Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth-Century Metropolis (Creating the North American Landscape)

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"This fresh look at Los Angeles is clearly framed as a study whose subject has national implications... Magnetic Los Angeles is the first authoritative study we have on how the professionalization of planning... affected practice, on how the idea of decentralization became a major force in shaping the environment, and on the intricate details of the process of community building... Hise underscores how rich a yield studying Los Angeles can bring." -- Richard Longstreth, American Studies International

Magnetic Los Angeles challenges the widely held view of the expanding twentieth-century city as the sprawling product of dispersion without planning and lacking any discernable order. Using Los Angeles as a case study, Greg Hise argues that the twentieth-century metropolitan region is the product of conscious planning -- by policy makers, industrialists, design professionals, community builders, and homebuyers -- in direct response to political and economic conditions of the 1920s and the Depression, the defense emergency, and the immediate postwar years.

"Hise postulates a thesis that is as revolutionary as it is straightforward... Hise's narrative is well written and clearly structured, as he nimbly guides the reader through various informational thickets... Magnetic Los Angeles is bound to initiate a whole new direction in planning research." -- Robert Wojtowicz, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

"Hise has written a fascinating history of L.A. and the thought process behind its developments. He deflates the myth that this megalopolis grew without rhyme or reason." -- Jack Kyser, Los Angeles Times

"This is an important book and should be read by anyone interested in the history of the city, the homebuilding industry, and the twentieth-century western landscape." -- Stuart McElderry, Western Historical Quarterly

"Hise's synthetic perspective is state-of-the-art: he breaks important new ground in the analysis of metropolitan structure... [and] affords us an alternative view of postwar urbanization, one that can easily be translated to other urban settings." -- Robert Hodder, Journal of Planning Education and Research

"A welcome and bracing dose of reality." -- Harold Henderson, Planning

"Hise makes a compelling case for L.A. as a product of middle-class dispersal from disquieting ethnic centers, the Progressive Era's proselytism of the social hygiene in suburbs, [and] 50 years of federal housing policy based on home ownership and segregation." -- D. J. Waldie, Los Angeles Times

Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth-Century Metropolis. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association

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Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth-Century Metropolis. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Gabriele G. Carey
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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Title: Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth-Century Metropolis. (book reviews)
Author: Gabriele G. Carey
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1998
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: v64 Issue: n4 Page: p493(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Thoreau and Gatsby Toast Rattazzi.......2000-08-09

Priscilla Rattazzi's beautiful little book celebrates the simple joy of family, ocean, sun and sand which originally attracted New Yorkers to the Hamptons and which still exert a much more fundamental attraction than bimbos, Boxters and benefits. Rattazi captures the passage of the seasons over Georgica where the force of the hurricane surge, the frozen pond in winter, the dawn bending of the bayman over his eel traps resonate far more deeply than the mansions which hunker over the banks of the pond.

A Poose and Its Neighbors: Episodes From the History of Georgica Pond and Its Bar

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A Poose and Its Neighbors: Episodes From the History of Georgica Pond and Its Bar
George Wilson Pierson
Manufacturer: George W Pierson / Yale / Georgica Assn.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000KIO59O

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Stapled paper wraps. Privately published to mark the centenary of the Georgica Association, 1992.

Poose and its Neighbors: The History of Georgica Pond and its Bar

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Poose and its Neighbors: The History of Georgica Pond and its Bar
George Wilson Pierson
Manufacturer: Self Published
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S8FK72

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One in a million.......2002-11-03

I found this book in a "used book" store 20 years ago, loved it, gave it to a friend, and now regret it... It is truly a treasure if you're lucky enough to have a copy!

The Juggler of Our Lady. A medieval legend adapted by R. O. Blechman.

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The Juggler of Our Lady. A medieval legend adapted by R. O. Blechman.
R. O. Blechman
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Co. c
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KIT4RM

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The Juggler of Our Lady: a Medieval Legend Adapted By R. O. Blechman
R. O, Blechman
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JV9MUE

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The Juggler of Our Lady: A Medieval Legend adapted by R. O. Blechman
R. O, Blechman
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co
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ASIN: B000NWJCQI

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The author examines the theory and practice of government interventions in the financial sector of two newly industrializing countries, Brazil and South Korea. Findings from this study help to explain the widespread use of such interventions despite the generally negative predictions (of inefficiencies and general failure) which derive from more prominent and traditional theories. This work contributes a political-economic exploration of how, when, and what kinds of financial regulations can be successful. Historical and institutional analysis of the use of capital controls, credit controls, and economic planning in Brazil and the Republic of Korea illuminate the ways in which strategic use of specific financial controls facilitate these countries's efforts to industrialize rapidly, and solve the problems of capital creation, productivity, preservation, and disciplined management.

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A new form of competition: battle for the best and brightest employees is on.: An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Mark D. Parrott
Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00097RCY6
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on October 1, 1997. The length of the article is 718 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: Statistics from the Bureau of Labor show tightening competition among home improvement store applicants. The bureau reports that 1.8 million retailing jobs will be available for the period 1994-2005, but for 1994 alone, 3.8 million salespeople were employed. In addition, although there were three million cashiers in 1994 alone, only 1.8 million jobs will be available for the period 1994-2005. Competition for the most productive retail sales personnel, clerks, cashiers and even key retail managers is expected to further escalate.

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Title: A new form of competition: battle for the best and brightest employees is on.
Author: Mark D. Parrott
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1997
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: v173 Issue: n4 Page: p10(1)

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Cashier
Thomas A. Hephner
Manufacturer: Gregg Division McGraw-Hill
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Employment opportunities for women as secretaries, stenographers, typists, and as office-machine operators and cashiers (Bulletin of the Women's Bureau)

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Employment opportunities for women as secretaries, stenographers, typists, and as office-machine operators and cashiers (Bulletin of the Women's Bureau)
Mildred S Barber
Manufacturer: U.S. Govt. Print. Off
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Money laundering stakeholders view recordkeeping requirements for cashier's checks as sufficient : report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban ... Representatives (SuDoc GA 1.13:GGD-95-189)

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Money laundering stakeholders view recordkeeping requirements for cashier's checks as sufficient : report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban ... Representatives (SuDoc GA 1.13:GGD-95-189)
U.S. General Accounting Office
Manufacturer: The Office
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010U3MY

Office Cashier (Gregg Office Job Training Program, Classroom Installation)

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Office Cashier (Gregg Office Job Training Program, Classroom Installation)
M. E. Andrews
Manufacturer: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill
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ASIN: 0070018316

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Office Cashier Resource Material
Gregg Office Job Training Program
Manufacturer: Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill
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ASIN: 0070018324

Thoughts on the nature and consequences of electing as trustees on bankrupt estates, those who divide the emoluments of the office with cashiers of banking ... intended to guard the mercantile interest

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Thoughts on the nature and consequences of electing as trustees on bankrupt estates, those who divide the emoluments of the office with cashiers of banking ... intended to guard the mercantile interest
Alexander Campbell
Manufacturer: W. Lang
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ASIN: B0008BW298

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The purpose of this volume is to seek out, describe, and explain the shared commonalities of stress, fatigue, and workload. To understand and predict human performance response, we have to reach beyond the sterile, information-processing models to incorporate the emotive, affective, or more generally, energetic aspects of cognition. These facets of behavior surface most readily when the individual acts under stress, is faced by significant cognitive workload, or is in the grip of fatigue. However, energetic characteristics are pervasive and exert a vital and ubiquitous influence, even when they are not obviously in play as in extreme circumstances. Indeed, one cannot hope to understand behavior without their inclusion and integration into models and theories. This text addresses such theoretical questions as one of its main thrusts. However, in addition to the drive for scientific understanding, there are requirements in our progressively more utilitarian society which generate the need for a more fundamental understanding of this particular topic.

Workload Transition: Implications for Individual and Team Performance

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Workload Transition: Implications for Individual and Team Performance
Panel on Workload Transition , and National Research Council
Manufacturer: National Academies Press
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Binding: Paperback

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A preliminary examination of railroad dispatcher workload, stress, and fatigue

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A preliminary examination of railroad dispatcher workload, stress, and fatigue
S Popkin
Manufacturer: Available through the National Technical Information Service
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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A report from the front lines of the dating world-Stacy Kravetz goes undercover in search of the soul of love.

With the abundance of dating strategies, technologies, and services available on the market today, is it any easier to find love? In this hilarious and heart-warming book, Stacy Kravetz samples the merchandise and discovers that-impressive technological advances aside-the search for true love is never simple.

From "lock and key" parties, where men try their keys in women's locks until-well, you get the picture-to "date doctors," who, for a fee, will evaluate your techniques and tell you where your sales pitch is going wrong, Kravetz takes readers on a fascinating tour of the world of twenty-first-century romance. Drawing on interviews with a host of men and women currently grappling with finding a mate, as well as her own experiences out in the playing field, Kravetz explores what our dating lives reveal about us and our culture. And all the while, she vividly captures how-though the landscape of love is forever changing -the human heart remains a wildly mysterious thing.

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It would've been more objective had she been single..........2006-04-18

I do agree that it was silly of her to go "undercover" in the dating scene when she was married and could only go so far in her "research." However, I did find the book hilarious. Whether hearing about nutcase dating coaches like "Rhonda," and silly seminars on flirting, it cracked me up. It was disappointing that the book made people who needed "help" in dating come off as "losers" for partaking in these methods...the book would've been better if it focused more on the pros and cons of these methods as opposed to just knocking them all.

So what's the point?.......2005-05-10

I don't get this book at all.
A married woman, who has no intention whatsoever of finding a real date, or a getting into a real relationship, or meeting anyone by being truthful, decides to "investigate" all kinds of ways/means to date?

She's rather condescending about the people she lies to in order to reel them in and get them to share their stories. Everything she tells them about "herself" is untrue from the get-go-- perhaps the intelligent men sensed a total liar and treated her as such.

This book was dry, boring, very smug, and offered no real insight into anything. Her point is what? That it's hard to meet someone you like? That all single people out there trying to meet someone nice are all a bunch of losers?

Well, I suppose if you're a married woman and aren't really "looking" but rather, working on a little science project, your results may not pan out. Hey----I'll write a book on bungee jumping, though I have NO intention of ever actually doing it.

I've seen much better articles on this topic in a typical woman's magazine, without the smugness, without the disdain for singles, and without the hypocritical attitude.

Here's yet another case of two reviewers (C. Robertson and Jason Galvin) creating an Amazon account to write rave 5-star reviews on this book, and this book ONLY, no other books prior, and no other books since. How strange. But what will be stranger is that there will be another 5-star review posted about 3 days after mine, guaranteed.

This was a library book (no cost to me), and with so many other "relationship" or "self-help" books on dating available, you can skip this one.

A great read.......2005-03-14

Stacy Kravetz has done a fine job of keeping me entertained, which I believe were her intentions. I did not pick this book up believing it was a "how to" guide, and it is not. Rather, it is an insider's perspective of the modern trial and tribulations of dating. I laughed out loud on several occasions, thought 'wow' at certain points, and overall truly enjoyed this quick read. My hat's off to the author for putting together a fine piece of work.

Don't Miss The Dating Race.......2005-02-01

Stacey Kravetz's The Dating Race gives the reader - whether a former, current or future dater - an inside view of the dizzying array of options available to those seeking that special someone. Consistently entertaining and unexpectedly poignant, The Dating Race shows us that the modern obsession with maximizing options often creates the very anxiety it is supposed to allay. Interspersed with the deadpan descriptions of Kravetz's undercover adventures in modern dating-including her hilarious encounters with personal coaches and professional matchmakers-are the real stories of earnest singles. But where a less deft writer might have resorted to irony or even sarcasm, Kravetz tells their stories with compassion. Told with great verve, The Dating Race is a very funny book about our most serious personal pursuit.

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Can we achieve justice during war? Should law substitute for realpolitik? Can an international court act against the global community that created it?

Justice in a Time of War is a translation from the French of the first complete, behind-the-scenes story of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, from its proposal by Balkan journalist Mirko Klarin through recent developments in the trial of Slobodan Miloševic. It is also a meditation on the conflicting intersection of law and politics in achieving justice and peace.

Le Monde's review (November 3, 2000) of the original edition recommended Hazan's book as a nuanced account of the Tribunal that should be a must-read for the new leaders of Yugoslavia. "The story Pierre Hazan tells is that of an institution which, over the course of the years, has managed to escape in large measure from the initial hidden motives and manipulations of those who created it (and not only the Americans)."

With insider interviews filling out every scene, Hazan tells a chaotic story of war that raged while the Western powers cobbled together a tribunal in order to avoid actual intervention. The international lawyers and judges for this rump world court started with nothing--but they ultimately established the tribunal as an unavoidable actor in the Balkans. The West had created the Tribunal in 1993, hoping to threaten international criminals with indictment and thereby force an untenable peace. In 1999, the Tribunal suddenly became useful to NATO countries as a means by which to criminalize Miloševic's regime and to justify military intervention in Kosovo and in Serbia. Ultimately, this hastened the end of Miloševic's rule and led the way to history's first war crimes trial of a former president by an international tribunal.

Hazan's account of the Tribunal's formation and evolution questions the contradictory policies of the Western powers and illuminates a cautionary tale for the reader: realizing ideals in a world enamored of realpolitik is a difficult and often haphazard activity.

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United States Army in Vietnam.
Traces the origins of the Army's involvement in Indochina from World War 2 to the end of the Eisenhower Administration.

Advice and Support: The Early Years 1941-1960 United States Army in Vietnam

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Advice and Support: The Early Years 1941-1960 United States Army in Vietnam
Ronald H.; Spector, Ronald M. Spector
Manufacturer: Dept. of the Army
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK7ZE0

Advice and Support: The Early Years of the United States Army in Vietnam, 1941-1960

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Advice and Support: The Early Years of the United States Army in Vietnam, 1941-1960
Ronald H. Spector
Manufacturer: Free Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OA6S3Y

United States Army in Vietnam: Advice and Support: The Early Years 1941-1960

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United States Army in Vietnam: Advice and Support: The Early Years 1941-1960
Ronald H. Spector
Manufacturer: Center of Military History
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JL15SQ

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New World Blackbirds is a comprehensive guide to the 103 members of the family Icteridae, also known as the icterids or troupials. The icterids are a diverse family, ranging throughout the Americas from Alaska to the Caribbean and south to Cape Horn. Despite the name "blackbird," the group contains such highly colored birds as the orioles. It includes common and intensively studied species--the Red-winged Blackbird and the Brown-headed Cowbird, for example--and such rare and obscure birds as the Colombian Mountain-Grackle and the Montserrat and Martinique Orioles. Two species in the family, the Selva Cacique and the Pale-eyed Blackbird, were not described at all until as recently as the 1960s and 1970s.

The thirty-nine highly detailed plates in this book depict all the species and many subspecies and age types never illustrated before. The book also contains over one hundred color range maps as well as black-and-white illustrations to aid identification. The extensive text summarizes the characteristics and natural history of each species, giving details on behavior, nesting, geographic variation, distribution, vocalizations, and in-depth plumage descriptions for all age types. Clearly written and exhaustively researched, this book will be the standard reference work for this major family of birds.

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not just for reference...this is also great reading!!.......1999-05-22

I found this book very easy to read, the information just flowed from the pages. My interest in Blackbirds has been sparked and I'm eagerly awaiting the next book by this great team of authors. Mr. Burke's illustrations were uncanny and Mr Jaramillo's writting clearly reflects a vast knowledge of the Icterids. I highly recommend this book.

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New World Blackbirds the Icterids
Alvaro Jaramillo
Manufacturer: TALMAN CO
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SNPGUS

New World blackbirds and orioles: An entry from Thomson Gale's
<i>Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia</i>

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New World blackbirds and orioles: An entry from Thomson Gale's Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
James David, Ph.D. Rising
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000M59SCE

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Gale proudly presents the completely revised and updated version of the acclaimed â€œGrzimek's Animal Life Encyclopediaâ€ set. Hailed by many as the best reference work on animals ever published, a legacy left to us by famed zoologist and animal lover Bernhard Grzimek, this set is renowned for its scientific reporting and coverage, and serves as a major point of reference for researchers, students, and those hoping to satisfy their curiosity about the animal kingdom. Information can be found on life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more. Staying true to the original scientific pedigree, Gale enlisted prominent advisors and contributors from the international scientific community to incorporate recent developments in our knowledge of the animal world.

ORIOLES, BLACKBIRDS & THEIR KIN.(Review) (book review): An article from: Wilson Bulletin

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ORIOLES, BLACKBIRDS & THEIR KIN.(Review) (book review): An article from: Wilson Bulletin
Kenneth C. Parkes
Manufacturer: Wilson Ornithological Society
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Wilson Bulletin, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 758 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: ORIOLES, BLACKBIRDS & THEIR KIN.(Review) (book review)
Author: Kenneth C. Parkes
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2000
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 112 Issue: 3 Page: 439

Article Type: Book Review

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New World Blackbirds : The Icterids
Jaramillo; Burke
Manufacturer: A & C Black
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLYOHA

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New World Blackbirds: The Icterids
Alvaro Jaramillo; Peter Burke
Manufacturer: CHRISTOPHER HELM
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O5NJNG

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