Leonardo Da Vinci's Advice to Artists

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Great advice to students.......2002-08-26

Leonardo da Vinci was truly a great artist, even though he didn't leave behind that many works of art. This little book, however, points out all the areas of observation that an artist needs to be aware of. These points are not taught in art classes. Most artists come by these pointers and tips after many long years of trial and error. Artists are visual problem solvers. And excellent observation skills are critical to being a successful artist. I have read and reread parts of the book when I make my studies, and it has been tremendously helpful.

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LEONARDO DA VINCI'S ADVICE TO ARTISTS
Emery Kelen
Manufacturer: Running Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JVC8Y6

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Alkema's complete guide to creative art for young people
Chester Jay Alkema
Manufacturer: Sterling Pub. Co
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ASIN: 0806951885

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Doc Edgerton, who developed the electronic flash and devoted his life to helping us "see the unseen," felt his photographic work was the byproduct of scientific investigation. The fact that the world is no longer amazed at many of the images he produced is testament to the impact his experiments have had on our culture. Douglas Collins captures the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor in a biographical essay as sharply as Edgerton captured a coronet of milk. This image--along with such sensational stop-motion studies as a dancer in mid-flight, a bullet slicing through a playing card, a child running and a cock fight--may be viewed on the accompanying portfolio photo CD-ROM.

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For over 60 years, the ultra high-speed photography of Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton has stopped time. His work makes visible the elusive gestures and trajectories of our world in action: from the dripping of water to a bullet's path. His experiments with stroboscopic flashes resulted in hundreds of --and not incidentally beautiful--images of a realm beyond human vision. Edgerton, a lifelong teacher and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is today celebrated as both a scientific innovator, and also as an astonishing photographer.

Seeing the Unseen is an engaging new study of Edgertons's life and science. Designed to look like one of Doc's own laboratory notebooks, the book places his work in its historical technological context, and clarifies his motivations and methods. Edgerton, with his own plain-spoken and witty brand of genius, is vividly portrayed in a biographical essay by Douglas Collins. It covers Edgerton's early years in Nebraska, his beginnings at MIT as a graduate student in electrical engineering in 1926, the decades of inspired research and teaching in"Strobe Alley" (his MIT lab), and his fruitful collaborations with everyone from Hollywood filmmakers to Jacques Cousteau, until his death in 1990. Seeing the Unseen is profusely and colorfully illustrated with photographs of and by Harold Edgerton, and well as easily-understood technical diagrams of his methods. Included in the book is a Portfolio Photo CD, produced by George Eastman House and curator James Sheldon, which contains a gallery of 150 of Edgerton's most striking images, and is compatible with any CD-ROM player.

Seeing the Unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the Wonders of Strobe Alley is the official catalog for an exhibition of the same name currrently on display at George Eastman House in Rochester, and traveling to Winston-Salem NC, Seattle, Boston, Middlebury VT, and San Diego through 1997.

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Seeing the unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the wonders of Strobe Alley

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Seeing the unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the wonders of Strobe Alley

Manufacturer: Distributed by MIT Press
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This classic, visually stunning series is a loving homage to the American frontier. It chronicles the adventures of Mike Steve Blueberry, a maverick lieutenant embroiled in the Indian wars of the 1870's. one of the best western comics of all time. --ICV2

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This book presents a comprehensive examination of the deregulation of financial markets that began in the United States in the mid-1960s and has now reached global proportions. The author examines the deregulatory steps taken in each of the major financial markets--the United States, Britain, Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong--exploring the impetus behind the deregulatory developments, their potency, and their effects on the operational, promotional, and allocational efficiency of financial markets. Khoury also assesses the effects of deregulation on the stability of financial markets and on the movement toward political and economic integration within these markets. Throughout, Khoury focuses particular attention on the dynamics of the deregulation process and the forces that generated it in each of the markets under study. Khoury begins by tracing the evolution of the internationalization of the financial markets and their deregulation over the last three decades. He then examines the economics of financial deregulation and the implications of regulatory changes. Four chapters are devoted to extended analysis of deregulation in the various financial centers. Khoury compares and contrasts the similarities and differences among the five markets, examines the impact of regulatory developments in each market, and analyzes the growing interrelationships among financial markets. A separate chapter looks at the effects of deregulation on the foreign exchange, money, and stock markets, and on the performance and stability of the banking sector. Finally, Khoury looks to the future of deregulation, describing the changes that are likely to occur in the regulatory structure and in the money and capital markets. Ideal as supplemental reading for courses in international finance and banking, this book also offers bankers and regulators new insights into the potential and actual effects of various regulatory and deregulatory measures.

Effectiveness of monetary policy after financial market liberalization. (Supplementary Note 5): An article from: World Economic Outlook

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Effectiveness of monetary policy after financial market liberalization. (Supplementary Note 5): An article from: World Economic Outlook

Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from World Economic Outlook, published by International Monetary Fund on May 1, 1991. The length of the article is 3300 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: Effectiveness of monetary policy after financial market liberalization. (Supplementary Note 5)
Publication: World Economic Outlook (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1991
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Page: p105(4)

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Financial liberalization in Africa and Asia.: An article from: World Economic Outlook

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Financial liberalization in Africa and Asia.: An article from: World Economic Outlook

Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from World Economic Outlook, published by International Monetary Fund on October 1, 1995. The length of the article is 1062 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: Financial liberalization in Africa and Asia.
Publication: World Economic Outlook (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1995
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Page: p56(2)

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Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Mercantilist Companies in the Modern World (Aei Studies on Financial Market Deregulation)

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Classic Study of Government Sponsored Enterprises

Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Mercantilist Companies in the Modern World (Aei Studies on Financial Market Deregulation)
Thomas H. Stanton
Manufacturer: AEI Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0844741604

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This book traces the origins of GSEs, contrasts investor-owned and cooperative GSEs, and examines such issues as activities and the quality of oversight.

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Classic Study of Government Sponsored Enterprises.......2007-01-03

Among the small fraternity of analysts that follow Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE's), Thomas Stanton is well-known and respected. According to Stanton, a GSE is "a GSE is a privately owned, federally-chartered financial institution with nationwide scope and specialized lending powers that benefits from an implicit federal guarantee of all its obligations to enhance its ability to borrow money" (pp. 1-2). The six GSEs are: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Farmer Mac, Sallie Mae, the Farm Credit System, and the Federal Home Loan Banking System. His book "is about the institutional design and the structure of the GSE as a special type of institution authorized, defined, and shaped by law" (p. xiii).

While much of what Stanton writes about in this book is well-known in the fraternity of GSE analysts, few others are privy to these insights. The background on these institutions is mostly chronicled in law, the federal register, and studies commissioned by Congress that most people would find inaccessible. Occasionally, newspaper and magazine articles and technical studies appear that provide insights. The problem is that many of the studies and reports that appear are commissioned by the GSEs themselves, their supporters, and detractors. It can accordingly be difficult at times to separate objective information from other materials. Stanton's contribution is that he provides a coherent overview of the GSEs as institutions.

Stanton is also willing to take on difficult subjects. For example, Stanton writes that "the political process does not handle probabilities well. Members of Congress may be insensitive to the results of the regulator's actions in reducing the changes of financial difficulties; by contrast they are likely to be instantly sensitive to any actions of the regulator that reduce immediate benefits to constituents." (p. 46). Stanton's insights into GSE behavior make his book a classic in the policy genre that is both very readible and very quotable.

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This excellent reference for anyone interested in the wondrously broad range of Coca-Cola collectibles is now in its newly revised fourth edition! This book is filled cover-to-cover with approximately 2,000 bright, color pictures of the most sought-after Coca-Cola products ever made, from advertisements, trays, and bottles to haberdashery, jewelry, and amazing one-of-a-kind novelties, all with updated prices reflecting today's market. From its earliest offerings to a modern-day selection, Coca-Cola is well represented by this definitive text, which includes many of the rarest pieces from within the Coca-Cola Company's own archives. A useful and gloriously beautiful book!

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Essential Guide for Collectors of Coca-Cola.......2000-04-06

This book has updated values and includes the old as well as recent items. The sections on calendars, playing cards and blotters are excellent with sharp & detailed photos. Along with the Petretti book this is the most complete guide available on this topic and a great source for collectors.

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The tide of globalization and privatization that is sweeping across the globe often is often bad news for laborers, and their voices are little heard in the public discourse. This collection of fieldwork and photographs seeks to correct this imbalance. It presents snapshots from the lives of
laborers in the Sarat region of India, showing workers in their villages, on the move, and at work in industries ranging from textiles and sugar to diamond-mining, brick-making, and construction. Combining stunning documentary work and rich anthropological research, the book paints a vivid and
detailed portrait of modern laborers and the ways their lives are changing and not changing.

Down and out: Labouring under global capitalism.(Review) (book review): An article from: International Labour Review

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Down and out: Labouring under global capitalism.(Review) (book review): An article from: International Labour Review
Gerry Rodgers
Manufacturer: International Labour Office
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008JA5FS
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from International Labour Review, published by International Labour Office on June 22, 2000. The length of the article is 1065 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: Down and out: Labouring under global capitalism.(Review) (book review)
Author: Gerry Rodgers
Publication: International Labour Review (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2000
Publisher: International Labour Office
Volume: 139 Issue: 2 Page: 227

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Down and Out: Labouring Under Global Capitalism

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Down and Out: Labouring Under Global Capitalism
Arvind N. Das Jan Breman
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKPYRK

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Adquiera confianza y poder, atraiga amigos y amantes, conviértase en la persona que siempre quiso ser. Estamos en el umbral de una nueva era en que las oportunidades para los individuos carismáticos serán ilimitadas, pero ¿cómo lograr esa "magia especial"? ¿podemos todos llegar a poseerla? Carisma, Cómo lograr esa "magia especial", le descubrirá que el carisma no tiene nada que ver con la suerte ni con la genética. Es un don natural que todos poseemos, la mayoría de las veces oculto en nuestro interior. Es una habilidad que podemos desarrollar, practicar e incluir en nuestra personalidad.

This book will reveal that charisma has nothing to do with luck or genetics. It's a natural gift we all possess. How will you obtain this «special magic»? Can anyone have it? This book shows you how to get it.

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First study of the Antietam campaign from civilians' perspectives
Many never-before-published accounts of the Battle of Antietam

The battle at Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, left more than 23,000 men dead, wounded, or missing. Facing the aftermath were the men, women, and children living in the village of Sharpsburg and on surrounding farms. In Too Afraid to Cry, Kathleen Ernst recounts the dramatic experiences of these Maryland citizens--stories that have never been told--and also examines the complex political web holding together Unionists and Secessionists, many of whom lived under the same roofs in this divided countryside.

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A Civilian and Military Reenactor "Must Read".......2003-10-21

The book gives insight into a side of the war which is rarely covered - how towns and civilians survived and lived during the war. In short, this is a "must read" for civlian and military reenactors hoping to hone their first person impressions.

Another great look at the horrors of Antietam!.......2003-08-30

Seldom do we get a chance to read about civilians and their stories through out the Antietam Campaign. This book gives us a great look at just what the hardships Maryland civilians had to endure. Authors Kathleen Ernst and Ted Alexander have asembled an interesting book that features Confederate and Union early concentrations, skirmishes and battles around the Sharpsburg and Frederick areas that bring to life civilian response. Popular families such as the Prys, Pipers and Millers living in the area of Sharpsburg during the battle are covered along with many others that explain the ordeals and horrors these families faced while war was at their doorstep. Interesting and facinating the text explains the unknown hardships that civilians had to face while battles took place and how also many tried to survive after the bloody engagements. One can not just read about the battle and get a full perspective on the campaign without considering reading about the civilians and I highly recommend this book! 5 STARS!

Real People React to War.......2001-02-27

The foreword notes that the Sharpsburg area was the first organized American community to suffer both from combat and the sustained presence of two opposing armies. The combat was, of course, the September 1862 battle of Antietam, well known as the bloodiest day in American history. Ernst says that her book is one of stories. In so doing she observes the trend to explain history through the eyes of common people, rather than those of the generals, presidents, kings and other eminencies who have fueled traditional historical narrative. Ernst has dug deep into the letters, diaries, I-was-there personal accounts and oral histories of the days immediately before and after Antietam, as well as during the carnage itself. Ample photographs give human form to the names encountered throughout the book. The result is a smoothly written work blending the military and civilian dimensions of Lee's invasion of Maryland that, on a golden September day, etched into national memory names such as the Dunker Church, the Cornfield, the Sunken Road and Burnside's Bridge. Some of these stories illuminate dark subjects. Ernst's discussion of slavery in Frederick and Washington Counties reminds us that it was more prevalent in Western Maryland than we realize-the 1860 census recorded over 4600 slaves in the area. That there were then still three slave-selling sites in Hagerstown suggests that this region was populated by more than unionist German immigrants who opposed slavery. Ernst might have cited the definitive work on 19th century Maryland slavery, Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground. The devastating psychological and economic impacts of the Antietam campaign on civilians are powerfully told through anecdote. The words of Allen Sparrow and Alexander Root convey their terror during the fighting in the passes of South Mountain, which preceded Antietam by several days. Ernst's vivid account of this battle sets the stage for the following days (including the tale of the soldier who shared a blanket with a comrade, only to learn at sunrise that he'd slept with a corpse). Maps showing topography and troop movements would have been helpful. The eighth chapter concludes movingly with accounts of area civilians coping with a landscape that had changed dramatically in the preceding two weeks. Their short-term travails included suspicious federal troops on the lookout for renegade rebels and anyone thought to be helping them; longer-term, of course, these folks faced years of rebuilding and, in some cases, economic ruin because of the battle. The last two chapters venture beyond the Antietam campaign. Lacking the depth of the first eight, they summarize the impact of the Confederate 1863 Gettysburg and 1864 Monocacy campaigns on the region. Chapter nine begins in 1863 with federal conscription in the region and Lee's move through the area on his way to Gettysburg, where the battle is touched upon through the eyes of several locals. Post-Gettysburg skirmishes in the area are mentioned, followed by the rebel retreat. Jubal Early's move through the area in July 1864, en route to his raid on Washington, concludes the chapter. The treatment of these latter campaigns seems a cursory afterthought given the compelling details surrounding Antietam that comprise the book's theme. Ernst returns to slavery in her last chapter. She describes the impact of the Antietam and Gettysburg campaigns on the "peculiar institution," and local reaction to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. She relates how free blacks and slaves were recruited into the Union army. Harrowing extracts from the diary of Otho Nesbitt, a Clear Spring slaveowner and unionist, tell of kidnapped blacks taken south by retreating rebels. Though the Confederates are known to have done this at times (as in 1863, in Chambersburg, PA), Ernst has unearthed a compelling eyewitness account of black abductions by rebels during their three major sojourns into Maryland during the Civil War. Her account also prompts us to remember that pro-union did not always mean anti-slavery. Letters and diaries describe the unrelenting efforts of families rebuilding homes, farms and lives shattered by battle. Men return from soldiering to farm again; a few were lucky enough to marry the sweethearts they'd left behind. Plowers of fields unearth the bones of the dead, and legend claims that bloodstains in field and hearth mysteriously reappear for years. Poignant reunions of veterans and civilians include the account of Kate Rudy visiting the newly elected Rutherford B. Hayes, whose injured shoulder at South Mountain her family had nursed. To Afraid to Cry is poorly referenced in places. Ernst throughout cites secondary works that themselves cite original sources, but her notes frequently provide only the former. Worse are references improperly cited. On page 194, for example, the author refers to the relief civilians felt following the departure of the union army, and gives as her source pages 244-45 of an unpublished dissertation by Duncan. But those pages in Duncan do not contain that information. The same page mistakenly attributes Duncan's prose to that of an 1862 New York Times reporter. And Landscape Turned Red, perhaps the definitive work on Antietam, is improperly assigned a quotation-"the whole country forlorn and desolate" does not appear on page 34 of that book, as Ernst's page 194 says it does. Another problem appears on pages 45 and 50, where the author quotes William Owen of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. She cites as her sources not Owen himself but The Gleam of Bayonets-while listing Owen in her own bibliography (albeit with incorrect title, publisher and publication year). There are also inconsistencies in the treatment of misspellings inside original quotations-on page 23 the author corrects the misspelling of "privilege," yet on page 45 she lets stand the misspelling, "permiscus." Kathleen Ernst has knit a splendid archival tapestry that enriches our grasp of the seamy underside of war-the suffering of everyday people caught in the crosshairs of America's bloodiest day. Many stories of Maryland's pivotal role in the Civil War await telling, and Too Afraid To Cry shows us how captivating they are coming straight from the mouths of Marylanders.

The Total Horror of War.......2000-06-08

Even the well read student or scholar of the Civil War can develop a slanted impression of the War in reading the bulk of the literature which concentrates on stategic and tactical details and the trials and hardships of the military personnel who fought it. In reading this very well written book of the experiences of the Western Maryland civilians who endured the conflict in this theater of the war, one gains a perspective of how total the horror of this war was for those who not only had to live through the actual battles, but remained to deal with the death and suffering in which they found themselves engulfed. These hardships (physical, emotional and economic) were endured repeatedly and for years after the actual battles and occupations.

I consider this a must read for any serious Civil War enthusiast.

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Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign.: An article from: Journal of Southern History
Daniel E. Sutherland
Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008HXJ94
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on May 1, 2001. The length of the article is 549 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: Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign.
Author: Daniel E. Sutherland
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 67 Issue: 2 Page: 467

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Through the Eyes of Faith

Observe the cheery bluebird, the hovering hummingbird, and the brilliant cardinal along with the lowly sparrow. Lively descriptions and fascinating information about our feathered friends coupled with honest, searching insights about living out our faith make Wings of Mercy a book for every birdwatcher, whether casual or dedicated.

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A 'must read' for all bird lovers .......2004-08-24

I can't say enough good things about this uplifting book and highly recommend it to anyone "in tune" with our captivating feathered friends. An entertaining read from start to finish, each chapter encompasses a true life experience connecting it spiritually to the bird featured in that chapter. Mockingbirds, cardinals, wrens and bluebirds are a sample of the songsters the author has chosen, comparing their habits and personalities to everyday situations--the end resulting in a renewal of our faith, hope and love. Awesome!

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Mercy Rides On Wings
Lawrence E C Joers
Manufacturer: Southern Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O1WT22

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Mercy rides on wings
Lawrence E. C Joers
Manufacturer: Southern Pub. Assoc
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Mercy Rides on Wings
Lawrence E C Joers
Manufacturer: Southern publishing Association
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NPO882

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Wing of Mercy
Serah Cdgna 1013
Manufacturer: GREAT NORTHERN ARTS
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 6306659137

Wings of mercy: A living history of Saskatchewan's Air Ambulance Service

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Wings of mercy: A living history of Saskatchewan's Air Ambulance Service
Donald N Campbell
Manufacturer: Turner-Warwick Publications
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ASIN: 0919899439

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