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Elle Decor: The Grand Book of French Style
Francois Baudot , and Jean Demachy Manufacturer: Bulfinch ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0821227645 |
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If there is one book that will look elegant on every coffee table this season, this is it. Compiled by the editors of Elle Decor, the definitive voice of good taste, this rich collection of interiorsfrom eclectic and eccentric to classic chiccan inspire every reader looking for a little je ne sais quoi for their home.Customer Reviews:
A+ Design Book.......2006-06-09
May Be a good Coffee Table Book.......2006-01-19
Not What You Are Hoping For!.......2005-03-15
Elle Decor: Grand Book of French Style.......2005-01-21
French Designers.......2002-03-02
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Walter De Maria 1999 Milano 2000
Walter De Maria , Germano Celant , and Miuccia Prada Manufacturer: Galgiani, Phillip ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 888702913X |
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For Walter De Maria, hurricanes, floods, and sandstorms--natural disasters--are "the highest form of art possible to experience." Through such monumental works as "The Lightening Field," a permanent installation in New Mexico which fuses the natural phenomena of lighting with the artistic process, De Maria has had a lasting and decisive impact on the orientation of art since the 1960s. This unique artist's book, one of only a few publications on this seminal artist, intermingles De Maria's sculptures with the city of Milan through a portfolio of black-and-white photographs by Nanda Lanfranco, produced in close collaboration with the artist, which reveal various crossroads of this Italian metropolis. 11.75 x 11.75 in.
50 color, 2 b/w, 48 duotone, illustrations
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Ghost Towns of the West (A Sunset Pictorial)
William Carter Manufacturer: Lane Publishing Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0376053143 |
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Ghost Towns of the West (A pictorial guide to towns and mining camps that opened the west. A Sunset Pictorial.)
Manufacturer: Sunset ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000CNTJVG |
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Ghost Towns of the West : A Sunset Pictorial
William. Carter Manufacturer: Lane Publishing Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NVAM68 |
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Ghost Towns of the West: A Sunset Pictorial
William Carter Manufacturer: Lane Pub. Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K0EHXG |
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Heaven Sent Pocket Manga #2 (Heaven Sent Pocket Magna)
Ben Dunn Manufacturer: Antarctic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1932453830 |
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Ever since Kyle Taylor was killed in a traffic accident, things haven't been the same. Restored to life and put under the direct protection of a guardian angel named Samantha, Kyle discovers his fate is far greater than he imagined. He is one of the Chosen - those who fight in the eternal war between Good and Evil. But the dark forces hold his mother's soul prisoner and will do all in their power to keep him from achieving his destiny!
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The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Participant Workbook
Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management , Peter F. Drucker , and Frances Hesselbein Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0787944378 |
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Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit ManagementAs a tool for clarifying the thinking of volunteer boards, the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool is unparalleled. This is a real way to develop a language, get to the critical issues, and move on--the most practical and efficient method I have seen. As facilitator of over 175 retreats, it is the best thing I've used--and I appreciate the enhancements and improvements!
--Peggy Outon, board chair, National Alliance for Nonprofit Management
The Drucker Foundation's Self-Assessment Tool has made a lot of changes in the way we do business. . . . The workbook was a good beginning. The interactions and 'homework reports' on flip-chart paper were a vital part of this learning process.
--Sue H. Brown, executive director, Senior Centers of Spartanburg County, Inc.
The results far surpassed our expectations. The Drucker Process literally revitalized the organization. The board members have rallied around a new mission statement, taken on a variety of tasks, and designed new programs, which are very realistic.
--Beth S. Cole, former executive director, American Academy of Home Care Physicians
For over fifty years, Peter F. Drucker has shared his wisdom with organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool puts his invaluable management experience into your hands—and gives you the means to rediscover the mission and potential of your nonprofit organization. Originally published in 1993, the best-selling Self-Assessment Tool has helped and inspired nonprofit boards, executives, and teams to apply Drucker's insights to their organizations' needs. Based on extensive user feedback and research, the new and improved Participant Workbook has been streamlined for greater flexibility and focus.
The revised Participant Workbook presents Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions and fully updated worksheets. There is no right way to use this tool: you make it your own. Its clear directions and straightforward method make it easy to implement with groups of any size, management level, or planning experience. By the And of the self-assessment process, participants will not only have a stronger understanding of their mission, values, and customers, but also an effective plan to apply what they learned.
Multiple Uses for the Self-Assessment Tool
? The leadership team--the chairman of the board and the chief executive--can lead the organization in conducting a comprehensive self-assessment, refining mission, goals, and results, and developing a working plan of action.
? Teams throughout the organization can use the Tool to invigorate projects, tailoring the process to focus on specific areas as needed.
? Governing boards can use the Tool in orientation for new members, as means to deepen thinking during retreats, and to develop clarity on mission and goals.
? Universities and colleges can use the Tool as a guide for field projects with organizations from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors, and as a resource for boards and faculty.
? Working groups from collaborating organizations can use the Tool to define common purpose and to develop clear goals, programs, and plans.
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Brilliant!.......2003-01-25
Results-oriented approach to change management.......1999-01-28
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Winning the Office Leasing Game
Karen E. Chessler Manufacturer: Vision Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound Similar Items:
ASIN: 1928742041 |
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Entering into a commercial lease can be one of the most critical decisions a business will make. While most businesses negotiate a lease once every three to five years, landlords and their representatives are involved in these types of transactions on a daily basis. Packed with insightful advice, Winning the Office Leasing Game will arm you with the information you need to protect the best interests of your company.Winning the Office Leasing Game will guide you through the process of:
*Determining the office space needs of your business, including a square footage calculator.
*Space planning and office design.
*Preparing a Request for Proposal and evaluating the proposals (a customizable sample proposal is included on disk).
*Negotiating the best possible lease terms.
*Construction and tenant improvements.
*Protecting your interests after the lease is signed.
A computer disk including all of the forms and templates from the book is included. (Disk requires a Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Excel 97 or later.)
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Sex and Spirit: Merging Heart and Soul in Love
John Selby Manufacturer: iUniverse ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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ASIN: 1583482016 |
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Drawing on revealing case studies, this frank, groundbreaking guide examines the nature of both male and female orgasm, shows that changes in your self-image can evoke positive changes in your sex life, and teaches how true sexual intimacy can become a transcendent and life-fulfilling experience.Customer Reviews:
SEX AND ALSO SPIRIT - DREAM COME TRUE!.......2003-06-04
Well, sometimes I've felt just totally trascendent when making love, but usually I haven't known how to go to that amazing expanded place during sex, where there's no difference between me and my true love, and we just blast off into some infinite place that is definitely spiritual. Now I know - it's a secret everyone should know, which is why I'm writing these notes.
Selby is a psychologist who really knows how our minds and our spirit work together, and his book explains real simply what the mystic experience during orgasm is all about. He also teaches totally pragmatic ways to help a spiritual experience happen, every time you make love ... many thanks to him!
What I was especially surprised and happy to learn about, was that we can act on our own to finally heal old heartbreaks that get in the way of really opening up to our new love - that's where this book most helped me, since I'd just come out of a real heartbreak, and I'm mostly over it now, thanks to this book.
The other thing I learned from reading Sex and Spirit and then working with the inner programs of the book is that right when we're making love, we can consciously shift into special states of mind where we let go of worries, tune into the present moment, and allow some deeper natural force or whatever to "move us" together toward orgasm.
And one other thing that's really great are the chapters on letting go of trying to be a good lover, and also letting go of fantasies while making love - so that you're fully "here" and the pure experience just overwhelms ... I can't say all of this as good as the author does, he's definitely an expert on sexuality and he's also just very kind and patient in his teachings ...
Enjoying wild sex and deep spiritual feelings at the same time ... that's about as good as life gets - and this book is definitely the hands-on manual for really opening up and letting your whole soul merge with your lover. I give this ten stars!
Julia
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Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership
Manufacturer: Kent State University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0873386299 |
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Gettysburg Redux.......2005-04-23
For all Gettysburg students, a potpourri of special topics!.......2003-11-26
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Gettysburg, Day Three
Jeffry D. Wert Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0684859157 |
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On July 1 and 2, 1863, armies commanded by George Meade and Robert E. Lee clashed in the hilly farm country surrounding Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Badly bloodied, the outcome of the battle still uncertain, they fought on into a third day, one whose close would decide the Civil War.Jeffry Wert, a Pennsylvania high school teacher and well-published scholar of Civil War history, offers a sweeping account of that third day of battle, one that relies heavily on letters, diaries, and other primary sources. From those combatants, we learn of the "carnival of hell" that was Pickett's Charge, when "the incessant rattle of musketry sounded like the grinding of some huge mill." We read of the heroic Union defense of Culp's Hill against equally heroic Confederate attackers, of a stirring charge of Virginia cavalry that elicited "a murmur of admiration" from opposing Michigan horsemen led by George Armstrong Custer, and of the exhaustion and terror of ordinary soldiers, one of whom mused, "What men are these we slaughter like cattle and still they come at us?"
Like the battle itself on that final day at Gettysburg, Wert's narrative unfolds with breakneck speed, and sometimes with so much detail as to yield momentary confusion as it proceeds from one butchery to the next. Still, his account is painstakingly researched and very well written, and it deserves a place on the shelf alongside the work of Bruce Catton, Shelby Foote, and other popular historians of the Civil War. --Gregory McNamee
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Jeffry D. Wert re-creates the last day of the bloody Battle of Gettysburg in astonishing detail, taking readers from Meade's council of war to the seven-hour struggle for Culp's Hill -- the most sustained combat of the entire engagement. Drawing on hundreds of sources, including more than 400 manuscript collections, he offers brief excerpts from the letters and diaries of soldiers. He also introduces heroes on both sides of the conflict -- among them General George Greene, the oldest general on the battlefield, who led the Union troops at Culp's Hill.A gripping narrative written in a fresh and lively style, Gettysburg, Day Three is an unforgettable rendering of an immortal day in our country's history.
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Gettysburg, Day Three.......2006-03-05
Uninspiring.......2004-06-07
Wert is largely uninspiring compared to the Pantheon of Gettysburg authors, like Pfanz and Coddington. And to justify writing a book about Gettysburg or July 3rd, topics that have been written about endlessly, there has to be some originality involved to give the narrative meaning. Wert simply does not accomplish this, except perhaps on the cavalry actions, and it isn't surprising when the book is only 300 pages long.
July 3rd's action begins near dawn on Culp's Hill. Pfanz covers this action infinitely better in his book on Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill compared to Wert's book. Pfanz book has just as many interesting first hand accounts, and it's a more descriptive narrative concerning the military movements and combat on Culp's Hill.
Pickett's Charge is, of course, the highlight of the action on July 3. Wert's book has nothing groundbreaking regarding any aspect of the charge, from the action to the Confederate command chain before the offensive. That's not surprising, considering the Charge has been discussed to death. However, you'll find much more description on the action in both Sears' and Coddington's books, and those are books covering the entire campaign, not just Day Three.
The only thing that separates this Day Three study from the rest is the detail it gives to the 4 cavalry actions on July 3rd. Generally most only mention Custer's and Stuart's action southeast of the field and Kilpatrick's assault on the Confederate right. This book describes those actions in strong detail and analyzes two less significant cavalry skirmishes.
Still, for anyone who wants to read 300 pages worth of text on July 3 at Gettysburg, it would benefit you to read a more specific book on Pickett's Charge or the Culp's Hill chapters of the Pfanz book. Put simply, Wert's sum is not greater than Day Three's parts.
Good Solid Work on the Crucial Third Day at Gettysburg.......2003-06-13
Granted, Wert may not be for the extreme purist ala Pfanz, but this very inexpensive work deserves a place on the shelf alongside Noah Andre Trudeau's comprehensive work, or the more recent works by James M. McPherson and Stephen Sears.
Wert gives good, solid narrative to the desperate clash on Culp's Hill, and hails the little-known George Sears Greene, the oldest General in the Union Army on the battlefield, as the unsung hero of the battle, as the failure of the Confederates to crack the right flank of the Union forces commanded by Greene at Culp's Hill (Gettysburg) seriously impacted Pickett's charge later that day.
The poignant aspects of the Culps Hill fight - the death of a scruffy little dog that charged with the Maryland Confederates against Maryland Unionist, and received a "Christian burial" from the heartbroken Union General who found him on the battlefield; the death of Wesley Culp, who was born nearby, went south to Virginia and joined the Rebels and died on his own property, and the horrible, suicidal charge of Charles Mudge's 2nd Massachusetts are part and parcel of Wert's narrative.
As a Cavalry enthusiast, I certainly have no complaints only complements for Wert's descriptive of the East Cavalry Battle, or the subsequent attempts by Merritt and Kilpatrick to get behind the battered Confederates by the Round Tops just after Pickett's charge. The reader will get a true feel of the ferocity and desperation of the Stuart-Custer fight, and of Kilpatrick's senseless order to Farnsworth to lead a mounted charge across the rocky and tree-filled landscape just south of the Round Tops.
Wert, to his credit, also writes of the little-known cavalry battle at Fairfield on the 3rd day between Merritt's Sixth U.S. Cavalry and Confederates led by "Grumble" Jones, a useless fight that resulted in a severe Union defeat (one of the captured Union cavalrymen was a Major George Cram, who was later commended by the Union Cavalry Chief Alfred Pleasanton in a document in this writer's possession).
By contrast, even the brilliant Gary Gallagher's series of essays in "The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond" doesn't even mention the cavalry fights!
Yes, the book is printed on rag paper, and yes, some of the maps described the wrong battles. For example the map depicting the fight on the South field (Round Tops)is actually the East Cavalry battle between Stuart and Custer, and vice versa. And yes, those were reasons why I gave this work a four-star review rather than the five-star which, with modifications and improvements it really deserves.
A good solid work on Gettysburg at an even better price!
I'm a bit disappointed........2003-01-24
He is no Pfanz and I'm no fan of Wert.......2002-07-01
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Gettysburg: Day Three
Shelby Foote Manufacturer: Random House Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: 0679602887 Release Date: 1998-05-05 |
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Outstanding as only Foote can tell it........1998-10-29
Mr. Foote describes in great passionate detail the individual participants, strategy and events leading up to, during and after this battle. Take a glimpse back in time at the beautiful and tranquil rolling hills of Pennsylvania farmland. Soon to erupt to the most massive cannonade attack of the war. The once peaceful farmland will be covered by rivers of blood. Strewn throughout the countryside mounds of the dead and dying both man and beast .
After listening to this gripping audio tape, you will have experience the tragedies and horror of this battle both physically and psychologically from both sides. This account by Mr. Foote is a keeper and is a constant reminder of the ultimate sacrifice.
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Human Interest Stories of the Three Day's Battle at Gettysburg
Herbert Grimm Manufacturer: Americana Souvenirs & Gifts ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1890541028 |
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Human Interest Stories Of The Three Days Battles At Gettysburg
Herbert L. Grimm , and Paul L. Roy Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1432561308 |
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HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OF THE THREE DAYS' BATTLE AT GETTYSBURG.
Herbert L. Grimm & Paul Roy. Manufacturer: Gettysburg: 1969. 64p, illus. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KIMPSM |
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Human Interest Stories of the Three Days' Battles at Gettysburg
Herbert L & Roy, Paul L Grimm Manufacturer: Tmes and News Publishing Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NPTB3O |
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Human Interest Stories of the Three Days' Battles at Gettysburg
Herbert Grimm; Paul Roy Manufacturer: Times and New Publishing Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTJOLS |
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Human Interest Stories of the Three Days' Battles at Gettysburg
Herbert Grimm and Paul L. Roy Manufacturer: Times and News Publishing Co. 1927 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OISP7S |
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Human Interest Stories of the Three days' Battles at Gettysburg
Herbert L.& Roy, Paul I. Grimm Manufacturer: Times and News Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NPTIV4 |
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Essays on the History of Trinity College Library: Dublin
Manufacturer: Four Courts Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1851824677 |
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Watchable Birds of California (Watchable Bird Series)
Mary Taylor Gray Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0878423893 |
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