Flying High in Iowa: Growing Up During the Depression, Pilot in Army Air Force, Prisoner of War, Farmer and Entrepreneur in Business

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Life story of an Iowa farm boy.

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The Nobel Prize, as founded in Alfred Nobel's will, was the first truly international prize. There is no other award with the same global scope and mission. The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (from 1969) have not only captured the most significant contributions to the progress of mankind, they also constitute distinct markers of the major trends in their respective areas. The main reason for the prestige of the Prize today is, however, the lasting importance of the names on the list of Laureates and their contributions to human development.

In celebration of the centennial of the Nobel Prize in 2001, this book offers a clear perspective on the development of human civilization over the past hundred years. The book serves to present the major trends and developments and also provide information about the life and philosophy of Alfred Nobel, the history of the Nobel Foundation, and the procedure for nominating and selecting Nobel Laureates.

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The bond between father and daughter can be one of the strongest either family member will experience in his or her lifetime. In Fatherless Women, Clea Simon, a writer for the Boston Globe, examines challenges daughters face when this relationship is severed by the death of the father. With all but one chapter focusing on women who have lost their fathers after adulthood, Fatherless Women traces the father-daughter relationship and how it manifests as a girl grows up, how it affects her, and what that relationship leaves behind when it's gone. Simon describes some of her own experiences and discusses, with an emphasis on pervasive trends, the immediate changes that can take place within one or two years after the death of a father. By delving into every aspect of a woman's life, both personal and professional, Simon covers a multitude of topics, including how women mourn in order to resolve father-daughter issues, changing mother-daughter relationships, trends of family commitment following this loss, challenges marriages face after the loss, refining needs in response to death, and how goals can change after losing a father. The book ends with "The Journey over Time," describing how bereaved daughters often incorporate elements of their fathers into their own lives and families over time. --Rhonda Langdon

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"Elegant prose ... sheds new light on the father-daughter dynamic"
-Boston magazine

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"If it can be said about a book on loss, Fatherless Women is a pleasure to read. Clea Simon is a warm, honest, intelligent, and trustworthy guide, not only for grieving women but for the men who support them. Simon's insights about father-daughter relationships are profound."
-Neil Chethik, author of FatherLoss

"Clea Simon deepens our understanding of the complicated emotions daughters feel about fathers, both during life and especially after death. This book will help heal rifts and set stuck energies free."
-Beth Witrogen McLeod, author of Caregiving:
The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

"Unusually candid and often provocative . . . Simon's book is immensely thought-provoking about a topic that all of us will face."
-Pauline Boss, Ph.D., author of Ambiguous Loss:
Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief

There is a special bond between a father and a daughter, and when that bond is broken by death, a woman's life can change in profound and unexpected ways. Clea Simon, critically acclaimed author of Mad House, explores this crucial meeting point of grief and growth by delving into her own experience and those of other women to paint an illuminating portrait of the father-daughter relationship and its lifelong ramifications. Filled with moving stories of real women, this poignant, comforting, and insightful book paves the way for all women to make peace with the past, with the adults they have become, and to courageously face the question: what happens next?

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This is a good book.........2005-03-01

My father died almost a year ago and I bought this book in October 2004. I'm still having a hard time reading it; not because it's not easy reading, but because of the depth of emotion it conjures up as it pushes me to reflect on the relationship between me and my dad. No matter how old I get, I will always miss him and wish I could have stayed young and he could've lived forever. I think when I get to the end of this book, I will have gone through more healing through my grief. It's that kind of book..

This author needs a therapist, not a book contract.......2005-02-28

I tried to read this book after the death of my Dad due to a long battle with cancer. This author can only "help" or more accurately share stories of how dysfunctional her relationship with her father was, and how promiscuous she was, what a bad friend she was to those around her, rather than actually tell you anything about what life is like after the death of a father that you had a healthy relationship with. If you are normal and your father is normal, and you were friends with your father, this book is not for you. If you need therapy and your Dad needs therapy, here is clearly the book for you.

This book is full of sweeping generalizations to validate the author's bad decisions in the relationships in her life. It is not backed up with any research or facts of any kind. She should have bought a journal and written about the bad relationship in private rather than publish it. Please do not buy this book.

Honesty.......2004-08-06

As I began to read the introduction to this amazing book, it was as if I were dictating and Clea was simply putting the words on paper. Although our Father's were educated in different ways, the grief of a slow death is much different. My Father's illness lasted for six years and I felt like he died a million times before the actual death. Clea has taken an uncomfortable reality and placed it on a page for confirmation and viewing by all who have suffered the loss of our greatest Love as daughters. This is an amazing find!!!

Worth a try........2003-07-25

While I found it difficult to embark on reading a book on this topic (as my wound is relatively new and certainly unhealed) it was comforting to read about similar feelings and emotions women who've also lost their father are feeling. While I found many of the chapters to be irrelevant in my own personal life, I am sure many would find them helpful. In the very least, it was nice to take the time to help face my loss.

Engaging, Personal, Reflective, Sensitive... Wonderful!.......2003-03-24

... Clea Simon, truly, is a very gifted writer. I found this book to be engaging, personal, reflective, sensitive, and wonderful. I could almost put myself in her shoes as I read about her thoughts and feelings, her stories about the lives of other women in similar circumstances, and her commentaries on our sociological condition as a generation of people who are struggling to make our own, new ways out of the old paradigm of the patriarchal past, a paradigm which has certainly paid its toll on all of us.

... Nevertheless, this is not a book about politics; far from! It is a book about one woman's journey through life, specifically relating to the issues surrounding the loss of her beloved father, and how she reconciled all of her feelings concerning this loss. Along the way, she weaves a tapestry of the tales of other women who also dealt with issues surrounding their fathers, and how the loss of their fathers may have affected them in positive and / or negative ways. The inclusion of all of these other stories makes this a far richer and more interesting book than if it were only about the life of the author. In fact, I can see this book being used as a textbook in college sociology courses on family values. It is that good!

... Here is an example of one insight she shares with us, from pages 64 and 65: "Indeed, the best indication of how we will grieve and recover from our loss may not lie in how our fathers die, but in how we dealt with them living. And for those of us who were unable to make peace with our fathers during their lifetimes, our way to peace and to healing may lie in accepting this lack of resolution, accepting our own and our fathers' flaws. Even if our fathers cannot at this final crisis abandon their illusions about their role, and our relationship, we must. For only by letting go of the fantasy of the perfect daddy, and of the perfect deathbed reconciliation, can we achieve anything resembling closure." ... How intuitively profound!

... You know, I picked up this book in order to help me better understand people who are close to me who have lost their fathers at an early age, in order to be more sympathetic toward them and more considerate of their feelings and experiences. I was well rewarded, for, not only did I gain a greater understanding of the feelings of the loss of one's father from the perspective of a daughter, I also learned that many of these emotions are shared by ALL of us. Ultimately, we ALL have to one day face the inevitable loss of BOTH our parents - our fathers AND our mothers. Reading this book, somehow, makes that inevitable, one-day reality just a bit easier to accept and understand. It's a great comfort to the soul. ... BRAVO, Clea Simon! ... YOWZA! - The Aeolian Kid

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Easy To Read, Authentic

The New Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz
Manufacturer: Ecco
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060195991

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With more than three hundred recipes, nearly sixty of which have never been published before, Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz--an expert on Latin American food--brings the colorful tapestry and basic principles of Mexican cooking to your kitchen. Here familiar items like peppers, avocados, cilantro, pumpkin, and beans are transformed with original and unexpected combinations that evoke the rich heritage and flavors of Mexico. Authentic dishes that tempt the palate range from such classics as Enchiladas Suizas (Flour Tortillas stuffed with Chicken, Poblano Chilies, and Tomatillos) to the intoxicating flavors of Pescado en Salsa de Azafran y Nuez (Fish in Saffron and Pecan Sauce). You'll find the recipes for the best known as well as creative variations on salsa, soup, meat, poultry, and vegetable dishes, passed from one generation to the next and enhanced by the colorful imagination and exquisite skills of cooks throughout Mexico.

In the lively new headnotes for each recipe, Lambert Ortiz explores the fascinating history of this ancient cuisine, from the original Aztec and Mayan cooking of the precolonial civilizations to the cuisine that developed after the Spanish conquest. She'll show you how you too can recreate the vibrant spices, the exuberant colors, and the delectable taste of Mexican food in your own kitchen.

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A reader.......2005-09-29

E. Ortiz produced her classic of Mexican cooking as a labor of love at a time when most people's concept of Mexican cuisine was fritos and tamales. International culinary tastes have come a long way since then, but her work still stands as a standard--a collection of authentic recipes gathered before other cultural influences began to change (or fuse) the traditional to cosmopolitan trends.

Easy To Read, Authentic.......2000-10-22

Excellent book. It is easy to read with just enough narrative from the author. A must-have to add to your Mexican cookbook collection. It makes for great reading; I just received it so haven't tried any recipes yet, but have many bookmarked to try.

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Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Ortiz
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0345325591
Release Date: 1985-11-12

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"Beginning with the Corn Kitchen, the author takes up tortillas and follows through to tacos, tostadas and fillings for quesadillas. There's Green Chicken with Almonds, Red Stew with Mountain Chiles...Plus all of the classic desserts from Bunuelos (fritters) to Flan (caramel pudding). One chapter is devoted to Bebidas (drinks) including the Mexican grasshopper, Margarita and naturally, chocolate."

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One of the best.......2007-02-15

I have used this book for over 20 years: the copy I bought recently was for a friend. One of the two best Mexican cookery books I have ever found - all the recipes are excellent, I have garnered nothing but praise for my Mexican cooking using it - also from my numerous Mexican friends. But it will put you off "mexican" restaurants for life - unless you live in e.g. Ciudad de Mexico.

dissapointed.......2004-12-20

Mexican food is absolutely sacred to me, and this book is a profanation. I bought it after spending a year in mexico and wanting to recapture some of the tastes i came to love so much. it was a big dissapointment. I can understand how it might be a neat story that she went there not knowing spanish but that she still learned how to cook some things... however, her "outsiders perspective" comes across as irritating ignorance. her methods are anecdotal (as oppossed to researched) and in her recipes and stories she manages to miss both the grace of high class mexican cuisine and the flair of mexicos bountiful street food culture. diana kennedy and rick bayless (to name the two most famous) both have books in english that are more thoughtful and authoritative. even a quick glance at one of these far superior books will expose ortiz's attempt as the exercise in vain superfulousness that it is.

The best cookbook I have ever owned.......2004-01-07

I have had this book for many years and have never found another book equal to it. It goes far past the more usual recipes.

Best Mexican cookbook I have.......1998-07-09

Excellent recipes from all over Mexico. Easy to follow directions and explanations .

In the book she describes how she not speaking any Spanish married a UN diplomat and moved was transferred with her husband to Mexico city and how she learned to love the food and the people and explored Mexico both from cultural and regional food basis. The recipes represent the best from all the states in Mexico.

If only had one Mexican cookbook this would be the one to have. I've had my copy since the late 60's and it's almost worn out. If you buy the book take a look at one of my favorite recipes. It's Mancha Manteles de cerdo or in English Pork tablecloth stainer. It's on page 190 of my copy but the newer edition may have a different page number

Great book with lots of content.......1997-08-10

An extremely extensive cookbook in pocket book form that is terrific. The "Joy of Cooking" for mexican food. Only drawback is the lack of pictures - but then it is a pocket book... Have to buy one for my sister-in-law who wanted to keep the copy she borrowed in perpetuity. She will get her own copy for her birthday

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The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking

Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GLUR6A

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Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Lam Oritz
Manufacturer: M EVANS & COMPANY INC
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VL5NS2

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The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz
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The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Ortiz Elisabeth Lambert
Manufacturer: M Evans and Co
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LB2PWE

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Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Lam Ortiz
Manufacturer: M EVANS & COMPANY INC
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Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Lam Oritz
Manufacturer: M EVANS & COMPANY INC
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ASIN: B000V6OZJA

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Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz
Manufacturer: Bantam
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The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz Roger Chapin
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000U33M5C

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not enough imformation.......2000-05-23

This book is quite cheap,but it only give you some pictures of gerbils,and a few words about Gerbil's life. To a newbie or a young reader, this book is easy to read, but it didn't give enough imformation to a owner of gerbil.If u wanna buy a book about gerbils,try another one.

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If you like to make brimmed hats, this book is great!

Hard Crochet
Mark Dittrick
Manufacturer: Hawthorn
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0801532795

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hard describes the fabric produced.......2005-05-23

Mr Dittrick has written a book on how to make "hard" crochet. THis isn't crochet you need a special hook for or special yarn - this is crochet for such things as Stetson hats, baskets and hard brimmed hats. Mr Dittrick shows how to modify an already existing hook to help you to create hard crochet. The instructions are clear and helpful.

If you're looking for a new afghan or poncho to make, this is not the book for you. But if you're interested in turning out something unexpected with crochet, this is definitely the book for you.

If you like to make brimmed hats, this book is great!.......1998-03-19

This book will change your attitude about crocheting and what you can do with it. You will learn how to crochet beautiful brimmed hats, baskets, and luggage. Definitely NOT your afghan, granny square vests, and lace shawl kind of crocheting.

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This beautiful work by two great Dutch plantsmen presents the largest selection of color photographs of elepidote rhododendron species, varieties, hybrids, and cultivars ever gathered in one volume, a lavish tribute to the most spectacular of flowering shrubs.

Briggs Nursery, Inc. and the Thomas Henny Nursery present to you color portraits of outstanding plants

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Briggs Nursery, Inc. and the Thomas Henny Nursery present to you color portraits of outstanding plants

Manufacturer: Available from Briggs & Henny Outstanding Plants
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0910013012

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Rhododendron Portraits
D. M.; J. R. P. Van Hoey Smith Van Gelderen
Manufacturer: Publisher Unknown
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VL7WI6

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Ninetta Sombart was born in 1925 and grew up in Berlin in the house of the renowned economist and social scientist Werner Sombart. In 1947, she married and moved to America, where she had four children. To earn a living she began to paint—and to overwhelming public acclaim. In 1962, she returned to Europe, where she managed an advertising department in Basel. Since 1978, she has lived in Arlesheim, Switzerland, and devotes all her time to painting.

With ninety full-page reproductions, this book is the only available overview of Ninetta Sombart's life and work as a painter. Her paintings are widely known through single reproductions, but are shown here for the first time in a comprehensive collection. Sombart brings the human spirit to the foreground, and her style is unmistakably different from any other Christian art. The largest group of her paintings is based on Gospel images, in which she attempts to show Jesus as the Son of God rather than Jesus the man. She has developed a unique color technique that stunningly expresses the esoteric side of Christ.

Includes more than ninety full-page color reproductions and forty-five additional photographs.

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ninetta sombart life and art.......2005-12-26

both a wonderfully inspiring showcase of the artist's work and a pristine example of fine print, paper stock, and binding. indeed a fine investment for one's art library.

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