Bordeaux Chateaux: A History of the Grands Crus Classes 1855-2005

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A historical tour of the most prestigious chateaux in the world's most popular wine-making region, Bordeaux Style brings the reader into the intimate interiors and tasting rooms of the chateaux. From gleaming black-and-white floor tiles to the graceful shadows cast by stone arches, from luxurious residences to musky wine cellars, these stunning photographs offer a taste of the rich culture behind these grand wines. In collaboration with Bordeaux's elite Conseil des Grands Crus Classés, this book is published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the prestigious Grands Crus Classés wine classification system, created by Napoleon III for the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris. The original chateaux, selected for their excellence in wine making, included 61 from the Médoc region. The quality of their wines has stood the test of time remarkably well; and while many vineyards have changed hands-some several times over-the classification is still by and large a guarantee of excellent quality.

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A First Lady.  An American icon.  A legend.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was all of that, and yet she was an extremely private person. For the first time since the fabled auction, the items that only a privileged few were able to view are captured in all their beauty in Jackie's Treasures: The Fabled Objects from the Auction of the Century  by Dianne Russell Condon, with a foreword by Dominick Dunne.

Jackie's Treasures, includes fifty of the most talked about and intriguing items from the auction that made headlines around the world.  Each item is accompanied by vintage photographs and a brief history detailing its provenance.  Condon presents an array of pieces that extend throughout Jackie's life--John F. Kennedy's rocking chair, John Jr.'s high chair, the now famous humidor given to John F. Kennedy by Milton Berle, Jackie's pearls, and the Lesotho III, her engagement ring from Aristotle Onassis.

Condon also includes a full index of all of the lots sold at the auction from least to most expensive.  Her detailed descriptions of the items and the auction's atmosphere when they were presented offer a glimpse not only into Jackie's enchanting life but into a part of history that will always be in our hearts.   Jackie's Treasures is an exquisite souvenir of not just a woman whose grace and style were imitated and admired the world over, but an era that will never be forgotten not unlike Camelot.

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Historical Document.......2003-06-21

This book is cool just for its value as a historical document. I am not personally impressed with any of the items that were up for auction, but the pictures of the items on Jackie or in the White House are well worth it

Jackie's Treasures/ The Fabled Objects From Auction of the Century

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Jackie's Treasures/ The Fabled Objects From Auction of the Century
Dianne R. Condon
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NZVUVK

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Kiriwina, the largest of the Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua New Guinea, is anthropology's "sacred place." It was here that Bronislaw Malinowski conducted the path-breaking fieldwork that enabled him to revolutionize British social anthropology. And it was here that he developed one of anthropology's most important tools: photography.

Malinowski's Kiriwina presents nearly two hundred of Malinowski's previously unpublished photographs, taken between 1915 and 1918, of the Trobriand Islanders. The images are more than embellishments of his ethnography; they are a recreation in striking detail of a distant world. Michael Young, an anthropologist and Malinowski's authorized biographer, has selected the photographs based on one of Malinowski's unpublished studies of the region, and the plan of that abandoned project has helped structure this book.

Divided into fourteen sections, Malinowski's Kiriwina is a series of linked photo-essays based on Trobriand institutions and cultural themes as described by Malinowski. The introductory essay by Young appraises the founding anthropologist's photographic oeuvre, explains the historical circumstances and technical aspects of the images, and puts them in their colonial context. Young illuminates the photographs with quotations from Malinowski's diaries, letters, and field notes, thereby giving a biographical dimension to the collection. Commentaries on the images by contemporary Trobrianders add a further layer of interpretation. The result is a stunning record not only of a fascinating place, but of the mutual relationship between ethnography and the visual.

Malinowski's Kiriwina: Fieldwork Photography 1915-1918. (Reviews).(Review): An article from: Oceania

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Malinowski's Kiriwina: Fieldwork Photography 1915-1918. (Reviews).(Review): An article from: Oceania
Jadran Mimica
Manufacturer: University of Sydney
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Oceania, published by University of Sydney on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1359 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: Malinowski's Kiriwina: Fieldwork Photography 1915-1918. (Reviews).(Review)
Author: Jadran Mimica
Publication: Oceania (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: University of Sydney
Volume: 72 Issue: 1 Page: 80(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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shameless attempt to coat-tail on another's success.......2004-11-04

I bought this book on tape for $1.99 at a discount store, and think I paid too much. I made myself finish listening (a glutton for punishment, I know) but found myself, at the end of each paragraph the author spoke, saying "that's it, I hope!"
I was in college once, and had a relationship like that once- who didn't? But I've grown up and know that such things aren't love, and aren't worth agonizing over twenty years later- and certainly aren't worth destroying the life and marriage of someone you once "loved". Jana needs to get over it, and either come up with something original to write about or quit writing.

Better then The Bridges Of Madison County.......2002-10-17

I read the book in one sitting, I could not tear myself away. I felt like I was there, I could feal all the love and emotions. Memories of Madison County is at the top of my favorite list, I haven't read a book this good in along time. Thank You

"Never judge a book byt it's cover...".......2001-10-02

I was just looking around for something intersting, something just to read. Then one day my mother came in with this book that they had given to her, I saw the cover and thought this wasn't my kinda book, after leaving it on top of my t.v for a few weeks I decided to see what it was about, I picked it up and started reading, soon I couldn't put it down. This book is the kind of book that puts you in the front seat and makes you realize how much it can hurt to loose someone you deeply love. It kinda makes you wonder how bad that feeling is, and not wanting to but having to let go, of falling in love so deeply but just knowing that it just can't be, and that it has to not be. It's just a book you can read to pass the time, and to learn form someone else's point of view. If you like these kind of stories, this one is one to read.

Mixed opinion..........2000-11-12

I just finished reading my copy of St. James' book a few hours ago and in all honesty I'm not completely sure how to feel. The writing of Jana St. James is actually very good; descriptive with lots of detail, and the emotions that she and Waller feel are written so clearly/elonquently that we can feel what they felt as if we were there with them or it was one of us in this situation. But, like the other reviewers, I too am confused as to why she would bring all this out in the open twentysomething years later when the affair is so long over. Why would she do that when he's moved on with his wife Georgia, and he and Georgia are obviously happy, knowing that the publication of this novel could do damage to their relationship? It's almost as if St. James wants to stir up trouble. If she really felt the need to write about this time in her life to get it out of her system, she should have written this book exactly as she has done-except write it as a novel, with ficticious names/characters. However the writing is good, as I said before, and she writes about the emotions well, making her story all too believable. Three stars is about the fairest review I can give this book.

0 star.......2000-05-24

I read this book when in 1997 when I had to let go of a love affair myself. I was seeking some comfort in this book, but instead I was disgusted by it. The writing is ugly. The story is more than plain. It says "to everyone who has ever to let go of love", but I don't feel that there was any love between the writer and Waller. Probably some infatuation. True love will not make one to write such a book. True love should be beautiful and moving and lasting............................... That's all I have to say about this book.

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Memories of madison County
Jana with Richard Hack St. James
Manufacturer: Dove Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V930PW

Memories of Madison County: The True Story of My Romance With Robert James Waller

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What a waste of time
Janky Jana
Big Disappointment
Jana & Bob - a simple love story
How one girl's affair in college haunted her

Memories of Madison County: The True Story of My Romance With Robert James Waller
Jana St. James
Manufacturer: Audio Literature
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 0787106569

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What a waste of time.......2007-10-12

Nothing special at all. Just a lot of long, boring details about what sounded like the world's most boring affair. What a snore and if she really thinks that the Bridges of Madison County was about their affair she probably should have looked him up in the years in between and met the other affair women. She was probably one among many.

Janky Jana.......2002-05-18

This book is a disgrace. It's sad to see that any woman would stoop to such a low level as to publicly humiliate herself as well as a well-known author!

I understand that she had an affair with him, but that's it...AN AFFAIR! Get over it !!! It was an dumb-affair. I'm sure that Ms. St. James wasn't so young that she didn't realize what she was getting into!

I just think that it's sad and this book did nothing, but turn a memory of a romance (affair or not) into something that the public didn't need to know about!

Thanks...I'm done!

Big Disappointment.......2002-03-19

I was excited to find these tapes at my library and kept waiting for the "magical" love to reveal itself as it did in Waller's novel. Instead, I was told all sorts of "filler", such as what Jana St. James was wearing and what she ate each day. An unbelievable amount of extraneous material to blow smoke over her THIN story about an average affair initiated by a married man. One can only feel sorry for Waller's wife Georgia, learning what her husband was doing the night they gave birth to their daughter. Much wishful thinking on the part of St. James: I didn't see ANY parallels with Madison County, the novel, except that the characters had sex.

Jana & Bob - a simple love story.......2001-08-26

Certainly there are parallels to the love story in Bridges of Madison County, however this is a story of two young people who under different circumstances would likely have ended up together. There love seemed genuine but impossible. This is an easy read - and unlike the other reviewer, I do not judge Jana or Bob. As unfortunate as it sounds - affairs do happen.

How one girl's affair in college haunted her.......1999-09-16

I was looking forward to reading about the woman the book "Bridges of Madison County" was possibly based on. When Robert Waller was a young, married graduate student, he had an affair with whom I feel was a naive underage college student. Jana St. James wants us to believe her love affair with Mr. Waller was like no love ever before. Sorry, Jana. You had an affair with a married man, and it ended because he had obligations to his WIFE. What did you expect? For him to leave his pregnant wife and start a new life with a young, naive college girl? I don't think so. Also, the affair -- the "earthshattering" love she experienced is exactly the same as any other "first love", no more special or different, except that it was with a married man, and Robert Waller is just a man who has talents such as writing and signing. He is no more special than you or me.

Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama: A record of the tombstone inscriptions in all known white cemeteries in the west half of Madison County, Alabama, except Memory Garden

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Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama: A record of the tombstone inscriptions in all known white cemeteries in the west half of Madison County, Alabama, except Memory Garden
Dorothy Scott Johnson
Manufacturer: Johnson Historical Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006D00LU

Downtown wanderings and memories: Pictures & stories of downtown Jackson, Tennessee (Downtown wanderings)

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Downtown wanderings and memories: Pictures & stories of downtown Jackson, Tennessee (Downtown wanderings)
D. N English
Manufacturer: Main Street Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0974129488

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[Greengarden memories]
Phoebe S. Wills Foster
Manufacturer: Foster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00089D8U2

In memory of Dorothea Bade Wille, Johann T. Bade, Heinrich J. Bade of Bluff Road & Lewis Road, Edwardsville, Il

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In memory of Dorothea Bade Wille, Johann T. Bade, Heinrich J. Bade of Bluff Road & Lewis Road, Edwardsville, Il
Edna Klingemann
Manufacturer: E. Klingemann?
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00073B11W

Looking back at my life: Memories of 80+ years and history of two closely related German families: Fresen - Plassmann in the Madison County, Illinois, area

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Looking back at my life: Memories of 80+ years and history of two closely related German families: Fresen - Plassmann in the Madison County, Illinois, area
Edward Heinrich Gustav Fresen
Manufacturer: J. Mottaz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006RXUIG

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In June 1940, Britain expected enemy invasion. Despite Churchill's determination to fight on the beaches, many parents made desperate efforts to send their children abroad to safety. Thousands left for America, Canada, Australia, and other distant countries. In this revealing new book, Jessica Mann, herself a wartime evacuee, looks at the experiences of those who were sent away to a foreign land, including their dangerous journeys across U-boat-ridden oceans, and asks how they coped with being away, and how they found life back in the UK on their return. Drawing on extensive original research and memories of many former evacuees, including Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Williams, Jessica Mann builds up a moving portrait of a lost generation.

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Rave Reviews from Across the Pond.......2005-07-28

Evening Standard, 14 March 2005
A fascinating book...a splendid piece of social history...Mann's witness deserves a distinguished place in 20th-century history

Literary Review, March 5, 2005
'this splendid account of...children in the Second World War provides us with a unique and valuable historical document'

Glasgow Herald
'Mann's book makes for a read that is illuminating and sobering, riveting and sad.'

The Telegraph
'Neither the evacuees nor the reader could ask for a better chronicler than Mann.'

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This book of interdisciplinary readings on Gypsies is sensitive to the Romani point of view and avoids exoticizing or patronizing the Gypsies and their culture. Recurrent themes in the readings include: the historical oppression of the Gypsies including contemporary xenophobia and violence; the nonstatic, heterogeneous nature of Gypsy cultures; the persistence of racist stereotypes; and personal and institutional Gypsy/non-Gypsy relationships. Nearly all of the classic essays updated for this volume tell stories of the persistance of the Roma in the face of savage atrocities and appalling living conditions.

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Worth the price!.......2002-09-02

This book contains some of the best articles of recent times published on Roma identity and culture throughout the world. I recommend this to anyone who wants to get a "feel" of Roma culture today!

From Ukrainian publisher.......2000-04-06

Dear Mrs. Diane Tong! We are looking for permission to publish your book on Ukrainian language. If it will be interesting for you, please, contact us by e-mail: mega@type.relc.com or tel/fax: 38044 211-06-14. MEGATYPE publishing company. Thank you.

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Investments in new construction and building typically represent 8 to 10 percent of the nation's GDP, with more than 40 percent of this investment being for new housing.

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