Cocktails In Tahiti

Cocktails In Tahiti
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What a fun and entertaining book!

Experience a whole new world of Cocktails!

Cocktails from paradise at your fingertips

This book will make you fall in love with Tahiti

Beautiful Book

Cocktails In Tahiti
Richard Bondurant
Manufacturer: Tahiti Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Honeymoons | Specialty Travel | Travel | Subjects | Books
Tahiti | Australia & South Pacific | Travel | Subjects | Books
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Book Description

Cocktails in Tahiti is a visually stunning, full color showpiece combining a playful yet sophisticated look at Tahiti's magnificent luxury resorts and their most delicious, flirtatious, and slightly decadent cocktails. Filled with unusual insights, folklore, and facts about Tahiti and her islands, Cocktails in Tahiti has something to tempt and delight all tastes.

Over 50 sumptuous cocktail recipes blend exotic fruits, juices, and liquors providing a flavorful and vibrant palette from which to capture the fun and often elegant mood of these captivating islands. You'll learn the history of the legendary Mai Tai, Tahiti's most famous cocktail, and discover the secrets of the intriguing rums, vodkas, and distinctive liqueurs used in creating Tahiti's most celebrated libations.

A special section features the signature cocktail recipes from Tahiti's most outstanding luxury resorts along with spectacular photographs and overviews of these renowned hotels.

Whether served from a coconut or elegantly chilled in a martini glass of fine crystal, the flowering and colorful cocktails of Tahiti have an undeniable presence all their own. If you are dreaming of a future trip or reliving special memories from a past visit to these beautiful islands, this wonderful collection of delightful drink recipes, dazzling hotel photographs, and distinctive insights will put you in a tropical, tranquil mood as you sip your way to our magical paradise.

Al Keahi, Managing Director, Tahiti Tourism Bureau N.A:
A must have book of fun and facts for anyone who has visited or dreams of visiting Tahiti.

New Book Resources, October 2006:
We can't wait to try out the recipes and imagine that we are at one of the featured, dreamlike hotels.

Vincent Guerin, Director of Sales, Starwood Hotels & Resorts French Polynesia:
The finest collection of resort photographs and cocktail recipes from across Tahiti.

Customer Reviews:

What a fun and entertaining book!.......2007-08-05

Not only does this book have a wealth of information on a destination we long to travel to, but it offers a wide variety of fun and DELICIOUS drinks.
We love to entertain and it has been great having 'Cocktails in Tahiti' out at our parties...quite a conversation piece! Everyone loves the stunning photos of Tahiti, the scrumptious drinks, and the intriguing facts of the islands. Thank you!

Experience a whole new world of Cocktails!.......2007-04-28

Always looking for new and exciting cocktails to try, I purchased this book. Each page became more interesting, not only for the drinks presented but for the knowledge that Mr. Bondurant shares about Tahiti, it's culture, local accomodations, etc.

The photos are exceptional and each drink I have mixed has been better than the last. I have bought several as gifts for coworkers and friends. You won't be disappointed!

Cocktails from paradise at your fingertips.......2007-02-06

"Cocktails in Tahiti" is a must have for any lover of spirits with a tropical flair. The author has artfully put together a wonderful collection of cocktails, both old and new, from the scenic paradise of Tahiti. Colorful photographs and descriptions of each drink will have your mouth watering to imbibe several of these treats from the South Pacific. If you are looking for something new to bring some tropical flavor to your cocktail library, then you need this book!

This book will make you fall in love with Tahiti.......2006-12-18

I have always wanted to go to the Tahitian islands but have never had the opportunity. Now, after reading "Cocktails in Tahiti", I am planning a trip to Tahiti for next Summer. I originally thought "Cocktails in Tahiti" would give me some good ideas for entertaining, but soon found out it contained many intersting nuggets about the islands and their history. To sum it up, I am packed and ready to go to these beautiful islands.

If you've ever dreamed of a tropical vacation or just need to brighten up your winter, you should read this book.

Beautiful Book.......2006-12-09

I have never been to Tahiti, but after reading the fun, informative facts about Tahiti, seeing the beautiful pictures, and sampling some of the excellent cocktail recipes, I am ready to go!

Mr. Bondurant's love and knowledge of Tahiti come through clearly in the book, which is very well laid out. It provides enough information and explains things in such a way that an amateur can make delicious Tahitian cocktails as well as the most experienced bartender. The fun facts about Tahiti, along with summaries of the total hotels and the gorgeous pictures, makes this book a must have.

Until I can take my first trip to Tahiti, this book will help bring a little Tahiti to my home.

Spectacular Hotels: The Most Remarkable Places on Earth

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Spectacular Hotels: The Most Remarkable Places on Earth
Trisha Wilson
Manufacturer: Panache Partners, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0974574716

Book Description

Some of these world class properties include Four Seasons Hotels, Peninsula Hotels, Aman Resorts, Ritz Carlton Hotels, and Rosewood Hotels. Foreword by Robin Leach, of Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous.

Ellen's 11-Star Spectacular Super-Deluxe Hotel

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Fun story, engaging illustrations!
breathtaking illustration
Imagination Runs Wild
WOW!

Ellen's 11-Star Spectacular Super-Deluxe Hotel
Larry Schwarz
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

Meet Ellen, our curly-haired, exuberantly imaginative heroine. Is she a world-renowned detective who lives in an 11-star super-deluxe hotel, or just a young girl living with her parents at their modest desert motel? Does she have a swimming pool and a Siberian silver-scaled lizard? And does she find Princess Zara's crown jewels at the end of the book? Ellen might not always tell the ordinary facts, but in her own fanciful way, she gets right to the heart of the matter.

Customer Reviews:

Fun story, engaging illustrations!.......2006-11-10

A fun look at how a children use their imagination and sometimes gets ahead of themselves! I think everyone's guilty of that now and again! A delightful read for young and old with exceptional art by Kelly Denato! The illustrations heighten Ellen's imaginary world and invite our own imaginations to have some fun!

breathtaking illustration .......2006-07-13

My daughter LOVES THIS BOOK!!! Every childrens book I see usually has some kind of computer generated art or something else really lame but the art in this book is AMAZING. What imagination and color!! Kelly Denato is clearly an engaged, thoughtful, and articulate artist. The fantasy/reality diptychs are so stunning and clever. Capturing the imagination of a child (with a book no less) in this day and age is more difficult rocket science. This is a grand achievement. When's the next book coming out!?!?! Ellen dolls? Maybe a cartoon? congrats!!

Imagination Runs Wild.......2006-06-14

From the first moment I saw the smiling wonder in Ellen's face on the cover, I knew this was going to be good. Then I opened the book to find it was ten times the fun I had anticipated!! The illustration is incredibly whimsical and playful - it takes you inside the rich imagination of Ellen and her world. The kids absolutely love this book and continue to request it at bedtime. They love the different characters and laugh out loud when they turn the pages. I can't wait to see whats next for this gifted artist!

WOW!.......2006-05-20

5 stars? I give this book 11 stars!
The artwork in, Ellen's 11-Star Spectacular Super-Deluxe Hotel is amazing! I can just imagine a child falling asleep with this book everynight, begging her parents to read it over and over and over.

The Castle on the Hudson: for royal treatment, accommodations and spectacular views.(Hotels and Conference Centers 2004): An article from: Westchester County Business Journal

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The Castle on the Hudson: for royal treatment, accommodations and spectacular views.(Hotels and Conference Centers 2004): An article from: Westchester County Business Journal

Manufacturer: Westfair Communications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on June 28, 2004. The length of the article is 652 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.

Citation Details
Title: The Castle on the Hudson: for royal treatment, accommodations and spectacular views.(Hotels and Conference Centers 2004)
Publication: Westchester County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 28, 2004
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 43 Issue: 26 Page: S12(1)

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Traditional Dutch Tiles Designs (Agile Rabbit Editions)
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Traditional Dutch Tiles Designs (Agile Rabbit Editions)

Manufacturer: Pepin Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 905768022X

Book Description

This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs; no installation is required. For most applications, single images can be used free of charge. Please consult the introduction to this book, or visit our website for conditions. The art of faience tile making had found its way from Arabic North Africa from where it had slowly progressed northward via Spain, Italy (mainly the city of Faenza, hence the French "faience") and Antwerp to arrive about 1570 in the northern Dutch province of Friesland. The Royal Tichelaar Makkum from which the designs in this book originate is the oldest enterprise in the Netherlands and indeed ranks it among the oldest companies in the world. Many of the designs this factory has been using over the years have been compiled in an ancient volume kept in the historical collection of their archives, along with many examples of actual antique tiles. For the first time a selection of these has now been made available for publication in this book.

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Traditional Dutch Tiles
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Manufacturer: PEPIN PRESS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K71Y8U

Book Description

The most hilarious, whimsical outdoor moments captured on film, from twenty-five years of living Outside.

Short of near disaster or the sublime, what are our most memorable outdoor moments made of? The totally surprising, sometimes bizarre oddball moments that catch our psyches off guard and strike our funny bones to the core. Call it the wild side factor.

The editors of Outside proudly present outstanding images gleaned from 300 issues of their back-page "Parting Shots" photo feature. It's their way of celebrating the pratfalls and singular coincidences of an outdoor life—the comic circumstances of relatively tame mammals (us) spending more and more time closer and closer to large, wild animals. These images are a rare chance to look into the wide world outside and laugh at both ourselves and that infinitely wondrous, entertaining three-ring circus we call the universe. 67 four-color photographs.

Customer Reviews:

Epic laughs ensue.......2005-04-22

This is a collection of photos from the "Parting Shot" page of Outside Magazine. Each of the photos is real, and works with the themes of Outside Magazine. (It's an outdoor adventure magazine. So expect extreme sports, animals, and a quirky look at stuff.)

Even if you never look at Outside Magazine, and even if you'll never think of yourself as an outdoor adventurer, these are wonderful pictures. Visitors grab it and giggle just as they do with our collection of Charles Addams cartoons -- and for much the same reason. These photographs run the gamut from beautiful to frightening to charming, but most are laugh-out-loud funny.

The reprints are a high enough quality that you can count on leaving this book out for years of enjoyment. Bring a smile to your face, and look at this book. Give a smile, and show someone else this book.

Captivating Moments of Beauty and Silliness.......2004-04-30

'The Polar Bear Waltz' is a wonderful book taken from the best of the popular "Parting Shot" feature in 'Outside' magazine, which monthly showcases a wild, wonderful, beautiful, funny, or just plain quirky shot taken by a top rate nature photographer.

The book contains a brief introduction and the remainder is the beautiful photographs, with photography information yet no captions to allow the reader to mentally construct their own. The photos are breathtaking, many involving animals, many human interest shots, or even an occasional landscape. My favorites have to be the 'polar bear waltz' photo by Frans Lanting in Hudson Bay, Canada (p.77), the 'smiling saguaro' by Joe McDonald taken in Arizona (p. 79), the 'north pole' shot by Per Breihagen (pp. 72-73), and the 'whimsical ostrich' shot by Kevin Horan taken in Addington, Oklahoma (p.45). All of the shots in this book are great, but perhaps the most touching is the photo from Mount Elbert, Colorado by Dave Showalter on September 16, 2001 (p.96), surely one of the most inspiring photographs I have ever seen.

This is a beautiful and affordable book of some of the most truly amazing and stunning, sometimes playful, sometimes serious, but always magnificent photographs that I have ever seen. I recommend it to anyone.

mostly human.......2004-01-01

Althou there are some "silly" animal shots, most are humans, especially skier and other atheletes. Don't buy it for the animal lover.

Great pictures, and funny too.......2003-01-03

I bought this book for my brother for Christmas. After he opened it, it went around the whole house and everyone loved the pictures. This is a great coffee table book and one that can be enjoyed over and over.

How to stuff a wild stocking.......2002-11-30

Simply a great gift book for anyone who loves wild places, adventure, the absurdity of life, and a good laugh.

Calling Tracy: Six Decades of Dick Tracy
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Calling Tracy: Six Decades of Dick Tracy
James Van Hise
Manufacturer: Movie Publisher Services
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1556982410

Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good
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Great must read - diary type/learn from my past-type book

One of my favorites

Touching and bold

SKIP THE BOOK, JUST WATCH THE MOVIE

Great Book

Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good
Beverly Donofrio
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0140156291
Release Date: 2000-08-01

Book Description

"Trouble began in 1963 . . . the age-old trouble." Unable to attend college, Beverly Ann Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around in cars, drinking, smoking, and rebelling against authority. After her teenage marriage failed, Donofrio found herself at an elite New England university, books in one arm, child on the other. Then, furnished with ambition, dreams, and five hundred dollars, she took herself and her son to New York City to begin a career and a life.

An outrageous and touching memoir, Riding in Cars with Boys is about becoming middle-class and the compromises made between being your own person and fitting into society. But mostly it's a story of a teenage mother who, as her son grows up, becomes an adult herself.

Customer Reviews:

Great must read - diary type/learn from my past-type book.......2007-08-23

This is a great book! An easy, entertaining read. My mistake was reading in bed at night, ending up staying up way too late!

The author puts her readers in the "cars" with her as she tell about her life.

It is a terrific read!

One of my favorites.......2006-07-09

This was probably one of the best stories for women, I have ever read. I don't think there is a woman out there who couldn't relate to what this girl/woman went through in her life. The way this woman pursued her dreams no matter what life dished out to her. How she came to realize the things she was doing wrong without someone constantly telling her, even though they did, and how she took credit for the things she did right. Fantastic read!

Touching and bold.......2006-01-30

Donofrio's look at her life is a boutching story of betrayal, friendship and love. I found that I frequently teared up and laughed out loud from her descriptions of her friends, lovers, and family. Her bravery at being able to admit the regret that she often felt was, at times, overwhelming, and the fact that she learned how much she truly loved her child was amazing.

SKIP THE BOOK, JUST WATCH THE MOVIE.......2006-01-27

Need I say more than the above title suggests? Okay, so the upside of this book is that it has important life lessons and epiphanies from the voice of experience. There are some touching moments in this book, but even then there is still something the author is lacking. I saw the movie when it was in theatres and I have just finished reading the book. I liked the movie soooooooooo much better than the book. The movie was funny, entertaining, touching, personal, and sad at times. The book did not captivate me at all. I had trouble staying focused. Considering Beverly Donofrio's credentials--a bachelor's degree in English from Wesleyan University and a master of fine arts in creative writing--her quality of writing is very poor. Her quality of writing is more like someone who has only a highschool education, if even that. And not to go off topic, but since Donofrio has a master of fine arts in creative writing from a top notch school like Columbia U, then why doesn't she write about something else besides her getting pregnant in highschool and how that has changed her life? I mean, after all, the MFA is in creative writing, meaning she should be more creative rather than just write autobiographies all the time. She has only wrote 2 books--Riding in Cars With Boys, and Looking For Mary, both about her getting pregnant at a young age. If you liked the movie, just leave it at that. Don't bother reading the book unless you enjoy getting disappointed. And if you're interested in a novel or autobiography about teen pregnancy, then go to the local library. Don't get this one. There's other novels covering the same subject that are far superior to this one.

Great Book.......2005-07-22

When I first saw the movie-I was hoping the book would be as good. And it was. This book is not boring, and it's not a book you'll read a chapter of and be lost already. It has a lot of history in it, between the Vietnam War and what life was like in the 1970's. I reccomend this book to anyone who has an open mind on reading, this book was incredible.

Riding in Cars With Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good

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Riding in Cars With Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good
Beverly Donofrio
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJAGK6

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Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good
Beverly Donofrio
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIU648

Book Description

In this collection some of the finest names in contemporary travel writing reveal the perils and pleasures of exchanging the familiar for the foreign.

Isabel Allende discovers love and paradise in California, Pico Iyer finds home in Japan amidst the alien and indecipherable, and a dank barge on the Seine opens up a new side of Paris for Mort Rosenblum.

Revealing the flip side to the dream, relocating to the juicy heart of New York proves fiery for Lily Brett, Chris Stewart is frightened for his life in Andalucia, and the plumbing in William Dalrymple's rooftop Delhi flat is held to ransom by his water-conserving landlady.

Original Stories by:
Isabel Allende, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Jan Morris, Rolf Potts, Mort Rosenbaum, Jeffrey Taylor, Errol Trzebinski, Simon Winchester.

Selected writings by:
Vida Adamoli, Lily Brett, Tony Cohan, William Dalrymple, Amitav Ghos, Carla Grissmann, James Hamilton-Paterson, Annie Hawes, Peter Hesller, Pico Iyer, Alex Kerr, Frances Mayes, Peter Mayle, Tim Parks, Chris Stewart, Emma Tennant, Paul Theroux, Nial Williams and Christine Breen.

Customer Reviews:

Embracing the overseas living experience.......2003-03-06

This compendium of travel stories provides essays by Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, and more notable travel writers and provides an unusual focus on experiences of living abroad. Essays range from the humorous to the observation of cultural differences as they provide both entertaining and enlightening autobiographies embracing the overseas living experience. A House Somewhere is perfect as a leisure literary pursuit and highly recommended for the traveler who contemplates residency in another country.

Dreams of Escape.......2002-12-23

A collection of essays and stories about living in foreign countries. Books about this usually contain certain predictable themes. The writer is usually English or American, doesn't have a regular job, and the natives among whom he lives are lovable eccentrics with fractured English. It's commonly an island, or somewhere remote and warm, and when we next read about the writer he's no longer living there. (Jan Morris points out of these cliches in her or his introductory essay, "Some Thoughts from Abroad")
Some of the pieces fall into these obvious categories but one writer is Indian, one Welsh, and one South American. In three of them the foreign country is the United States. Others are set in the Philippines, Paris, Provence, Italy, Kenya, Singapore, Mexico, Ireland, Morocco, Japan, China, Egypt, Thailand, Turkey and Greece. Tragedy strikes in two of them but the mood is mostly light-hearted and humorous. I enjoyed them all. They made me appreciate electricity, paved roads, and being able to turn on a faucet and drink the water.

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Gifted and Talented Females Speak Out on Parental Influences and Achievement! examines how to promote female achievement. Using face-to-face interviews with eight women and scholarly research, the book explores topics such as the role of parents, teens and the growing brain, the importance of achieving, and the dilemma of being a gifted and talented female. In addition, each chapter includes recommendations for practice, study questions, and references. These chapter-by-chapter study questions and references enhance the learning experience and provide opportunities for further research.

Recall to Inferno (Devil's Guard II)
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Hard to find war story

One of the best war books of all time

Great Book

Excellent, remarkable, thrilling, story of the one time SS.

Recall to Inferno (Devil's Guard II)
George R. Elford
Manufacturer: Dell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0440201993
Release Date: 1988-11-01

Customer Reviews:

Hard to find war story.......2007-03-04

Classic book with good following. Some doubt as to where the alleged true story ends, but it is a great read nonetheless (if you can find a copy).

One of the best war books of all time.......2003-09-13

Hans and company are back in this book filled with excitement and chaos. It is also a tragedy, since the American advisors could have potentially prevented the American debacle in Vietnam if only the brass would have listened. Perhaps they did, but they did not take it seriously, and many American soldiers needlessly lost their lives when they were unprepared for a war the likes of which they had never fought before. Even more ominous is the current situation in Iraq which reminds me of the same situation that we had in Vietnam, since it seems that we have learned little about guerilla warfare. How different the situation would be if we had Hans's experience in guerilla warfare in this situation...

Unfortunately, we are in a bad situation and we cannot act as Hans and his comrades did. We cannot simply use poison gas to flush out hundreds of guerillas without causing an outcry and hundreds of civilian casualties. We cannot act as Hans did, as his savagery was what made him the most successful anti-guerilla fighter of all time.

Anyway, the Batallion of the Damned (now called Task-Force G) causes massive damage to the Vietcong and the Khmer Rouge with the help of American equipment and advisors. This book will clarify the true horror of the wars in Vietnam.

Great Book.......2003-02-07

This book exposes the light on subjects far forgotten in the annals of History. Few ever knew about former Waffen S.S. commandos joining the French Forgien Legion and even fewer know that those who did fought the Viet Minh with their own tactics. In Devils Guard II you will read on accounts of Mustard Gas used on a supply depot, explosive bullets, ambushing the Viet Minh on their own turf, and long range raids far into North Vietnam. This book is a must have for all Military Historians or anybody else intresed in the infamous French Indo-China War. Belive me when I say this book is a great read. I have read mine so many times I had to tape the cover and spine together to keep it from falling apart.

Excellent, remarkable, thrilling, story of the one time SS........1999-02-25

Must read! The continuing saga of Hans, Reidl, Altrieter and the other men of the one time Battalion of the Damned. In this EPIC they are soldiers of fortune, working for, or rather paid by the government of South Vietnam. Their only mission is to stop the Vietcong by ANY means they see fit. Accompanying them are American "advisors," or rather the American CIA are advised, by the one time German SS, on how to create a guerilla fighting force (10th group ?). The French pull out of Vietnam, yet Hans and his "Cammando of Death" continue to surprise the enemy, destroying, killing, and impeding the communist advance into South Vietnam.

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Recall to Inferno: Devil's Guard Two

Manufacturer: Dell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I5OPMG

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Devil's Guard II: Recall to Inferno
George Robert Elford
Manufacturer: New English Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J2IZ74

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Recall to Inferno Devil's Guard II
George Robert Elford
Manufacturer: not avail
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0977615588

Book Description

This book examines the reemergence of European Jewry at the end of the twentieth century, through thoughtful articles written by scholars, senior community professionals, volunteer leaders, and former diplomats from Europe, Israel, and America.

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"If it were necessary, for some curious legal reason, to draw a clear line between human and nonhuman--for example, if a group of australopithecines were to appear and one had to decide if they were to be protected by Fair Employment Laws or by the ASPCA--I would welcome them as humans if I knew that they were seriously concerned about how to bury their dead." In this witty and wise way, Lawrence Slobodkin takes us on a spirited quest for the multiple meanings of simplicity in all facets of life.

Slobodkin begins at the beginning, with a consideration of how simplicity came into play in the development of religious doctrines. He nimbly moves on to the arts--where he ranges freely from dining to painting--and then focuses more sharply on the role of simplicity in science. Here we witness the historical beginnings of modern science as a search for the fewest number of terms, the smallest number of assumptions, or the lowest exponents, while still meeting criteria for descriptive accuracy. The result may be an elegant hypothetical system that generates the apparent world from less apparent assumptions, as with the Newtonian revolution; or it may mean deducing non-obvious processes from everyday facts, as with the Darwinian revolution.

Slobodkin proposes that the best intellectual work is done as if it were a game on a simplified playing field. He supplies serious arguments for considering the role of simplification and playfulness in all of our activities. The immediate effect of his unfailingly captivating essay is to throw open a new window on the world and to refresh our perspectives on matters of the heart and mind.

Customer Reviews:

Neither scientific nor well written.......2006-07-25

I agree with the editorial review, this book may entertain a bit, but does not enlighten. It does not merit a detailed review.

It may be worth the $1.08 asked for in the used book section not including shipping so look elsewhere for your science education and entertainment.

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