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A nice country style book..........2004-07-25

Large hardback. 304 pages. Illustrated.

Contents:

Country Ways
Country Roads
Country Bridges
Burma-Shave Signs
Roadside Stands
The Home Place
Porches
President's Birthplaces
Farming
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Hex Signs
Horse Trading
Crafts
Baskets
The Quilter's Art
Country Art
Country Towns
Town Squares
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Gatherings
Country Fairs
Rural Cemetaries
Down-home Cooking with recipes
Country Stories and Poems by Jessamyn West, Eudora Welty, Jesse Stuart, Alex Haley, Ray Bradbury, William Faulkner, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and more.
Country Songbooks with lots of old songs like Down in the Valley, That Old Time Religion, Bringing in the Sheaves, Shenandoah, Wildwood Flower, and many more.

READER'S DIGEST COUNTRY WAYS - A CELEBRATION OF RURAL LIFE

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READER'S DIGEST COUNTRY WAYS - A CELEBRATION OF RURAL LIFE

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Assoc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H4094G

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Reader's Digest Country Ways: a Celebration of Rural Life.

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GPN308

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COUNTRY WAYS: A CELEBRATION OF RURAL LIFE

Manufacturer: Readers Digest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I344T2

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This proceedings contains the papers from both the poster and oral presentations presented at the Workshop celebrating the first year of the HETE mission. The HETE mission, launched on 9 October 2000, has dramatically quickened the pace of GRB discoveries. By disseminating accurate burst coordinates to the astronomical community within a minute of the burst onset, HETE has made possible the panchromatic observation of the early, bright phases of the relativistic fireball expansion in several GRB afterglows. The scientific program covered the rapidly expanding range of GRB research, with roughly half of the sessions being devoted to prompt burst emission, and half to burst afterglows, both from observational and theoretical perspectives. In particular, 26 papers presented in the section on the HETE Satellite Mission comprise both a tutorial on the spacecraft and its instruments, as well as a summary of early scientific results. In addition, special sessions, such as the session devoted to soft gamma repeaters, were devoted to future missions and instrumentation.

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Edwards Park, WWII fighter pilot and one of the founders of Smithsonian magazine recounts his experiences as a young American flier in a backwater of the war--the jungles of New Guinea. Beaver Squadron's P-39s were badly outmatched by the Japanese Zeroes, but they held the line. Park's account, often humorous, often moving, is faithful to the spirit of his old comrades and the planes they loved.

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Engaging, thoughtful narrative from an Anti-Hero perspective.......1999-10-21

Back in 1977, Edwards Park published the sparkling "Nanette", a fictionalized account of his days as a neophyte P-39 pilot in New Guinea. "Angels Twenty" could almost be considered the non-fiction companion volume. There is no shortage of action-packed fighter combat oral histories on today's shelves, and readers interested in combat anecdotes of the P-39 and P-47 may be appeased by this book, if not sated. Yet Mr. Parks offers something more, well, soulful -and wrly humorous. The author is a gifted story-teller, and the perspective he offers may be one unfamiliar to the public: The anti-hero fighter pilot. The author's adventurous journey from uncertain tyro to capable veteran is refreshing and memorable (an underlying theme seems to reflect a great truth: In the flying business, there is little that is more satisfying than earning the respect of your peers). I was completely absorbed by the mirthy and genuine "Angels Twenty". I was left feeling as though I'd just finished hearing Mr Parks recount his tale fireside. I was also reminded of the closing words to the introduction to "Nanette": "That was the way we were". Mr. Parks' work is eminently enjoyable, and could perhaps offer insight to my largely untried generation.

Tough recalled memories of a fighter pilot.......1999-03-13

By Parks own admission, the memories are hazey, and are patched together in this vague account of an American fighter pilot operating out of Port Moresby and later inland New Guinea. Stumbling along, he recalls "soirees" over the hills and mountains, the ocassional dogfight encounter and the bad landings on roughly made airstrips. An easy read, though not truly compulsive, but appealing to anyone interested in the subject.

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Michael Lynch, the central figure of this book, was a long-time gay activist and a dynamic force in organizing an early response to the AIDS epidemic. Lynch's prescient articles in The Body Politic spoke to the gay communities of Toronto, New York, and San Francisco. His organizing efforts meant change and hope.

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This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Canadian Committee on Labour History on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1365 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: Ann Silversides, AIDS Activist, Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community.(Book Review)
Author: Gary Kinsman
Publication: Labour/Le Travail (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2004
Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History
Issue: 54 Page: 276(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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It began when she was a teenager with an awareness of her body and the reaction other people had to it. It continued with the realization that women’s bodies often gave them a strange power over men. As an adult, it became a fascination with professional sex workers, leading to a plunge into their world. And when Elisabeth Eaves left the world of peep shows and private dancers for the more socially acceptable career of international journalism, she found she could not put that fascination behind her. Her experiences had left her with too many questions and too few answers. So she returned to the world she had left behind. Now, in this candid and insightful book, she recounts her firsthand experience of stripping and gives us a new understanding of women’s sexuality and contemporary sexual mores.

Bare follows the author and her fellow dancers through Seattle strip clubs and bachelor parties, exploring in riveting detail Eaves’s own motivations and behavior, as well as those of her coworkers, as they make their way through the sometimes exhilarating, often disturbing world of stripping. Grounded in an understanding of the intricate dynamics of exchanging sexual services for money, Eaves’s narrative examines the ways in which the work affects the women: how they negotiate the slippery boundaries between their jobs and their “real” lives; how their personal relationships are altered; how they reconcile themselves—or don’t—to the stereotypes that surround their profession; whether the work is exploitative or empowering or both.

In its unstinting honesty, Bare demands that we take a closer look at the way sexuality is viewed in our culture; what, if anything, constitutes “normal” desire; the ethics of swapping money—or anything else—for sex; and how women and men navigate the perilous contradictions and double standards that make up today’s socio-sexual conventions. The stories Eaves tells—outrageous, funny, sad, and deeply affecting—provide an engrossing and unforgettable look at a group of women who have a lot to reveal, not only about one of America’s largest and most taboo industries, but about the restrictions, joys, and hypocrisies of the world in which we all live.

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Hrm........2006-05-06

I have lately begun reading more books that have been cliassified as "women's studies" books. Gender studies books have always intrigued me and this one, not any less than the others. Bare is a memoir written by Elisabeth Eaves. Eaves' theory is that strippers can be feminists too and just because they make money from taking their clothes off does not mean that they are hypocrites for calling themselves feminists. She uses her own experiences as a stripper to support this theory.

She discusses working for a peep show in the Northwest and how she was exhilarateed by the power that she seemed to have over the men that came to watch her. Eaves also talks about the women that she works with in an attempt to figure out her own motivations for working at a peep show. However, she never really talks about why most women strip or work at peep shows: money, not power, but money. Eaves worked at an upscale peep show in Seattle, comes from a middle class family and had an education. I was perturbed that she didn't try to delve into the socio-economic asepcts of the decision to strip a little more. On the other hand, her book was very readable. It was like having a discussion with a sister, cousin or friend over lunch. Eaves was a person I could see myself becoming acquaintances with, at the very least.

Three out of five stars - worth the read if you have time for it but not necessary in my mind.

unsatisfying on multiple levels.......2006-03-30

Most of the people looking at this book most likely already have an interest in women's studies, feminism, and the like. If that's you, you're going to be disappointed. You could already guess the author's point and what she's going to say, and she offers it all up without any interesting insights. If you're just interested in stripping, you'll also be disappointed, because there's nothing particularly compelling about her story or the "back stage" scenes she offers. If you're familiar with Eaves's reporting, from Slate magazine and such, you'll already be familiar with her style -- superficial analysis and lack of compelling argument or detail. Skip this book -- there are better feminist analyses of stripping out there, and there are much more interesting stripper "tell-all" autobiographies as well.

Compelling read but not what I expected.......2005-12-22

This book is and is not what the cover says it is: the "naked truth about stripping". On one hand, Eaves does a great job giving readers insight into her world and the ups and downs of the industry. However, I expected a lot more commentary from a feminist viewpoint, which the book did not offer. Instead, I got a lot more of what I didn't really want to read about: her turbulent relationships with boyfriends that did not seem at all relevant to stripping and her career. She does mention that stripping can have an effect on interpersonal relationships and her first example of this (her relationship with her first boyfriend in the book- Eric, I believe?) illustrates it nicely but she does it too many times throughout the course of the book. Otherwise, interesting and well-written!

Really insider- and not what I expected. .......2005-10-28

I think if anyone is looking for hardcore lust at the root of why strippers go into sripping they are going to be let down-- that is the male fantasy around stripping, Eaves concentrates on the female reality of it. She profiles herself and several other strippers giving us a backstage view of the strippers life. She spends some time on the customers but not much (there is one customer that takes a barbie doll in the booth while he plays with himself), this book is more about the strippers. What you learn is something that, deep down, you could've guessed i.e. that strippers are real people with the same aspirations and desires as real people. This fact is probably boring to male customers who want to see the women on stage as 24-hour non-stop sex machines. For me the book provided a refreshing dose of reality.

Truly a great read, but pornography it is not.......2005-10-28

I love the review before mine by ComicCostumes, the one line dis-- I've read his other review of a japan anime video where he commends the "well placed panty shots." I can see how Bare disappointed him. Pornography it is not. Instead it is a woman examining sexuality, power, control and other dynamics in the context of five women that work in a Seattle peep show. It is a study of a culture not many of us get to see. And, as ComicCOstumes learned, little of it has to do with lust for sex. For some it has to do with survival, for others power, for others simply a freedom to feel good about themselves and their bodies. For the men on the receiving end of the lap dance it must come as a real let-down.

Bare (On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power)

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Bare (On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power)
Elisabeth Eaves
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Women | Specific Groups | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000LWY7BK

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Bare: On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power
Elisabeth Eaves
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf Publ.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VUM87W

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The brain-like architecture of artificial neural networks makes them ideal for tackling problems that are too difficult for conventional architectures, specifically problems that involve pattern recognition or other perceptual tasks. Neuro-Computers: Optimization Based Learning provides an intermediate-level exposition of the exciting world of neuro-computers. It presents the importance of neuro-computing to artificial intelligence, giving historical background and present-day implementation options. The book demonstrates the superiority of the adaptive search strategy over conventional fixed parameter searches performed by backpropagation algorithms. It then explores global optimization strategy and presents genetic algorithms as viable methods to train neuro computers on non-trivial problems. This self-contained volume is delivered in a format that is suitable for graduate students, as well as researchers who want to begin work in neuro-computing or related artificial intelligence applications.

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Understanding customer needs and providing a quality product at a profit should be the ultimate goal of any small business, but limited resources can be stifling. Written for small businesses new to the idea of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), MRP and Beyond shows how implementation of an integrated management system is key to optimizing the use of critical financial resources, which can mean the difference between success and bankruptcy for many small businesses. MRP and Beyond details how the process works using actual case examples and illustrates how this planning tool and other planning tools, including CRP, MRP II, JIT and TQM can fit into the development of a strategic manufacturing excellence plan for a small business. Topics include: Improved customer service; Better on-time delivery; Reduced inventory and higher productivity; Revenue growth and improved profits.

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solid advice for people new to the MRP paradigm.......1999-06-12

This book is a great place to start for anyone that wants to learn the basics of manufacturing resource planning. It is not the definative textbook on the subject, but it offers many good solid examples of how to implement MRP in a manufacturing organization. Worth every penny.

Solid Materials Management Basics.......1998-10-07

Ms. Ptak manages to cover all of the basics of MRP in a single, well written, yet small book. Easily read this is a good primer for anyone who is teachning or training entrants to the field of Materials Management and Inventory Control.

It is not the "be all and end all" of the topic but sufficient to getting people started and understanding this essential tool of Materials Management. If you are a teacher or manager in the field (I'm both as well as a consultant) this is one book to have at the ready for the new employee, student, or client starting the journey.

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Essentials of Business Statistics provides a succinct introduction to business statistics. Kellers Essentials is designed for courses where the computer plays a significant role. The focus of the text is on problem-solving and conceptual understanding.

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What role did economics play in leading the United States into the Civil War in the 1860s, and how did the war affect the economies of the North and the South? Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation uses contemporary economic analyses such as supply and

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An unusual, important analysis.......2004-05-03

The collaborative effort of Mark Thornton and Robert Ekelund Jr., Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation blends contemporary economic analysis and modern market theory with a history of the Civil War era to provide a comprehensive approach to Civil War history. From analysis of why and how the war began as it did to chapters contrasting the different underlying economic concerns of North and South before, during and after conflict, this provides an unusual, important analysis.

The actually not dismal science.......2004-02-17

I bought this book with the intention that it should complement and supplement previously read works on the "Civil War", eg.: Tom DiLorenzo's Lincoln, Jeffrey Hummel's Emancipation and Enslavement, and Charles Adams' When in the Course. It didn't disappoint. Although it is strictly an economic look at the war, it is a Human Action type (self-interest) economics. Stats and graphs add to the text, they don't overwhelm it.

The highlights---Slavery a factor, yes, but as an economic issue, much more than a moral issue. Tariffs a factor, yes, but the uncertainty about future rates, with the election of Republican Lincoln, more than the immediate antebellum rates. The Anaconda Plan worked, yes, but with a great assist from the South with its impressments, embargo, and "luxury" taxes, the Rhett Butler effect. The relationship between the financing of the war (a lot of inflation,yes) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. When one ponders today's current account deficit, the Civil War's economics do not represent the distant past.

All in all, a book of around 160 pages including introduction,index and bibliography full of interesting interpretations of things which I thought I knew so well, yet didn't.

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This series of test preparation guides for pilots covers the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) exams for applicants seeking licensing by the FAA. The FAA publishes a question database on the Internet to help applicants prepare for the exams, but they do not supply the correct answers. This series is fashioned to aid the applicant in studying for an exam by providing answers and explanations for every question in the FAA exam database. Designed to encourage self-testing and promote memory recall, these books arrange topics by subject category and are accompanied by specific study material for each category.

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Critically acclaimed since its inception, Advances in Librarianship continues to be the essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. Articles published in the series have won national prizes, such as the Blackwell North America Scholarship Award for the outstanding 1994 monograph, article, or original paper in the field of acquisitions, collection, development, and related areas of resource development. All areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries are given up-to-date, critical analysis by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.
Throughout all of the chapters of this 25th volume of Advances in Librarianship runs a thread of technology that is now embraced by libraries of every nation and type. It is clear that libraries are sharing technological developments everywhere in the world, from Russia to New Zealand. Not only are rare book librarians using technology but funding agencies are supporting its spread as well.

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Showcases outstanding contributions to library science.......2001-12-13

The twentieth-fifth volume in the Academic Press "Advances in Librarianship" series, this latest body of work showcases outstanding contributions to library science by seasoned professionals and experienced researches. The articles include Marybeth McCartin and Paula Feid's Information Literacy for Undergraduates: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?; Martha Smith's Information Ethics; G. E. Gorman and Ruth H. Miller's Collection Evaluation: New Measures for a New Environment; Susan L. Perry and David C. Weber's Evaluating Academic Library Quality Today; Danuta A. Niteckl's Quality Assessment Measures in Libraries; Ronald Milne's Enhancing Access and Progressing the Collaborative Agenda: The UK Research Support Libraries Programme; Jonathan B. Bengston's Reinventing the Treasure Room: The Role of Special Collections Librarianship in the 21st Century; Ole Harbo's The Development of Public Libraries in Denmark Since 1964; Thoger Kristensen's Acquisitions Reengineering; Evgeny Kuz'min's New Information Technologies in Russian Libraries. A strongly recommended addition to Library Science reference collections and reading lists.

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Advances in Librarianship, Volume 25
Frederick C. Lynden
Manufacturer: Academic Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH3PBU

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