Icd-9-Cm Workbook for Beginngin Decoders: With Answer Key
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  • ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders
Icd-9-Cm Workbook for Beginngin Decoders: With Answer Key
Janatha R. Ashton
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1 out of 5 stars ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders.......2000-02-29

I am a beginning coder and bought this workbook for extra help in coding. No where does it say that you need to also purchase the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook in the description. I have the ICD-9-CM book, which is of little help with this workbook.

Avoid Employee Lawsuits: Commonsense Tips for Responsible Management (Quick & Legal Series)
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    Avoid Employee Lawsuits: Commonsense Tips for Responsible Management (Quick & Legal Series)
    Barbara Kate Repa
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    Avoid Employee Lawsuits: Commonsense Tips for Responsible Management (Quick & Legal Series)
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      Barbara Kate Repa
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      The Complete Idiot's Guide to Winning Through Negotiation (2nd Edition)
      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
      • jmoesch
      • negotiation resource book
      • It Helped!
      • A very readable, enjoyable book - well worth its price.
      The Complete Idiot's Guide to Winning Through Negotiation (2nd Edition)
      John Llich
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      Book Description

      You're no idiot, of course. You know how to shop for the best bargains, sweet-talk your sweetie inot cooking dinner, and even persuade your kids to clean the den. But when it comes to negotiating against lawyers, car dealers, realtors, or even your mother, you feel like the world's biggest pushover. Don't raise the white flag yet! This terrific new second edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Winning Through Negotiation teaches you the techniques you'll need to drive a hard bargain without driving people away. You'll learn how to feel confident about naming your price, presenting your point powerfully and persuasively, and winning over people who try to tell you no. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you'll find:

      Customer Reviews:

      2 out of 5 stars jmoesch.......2007-05-29

      Got this to help as a union negotiator. Not a good book, bottom line to negotiations is do both sides want to meet in the middle. This book does not describe that. This book assumes parties want to agree and that is not always the case.

      4 out of 5 stars negotiation resource book.......2002-09-09

      wriiten simply so that anyone could follow it advice, this book is a good read

      4 out of 5 stars It Helped!.......2000-04-28

      I picked up this book because I was about to negotiate a venture funding deal for a company. Boy was this book helpful! From how to best prepare for the negotiation to how to gain respect from your opponent to how to actually handle the negotiation, the author explains the subject with enthusiasm and humor. Lots and lots of examples make the subject matter easy to understand.

      That the author emphasizes that negotiation is not just for "big deals" but for everyday living makes this book more valuable. I have re-read this book three times and continue to learn tremendously. I esp. enjoy the chapter on "insider" techniques. These pro secrets sound so simple yet how many of us really follow them? Again, the everyday examples enable the reader to immediately apply these techniques to all kinds of negotiations, big or small.

      My only complaint is that there are quite a large number of grammatical and word usage errors.

      4 out of 5 stars A very readable, enjoyable book - well worth its price........1997-10-22

      It's too bad they put "Idiot's Guide" in the title - this book has very useful instructions for both new negotiators and veterans alike. The cover has a handy checklist of things to consider when preparing your negotiating strategy, and Ilich reinforces the importance of considering your opponent's objectives as well as your own. He introduces the term "equalization" and makes a good case for it (you'll have to read the book - I'm not going to give his idea away here). I would rate this book 4th on my list of negotiating reading, behind Getting Past No, Getting to Yes, and Getting Together. I've read about 15 books on the subject, so 4th is high praise.
      The Complete Idiot's Guide Winning Through Negotiation
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        The Complete Idiot's Guide Winning Through Negotiation
        John; Illich, John Ilich
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        The HawaiiDiet
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Hawai'i Diet
        • Sensible and Effective
        • Healthiest Diet on The Planet / Lacks Conveniece
        • Dr. Shintani has saved my husband's life.
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        The HawaiiDiet
        Terry Shintani
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        Amazon.com

        The Hawaii Diet appears to be another fad diet waiting to crash the bestseller list. It has a hip name, a celebrity endorsement, and alluring terminology, and it makes outrageous claims, including, "Eat all you want" and "Lose up to 30 pounds in three weeks." To its credit, it advocates a low-fat, high-fiber, almost-vegan eating plan (the type of diet that has been shown to help lower cholesterol), but few people will lose weight when allowed to live high on the hog, calorie-wise.

        The Hawaii Diet is based on Dr. Terry Shintani's Mass Index of Food (SMI), based on the number of pounds of a given food it takes to provide a day's worth of calories. The idea of the diet is to eat foods with a high SMI, such as celery (SMI=32.8), lettuce (SMI=39), and papaya (SMI=31.2) and avoid foods (some of which can still be part of a healthy diet) with a low SMI, like peanuts (SMI=0.9), bacon (0.8), and butter (SMI=0.8). To help you follow the plan, Shintani includes meal plans, recipes, and tips on how to make the diet work best for your eating habits, plus six ancient Hawaiian spiritual principles that are meant to enhance your Hawaiian Diet experience. While you will probably lose weight on the Hawaii Diet, some people may find it hard to follow, especially because the SMI is given for less than 200 foods. There are definitely better weight-loss books on the market, such as The 20/30 Fat and Fiber Plan. --Ellen Albertson

        Book Description

        Finally, an all-you-can-eat weight loss program that really works. (And there's no calorie counting!)

        The phenomenal new weight loss program that has swept the Hawaiian Islands is now available to you! Created by a medical doctor and used by the state's governor and other community leaders, this unique program combines the ancient wisdom and health secrets of the Islands with the latest nutritional breakthroughs. The result is an all-you-can-eat program that produces steady, lasting weight loss and dramatic health benefits.

        Here are just some of the elements that make the HawaiiDiet incredibly effective:

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Hawai'i Diet.......2007-08-11

        Great Book on basic nutrition. Gives a differnt perspective on food in general, makes lots of sense and the results can not be disputed. I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in a more healthful way of living and eating.

        5 out of 5 stars Sensible and Effective.......2006-06-29

        Dr. Shintani neglects to tell us he was a disciple of the McDougall's. His dietary advice closely models Dean Ornish and several others who advocate essentially a low-fat, vegan diet for weight loss and health, while being able to eat large quantities. Any of the exotic ingredients can be bought online or even locally in urban areas. If these recipes throw you, get his other two books--Eat More Weigh Less Diet, and Eat More Weigh Less Cookbook. These books have recipes and ingredients that more closely follow a "western" pantry. I'm not going to give up avocados, nuts, or sesame oil, but I've made big changes in my eating patterns and am gradually losing weight without counting points or calories. It's not easy to be vegan, simple, but not easy. But worth it.

        1 out of 5 stars Healthiest Diet on The Planet / Lacks Conveniece.......2004-10-26

        I'd like to start this review by stating that I wrote this from from the viewpoint of the average person who is generally healthy but just needs to loose a few pounds for appearance or long term heath reasons. I do not want to offend those who are firm believers of this diet or those who have had good results with it. However, I did want to express my opinion about it from my point of view. If I had chronic health problems, or was chronically overweight (50 to 100 lbs overweight) perhaps my review of this book would be different. However, all I need to do is loose 10-15 pounds.

        With that being said, and being a healthy person who needs to loose a few pounds for appearance reasons only, I think that the problem with these diets is they make you eat things you wouldn't normally choose to eat, hence staying on it and maintaining the diet is always a problem. Finding the food in the portion and quantities advocated by a fad diet at the restaruant and sometimes even a market is always a problem with the fad diet.

        The habit of my slim friends is in direct contradiciton to the main theory of this book which says you should fill up your stomach as much as possible, and eat until you are completely "full". In fact the slim people i know do not eat till they are full, they eat until they are satisfied. Another good habit is to wait till you are hungry to eat (but not excessively hungry because then you will overeat). The difference here is you try not to eat preemptively to control hunger before it starts, but you try to eat only when you are hungry and when you do eat, you eat as little as possible to take the edge of the hunger (not until your stomach is full). In this way, rather than eating at pre-set meal times (which may be preemptive eating and eating when your body isn't really hungry) or eating restaurant or other dicated portion sizes (which again, may be more than you really need), you instead pay close attention to eating only the minimal amount your body needs, when you need it. A side benefit to this is eating smaller meals more frequently which is said to increase metabolisim rather than eating fewer and larger meals. In times when ancient man was starved for food binging was necessary because he was hungry all the time. Now that we live in a modern society where food is more than abundant, we have to adapt and fight that type of programming, in order to get the desired results we want.

        This is another reason I think this diet is pretty dangerous for the average person wanting to loose a few pounds -- it advocates binging. If you get used to eating "until you are full" and then happen to go off the diet, now your habit is to eat till you are full and you will be doing so with high caloric foods and gaining even more weight that before... And going off the diet (which I have tried) is pretty easy since again, in my opinion, these foods do not naturally taste very good nor arey they very appetizing...

        I think a books like the "medeterranian diet" and "seven secrets of slim people" (which i just bought the other day) or similar are much more sensible. The former advocates mainly vegetables and whole grains, but allows minmal fats in the form of nuts and olive oil, which can be satisfing, in lieu of trans and saturated fats and minimal non-saturated fat type protien like chicken and fish. This recommendation is apparently based on scientific research and hundreds of years of proof in the lives of the meddeteranian people and what was naturally available to them in nature and the world around them. The latter seems to advocate what my slim friends already do -- eating sensibly, within reason and paying attention to your body's hunger signs, without them even having read that book. After reading the latter book, I don't think it is a reasonable way of life to have to stick to the unnatural hard and fast rules of any fad diet without exception. Instead, you can make more informed choices as to what you put into your body. To say that the only rule you will use in eating is whether the food is low calorie and high bulk to me is ridiculous. Your body needs good fat and also in this day and age, we can't reasonably dine out or eat socially, without eating "bad foods" once in a while. The latter book solves this problem and actually advocates that you can eat anything you want or crave, as long as you know how to eat sensibly. I think from now I will try to eat more sensible foods in accordaince with general guidelines, but without the rigid hard and fast rules of the fad diets.

        I also believe the title of this book is slightly misleading. The diet is based on Dr. Shintani's theories and principles. The fact that Dr. Shintani lives in hawaii and developed the diet while in hawaii, makes some sense as to why the diet is called the hawaii diet. However, for another reader to suggest that all hawaiians follow this diet or that this diet was taken from ancient or present day hawaiian people's eating habits is not true. Possibly some of it is conincidentally true, but to my knowledge the ancient hawaiians did not go around carrying charts with them telling them which foods to eat because they specifically were trying to adhere to these scientific principles which they knew of.

        Also, this diet has been around for quite a long time. In its' original form when first introduced, it was not called the "Hawaii Diet". Therefore, it leads me to believe that the scientific principles upon which this diet is based were developed first, and then the connection to the eating habits of the ancient hawaiians made later, and not vice versa (i.e., ancient hawaiian's eating habits are the basis or the genesis of the principles developed for this diet) as other reviewers would seem to indicate. For this reason I view the connection and link to the ancient hawaiians as more marketing of these princples more than anything else. Moroever, many of the advocated foods probably weren't things hawaiians had access to, like perhaps tomatoes or certain vegetable not indigenous to the islands or brought here by the hawaiian people. Although the diet includes a lot of exotic foods that probably existed in ancient hawaii, probably a great many of the recommended foods did not exist in ancient hawaii either. The fact that this book has menus which list meddeteranian and american mainstream shows this diet is not completely and "authentically" hawaiian only and really, i disagree with other reviewers that this diet is "authetically" hawaiian.

        I am not trying to knock this diet in all cases but I am pointing out inconsistencies I see. The theories are sound but too rigid in my view.

        Again, I personally believe it may be good for people with serious health problems who have a big enough incentive to want to jump through all the hoops and eat by these rigid rules. What I am saying is that for the average joe who doesn't have serious health problems but just wants to lower their weght or BMI for appearance reasons or long term health reasons, this type of diet is going to be a lot of hard work...

        I guess since I do not believe I have any really major health issues right now, I am balancing results vs. effort with any diet I try and this diet (to me) does take a lot of effort if you are not naturally a vegan to begin with... It's too radical and drastic I believe. Perhaps if there were different levels of the diet it would be easier to incorporate and stick to but in my opinion (although I smoked only infrequently when I was younger) going from a regular diet to a diet like this is like trying to quit cold turkey.... To me there are absolutely no rewards for staying on this diet. Basically you have to change your lifestyle to foods that probably most people wouldn't enjoy eating very much all the time. The whole thing is that I believe most people will crave other types of foods not recommended in the diet and for that reason it will be very hard to stick to.

        Moreover, although it may be true you don't count calories, now you have to carry a chart around to find the best food to eat as well as look all over town for just the right ingredients to use in the recipies. So what kind of tradeoff is that? Effort wise I'd say that although you don't have to count calories, now you have to do much more work making the foods you can eat taste good and using all these various recipies. It will be much more time consuming now than calorie counting would be. Again, if you have chronic health problems, maybe this will be still worth your time.

        This diet seems to be marketed as a diet that "everyone" should follow for health reasons, which is why in part I called it a fad diet. It may in fact be a very healthy way of living. But in the age of fast food and ice cream and other goodies, how realistic is it to say that you cannot eat "any" of those foods at all?

        In my opinion this diet should be marketed more as a diet for people with chronic health problems and not a diet that is good for everyone. I believe that the average person can stay healthy making the right choices "most of the time" as to what to eat instead of following really strict guidelines. In other words, the average healthy person can still afford to have dessert, candy or ice cream once in a while. To me this diet is like trying to pound a nail with a sledgehammer. It may be very very and extremely healthy -- but is it really necessary or very practical for the average person? In my opinion the answer is no, though again, that does not rule out it's usefulness in helping people who do have more serious health problems...

        One last thing that concerns me with this diet though, is that even in this diet's purest form, how can one account for the fact that it has been scientfically shown that good fats such as fish oil and olive oil and nuts, which are calorie dense foods, have been actually shown in studies to increase health? Of course if one eats even good fats in excess it will not be healthy. However, it seems if one replaces normal and adequate levels of saturated fats with good type of fats instead, this may be better than eliminating all calorie dense fats completely. This is the only other small item where I disagree with the pure theory of the book.

        If you are one of those total health nuts that buys everything you eat from the health food store, then maybe this book is for you and you will probably find it an easy transition. If you are more like the average person who eats take out food, fast food, pre-packaged and canned foods a lot, then I believe making the transition to this diet is going to be a rough and difficult change which is why I do not personally feel it has long-term staying power for the average person. If you have chronic health problems you may find the diet useful for your health though.

        We live in an age of convenience where a lot of foods are processed and prepackaged. Perhaps many of these foods are not as healthy as they could be, but on the other hand, they are not necessarily always life threatening either. It seems the only way to stick to this diet strictly, would be to exclusively cook the foods allowed using the recipies given. How realistic is that for the average american? No eating at restaurants or buying pre-packaged foods. Basically cook everything at home and take it with you everywhere you go. I don't know about you but I am too busy to be spending all my time cooking.

        To me, it is just common sense that the harder a diet is to stick to or the more effort it takes (as opposed to your normal eating habits), the less incentive you have to continue it.. It's great to have all these wonderful recipies, and they may be very very healthy, but in the practical sense, unless you are one of the fortunate few who has your own private chef, I don't think that expecting people to cook in this way for life is very realistic in this modern age of convenience, especially if many of the ingredients cannot be obtained readily at the market but need to be found at the health store or exotic foods store.

        Of course again, living this way is probably a LOT more healthy than not, but the tradeoff for additional heath vs. emotional satisfaction from tasty foods and convenience, may not be worth it for the average person. I believe if you are relatively healthy you can still strike more of a balance between health, enjoyment of your food, and also, convenience in preparing your food, than this diet has to offer...


        Then again, if you are chronically overweight, have serious health problems like high cholestorol, and have tried every other diet to help your health to no avail, then maybe this diet could work for you too....

        I do not doubt the claims of this diet as to increased health and a lot of weight loss for many people. However, it seems the examples cited of people with most weight loss are people who are extremely overweight or who have more severe health problems. Therefore, rather than calling this a diet "everyone" should follow, I just feel it may not be applicable or may be too inconvenient and too extreme a change for the reasonably healthy person who just needs to loose a few pounds or eat healthier. I believe if your health is not too far deteriorated or if you are not excessively overweight, there are other diets and ways of eating that may suit your goals to a healthier lifestyle and weight loss, better than this method.

        5 out of 5 stars Dr. Shintani has saved my husband's life........2003-02-16

        I totally disagree with the amazon[.com] reviewer's assessment of this book. This book has literally saved my husband's life. He is a diabetic and the vicious cycle of insulin causing increased hunger and weight gain, causing a need for more insulin, was killing him. His doctor's answer to treating his out-of-control diabetes was to increase his insulin dosage to a point where he was up to 270 units a day. He followed Dr. Shintani's diet and through the good fortune of living in Hawaii, has been able to consult with Dr. Shintani in person. He has lost 85 pounds in 8 months and stopped the insulin shots after only 5 months. Dr. Shintani is truly our guardian angel. We recommend his program to everyone suffering from chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. The program is totally backed by science and my husband is living proof that it works.

        5 out of 5 stars Finally- sensible healthy dietary advice.......2002-03-27

        Terry Shintani has written a fine book on how to eat healthy foods, stay slim, eat as much as you want and really enjoy your food. He has a "Mass Index of Foods" to show you exactly why some foods (cheese, nuts, red meat, etc) are fattening and full of calories, while others (whole grains, beans, vegetables, fruits) are low in calories and you can eat all you want. He practices what he preaches and is very sincere. There are very few good diet authors and it is refreshing to read a valuable book like this.

        All About the New IRA : How to Cash in on the New Tax Law Changes
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • all about the new ira
        • Must read book for IRA investors
        • A good and clearly written book on the different IRAs
        All About the New IRA : How to Cash in on the New Tax Law Changes
        Steve Merritt
        Manufacturer: Halyard Pr Inc
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        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars all about the new ira.......2002-11-08

        it amazes me how people can write books who really don't have a grasp on all of the information they write about! He at one point is advising people on which investments to put in their ira but gives a lot of misinformation. First of all, fixed annuities have no front end sales charge at all which differs from the "cheaper" investments he refers to that can cost as much as 5% of your entire assets to invest in. As for hidden fees , I think mutual fund companies have that down pat between the annual management fees and transaction commisiions! Secondly, he is speaking only in terms of what those funds were making at that time and not what someone can expect on average. How do you like Janus worldwide now, my friend!

        5 out of 5 stars Must read book for IRA investors.......1998-08-29

        This is an excellent book. A must have for anyone interested in investing in an IRA. It clearly explains the different types of IRA's and how to invest in them. The book is well written and not condescending to the reader. It takes you step by step through the traditional IRA and Roth IRA so you can determine which one is best for you. An investment anaylsis of the two IRA's is shown so you can see the tradeoffs for different situations that may affect you. The book gives practical investment stategy and selection tips. The many tables and charts help clarify the topics. They also serve as a good investment resource. I highly recommend this book.

        4 out of 5 stars A good and clearly written book on the different IRAs.......1998-07-08

        This is a wonderful book the that clearly explains the different available retirement plans. While the descriptions seemed detailed, I would like to see a later volume that explains any changes in the new Roth legislation. A great book for those struggling with options.

        The Folio Phenomenon: New Freedom to Customize Your Investments and Increase Your Wealth
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Opened my eyes
        The Folio Phenomenon: New Freedom to Customize Your Investments and Increase Your Wealth
        Gene Walden
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        Book Description

        With folio investing, you can build your own "mini" mutual fund containing up to 50 stocks in companies you select.

        For investors with modest sums to invest, owning individual stocks once meant facing the risk of putting all their investment eggs in a limited number of baskets. Mutual funds provided investors with one more option, allowing them to spread their risk by owning a broad cross-section of companies. However, with mutual funds, investors have no control over which companies they own or how and when shares are sold, and they often end up with a tax burden based on the activities of the overall fund. To combine the benefits of owning risk-spreading mutual funds and the control of owning individual stocks seemed like an impossible dream.

        Not any longer. Visionary online investment companies have created a new vehicle-the folio-that brings the best of both worlds to the reach of savvy investors. Folios allow investors to work with a given dollar amount, thus enabling them to buy fractional shares of stock in as many as 50 different companies. Investors are charged a modest fee-as little as $6.99 a month-that enables them to trade liberally within the folio without incurring the transaction fees paid to regular stockbrokers.

        Independent stock and mutual fund analyst Gene Walden offers insights into this new hybrid investment vehicle. In plain language, he outlines the advantages and disadvantages, explains what folios are, how they work, and how they came to be, and he provides insights from the leading players in this budding new industry. He discusses everything investors need to know and constructs a number of sample folios, including:

        • Powering up with a utility folio

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        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Opened my eyes.......2002-05-25

        I found this book very helpful because it opened my eyes to a whole new form of investing that I was never aware of before. It's well-written, gets to the point, and showed me very specifically how to set up my own divisified portfolio online, at an unbelievably cheap price. And what I really liked about the book was that it offered a number of pre-selected portfolios of blue chip-type stocks that you could start with immediately. Walden has done his research.

        The National Income of India in the Twentieth Century
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          The National Income of India in the Twentieth Century
          S. Sivasubramonian
          Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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          This is the only work to provide an overview of the Indian economy as it has evolved over this century. It includes consistent and comparable annual estimates of national income.
          The National Income of India in the Twentieth Century
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            S. Sivasubramonian
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            A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present
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              A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present
              David F. Burg
              Manufacturer: Routledge
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              ASIN: 0415924987

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              A World History of Tax Rebellions is an exhaustive reference source for over 4,300 years of riots, rebellions, protests, and war triggered by abusive taxation and tax collecting systems around the world. Each of the chronologically arranged entries focuses on a specific historical event, analyzing its roots, and socio-economic context. Readers can visit familiar uprisings like the Boston Tea Party, while discovering lesser-known events such as the Mauritanian Rebellion in fourth-century Africa, the Marriage Aid Protest in medieval France, and the 1765 Rebellion of the Barrios in Ecuador. A separate A-to-Z biographical section introduces revolt leaders, activists, and other personalities that make up the full, and often painful, history of taxation.

              Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts (Opera Biography, No 4)
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Definitive biography of this most famous diva
              • Patti IS a music festival!
              • A great review about one of the greatest singers of all time
              Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts (Opera Biography, No 4)
              John Frederick Cone
              Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
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              Binding: Hardcover

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              ASIN: 0931340608

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              A vocal phenomenon, soprano Adelina Patti was both a glamorous celebrity and a formidable legend, renowned for her peerless professional career that stretched from 1851 to 1914 and for her intriguing personal life. This book is the first full-length Patti biography to appear since 1920, and it includes previously unpublished letters.

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              5 out of 5 stars Definitive biography of this most famous diva.......2002-02-17

              Adelina Patti at her height commanded a whopping $5,000 per performance in fees. She owned a castle in Wales. She was adored by the critics, composers, and the public alike. Pictures show an attractive petite brunette at times almost absurdly decked out in jewels. No wonder she considered herself a queen, albeit a fairly benign one.
              This biography is another in the series of finely produced, copiously researched "Opera Biographies" by Amadeus Press. Tons of pictures, letters, reviews, apperance annals, and a discography make up this enjoyable book on the life of the ultimate prima donna of the 19th century. This book could, in fact, be subtitled "Everything you wanted to know about Dina."
              However, like many prima donnas, Patti was probably a creature of the stage and song. She came alive the most when she was singing -- she even built a private theatre in her home to entertain guests with her singing. Her personal life, although much discussed, comes across as rather shallow and artificial. She married three times, the first time to a Marquis who flirted with Patti "lookalikes", the second to the tenor Nicolini (which caused a scandal in Victorian England) and the third time to a Baron half her age who both pampered and isolated her. There is no evidence she was ever in love though -- indeed she seemed mainly attracted to fawning eccentrics. Her last years seem to have been lonely. Thus, despite the research and well-written style of this biography, ultimately Patti is still a mystery. Her recordings, made when she was in her 60s, tell more of the story -- the charm, the emotional involvement, the uniquely haunting sound.
              I greatly enjoyed this book because I had heard so much about Patti and wanted to 'know' her better. But as with most opera singers, really "hearing, one can believe."

              5 out of 5 stars Patti IS a music festival!.......1999-11-27

              The above quote, from Patti herself, pretty much sums things up. Adelina Patti was, undoubtedly, the most famous singer of the 19th century. In Mr. Cone's exhaustively researched book (in appendix form are lists of her roles, recordings, stage and concert appearances), the life of this extraordinary diva is examined. She started as a child prodigy, and made her official operatic debut at the age of sixteen (!) in "Lucia di Lammermoor." Patti lived in an age when operatic star power reigned supreme, and Cone includes tales of her capriciousness to highlight that fact. However, Patti was a true artist, able to even melt the hardest of hearts, including George Bernard Shaw. This is a marvelous book for anyone interested in singers and/or famous women of the 19th century.

              5 out of 5 stars A great review about one of the greatest singers of all time.......1998-12-24

              I read this book years ago after it first came out. I was a fan of Patti but I knew very little about her life. She is an absolutely fascinating person and a tremendous singer (even in her sixties and seventies). If you like opera history, then this is the book for you.
              Adelina Patti; Queen of Hearts
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                Adelina Patti; Queen of Hearts
                John Frederick CONE
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                ASIN: B000RJPXL0
                Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts.: An article from: Notes
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                  Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts.: An article from: Notes
                  Stephen A. Willier
                  Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc.
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Digital

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                  This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on September 1, 1995. The length of the article is 982 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: Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts.
                  Author: Stephen A. Willier
                  Publication: Notes (Refereed)
                  Date: September 1, 1995
                  Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
                  Volume: v52 Issue: n1 Page: p99(3)

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                  Adelina Patti Queen of Hearts
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                    Adelina Patti Queen of Hearts

                    Manufacturer: Amadeus Press
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                    Four girls on a homestead (Local history paper / Latah County Museum Society)
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                      Four girls on a homestead (Local history paper / Latah County Museum Society)
                      Carol Ryrie Brink
                      Manufacturer: Latah County Museum Society
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                      ASIN: B0006XUEVG
                      Four Girls on a Homestead
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                        Four Girls on a Homestead
                        Carol Ryrie Brink
                        Manufacturer: Latah County Museum Society
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                        Binding: Paperback
                        ASIN: B000O1RD32

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