Nature Calls: The History, Lore, and Charm of Outhouses

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Cute book.......2007-01-10

I bought this for my dad for Christmas. It is cute and the pictures are well presented. Lots of interesting history and tales.

Nature Calls.......2000-07-26

I picked up Nature Calls for my father. Let's just say he spends a lot of time in the privy. On the first pass through, the pictures were appealing - funny, curious and down right bizarre! Reading through the second time, I found the facts, stories and poetry to be truly inspiring. Who knew there was so much to learn about the outhouse! The necessary, the backhouse, the privy. The author has done a great job of recording this important part of our American history. I'll never look at a port-a-john in the same way again! I'll be picking up this book for all the men in my life.

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Explore the creative process of photography as you delve into the minds of 23 master photographers. Chapters focus on particular photographers, showcasing choice examples of their work accompanied by first-person narration. Find out what inspired them to become photographers. Examine their relationships with photographic techniques, and absorb their thoughts and insights on their craft. Since each artist is unique, you will discover a wide range of styles and ideas, including portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. There are black-and-white photographs, computer-manipulated images, images that have been enhanced through painting and other techniques, and much more. The understanding you gain will help you on your own journey to realize your photographic potential.

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Children need to be taught at a young age the importance of stewardship, but giving them financial advice that's too complex can overwhelm and discourage them. In Money Matters for Kids, financial author and teacher, Larry Burkett provides fun and creative tools to help children understand and apply the biblical concept of stewardship. Contains jokes, puzzles, and other fun activities and exercises that make it easy for parents to teach children godly money management principles.

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A Great Foundation for Young Children.......2005-10-26

My husband and I were looking for a book to help our children, ages 8 and 5, understand the concept and value of money. We had started an allowance but felt like they were more eager to spend the money than to care what it was spent on and when it was lost they didn't really care. We have since stopped the allowance and decided to go through this book first.

We feel that this book is a wonderful resource to teach Christian principles to children, such as stewardship (what we own is a gift from God and we need to take care of it), giving, being content, and spending wisely. I don't believe the book is geared toward teenagers, but instead toward the younger child. It is written in an engaging way, using a cat named Larry to tell stories and impress principles. Each chapter ends with a short Bible study as well. Both of my children have enjoyed and benefited from the content so far. I'd recommend it to anyone wanted to teach Biblical principles to their children regarding money.

I wish I had read the description a little closer..........2002-11-10

This book has very little to do with money a very much to do with sending money to the church. I bought a copy for each of my girls, 16 and 18 years old, each of them very spiritual, and they were both very turned off by the "preachy" context of the book. In fact, the 18-year-old told me she felt like she learned nothing about money, and as for the spiritual side, there are better books for that as well. She was especially turned off by one passage that recommended one way of making more money is giving more to the church.

Solid in the psychological issues surrounding money.......2002-03-01

We bought this book to help teach our 7 year old how to manage her money. Where the book met expectations were the areas of values and healthy ways to think of money : Money isn't ours. We're stewards of God's money and therefore, we should spend it wisely, etc.

Where it didn't meet expectations, is that it didn't really provide a sample plan for how to allocate resources. While certainly, the greatest issue in dealing with money is mental -- getting your head around the idea that you have to live within your means and that you don't have to have everything NOW or just because someone else has it -- there is also a need for concrete examples....Given the above problem, I would still recommend this book as something to work through with a child because those psychological issues about spending are significant enough that they can make the difference between a someday adult with healthy attitudes about money and someone who is in debt, unhappy yet still wanting MORE! In that respect, this book is aces.

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Good Information, Hard to absorb

Outstanding Biblicaly-based guidebook

Financial Parenting: Showing Your Kids That Money Matters
Larry Burkett , and Rick Osborne
Manufacturer: Moody Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0802430856

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With chapters on stewardship, giving, borrowing and lending, saving and budgeting, this resource includes lots of activities and interactive questions with each chapter. Perfect for children ages 5 and up.

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Good Information, Hard to absorb.......2001-12-27

This book had some very good information, but it's not a quick read. It gets kind of bogged down and my eyes started to glaze over with all the information. I much prefer Ellie Kay's new book called "Money Doesn't Grow on Trees." Ellie quotes Financial Parenting in her book and I can see where the information she got was good.

Outstanding Biblicaly-based guidebook.......2000-07-23

Most effective for the parents of the 6-16 set. Loaded with practical applications, exercises, family activities, etc, in order to help solidify the family as a whole using finances and finacial concepts as the catalyst.

Will go a long way toward building finacially sound habits and lifestyles. Aside from the Christian/Biblical basis, the material presented in this book just make good common financial sence!

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Money matters for parents and their kids
Ron Blue
Manufacturer: Oliver-Nelson
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Binding: Hardcover

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Money Matters for Kids Game: Featuring Larry the Cat

Manufacturer: Rainfall Gift/Educational Toys
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Parenting April 2007 - 12 Things Every Baby needs, Special Money Guide, Germ Alert, Find Time For You, From Baby To Big Kid, Best Car Organizers (What Matters To Moms)

Manufacturer: The Parenting Group
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PEYLZG

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Home Allowance and Chore Kit: Larry Burkett's Money Matters for Kids : Ages 6-16

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A TERRIFIC FAMILY TOOL

Home Allowance and Chore Kit: Larry Burkett's Money Matters for Kids : Ages 6-16
Larry Burkett
Manufacturer: Faith Kidz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9834502583

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A TERRIFIC FAMILY TOOL.......2001-08-07

How do we go about paying allowances and still teach our kids to contribute to the family without expecting to be paid?

Written from a Christian perspective, the HOME ALLOWANCE AND CHORE KIT answers this dilemma beautifully. This is not just a book, but a complete bookkeeping system designed to organize household chores, and gauge how well each member of the family is contributing to the family's well being.

Burkett's theory is that each member of the family is responsible for tasks for which he/she is not paid because these tasks serve everyone's needs -- duties such as washing dishes, cleaning bathrooms, setting the table, etc. A child's allowance should not be tied to an opportunity to earn income, because their allowance is part of the overall family income. However, it is important to give children the opportunity to earn extra money doing jobs that go BEYOND those which regularly contribute to the family's overall well being.

The kit contains tear-off "chore sheets" so children can have a constant visual reminder of what their contributing responsibilities are. It also contains an optional job "Board" with a magnetic background (for easy refrigerator mounting) for use after your child completes his contributing responsibilities on the chore sheets. Only the jobs on the "Board" can be completed for compensation, the other tasks on the chore sheets are completed because he/she is responsible for contributing to the household. There is also a Parent's Guide and Log Book which is chock full of terrific "Parenting Economics" tips and instructions on how to use the kit for maximum benefit.

Now this may sound like something anyone an devise on their own, but Burkett has a way of pulling the whole concept together so nicely that I highly recommend this purchase for any parent struggling with this concept.

4 Stars. The kit presents a healthy idea, although it is a bit sparse. Nevertheless, I found it to be a great beginning point for teaching my girls (ages 8 and 5) about responsibility and finances. They went through all the steps with me and happen to think it's also a lot of fun! (now who would have thought THAT would happen??)

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great humor.......2003-05-14

Humor is the best word for this book. It is a must have for young women starting out on their own, without a clue.
This book is brake down the tools they need, what a great prevention.
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josephine Diane hasan Kerr

Beautiful.......1999-05-30

i first read this book a couple of years ago when I found it in a bookstore. Since then, I have bought the book for a friend who just graduated from high school. I recommend this book to the young sisters out there.

This book is a perfect gift for teenagers and parents........1996-12-05

Sista Girlfren' Breaks It Down...: When Mom's Not Around By: Francheska Ahmed-Cawthorne

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'Tumber and Palmer have provided an invaluable review of how journalists covered and reported the Iraq war and its aftermath. Their exhaustive research has resulted in an impressive analysis that makes this book essential reading' -

John Owen, Executive Producer of News Xchange and Visiting Professor of Journalism, City University

'This is a meticulously researched book that lays bare the way the war was reported. Decide for yourself whether the media 'embeds' - of whom I was one - were the world's eyes and ears inside the military, or merely the puppets of the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence in London' - Ben Brown, BBC

'Media at War offers insights into the ways in which media at war inevitably become participants in both the military and the political wars' - Professor Michael Gurevitch, University of Maryland

International media coverage of the war in Iraq provoked public scrutiny as well debate amongst journalists themselves.

Media at War offers a critical overview of the coverage in the context of other preceding wars, including the first Gulf War, and opens up the debate on the key questions that emerged during the crisis. For example,

- What did we actually gain from 'live, on the spot' reporting?

- Were journalists adequately trained and protected?

- How compromised were the so-called 'embedded' journalists?

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At times of global crisis, Jonathan Schell’s writings have always presented nuanced and influential alternatives to conventional thinking. The moral clarity of his reportage first entered the public consciousness with his dispatches for The New Yorker on Vietnam. These seminal articles became The Village of Ben Suc (1967), a searing account that predicted the failure of Pentagon politics. Over the subsequent decades, Schell’s varied and consistently prescient articles have articulated the now commonly held notion that image has replaced substance in politics; provided (in Fate of the Earth) an apocalyptic vision of nuclear war that revitalized the disarmament movement; and more recently, charted the rise of “the other superpower”—the international peace movement that transcends country, class, and religion. As America finds itself at a crucial juncture both domestically and internationally, The Jonathan Schell Reader is vital reading for those who wish to better understand the history they have come from and the direction they should be heading toward. This book provides a landmark collection that spans the career of one of the leading thinkers and authors of our time.

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The Jonathan Schell Reader.......2007-01-10

When wondering about 'detant' or 'salt' or 'MAD'(mutual assured destruction) you need to consider the facts. This book helps to understand the nuclear arms race and is useful when pondering todays militaries and arms.

How to build support for a war. (public relations and the Persian Gulf War): An article from: Columbia Journalism Review

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How to build support for a war. (public relations and the Persian Gulf War): An article from: Columbia Journalism Review
Arthur E. Rowse
Manufacturer: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00091YM1S
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on September 1, 1992. The length of the article is 900 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.

From the supplier: Reports of atrocities committed by Iraqi soldiers during their invasion of Kuwait were solicited and orchestrated by the public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton, working for the group Citizens for a Free Kuwait which in turn was financed by the Kuwaiti government. Such so-called eyewitness accounts were accepted without corroboration by the media and played a crucial role in swaying the United Nations to take military action. Stories of babies removed from incubators by Iraqi soldiers later turned out to be false.

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Title: How to build support for a war. (public relations and the Persian Gulf War)
Author: Arthur E. Rowse
Publication: Columbia Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1992
Publisher: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Volume: v31 Issue: n3 Page: p28(2)

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Law and journalism in times of crisis.(reporting on the detention of suspects being held without access to lawyers and inviolation of their civil rights): An article from: The Advocate

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Law and journalism in times of crisis.(reporting on the detention of suspects being held without access to lawyers and inviolation of their civil rights): An article from: The Advocate
Anthony Lewis
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Advocate, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 3917 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: Law and journalism in times of crisis.(reporting on the detention of suspects being held without access to lawyers and inviolation of their civil rights)
Author: Anthony Lewis
Publication: The Advocate (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 61 Issue: 6 Page: 817(8)

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Press restrictions in the Persian Gulf War: First amendment implications

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Press restrictions in the Persian Gulf War: First amendment implications
Henry Cohen
Manufacturer: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the seventeenth century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares they carried, and the attitude of authority towards them.

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This major new reference work covers all the must-have technical data on food additives. Compiled by food industry experts with a proven track record of producing high quality reference work, this volume is the definitive resource for technologists in small, medium and large companies, and for workers in research, government and academicinstitutions.Coverage is of Preservatives, Enzymes, Gases, Nutritive additives, Emulsifiers, Flour additives, Acidulants, Sequestrants, Antioxidants, Flavour enhancers, Colour, Sweeteners, Polysaccharides, Solvents.Entries include information on: Function and Applications, Safety issues, International legal issues, Alternatives, Synonyms, Molecular Formula and mass, Alternative forms, Appearance, Boiling, melting, and flash points, density, purity, water content, solubility, Synergists, Antagonists, and more with full and easy-to-follow-up references.

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Food Additives Databook
Jim Smith
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover

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