The Mom Economy: The Mothers's Guide to Getting Family-Friendly Work

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The Mom Economy offers hands-on exercises; guidance from career counselors, psychologists, and human resource professionals; and valuable advice from more than 100 working mothers with family-friendly employment, in an indispensable guide that can help women:

Â€ Know what they must earn
Â€ Understand how employer-sponsored benefits may help
Â€ Evaluate employers
Â€ Negotiate for flextime, part-time, or telecommuting
Â€ Establish a network
Â€ and more

A large majority of women work today-but in many cases, it's still up to them to negotiate terms of employment that suit their lifestyles and allow them to meet their kid's needs. This practical volume helps moms get what they need most from the workplace-and find the work that works for them.

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So Helpful.......2004-03-29

I bought this book when I decided to go back to work after a couple of years at home with my kids. I was honestly a bit scared about selling myself and convincing an employer to take my skills seriously, but The Mom Economy gave me the tools I needed to prove my worth, which also gave me confidence. I started a new job recently, and so far, it's all manageable. Anyone who's going back to work should use this book - it will make you feel like you have support in the process.

Hands on.......2004-03-13

Elizabeth Wilcox has managed to address almost every issue that faces a mother who needs or wants to work. After reading this book, I was able to come up with an unusual way to make my job fit with my family obligations, and my boss ended up being impressed with the way I handled the discussion. I could do it because the book gave useful tools and taught me how to be prepared. It is rare to find books that are actually practical and how-to in this area, so this one really stands out.

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Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms. Here is the war as it was. Here are the planters and their wives on their remote rubber estates, the policemen, the generals and the soldiers, the Malays, Chinese and Indians of a polyglot country, all fighting an astute, ruthless, and well organized enemy.

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Required reading if you want to defend your democracy from a terrorist driven insurgency.......2006-01-01

First published in 1971 (the year of my birth), The War of the Running Dogs is a history of the battle between communist insurgents in Malaya and the British government of the time. The timeline of the book runs from 1948-1960.

The text is dry, to say the least, which made the book less than palatable to me. I had a hard time reading this book, but felt that it was an important piece of history that I should digest.

I was right. Many of the ideas expressed by administrators and progenitors of The War of the Running Dogs are still in use today. A perfect example of this is found on page 179 when author Noel Barber discusses a slogan that became famous during the war, "The battle for the hearts and minds of the people."

It is a slogan I've heard bandied about more than once during my own war here in Iraq.
One of the central characters in War of the Running Dogs is Bob Thompson, a highly placed government administrator who comes up with the idea that common people should be able to receive tours of how the war is being conducted. The idea is a very successful one - one that should work again and again throughout the ages. Modern wars are won or lost now based on public opinion more than any other single factor.

Often times, this book is less of a war novel than it is an ode to competent bureaucracy. While bureaucracy is a necessary evil, it isn't a glamorous thing, and I find reading about the exploits of bureaucrats rather boring. On the other hand, the struggle between colonial imperialism leading to a form of capitalism versus communism leading who knows where is historically significant.

The War of the Running Dogs reiterates a point that has been made personally clear to me in recent years - while I might have disagreements with the government in charge, I certainly wouldn't want to trade it for a bunch of murdering thugs who don't even pretend to care about rule of law. Terrorism is not a valid or morally sound form of political expression, and is not a realistic method of toppling a government unless it can maintain popular support from a large majority of the citizenry.

The Communist terrorists in Malaya fail on many levels by combining wanton brutality with bribery, blackmail and bombastic bamboozlers as representatives. This makes it almost impossible for the British government working in conjunction with Malayan sultans and Chinese locals to fail.

Both the insurgents and the reigning bureaucrats promise independence for the nation and in the end, British bureaucracy wins the day. One point that author keeps reiterating is that the British masterstroke was insisting on civilian rule even in wartime (this despite the fact that Churchill chooses a general to run the war).

In the end, the war was won largely because the British offered a better more benevolent method of rule than their would be competitors who time and again proved that they would resort to brutality and horrific acts of violence against the general population of Malaya in order to try and achieve power.

The same cycle seems to be playing out again here in Iraq. The most interesting aspect of War of the Running Dogs has been the parallels between what happened 50 years ago and what is happening now while I watch and participate.

Dry reading, but historically significant, The War of the Running Dogs will appeal to history buffs and government administrators but not many others.

The War of the Running Dogs Malaya 1948-1960

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The War of the Running Dogs Malaya 1948-1960
Noel Barber
Manufacturer: Fontana
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000M6191Q

The war of the running dogs: The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

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The Domino that Didn't Fall
Excellent Southeast Asia historical novel

The war of the running dogs: The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
Noel Barber
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Southeast Asia | Asia | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007342G8

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The Domino that Didn't Fall.......2004-06-04

The twelve-year British-led war against Chinese Communist insurgents in Malaya resulted in total defeat for the rebels and the installation of a relatively stable and independent (if racially discriminatory) Malaysian government in Kuala Lumpur. This book, which is a historical narrative of the war from the British perspective, is still on the United States Marine Commandant's recommended reading list for the valuable lessons the British strategy has to teach. Inevitably, comparisons and contrasts arise between victory in Malaya and defeat in Vietnam; a principal difference (which Barber doesn't fully draw out) is that the Chinese-speaking population (from whom the rebels drew their support) was heavily counterbalanced by the Malay population (which was and remains antagonistic towards the Chinese). Nevertheless, the British methods in this war were in many respects much more sophisticated than the American strategy in Indochina, and the Malaysian Emergency still repays study. This remains by far the best book on the topic.

Excellent Southeast Asia historical novel.......1999-01-03

Exciting fictional coverage of the "Malaya Emergency" with detail of communist insurgency, British colonialism, plantations, jungle hideaways, language, culture, etc., told from a British point of view. America might have been more successful with Vietnam, had they learned from this British experience.

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The War Of The Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960

Manufacturer: Weybright
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H7991C

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The most accessible introduction to the theory and practice of multivariate analysis

Multivariate Statistical Inference and Applications is a user-friendly introduction to basic multivariate analysis theory and practice for statistics majors as well as nonmajors with little or no background in theoretical statistics. Among the many special features of this extremely accessible first text on multivariate analysis are:
* Clear, step-by-step explanations of all key concepts and procedures along with original, easy-to-follow proofs
* Numerous problems, examples, and tables of distributions
* Many real-world data sets drawn from a wide range of disciplines
* Reviews of univariate procedures that give rise to multivariate techniques
* An extensive survey of the world literature on multivariate analysis
* An in-depth review of matrix theory
* A disk including all the data sets and SAS command files for all examples and numerical problems found in the book

These same features also make Multivariate Statistical Inference and Applications an excellent professional resource for scientists and clinicians who need to acquaint themselves with multivariate techniques. It can be used as a stand-alone introduction or in concert with its more methods-oriented sibling volume, the critically acclaimed Methods of Multivariate Analysis.

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nice modern treatment covering the basics.......2001-05-04

Rencher covers the basics of multivariate analysis based on multivariate normal theory. It is a graduate text in statistics much like the classic of Ted Anderson. It covers Hotelling's T square, the multivariate analysis of variance, discriminant analysis and classification, multivariate regression, canonical correlation, principal components and factor analysis. In addition to the standard stuff he also discusses robust methods and introduces the bootstrap. The chapter on classification includes coverage of bootstrap bias adjustment in error rate estimation and includes discussion of some of the simulation work in this area including some of my papers with Murthy and Nealy.

This book contains a very useful and up-to-date bibliography.

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When Danielle Ofri enters the doors of New YorkÂ's legendary Bellevue Hospital as a tentative medical student, she is plunged into the teeming world of urban medicine: mysterious illnesses, patients speaking any one of a dozen languages, overworked interns devising audacious strategies to cope with the intensity of a big-city hospital. In a facility where poverty and social strife are as much a part of the pathology as any microbe, it is the medical students and interns who are thrust into the searing intimacy that is the doctor-patient relationship. With each chapter, Ofri introduces us to a new medical crisis and a human being with an intricate and compelling history.

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anecdotes on medical education.......2007-03-01

I read this one for a med school discussion group. At first I disliked it, feeling like Dr. Ofri was really trumping up Bellvue, how great the hospital is and likewise everyone who works there. However, then she went on to describe her relative incompetence in her medical performance as she transitioned through the end of medical school and residency. At this point in my education, I can relate to her lack of experience and feelings of inadequacy during her training.
This is a great book to read if you are interested in the inner workings of medical education and its impact on patient care, especially if you prefer to read about it via entertaining anecdotes rather than those nasty boring textbooks. A good read for med and pre-med students, as well as those just wanting to eavesdrop on the system of medical education.

This part of the review is by Kristi Florek, Matt's wife:
I also read this book for a class in medical school, like everyone else reviewing this book. I really enjoyed reading it "for fun" even though it was assigned. Each time I read the assigned chapters I had a hard time putting the book down, and read several more chapters. I found the book to be a good sampling of what life as a med student and a resident is like. Sometimes life is hard: days are long and sleepless, patients die, you don't know what to do, you get stuck with a needle, patients and staff are difficult. But sometimes life is great: you diagnose a difficult case, a baby is born, one of your superiors gives you a word of commendation, you feel like you're succeeding at becoming a doctor. It is an up and down world with huge swings of emotion. One thing I really identified with were her feelings of inadequacy, realizing that I am not alone in thinking that I have no idea what I am doing!
Overall, a very good book for anyone with any interest in medicine and medical education.

A look inside medical training.......2007-02-28

How does medicine educate its upcoming doctors? When is it okay to let a medical student to do a procedure? Given a choice would you let a medical student do your surgery? In the big picture, young doctors need experience because they are the future. This is just one of the many issues surrounding medical education and the maturation of young doctors that Ofri tackles. Some stories will move you, others will demystify the aura surrounding doctors, other may make you think twice before going to the doctor. Ofri's humbleness and honesty allow the reader an inside look at the decision making process of a doctor as they go through their training, which is sometimes a marvelous progression of logic and efficiency, and other times a shot in the dark at best. A good quick read for anyone interested in medicine or what medical training is like.

personal anecdotes.......2006-07-30

Dr Ofri has written a moving account of a resident doctor's personal experiences. Residency program is indeed a trial (and training) by fire which can either melt or strengthen the heart of a novice doctor. Being a doctor myself, I have been to "hell and back" with many of my patients. There are quite a few Dr Sitkins in the world of medicine : humane and highly sensitive doctors hiding behind a facade who snap when the reality of the harsh world and its inequalities,espeically, in life and death situations become unbearable.

medical student review.......2006-03-19

Ofri's book was assigned for a class at the medical school I attend. I found the book to be entertaining and an easy read from her style of writing, although a bit nerve-wracking to realize that the experiences she goes through are similar to those I will experience in my own training. I enjoyed the progression of her book from third year medical student, to residency and beyond. For anyone pursuing medicine as a career I would recommend this book as a way to realize that you are not the only one who is nervous about the responsibility that comes with being a physician. While some of her stories seem a bit grandiose or embellished, it is nonetheless a very entertaining and encouraging read.

If wasn't already scared..........2006-03-17

I am a second year medical student and after reading this book I'm not sure if I am encouraged or more frightened about what I am about to face in the next 5 years. I am encouraged that some one else with little confidence can survive, but I am afraid of the many daunting tasks and cases that I could meet. Ofri does a good job at expressing the efforts and troubles that an aspiring physician must face. However I think that few of us will find such entertaining stories. However embellished the stories are they make for good reading for everyone, non-medical folks will appreciate the fine story telling and people in the field will appreciate the stories and technical aspects.

Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue

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Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue
Danielle Ofri
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ9WYW

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Just about everyone has heard of Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Napoleon, three historical figures who, for better or worse, radically changed the world. But what about William Walker, Fred Ward, and John Singleton Mosby? They didn't live centuries ago and what they did also changed the world we live in. And each of them faced almost unbelievable odds...and won. Here are just a few covered in the book.
- William Walker recruited a handful of barflies in San Francisco and not only conquered a country but frustrated the plans of the world's greatest empire.
- And John Singleton Mosby, a Confederate private, carved "Mosby's Confederacy" out of what is now suburban Washington and prolonged the Civil War at least six months.
- In World War I, Paul von Lettow Vorbeck, the German commander in East Africa, showed the world that black soldiers could fight as well as Caucasians.

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A compilation of true stories about ten soldiers.......2003-01-06

Enthusiastically recommended for any personal, academic, or community library Military Studies/Military History collection, Soldiers In The Shadows: Unknown Warriors Who Changed The Course Of History by military historian William Weir is a compilation of true stories about ten soldiers whose brave and intelligent actions helped shape history around the world, yet whose deeds on the field of combat remain largely forgotten today. From Edward Lansdale, defender of Philippine democracy; to John Singleton Mosby, a Confederate private who effectively prolonged the Civil War at least six months; to Captain Jack, a Modoc Indian chief who defied 100 times his followers' number of U.S. Army troops for months, Soldiers In The Shadows is a simply fascinating case study of military history and men who made it. Also very highly recommended is William Weir's 50 Battles That Changed The World (1564144917).

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News from Nowhere

A brilliant, comprehensive re-casting of democratic socialist ideas for the Twenty-First Century

Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation (Pathways Through the Twenty-First Century)
Robin Hahnel
Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0415933455

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In Economic Justice and Democracy Robin Hahnel argues that progressives need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how they conceive of economic justice and economic democracy. He presents a coherent set of economic institutions and procedures that can deliver economic justice and democracy through a "participatory economy." But this is a long-run goal; he also explores how to promote the economics of equitable cooperation in the here and now by emphasizing ways to broaden the base of existing economic reform movements while deepening their commitment to more far reaching change.

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News from Nowhere.......2007-07-09

The late Victorian artist William Morris wrote a short novel about a man waking up one morning into a socialist world. He was transported instantaneously into a new cultural and economic world where coins and money were artifacts suitable only for display in a museum. Robin Hahnel's book is a counterpart to this utopic dream,
but unlike fantasy, it is a thorough struggle and wrestling with the idea of how to transition from a competitive and profit-oriented economic system to a system based on need and cooperation and human sensitivity. He deals with history of socialist movements, past and present, small and large, with reforms in taxation, labor standards, labor bargaining power, global imbalances, living wages; and he covers the anticorporate and environmental and consumer-producer cooperatives and poverty movements. It is thorough. Admittedly it would be better just to wake up one morning into that utopia, but this book is about the next best thing. I am grateful he wrote it.

A brilliant, comprehensive re-casting of democratic socialist ideas for the Twenty-First Century.......2007-03-09

This book fully deserves to become a key text in college courses on issues of economic justice and democratic political theory. Based firmly in the important, although historically neglected, libertarian socialist tradition, this text is an exceptionally comprehensive critical appraisal of late capitalism and the various attempts to create alternatives to it.
Robin Hahnel's principled, committed, non-dogmatic and thoroughly people-oriented approach to political economy is a refreshing and much-needed reboot on issues of democracy and justice that are still suffering the after-shocks of Cold-War era entrenched positions. Hahnel's socialism is of the thoroughly democratic variety that rejects both the compromise of essential principles for the sake of power that has often characterised social democracy, as well as the rigid, dogmatic positions of the authoritarian Left. The result is a powerful and convincing argument for a radically democratic model of society governed more fully "by the people and for the people", born of a flexible, pluralistic and principled approach to political-economy.
Readers of this book would also benefit from reading Michael Albert's "Parecon".

Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation.(BOOK EXCERPT)(Book Review) : An article from: Dollars & Sense

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Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation.(BOOK EXCERPT)(Book Review) : An article from: Dollars & Sense

Manufacturer: Economic Affairs Bureau
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Dollars & Sense, published by Economic Affairs Bureau on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1720 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: Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation.(BOOK EXCERPT)(Book Review)
Publication: Dollars & Sense (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Economic Affairs Bureau
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Photographed on seven continents, and nine years in the making, this lush sequel to Art Wolfe's Light on the Land features 150 gorgeous and compelling color images exploring the extraordinary beauty of nature. "I really don't want to dazzle people with detail," Wolfe says "I want to move them by the moment." These "moments" come from the book's five geographic regions — Desert, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, and Polar — and will indeed captivate the reader with their clarity and range. Remarkable for its artistic vision, atmospheric presentation, and powerful but understated environmental message, the book includes an essay by Art Davidson with each section.

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Simply stunning.......2007-07-14

That's really the best word I can come up with in regards to this book. Wolfe has managed to catch some of the Earth's most astounding and beautiful moments in clear, remarkable ways. With pictures of volcanoes exploding with nothing behind them but blackness and stars, and icebergs floating on the edge of gorgeous horizons, you really do feel as though you're on the very edge of the world.

Beauty and wildness are the two main themes of this book: eruptions of fire, crashing waves, and desert lands are all presented in beautiful and larger than life format. I honestly never knew that a volcano or iceberg could be strikingly beautiful until I read this book! I can't imagine how Wolfe caught these images. Although this book is not religious by theme, I don't know how anyone could come away from it unconvinced that there's a God, for surely only an infinetly majestic being could create such huge majesty. Read this book, and find yourself on the edge of an incredible world that you probably never realized you lived in.

Surreal Landscapes in Motion, Moving Conservation Essays, and Fine Descriptions of Photographic Methods.......2007-05-20

Anyone who cares about wild places will find Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky to be a tremendously moving testament to our need to preserve the places that provide us with our sense of wonder. The photography will bring most people to this book, but the essays by Art Davidson about how our wild places are in jeopardy will stay just as vividly in your mind. Robert Redford and John Adams provide excellent forewords to set the stage for this remarkable work. Whether or not you know how to take landscape photographs, the section describing Art Wolfe's most unusual works will fascinate you.

The volume is divided into five wild landscape subjects: desert, ocean, mountain, forest, and polar. Now, if you are like me, you might think that desert is a strange choice. How can that be very interesting? Actually, the brilliance of the photographic work will astonish you. Mr. Wolfe unveils stunning montages of vivid color and shimmering shadows. In a few instances, he selects angles that reveal one or two trees in the foreground that are totally dominated by sand dunes in the background. It's like traveling to Herbert's Dune, although the scenes are from Namibia here on Earth.

Surprisingly, ocean is probably the least interesting subject among the five although no one will be yawning at these wonderful images. Mountain images provide a delightful combination of the familiar (Mount Everest and the Matterhorn) and the intriguing unfamiliar (Mount Fitzroy in Argentina and Los Penitentes in Chile). All of the polar scenes are eerie in their beauty and desolation.

Many books of landscape photography rely on the grandeur of nature's normal expression. Mr. Wolfe is far more artful in his compositions than that. Like Ansel Adams, the moon may be setting at just the right spot in the sky to provide extra drama. Using the light that may also exist for a few seconds on any day near sunrise or sunset, vivid colors streak across land, sky, and water. In one case, the illumination is from a brief solar eclipse. Mr. Wolfe is a man of great patience to create such unusual works. You could travel to all of these places for twenty years, and miss ever scene that Mr. Wolfe captured.

If you know anyone who cares about wild places, you would have a hard time finding a better gift than this one. And get a copy for yourself.

Find a way to keep the wild the way it is.

Bravo!

Photography for Conservation.......2007-02-19

I really enjoyed this collection of still lives from the borderlines of space and time, light and structure.
Art Wolfe captures precious fleeting moments in its photographs, and makes you see things as you never did before. He shows the inherent and often overlooked beauty of lifeless landscapes; human beings, animals, and nearly all plants are excluded. The books five materials, sand, water, rock, trees/cacti, ice - and I may add a sixth: skies - are portrayed with such mastery, that you can feel their texture, and experience all their colors and shapes.
Art Davidson's texts are a perfect match, because they emphasize the photographer's statement that earth's integrity has to be conserved for the worth to humankind.

Great book design but some lifeless photos.......2006-03-20

I bought this book and found that it is great in term of the technologies used to produce this book. From cover design, binding, scanned photos, paper quality, etc. However, honestly and with my respect to Mr. Art Wolfe photography skills, I found most of his photos are lifeless. Technical wise they are super but they lack aesthetic touch and they seem to be missing their messages. BTW, they say it was seven years working on this book...not true! It was a collection of photographs on a course of 7 years. If you want a coffee table book, it is a great one. If you want a how-to, look for my great photographer...John Shaw. The master of life photos not lifeless ones. Last thing look at the book dimensions before you buy it. Very big.

Brilliant.......2004-03-24

In my opinion, the images within this book reflect a perfect combination of light and opportunity and particularly I'm very impressed by the star trails. In general Art Wolfe shows us "through the lens" how beautiful our earth currently is. An important message is that it should be saved so that future generations will be able to live on. The (excellents) forewords in this book underline this approach.

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Once again, acclaimed nature photographer Art Wolfe takes us on a fantastic journey to the ends of the earth, where he reveals strange and alien landscapes that are infused with nature's phenomenal beauty and otherworldly energies. The penetrating artistry of Wolfe's photography and the variety of his landscapes illuminate the grandness of earth, while reminding us of the universal truth that humans, animals and earth are all interconnected and dependent on one another. Without wild lands to explore, humankind loses a large sense of its own existence. Each fantastic photo is accompanied by Mr. Wolfe's explanation of how he captured the image.

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Startrails over Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia

Capturing this image required a double exposure and a little forethought. With a compass I determined where the Southern Cross should rise in relation to the two silhouetted acacias. I wanted to create a black sky while retaining detail in the landscape, so I combined a polarizer and a two-stop graduated neutral density filter. I also underexposed the entire scene by one full exposure setting to guarantee a black sky. I waited until night fell before initiating the second exposure. Then I placed my camera on "bulb setting" and used a locking cable release to take an eight hour exposure of the star's movement across the sky.

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Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky 2005 Calendar
Art Wolfe
Manufacturer: Amber Lotus Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Calendar
ASIN: 156937399X

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Once again, acclaimed nature photographer Art Wolfe takes us on a fantastic journey to the ends of the earth, where he reveals strange and alien landscapes that are infused with nature's phenomenal beauty and otherworldly energies. Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky 2005 wall calendar illuminates the spectacular and the remote natural places of this world with penetrating photographic artistry. Each fantastic photo is accompanied by Mr. Wolfe's explanation of how he captured the shot.

Art Wolfe is one of the most celebrated and widely published nature photographers of our time. His honors include a 2000 Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography and the 1998 Nature Photographer of the Year Award from his peers. His books include Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky; The Living Wild; One World, One Vision: The Photography of Art Wolfe and Migrations.

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Los Penitentes, Paso del Agua Negra, Chile
These ice formations are called los penitentes (Spanish for "the penitents") because they resemble a parade of white-robed monks. They are formed by differential melting and evaporation on mountains where the air temperature remains near freezing while dew points are much below freezing. These saber-sharp needles of ice line up in formations according to the movement of the sun in an east-west direction.

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