Skeptics disappear after experiencing this riveting saga of the mysterious fate of the noted artic explorer, John Franklin. CR
"Blood finds Blood"..Sir John found B.J. Rule, his descendent, to relate the ture gripping facts of his mysterious fate. TA
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A famous arctic explorer finds a descendent contemporary writer to relate the chilling facts causative of the mysterious disappearance of his voyage and his discovery of The Northwest Passage. NM
Bizaare! Sir John himself...the subject character, dead for 153 years, returns as the literal "ghost co-author" of this riveting historic saga. AM
B.J.'s exhaustive research, vivid descriptions, unique theme, detail orientation, captivating writing skill and the admirable main character create a worthwhile reading happening. A Discerning Reader.
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The Everything(r) Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child is your all-inclusive guide to regaining, and maintaining, a healthy and happy family.
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- Probably the best of the "Classic Beer Style" series
- wow, these guys know how to write!
- Improved my most recent batch
- Interesting, thorough, and practical.
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Barley Wine: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes (Classic Beer Style Series, 11)
Fal Allen
Manufacturer: Brewers Publications
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Finally, the definitive book on one of the world's mysterious beers that clearly explains the romantic term barley wine.
Customer Reviews:
Probably the best of the "Classic Beer Style" series.......2007-08-19
This book is one of the gems of the classic beer style series.
Here, the topic is barleywine ... a style that frequently gives both professional and amateur homebrewers fits. The author give good information on various brewing techniques that can help people to master this style - split lautering (for making both barley wine and mild ale from the same mash), wort concentratration/caramelization by long boils, using multiple yeast strains (a base strain for flavor, and other strains for higher attenuation/flocculation), etc.
This book is a must read for any amateur homebrewer who wants to attempt this style with improved chances of success and satisfaction.
p.s. One of my own personal specialities, back when I was still homebrewing regularly, was making clones of Anchor "Old Foghorn". The trick to duplicating that beer (aside from hop & yeast selection) is a touch of maple sugar. That tip is courtesy of yours truly, not Fal Allen.
wow, these guys know how to write!.......2004-01-11
What a well written book. Very well researched too. They even included my local award winning favorite beer, Commonwealth Special Old Ale. Highly recommend this book to fellow beer geeks.
Improved my most recent batch.......1999-08-13
I found Fal and Dick's book to be one of the most useful of the Classic Beer Style series. It had the right balance of technical and historical information. I found the discussion of fermentation of BW to be helpful addressing the longer duration and the issues concerning attenuation of such a high gravity beer.
Interesting, thorough, and practical........1998-08-16
The quality of the most recent addition to the Classic Beer Style series should not be a surprise. Allen and Cantwell discuss the history of Barley Wine, from Bass No. 1, to the modern brews of the American Micros. Barley Wine discusses the unique problems, and solutions, in brewing high gravity beers, and includes 11 (mostly) all grain recipes. The approach is thorough, but practical, and does not dwell on scientific technical minutiae. Also included is a section with details of the ingredients and brewing processes used in 20 commercially produced Barley Wines. This book will allow you to approach your next batch of Barley Wine with confidence.
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Producing Ridden Show Ponies (Allen Photographic Guides)
Nigel Hollings
Manufacturer: J. A. Allen & Company, Limited
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recommended by the accidental quilter.......2002-08-11
Roberta Horton is a national treasure. I have never met her or had her for a class, but I have learned as much about quilts and constructing folk art quilts from her books as I have with many terrific courses with big name quilters. Scrap Quilts is a workshop in a book! There are no patterns--she makes you create your own paper appliques in a chapter near the end of the book.
She also has a chapter of pieced block diagrams that work well with scrap quilts. She does not waste your time printing templates of classic blocks that you already have in other books.
Also--you can glance at the diagrams and rotary cut the pieces to
whatever size you want--so you are not locked in to a certain size block. The color plates of the the scrap quilt examples are awesome. (So are the photos of Roberta's toy sewing machine collection in the sidebars-- a bonus for all you tiny stitchers!) Roberta has taken her evaluation of the scrap quilt process a step further than Gwen Marston in Liberated Quiltmaking (which is also an awesome primer on creative scrap quilts.)Gwen focuses on the process--but Roberta focuses on how to manipulate
color and design to enhance the process. She also shows you how to add freeform applique to pieced quilts and still retain the scrap quilt flavor. There is always attention to value, color, and fabric so that your quilt will end up a piece of original art
and not an imitation of someone else's work.
If you see your quilts as identical blocks of classic patterns--this book will confuse you. If you hunger to quilt your
life--this book will help you immensely.
For instance, Roberta has a picture of a quilt about her Singer Featherweight. She loves that featherweight and it shows in the quilt. It inspired me. I spent most of last night on my EQ designing a wall quilt for my Elna Grasshopper. I love it--but it
has a totally different personality than Roberta's featherweight.
My quilt will be very different--but she has several ideas that I will probably borrow. (such as the plaid background around the machine.) Also, her idea about using old sets of scrap blocks for a border has got me thinking and looking. I want to call my quilt
"Grasshopper in the fabric stash" surrounding an applique center block with scrap rail fence fabric--but I may audition some scrap
pinwheels that I pieced at random in Gwen Marston's suprise quilt class.
That's one of the things I love about Roberta's books. She gives me lessons that fit in perfectly with the classes I've had with
Gwen Marston, Joen Wolfron, and Margaret Miller. I can take projects I've started in their classes and incorporate them into
something she's pushed me to dream up.
A great book--don't miss it!
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A Motivational Book About Quilts/Fabric/Style.......2000-10-25
This is the second book by Roberta Horton I have bought. I realize now that she is a teacher...her goal is to motivate us to be as creative as we allow ourselves to be, then push us just a little more. This is a wonderful book about using colors/prints/stripes together in projects that don't "stay between the lines" so to speak. Learned about creating interest and movement in quilts by her wonderful explainations and examples. I do prefer the traditional color-coordinated repeat block quilts, BUT NOW, I know that the scrap quilts and quilts that may not have caught my eye in the past certainly will now, because I have an understanding of the work the creator put into the project. There are block patterns in this book but as far as step-by-step for creating specific quilts...no. She gives you information, examples, some how to's (applique, drafting blocks, cutting out applique patterns, etc) and lots of good info on how to let yourself go in creating a real work of art. If you feel like you have become stagnant in your quiltmaking, buy this book and enjoy the creativity it sparks in your mind while you read it through. A nice addition to a quilter's library!
My favorite quilt book.......2000-01-20
Although I have a fair collection of quilting books, and I keep buying new ones, this book is my favorite. Roberta Horton encourages her readers to be adventurous. She gives a really good treatment of ways to combine fabrics to make a quilt that looks inviting and interesting. She especially likes directionals, and she likes them slightly off-grain.
There are some wonderful color pictures and a wide variety of color combinations. The last part of the book invites readers to create picture quilts.
All in all, this book makes me feel like I can create a quilt and enjoy what I create.
Scrap Quilts: The Art of Making Do.......1999-12-29
I bought this book through a book club several months ago and am ordering a another for a gift for my quilting bestfriend.
This book explained to me what was special about the quilts that I loved and was drawn to.... I get an ache inside because I want to create what I see so badly and don't know how. Based on my experience as a quilter, this book is much more that a quilting book, it seems more like a curriculum on how to see quilts, fabrics, colors, and to interpret in fabric what one sees and loves about scrap quilts. Each time I sit down with the book, I study it, and pick up a new piece of information.
In my opinion, Robert Horton is a very talented lady. Thanks for writing it, Roberta!
Not a traditional scrap quilting book.......1999-12-23
The author no doubt is a very talented quilter, and did a great job with the book. However, I was somewhat mislead by the title. I thought the book would deal exclusively with tradtional scrap quilts - you know, making do with scraps like they did during the depression and war years. This was not the case. I purchased the book from a book club, so I wasn't able to review it's contents before I bought it. Had I been able to do so, I would not have made the purchase.
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The New Ontario Gardener
Trevor Cole
Manufacturer: Whitecap Books
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Since its first printing ten years ago, The Ontario Gardener has been an indispensable reference. This revision adds new techniques and information, descriptions of many new plants that have become available in the last few years and new chapters on rock and container gardening. Author Trevor Cole, former curator of the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa and veteran instructor of home landscaping courses, provides crucial information on hardiness (including a zone map), plant size, flowering time, and shade tolerance, while offering friendly and helpful advice based on nearly thirty five years of experience of gardening in Ontario. Information is presented in a clear and orderly manner, featuring illustrated instructions, garden plan layouts, suggested readings and 40 pages of colour photographs. Whether you are looking for inspiration or you just need help in executing your own gardening plans, The New Ontario Gardener will serve as an excellent guide and reference book.
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"The simple truth about elders is this: they want their lives to be validated, and they do not want to die alone," writes eldercare consultant Joy Loverde in her preface to the second edition of The Complete Eldercare Planner. While that desire is entirely valid and compelling, there is an equally real parallel reality: caring for elders is a formidable responsibility, a sometimes daunting maze of financial, medical, personal, legal, and logistical issues. Acutely aware of both truths, Loverde's goal is to provide the caregiver the support and efficient, practical guidance he or she needs to be able to enjoy the often-rewarding and moving experience of caring for an aging loved one. And in an era when the fastest growing segment of the population is those 80 and older (among those, the majority are women), it becomes increasingly important for caregivers, who are themselves one day going to need care, to be informed about eldercare facts.
With a clarity and authority that comes from years of consulting experience, Loverde shares techniques and step-by-step tactics for all aspects of eldercare, from how to first broach the topic with an elder that he or she needs care and finding the best insurance coverage to emergency preparedness and managing the process of dying. Thirteen chapters are organized by a series of plans that instruct and advise the caregiver on how to research, prepare for, and manage a particular issue. An "Action Checklist" and, when applicable, a list of low-cost or free resources punctuate each chapter's end. The chapters on legal matters (estate planning, insurance fraud), money (cost-cutting strategies), and insurance (options beyond Medicare, supplementary coverage, long-term policies) will be particularly helpful to those first grappling with their elder's financial position. While on occasion Loverde's recommendations may seem vague--in some cases there are too many variables for the author be more specific without sacrificing relevancy to all readers--The Complete Eldercare Planner is an accessible, comprehensive, and thoughtful resource that will inspire caregivers in their pursuit of quality health care for the aging. --Rebecca Wright
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"Am I doing the right thing?" "I work full-time -- how can I be in two places at once?" "Who's going to pay for Mom's home care?" "How do I bring up sensitive subjects like their money, moving, and not driving?" "Do we need long-term-care insurance?" "Wait! Do I really want Dad to move in?" "Where do my parents keep their legal documents?" "Do they have a will?" Caring for elderly loved ones can be a full-time job--on top of regular work and family responsibilities. How can you cope?
The answer is Joy Loverde's The Complete Eldercare Planner, now fully revised and updated with the latest information to help you plan ahead and manage real-life eldercare crises. Everything you need is on these pages, with essential checklists, practical communication tips, free and low-cost resources, web-sites, step-by-step action plans, questions to ask the professionals, record-keeping forms, and The Documents Locator,™ which helps you to always have access to critical paperwork. Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:
EFFECTIVE PLANNING: Where to start -- Getting caught off-guard
COMMUNICARING: Opening up the dialogue -- Turning conflict into cooperation -- Getting everyone in the family to pitch in
CAREGIVERS: How to tell when your elder needs help -- Sharing the care -- Avoiding burnout
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Managing medications -- Coping with hospitalization
MONEY MATTERS: The cost of long-term care -- Ready cash
LEGAL MATTERS: Estate planning -- Elder advocacy
INSURANCE: Getting the coverage you need -- Beyond Medicare
HOUSING: Home suite home -- When Mom or Dad moves in
SAFE AND SECURE: Minimizing distress over distance -- Accident-proofing the home
TRANSPORTATION: When it is no longer safe to drive -- Alternative transportation
HEALTH AND WELLNESS: Taking charge of health -- Communicating with the doctor
DEATH AND DYING: End-of-life issues -- Saying good-bye
QUALITY OF LIFE: Aging with disability -- Family power
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Customer Reviews:
Highly recommended........2007-02-13
For those who have been, or will be, managing the health and financial welfare of your elderly parents, this book provides very helpful and detailed guidelines on how to do this with tact and compassion, as well as providing numerous resources. I ordered copies for all of my siblings. Best resource I found on the subject.
Concrete Plan of Action.......2005-11-27
"Am I doing the right thing?" Every adult child of a family member requiring eldercare asks this question. The Complete Eldercare Planner will help today's busy caregivers with medical, financial, and personal issues by condensing hours of research into a concrete plan of action. In one volume, readers will learn about emergency preparedness; how to tell when your elder needs help; talking about sensitive subjects; sharing the care; long-distance assistance; money and legal matters; health and wellness; insurance; housing; safety; transportation; maintaining quality of life; aging with a disability; death and dying; and more.
This carefully designed guide also presents material in an unusually accessible way, with dozens of checklists, step-by-step mini-planning guides, lists of low-cost/free resources, website index, questions to ask with places to write down answers, spaces to record elder's vital medial, financial, and personal information, and more.
Overwhelming Help in a crisis time of need.......2005-07-22
7-22-05 -- Recently I found myself along with 3 other siblings and spouses thrust into new uncharted waters in a totally new season of our lives. Suddenly and without any training we were and continue to this day having to take care of my aging parents. I for one will freely admit that as a child I was never trained, prepared, nor exceptionally gifted to undertake such a task. It is just not the type of thing that you can ever really get to a line and say ready...set...go...and do it very well. Elderly health care in 2005 does not always afford us the luxury of any long preparation either emotionally or financially.
Suddenly unmercifully and usually without warning you hear over the phone in the midst of a busy American routine those words you dread. It's Cancer, a stroke, or replacement surgery, just minor or major operations which means weeks of homecare and hospitalization's, etc., You are suddenly no longer swinging a few bats warming up in the on deck circle there in safety at a bit of distance. But you find yourself thrust into the batters box. You are no longer the stand by just in case fill in player who dressed for the game just in case you would or might be needed. But suddenly with a phone call, you find yourself thrust without any prior warning into the batters box. You are to take charge with 3 others voices and votes, your parents primary healthcare.
Now, if you call a frantic call for "HELP" in the middle of the night when just the week before things were okay a warning, well then, you're doing better than we were. You find yourself suddenly up at the plate with bases loaded, two outs, bottom of the ninth your teams behind 3 runs. To top it off you're facing a 94mph fastball pitcher who also throws a mean slider called the reality of life. You have never been good at hitting these kinds of pitches. Much less being the homerun hitter the team needs at this moment and are all looking to you now for. Then you hear through your wife there is a book available on just such a thing. It allows you to calmly and logically check out all of your options. It tells you in simple language just how you go about walking through this difficult mine field you've been thrust into without training or any real prior warning. It tells you how to do this without losing your mind, your family unity, and most of all your parents dignity.
I found myself literally reading the pages of Joy's, "Elder Care" wonderful "How TO" book on the plane going headed to Florida. I was then going there for my Dad's 80th B-day party as well as a visit to help out for 10 days at my elderly parents. Little did I know then, that I would see those 10 days turn suddenly into 46 long and hectic days I ended up spending there. Little did I realize as I paged through this how to book on Elderly Care that it would be like a daily Bible to me. I was literally reading a chapter ahead of the events as they unfolded in the next days. It was giving me the answers to question I had not yet asked, but found myself doing so in the next days to follow.
As a former Eagle Scout, USMC SGT., Police Officer, Business owner, 20 years as a Lay Minister and being Happily Married to the same woman for over 26 years now, I'd received lots and lots of great training. Even you will have to admit that this background covers a lot of diversified and really good training. But nothing, absolutely nothing, but my Faith prepared me emotionally, physically, or all of us financially for the events that would suddenly and totally unwelcomed show up in the middle of the night. They just seem to attack you without ceasing on these issues when it's "Your Mom or Dad."
Thank you Joy, for the time it must have taken you and the wealth of information this book contains. I personally know that it was truly a Godsend at a time of crisis in our lives. It still today continues to guide us along these slippery slopes. But because of this well timed work of Mercy and Grace, we have maintained as a family, and continued to allow my parents their Dignity and somewhat their independence. I believe this book will help answer the question of the heart on elderly care and give you practical and timely information to steer you to through the minefields of elderly care life. You should have a copy on the shelf in your own homes and be reading it now, if your parents are near or reaching retirement age.
We waited and it caught us totally by surprise. But it didn't catch Joy by surprise...I personally believe that she was obedient to the Spirit of God to produce this work for a time such as this. Our generation will Thank Her one day I believe for her unselfish actions in writing this Elder Care "How To Bible" for the uniformed. The Word of God says that "...my people perish for a lack of knowledge..." I believe that this book is full of knowledge that will help us all in our moments of crisis and bring life and health to all who read it.
Thanks for listening to my lengthy review and a very special Thanks to You Joy. You just keep on writing Joy and we will keep getting filled with the great knowledge we all need and can practically use for our loved ones. God Bless you and again... Thank you from our families hearts to yours.
God Bless You,
David D. Spaulding
I needed two books to care for my mother in law.......2005-05-03
My mother in law needs so much care and we had no clue on what to do. We bought this book and we bought the 36-Hour day. We are completely sure now that we are making the right choices because of the tips in both of these books. I recommmend this book highly.
Excellent Professional Resource.......2005-04-30
I work for an area agency on aging in Oregon and do some work in our Title IIIE family caregiver support program. Unfortunately, in these shaky economic times, the State is on the verge of cutting a large number of our Medicaid clients from nursing home and community based programs -- and we are expecting much more of the burden of caring for the elderly falling to families than is even now the case -- so the more resources that can be made available to them, the better. Joy, keep up the good work! I also appreciated the chapter on caring for difficult parents (I've got two of them, ages 81 and 90, living in a mobile home park in Peoria AZ) -- in fact I lent the book to my sister who lives in Virginia and she found it very helpful during a trying time she had with them last spring.
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Soon after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911, his Anglo-Irish rival, Sir Ernest Shackleton, sought to top the feat by making his way from one end of Antarctica to the other on sledge. He set off with a crew of 28, including scientists and a movie cameraman, but the voyage turned disastrous when Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, became hopelessly stuck in pack ice, throwing the men (and the dogs brought to pull the sledges) into a desperate battle for survival. South is Shackleton's own account--one of the critical sources for Alfred Lansing's bestseller Endurance--of what it was like to be "helpless intruders in a strange world," a vivid narrative in which tales of Edwardian pluck are counterpointed with lyrical accounts of whales, penguins, and bizarre mirages. This story of a group of men who beat nearly impossible odds to escape death and make their way home is one of the all-time great survival stories. --Robert McNamara
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His destination Antarctica, his expectations high, veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out, on the eve of the First World War, in pursuit of his goal to lead the first expedition across the last unknown continent. Instead, his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea ice, and for nine months Shackleton fought a losing battle with the elements before the drifting ship was crushed and his crew marooned. Shackleton's gripping account of his incredible voyage follows him and his men across 600 miles of unstable ice floes to a barren rock called Elephant Island. It records how, with a crew of four, he crossed 850 miles of the worst seas in a twenty-two-foot-long open boat and how, after landing on South Georgia Island, they then had to traverse over twenty miles of mountainous terrain to reach the nearest outpost of civilization. Shackleton recounts, too, the efforts of his support party aboard the Aurora, who in temperatures of -50 [degree] and winds of 80 m.p.h. still managed to drop off supplies on the opposite side of the continent, little suspecting the fate of the Endurance and the ordeal of its crew. The harrowing experience recounted in Shackleton's memoir is also strikingly illustrated with eighty-eight diagrams and original photographs taken in the course of this incredible voyage.
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Shackleton tells the story of his last expedition (1914-1917) when his ship was crushed by pack ice. He sailed 800 miles in an open boat and then hiked twenty miles through the mountains in order to save his men.
Customer Reviews:
South without pictures.......2007-10-17
I was very disappointed when I received this book. I had ordered the hard cover edition at a premium price expecting to get a quality reproduction of Sir Ernest Shackleton's classic book. The original book published by Heineman had many plates of photos taken by the photographer who travelled on the voyage. This version published by North Books had no photos, was on cheap paper and had a fairly basic hard cover. I sent it back and managed to source a second hand copy of the version published by Heineman.
I've lost a bit more faith in humanity.......2007-04-30
I've noticed numerous people complaining about how Shackelton seems to be neglecting character development in his narration. This isn't a work of fiction, the people involved are not characters Shackelton just pulled out of thin air and could mould to his choosing. They were real, flesh and blood human beings, and to say that one man no matter how well he knew them could actually put their thoughts and personality to paper would be not only incredibly foolish, but also woefully inaccurate, and seriously can you honestly picture Shackelton dragging various members of the crew out onto the floes and sitting them on a snow band before asking, "How does that make you feel?".
Of course it's not going to be the most exciting piece of literature you've ever read. The book is written as a journal and journals tend to cover the day to day dealings of the person whom is writing in them. Longitudes, latitudes and the general functioning of the ship were Shackelton's daily concerns.
It's amazing how many people overlook the enormity of the task these men undertook simply because the authors writing style tended to focus on the here and now and the little details of daily life rather than some hugely embellished fantasy designed simply to make a profit. Anyway.
To those of you whom appreciate this for what it is, you have my applause.
Great Book.......2007-01-12
This is a great adventure book. Exciting adventures and heroic deeds make for good reading.
the straight-ahead momentum of an ice breaker.......2004-04-27
His party stranded on an ice floe hundreds of miles from their destination, beyond the reach of the outside world -- even had the outside world known they needed help, or where to look -- his ship crushed by countless miles of pack ice and supplies running low, Ernest Shackleton spent not a moment in lamentation. He set about saving his crew and himself. They made their way to a small, desolate bit of island shore, from which Shackleton and five men journeyed 800 miles in a 22-foot open boat across the most dangerous sea in the world. A trek through miles of snow-covered mountain wilderness finally brought rescue. And everybody survived! Shackleton's is an epic tale of true adventure and derring-do, and he tells it with the straight-ahead momentum of an ice breaker diving into the pack. He sees beauty in the Antarctic, and he carries a touch of poetry (Browning, anyway) in his soul. He is also a detail man, and his flights of descriptive eloquence bog down amid facts, figures, wind speeds and diatomous striations. But this piling-on of minutiae proves riveting in the action sequences (most of the book). We feel like we are there. Having told his own party's tale, Shackleton gives a useful if anticlimactic account of the Ross Sea wing of the expedition - a story with its own generous measure of adventure, heroism and poignancy.
Poor Shackleton.......2002-12-23
Poor Shackleton. In all his life it seems he allways came late or second, allmost made it or, as in this story, did not reach his goal at all.
Most amazing in his last expedition is that no lives were lost, though probably encountering the worst circumstances of the expedions I know of.
Most remarkably are the stunning photo's by Frank Hurley. The negatives were either transported over ice and sea, or (no book provided me with that information) were allready developed on the ice. In my copy of this book (printed probably around 1935), but not found in all later editions, one of these negatives is in good quality full-colour, made in 1914!
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This Audiofy audiobook chip packs Geoffrey Howard's full 12.5 hour reading of "South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage" on a tiny memory card. A single Audiofy audiobook chip, hardly larger than a stamp, holds a complete digital audiobook, and saves the last listening position automatically, unlike CDs. With an SD memory card slot or low-cost adapter - like those for digital cameras - this Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers or laptops (Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Me/98, or Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above) or transferred to Apple iPod media players. Audiobook chips also move seamlessly to most Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld PDAs with SD expansion slots, as well as Treo and Windows Mobile "smartphones" (Palm OS 5.2 or Windows Mobile 2002 and above)... His destination Antarctica, his expectations high, veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out, on the eve of the First World War, in pursuit of his goal to lead the first expedition across the last unknown continent. Instead, his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea ice, and for nine months Shackleton fought a losing battle with the elements before the drifting ship was crushed and his crew marooned.
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Etchings in an Hourglass
Kate Simon
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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Simon's work is very moving........2000-09-13
Etchings in an Hourglass is the sequel to Bronx Primitive and A Wider World. This third volume of Kate Simon's extraordinary memoirs centers around the main people in her later life. Her first husband's illness and death were followed by two bittersweet love affairs and then by the painful death of her daughter -her only child-whose long illness the author describes with her usual blend of empathy and self-restraint. Her younger sister, whom she had helped to raise, also died at this time. Kate's relationship with her second husband grew bitter, and after an illness she entered a hospital, had an abortion, and went into analysis. In the years that followed Kate took up the travels for which she became famous in her books and articles. Here, however, she describes not scenery or architecture but people-especially men-who became friends or lovers and offered marriage or adventure. The book ends with a portrait of the author as she was at the end of her life-well centered, elderly, a bit tired, but still pushing, still entertained.
Kate Simon (1912-90) was born in Warsaw, Poland, and came to the United States with her family at the age of four. Her first memoir, Bronx Primitive, recalls her childhood in New York City. A Wider World continues the story of her life through her adolescence. Ms. Simon was well known for her travel guides Italy: The Places in Between, Mexico: Places and Pleasures, and New York: Places and Pleasures. Her other books include A Renaissance Tapestrv: The Gonzaga of Mantua. She lived in New York City.
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- River Stops Here: How One Man's Battle to, The: Save His Valley Changed the Fate of California
- Ships, Furs, and Sandalwood: A Yankee Trader in Hawai'i, 1823-1825
- Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
- Stay Out of the Wheat Field
- Surry Of Eagle's Nest
- T-Patchers Vs. Tiger Tanks, Rutabaga Diet: World War II, A Corporal's Diary
- Tales of a Tankman: Between the Battles
- Teenage Soldiers Adult Wars (Icarus World Issues Series)
- The Anarchist Resistance To Franco
- The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words
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