A G.I. Named Joe: Stories of World War II in the Pacific Islands...and Some More

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Excellent Book!.......2000-07-29

An interesting collection of stories about WWII (and after) told from the soldier's prospective. If you are a history buff this book is a must read.

A moving account of life in the South Pacific during WWII.......2000-07-15

This book is an amazing collection of short stories by a soldier who spent over 3 years in the South Pacific during World War II. It is riveting and educational reading. It tells many stories of the battles on Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal, but it also contains many moving human interest stories about life during that time. I highly recommend this book for those who want to learn about that time, and what our fathers and grandfathers went through during World War II.

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2-PART PUNISHER X-OVER - VS TASKMASTER & TOMBSTONE...'NUFF SAID; all issues Fine or better, mostly uncirculated VF-NM

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Loosed From The Taskmaster
Sam Carr
Manufacturer: Word Of Life Ministries
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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"Loosed From The Taskmaster" is based on the Egyptian enslavement of Israel. It examines how different "Taskmasters" were placed over the children of Israel and exactly what the tasmasters did to keep the Israelites under extreme bondage. It also tells how this bondage directly relates to us in modern day times and how we can BREAK the hold of the Taskmaster!

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The Sensible Taskmaster
Chris Heyde
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0959659714

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The Taskmaster
Harold King
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000M03GMC

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SuspenseMaster Meets SpyMaster

The Taskmaster
Harold King
Manufacturer: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0698108272

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SuspenseMaster Meets SpyMaster.......2000-07-27

In THE TASKMASTER suspensemaster Harold King teases a taut tale of intrigue from a tangle of history, politics and espionage. His characters are palpable. His plot startlingly feasible. Its twists remarkably unexpected. THE TASKMASTER; like its predecessors (Paradigm Red and Four Days), deftly escorts its reader to that Harold King trademark moment for which the entire book is written ~ a moment when the author's characters meet Fate a split~second before the reader is introduced. Of his erewhile protege King writes, "Mackensen had a curious way of pretending not to be sure of something when in fact he knew everything." Most assuredly so does Harold King, who settles a score with an exceptional orchestration of personalities, reality and fantasy.

Through cities and scenic vistas stateside to corners of the world more seldom seen, THE TASKMASTER asks, "what if?" And answers with 'intent that passes into a twilight domain where the cautious man acts impetuously, the vigilant man sleeps, the indurate man cares.' Join THE TASKMASTER on a compelling journey of suspense that will draw him to this conclusion... and you along with it.

THE TASKMASTER, published in the United States and Great Britain, may be found using the amazon.com, a libris or other similar out~of~print book search.

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The Taskmaster
Mary Murchison
Manufacturer: Commonwealth Publications
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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The Taskmasters

Manufacturer: McClure, Phillips & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HWTX6I

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Taskmasters of the Sea
Blount Marine Corporation.
Manufacturer: Blount Marine
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ASIN: B000VPSGYG

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Bibby continues to play taskmaster with Trojans.(Sports): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008IS9R0
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on December 16, 2003. The length of the article is 1222 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bibby continues to play taskmaster with Trojans.(Sports)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: December 16, 2003
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: E2

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Lessons learned: experience can be an exacting taskmaster. Here's what five producers say 2002 taught them--the hard way.: An article from: Dairy Today

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Lessons learned: experience can be an exacting taskmaster. Here's what five producers say 2002 taught them--the hard way.: An article from: Dairy Today

Manufacturer: Farm Journal Media
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This digital document is an article from Dairy Today, published by Farm Journal Media on February 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2911 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lessons learned: experience can be an exacting taskmaster. Here's what five producers say 2002 taught them--the hard way.
Publication: Dairy Today (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2003
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Page: 8

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Safe Kids: A Complete Child-Safety Handbook and Resource Guide for Parents
Vivian Kramer Fancher
Manufacturer: Wiley
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With immunization against major childhood diseases widely available, parental concerns in the nineties are focused on safety issues. A handbook and working reference for parents of children from birth through high school. Using positive guidelines rather than a list of do's and don'ts, the book will help you provide your child with a sense of security and the ability to act and react in challenging situations. Topics covered include school, street, transportation, recreation and medical safety, spending time at home alone, sexual abuse and more. Parents and children will learn how to handle the hazards of today's complex world.

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The story of Mina Dobic and her family is a modern odyssey. Her journey to health and wholeness weaves together many of the transcendent themes of the last half-century; the struggle between communism and a free society, the conflict between conventional medicine and holistic health, and the centrifugal forces pulling apart the modern family and the unifying thread that holds it together.

Along the way, Mina passed from cancer victim to cancer survivor, from patient to healer, from student to teacher. Born and having lived in former Yugoslavia for over 40 years, today she is one of the leading macrobiotic cooks and counselors on the West Coast of the USA, inspiring many others with her wisdom, love and compassion.

Thanks to the Dobics and many other families around the world, macrobiotics is beginning to enter the mainstream and influence the course of modern society.

Despite notable strides by the medical research community introducing newly developed therapies and medications, every 15 seconds someone is diagnosed with heart disease or cancer. At the turn of the century cancer affected one out of twenty-seven people. By 1950, the rate had leaped to one in eight; and by 1985, official estimates were that one out of three people would develop the disease.

If cancer continues increasing at this rate, by the year 2000, every other person could ultimately develop it. By the year 2020, cancer could strike four out of five people and, soon thereafter, virtually everyone!

This book tells how to recover from cancer and, better yet, how to prevent it through diet and a simple lifestyle. It explains the philosophy of living in balance with nature. It reminds us how we humans, with our emphasis on fixing things and arrogance of improving on nature, have brought ourselves and other species to the verge of extinction.

This book is about something which is missing in this present world. It is about love, about the real purpose of life which is to nurture and celebrate ourselves, other creatures, the earth, and the Universe which gave us life. It gives us hope for humankind and for the world.

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Fabulous book.......2007-04-10

My beautiful life is a fabulous book. Very powerful, inspirational, and motivating. Mina Dobic is a very powerful healer and has has helped numerous people transition to a macrobiotic lifestyle.

all lies, in my opinion.......2007-03-13

Promoting a diet of organic produce, little refined sugar and whole grains is wonderful; suggesting that such a diet is a CURE for cancer is quack medicine, irresponsible and immoral. Dobic eradicates all developments in science since the Enlightenment and wants readers (many of whom must be desperate cancer patients) to believe that miso soup can destroy a tumor. This isn't 'natural medicine'; this is Orientalism: exoticizing the east to make money in the west. This book is so badly written, one wonders whether the PhD she touts (and touts and touts) is real; the text is mostly unintelligible and occasionally laughable. After reading every page of this book, hoping to learn more about the macrobiotic diet (about which there is MUCH to admire), I understand that the author is neither a scholar nor a healer nor a writer-- just a hotel cook who got very lucky. There are many, many, many better books on cancer, healthy cooking and inspirational/spiritual philosophies. This may be the worst I've ever encountered, if not the worst book I've ever spent real hours of my life reading. How many lives, how many families, has this woman already destroyed with her quackery?

Ridiculous, unverifiable claims.......2007-02-18

None of these methods are scientifically proven or even tested. All we have to go on are the dubious testimonies of people claiming that they cured stage 4 cancer with some seaweed.
I urge anyone who is in a dire health situation to reconsider the advice of charlatans.

Life Changing..........2006-03-20

Mina Dobic's book, My Beautiful Life, inspired me to visit the Kushi Institue in Becket, Massachusetts, and pursue an IMA degree in Complementary Health Education at Antioch McGregor University in Yellow Springs, Ohio. A high school Human Anatomy and Physiology teacher and currently director of a charter conversion school in Ohio, I believe this book has changed not only my life...but lives of hundreds of my students, friends, and professional peers.
I first read a brief description of the book in a catalog. Intrigued, I ordered it and could not stop reading...underlining..highlighting! Knowing full well that the homeostatis of the body is dependent on the health of each and every cell, Mrs. Dobic's description of her cancer, her fight, her flight to Brookline, Massachusets to consult with Michio Kushi, and her eventual victory over disease made excellent sense. I was overwhelmed with the hope...and the power one must claim to take control of their own health.
I am currently teaching a macrobioitc class and have suggested to all of my students that they must read this inspiring, hope-filled story of a brave, strong Yugoslavian woman who did more than beat the odds...she created an entirely new lifestyle for herself and her family. I would be honored to someday meet Mrs. Dobic...and sample one of her macro pies!
Her inspiring story has caused many of my students to take a long, hard look at what they are feeding their cells...and believe me,they are often just plain shocked! Healthy, wholesome eating is a choice...select whole, organic grains,vegetables, temperate fruits (if you live in Ohio), and drink your organic tea! Slow your life down...sing a song daily...walk barefoot in the grass...stop chasing the dream...and begin living it. Read My Beautiful Life and you will feel empowered to do so! Marcia Balmut Ward, Director - Graham Digital Academy, Graham Local Schools, St. Paris, Ohio

Aligning With the Healing Powers of the Universe.......2000-07-05

"Cancer." This dread diagnosis is now heard by one out of two men and one out of three women. In telling the story of her illness and subsequent recovery, Mina Dobic openly talks about the kind of problems we all face these days - emotional family conflicts, environmental pollution, stressful work life, and thoughtless eating habits. All these present our bodies with conditions they can't handle.

For Mina, these pressures accumulated to the point that in 1987 she was diagnosed with fourth stage (terminal) ovarian cancer metastasized throughout her body. But this courageous woman was not about to surrender her life to outside influences.

Her spirit rebelled against doctors judging she had "two months to live". How could anyone else know the strength of her heart? Of her soul? How could they know the depth of her passion for life and desire to care for her family?

With the help of a doctor friend knowledgeable about the importance of a balanced and nourishing diet, Mina took matters into her own hands. Undergirded by the loving support of family and friends, she faithfully followed the instructions of Michio Kushi, a leading macrobiotic healer. In six months she was pronounced cancer-free!

I liked this book because it testifies to the miraculous healing powers of our human bodies and the Universe which created us. Her story assures us that cancer need not be a sentence of premature death. I found very helpful the details of her daily routine and recipes that restored her health. Reading it can help prevent cancer. It is a beautiful gift for anyone struggling to overcome this life-threatening disease.

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The Definitive Book on Period Furniture.......2007-08-12

This is the most thorough, extensive, well-organized, beautifully photographed book on period furniture and interiors on the market today. It should be a required text for all design schools as well as a treasured resource for collectors, historians, and lovers of furniture of all kinds. Well worth it at twice the price.

A Must Have .......2007-05-13

This book is amazing, and needs to be on your shelf if you are involved in Interior Design, Historical Renovation, miniatures construction, film making, etc., etc! What I like best is that it treats less-expected styles, such as Scandinavian and Russian, which are often difficult to locate. The photos are outstanding. The quick Elements of Style at the beginning of each chapter are nut-shell explanations of how to identify a piece as belonging to a certain era. Well worth the price.

Furniture: World Styles From Classical to Contemporary.......2007-04-05

I am an interior design student, and have found this book to be a quality 5 star reference. The book is stunningly illustrated with furniture styles co-ordinated in easy to follow chronological order. This book has obviously been compiled with abundant thought and passion. I am thrilled with this book and highly recommend it!

Beautiful book!.......2007-03-10

This book is stunning! It is full of color photos of every type of furniture from Anciet Egypt to Modern designers. Each period is also divided into countries, so it is easy to find specific information. I highly recommend this book.

Good.......2007-03-09

Item in good condition. Book has lots of useful info! recommend to anyone. Shipping was not a good experience. Didnt recieve my item on time because it was lost or forgot to ship it. Called back and recieved a new one a month and a half later after ordering! Overall; good item, not great shopping experience.

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Quick and Easy Quilting Set
Reader's Digest Editors
Manufacturer: Readers Digest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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When you hear the word "quilt," you probably think of a patchwork coverlet for the bed. But there are many other exciting ways to use patchwork, and the Quick and Easy Quilting Set includes everything you need to start creating beautiful items today. With the all-important rotary cutter and all the materials necessary, you can make the Ohio Star wall hanging as your first hands-on project.

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Quick & Easy Scrap Quilting In Mix And Match Sets
Jeanne; Hatch, Sandra L., Editors Stauffer
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Quick & Easy Quilting Set
Readers Digest
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A state-of-the-art overview on important topics relating to the breeding of agriculturally and horticulturally important plants. It continually monitors developments in plant breeding research and covers major field crops, horticultural crops and specialties.

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Child: Mommy, I don't feel so good.

Mother: What's wrong, honey?

Child: I don't know, I just don't feel so good.

As a parent, you know the fear and frustration you feel when your child is sick, especially when the doctor can't diagnose anything specifically wrong. Yet, rather than go from doctor to doctor for second and third opinions and possibly administer medication that may not even be necessary, you need to refer to Tell Me Where It Hurts to help you determine whether your child's problem is physical, psychological, emotional, a combination of all three-or perhaps one factor leading to the other.

Authors Jonathan Slater, M.D., and Mark Fuerst have produced a groundbreaking book that, for the first time, helps concerned parents unravel the complex symptoms and complaints they hear all the time from their kids-and know how to distinguish the benign from the chronic and serious.

Tell Me Where It Hurts helps get to the root of such health issues as:

-Depression

-Fears

-Headaches

-Joint pain

-Sleep disorders

-Stomachaches

-Stress

This invaluable work also presents the latest research on myriad treatment options, from traditional medicine to alternative therapies. Filled with invaluable charts and action plans to guide you along, Tell Me Where It Hurts is your Rosetta stone to decoding your child's symptoms.

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disappointingly bland.......2007-03-28

I will keep this short to avoid being cruel: this has to be the first book written by the author. I bought it hoping to gain insight into the intriguing work of an obscure musician but instead found bland cliche after cliche in what amounts to a collection of anecdotal recollections and needless detail , with little expansion on Heard's life beyond his everyday tedium. It explores Mark's spiritual journey but with little depth. This disorganized history is repetitious, dull and just a monotonous read. I know there has to be more depth to this life but a litany of accolades, all similar, (and pages of lyrics that can be found on the records)is very unsatisfying.
Skip this, listen to the records.

for mark heard fans only.......2006-02-06

I bought this book hoping it would be like Christy Moore's superb autobiography, "One Voice: My Life In Song", in other words something that helps me look more closely at his lyrics and really understand logically what inspired each one and the story behind each one (along with learning about the author). It does not do that, and in fact is a very different sort of book: a tribute by some friends. If you don't count yourself a fan, don't buy this book; just listen to the music. But if you loved Mark Heard, this book will both drive you nuts for its lack of organization, and fascinate you for hours as you try to pull the details out of it like a Chinese puzzle. It would have been nice if Dickerson had had a very tough and clear, organized editor to force him into more order here. But considering how hard (he says) it was to get this into print in the first place, it's a welcome tribute that I'll return to (for the lyrics) for a long time. Still, do buy the music.

Treasure of the Broken Land.......2003-12-06

Even if you don't have the foggiest idea who Mark Heard was, you should read this book if you are haunted by beauty or if you struggle with the holy terror of trying to figure out how to live out your vocation in a world that has "packaged our virtues in cellulose dreams/ and sold us the remnants `till our pockets are clean." "Hammers and Nails", like Heard's music that inspired it, is by turns deeply probing, morally profound, gravely sad, and indefatigably and tenaciously joyful. Heard wrestled with a gift that was both a vocation to art and a cross to bear. Dickerson's book follows the "tricks of the tracks" as Heard "sails down the rails" of his life, and the ride is a good one, if tragically brief. Even if it only included Heard's article on making music (written for Image, a journal of the arts and religion); or even if it only contained the numerous poems and song lyrics by Heard that are scattered throughout; or again, even if it only contained Dickerson's reminiscences and meditations on the meaning of music, art, vocation, and life, it would be worth the price. The fact that it has all these woven into the tapestry that was Heard's too-brief life makes it a book worth owning. My fear is that this book, like Heard's my-God-why-did-he-have-to-die-so-young music, will be neglected by an age that cares not to be disturbed by beauty, preferring trifles and slapdash cosmetics to a profound engagement with the severe beauty of life. Heard's life and music will comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and Dickerson's book is an introduction to that music that I hope will ensure that Heard does not go unheard. (I should add that Dickerson's other recent book, "Following Gandalf", is similarly profound, readable, and delightful.)

Mark Heard a good biography for a great artist!.......2003-10-02

I have been an admirer of Mark Heard's music for several years now and was pleased to read about this book's release. It is much less a straightforward biography and much more a book of reflections from a long and distinguished group of friends (Pierce Pettis, Buddy and Julie Miller, Tonio K and T-Bone Burnette). I was very interested in the chapters dealing with Mark's opinions on popular culture, his dealings with the church, and "CCM" music industry. The only drawback to the book was the large amount of song lyrics presented, which after awhile seemed more and more like filler. I thought the book would have been more interesting if the author would have presented Mark's journal writings instead, but beyond that the book was a fascinating read.

As an added bonus Hammers & Nails features some of Mark's photography.

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