Honest John Shafroth a Colorado Reformer (Colorado History, Voume 8)

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Biography of John Shafroth: Governor of Colorado 1909-1913, Houes of Representatives (1895-1904) and US Senator (1913-1919). Battled for progressive casues such as campaign finance reform, coal mine safety, direct election of US Senators, and the initiative and referendum. In the Senate he helprd to establish the Federal Reserve System, crusaded for women's suffrage, championed the rights of Puerto Ricands and Filipinos and supported the League of Nations.

Honest John Shafroth: A Colorado Reformer (Colorado History Series, 8)

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Honest John Shafroth: A Colorado Reformer (Colorado History Series, 8)
Stephen J. Leonard , Thomas J. Noel , and Donald L., Jr. Walker
Manufacturer: Colorado Historical Society
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Binding: Paperback

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Unclean elections were as common as unclean streets in early twentieth-century America. Few politicians questioned the process that put them in power, but John Shafroth — "Honest John" — did. On February 15, 1904, the five-term Colorado congressman stunned the U.S. House of Representatives by resigning his seat. He declared that the November 1902 election had been tainted with fraud and he had unwittingly benefited. After his resignation, a Supreme Court justice told him: "Only a brave and honest man would do as you did. Such actions make one proud of his country and sure of its future."

John Franklin Shafroth helped build that future. In two terms as Colorado's governor (1909-1913) and one term as U.S. senator (1913-1919), he advocated a set of reforms, including women's suffrage, the federal reserve system, and the initiative and referendum — that shaped twentieth-century policy and politics. More than anyone else in Colorado's history, Shafroth lifted politics out of the mire.

Honest John Shafroth: A Colorado Reformer is the eighth volume in the Colorado History series.

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After the successful publication of his biography (1998) and his brilliant polar journal Farthest North (2000), Nansen has in the past years recaptured his reputation as 'a modern Viking' (Daily Mail) which he enjoyed a century ago. This book is an abridgement of the two volumes of journals he edited of his daring crossing of the icy, treacherous snow plains of Greenland. At the time, before his famous arctic journey, no one had ever succeeded in penetrating the depths of Greenland. His ideas for crossing, upwards with dogs which would be eaten on the way, and downwards by skiing, were received with scathing contempt as contemporary thinking favoured large expeditions with numerous servants for survival.

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The First Crossing of Greenland
Fridtjof (Translated by Hubert Majendie Gepp) Nansen
Manufacturer: Longmans
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KL60F8

The First Crossing Of Greenland, 2 Volumes

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The First Crossing Of Greenland, 2 Volumes
Fridtjof Nansen
Manufacturer: Longmans Green & Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KF43KS

The First Crossing of Greenland. Translated form the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp... With maps and numerous illustrations. In two volumes

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The First Crossing of Greenland. Translated form the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp... With maps and numerous illustrations. In two volumes
Fridtjof Nansen
Manufacturer: Longmans, Green, and Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W7LGZO

The "Fram" expedition: Nansen in the frozen world. Preceded by a biography of the great explorer and copious extracts from Nansen's "First crossing of ... Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary, U.S.N

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The "Fram" expedition: Nansen in the frozen world. Preceded by a biography of the great explorer and copious extracts from Nansen's "First crossing of ... Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary, U.S.N
S. L Berens
Manufacturer: A.J. Holman & co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The First Crossing of Greenland

Manufacturer: Longmans, Green, and Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I8D2XG

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The First Crossing of Greenland
Fridtjof Nansen
Manufacturer: Longman's Green & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J35LD4

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The First Crossing of Greenland
Fridtjof (trans. by Hubert Gepp) Nansen
Manufacturer: Longmans Green & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H0QEQC

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The First Crossing of Greenland.
Fridtjof Nansen
Manufacturer: Longmans, Green & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OII20I

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PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS (now retitled PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS: BOOK I) -- ESSENTIAL TAX STRATEGIES FOR THE LANDOWNER (THIRD EDITION, REVISED IN 1998)

PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS is the original landowner's introduction to basic tax issues and other considerations. The message of PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS is simple: if you have land you love, you may have an estate tax problem. The land may have become so valuable it may have to be sold to pay the estate tax.

This is the updated third edition of this important book, now retitled PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS: BOOK I and revised in 1998 to include the new estate tax provisions and land protection incentives included in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

In addition to this new material, PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS still includes:

-an introduction to conservation easements
- an introduction to the income and estate tax benefits available for donations of conservation easements and the estate and gift tax rules
- gifts by will and gifts of remainder interests
- appraisal issues and information about potential donee organizations
- what you need to know to get started

If you haven't read PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS you should. It's the first book in the series.

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For centuries the hat has reflected the mood of its wearer and the spirit of its time. Hats are the crowning glory, the pinnacle, the grand finale of an outfit. Through history, when times were good, a joyous hat was a triumphant banner - when times were desperate, a brave hat could raise spirits. Vintage Hats Bonnets is a time machine that follows the evolution of fashion from 1770 to 1970. The chapters are organized by decades and each has an historical overview, fashion overview, and hat descriptions, including information on materials, milliners, and designers of the day. Plus there's information on care, repair, and proper storage of hats. Just a few of the famous designers portrayed are Fortuny, Pengat, Patou, Olanvin, Paquin, Lelong, Schiaperelli, and Mary McFadden. 2004 values. REVIEW: This book, published in 1998, has been well received by vintage clothing collectors. Presented in a unique way, the book chronicles the history of hats and bonnets, accompanied by vintage photographs of women wearing the items. A must-have for collectors of vintage hats and clothing.

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Beautiful Book.......2007-05-02

I bought this as a gift for my sister who collects Victorian type items. I was very pleased with the quality of the book, it is beautiful, and the price was great. Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a little history.

Great for Research.......2006-09-29

Very detailed, lots of images. Values a bit on the wishful side. Great for collectors, costumers, dealers as the research possibilities can be as simple as using photos, to actually reading the informative text.
An excellent addition to your library.

pics pics pics.......2006-01-20

if it is tons of pics of hats you want this is it!

vintage hats and bonnets.......2005-10-08

a realy beautiful book .full of hundreds of illustrations and a good source for a budding milliner

Lots of pretty color photographs but..........2005-03-07

The book is a good buy for the price with a lot of color photographs and text but I was really more looking for something to compare my vintage hat collection to as a price guide. I have over 110 vintage hats, and I still don't have any idea about the history or value of any of them.

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Quick & Easy Machine Quilts: 25 Modern Heirlooms for the Home
Gloria Nicol
Manufacturer: Creative Arts & Crafts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1580111742

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Quick and Easy Machine Quilts presents simple, time-efficient projects for creating beautiful quilts. With this new title from Creative Arts Crafts, quilters and crafters will delight in creating heirloom-quality projects in a weekend, without losing any of the detail or intricacy found in hand-sewn pieces. Inside, the reader will find ideas for traditional quilts as well as quilted gifts and accessories. For the beginner or experienced quilter, Quick and Easy Machine Quilts has the time-saving ideas to create a masterpiece. - Shows how to use a sewing machine to create over 25 beautiful quilts, quilted gifts, and patchwork projects for every area in the home - Over 250 color photographs and illustrations show finished projects and highlight instructions - Uses country-style designs, many of which are inspired by traditional quilting patterns - Reveals how quick can also be exquisite, with each project in the book using simple stitches for which no special quilting knowledge is required - Makes use of new fabrics as well as bargain fabric remnants and vintage prints to produce fresh, pretty effects - Includes machine techniques for creating patchwork, cushions, bindings, and edgings, as well as different ideas for tufts, knots, rosettes, buttons, and bow s- all explained and illustrated.

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Look Elsewhere.......2007-02-05

If you want a machine quilting book to help you in making quilts ---- I would recommend you look elsewhere. This book was a total waste of time and money for me. There is only 1 quilt in it -- constructed of nothing more than large blocks and not even machine quilted, which is what I was looking for.

Very Nice.......2007-01-19

This book has some lovely ideas for the beginner as well as the seasoned quilter. Directions are beautifully illustrated and easy to follow. I recommend it for you quilting library.

Quick & Easy Machine Quilts: 25 Modern Heirlooms for the Home

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Quick & Easy Machine Quilts: 25 Modern Heirlooms for the Home

Manufacturer: Creative Arts & Crafts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0739441817

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Editorial Reviews About the Author Gloria Nicol is a stitcher, writer, and photographer. Her feature articles and photographs appear regularly in Country Living, Country Homes and Interiors, and other magazines. She is the author of Scented Candle. Book Description Quick and Easy Machine Quilts presents simple, time-efficient projects for creating beautiful quilts. With this new title from Creative Arts & Crafts, quilters and crafters will delight in creating heirloom-quality projects in a weekend, without losing any of the detail or intricacy found in hand-sewn pieces. Inside, the reader will find ideas for traditional quilts as well as quilted gifts and accessories. For the beginning or experienced quilter, Quick and Easy Machine Quilts has the time-saving ideas to create a masterpiece.

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At first blush, the title has the same desperate ring as McDonald's: The Tofuburger or Disney: The Diaper--they couldn't think of another angle for a book about Fallingwater, the 1937 Pennsylvania house that still ranks as perhaps Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous and loved project, so they decided to do a book about the model of Fallingwater? Jeez! Such were my thoughts until I started leafing through this absolutely fascinating little book by Paul Bonfilio, the Madame Tussaud of architectural model-makers, who has created miniature reproductions of architectural landmarks (among them Johnson's Glass House, Neutra's Lovell House, and Mies's Barcelona Pavilion) for the permanent collection of NYC's Museum of Modern Art. Here, Bonfilio walks you through the process of re-creating on a Lilliputian scale this most complicated and beguiling of modernist houses--a job he completed for the MoMA in the early 1980s, only to do it again a few years later for a private commission. His painstaking narration, black-and-white photographs of each stage of the model's creation, and Ted Spagna's excellent photographs of the real house (shot expressly for Bonfilio to use in planning out his work) all work together splendidly here. Anyone who ever found satisfaction in the minutely focused process of assembling a model car or airplane will be completely absorbed by Bonfilio's quest to reproduce with unstinting detail and realism the diverse textures of Wright's masterpiece, from the complex stonework of its inner and outer walls to the dazzling sheen of the waterfall over which the front of the structure so famously perches.

But even better than that, Bonfilio's loving chronicle of taking Fallingwater apart and putting it back together again, as it were, accomplishes something that dozens of other books on this iconic house fail to do: it gets us to look at the house and its complex topography, its every elevation and surface, corner, and detail--as well as the choices, inspired and imprudent, that Wright made in designing it--with a fresh new eye. It's almost like having an investment in its original creation, figuring out step by step how to build a house around a boulder, cantilever it over a waterfall, build half the furniture right into it, and somehow make the whole thing work structurally and look drop-dead gorgeous at the same time. Oh, and the book's end papers are matched to the same Cherokee-red paint that Wright used in the house--the perfect swaddling for this unexpectedly delightful little volume's embarrassment of riches. --Timothy Murphy

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, in Bear Run, Pa., of 1935, is one of the great masterpieces of modern architecture. Its model, constructed by Paul Bonfilio in 1984 , is a masterpiece of model making and a high point in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In discussing how the model was built, the design of the famous house itself is also analyzed, throwing new light on many intricacies of its complex construction.

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... a magical visit with a different perspective ..........2004-06-16

In the late '50s I had the unusual chance to personally ask FLW what school might be best to learn City Planning. Not knowing then that his inimitable, signature response would be "you can't learn that in a School, you have to learn by doing."

Later, I also had the pleasure of knowing Paul Bonfilio, and can attest that his own product here is a labor of love that reflects an intuitive, heartfelt resonance.

BTW, if you have the opportunity to personally visit Fallingwater, try to exactly time it to that week in May when the surrounding wooded Moutain Laurel canopy is in their full and profuse bloom for an added breathtakingly magical experience.

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Fallingwater : The Architectural Model
Paul Bonfilio
Manufacturer: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000OLS32W

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Having passed the age of fifty, English poet Roger Green moves to the Greek island of Hydra because he has always felt himself more "south" than north. But he is not sure what he will find there-other than sun and the suspension of life's more mundane responsibilities that every ex-pat longs for. As he wiles away the days at his portable Olivetti, attempting to write a proper story, and the nights singing for his supper at the Pyrofani, the local watering hole, he is not quite prepared for a challenge of any kind. Let alone grapple with the discovery that his terrace has an unencumbered view of . . . singer, songwriter, and counterculture icon Leonard Cohen's banana trees. Or more exactly, that he'd soon be transfixed with the goings-on in the garden adjoining the house that still belongs to Cohen.

What follows is Green's fantastically discursive ode to obsession and myth, relayed in a series of digressions that prove far more illuminating-and life-affirming-than the facts laid bare. Combining deprecating wit, unconventional style, and a decidedly playful mastery of the English language, Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen proves, once again, that (in the words of fellow poet Laurence Durrell), life is far too serious not to be taken lightly.

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In the Palm of Cohen's Hydra.......2004-08-06

This a curious book. One can like it or hate it but no one can say this is not an original book. It is written from a tender and cozy place called human warmth. For that heroic stance it should be applauded. The book lives in the moment -without a conclusion, or anything resembling a plot (the book often travels in circles). The author manages to get close to those who were dear and close to Leonard Cohen but he does not take advantage of this remarkable oppurtunity. He has Suzanne (the mother of Adam and Lorca but not the Suzanne of the song) sitting in front of him and he resorts to mundane and ponitless questions and gossips.
I remember my two trips of discovery to Hydra in search of Leonard Cohen. I found his house and his old buddies -but I did not see the bananas of Leonard Cohen! Maybe they were there but I was looking down for his footsteps not up for the tropical fruits! I recommend this book to all the Cohen fans -even though I am sure Leonard Cohen is thoroughly embaressed by it.

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Professor Mary.......2007-07-24

Solly Ganor has told us a powerful story of his life as a child and youth during the Holocaust. His details and honesty reveal a family that loved and cared for each other, worked hard, and took chances to survive. His autobiography with its details helps remove many misconceptions about Jews in the Holocaust that people create from the more common short and simplified accounts of the period. This is not an easy book to read, but it will greatly help you to redefine your understanding and respect for people caught in difficult situations as well as other genocide situations.

Another valuable addition to Holocaust literature!.......2007-04-10

Most accounts of the Holocaust I've read, especially memoirs tend to be by Jewish survivors from Germany, Poland & Hungary. This memoir is by Solly Ganor, a Lithuanian Jew who describes the horrors of the Holocaust as experienced by him, his family, and other Jews...his tale is one of hope, courage & faith in the most horrific times...and is told with amazing clarity. His descriptions of life in the Kaunas ghetto is told with vivid detail, the hunger, suffering, and the ever present threat of 'actions' are all described with a level of intensity that often reduced me to tears. It is an emotional account, and the images evoked will not soon fade from one's memory.

A welcome eye-witness testimony.......2003-07-26

Light One Candle: A Survivor's Tale From Lithuania To Jerusalem is the autobiographical story of Solly Ganor, a man who survived the unspeakable holocaust of the Second World War when he was 13 years old through the intervention and rescue of a Japanese American soldier in 1945 (who himself had been releases from a U.S. internment camp for Japanese Americans just a few months earlier. Light One Candle is a powerful and vividly told memoir of struggle, starvation, and the brutal tolls of concentration and extermination camps. Light One Candle is a welcome eye-witness testimony and a very highly recommended addition to personal reading lists as well as academic and community library Holocaust Studies reference collections.

a well written thought provoking account.......2001-05-16

i have read well over two hundred memoirs. This is worth crying over (not that other ones aren't also) and listening to very carefully. without sentimentality - without profession of feelings that may or may not have been felt but remembered...solly ganor brings the reader inside his mind and heart.

The best personal account of the Holocaust I've read........1999-04-29

In LIGHT ONE CANDLE, Solly Ganor takes the reader into that nightmare world of the Holocaust--I could practically feel the harsh elements, the constant danger of the camps. This book isn't anther rote recitation of death counts. There's so much heart and compassion for all those sweptup in these horrors. The insights into camp life include the primal nature of life stripped to itsbasics--such as the "storyteller" who keeps the outside world and traditions alive. Particularly poignant is Cooky, Ganor's childhood friend whose account of the slaughter at the Ninth Fort is more compelling than Dante's own descent into Hell. Ipersonally feel Ganor's book is deserving of some national/international award. Actually, reading the book I wonder how Ganor got it all done. It must have been so painful to revisit these terrible, incomprehensible, sublime, poignant memories. To me it's the best book on the Holocaust, personal or otherwise--certainly it should be a companion to any serious study of this subject. To me it hits at the heart, gets into the soul. It's the humanity of the account,particularly those heart-rending final glimpses of the condemned trying to smile as they wave good-bye.

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