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The Diaries of John Humphrey, First Director of the United Nations Division of Human Rights. Volume 4, 1958B1966. Canadian lawyer and human rights advocate John Peters Humphrey (1905-1995) taught law at McGill University before becoming the first director of the United Nations Division of Human Rights, a position he held from 1946 until 1966. Not allowed to comment publically on the various momentous events that took place on the international scene in the post-war era, he used the diaries he kept through his UN tenure as a forum to express his opinions.
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- An informative introduction and illuminating commentaries
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Robert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific Writings
Roger Robinson , and
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Univ of Queensland Pr
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Binding: Paperback
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
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ASIN: 070223429X |
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Robert Louis Stevenson, author of "Treasure Island" and "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", traveled and lived in the Pacific from 1888 until his death in Samoa in 1894. He wrote fiction, history, travel journals, poetry and prayers about these Pacific experiences. All were popular when first published, but some of these writings are now little known. This attractive edition of the best of these writings coincides perfectly with the upsurge of interest in the Pacific and writings sympathetic to indigenous cultures.
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An informative introduction and illuminating commentaries.......2004-10-11
Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the great and enduringly popular writers in the history of English literature. While most readers will be familiar with his major novels, literary commentator and scholar Roger Robinson (Senior Professor of English, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) has selected and compiled Stevenson's best "Pacific Writings" and enhanced them for contemporary readers with an informative introduction and illuminating commentaries. A welcome and enthusiastically recommended compendium, especially for students, scholars, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the life and work of Robert Louis Stevenson!
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The Fuel Tax Protests in Europe, 2000-2001
John V. Mitchell , and
Muge Dolun
Manufacturer: Royal Institute of International Affairs
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ASIN: 1862031355 |
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Principles of Auditing remains the #1 Principles of Auditing text using the balance sheet approach. Whittington/Pany presents concepts clearly and proactively monitors changes in auditing, making the relationship between accounting and auditing truly understandable. The 13th edition maintains the organization and balance sheet orientation, while adding and enhancing the timely topics of Attestation, Assurance Services, Fraud, Electronic Commerce, and the latest auditing standards to meet the needs of the current marketplace.
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The Best Auditing Book Available.......2004-05-19
During the 16 years that I have taught Financial Auditing at the university level I have been constantly on the lookout for the best available book. I chose Whittington & Pany because (1) it is succinct, (2) it presents auditing concepts clearly (although the authors do sugar coat the accounting scandals of the past 20 years and fail to give credit where credit is due by naming the firms involved in them), (3) the page layout is attractive and easy to read, and most importantly (4) my students preferred it over other texts (one student told me that she chose my class after looking through the assigned texts for all of the Auditing sections, an excellent idea).
The current (15th ed.) has been brought up to date with a limited discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley and the PCAOB.
The material is obviously dry, but I found that it was possible to make my classes more interesting by incorporating newspaper accounts of the more egregious audit failures in the assigned readings, and by being honest about the arrogance, greed and stupidity that are all too typical of the accounting profession today. This practice has brought complaints by the local offices of the major firms, to which my department head replied that they are welcome to come speak to the classes to explain their side of the story. To date, they have not accepted the invitation.
Whittington and Pany ROCK!!!!!.......2001-05-08
Let me tell ya! What do you get when you combine Whittington, Pany, and Auditing? It's just a boatload of accounting fun!!! These guys know how to put together a book on auditing. This thing is a real page turner. Damn! Attestation really rocks but Assurance Services will just blow your mind. Even if your're not an accountant, this is a great read. I understand the 13th edition is already a red hot item, so grab a copy today before they're all sold out. This is the one book you'll definitely want to have with you if you're traveling and you have room in your back pack for just one book. Read it, then read it again and again. Seriously, you can't put this thing down. It's THAT good! You'll be talking about it with your friends and family for years to come. Can't wait for someone to turn this puppy into an offering for the big screen. That would be sweeeet!!!
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Study Guide for use with Principles of Auditing
Ray Whittington
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
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Binding: Paperback
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Auditing
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ASIN: 025616780X |
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Principles of Auditing provides a carefully balanced presentation of auditing theory and practice. This book continues to proactively monitor the changes in auditing and clearly present concepts, making the relationship between auditing and accounting truly understandable. Whittington/ Pany is the #1 Principles of Auditing text using a balance sheet approach.
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Need a study guide.......2000-02-15
The author could have written a better textbook by leaving out the "fluff." The author either had to add "filler" to create a larger textbook or he "likes to hear himself talk." I suggest buying a study guide, if one is available.
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- Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies and Society Book review
- Pricey ~ but it delivers the goods
- Antique boxes, tea caddies,& society 1700-1880
- This is not the burning bush
- Novice and Expert alike
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Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, & Society 1700-1880 (Schiffer Book for Collectors,)
Antigone Clarke , and
Joseph O'Kelly
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Antique Boxes-Inside and Out: For Eating, Drinking and Being Merry
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Treasure Chests: The Legacy of Extraordinary Boxes
ASIN: 0764316885 |
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Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies and Society Book review.......2007-06-05
My wife enjoyed the book very much, very enlightening and educational, well done and presented. Worth the cost and more!
Pricey ~ but it delivers the goods.......2006-11-27
Good information on the periods, materials and types of antique boxes most frequently collected. Photography excellent and item pricing accurate. I love this book and it's helped me enormously.
Antique boxes, tea caddies,& society 1700-1880.......2006-07-26
This book is a box collectors dream come true. Excellent detailed photos combined with informational prose.I am glad I purchased it.
This is not the burning bush.......2004-11-20
Look I stipulate that this is most likely the best book currently on tea caddies and box's and such, but these reviews are so gushing. This book is not prefect, the font is poor and it is overpriced at 90.00 U.S. I think it is well worth 50.00 U.S., but for 90.00 I expect more pages and better quality. I was expecting the Holy Grail when I ordered this book, the reviews where hailing this as the burning bush; what I got was a good book, a very good book on tea caddies and box's, but not the end all be all. If you love tea caddies and such you will immediately enjoy this book, but the sticker shock may take a bit longer to get over.
Novice and Expert alike.......2003-10-09
One does not have to be an expert to love this book. It is a treasure trove of information on all kinds of English boxes from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Packed with photographs and intelligent text, it is simply the best, most informative, most comprehensive book on the subject. It's easy to tell the writers are not only experts with vast experience but lovers of these boxes too.
I'm particularly interested in writing boxes, and I could wish for more chapters on these, but that is purely out of a sense of greed. The whole book is fascinating, whether one is browsing or studying. Thanks.
Book Description
Using wonderful fabrics, trims, and accents, the talented designers from Ruby Tag Bags have created more than 25 fabulous, one-of-a-kind purses that women will have to own and love to make. The design romance begins with classic materials, including colorful crazy quilts, delicate lace, and vintage velvet; unique adornments such as glistening mother-of-pearl buttons; and pretty ribbon and floral embellishments. Even the project names—like Camelot, Polka Dance, and Lady of Spain—have a touch of magic. The collection includes small evening bags, larger totes for travel to those exotic faraway locales, elegant silk designs, and enchanting purses with silver chains, gold linings, and looped fringe. In addition to showstopping color photos of each project, there are patterns to make construction simple.
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Excellent book!.......2007-09-12
Very good tool for the handbag designer. Love all the detailed instructions and photos. Easy to follow patterns. Fun designs.
Excellent book.......2007-08-12
The book has beautiful photos of purses which would inspire even the least creatively challenged. There are detailed instructions, a material list, preparation, and construction instructions, and there are patterns in the back of the book(which you need to enlarge). There are at least 14 bags, all beautiful and distinct. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wants to create a lovely purse.
Great Book.......2007-06-08
Love this book. The purses are unique and different. Hope they publish another one.
Fantastic .......2007-05-29
This book is so fantastic! Just looking at it over and over is enjoyable. I went to the Ruby Tag website and found info that the the purse hardware in the book has the wrong sizes. Boy, would I have been frustrated if I hadn't found that out. There should be a sticker on the front or a bookmark or something to alert to that in case someone didn't accidently find the information at the web site. Have not been able to start on a purse since I just had surgery before the book arrived but have spent many pleasant hours thinking about the works of art that I am going to be able to create. Great Job Ladies you are so talented in your designs. Thanks...
Creating Romantic Purses: Patterns & Instructions for Unique Handbags.......2007-01-12
This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever enjoyed. The purse art is beautiful to look at and stirs your creative juices. The patterns are easy to read and understand. The ladies that created the purses in the book are very talented artists. I have already started one of the crazy quilt bags due to being inspired by this book.
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Home Front: New Developments in Housing (Architectural Design)
Manufacturer: Academy Press
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ASIN: 047084874X |
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Practical, technical and topical, this new title from Architectural Design brings together contributions on all aspects of housing around the world: from design solutions to the focus on technical and cultural approaches to affordable innovation in housing design
Housing for the people. What opportunities exist? Who is breaking down the boundaries to create innovative housing stock? Attitudes towards mass housing are changing. Progressive techniques, materials and technologies are opening up new possibilities and new alliances are being hammered out between designers and house builders. Could this signal the onset of a new era of design-conscious mass housing?
With contributors writing from six distinct geographical areas - the UK, the East Coast of the US, the West Coast of the US, Sweden, Japan and Australia – this book provides a global picture of the kinds of solutions available.
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This digital document is an article from San Fernando Valley Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on January 31, 2005. The length of the article is 838 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: Cisneros launches new company to build homes.(Up Front)(Henry Cisneros, Housing and Urban Development )
Author: Shelly Garcia
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San Fernando Valley Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 31, 2005
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 3(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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- Key Principles & Ideas for Creating a Mutual Support Group
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Cancer Self-Help Groups: A Guide (Your Personal Health)
Pat Kelly
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
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Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics
ASIN: 1552094782 |
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Thousands of new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in North America. Along with the diagnosis, people often experience feelings of fear and loneliness. Many people with cancer have found support and information from self-help groups for cancer patients and survivors, and have learned how to change the loneliness and fear of their diagnosis into a journey of hope and healing. A measure of the success of cancer self-help groups is their ever-increasing numbers.
Creating and maintaining an effective support group is not always easy. This manual -- written by and for cancer patients, in collaboration with researchers and other experts -- outlines strategies cancer survivors have discovered and the skills they have developed to meet the challenges of forming and working with their own support groups.
Cancer Self-Help Groups: A Guide builds upon the lessons learned from cancer patients who have started groups and participated as group members, and their stories have been included to help illustrate points in the text. The purpose of this manual is to offer encouragement and ideas to:
people who want to start a cancer self-help group
people who are members of an established group
people who are thinking about facilitating a group
and people who are struggling with problems in cancer groups.
This extraordinarily helpful guide offers a wealth of useful information for those whose lives are affected by cancer. Chapter titles include the following:
The Self-help Spirit: Connecting as a Way of Healing
Getting Started
Organizing Your First Meetings
Challenges Facing Groups
Grief, Loss, Bereavement
Using Humor
Using the Internet for Information, Support and Advocacy
Making Connections Beyond the Group
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Key Principles & Ideas for Creating a Mutual Support Group.......2000-09-01
Contains good variety of suggestions for starting & running member-run ("self-help") support groups. The insights, perspectives and helpful hints are organized under many well-chosen subject headings like: "Are There Any Risks or Limitations to Self-Help?", "Do All Self-Help Groups Work?", "Consider Why You Want to Do This Work", "Group Membership: the Benefits & Challenge of Diversity", "Different Kinds of Group Facilitation", and "When a Facilitator is Doing Too Much".
Kelly also addresses the rarely-written-about opportunities for: a group "Agreement", a "Group Journal", group "evaluation", and "How to Introduce Humor into a Cancer Group." All-in-all, it's a good concise guide that doesn't overwhelm. Has fairly good list of real world and some of the better Internet resources (although it has our old URL address. Here's update - American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse Selfhelpgroup.org).
It's a long overdue guide, that can help cancer patients, survivors and "thrivers" help one another to share their experiences, fears, strengths, and hopes. As one wise doctor put it... "My years as a medical practitioner, as well as my own first-hand experience, have taught me how important self-help groups are in assisting their members in dealing with problems, stress, hardship and pain. Today, the benefits of mutual aid are experienced by millions of people who turn to others with a similar problem to attempt to deal with their isolation, powerlessness, alienation, and the awful feeling that nobody understands." - Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, 1992.
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Living with Breast Cancer: A Guide for Facilitating Self-Help Groups
Pat Kelly
Manufacturer: BC Decker Inc.
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ASIN: 1896998070 |
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Breast cancer continues to occur at the alarming rate of 1 in 8 American women and 1 in 9 Canadian women. Survival rates are improving, however, and four out of five women diagnosed with breast cancer are alive 5 years after their cancer is discovered. Written with honest and compassion, this book serves to enlighten and empower women with breast cancer, and thos who care about them, by providing knowledge about all aspects of the disease. What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer shows women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer how to take an active part in better understanding their diagnosis, treatment and healing.
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- What's Welsh for Zen is much much better
- A 'must' reference for any Cale fan
- A 'must' reference for any Cale fan
- Great biography of my fave rock artist
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Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale
Tim Mitchell
Manufacturer: Peter Owen Publishers
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Circus Live
ASIN: 0720611326 |
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Written with full co-operation of John Cale & incorporating exclusive interviews with important figures from all phases of the musician's 35 year career, this biography explores the man who has successfully transcended the boundaries between classical & popular music. Cale's music - from the Velvet Underground onwards - has been a series of passionate assaults on accepted musical forms, & his process of deconstruction & reconstruction are illustrated by detailed accounts of his albums, live shows & relationships with other artists such as La Monte Young, Brian Eno & Lou Reed. Exhaustively researched, Sedition & Alchemy also contains the first full discography of John Cale's work to date. 224 pages - very cool b&w photos - soft-back. 2003.
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What's Welsh for Zen is much much better.......2006-08-27
I found this book listy, chock full of all the names he's worked with. Little insight beyond his autobiography except for some anecdotes of his bizarre behaviour and how hard it was to work with Cale along with some other bits like that Lou Reed said he like the song "Hedda Gabber." I would avoid this book because of the price and also because if you like Cale you like depth and experimentation and learning something really new and it's lacking here. However, if you want a decent chronology of his life rendered in a rather listy form, this is the book for you.
A 'must' reference for any Cale fan.......2005-09-05
The price tag seems hefty for a standard-looking paperback, but Tim Mitchell's Sedition And Alchemy: A Biography Of John Cale packs in exclusive interviews with key figures, was written with Cale's blessing, and holds a healthy set of black and white photos to compliment solid research and musical insights. Sedition And Alchemy also hold the first full published discography of John Cale's work, making it a 'must' reference for any Cale fan. And don't confuse John Cale with JJ Cale: they are two very different musical personalities.
A 'must' reference for any Cale fan.......2005-09-05
The price tag seems hefty for a standard-looking paperback, but Tim Mitchell's Sedition And Alchemy: A Biography Of John Cale packs in exclusive interviews with key figures, was written with Cale's blessing, and holds a healthy set of black and white photos to compliment solid research and musical insights. Sedition And Alchemy also hold the first full published discography of John Cale's work, making it a 'must' reference for any Cale fan. And don't confuse John Cale with JJ Cale: they are two very different musical personalities.
Great biography of my fave rock artist.......2004-05-07
This informative biography of the innovative musician John Cale covers the period 1942 to 2001. It includes about 40 black and white photographs from early pics of Cale in a school play to the creative sixties and seventies with Cale together with the usual suspects like Nico and other musicians.
The text includes interesting descriptions of his solo albums and his contributions to Velvet Underground albums. These passages are often placed in historical context, for example the album Words For The Dying with its centrepiece The Falklands Suite and the time of its composition after the Falklands War.
There are also e-mail messages from Cale following the destruction of the Twin Towers. The main text ends with a performance by Cale, Brian Eno and Marianne Faithfull on 2 February 2002 at the Old Billingsgate Fish Market overlooking the Thames, in celebration of the opening of the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London.
The book contains extensive discographies of his solo albums, singles, albums with Cale as guest musician, Velvet Underground albums with John Cale, his own compilation albums, various compilation albums with exclusive John Cale tracks, videos/DVDs with soundtracks by Cale, official John Cale videos and finally, albums on which Cale was the producer/co-producer/arranger. This excellent work concludes with a thorough index. I also recommend John Cale's autobiography, titled What's Welsh For Zen.
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Exploring the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Manufacturer: Ktav Publishing House
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