Inside Argentina from Peron to Menem: 1950-2000 From an American Point of View

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Inside Argentina from Peron to Menem: 1950-2000 From an American Point of View
Laurence W. Levine , and Kathleen Quinn
Manufacturer: Edwin House Publishing
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Sistema de Costes Basado En Las Actividades ABC

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Sistema de Costes Basado En Las Actividades ABC
Douglas Hicks
Manufacturer: Marcombo
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Appeals to a growing collecting community, evident in continued growth of the premiere ancient coin journal, The Celator, circulating in 30 countries.

This book approaches the subject of Roman coinage with the perspective of a lover of great numismatic art and history, and presents details in a condensed and easy-to-follow format busy collectors, both novice and serious, will turn to for answers. The coverage in this new, expanded edition of Ancient Coin Collecting III: The Roman World includes coinage from about 290 B.C. through the reign of Julius Caesar, blending numismatics and history into a colorful tapestry that coin collectors and historians will each appreciate."

However, if you decide to skip over the emperors who don't interest you and use the portrait gallery as more of a reference section than something that must be read - then it is a great and easy read. If however you really do love the regnal history of Rome - this might be a section of great interest to you and you may love it. Each emperor comes with his own brief bibliography and abbreviated family tree.

Like volume II, the section on "masterpieces" is beautiful and the focus on the coin as artform is a valuable contribution. If you enjoyed either of his previous 2 books this will not disappoint. This is a nice reasonably priced and accessibly written introductory work. It should prove enjoyable and useful for the newbie and experienced collector alike.

If you design your own sweaters or a like to make variations on assigned pattern stiches, this is a must have. You won't believe how easy-to-use it is!

Model Apartments: Experimental Domestic Cells

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Model Apartments: Experimental Domestic Cells
Gustau Gili Galfetti
Manufacturer: Editorial Gustavo Gili
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The Misunderstood Child: A Guide for Parents of Children With Learning Disabilities

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Is your child in a Learning Support Classroom?
The One Book Every Parent Should Read

The Misunderstood Child: A Guide for Parents of Children With Learning Disabilities
Larry B. Silver
Manufacturer: Tab Books
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ASIN: 0830629548

The book was an excellent overview of Jan & Dean's life and career going much more in depth than the TV movie. I loved all the pictures, music lyrics, and record covers, although it would have been nice if some were in color. Jan's accident and struggle to recover is told with great detail and makes you really appreciate one's own good health.

I am anxiously awaiting delivery of some of Jan & Dean's CDs to hear some of the music that the book detailed the making of. I recommend the book to anyone hoping to learn more about this highly under-rated music duo from the `60s.

Some of the facts are questionable: Dante and the Evergreens recorded "Alley-Oop" in 1960. Who are they? I thought the group responsible for "Alley Oop" was The Hollywood Argyles. And where is Piko Boulevard? Did the author misspell Pico Boulevard? And the street, Whittier Boulevard is not in Beverly Hills-there's a North Whittier Drive in that city. That must be the street where Jan smashed his Corvette Stingray into the gardeners truck.

Jan, strangely enough, comes out resembling our current President: A rich, right-wing kid that used to have everything go his way. No one questions his genus. He supports the War in Vietnam, but doesn't want to participate in the conflict. In other words, he's a typical spoiled brat who gets his in the end.

Dean, on the other hand, seems more like the average California rock 'n roll artist of that era, very much like Richie Vallens. Trying to do the best he can musically, while surrounded by egomaniacs and wheeler-dealers. And in the end he triumphs and even outlives Jan. Didn't the Bible say something about types like Dean inheriting the Earth?

It is nice to finally have a book with so much information about this great '60s singin' & surfin' duo, and shy of Jan & Dean writing it themselves, I thought it was extremely informative. I only THOUGHT I knew a lot about them! The descriptions are very accurate - showing Jan and Dean as "Stars" - as well as fallible human beings with good sides and faults. And everything in the book was totally believable. It's amazing how the entertainment industry can affect people - the stress, pressure, the loss of your own self to the "image", - all of it! I've often wondered how some entertainers hold up for years on end.

This is a very good book on content and for getting to know Jan & Dean and their Career. The book could have been polished better with another "edit," but it portrays a REAL emotional connection to who Jan was, and what he went through after his accident. I know Jan is now in Rock 'n Roll Heaven - God bless him! Condolences to his wife Gertie, to his partner Dean Torrence and to all of Jan's family and many friends. He will be missed - but his MUSIC lives on!

I appreciate all of Passmore's hard work and determination in getting this book out - and most of all his desire to "finish what he started" so that Jan & Dean fans like me could finally have the book we've always looked for!

Jan and Dean rocketed to super stardom after they were discovered in the late 1950s. Their California good looks brought a new image to the industry, and their consistent hits won the hearts of thousands of fans. With early hits such as "Baby Talk," "Heart and Soul," "We Go Together" and "Linda", they quickly gained celebrity status.

Jan's songwriting abilities and his talent for producing got the duo noticed, and soon they began collaborating with stars such as Lou Adler, Herb Alpert, Shelly Fabares and Brian Wilson (often sharing vocals with The Beach Boys). Both college students (Jan in pre-med at UCLA and Dean studying commercial art at USC), they continued to climb the ladder of fame, recording hits like "Drag City," "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," "The New Girl in School," "Ride the Wild Surf," "Sidewalk Surfin'" and "Surf City."

One hit song of theirs - "Dead Man's Curve"- would later become all too prophetic! Only days after his 25th birthday in 1966, Jan plowed his Corvette Stingray into a parked truck at 90mph, putting himself in a coma for a month and partially paralyzing him. Brain damaged, Jan had to relearn how to read, write and talk from scratch. His recovery was grueling, but his determination to make music again was strong. Dean attempted to keep the Jan & Dean name going, but decided to utilize his college training and opened a graphic design business specializing in album packaging, winning a Grammy Award for his work in 1972.

By the mid-1970s, Jan was back. He began making music again and could sing better than he could talk. A 1978 TV movie brought their story into the limelight once again and the duo got back together, but they faced a new "Dead Man's Curve." Their musical relationship had changed, and Dean was now in the driver's seat.

A story of success, tragedy and recovery, Passmore's book offers a rare glimpse into the lives of these music legends. DEAD MAN'S CURVE AND BACK provides captivating inside information about the duo's lives both before and after Jan's accident. Both Jan and Dean are presented as "real" people who made mistakes just like you or me. It is hard not to get emotional at certain parts of the book when Jan is struggling with his recovery and Dean tries to move on. I felt like cheering out loud at the section where the duo successfully appeared on stage again in 1978 after a 12-year absence from the public eye!

Equally entertaining are the stories behind their music. The origins of many of Jan & Dean's songs are often whimsical and the recording information offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of pop record production in the 1950s and '60s. I now listen to their records with a whole new outlook and appreciation of the skills that went into the making of them.

DEAD MAN'S CURVE AND BACK has hundreds of black & white photographs, reproductions of original hand-written song lyrics, photos of every album and single record picture sleeve, shots from "lost" TV appearances and rare trade ads interspersed throughout, rather than a separate section. This layout is very effective as you read about incidents and the photos often back up the text. I feel the years move by with Jan & Dean because of the photos. The book also contains a complete discography with production information on all of the duo's records. I was amazed at how much they actually recorded both together and apart!

I was both entertained and emotionally touched by this book. Although Jan and Dean may feel that they are just ordinary people, the stories in this book about how friends and musical collaborators have stood behind them, as well as Mr. Passmore's touching introduction explaining how he came to write the book, show that the duo are indeed "very special people" to inspire such love!

Ben's Story: Holocaust Letters with Selections from the Dutch Underground Press

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Ben's Story: Holocaust Letters with Selections from the Dutch Underground Press

Manufacturer: Southern Illinois University
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0809323745

Ben Wessels and Kees W. Bolle were boyhood friends in the village of Oostvoorne, Holland, in the 1930s. Ten years later, Ben was struggling to survive in the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he perished in 1945 along with fellow inmate Anne Frank and over a million Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities.

Decades later when he was visiting his friend Johan Schipper in Oostvoorne, Kees Bolle discovered a bundle of letters written by Ben. These letters documented in heartbreaking detail the terrifying journey of his family from an artificial ghetto cordoned off by the Germans in Amsterdam to the infamous transit camp at Westerbork and hence to Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and other horrific landmarks of the German "final solution."

Juxtaposing Ben's letters with reports from the Dutch underground press, both of which appear in English for the first time, Bolle creates a unique portrait of the Netherlands during World War II, one very different from the romantic vision of the Resistance often portrayed in other accounts. Unlike Yugoslavia, for example, Holland had no mountains to provide shelter for small bands of heroic fighters. Flat and densely populated, Holland had but one means to contest the Nazi occupation—the freedom of thought and word expressed in underground papers such as Vrij Nederland ("The Free Netherlands"), Trouw, and Het Parool in spite of heavy penalties imposed by German authorities.

Bolle also includes reports from the underground press following the end of the war, with scenes of victory, celebration, and hope intermingled with concerns for the future of the Netherlands. On a tragic note, there is a final message to Johan Schipper confirming the death of Ben Wessels in Bergen-Belsen a month before the death camp was liberated by British troops in April 1945.