Red, White, and Blue Dog: Note Cards

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super.......2002-09-27

if you are a "Blue Dog" fan, then you will love anything with the Blue Dog on it, as I did these cute cards. I save these for writing notes for special occassions or to special friends.

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No small plans: An affectionate and incomplete biography of Donald Cameron and his principal creation, the Banff School of Fine Arts
Elizabeth Loudon Motherwell
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I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection

The names and events may be somewhat outdated,,,,

Laugh out loud funny

Tony Kornheiser at his funniest

Old, fat, orange, bald...

I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom) (Tony Kornheiser Collection)
Tony Kornheiser
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ASIN: 0812968530
Release Date: 2003-05-20

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Tony Kornheiser is back. Within these pages, the celebrated Washington Post columnist, Pardon the Interruption cohost, and ESPN radio personality relates his experience as an OnStar user, the proud new owner of the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ, and a “phone-a-friend” on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And in between, he dishes political commentary on Monica and Bill and George W. and Al. New for the paperback edition is Tony’s final Washington Post Style column. So read all about his quest to fit into size 36 Dockers and his struggle to buy holiday gifts. And know that in the process you’re handing this Kornheiser guy way too much dough for these columns.

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I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection .......2007-02-14

This is a must read for anyone who will have teenagers, has teenagers or ever had teenagers. Laugh out loud book, proves TK can talk about something besides sports..

The names and events may be somewhat outdated,,,,.......2005-12-11

but the humor certainly is not in Tony Kornheiser's, "I'm Back For More Money". The material in this book comes from collections of some of Kornheiser's best columns from the Washington Post. Kornheiser's ascerbic wit is at it's best in "I'm Back...". He rants on everything from the battles he has with his teenage children to national politics. A lot of sport topics are thown in but, most of the material comes from Kornheiser's "Style" column and not from "Pardon The Interruption"-type (PTI) topics.

I don't often find myself laughing out loud while reading a book, but I did many times as I progressed this fast-reading book. It's light and entertaining reading that would be great for the airport or the beach (or anywhere in-between). If you're a fan of Tony's writing or his work on ESPN's PTI, then do yourself a favor and grab a copy of this book!

Laugh out loud funny.......2005-03-01

I have been reading Mr. Tony's columns in the Washington Post sports section for years and always found them very amusing. However I did not read the Style section and had no idea he even wrote articles for anything other than the Sports section.

After listening to his radio show for a few weeks I really started to understand that TK was extremely talented and really brilliantly funny. I decided to get this book for my wife who had also become a huge Satchmo fan and it was a big hit. I was reading a real book (not a compilation of newspaper columns) and I had to leave the room because my wife was laughing so hard reading Mr. Tony.

At least two or three times each article there is a moment where you just laugh out loud. Not a grin or giggle, but a laugh that makes you lose your spot in the book. And then there are tender moments as well when Tony loses a family member or speaks of his childhood and camp. The combination makes this book (compilation) wonderful and a great read for any age.

Tony Kornheiser at his funniest.......2005-02-21

I tend to agree with G. Gordon Liddy, who refers to the Washington Post as the Washington Bleep. I will make exception for Tony's articles.
I became familiar with Kornheiser on his now defunct radio program. He started out as a sports columnist, but he branched out into writing a "Style" column. This book is a collection of his "Style" columns. Those columns are comparible to (and better than, in my opinion) Dave Barry.
The editors have placed the columns into six categories, and even in these categories, they are placed in a thematic order. To me, this is the major weakness of this collection; I would find a pot-pouri approach more entertaining.
Another negative to this book, in my opinion, is a couple of sections of irreverant political humor. He has one section on the 2000 election, and another on Clinton's impeachment. I know from the radio program that Kornheiser is more liberal than I am, but he shows no favorites in his jabs. However, I do not like this form of humor regardless of the target or the writer.
So why did I give this book four stars? Because it is hilarious. The weaknesses are not reasons not to buy this book. If you are familiar with Pardon The Interuption on ESPN, you will see what Tony is like, and if you like Tony, you'll like this book.
One last comment -- there are touching moments in this book as well, such as when he talks about losing a couple of relatives. Kornheiser is not just a humorist, he is a person. When he left his radio program, a person commented that he never wondered what Tony is like in real life, because it shows. It also shows in this book.

Old, fat, orange, bald..........2004-01-18

and incredibly funny. Tony strikes again with a collection of Washington Post Style columns on a wide array of topics from Clinton to south Florida retirees to the weatherman. A classic American literary piece its not, but for light, entertaining reading it wins out. Be careful where you read it - I laughed out loud on more than one occasion. Enjoy.

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Flourishing in the United States during the 1940s and 50s, the bleak, violent genre of filmmaking known as film noir reflected the attitudes of writers and auteur directors influenced by the events of the turbulent mid-twentieth century. Films such as Force of Evil, Night and the City, Double Indemnity, Laura, The Big Heat, The Killers, Kiss Me Deadly and, more recently, Chinatown and The Grifters are indelibly American. Yet the sources of this genre were found in Germany and France and imported to Hollywood by emigré filmmakers, who developed them and allowed a vibrant genre to flourish.

Andrew Dickos's Street with No Name traces the film noir genre back to its roots in German Expressionist cinema and the French cinema of the interwar years. Dickos describes the development of the film noir in America from 1941 through the 1970s and examines how this development expresses a modern cinema. He argues that, in its most satisfying form, the film noir exists as a series of conventions with an iconography and characters of distinctive significance. Through stylized lighting and urban settings, these films tell a melodramatic narrative involving characters who commit crimes predicated on destructive passions, corruption, and a submission to human weakness and fate.

Unlike other studies of the noir, Street with No Name follows its development in a loosely historical style that associates certain noir directors with those features in their films that helped define the scope of the genre. Dickos examines notable directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, John Huston, Nicholas Ray, Robert Aldrich, Samuel Fuller, Otto Preminger, Robert Siodmak, Abraham Polonsky, Jules Dassin, Anthony Mann and others. He also charts the genre's influence on such celebrated postwar French filmmakers as Jean-Pierre Melville, François Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard.

Addressing the aesthetic, cultural, political, and social concerns depicted in the genre, Street with No Name demonstrates how the film noir generates a highly expressive, raw, and violent mood as it exposes the ambiguities of modern postwar society

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Publish or perish.......2005-11-26

Which is the presumed motive for this extended revisitation of an extensively analyzed subject. This book is bizarrely organized which somewhat masks the fact that it has almost nothing new to say. Odd comments aside ("...the casual amorality of Chandlerian violence"?!?), the text is little more than a series of introductory remarks with thumbnail bios of hardboiled writers and auteurist asides that cobble together plot summaries and allusions to the writings of other critics. Chapter 4 starts off with promise but fizzles. The extended closing comments on the French New Wave, the epilog, and the needlessly repeated selected credits are pure filler.

Down These Mean Streets Too Many Times.......2005-05-12

To give Dickos credit, he has an interesting discussion of pre-war French "poetic realism" and post-war French films of the noir era and notes the differences between them. That is new and different.

However, much of what he does in this book has been done elsewhere and better (books by Spicer, Naremore, Palmer, and Christopher for example.) I found the book's organization to be poor. For example he opens with a discussion of German Expressionism in the pre-1933 era, but then leaps to a discussion of Fritz Lang's films and then Robert Siodmak's films. Then he has the discussion of French proto-noir. When he gets to the classic noir era of 1941-58, he has some topics but mostly he does director surveys, and I couldn't see why he dealt with the directors in that order.

So if you don't have many books on noir, you may find something of interest here. If you have read the books I've mentioned earlier, or have the Silver and Ursini encyclopedia, you don't need to get this book.

A stunning achievement.......2002-11-11

Andrew Dickos has written both a brilliant overview of the history and development of film noir -- tracing it back to German films of the 20s and French movie from the 30s -- and an astute examination of individual works and filmmakers.

The author's writing style is sharp and lively and his critiques of the movies are incisive, original and provocative.

A fascinating book; a must-have for the serious movie fan.

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A book of old favorites. Twenty-two numbers including Chinese Laundry Blues, Leaning On A Lamp Post, Auntie Maggie's Remedy, and, of course, When I'm Cleaning Windows. Arranged for piano, with lyrics, ukulele chord boxes and chord symbols.

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George Formby Songbook.......2007-02-20

Absolutely delighted with the song book, delivered very promptly and was well packed. Not the first time I've purchased from Amazon and it sure won't be the last. Sylvia

Song titles in this book.......2007-01-28

Here's a list of all the song titles in this book:
Auntie Maggies Remedy, Chinese Laundry Blues, Fanlight Fanny, Frigid Air Fanny, Hindoo Man, I Blew A Little Blast On My Whistle, In My Little Snapshot Album, It's A Grand And Healthy Life, Leaning On A Lamp Post, Like The Big Pots Do, Little Ukulele, Mother Whatll I Do Now, Noughts And Crosses, On The Wigan Boat Express, Sitting On The Ice In The Ice Rink, Sitting On The Top Of Blackpool Tower, Swimmin With The Wimmin, The Lancashire Toreador, Theres Nothing Proud About Me, When I'm Cleaning Windows, Why Don't Woman Like Me, With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock

Tommy Vance On Ice!!!.......2006-03-14

What a marvellous contribution to my windsock this pamphlet has made. The tale of Biffo the Twig and some musty crab sticks. Everyone's favorite gumshoe, Biffo, has a case to solve. Madame Gergerger has been murdered and there is no motive or clues except for a note from Horace Mcmcmc saying I did it!! This is a real page turner, mainly due to the robotic hand supplied by the publishers.

If you like George Formby's songs, you will want to own this book........2006-03-11

The music for each of the 22 songs in this book includes fully diagrammed ukulele chords, including passing chords that are played for just one beat but which make all the difference to the sound.
The selection of songs is excellent - all my favorites were there, plus many more that I had not known about before. Highly recommended.

We want More.......2000-03-13

Although this book has some of Georges famous songs it is not the complete list. There are lots more songs that could have been included which would have put the price up but lots of uke players would have paid the extra....so heres to the 2nd edition

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The Day Kasparov Quit

Excellent Interviews with Old and New Players

The Human Side of the Chess Machines

Interesting walk through recent past

The Day Kasparov Quit and Other Chess Interviews
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Manufacturer: New in Chess
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ASIN: 9056911635

Book Description

What goes on in some of the sharpest minds on earth? Ten years after his bestselling Finding Bobby Fischer Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam has collected a new series of intimate portraits of the top grandmasters of chess.Ten Geuzendam wins the confidence of Garry Kasparov, Miguel Najdorf,Vishy Anand, Judit Polgar,David Bronstein, Hikaru Nakamura and many others. He meets the living legends of chess in Buenos Aires and Istanbul, Moscow and New York.Vladimir Kramnik explains how the Czech ice hockey team inspired him to beat Kasparov, while Henrique Mecking reveals that Jesus helps him to find the correct move. Anyone attracted by the mystique of the royal game will love the behind-the-scenes stories about the masters' struggle to win, their fear of losing, and the striking difference between the European and the American chess scene. Centre stage is occupied by the great Garry Kasparov, who topped the world rankings for more than 20 years, a feat unparalleled in any sport. Kasparov's dramatic retirement from professional chess marks the end of an epoch. An epoch which The Day Kasparov Quit evokes in fascinating detail.

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The Day Kasparov Quit.......2007-08-13

I am quite happy with the condition of the book,it was shipped in a timely manner.

Excellent Interviews with Old and New Players.......2006-11-18

You can't beat this book for those who like to read about the goings on in the world of chess and its top players. higly recommended

The Human Side of the Chess Machines.......2006-06-16

The many chess books on the market give the "How to..." and the detailed analyses of games and styles, yet rarely the human side of the player that creates his/her strategy and counterplay.

ten Guezendam compiles disparate interviews that still cohere nicely in this book. I found they could be read in any order and still have enjoyable continuity, especially Kasparov and Kramnik. Buying it mainly for Kasparov, I soon found Kramnik most interesting in his "there is life beyond chess" philosophy.

While becoming active again in the black and white jungle, this book is a great addition to understanding those masters we admire and learn from.

This is a good quality paperback with thick stock that is an easy and informative read. You'll come away from this book more at ease that serious chess and daily life's demands can find balance.

Interesting walk through recent past.......2006-04-13

This chess book is the only one I know out here that is completely built on interviews on various chess proes. Its date springs from 1994, when legendary Miguel Najdorf was interviewed till Kasparov farewell in Linares last year. In between we really have many interesting people author talked with. I managed to count there are 30 interviews all in all. To my taste, the most interesting ones are: first interview with Garry Kasparov after he beat Anand in 1995, than with Alex Yermolinsky, and with Petra Korchonoi. Most interesting though to me seems the one with Vishy Anand, just after he become Fide World champ in 2000. He brought up some points back then that looks very visionary-like in today chess scene.
Well, its puzzling, but I concluded that actually quality of this book varies at the same way as varies the openess of Jan ten Geuzendams grandmaster interviewers.
Although most of the interviews taken here had been published in New in Chess magazine in last decade, this is still very interesting book, and by reading it one can get a mostely true picture of todays chess folclore.
Recomended for those interesting in chess life and history.

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My favorites

I think the author should write a full memoir..

Creative. Amazing. Witty.

Reading Relief

Loved this look into the things that make up the modern existance

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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Release Date: 2005-12-06

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"I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story."

Amy Krouse Rosenthal , one-time Might magazine columnist and self-confessed hater of the segue has written a snappy, random, remarkable memoir--the first of its kind to give readers an honest flaws-n-all perspective of what it's like to be...ordinary. Initially inspired by the "bizarre, haphazard arrangement" of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, Rosenthal has collected a lifetime of thoughts, observations, and decisions, and created an alphabetized personal encyclopedia, complete with cross-referenced entries and illustrations. Rosenthal reveals the minutiae of her life, from pumping gas ("Every. Single. Solitary. Time I go to get gas I have to lean out the window to see which side the tank is on"), to witnessing her son's accident ("I saw with front-row-seat clarity, just how quickly, randomly, and mercilessly your child can be taken away"), and in turns both playful and poignant, engages the reader in effortless and stimulating conversation.

Whether you are laughing aloud or nodding along, reading Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is like being introduced to a new friend--one that you automatically connect with and feel compelled to share. Fans of Dave Eggers, David Sedaris, and shows like Arrested Development and Scrubs will appreciate Rosenthal's quirky, conversational humor and dead-on observations. Writers will see the book as a contemporary portrait of the fledgling artist, and should enjoy her aptly named, "Evolution of this Moment"--a timeline tracking her growth as a writer from her first word ("more") to publication of her fourth book.

Modesty prevents Rosenthal from acknowledging herself as anything other than ordinary--that, and the fact that she has not "survived against all odds"--but that certainly does not mean she has nothing to say, or to share. Her delightful memoir is a reminder that life is not always an adventure, but it can be full of sad, silly, and important moments that make it worth living. Witness the generosity of an author who is willing to reveal so much of herself, not just as a writer, but also as a person--share this delightfully quirky, utterly enjoyable book with family and friends with a note, "Here is someone I think you should meet." --Daphne Durham

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Between January 25th and February 1st, hundreds of copies of Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life were intentionally left in random places (taxis, public bathrooms, laundromats) in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Each book was inscribed with a note from the author, and the finder was encouraged to report back to Rosenthal's website (www.encyclopediaofanordinarylife.com) when and where the book was discovered.

Watch the "Lost and Found" video directed by filmmaker Steve Delahoyde, documenting Rosenthal's test run and featuring her theme song, "This is My Story."
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Ordinary Life from A to Z
How do you interview a smart, creative, clever author like Amy Krouse Rosenthal? You agree to let her start with the questions, and hang on for the ride. Find out more about Amy and sneak a peek behind-the-scenes at Amazon.com with this decidedly ordinary email correspondence between Ms. Rosenthal and senior editor Daphne Durham.

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If you're looking for quotes from newspapers and magazines, NPR, book reviews, endorsements from thousands of readers and bloggers, google Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and just see for yourself how people everywhere are responding to this book.

In Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, Amy Krouse Rosenthal has ingeniously adapted the centuries-old format of the encyclopedia to convey the accumulated knowledge of her lifetime in a poignant, wise, often funny, fully realized memoir. Using mostly short entries organized from A to Z, many of which are cross-referenced, Rosenthal captures in wonderful and episodic detail the moments, observations, and emotions that comprise a contemporary life. Start anywhere—preferably at the beginning—and see how one young woman’s alphabetized existence can open up and define the world in new and unexpected ways.

An ordinary life, perhaps, but an extraordinary book.

Cross-section of ordinary life at this exact moment

A security guard is loosening his belt.

A couple is at a sushi restaurant with some old friends. They are reminiscing. In the back of their minds, they are thinking of being home.

A woman is trying to suck on a cherry Lifesaver but will end up biting it in six seconds.

A little boy is riding the train home with his dad after spending the day together at his office.

A man is running back into a grocery store to look for a scarf he dropped. He will leave with the phone number of a woman who will become his wife.

Words the author meant to use

Flair, Luxurious, Panoply, Churlish, Dainty, Folly

Wines that go nicely with this book

reds: Marcel Lapierre Morgon (France), Alario Dolcetto d’Alba Costa Fiore (Italy)

whites: King Estate Pinot Gris (Oregon), Landmark Chardonnay Overlook (California)

Book, standing in the bookstore holding a

If I am standing there with the book in my hand, one of three things has already happened: Friend recommended it. Read a good review. Cover caught my eye.

I can appreciate a cool cover. But it’s like the extra credit part of a test—it only enhances an already solid grade. Getting it right won’t help if most everything else is wrong. And getting it wrong won’t hurt if most everything else is right. (There are countless books I cherish whose covers I don’t like too much, or cannot even now recall.) The interior of the book—the terrain of its pages, where all those words took me, the tiny but very real spot it ultimately occupies in my mind—that becomes the book.

Next I go to the flaps. The front flap needs to intrigue/not bore me, and the bio needs to tell me just enough about the author. I’ll do my best to extract the author’s entire existence from their 2-X-2 inch photo.

Off to the back cover. I’ll be momentarily impressed when I see a blurb by a hot writer like ____, but I know that it is just as likely that I’ll like the book as hate it regardless of these quotes. I look at them in a more voyeuristic way, like a literary gaper’s delay: Wow, the author knows So and So. Bet they send each other clever text messages. Really the only thing I can gauge from the blurbs is my own pathetic jealousy level.

To get a true sense of the book, I have to spend a minute inside. I’ll glance at the first couple pages, then flip to the middle, see if the language matches me somehow. It’s like dating, only with sentences. Some sentences, no matter how well-dressed or nice, just don’t do it for me. Others I click with instantly. It could be something as simple yet weirdly potent as a single word choice (tangerine). We’re meant to be, that sentence and me. And when it happens, you just know.

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My favorites.......2007-09-07

Many reviews already here, so a few highlights of my favorites from this book:

Amy is very creative - I loved her idea (and follow-through experiment) of leaving some spare change in different locations with a note and a postcard: The note said something like, "You don't have to leave your name, but if you could, please just let me know something about how you spent the money." And the already-stamped postcards were left along with the money and note. Want to know what kind of feedback Amy got? Read the book!

Also, if you like "coincidences," you'll enjoy many snippets of Amy's encyclopedia about really cool coincidences that have happened in Amy's life. My favorite? I'm just going to say "license plates" and leave you to find out all the details!

There's something for everyone here: Tables, drawings, long "encyclopedia" entries, one-line entries, funny happenings, sad happenings, "I know what you mean" happenings, scary happenings. Very enjoyable read. Oh yeah - I love the author's use of OTHER authors' works and have written down several other authors to check out!

I think the author should write a full memoir.........2007-08-29

I wish the author would consider writing a full length memoir using some of the themes--or even one of the themes--in this book. It was fun to read and a bit upsetting to read as well. A good amount of different topics with a common theme through out.

Creative. Amazing. Witty. .......2007-06-09

Amy has a unique writing style that draws the reader in, allowing the reader to connect to each and every one of her stories. Extremely recommended for yourself and as a gift to basically everyone!

*Dal

Reading Relief.......2007-03-25

I am such a picky person when it comes to books, but this is one of my very favorites! It's a quick, funny, uplifting read that everyone can relate to. It's about everyday life. Reminds me of Seinfeld-type of humor!

Loved this look into the things that make up the modern existance.......2007-03-01

This quirky, fun little book is all about Amy, the author. Structured like an encyclopedia, with entries on all kinds of topics, Amy's encyclopedia entry covers everything from parking tickets to toast, the deep to the mundane. It is charmingly written and is surprisingly amusing and fun to read.

My only complaint is that the structure of the book is such that I didn't really want to sit down and read it for more than a half hour or so, because there isn't really a narrative flow. This would be a great book to keep in the car for those moments when you have to wait for someone or kill a few minutes at a time.

That said, the idea is so innovative and it is so charmingly carried out that I'd definitely recommend it. I enjoyed it all the way through, and the way she made the mundane things of life so interesting, gave me some new ways of looking at the mundane things of my own life.

A new family encyclopedia;: Or, Compendium of universal knowledge: comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons in the ordinary professions of life

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A new family encyclopedia;: Or, Compendium of universal knowledge: comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons in the ordinary professions of life
Charles A Goodrich
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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Manufacturer: Crown Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UF3ON0

The family encyclopedia,: Or Compendium of useful knowledge: comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons in the ordinary professions of life

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The family encyclopedia,: Or Compendium of useful knowledge: comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons in the ordinary professions of life
Charles A Goodrich
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The swashbuckling English sea captains of the Elizabethan era were a particular breed of adventurer, combining maritime and military skill with a seemingly insatiable appetite for Spanish treasure. Angus Konstam describes these characters, including such well-known sea dogs as Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins and Martin Frobisher, in colourful detail. For about 40 years they fought a private war with the Spanish, and while their success in defeating the Spanish Armada is well known, this book also covers their daring exploits in the New World.

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Sparked by Kenneth Waltz's Theory of International Relations, this classic text is a summary of current thinking on neorealism, a revival of the tradition that emphasizes state power struggles in world affairs. With contributions by John Ruggie, Robert Cox, Richard Ashley, and Robert Gilpin, the book also includes an introductory essay by Keohane and a concluding chapter by Waltz.

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Zzzzz.......2007-05-08