings .......2006-07-26

I recently purchased this classic and have been totally impressed with the quality of the pastry, the clear directions, and the creativity Maury shows. I've made the lemon tart with berries and the chocolate tart infused with Ethiopian coffee beans. Both tarts were way better than anything I've had from a bakery. However on a recent trip to NYC I tried the tarts from City Bakery and the Payard bakery (Francois Payard, his book is Simply Sensational Desserts), and found that I preferred the Payard crust slightly. Comparing the recipes, the two key differences are that Francois uses more sugar and less butter. His crust comes out slightly sweeter and more chewy, with a more cookie-like taste. I plan to continue using his pastry recipe but want to applaud Maury Rubin for the creativity of his fillings most of which I have not tried -- but I certainly plan to! Kudos Maury! And thank you for sharing.

Dessert Tarts Masterpiece.......2004-10-28

Karen Barker in her excellent new "American Desserts" book recommends this one highly, and it does not let one down for finding and purchasing it.

One can tell that Rubin enjoys his art, and is very proficient at it. His humor and talent show from his culinary acknowledged beginnings of Pop-tarts, then from ABC Sports to cookbook reading in libraries! This book is lively and informative and creative and great eating tarts!

Applying all his French learning with his creative touch led to City Bakery fame. His desire for quality and seasonal menus breathed life into his enterprise and this resultant cookbook. How neat that he has shared all that work and development with us who like to whip up a tart every now and then. This work will greatly aid!

What is neat is that his goal of making simplistic tart recipes so that new employees could achieve the high quality he wanted is achieved for us home pastry types. Here they are seasonally offered after a just unbelievable primer on Tarts 101. Ingredients, equipment, then tart dough recipes and procedures, as well as decorating and chocolate tips. One can see why the likes of Barker likes this one!

The creativity displayed here in recipe design and photo of most makes this one a real keeper/user! Feast your tartloving eyes on the likes of: Champagne Peach Tart with Vanilla Sugar; Ricotta Cheese Tart with Summer Fruits/Flowers; Lime Cream in A Candied Ginger Crust; Sake-Spiked Plum Tart with Ginger; Zinfandel-Marinated Cherries with Cocoa; Square Pear Peg Tart; Grapes with Hazelnuts; Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee Tart; White Chocolate Cream with Raspberry in a Hazelnut Crust.

Sources are included as well.

absolute best tarts.......2004-06-29

I was told that the best tart dough recipe could be found in this book and was happy to discover this to be completely and utterly true. Yes, the pastry is fragile, but, my god, it's delicious -- buttery (but not greasy), flaky, slightly sweet. No more thick, heavy, greasy crusts from other cookbooks!

The recipes for the various tarts are wonderful and unique and the pictures beautiful. But, the bottom line is, you should buy this book for the pastry recipe alone.

great fun with great recipes!.......2001-07-06

After flipping through the pages of this book, I was on a mission like a thing posessed in search of flan rings, which the author lists as a "must have" to make his tarts. The tarts are so visually appealing, I had to find out for myself if they tasted anywhere near as good as they looked. I found four flan rings- at a rediculous $9 per four-inch ring. I couldn't see buying eight, which is the number that one recipe of pastry makes. But the results were worth it!! I tried two recipes. The first was a fully baked tart shell filled with ricotta cheese and topped with fresh berries. The second was a tart baked with almond cream and fresh cherries (my substitution for plum slices which the recipe called for). The cherry tarts looked like something I'd buy from a pastry shop- just gorgeous. The shells have a great short-bread like flavor and a much nicer crumb than many tart recipes. However, what they make up for in flavor, they lack somewhat in durability. They are somewhat fragile. Mr. Rubin's instructions are excellent, and though the first time through takes time and patience, it was not difficult. Anyone comfortable with pastry should have no trouble with the shells. The down side is the practicality. If you need many tarts at one time, the flan rings are expensive. I was able to fashion rings out of foil and shape the tarts with a foil ring inside a stainless steal ring. Once the pastry is shaped and trimmed, just slip the stainless steal ring off and the foil will hold perfectly fine for baking. The pastry dough handles easily, but the sharp rims of traditional tart pans will cut through it and ruin it before you have a chance to shape it.

Inspiration to make pure and simple tarts!.......1999-08-26

New York Times Aug 18. Food Section featured a splendid summer picnic menu. All recipes were included except Maury Rubin's Blueberry-Coconut Tarts. New Yorkers get them at City Bakery. What's a Bostonian to do? Get Maury's book which does have this recipe and many more. Best of all, he gives very easy to follow directions on making the dough. Many of the tarts are made with fresh fruit. The color photos of each tart are very helpful and inspirational to me. Love this book.

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This pocket-size survey presents more than 100 extinct or endangered animals from around the world. Find out why each is threatened or has disappeared, and about conservation efforts. The featured animals include mammals (Giant Panda, Killer Whale), amphibians (Golden Toad), fish (Masked Angelfish), birds (California Condor), reptiles (Gila Monster), insects, and invertebrates.

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Latino style is a huge and growing trend in home decorating and fashion. Latina personality Kathy Cano-Murillo takes the explosive colors and iconography of Latino style and merges it with pop art to create an inspirational craft book with a hip, contemporary sensibility. The twist: readers can create their very own casa loca crazy house by hand.

Cano-Murillo offers a fabulous array of easy, inexpensive projects to liven up the interior and brighten the garden, to throw killer fiestas and take restful siestas, to live—and look—the Latino style. Use T-shirt fabric to make toss pillows with fringe or turn inexpensive soft-drink bottles into fabulous glittery vases. Use a glue gun to transform an ordinary garden into a Mexicali masterpiece complete with a Bonita Birdfeeder and Milagro Tree Ribbons. Heighten the hues in any home with Margarita Candles and Campy Terra Cotta Patio Lights. Ditch standard party fare for playful Loteria Wine Glass Charms, spicy serving bowls, and Frida Kahlo placemats.

This is the stuff of La Casa Loca—an ethnic treat for the senses that brings the exciting, classy-meets-campy Latino style home to hip decorators everywhere.

Kathy Cano-Murillo was named one of the "10 Latinas to watch" by Latina magazine in July 2001. newspaper. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Super! Even for gringas like me..........2006-07-11

as a super crafty gal who loves fun, quirky projects, using cheap materials and bold use of color-this book looked intriguing. I was NOT dissappointed. This book is really fun, well written, and has mostly simple projects that are quick to put together but high on satisfaction after they are complete.
Now if you are into subtle, staid, pastel "shabby chic" or Martha Stewart rigidity-this book may just be too shocking in it's humor and color. But anyone with a funny bone should get a kick out of it.
Even my husband-who is NOT crafty but loves funky stuff was bowled over by this book and wants me to hurry up and start producing some of the projects:)

My only gripe-and it's a very minor one-is that on a few of the more complicated projects there's not more detailed instructions-like the paper mache skull. The instructions needed a little more finessing but I'm sure they will be better understood as you begin that particular project.

I also wanted to mention what another reviewer stated about being able to find some of the Mexican mementoes used in some projects. Yes, they may be harder to find. May I suggest ebay, other online world markets shops, or as the author suggests, substitute. Like any funky vintage postcards if you can't find vintage Mexican film postcards. Use your imagination:) That should not stop you from fully enjoying this book.

So if you were looking for a quirky ethnic craft book-you've found it.
5 stars!

Great book for lovers of Mexicana souvenirs.......2006-05-13

A whimsical and colorful book that has fancy fiesta ideas for turning Mexican and other kinds of Latin trinkets into impressive decorations. I highy reccommend this book along with the author's other one on Mexican crafts. I collect Mexican design books, and I've never seen anything like these books. I'm intrigued at the clever presentation of making your own items from memoribilia. Now I hope to give it a try soon.

oh how we love kathy and her books!!! .......2005-06-16

this book came in the mail and i couldnt open the box fast enough..it is amazing!!! the projects have a great list of things you need and the directions are very easy to read and understand.. i plan on making everything in the book! i highly recommend this book..for someone who is just starting out crafting, to someone who is advanced..everyone can enjoy this! thanks so much kathy!!!

I LOVE KATHY AND HER BOOKS.......2005-04-05

WELL, IVE HAD THIS BOOK FOR SOME TIME BUT NEVER HAD THE TIME TO WRITE A REVIEW. SINCE IT'S NOT GETTING AS MANY STARS AS IT SHOULD I NEED TO PUT MY SENSE IN. WELL, FIRST OF ALL EVERYTHING IS SO UNIQUE... IF YOU CANT GO TO TIJUANA AND GET THOSE RECUERDOS YOU CAN BRING TIJUANA TO YOU AND MAKE YOUR OWN. I LOVE TO TURN JUNK INTO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE PUT UP AND THIS BOOK IS GREAT FOR THAT. IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING IN THIS BOOK YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT IN YOUR STYLE. MAYBE THE COLOR SHE USES YOU DONT LIKE DOESNT MAKE THIS BOOK A BAD BOOK MIX UP THE COLORS YOU LIKE. THIS BOOK MAKES YOU SPAND YOUR CREATIVITY AND LEARN SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN MAKE YOUR HOUSE UNIQUE OR SIMPLY A UNIQUE GIFT FOR A LOVE ONE. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK AND ALL OF HER OTHER BOOKS.

Way Fun!.......2005-03-20

I love Mexican folk art, so when I saw this book I immediately ordered it. It is so much fun! The ideas are presented as how-to projects. If you like step by step directions, you will love the way the projects are laid out. However, if you're like me and never color in the lines, the book is an excellent spring board for creating your own versions of the projects in the book.

The great thing about this book is that she gives an extensive "where to buy" section. Many of them are online sources, so if you don't live in the southwest, you can still play!

La Casa Loca is the most inspiring book I've bought in a long time!

Book Description

The ultimate guide for covering bare spots and difficult sites * How ground covers solve problems while making the landscape more diverse and interesting * Selecting, planting, maintaining, and propagating ground covers * Profiles of nearly 200 ground covers * 190 photographs

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Great book for the beginner to landscaping.......2002-01-30

This is a great book for the beginner. It explains in detail what one needs to consider before planting ground covers, and then shows the process step by step. At the end of the book--as with all of this serious on plants and gardening--there is a list of ground covers, complete with beautiful pictures and specific conditions a particular plant requires. Great book to read and to own!

All about ground covers: [for slopes, walkways, rock gardens, wide open spaces, and nooks & crannies] (Ortho book series)

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All about ground covers: [for slopes, walkways, rock gardens, wide open spaces, and nooks & crannies] (Ortho book series)
Don Dimond
Manufacturer: Chevron Chemical Co., Ortho Division
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 091710255X

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ALL ABOUT GROUND COVERS
JOAN HENSON
Manufacturer: FOULSHAM
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S4I0OG

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All About Ground Covers
Unknown
Manufacturer: Ortho Books 1977
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000W11PI8

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All About Ground Covers
Don; MacCaskey, Michael; Burke, Ken Dimond
Manufacturer: Ortho Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NSIB7I

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All About Ground Covers
Ortho Books Editorial Staff
Manufacturer: Ortho Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0917102576

All about Ground Covers (Ortho's All about)

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AN ANSWER FOR ALL MY QUESTIONS ABOUT GROUND COVERS.

All about Ground Covers (Ortho's All about)
Ortho Books
Manufacturer: Ortho Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0897210107

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Ground covers are one of the most interesting groups of plants in today's garden. They provide a versatile lawn replacement that takes less maintenance than turf, and uses less water and fertilizer. This book offers all the information you need to select the right ground cover for your region and needs and care for it properly. Includes photographs of more than 200 ground covers.

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AN ANSWER FOR ALL MY QUESTIONS ABOUT GROUND COVERS........1999-05-08

THE BOOK COMBINES EXPERTISE THAT WILL ANSWER MOST IF NOT ALL MY QUESTIONS. AN EXAUSTIVE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF GROUND COVERS. A PAGE TURNING EXPLORATION INTO THE REALM OF GARDENING THAT EVERYONE WILL APPRECIATE. WELL WRITTEN.

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Some good points, but mostly annoying.......2006-12-18

I found the book annoying. Why? Because St. James recommends too many times that if you can't "delegate" to someone else Christmas chores associated with upholding certain Christmas traditions, just don't do them.

Lots of contradictions in this book, too. In the chapter "Remember What You Once Loved About the Holidays," she recalls "The fresh scent of pine when we first brought the Christmas tree into the house." Later on she devotes an entire chapter to "Twelve Reasons to Skip the Tree."

And then there is the irony of paying money for a book that tells you to cut way back on your Christmas spending. There are a few good tips among the 100 ways St. James offers to "Simplify your Christmas," but they aren't worth the price of this book.

The bottom line is that, for adults, "keeping Christmas" involves a certain amount of money, effort and knowledge about Christmas history and traditions. St. James seems to want to skip it all.

Some good tips for simplifying - but too simplistic.......2006-11-13

My problem with this book is it's too formulaic. Rather than providing great questions for examining our own desires and priorities for the winter holidays (which you'll find in "Unplugging the Christmas Machine"), the author gives instructions for simplifying holidays along specific parameters. I understand why that approach offends some other reviewers: One person's hassles - Christmas cards, stockings, cooking a big feast, visiting relatives - are another person's joys. What I like to remember about "simplicity" is that the goal isn't to eliminate anything that complicates our lives but to winnow out the complications that don't bring us joy or meaning (or are simply necessary, like mammograms, or fixing the roof). Children, pets, family, friends... can all complicate our lives while bringing us great pleasure! Holiday rituals, too. Elaine St. James' premise is valid and some of her suggestions for simplifying are good, but her approach is too ... simplistic.

Some good ideas.......2005-12-20

I rather liked this book. There is not truly 100 ways to "simplify" your Christmas, but almost everyone can find at least four or six to simplify theirs, depending on what they find over indulgent or too time consuming. Quite a few suggestions are common sense when you read them, but due to holiday over stress and over planning you tend to forget about them and a quick review is very helpful. My personal favorites are "rise above the guilt" and "halt the runaway train" which are chapters on emotions at Christmas and over zealous gifting.
I think the beauty of this book is almost everyone will find a few ideas to employ to destress their holidays. And that's what most of us need, not 100, but just a few solid ones that will work. You'll find them in this book, and be all the more merry for it.

easier holiday.......2004-12-24

I enjoyed the book, it was very helpful to me. I have read 2 other of the authors books, and I agree with the other reviews that some of the book was recycled. But a lot of it was researched about how the holiday began, and alternatives to some of the traditions we have and why we have them. I agree that sending Christmas cards is bad for the eviroment and we could save a lot of trees, and money in stamps. Also why are we not using recycled wrapping paper, and why are we bothering to wrap gifts at all? Why not use news paper for kids if you have to wrap gifts? she has an entire section on Christmas for kids. I think this is a good book, and worth reading if you want to simplify your holiday. I love the portion on non traditonal Christmas and celebrating as other cultures do. Less focus on gifts and more focus on what we truly care about.

To the reviewer who thinks Christmas is a Christian holiday.......2004-07-12

For the reviewer who thinks Christmas is a Christian holiday--think again. Everything about the season of christmas is Pagan. The tree, caroling, wreaths, gift giving. Only Christians have mistakenly associated it with Christ's birth which was not in December but actually somewhere between April and June. And another Pagan holiday that Christians have "stolen" is easter or as we Pagans call it, Ostara, named after the Goddess Ostara, the Goddess of renewal and rebirth. All the bunnies, chicks, and soft spring colors--yep, you guessed it--all Pagan. Oh, and that fish Christians put on the backs of their cars, also Pagan. And when you say "Amen" after prayers, you are sending that prayer up to a Pagan God.

I have no objection to anyone's choice of religion, or the way they practice it; but you should do a little research next time into what is and is not Christianity. And please remember that the King James Version of the Bible is just that...King James I of England's version. He had it re-written from the Latin texts and had several parts changed and even excluded to suit himself. Pick up a Catholic Bible sometime if you don't believe me. You will find there are several more books than what is in a KJV. Also, from the original Hebrew scrolls to Latin to English, there has been a wealth of meaning lost in the translations. Especially since some words cannot be accurately translated in the first place.

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Illustrates the talents of Camille Pissarro, his eldest son, Lucien, and the others in this remarkable famly of artists.

Customer Reviews:

Glossing Over an Imperial Life.......2001-01-03

While I enjoyed this quick, easy memoire of Japan's Princess Chichibu, sister-in-law to Emperor Hirihito, I couldn't help but be accutely aware of the glaring ommisions the Princess (or the Japanese Imperial Family) chose to make. For instance, the events of World War II are mentioned almost casually. While the Princess admits to being concerned for her country and for her American and British friends during this period, she appears cold and out-of-touch in relation to current events. Granted, this lack of emotion and information is most definitely due to censorship by the Japanese Imperial Family, who have for centuries made an impressive show of unemotional disconnectedness with their people. The princess does admit at the end of the book that she feared the Imperial Family was out of touch with real people, and this statement helps the reader to better understand why the Princess behaved as she did throughout her life.

Dorothy Britton's translation of the Princess' memoire is halting and riddled with typographical errors. However, these faults do not impose too much upon the story - they almost help to bring the voice of the princess alive, as one can imagine Princess Chichibu reading her story aloud in hesitant English.

As a whole, this glimpse into the daily life of a member of Japanese royalty is very interesting, even if it appears to only scratch the surface. It is understandable that the Princess was restricted in what she was able to portray regarding political sentiments and other members of the royal family. She does her best to give an honest account of her own personal life, and chooses to focus on details of cermonies and her day-to-day activities. I believe that "The Silver Drum" is the only memoire of a member of the modern Japanese royal family, and the princess was a pioneer in reaching out to the public to make the aloof family more accessible.

Reader's Review of 'The Silver Drum.'.......2000-11-15

This is the English translation of a book written by a Japanese princess. Born a 'commoner' and educated in America, she was unexpectedly chosen to marry Prince Chichibu, younger brother of Emperor Hirohito. The story of her early life set mainly in America is interesting, and her description of the days leading up to her wedding, and the wedding itself, are a fascinating account to anyone interested in Japanese royalty and tradition. After that her discussion of married life becomes more of a diary of events which covers the war and post war years in Japan. To those interested in Japanese life, her recount of these years will seem rather stiff and factual and not embellished with interesting aspects of royal life, or even her married life. It is obvious she was very fond of her husband but never really opens up on any very personal feelings, as a Western writer might. She avoids any criticism of either side in the war years, but makes it clear that she was sad to see her birth country fighting with her 'adopted countries', as both herself and the Prince had close ties with England and America. The reason for this impartiality of course is that the book was originally written for Japanese readers and this is reflected in the style of writing which is largely impersonal and factual. Still, the story of her husband's attempts to beat turbuculosis and their lives in postwar Japan make interesting reading. It is obvious that even though their lives were privileged as Japanese Royalty, they were always concerned with the plight of ordinary people everywhere. After her husband's death the Princess became very involved with charities and social welfare organisations, and was very much loved and admired .

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