No Place for Little Boys: Civil War Letters of a Union Soldier

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Transcripts of actual letters from a Union soldier enrolled in the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. To complement the text, the letters are illustrated with 14 pen and ink drawings.

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Coordination chemistry, as we know it today, has been shaped by major figures from the past, one of whom was Joseph Chatt. Beginning with a description of Chatt's career presented by co-workers, contemporaries and students, this fascinating book then goes on to show how many of today's leading practitioners in the field, working in such diverse areas as phosphines, hydrogen complexes, transition metal complexes and nitrogen fixation, have been influenced by Chatt. The reader is then brought right up-to-date with the inclusion of some of the latest research on these topics, all of which serves to underline Chatt's continuing legacy. Intended as a permanent record of Chatt's life, work and influence, this book will be of interest to lecturers, graduate students, researchers and science historians.

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As an STD Patient Advocate...

Dr. Ruth's Guide to Talking About Herpes
Ruth K. Westheimer , and Pierre A. Lehu
Manufacturer: Grove Press
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ASIN: 080214120X

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For over two decades, Dr. Ruth has been the most recognizable and influential sex expert in the world. Now she tackles how to deal with one of the most common and misunderstood sexually transmitted diseases: herpes. It is estimated that herpes has infected some sixty million people in the United States. By interviewing dozens of people with herpes who have gone through the process of overcoming guilt, shame, and the common misconceptions associated with herpes, Dr. Ruth speaks frankly and openly about: What herpes is, and the different kinds of herpes you can catch; The ways herpes can be transmitted; How to cope with the disease once you have it; Having that all-important "talk" about dealing with herpes with either a prospective lover or a longtime partner, and Joining a herpes support group (or starting one of your own). Dr. Ruth's Guide to Talking about Herpes also offers unique strategies on how to talk to your kids about herpes, and how herpes affects you if you're gay or an older adult. Finally, Dr. Ruth addresses how to talk about other sexually transmitted diseases with your partner or lover.

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As an STD Patient Advocate..........2005-01-19

and as a person who has been living with Herpes for nearly 7 years, I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It's not just for those who have experienced the physical issues that surround an STD diagnosis; it delves much deeper into the psychological and emotional aspects as well.

This book is a great resource for those living with an STD and provides as much of a step-by-step process to emotional recovery as any I have read.

I would highly recommend that anyone who is single and dating to pick up this book and read it cover to cover, perhaps even a couple of times. It will prepare you for the day when one of my 60 Million peers approach you with "The Talk" where they will disclose their own personal status and allow you to make a well informed decision on whether to continue the relationship or not.

Be sure to purchase your own copy and not borrow it, you will want to use a highlighter.

Gayla
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The sixth book in the Bread Machine Cookbook series taps the creativity of the baker. It includes complete directions and illustrations for making a large variety of hand-shaped breads. Traditional breads, international breads and finishing touches are irresistible.

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No basics.......2002-01-24

I was disappointed with the book because it did not have enough basic bread recipes. If the book only had recipes for a few more basics (simple white, wheat, etc.), it would have been more useful. I like the 4 flour cup recipe sizes. A good book, but not exactly what I expected. I look forward to trying some of the specialty breads in this book.

No basics.......2002-01-24

Delicious Recipes.......2000-01-06

Making bread using the bread machine to make the dough makes much better bread than the machine. This book is just perfect. The first bread stuffed with cheese/herb we made is better than delicious.

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If you are stuck for words and creative ideas you should find lots of inspiration in this newly revised edition of 500 More Heartwarming Expressions For Crafting and Scrapbooking. The second of four books in this popular series, it now includes lots more chunky lettering styles, page layout ideas, project instructions and, for the first time, color samples of projects are featured on the back cover. The projects include some fun scrapbook pages, paper crafts and cute gift ideas like the famous "Honey-Do-List," or three easy projects using terracotta pots to create a Flower Pen Pot, a Muffin Pot and a Pincushion Pot. There is also a wonderful lampshade cover done with a scrapbook page on vellum, that will light up a baby's room and every mother's heart.

The book's introduction explains how expressions can create warmth, personality and convey a special message. Then you get tips and ideas for hand lettering, tracing, photocopying, clipart techniques, and different ways to utilize the book with your computer to create scrapbook pages, cards, crafts and keepsakes. Scrapbooking has become the most popular way to use the books. You can simply trace or copy any expression or design on vellum and mat it to a scrapbook page or card.

The expressions are divided into a large variety of themes, which, like the other books, are alphabetically tabbed in the upper right corner for quick reference. Themes include Angels & Fairies, Babies, Blessings, Christmas, Country, Critters, Family, Fishing, Friendship, Funny Bones, Gardening, Golfing, Halloween, Hobbies, Home, Housework Stinks, Inspirations, Kids Zone, Kitchen Quips, Love, Memory Lane, Occupations, On the Mend, Over The Hill, School, Sports, Stitching & Quilting and Teddy Bears. You will find everything from heartfelt sentiments, mushy love stuff, inspirational quotes, to feel good sayings and funny quips.

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This book is a crafter's delight.......2003-10-15

Another great Heartwarming Expressions book. I have neglected my housework much to the dismay of my family because of these wonderful books.
They are ideal if you are stuck for ideas for a craft project. As soon as I pick these books up, I instantly start thinking of all the things I can make ... and magically I forget about my housework. :0)

A great series of books and I am so happy that I finally have them all, I wouldn't trade them for anything or to anyone.

A crafter's dream book........2001-07-24

It's always nice to be able to add a little personality to your crafts and this book will help you to do that. It's easy to adapt to your skill-level: you can trace, enlarge/copy, or freehand draw any of the designs presented to use on just about any type of craft that you can think of. Of course, the primary thought would be for scrapbooking, but inside the front cover, the author lists 99 places that you could potentially use these sayings and clipart. In fact, included are a few projects for flower pots and a cross-stitching guide for five alphabets. If you're motivated enough, you can enlarge some of the art and use them for paper-piecing in your scrapbooks. Some topics: babies, country, school, Christmas, pets, and fishing/golf...and there are many more!

500 More Heartwarming Expressions.......2001-04-16

500 more whity, humorous, and Heartwarming Expressions. Not only is this book a great resource for any crafter..With themes such as "Housework Stinks", "Life's Like That" and "Funny Bone Ticklers" it delivers a well deserved giggle to everyone! The Book itself is very easy to use, with helpful tips, tricks, and projects. PACKED full of "one liners", "quick quips", Borders, Lettering, and Adorable images that are all easy to do yourself or photocopy to make it even easier!!

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North Carolina's Outer Banks, like barrier islands worldwide, are in constant motion, responding to weather, waves, and rising sea level. Beaches erode, sometimes taking homes or sections of highway with them into the surf; sand dunes migrate with the wind; and storms open new inlets and dump sand in channels and sounds. The Nature of the Outer Banks describes these dynamic natural forces, explaining how they affect barrier islands in general and the Banks in particular, and guides visitors to sites where they can see these phenomena in action.

Dirk Frankenberg highlights the three major environmental processes affecting the Outer Banks: rising sea level, movement of sand by wind and water, and stabilization of sand by plant life. He then provides a mile-by-mile field guide to the northern Banks, from Corolla to Ocracoke, pointing out where and how visitors can observe environmental processes at work. Drawings illustrate how natural forces produce constant change, and photographs show real-world examples. In the final section of the book, Frankenberg addresses the environmental impact of human consumption of the Outer Banks' natural resources.

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Mary Pipher, author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Reviving Ophelia, which charts the troubled passage of girls into adolescence, has nimbly covered yet another psychological passage: that into old age, which May Sarton called "a foreign country."

Pipher reveals that the greatest shame for today's elders--most of whom survived the Depression--is not being self-sufficient. The majority of them stoically prefer to keep their feelings to themselves, and this is why it's so difficult to convince older parents to accept or even discuss such issues as physical and mental health, finances, eldercare, or living wills. This directly conflicts with the openness of their children, who grew up in the era of "free love" and were influenced by society (and the advent of psychology in the 1950s and popularization of therapy) to talk frankly about emotions. While a boomer can easily talk with a friend about marriage difficulties or even surgery, an elder is likely to find admitting such "weaknesses" abhorrent.

Another Country includes excerpts of sessions with dozens of Pipher's psychology patients, interspersed with not-so-obvious advice for sensitively communicating with the elderly. Some interviews are grim: one woman hallucinated that rodents were running through her house; she was so desperate for company from her family, but too proud to ask them to stop by, that she invented her own visitors. But the breakthroughs in communication Pipher is able to accomplish, sometimes with the help of grandchildren as intermediaries, are startling and thoroughly encouraging. (For example, the animals the woman was imagining disappeared after she received company regularly.)

Pipher cared for her dying mother for a "horrid," guilt-filled year while this book was being written and says that she wanted "to help others in my situation feel less alone." She also aims to help each generation understand the other. In these goals she's succeeded brilliantly. Any adult struggling with issues with their parents, especially mortality, will find Another Country an indispensable source of suggestions and support. --Erica Jorgensen

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Mary Pipher's phenomenal New York Times bestseller-a book about us and our parents...

"[Pipher] ventures into communities and then returns to explain their truths and ways of being to the rest of us in clear, clean English. Totally accessible...[Another Country] is a compassionate...look at the disconnect between baby boomers and their aging parents or grandparents." -USAToday

There are more older people in America today than ever before. They are our parents and grandparents, our aunts and uncles and in-laws.They are living longer, but in a culture that has come to worship youth-a culture in which families have dispersed, communities have broken down, and older people are isolated. Meanwhile, adults in two-career families are struggling to divide their time among their kids, their jobs, and their aging parents-searching for the right words to talk about loneliness, forgetfulness, or selling the house.

Another Country is a field guide to this rough terrain for a generation of baby boomers who are finding themselves unprepared to care for those who have always cared for them. Psychologist and bestselling writer Mary Pipher maps out strategies that help bridge the gaps that separate us from our elders. And with her inimitable combination of respect and realism, she offers us new ways of supporting each other-new ways of sharing our time, our energy, and our love.

"In Another Country, [Pipher] observes that to grow old for many people in today's fragmented, age-phobic, age-segregated America is to inhabit a foreign country, isolated, disconnected and misunderstood."-New York Times

"Pipher explores how today's mobile, individualistic, media-drenched culture prevents so many dependent old people, and the relatives trying to do right by them, from getting what they need...her insights will help people of several generations."-The Washington Post

"[Pipher] wrote [Another Country] to help Boomers like herself better understand their parents and grandparents and to glimpse what might await them in their old age."-Chicago Tribune

"Mary Pipher urges baby boomers to stay in tune with their elderly parents' needs...With average life expectancy now in the mid-70s and 2 million Americans turning 65 each year-a number that will skyrocket as the baby boomer generation ages-the stakes are raised for families and societies alike."-People

"The author of Reviving Ophelia unflinchingly takes us into the heart of this largely uncharted territory."-Rocky Mountain News

"A field guide to old age, combining personal stories with social theory."-Boston Globe

"Dr. Pipher sees aging from a broader perspective. [She] emphasizes the need for the elderly to become elders-people who can help us find a deep structure for our communities-[and] she makes a persuasive case for roots."-Christian Science Monitor

"This is a book that thoughtful Boomers can embrace as their own...Another Country looks at issues like care-giving, death, generational relations and the resiliency many elders display in old age. It offers advice on improving our relationships with other generations and with understanding our own passing years."-St. Petersburg Times

"Rich in stories and full in details....For people wondering about their parents' or more poignantly, their own aging."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"[Mary Pipher] comes across as neither saint nor scold. [Another Country is] not a how-to book, but a how-to-think book."-Minnesota Star Tribune

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Well worth reading.......2006-01-09

The author of the bestseller Reviving Ophelia this times takes us on a journey through the lives of our elders. Following the lead of Bernice Neugarten at the University of Chicago, she distinguishes between the "young-old" and the "old-old". This book focuses mainly on the later, telling the stories of people who are coping with loss and illness.

While individual differences are always present, Pipher see trends among those in the "old-old" group, as well as among their families and children. Being able to anticipate and appreciate these commonalities, she believes, will ultimately be our best route to communicating with and honoring our elders.

She calls cultural differences between the generations time-zone problems. Some are obvious, such as differences in attitudes towards authority. Others seem obvious only when she points them out to us, such as the fact that our parents' generation was "pre-irony". Without recognizing these differences, we are bound to be frustrated with each other.

In what she calls "the saddest chapter in this book", the author compares the old-old to victims of chronic post traumatic stress disorder, people overwhelmed by inevitable multiple losses and threats. It is a uninviting concept, one we would prefer to discard or at least put a positive spin on.

Yet the trauma of old age can also be the catalyst for our ultimate growth and integration. Pipher tells us that "each of us will experience our ship going down...From our responses come the best and worst stories".

Even in her stories of those elders who end their lives bitter and aggrieved, there is sometimes healing in those who are left. Adult children reconcile with siblings and with themselves. Teenage grandchildren come into the circle.

And in many heartwarming stories of resilient, courageous elders, the author helps us come to appreciate the dignity and peace that can exist alongside the losses.

The book is practical as well. Facilities which have successfully integrated the care of the young and the old are described. Programs which have paired schoolchildren with elders come to life with personal stories. Tales of foster grandparents make us realize how little we have utilized these powerful resources so far.

There is much starkness here, but also much hope. Hope that we can do a much better job addressing the needs of the old-old members of our tribe. Perhaps the demandingness of our baby boomer generation will serve us well in this regard. We're all heading in the same direction.

Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders.......2005-08-19

This book is written in a readable style that holds your interest. I bought it to help understand my elderly father who is suffering from dementia, but I found it told me a lot about myself and what I will want and need in the next 20 years. Mary Pipher's insightful and easy to understand.

Another country: the tourist perspective.......2003-11-29

Not being "old-old" myself, with both parents dead, I picked up this book out of curiosity. Piper does not mince words. She says at the outset, "Old age is not for sissies," and she goes on to describe life as an old person in a country designed for the young. It's an apt metaphor: the old learn a new language and a new terrain.

Pipher offers creative solutions that are not always easy, as she herself is the first to admit. Not everyone is equipped to be a caretaker. And as a society we do not have the infrastructure to deal with the challenges that increase daily.
Ironically, she notes that having a purpose in life will keep us young longer: the 85-year-old woman with an overaged dependent son may seem indulgent to outsiders, but she has a reason to get up every day. Yet at the same time, challenging work and respect from the community -- the source of purpose for most of us -- will be denied by a society that worships youth.

Pipher seems to be selling us on the importance of caring for the elderly. It's a way our own children will learn respect for the family and for us, she says. Yet many of us will not have children of our own. Today something like one-third of households have only one member. Being single or childless is no longer "odd." And sometimes a parent disappears from a child's life, only to re-appear in a time of need. There's no basis for a relationship -- it's not about healing but about building a relationship with a stranger .

Pipher does not address these topics, but the thousands of midlife adults who face aging parents will say she's offered more than enough to benefit her readers.

Baby Boomers' Guide to Aging Parents.......2003-03-01

They raised us on Dr. Spock. Not the pointy-eared Nimoyian character on Star Trek! Dr. Benjamin Spock, the Baby Doc! And Mary Pipher has done for the children what Spock did for our parents - answered perplexing questions like "Why do they do that?" and "What can I do?"

Pipher's thesis is that "Knowing when people were born allows us to predict attitudes and behaviors. A person from a specific era will have a certain `collective consciousness.'" She explains that we dwell in "different cultural time zones." This explains, for instance, why Mom and Aunt Em save all those few tiny bites of leftover food that they then leave in the refridgerator to turn green - the hoarding tendencies wrought by the Great Depression and rationing on the Homefront during World War II.

I am currently moving my parents to an Assisted Living Facility and this book is an important resource. I highly recommend it. Reviewed by TundraVision.

Don't Wait Until Later....Read it Now!.......2000-10-04

I cried, I laughed and I sighed at the grim truths and revelations in Mary Pipher's book on aging and the place held in our society by our elderly citizens. I folded so many page corners over for review that the book looks like a favorite old cook book. I wish I had read this book before my parents entered old-old age. I was not raised with any grandparents nearby, so had no examples for what to expect and how to deal with and care for aging parents. Growing old with dignity and dealing with declining health and eventually death is the hardest passage of our lives. None of the other passages as individuals, parents or spouses can compare to these challenges. Adolescence, puberty, child-birth, child-rearing, divorce...all seem like a walk through the park in comparison.

Having said that, we all need to read the book before our parents reach the old-old phase (although who knows exactly when that might happen). If you're in your 40's or 50's, chances are you should be reading this book. Although the book doesn't provide any recipes or procedures for dealing with the issues of the aging, it does provide valuable insights and suggestions into attitudes, fears, and concerns of both the aged and their care-givers.

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If age is Another Country, then we must all learn to speak its language. As our parents and grandparents grow older, it's hard to find the words to talk about medicine, loneliness, love, forgetfulness, or selling the house. We need a language that bridges the gap between generations and takes into account that our elders can be just as reluctant to ask for or even accept our time and our efforts as we are eager to understand the wants and needs of people who lived before television, Freudian psychology, e-mail, and the first trip to the moon.

There are more older people in America today than ever before. They are our parents and grandparents, our aunts and uncles and in-laws. They are living longer, but in a culture that has come to worship youth. They grew up in real communities, whether rural or urban, where people looked out for one another, and where children and grandchildren lived nearby. Today, families have dispersed. Communities have broken down. Older people are isolated. Adults in two-career families struggle to divide their time among their kids, their jobs, and their aging parents. This is the rough terrain that Mary Pipher has chosen to explore.

Another Country is a field guide to this foreign landscape -- a help and a resource. Writing from her experience as a therapist and drawing from interviews with families and older people, Mary Pipher offers us scenarios to bridge the communication gap. And in these poignant and hopeful stories of real children, adults, and elders are the secrets to mutual understanding. With her inimitable combination of respect and realism, Pipher gets inside the minds, hearts, and bodies of men and women in their seventies, eighties and nineties. And we begin to understand that the landscape of age is truly that of Another Country.

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Another Country is a big diappointment.......2000-05-08

As a member of the 50 something crowd I am entering unchartedwaters in dealing with aging parents. I was expecting a helpful guideand instead got someone who is lost herself! Everyone has a story and Mary's aren't unique or enlightening. It's still on the shelf, unfinished. What was the point?

Mindless chatter.......1999-09-22

I had to read this book for a senior-level college gerentology class. I was not impressed. The author rambles on with anecdotes and quotes from other authors that I had already studied in earlier classes. Her writing style is too ecclectic for my tastes.

Wonderful story as well as a great resource........1999-07-21

When I had my first baby I turned to Dr. Spock to learn about the things I might expect to experience. I didn't know I would need a book to help me be the best caregiver I could be for my grandparents.Another Country was so pertinent to my life I felt it was my diary written for me to read. I'm living so much of what is covered in the book, with my grandmother living with us. Ms Pipher writes about I am experiencing. It explains some things, answers questions, but also makes me ask some too. I'm so glad to have found this friend! Definitely a book for my shelves, to be revisited again I'm sure, just as Spock was.

Ages 15 to 115 should read this book and will love it!.......1999-05-11

Understanding another generation and helping them isn't easy, but Pipher shows us all the way. All who plan to have another birthday, and even if someone you love probably won't...read this book! Humor, helpful tips, knowledge and appreciation of all ages of our society are contained in these wonderful pages. I couldn't put it down. Often laughed, often cried, and learned a lot!!! I am going back to Amazon now to order several more copies for gifts. Order this book, you will be glad you did.

Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders

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Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
Mary Pipher
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000V7PY44

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Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
Mary Pipher
Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N72AGM

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Famous for their new treatment of heroic, antique subjects and the depiction of the male nude in action, Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo ran one of the most successful and advanced workshops in fifteenth-century Florence. This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated book reexamines the brothers’ careers and multifaceted work to present a fresh understanding of their contributions to the development of Italian art.

Art historian Alison Wright draws on new evidence to reassess the Pollaiuolo brothers’ activities as painters, sculptors, and designers and to set their work in the context of the changing social, political, and cultural life of both Florence and Rome. She considers Antonio’s and Piero’s innovations as well as their self-conscious development of distinct products in precious or novel media. The book provides the definitive account of the Pollaiuolo brothers and their practices, a comprehensive list of their works (including some newly attributed), and a fully updated chronology.

Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo: Complete edition with a critical catalogue

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Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo: Complete edition with a critical catalogue
Leopold D Ettlinger
Manufacturer: Dutton
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Antonio Del Pollaiuolo
Giovanni Colacicchi
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ASIN: B000SO0Z3A

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Antonio Del Pollaiuolo
Giovanni Colacicchi
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Giovanni COLACICCHI
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Antonio Del Pollaiuolo a Cure Di Giovanni Colacicchi - 98 Tavole

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Antonio Del Pollaiuolo a Cure Di Giovanni Colacicchi - 98 Tavole
Antonio; et al Del Pollaiuolo
Manufacturer: Chessa Editore
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ASIN: B000H0R90C

Antonio Pollaiuolo, ([The library of art])

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Antonio Pollaiuolo, ([The library of art])
Maud Cruttwell
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The Art Bulletin: A Quarterly Published by The College Art Association of America: June 1977, Volume LIX, Number 2

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The Art Bulletin: A Quarterly Published by The College Art Association of America: June 1977, Volume LIX, Number 2
Karen Gould , James Marrow , Michael Vickers , Erika Langmuir , David Kunzle , Donald Posner , Edward J. Sullivan , Diane Wolfthal , Alan Wallach , and Francoise Forster-Hahn
Manufacturer: The College Art Association of America
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000RK3CZS

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Features: Illumination and Sculpture in Thirteenth-Century Amiens: The Invention of the Body of Saint Firmin in the Psalter and Hours of Yolande of Soissons by Karen Gould; Circumdederunt me canes multi: Christs Tormentors in Northern European Art of the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance by James Marrow; A Greek Source for Antonio Pollaiuolos Battle of the Nudes and Hercules and the Twelve Giants by Michael Vickers; The Triumvirate of Brutus and Cassius: Nicolo dellAbates Appian Cycle in the Palazzo Comunale, Modena by Erika Langmuir; Breugels Proverb Painting and the World Upside Down by David Kunzle; Jacques Callot and the Dances Called Sfessania by Donald Posner; Jacques Callots Les Bohemiens by Edward J. Sullivan; Jacques Callots Miseries of War by Diane Wolfthal; The Voyage of Life as Popular Art by Alan Wallach; and Adolph Menzels Daguerrotypical Image of Frederick the Great: A Liberal Bourgeois Interpretation of German History by Francoise Forster-Hahn.

BATTLE OF THE NUDES: POLLAIUOLO'S RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECE

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BATTLE OF THE NUDES: POLLAIUOLO'S RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECE

Manufacturer: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH
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ASIN: B000I9XQL8

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Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece
Shelley R. Langdale , and Antonio Pollaiolo
Manufacturer: Cleveland Museum of Art
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ASIN: 0940717735

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This book celebrates Antonio Pollaiuoloís famous engraving, the Renaissance masterpiece Battle of the Nudes. Related works in other media reveal the context in which it was created. The study of early Italian engraving has long been a thorny one, dogged by lack of secure dates and documentation for most prints, as well as complicated attribution issues. Shelley Langdale reexamines Pollaiuoloís masterpiece in light of recent research and assembles crucial watermark and collection documentation.

Antionio del Pollaiuolo (1431-1498) was a renowned Florentine painter, sculptor, draftsman, and goldsmith who was particularly admired for his dynamic and expressive portrayal of the human figure. He carried out a wide range of projects, but a relatively small number of his works survive, and he is perhaps most widely known for his magnificent engraving, Battle of the Nudes. The Cleveland Museum of Artís unique first state of the Battle of the Nudes has long been regarded as the exemplary early impression, printed before the plate began to wear and was supposedly re-engraved by another hand. All other known impressions are second states, pulled from the reworked plate.

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Susie Weksler was only eight when Hitler's forces invaded her Lithuanian city of Vilnius. Over the next few years, Susie endured starvation, brutality, and forced labor in three concentration camps. With courage and ingenuity, Susie's mother helped her to survive--by disguising her as an adult, finding food to add to their scarce rations, and giving her the will to endure. This harrowing memoir portrays the best and worst of humanity in heartbreaking scenes that you will never forget.

Translated by James Skofield

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Fast Shipping.......2007-05-30

My daughter needed this in a matter of days for a project. As always Amazon came thru.

Another gem in Holocaust literature.......2007-03-29

I have read so many memoirs of the Holocaust, and this one is unique in the way it is written from a child's point of view. Susie Weksler was just eight years old when she experienced the persecution against the Jews and was forced to move into the Jewish ghetto in Vilna. She strikes us as an imaginative, and intelligent girl with a talent for writing poetry and singing. Her mother Raja, is a strong-willed woman, and very resourceful, two qualities that help her keep not only herself but her young daughter Susie alive through the Holocaust. The story of how Raja escapes the mass murder of Jews in Vilna, and rescues her young daughter from a similar fate is told in such gripping detail as to leave us breathless. Also, the accounts by Susie of how her mother keeps her going in the work camp [Kaiserwald] and protects her from the inevitable 'selections' [for death] is simply a remarkable testament to her mother's courage & love for her daughter. Susie has a remarkable eye for description, and at times the accounts are touching for their naivete...as in when Susie finds one of the camp inmates exchanging sex for cigarettes...Susie's innocence as a child makes her confused as she doesnt understand what the two adults are doing...altogether Susie Weksler's memoir of her mother's courage in keeping both of them alive throughout the war is a riveting read, and definitely provides a unique perspective of the Holocaust. If you like similar accounts in this vein, you may also like to read "A Jump for Life' by Ruth Altbeker Cyprys [a mother who jumps out of a death train with her two year old daughter and goes into hiding for the duration of the war].

Maternal Bond.......2007-02-23

Susie was just a child of eight when her large and wealthy Jewish family started being herded into a ghetto in her Polish town. Her family managed to stick together for a long time and survive many of the selections within the ghetto that lead to the deaths of many of their neighbors. By being in the right place at the right time and by taking advantage of any circumstance, they all stayed together and saved the lives of those too old or too young to survive on their own.

Then, however, the ghetto began to be liquidated. All of a sudden the family was fractured and sent in many different directions. Susie's mother became consumed with keeping herself and her daughter safe, even though Susie was only ten years old and not likely to survive the Nazi brutality.

This book is full of circumstances that seem impossibly bleak, but Susie's mother always found a way to keep herself and Susie safe. She disguised Susie as a sixteen-year-old. When they were sent to a work camp, she found work for herself and for Susie that would secure their survival and also bring them extra food rations. All throughout the war, she made sure that Susie was well taken care of, and actually managed, sometimes through sheer willpower, to keep them healthy and fed.

It is uplifting to read a true story of someone who has survived the Holocaust. The one problem with this story is that Susie writes this story from her own point of view, and she was just a child living through the concentration camp. She often writes that she didn't understand what was going on, and she does not go on to explain, from her adult point of view, what was happening. I found myslef confused more than once because of this.

Profound.......2006-04-27

This is a very profound and deeply personal account of a fight for survival and a search for meaning. This is a very intimate memoir and gives cause for many deep breathes,sighs,shock, shared grief, and triumph.

So well written with an honesty that is rare. The translation from German to English by my friend James Skofield, is exceptional and lends directly to the intimacy and loss one feels as the reader.

This is one of those books that I put back on my shelf once I read it;I can glance from a distance at its cover and I KNOW and remember.

PROFOUND.

Thanks to my Mother.......2005-11-18

Instead of saying I liked this book, I think it would be better to say that I thought it was interesting. There were places throughout the book that I started to forget that this happened and think that it was fiction, or exagerated. Then I would remember that this is the story of Susanne Weksler's life when she was a little girl. This book also gave me a better understanding of the Holocaust and what went on because before we started the unit in school, I didn't even know what it was. It also helped me understand just how much these people went through.

For My Mother: A Keepsake of Thanks & Memories of Growing Up (For My...)

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Excellent keepsake gift for mothers!!
What a great idea

For My Mother: A Keepsake of Thanks & Memories of Growing Up (For My...)
Jessie Chapman
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IOEMBQ

Book Description

Many mothers make baby books for their children, filling these tokens of love with photographs, reminiscences, and memorabilia. But how often do children return the favor? Now, with For My Mother, adult children can look back and share their own memories of growing up with that most important person-Mom. Like a baby book in reverse, this keepsake album inspires adults to express all the reasons their mother is appreciated, and all the ways she has positively influenced their lives.

Ready to be personalized with favorite stories, pictures, mementos, and more, the book includes 50 ideas to prompt the giver's thoughts, organized into three sections: Memories and Reflections, Favorite Things, and Gratitude and Lessons Learned. The artfully designed album also features special pages for personal messages and photographs and a ribbon page marker. When given by one or more children as a gift to their mother, this book is the ultimate expression of love and gratitude.

AUTHOR BIO: Jessie Chapman has been a marketing professional for more than 15 years. Chapman lives in Connecticut. This is her first book.

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Excellent keepsake gift for mothers!!.......2006-08-15

I purchased this book for my brothers & sisters to write in it about our memories with our mother to give her as a gift. I think it will be a beautiful gift when we give it to her. I would love it if my children gave me a gift like this!

Each page has lots of space to write about certain memories such as:
-My first memory is
-I remember when you taught me how to
-One of our funniest moments together was
-The time I missed you most was
-My favorite holiday or birthday present was
-My favorite foods you cooked were
-My favorite children's book was
-My favorite family vacation was
-The most powerful lessons you ever taught me were
-I wish I'd listened to you when
-The time I needed you most and you were there for me was
-You were a wonderful grandmother because

There are 46 different memories to write about as well as pages for photographs. I think this is a great gift to any mother!

What a great idea.......2005-04-21

What a great idea for a book! This is an easy way to create a very personal and happy book of memories for your mother. The prompts are both serious and light-hearted, and the design elegant. I would also recommend it as a family project for mother's day ... its better than flowers or chocolates!

Hugs and Thanks for You, Mom: A Very Special Book for My Extraordinary, Fantastic, Irreplaceable Mother

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Hugs and Thanks for You, Mom: A Very Special Book for My Extraordinary, Fantastic, Irreplaceable Mother
Diane Mastromarino
Manufacturer: Blue Mountain Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1598421131

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This is a very special book to let a very special mom know how much she is thought of and loved. From chef to seamstress to doctor to comic to storyteller to spirit-lifter and everything in between, she is the superwoman in our lives. Because we don't always find the time in our busy schedules to let her know she means the world to us, this lighthearted, sensible, and sensitive collection is filled with lots and lots of great big hugs, warm wishes, the utmost thanks, the happiest smiles, a sprinkle of sunshine, the jolliest laughter, the sweetest thoughts, and all the love a heart can possibly hold. It is the perfect way to say "thank you" for all the years of Mom's hard work and unconditional love.

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This brand-new Mother's Day gift book will tug at the heartstrings with personal recollections of how much mothers give-to their children and to the world around them. My Mother, My Friend also features Scriptures and quotations honoring these special women.

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Thank You For Being My Mother
Criswell Freeman
Manufacturer: J. Countryman
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1404184554

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Saying "thank you" to mom. A spirit-lifting treasure of Bible verses, stories, and quotations that celebrate the most important women in the world: Mothers!

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Thank You for Being My Mother
Jacqui Ripley
Manufacturer: Ryland Peters & Small
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ASIN: 1845973976

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This delightful little book by Jacqui Ripley is the perfect way to let your mother know how much she is loved and appreciated. A mother's love is special--compassionate, tender, affectionate, and wise. Often, it isn't until we are grown up or have children of our own that we truly begin to appreciate our mothers, and to value everything they have done for us all throughout our lives. Sometimes it's hard to put all the love and gratitude you feel for your mom into words, but within these pages daughters and sons say a multitude of than yous for the memories, wisdom, and unconditional love that their mothers have given them. *This little book is a great opportunity to say a huge thank you to your mom for everything she has ever done for you! *A perfect gift for Mother's Day. *Beautifully illustrated with touching and evocative photography.

Thanks for the Memories - My Journey With Alzheimer's As a Caregiver to My Mother

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Thanks for the Memories - My Journey With Alzheimer's As a Caregiver to My Mother
M. Joanne Roth
Manufacturer: Dorrance Pub Co
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ASIN: 0805953213

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To My Mother With Thanks (Pocket Gold)
Lois L. Kaufman
Manufacturer: Peter Pauper Press
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Hugs and Thanks and Lots of Love...for You, Mom: A Very Special Book for My Extraordinary, Fantastic, Irrplaceable Mother

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Hugs and Thanks and Lots of Love...for You, Mom: A Very Special Book for My Extraordinary, Fantastic, Irrplaceable Mother
Diane Mastromarino
Manufacturer: Blue Mountain Press
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