Stolen sweets: The cover girls of yesteryear, their elegance, charm, and sex appeal

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Home to haute couture and powerful dressmakers, some believe Paris is the fashion capital of the world. The 2006 edition of Where to Wear Paris has all the information you need to indulge your shopaholic desires in a city where fashion is timeless, elegant and ever sophisticated. Our fashion journalists have visited each arrondissement to discover how and where Parisians achieve their chic look. Christian LaCroix, Givenchy, Sabbia Rosa. Move over romance, we're headed for the shops

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Must-Have for a shopper.......2007-08-31

Fun read for anyone traveling to Paris and also for the arm-chair traveler, Informative and helpful for more than just shopping.

Where To Wear 2005: The Insider's Guide to Paris Shopping (Where to Wear: Paris).......2005-09-20

Great - need it for a trip to Paris!

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Reading Sucks.......2005-12-16

Okay, i couldn't find a review for this book, a description, or anything... so i had no idea what it was when i ordered it. That is why i am writing this review. This is a collection of 4 books: "Beavis and Butthead Ensucklopedia", "Huh Huh for Hollywood", "The Butt-Files", and "Chicken Soup for the Butt". It's worth it, lots of funny stuff and plenty of pictures. A great item to add to your collection, especially if you don't have any or all of those books.

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Written with humor, this book covers the many reasons dogs dig. Easy-to-follow tips and amusing illustrations make the book informative as well as entertaining.

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Alex North (1910-1991) was one of America's most renowned film composers. He developed his career in Hollywood over a 40 year period, from the early fifties to his death, and enhanced and enriched over 60 major motion pictures, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf to name just a few. He accumulated 15 Oscar nominations, and received the Lifetime Achievement Oscar for his work.

Alex North's life and work are the focus of this book. The first part deals with his early life growing up in Chester, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, his studies at Juilliard in New York and in Russia and Mexico, his early experiences in modern dance, documentaries, and theater, and his major work in film.

The second part contains detailed analyses of the musical scores that North composed for A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, The Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzi's Honor. Included in the appendices are a bibliography of materials about North, a filmography, a listing of other compositions by North, a discography, and a listing of awards North received.

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In her book, Sue Waters guides you through the rural landscapes and scenery she knows and loves so well. All of the wood burning tools and techniques necessary to create engaging rural landscapes are detailed within. Working through the five projects provided, you will learn techniques for creating realistic representations of barns with their intricate wood siding, stone walls, rolling meadows and mountainous landscapes. Techniques for even the smallest details of pottery, glass, leaves and grass are included. Full color photographs and step-by-step instructions make exploring and creating these landscapes a joy, even for the novice wood burner. Once you have successfully completed these wood burning projects, you will have the necessary skills and confidence to further explore the rich and varied opportunities for art presented in rural scenes on your own., 250 color photos/Patterns, 8 1/2" x 11"

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Excellent Introduction To Wood Burning Art.......2005-12-14

This is an excellent book for the beginning Pyrographic Artist.
Examples include step by step projects with many fine photographs of the process required to finish a barn, wood wall with flower pots, Wall with stones, Squirrel on a fence post, two others as well as patterns for five woodburnings and a Gallery of some of the completed art work. I Highly recommend this book anyone who wants to get started in this Art form.

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simple well grafted guide to great service

Relevant to ALL Businesses

Excellent information in an informal format

Good ideas, but short on examples

Great Input by a great businessman

ZINGERMAN'S GUIDE TO GIVING GREAT SERVICE
Ari Weinzweig
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Entrepreneurial phenomenon Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of the much-loved Zingerman's Deli, shares the secrets to providing world-class customer service. Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a beloved deli with some of the most loyal clientele around. It has been praised for its products and service in media outlets far and wide, including the New York Times, Men's Journal, Inc. Magazine, Esquire, Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, and Fast Company. And what started out as a small deli has grown to a flourishing restaurant, catering service, bakery, mail-order operation, creamery, and training business.

Booming business and loyal customers are proof enough that the Zingerman's team knows a thing or two about customer service. Now in Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service, co-founder Ari Weinzweig shares the unique Zingerman method of treating customers, giving the reader step-by-step instructions on what to teach staff, how to train them, how to implement the training, how to measure their success, and finally, how to reward performance.

Some of Zingerman's time-tested principles:

--Customers who get a great product but poor service won't be as loyal as those who are disappointed with a product but get great service.
--You'll get more complaints if people believe you care enough to listen to them. And that's a good thing.
--Employees who are rewarded, respected, and well cared for treat customers the same way.

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simple well grafted guide to great service.......2007-04-02

Ari takes the fine art of customer service and makes it practical, accessible, and quickly usable by others in the service business.

short on theory, long on practicality and humor, I've purchased 35 copies of this book so far...and will keep buying and giving more

Relevant to ALL Businesses.......2007-02-12

A refreshing approach to running a business and how to provide top-notch customer service. This is a quick read and well worth it. Whether you are in the restaurant business or any other trade, this book gives great advice. I look forward to eating at Zingermans when I visit Ann Arbor.

Excellent information in an informal format.......2006-08-03

If you're an uptight and resistant to change person, this is probably not going to be the best guide for you. Zingerman's is a liberal, "do the right thing" kind of environment. Their staff is respectful of each other and their customers without seeming militaryish or goofy. You can tell they love what they do and they are good at it.

I want the same environment for my staff. While we have terrific people in our Group, they just need serious help in the correct way to deliver customer service. This guide provides easy to understand concepts and examples.

The only thing I wish was different would be less food focus type advice. (Yes, I know Zingerman's is a food operation) If you're going to write a book on customer service, it would be helpful if it was easier to directly apply examples like "x-tra mile" ideas to general business.

If you're ever in Ann Arbor, be sure to visit Zingermans for the full experience -- it's so worth it!

Good ideas, but short on examples.......2006-04-27

After purchasing Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating, a wonderfully informative book about cheese, bread, olive oil, chocolate and many other artisan foods, I had high hopes for this book. On the positive side, it contains many excellent ideas on providing truly distinguished customer service, which are presented in a succinct, easy-to-read style. However, this book would have been more compelling if the author had illustrated these ideas with specific examples of how Zingerman's staff have provided superior service to customers or how they have handled difficult or unusual situations with customers. On the very last page of the book, Mr. Weinzweig writes: "Tell service stories. The knowledge of things that staffers do to provide guests with great service needs to be shared. People like to hear stories." Too bad that he didn't take his own advice when putting this book together.

Great Input by a great businessman.......2006-02-17

I live in Ann Arbor where Zingerman's is located. For many year I have enjoyed their great food and great service. As a buniness man, Ari is a great one. When Zinggy's was a little store they made millions. Now it is a larger complex and they make much more more than they did then. Everytime I have an issue like "this sandwish is too small," they take it seriouly, correct it and treat me as a king to make sure I am a happy customer. This book practices showing why they are so successful. Anybody who wants to do great in his/her business should read this book. It is filled with simple, uncommon and effective practices to make your business successful.

Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

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This Audiofy audiobook chip packs Ari Weinzweig's full 3.5 hour reading of "Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service" on a tiny memory card. A single Audiofy audiobook chip, hardly larger than a stamp, holds a complete digital audiobook, and saves the last listening position automatically, unlike CDs. With an SD memory card slot or low-cost adapter - like those for digital cameras - this Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers or laptops (Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Me/98, or Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above) or transferred to Apple iPod media players. Audiobook chips also move seamlessly to most Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld PDAs with SD expansion slots, as well as Treo and Windows Mobile "smartphones" (Palm OS 5.2 or Windows Mobile 2002 and above)... Do you really need another audiobook on customer service? There are hundreds you could choose from, and you've probably read at least a dozen. Why should you take advice from a deli with a funny name in Ann Arbor, Michigan? Because the way Zingerman's teaches services is different, better and more successful than the way others do it. Because while most customer-service audiobooks give you philosophy and theory, Zingerman's tells you exactly what to do and exactly how to do it. Because one of Zingerman's founding partners, Ari Weinzweig, has distilled the most important facts about effective customer service into concise and snappy formulas that are easy for you and the people who work with you to remember and use. Discover: * Five elements of the Zingerman's approach. * Three steps of great service. * Five steps to handling customer complaints. * Three ways to measure service. * Five simple hiring tips. Do you really need another audiobook on customer service? Yes! But after you listen to this one, you won't.

Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service: Treating Our Customers Like Royalty

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Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service: Treating Your Customers Life Royalty (Unabridged)

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Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service: Treating Your Customers Life Royalty (Unabridged)
Ari Weinzweig
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Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service
Ari Weinzweig
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They are one of the world's legendary couples. We can't think of one without thinking of the other. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean–Paul Sartre –– those passionate, freethinking existentialist philosopher–writers –– had a committed but notoriously open union that generated no end of controversy. With Tete–a–Tete, distinguished biographer Hazel Rowley offers the first dual portrait of these two colossal figures and their intense, often embattled relationship. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Rowley portrays them up close, in their most intimate moments.

We witness Beauvoir and Sartre with their circle, holding court in Paris cafes. We learn the details of their infamous romantic entanglements with the young Olga Kosakiewicz and others; of their efforts to protest the wars in Algeria and Vietnam; and of Beauvoir's tempestuous love affair with Nelson Algren. We follow along on their many travels, involving meetings with dignitaries such as Roosevelt, Khrushchev, and Castro. We listen in on the couple's conversations about Sartre's Nausea, Being and Nothingness, and Words, and Beauvoir's The Second Sex, The Mandarins, and her memoirs. And we hear the anguished discussions that led Sartre to refuse the Nobel Prize.

The impact of their writings on modern thought cannot be overestimated, but Beauvoir and Sartre are remembered just as much for the lives they led. They were brilliant, courageous, profoundly innovative individuals, and Tete–a–Tete shows the passion, energy, daring, humor, and contradictions of their remarkable, unorthodox relationship. Theirs is a great story –– and a great story is precisely what Beauvoir and Sartre most wanted their lives to be.

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Vivid and engaging portrait of a relationship -- but philosophically unenlightening.......2006-12-22

This well-researched and detailed portrait of a remarkable and unique relationship between two remarkable and unique people is never less than engaging. It is well worth reading for anyone who has even a passing interest in the intellectual climate in France just preceding, during and after WWII, a period that produced an amazing list of artists and philosophers: Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze, Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, Lanzmann (all of whom figure in this narrative), the nouvelle vague in cinema, and many more. For that matter, it is well worth reading for anyone who is interested in life, and the details of these lives are intrinsically fascinating (which is not always to say admirable). Rowley had an almost unprecedented access to historical materials, and to many of the people involved, and put together a sensitive and coherent picture of Sartre and Beauvoir from roughly the time they met to their deaths. That she is able to paint such an intimate and compassionate portrait that does not shy away from depicting faults and inconsistencies in their lives and thought is a testament to Rowley's skills as a writer and as a historian.

The major weakness of the book is that her talent with philosophy is not equally on display here. In the course of telling her story, Rowley mentions the philosophical works of Sartre and Beauvoir, but says very little to illuminate the connection between their thinking and their lives. Even where she does discuss such connections, the links are fairly superficial. (Or, the connections are of the sort that can be made at the level of pop psychology between an artist and his or her work.) Existentialism comes across in her book in its fairly popular form: that there is no essence of human being and that we define ourselves through our actions. The connection between Sartre's existentialism and phenomenology gets summarized in the claim that Sartre learned from phenomenology that philosophy could be about everyday life. What she doesn't note is that beyond the fact Sartre learned from phenomenology to focus on everyday life, he also engaged in a systematic effort to redescribe life -- to show that our ordinary ways of conceiving everyday life are deeply flawed. Beauvoir's own significant and original philosophical work (apart from "The Second Sex") is hardly discussed -- her "Ethics of Ambiguity," for example, is never even mentioned. What she doesn't note is that Beauvoir had developed a powerful typology of ways in which one might respond to and realize freedom in one's life, in her "Ethics of Ambiguity" -- and it would be interesting to consider where she must have fit on that continuum. Perhaps most egregiously, she fails to emphasize that for both Sartre and Beauvoir, existentialist freedom is not primarily about the rejection of traditional bonds but about the recognition of the ways in which we bind ourselves to others through our projects and commitments -- so that "authenticity" is not just about being oneself but about the discovery that one cannot avoid belonging to others and to deny one's commitments to others is bad faith. If Sartre painted this inevitibility as a kind of hell in "No Exit," Beauvoir especially in the "Ethics of Ambiguity" depicts an acceptance of the ambiguous commitments that emerge from our being with others as the only genuine freedom and the only possible salvation. (In spite of her desire to depict Beauvoir as independent of Sartre, and her emphasis of Sartre's unwavering respect for her as a thinker, Rowley doesn't really give a sense of the independence of Beauvoir as a thinker -- and what comes across for the most part here is the popular but I think misleading picture of Sartre as the philosopher and Beauvoir as the memoirist who occasionally also applied philosophy to subjects like women and aging.) On this reading, then Sartre and Beauvoir come across primarily as writers whose ideas and commitments evolved over time to become more political, who rejected standard morality including and especially the moral prescriptions that reinforce the family, and who shared a unique form of relationship (that involved fidelity to each other in the sense that they would always tell each other the truth, even where they were willing to lie to others with whom they had secondary relationships). One might have wished for a more detailed account of their thinking if only because such an account would help to pose the question how their life must have been conceived by themselves, in accordance with their own thinking. Otherwise, and in spite of the book's other merits as a piece of history and biography that can complement a study of their work (or of the period), the book ends up reading like a soap opera for intellectuals. While I think this point deserves emphasis I don't want to overemphasize this. One of the merits of Rowley's book is that she takes as her model of biography the autobiographical works of Beauvoir -- and to that extent she does employ a similar approach to reflection on their lives that Beauvoir employs in her published works. I just would have liked to see a bit more reflection in the book about the relation between their lives and their more focused philosophical reflections. First and foremost, Sartre and Beavoir are engaged thinkers and a biography that rarely engages with their deepest thinking except at the superficial level of brief summary, seems to me to be lacking. Having said that, I should reiterate that apart from such misgivings I found the book to be very well written and thoroughly enjoyable and could hardly put it down.

Corps au corps.......2006-09-12

This book is a factual chronology of the relationship between Beauvoir and Sartre, particularly as it relates to their extracurricular sexual relations. It is not an in-depth commentary or analysis on how they influenced each other's thinking and writings. I found this aspect of the book disappointing.

Attention should have been paid to how Sartre's way of life runs counter to his existential philosophy- freedom in action is paramount to JPS's existential man and yet he succumbs to addictions to drugs and alcohol in his mid-to-later life. Why does Beauvoir give Sartre her uncritical approval to his meaningless, manipulative and lecherous courtships? And how does such compliance reflect on her nascent feminism?

I expect biographies of two seminal philosophers to raise such questions and provide some level of explication. Despite these reservations, I recommend this book as it is well-researched and well-written.

Tete-a-Tete : Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre .......2006-03-21

I felt part of that tangled and emotionally complex world that Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sarte wove around themselves while reading this book. It balanced the passion of their creativity with the very calculating anti-passion of their emotional lives. Never judging, just describing how one phase played into the next and the work that was born out of all that was inspiring enough. All the people who were caught up or made certain to be caught up in those two lives never really made a difference in the final out come. Their work was all that really mattered.

Success despite erotomania.......2006-02-26

De Beauvoir and Sartre, without any doubt, are among the most talented writers of the twentieth century. I have enjoyed de Beauvoir's novels over the years, even when I could never quite get connected with the turgid texts of Sartre; and Sartre could be a perfect idiot on matters political, while de Beauvoir always retained more than her share of good sense. But no matter. Both of these "intellectuals," as they are called in this book, wrote thoughtful books that deeply affected the thinking of the last century.

Now comes a book that conclusively shows one of this duo to have been, well, a sick character. A technical term might be erotomania, the insatiable drive for sexual gratification. Even when Sartre was close to death, blind, incontinent, suffering from dementia, his friends would provide him with young women that he would then proceed to grope. It was the culmination of a lifetime's obsession.

Hazel Rowley, in this scrupulously documented study, has shown us a deeply flawed human being achieve success, despite these considerable odds, at being outstandingly creative.

The human side of genius.......2006-01-15

This book vividly sets genuis in a human perspective. It is a sad story. Genine love requires fidelity and the human heart knows this even if philosophical genius doesn't. Certainly worth reading as an insight for any time. Besides, it provides a magnificent and totally unexpected view of Simone's marvelous behind.

Tete-a-Tete: The Tumultuous Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (P.S.)

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Vivid and engaging portrait of a relationship -- but philosophically unenlightening

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Release Date: 2006-10-17

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Passionate, freethinking existentialist philosopher-writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre are one of the world's legendary couples. Their committed but notoriously open union generated no end of controversy in their day. Biographer Hazel Rowley offers the first dual portrait of these two colossal figures and their intense, often embattled relationship. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Rowley portrays Sartre and Beauvoir up close.

Tête-à-Tête magnificently details the passion, daring, humor, and contradictions of a remarkably unorthodox relationship.

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Vivid and engaging portrait of a relationship -- but philosophically unenlightening.......2006-12-20

Tete-a-tete - Simone De Beauvoir And Jean-paul Sartre

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Prison Nation is a distant dispatch from a foreign and forbidden place--the world of America's prisons. Written by prisoners, social critics and luminaries of investigative reporting, Prison Nation testifies to the current state of America's prisoners' living conditions and political concerns. These concerns are not normally the concerns of most Americans, but they should be. From substandard medical care the inadequacy of resources for public defenders to the death penalty, the issues covered in this volume grow more urgent every day. Articles by outstanding writers such as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Mark Dow, Judy Green, Tracy Huling and Christian Parenti chronicle the injustices of prison privatization, class and race in the justice system, our quixotic drug war, the rarely discussed prison AIDS crisis and a judicial system that rewards mostly those with significant resources or the desire to name names. Correctional facilities have become a profitable growth industry, for companies like Wackenhut that run them and companies like Boeing that use cheap prison labor. With fascinating narratives, shocking tales and small stories of hope, Prison Nation paints a picture of a world many Americans know little or nothing about.

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Prison Nation, U.S.A........2003-01-22

The articles that comprise Prison Nation not only offer perspectives on prison life and the legal system, but make for a very in depth primer in American politics. A continuing thread through many of the works is an emotional and fact based analysis of how the U.S. legal system works against the poor and working classes, while generally ignoring or even rewarding the crimes of the upper classes and corporations, while corporate crime does far more economic and even physical damage (as in deaths due to workplace hazards and malpractice, for instance). George Winslow's article "Capital Crimes" lays out in plain terms the damage done by corporate crime, while giving the facts on how little our system does to stop it. Noam Chomsky's "Drug Policy as Social Control" is a very brief, but extremely inciteful look at the politics behind the "war on drugs". There are 3 essays contributed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is simply one of the most eloquent and powerful political writers of our day, free man or not. Other essays deal with the cultural effects and ethical implications of the "private prison" industry and the prison labor trade, and many other potent topics. Of course, many of us already know that around 85% of prisoners are locked up for non-violent offenses. Many of us are aware of police brutality in our own neighborhoods, of race and class profiling... but what do these things mean in the bigger picture of American ideology and U.S. culture. Prison Nation offers many valuable facts, insights and questions about these topics which are central to our society. Routledge has once again published another invaluable book that many publishers would not take a chance on. Their reputation in publishing is solid in many subjects and this book certainly lives up to their reputation. Highly recommended.

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A naturalistic, socio-political, and spiritual narrative of the mute swan in the U.S.

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Exciting Book, Love It, Base My Life On It.......2004-08-27

Mrs. Holloway's book was a trite beautiful book. I cried numerous times, and still cry just thinking about the book. I am a student for her and love her as much as I love this book. I was very pleased with the book, and I hope she continues to write more of this very excellent literature. I definetly recommend this to all who love nature or just love. I am falling in love with Sue and her poetic tales of the swans. It is the kind of book that you cannot wait to pick up the next day and endulge in another chapter. I chose to read the book more than once, because there is always something you can look at closer and deeper then perhaps the first time you read it. Please purchase Sue Holloway's book, I absolutley guarantee you will love it. I play FB for X Football team, and when I knock down kids from Notre Dame I always think of her. Thanks and Sue is awesome.

Greatest book ever.......2002-11-22

Mrs. Holloway's book was a remarkable success. I cried numerous times, and stil cry just thinking about the book. I too am a nature reserver in CT and a member of the NRA. I was very pleased with the book, and I hope she continues to write more. I definetly recommend this to all who love nature. I am falling in love with Sue and her poetic tales of the swans. It is the kind of book that you cannot wait to pick up the next day and endulge in another chapter. I chose to read the book more than once, because there is always something you can look at closer and deeper then perhaps the first time you read it. Please purchase Sue Holloway's book, I absolutley garuntee you will love it. I substitue teach for a History class in high school, and whenever I come in, i take the last 15 or 20 minutes of class to read a selection from the book that I find most interesting. Thank You.

Magnifico.......2002-11-14

Sra. Holloway es mi instructer de espanol. Ella es muy intelligente y muy interesante,

Poetic and Powerful.......2001-01-02

Sue Holloway is a scholar and a healer, adept at joining two worlds. In this lyrical and powerful book she brings together the human and the more-than-human, the spiritual and the physical, the broken and the whole. The controversy over whether an "alien" species like the mute swan "belongs" in our American landscape is an apt metaphor for our modern confusion over our relationship with our fellow animals and the land on which we live. This book is must reading for anyone who is grappling with these issues, as well as anyone who has been enchanted by the swan's magnificient grace.

a forerunner in how environmental issues should be looked at.......2000-03-29

Swan in the Grail I found to be an epic work devoted to swans in poetic prose. It gives us sage observations based on careful learning from and direct interaction with swans, not only by the author herself, but by humanity throughout time. The author leads us to amazing associations that have come down to us through the ages about the swan.

The author confirms these associations through the references within our many cultures. She describes the associations we might experience with swan, so that we can understand how and why a swan is behaving in a particular way.

She has carefully put into poetic prose what swans are all about, for us to glean from and to extrapolate from, so that we may apply this knowledge to our interaction with our world of living beings around us and no longer allow this condoned abuse of swans

From this epic work comes the realization that not always do our environment protectors truly act in the empirical interest of protection of the environment. We find too many examples deceit by some authorities in the field under the guise of environmental protection.

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