Glamorous Movie Stars of the Thirties Paper Dolls
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  • A beautiful collection!
  • One of Tom Tierney's best!
  • A wonderful addition to any collection!
Glamorous Movie Stars of the Thirties Paper Dolls
Tom Tierney
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 048623715X

Book Description

Crawford, MacDonald, Lombard, Harlow, Garbo, Bennett, Garland, and Carroll with 38 authentic film costumes. 16 plates in full color.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A beautiful collection! .......2007-09-26

This is truly a great collection of movie gowns! They are beautifully illustrated. I was glad to see that all was done on the thicker card stock type paper. Anyone who has always wanted to know what the gowns must have looked like in person will enjoy this collection, as it is the closest we will ever get!

5 out of 5 stars One of Tom Tierney's best!.......2005-03-15

Ever since I was a child I have loved old Hollywood movies because of the marvellous costumes worn by the actresses, so one can imagine how pleased I was to discover this collection of paper dolls. There is a wonderful simplicity about these dolls and the costumes are accurately rendered. This work (being one of Mr Tierney's earliest) is more graphic and two dimensional in appearance than his later work, and for me that is what gives it more impact and charm. I have seen these plates framed as prints, and they are truly of a quality that is worthy of framing.
A note to the artist, the sequinned gown worn by Joan Crawford in "The Women" was gold not red (source: "Gowns by Adrian").

5 out of 5 stars A wonderful addition to any collection!.......2000-05-09

A beautiful collection of paper dolls with excellent reproductions of original costumes worn by some of the most famous and glamorous stars of the thirties. I purchased this collection when I was in my teens and still have it in my collection today. I highly recommend Glamorous Movie Stars of the Thirties for your paper doll collection, Tom Tierneys work is fantastic!

Guide to Producing a Fashion Show
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    Guide to Producing a Fashion Show
    Judith C. Everett , and Kristen K. Swanson
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    Sencilla Fanta: Sketches And Ideas Of Ashley Wood
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    Get a peek inside the mind of this creative powerhouse with a deluxe, 320 page sketchbook. Offering a fascinating view of the process that results in Ashley Wood's breathtaking art, Sencilla Fanta is a must for all his admirers.

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    1 out of 5 stars NO GO!.......2006-08-25

    this book for the price could have been done in a smaller format at a much less expensive price. i like woods work alot but these really are just a bunch very minimal drawings streched out to make a hearty meal, no can do. it misses the mark big time. spend your bucks and buy process recess by james jean . that came today and woww!!!!

    5 out of 5 stars If you like fresh idea and spontaneity........2006-07-31

    This book is so Cool, with all B&W illustration. Very rough & quick sketches and a lots of spontaneity.

    4 out of 5 stars Descent and indescent........2006-05-29

    This was a gift, I love ashley wood, but I expected that there be maybe one or 2 painted peices throughout the whole book. It looks like this is a sketch compilation. Also its overtly sexual for the most part. Take that as good or bad as you wish. Wood still presents amazing talent and education - thrilling pieces.

    4 out of 5 stars Sencilla Fanta.......2005-09-30


    As Ashley Wood says in the introduction for this book, it's not like a completed book, it's messy, and full of unfinished drawings, yet it keeps all of Ashley Wood's work fascinating look, girls, robots and weird people dwell this book and make it a must for any fan of Wood's creation, and of course of all the addicted to illustration...

    A Curmudgeon's Garden of Love
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      Jon Winokur
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      ASIN: B000NXS9QQ
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        Literature's finest curmudgeons have much to say on the topic of love, and they say it all wonderfully in this volume cynics are guaranteed to adore. "We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were."--Mort Sahl
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          A Curmudgeon's Garden of Love : Romance, Sex and Love's Myriad Delusions - 1,000 Irreverent Quotations, Anecdotes, and Interviews
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              Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in the Hollywood Cinema
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              • Exploring the subjected male figure in films
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              A series of essays from an impressive group of international scholars re-examines the problematic status of masculinity both in Hollywood cinema and feminist film theory.

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              5 out of 5 stars Exploring the subjected male figure in films.......2000-06-23

              For anyone who ever took a film course, we are taught via the writings of Laura Mulvey that it is the women who is subjected in film. Screening the Male provides the research conducted in examining the filp side of Mulvey's theory. This book is extremely valuable for anyone who is interested in how men are present in film.

              SD's public offering boom: too hot not to cool down. (public offerings by San Diego companies) (Special Report: Finance): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
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                Sandy Hock
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                ASIN: B00091Y46G
                Release Date: 2005-07-28

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                This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on June 15, 1992. The length of the article is 1181 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: SD's public offering boom: too hot not to cool down. (public offerings by San Diego companies) (Special Report: Finance)
                Author: Sandy Hock
                Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
                Date: June 15, 1992
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                Too Hot to Cool Down
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                • Beautiful, Filled with Sweetness and Soul
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                5 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Filled with Sweetness and Soul.......2000-06-12

                Great book to share with others. The lyrics are beautiful and the illustrations a great images of "lovin". This book pays homage to jazz legends and the sweetness of love. This book leaves you with a warm feeling. I highly recommend this book. It's like church - good for the soul.

                5 out of 5 stars Romance, Fire & Desire.......2000-05-13

                Beautiful illustrated to lyrics with true meaning that reaches to depths and essence of your soul.

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                Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work
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                • Great for All Professionals, but Especially for Introverts
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                Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work
                Jacqueline Whitmore
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                1 out of 5 stars empty.......2007-06-06

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                5 out of 5 stars Colleen, Teacher, Palm Beach County.......2007-02-01

                Business Class was an extremely valuable tool as I made the transition from college to the professional arena. All those who wish to find a place in the business world, give a good interview, and impress their employers should read Business Class.
                Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success At Work
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                  Jacqueline Whitmore
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                  Unabridged on 6 CDs; Narrated by Jacqueline Whitmore
                  Business Class : Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work
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                    Jacqueline Whitmore
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                    Oh the Glory of It All
                    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                    • good read but.....
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                    • dawn m
                    • Could NOT put this book down.
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                    Sean Wilsey
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                    "A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are," writes Sean Wilsey, and indeed, Oh the Glory of it All is compelling proof of his exhaustive personal quest. It's no surprise that as a kid in the '80s, Wilsey found similarities between his own life and his beloved Lord of the Rings and Star Wars--his journey was fraught with unnerving characters too.

                    Wilsey's father was a distant, wealthy man who used a helicopter when a moped would do and whose mandates included squeegeeing the stall after every shower. Much of Wilsey's youth was spent as subservient to, or rebelling against this imposing man. But the maternal figures in Wilsey's childhood were no less affecting. His mother, a San Francisco society butterfly turned globe-trotting peace promoter, seemed to behave only in extremes--either trying to convince young Sean to commit suicide with her, or arranging impromptu meetings with the Pope and Mikhail Gorbachev. And Dede, his demon of a stepmother, would have made the Brothers Grimm shiver.

                    As always with memoirs one must take expansive sections of recalled dialogue with a grain of salt, but Wilsey's short, unflinching sentences keep his outlandish story moving too quickly for much quibbling. In the end, Wilsey says, "It took the unlikely combination of the three of them--mother, father, stepmother--to make me who I am." It's a fairly basic conclusion after 479 pages of turning every stone, but it's also one that renders his story--more than shocking or glorious--human. --Brangien Davis

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                    SeanÂ's blond-bombshell mother regularly entertains Black Panthers and movie stars in the familyÂ's marble and glass penthouse. His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade. The three live happily together “eight-hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; in an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows, full of water and bridges and hills.” But when his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend, SeanÂ's life blows apart. His memoir shows us how he survived, spinning out a “deliriously searing and convincing” portrait of a wicked stepmother (The New York Times Book Review), a meeting with the pope, sexual awakening, and a tour of “the planetÂ's most interesting reform schools” (Details). BACKCOVER: “A memoir that announces the debut of a remarkably gifted, daring and, yes, very funny, writer.”
                    —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

                    “The cliché Â`truth is stranger than fictionÂ' may well have been coined to describe Sean WilseyÂ's wild, wise, and whip-smart memoir.”
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                    “[An] irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted.”
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                    “A vivid mix of brio, self-awareness and sophistication . . . writing well is indeed the best revenge.”
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                    4 out of 5 stars good read but............2007-09-21

                    I enjoyed reading this--Wilsey's life is very interesting. He could have used a better editor---there's a lot of unnecessary "filler" that's a bit annoying.

                    5 out of 5 stars Glorious read.......2007-08-13

                    You'll probably know within the first five pages whether you love this book or not. I fell into the "love it" category, and couldn't put it down until I finished it. It's a great window into a very unique and interesting life, and written with great style and humor. Basically a coming of age tale of the 1980s, with a little before and after. The characters are wonderfully drawn, and very human. Seomwhere along his troubled educational path, this guy learned to write!
                    That was actually the one thing that left me wondering. How does this guy remember events and conversations from 20 years ago down to the smallest detail? Apparently, he kept a journal. OK, if you keep a detailed journal, you'll have the material. But I kind of have trouble seeing a guy with such a troubled educational history keeping such a detailed journal: that smacks of didactic discipline and rigor that the author clearly lacked at the time. So I guess I just wonder how much "artistic license" is afoot here. That being said, the parts of the author's world with which I am at least somewhat familiar rang absolutely true.
                    At the end of the day, this is a great, and very fast, read. I would have paid anything to see the look on the author's stepmother's face when she read it, if she ever had the nerve to do so.

                    1 out of 5 stars Not as witty as Wurtzel; couldn't keep my attention.......2007-07-18

                    I read the first twenty pages, which were interesting, then the focus of this book and its tone began to get repetitive and I could not keep my interest in it. I skimmed the rest.
                    I find the pace of this memoir to be quite similar to Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel; Wilsey employs the same shifting of short narrative scenes and deadpan humor applied to less-than-ideal situations. But where her memoir has a sense of the individual trying for some overarching philosophy or schemata, and wanting to reach toward herself, as well as some funny and generally sympathetic character portrayals, his memoir is nothing but a relentless chaotic jumble of unpleasant events, it seems.

                    5 out of 5 stars dawn m.......2007-06-27

                    One of my best friends kept talking about this book, so I finally had to read it. To be short and sweet, it was excellent. I laughed so many times and even cried at the end. (And, I am not a crier.) Sean Wilsey really gets his reader into his head. He makes the pain, frustration, love and anger that he experienced as a child, teenager and young adult so real. The fact that some readers saw this book as payback attempt or that Dede seems to feel it's a valid basis for a lawsuit is ridiculous. Sean's honesty is obvious to anyone who truly gets and accepts it.

                    As for the lengh, I can MAYBE get the fact that parts of it could have been shorter. To me, just the skateboarding parts were a little long, but maybe that's because I am a girl who was never a skater girl... I personally loved the boarding school stories (of which I also have many)and the references to The Cure (the greatest band ever). Opinions are just that, though, and when it comes down to it, he was writing about his real life, which lended itself to the honest feel of it all. He was dealing with some really painful issues, and to add some documentation of everyday events seemed a nice tactic to me. A memoir is also for the mental benefit of the author. Whether it was music, boarding school or skateboarding, Sean obviously felt them strong influences on his life. If it were all just Falcon Crest material, the real life aspect would disappear. The heart and soul of this book far outweighed the details. I loved it and cannot recommend a more fulfilling read.

                    5 out of 5 stars Could NOT put this book down........2007-05-22

                    I think this book was one of the most incredible, greatest reads in a long long time.

                    I feel for Sean. His writing is poignant, his experiences are just beyond comprehension. The evil stepmother needs to rot somewhere HOT! I just couldn't believe the crap this poor man had to go through.

                    Bravo to you Sean for surviving it all.
                    Oh the Glory of It All
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                      Oh the Glory of It All
                      Sean Wilsey
                      Manufacturer: The Penguin Press
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Paperback
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                      ASIN: 0739457977
                      Oh The Glory Of It All
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                        Oh The Glory Of It All
                        Sean Wilsey
                        Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback
                        ASIN: B000OJG1J6
                        Oh the Glory of It All
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                          Oh the Glory of It All
                          Sean Wilsey
                          Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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                          Oh, the Glory of It All [Unknown Binding]  by Wilsey, Sean
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                            Oh, the Glory of It All [Unknown Binding] by Wilsey, Sean
                            Enid Blyton
                            Manufacturer: Pan
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                            Binding: Paperback
                            ASIN: B000WF02NS
                            Oh, The Glory of It All and Oh, The Hell of It All (2 books, as a set)
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                              Oh, The Glory of It All and Oh, The Hell of It All (2 books, as a set)
                              Sean Wilsey , and Pat Montandon
                              Manufacturer: Penguin and Harper Collins
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover
                              ASIN: B000PQDKNS

                              Product Description

                              First edition, first printings of both memoirs, signed by their authors on the respective title pages.

                              Truman's Dilemma: Invasion or the Bomb
                              Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                              • Great book for a casual read
                              • Interesting
                              • Superficial, badly written, and by moments simply disgusting
                              Truman's Dilemma: Invasion or the Bomb
                              Paul D. Walker
                              Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover

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                              ASIN: 1589801199

                              Customer Reviews:

                              4 out of 5 stars Great book for a casual read.......2004-05-14

                              Walker writes a wonderful book that easy to read and gives a strong argument for why we dropped the atomic bomb. He covers most of the relevant issues and gives a good picture of why certain avenues for resolving the war just would not have been feasible.

                              My only major problem is the lack of references for the points he makes. While I realise this is not an academic book, it would still be nice to have references to back up what is presented. There are a few, but they are just that, few and far between.

                              Still, if you are looking for an easy to read, concise explanation of the dropping of the bomb, I would most certainly recommend this book.

                              4 out of 5 stars Interesting.......2004-01-08

                              Although the book suffers from poor editing, and somewhat unorganized writing, Walker still delivers a cogent argument for using the most powerful and terrifying development of 20th Century technology.

                              1 out of 5 stars Superficial, badly written, and by moments simply disgusting.......2003-11-24

                              This book is a collection of war stories that, for the best part, have absolutely nothing to do with the title of the book. Never the author analyses really the so-called "Truman's dilemma". His book (that has clearly not been proof-read, since it's full of typos and repetitions) develops a theory which is to me close to revisionism. According to Paul D.Walker, the dilemma did not exist : Truman did a good thing when he ordered to drop the 2 atomic bombs to obtain Japan's surrender, since he spared not only the lives of many young GI's, but also (paradoxally) the lives of (cruel and barbaric) japanese civilians, who all would have died in vain if the war had continued for too long. The two-thirds of the book are there to prove that the casualty rate of a Japan invasion would have been so high among the US army troops that it was better to nuke two cities without prior warning and shock the Japanese High Commandment (the fact that this Bigh Commandment refused to surrender after the bombings and had to be forced by the Emperor to do so is one of the numerous paradoxes of Walker's theory). The author does not hesitate to say that, all in all, the 150,000 nuked japanese civilians are nothing compared to the 350,000 chinese people killed during the infamous "Rape of Nankin" by the japanese army. Never does Walker balance really the different options that Truman had (well, he did not only have invasion or the bomb, you know, he also has blockade, intensive traditional bombings, etc.). Never does he reflect about the fact that the Allies wanted "total and absolute surrender" from Japan, and nothing else, when all the intelligence gathered about the Japanese people proved that this could not be an option, because Japanese hate to lose their face - which is a basics to anyone who studied just a little bit the japanese culture - and that this stubborness from the Allies led to a "cul de sac" in terms of negociation to end the war...
                              To summarize, this book is not about the dilemma. If you want to be reassured that these bombings were the right thing to do, go ahead and read the book. If you have doubts, spare your money, because you will not learn anything new, and will not be exposed to a real historian work.

                              How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
                              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                              • Very Enlightening and Inspirational Take on an oft Misunderstood Institution
                              • Substantive View from inside Congress
                              How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
                              Lee H. Hamilton
                              Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback

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                              ASIN: 0253216958

                              Customer Reviews:

                              4 out of 5 stars Very Enlightening and Inspirational Take on an oft Misunderstood Institution.......2007-03-05

                              This is a very good overview of how the legislative branch of the federal government works. After 34 years in the House of Representatives, the author is a certified expert on his subject and he treats it objectively in a nonpartisan manner. The book opens with a spirited and convincing defense of the institution, continues with a critical look at what improvements can be made, and concludes with an impassioned plea for increased civic participation.

                              From the first page of the book, Hamilton tackles the public's "far less grand view of Congress" and the lack of trust they have in the institution. He systematically addresses each of the public's main concerns, and although it is a bit repetitive and his defense of certain topics (most specifically "pork" spending) is not convincing, he is overall successful in his arguments. Hamilton hammers home the importance of Congress's role in balancing the power of the three branches of the federal government and lists many of its major accomplishments (ie the federal highway system and civil rights legislation). A representative democracy requires debate and compromise, which can appear to be slow and messy to an outsider, but is necessary to build consenus and ensure that no one branch of government becomes to powerful.

                              The author does not blindly support institution of Congress and points out several key areas of reform. He calls upon members of Congress to be more civil (something that declined significantly during his tenure), more willing to tackle the tough issues, and have a more strategic, longer term mindset with an eye towards the impact on the greater public good. Hamilton acknowledges that money has too much influence on campaigning and further ethical reforms are still needed. It is also important to maintain "good process," ensuring that members don't bypass critical steps in the legislative process. A strengthened relationship with the White House would also allow the executive branch to consult with more subject matter experts and make better policy decisions.

                              The final chapter outlines how the public can participate in governmental affairs and why it is important to do so. Hamilton calls upon us all to become more involved by becoming more educated on the process and issues (which will also make us less cynical), vote in all elections, contact and get to know their representatives (they listen to us more than we think), and become more active in community and interest groups. The book includes many examples of individuals who have made a significant difference to the country and will hopefully inspire other future successes as well.

                              5 out of 5 stars Substantive View from inside Congress.......2005-06-17

                              This book is especially valuable because the author's insights on Congress come from his long legislative career. It is a substantive view of the legislative branch from the inside.

                              Hamilton provides a good sense of the usually messy process involved in a bill becoming law, explaining how powerful members can often circumvent the normal process, and sometimes even avoid bringing a bill into committee.

                              After reading this book, I came away with a better operational sense of politics---the compromise, listening, and coalition building that are essential in our democracy. I also learned more about how power affects the system---in the House, for example, the party in the majority can set the rules for debate, and thus controls a lot of the legislative process. Power shifts as well---over the years, speakers have become less powerful, committee heads more so. Some members can command more national attention than others, which adds weight to whatever issue or initiative they are pushing.

                              But more significant than the how is the why. Hamilton makes a great case for the average citizen getting civically involved, and he explains the positive impact government can have in our lives. He doesn't mince words in acknowledging government's faults. But he also explains that some common criticisms people have of government---that politicians compromise too much, and that the process is too slow---are actually misplaced because these types of things are part of the democratic process itself. Autocracies tend to work quickly. Democracies are more complicated, often more messy, but ultimately more represenative.
                              How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
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                                How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
                                Lee H. Hamilton
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                                How Congress Works: And why You Should Care
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                                  How Congress Works: And why You Should Care
                                  Lee H. Hamilton
                                  Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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                                  The Value of Birds: Based on the Proceedings of a Symposium and Workshop Held at the XIX World Conference of the International Council for (ICBP Technical Publication,)
                                  Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                                  • Valuable book
                                  The Value of Birds: Based on the Proceedings of a Symposium and Workshop Held at the XIX World Conference of the International Council for (ICBP Technical Publication,)

                                  Manufacturer: Birdlife International
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Paperback

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                                  ASIN: 0946888108

                                  Customer Reviews:

                                  4 out of 5 stars Valuable book.......2002-07-26

                                  The first part of the book is on "Birds as socio-economic resources" based on an International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP) symposium. The authors are almost apologetic in discussing economic values, emphasizing that birds are also important ethically and culturally. Fern Filion goes as far as listing Abraham Maslow's 5 level hierarchy of human needs. The articles are diverse, from the marketing of a 100,000 bird swallow roost in Canada (estimated to have a social value of 1/2 million dollars), to the use of seabird eggs and young in Tasmania and Jamaica. Hussein Isack presented a fascinating paper on the use of birds by the pastoral Boran nomads in Northern Kenya, which included birds as source of information. Honeyguides may guide them to bee hives, and other species indicate coming rain or danger. Although the Boran, currently avoid birds as food, the tendency to a more sedentary life may change this.

                                  The second part of the book is base on an ICBP workshop of birds as bio-indicators of environmental conditions. These papers emphasize that birds can be bioindicators since they may be higher in the food change and easier to monitor. This seems particularly true of colonial waterbirds and seabirds, where diet or eggshell thickness may detect changes in prey fish populations or presence of toxins in the environment. There is a series of papers also on waterfowls as indicator of pesticides and acidification. I thought Welsh's use of woodpecker numbers and diversity as indication of forest stand condition was intriguing. In Florida, birds are used as sentinels for detecting West Nile Virus.

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