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Essential to my enjoyment of Venice.......1999-08-02

I would encourage anyone planning a trip to Venice to try and get a copy of this book. Unlike the ordinary travel "dictionaries" which exhaustively catalog restaurants, hotels, and "must see" sites, but ultimately leave you on your own when it comes to making key decisions on how to best "attack" a place as overwhelming as Venice, this provides a strong point of view on how best to enjoy Venice. Additionally, the historical commentary and insite provide the necessary depth to understand this enchanting city, without becoming an academic tome. I am forever grateful to the companion who sent me their copy of this book.

My only regret, as I now live in and am avidly exploring Italy, that Mr. Freely has apparently devoted the bulk of his writing to Istanbul and not provided readers the opportunity to view other Italian cities through his eyes.

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Strolling Through Venice
John Freely
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ1RPO

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The use of trusts in the modern, globalised economy is expanding rapidly. Trusts are employed, among many other purposes, for tax and estate planning, to protect assets from political unrest, and to address forced heirship issues. Indeed, they have almost become a necessity in an era which has seen the rise of multinational corporations, the frequent transfer of employees across jurisdictions, and an increase in the adoption of residence in another country by retirees and expatriates.

Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions presents an overview of 15 jurisdictions where trusts are part of the economic and legal landscape. This volume comprises 27 expert papers, contributed by practitioners and academics, on various aspects of trust law, taxation and related subjects, both on and offshore. The work will be a valuable resource for the specialist practitioner wishing to gain a broader, international perspective, and for the professional newer to the field who requires a good basic knowledge of the subject.

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This exciting introduction arms readers with a practical set of tools and the confidence they need to use those tools effectively in making business decisions. It begins with a macro view of accounting information by presenting real financial statements. The authors clearly establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, operating, and investing activities of a business.

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American Royalty

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Jacqueline not Jackie

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America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Sarah Bradford
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Eloquent Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : A Portrait in Her Own Words (With a One-Hour DVD Insert from A&E Biography)

What Jackie Taught Us : Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jackie: The Clothes of Camelot

The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family

Jackie: Her Life in Pictures

ASIN: 0141002204
Release Date: 2001-10-02

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Fresh from her well-received life of Queen Elizabeth II, the English historian and biographer Sarah Bradford turns her hand to America's own answer to royalty, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Painstakingly detailed, impressively fair, the result is the most definitive account yet of a woman who captured the imagination of the American public like no First Lady before or after her. Bradford seems to have interviewed almost everyone who had ever been intimate with Onassis, including George Plimpton, Gore Vidal, Joan Kennedy, and even a few ex-lovers. Most notably of all, Jackie's sister Lee Radziwill speaks with unexpected frankness about the mixture of rivalry and affection that marked their relationship since childhood. Jackie-lovers, take note: this is no hagiography, and its subject certainly comes off as no saint. As gracious as this American icon could be, she also had moments of coldness and even greed, including a particularly shocking moment by the bedside of Ari Onassis's dying son. Yet, in the end, non-airbrushed anecdotes like these only serve to make this most private of public figures even more fascinating. Jackie was, as Bradford writes, "a complex woman of many facets, concealed insecurities and intricate defense mechanisms, a strong urge toward the limelight contrasting with a desire for privacy and concealment.... Behind the mask of beauty and fame lay a shrewd mind, a ruthless judgment of people, antennae finely turned to any sign of pretentiousness or pomposity, and a wry, even raunchy sense of humor." The figure who emerges from subsequent pages is as compelling as the heroine of any novel, and it is to Bradford's credit that she doesn't seem to have fallen completely under her subject's spell. Her approach is sympathetic, but never fawning; candid, but never sensationalistic. For those who are curious not about Jackie's glamour but about its source, America's Queen offers an unprecedented look at the flesh-and-blood woman behind the Camelot myth. --Carlotta DeWitt

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"Some of the most personally knowledgeable observations about [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis] that have ever been put into print." (The Boston Globe)

"Compulsively readable." (The Washington Post)

Acclaimed biographer Sarah Bradford explores the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the woman who has captivated the public for more than five decades, in a definitive portrait that is both sympathetic and frank. With an extraordinary range of candid interviews-many with people who have never spoken in such depth on record before-Bradford offers new insights into the woman behind the public persona. She creates a coherent picture out of Jackie's tumultuous and cosmopolitan life-from the aristocratic milieu of Newport and East Hampton to the Greek isles, from political Washington to New York's publishing community. She probes Jackie's privileged upbringing, her highly public marriages, and her roles as mother and respected editor, and includes rare photos from private collections to create the most complete account yet written of this legendary life.

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American Royalty.......2006-04-08

Jackie Kennedy was the closest thing that America ever got to home-grown royalty. Her birth and upbringing in New York City, refinement, etiquette, and Olympian cool ... Jackie radiated a deep mystery that remains. She was iconic in her need for privacy and protectiveness of it. A woman of another era who remains enigmatic and unique in her persona ... an American icon who seems both American yet not typical of the United States. A sophisticate, debutant of the year, equestrienne, well-manner, posh Park Avenue social doyenne who intrigued the world until she died in 1994. Fluent in several language, a writer of poetry, political wife, patron of the arts, native New Yorker, and poised like any Queen in Europe. She wasn't perfect but she was Jackie. America may never see another quite like her.

Audio CD.......2006-03-18

My comments concern the narrator of the audio cd who felt that she had to change her voice inflection when she read quotes of various people. She talked in a soft wispery tone when quoting Jackie, however, she continued to use that same voice for any of the females quoted. She then attempted a deeper tone for the male voices. Due to all the voice shifting it was disruptive and the reading did not flow. Since it was a narrative and not a play it would have been more pleasing to the ear if the narrator did the entire reading in her natural voice.

Jacqueline not Jackie.......2005-06-16

It was fantastic to be able to grasp a better understanding of the stoic, graceful beauty that was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It was great to see the different facets of her personality from political darling to yacht hopping party girl. Her desire to control and veneer everything that happened in her life was inspiring. Couldn't put it down, was consistantly interesting throughout.

i loved it.......2005-04-01

such a great discripture on ms Bouvier. Definetly read it if your into grace an poise and want to learn about America's Queen. Sarah gave great description well known facts. The book is just lovely to have around. I being a big fan of jackie O and the Kennedys find this book to be hugely in-sightful.

Loved it loved it. loved it again.

So, So.......2004-11-02

This is my first time reading a book on Jackie so I did not come in with certain expectations. I felt it was interesting to get a background on the woman, but I feel that there has to be better out there. My first complaint would have to be the constant name dropping. I didn't need to know who was on every cruise and vacation. Early on there are hints of problems between Jackie and her mother Janet yet the depth of the problems are not reached. The book was also disappoining in the sense that because it spent more than 3/4 of the content discussing her famous marriages, one would think there would be more than the superficial detail. For example, we are told that there are these various love letters but the content is kept under wraps. In the case of her second husband, Onassis is described as being insulting and cold towards her after a certain point in the marriage but any idea as to why is left up to the reader's imagination. Most importantly, her children are mentioned scarcely beyond their births when this is a woman who took great pride in being a mother. The picture just looked incomplete from many sides. Yes, Jackie was a private person but no one is an island. I do appreciate the care in which the author took to structure the book so that even the slow beginning was readable.

America's Queen The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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America's Queen The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Sarah Bradford
Manufacturer: Viking Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0W4XM

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America's Queen - The Life Of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Sarah Bradford
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JZW5PY

America's Queen: A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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America's Queen: A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1402852924

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From the Publisher Sarah Bradford has written a timely celebration of a life that was more private than commonly supposed. The range of her interviews is extraordinary. We hear from people from every era of Jackie's life, including many who have never spoken in such depth on record before - childhood intimates, Bouvier and Auchincloss relations, Kennedy family members and friends, Washington insiders, observers of the Onassis years, and admirers and colleagues from her professional life in New York. Using the insights gained from these remarkable reminiscences, Bradford is able to make a coherent picture out of the otherwise disparate and puzzling chapters of Jackie's life, from the aristocratic milieu of Newport and East Hampton to political Washington, the Greek Isles, and New York's publishing community.

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America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Sarah Bradford
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJA4GM

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A memoir by an Italian Canadian woman who has lived in Canada since the 1920. This is part two of a bestselling autobiography, Breaking the mould.

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Karel Husa is a Czechoslovakian-American composer and educator who has made important contributions to modern musical literature. Especially well known for his compositions for wind band, Husa is also in constant demand as a guest conductor and lecturer throughout the musical world. This volume provides a complete guide to his compositions and to recordings of his work, together with a full bibliography. Following a brief biography is a list of Husa's compositions, arranged by genre. Each entry includes the date of composition, duration of the work, and the performance medium, as well as details relating to the commission, premiere, and publication. The discography of commercially produced recordings of Husa's music is arranged alphabetically and supplies information on label and label number, date of issue, contents, and performers. The bibliography is comprehensive, listing writings by and about Husa and annotating each work cited. Systematic cross-referencing is used throughout the book. A convenient resource for musicians and musicologists, this bio-bibliography is an appropriate choice for music and academic libraries.

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Memories of a tragic time.......2005-07-05

One day your life is normal. Everything is moving along and then the Nazis walk into your village and life is never the same again.

That is the basis of the story that Martin Lax tells of his life in Caraseu and how the war changed every fiber of his being. He tells his amazing story of survival and success in a very readable and well writen memoir.

There are many stories of people who survived the Houlocaust, but Marty's is extra special.

A touching rememberance.......2001-04-07

In this book, Mr. Lax writes about his life before, during, after his Holocaust experiences. He tells us this story as he is traveling to these sites again many years later. He was born into a very religious family in Romania, in the town of Caraseu. The first part of the book talks about life in Caraseu before he was taken away. It explains the culture and life he grew up in, and the events leading up to his eventual imprisonment. That part was very interesting because I didn't know too much about the culture. In the middle of the book, he writes about his experiences in the labor camps and how he narrowly escaped death many times. It shocked me how they were treated. I also found out that most of the prisoners in the camps were prisoners of war and not Jewish people. The last part of the book was what he did after the war, and how he came to the Us. He also talks about how he felt after he came to the US. He also talks about his family some. For a real human side to the Holocaust, Caraseu is a good book. It doesn't just talk about what happened in the camps; it has a human perspecive from someone who has experienced this. We can learn what really happened there, something which no historian can imagine.

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