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This pocket-sized guide provides handy translations of child-care words and phrases for parents working with au pairs.
Bilingual emergency contact forms at the front of the guide enable parents to determine precisely whom to contact in case of emergencies.
Chapters cover phrases and words for sleeping, eating, dressing, indoor and outdoor activities, health and safety, and much more. Alphabetical indexes and glossaries make finding appropriate phrases/words easy.
Customer Reviews:
Good phrases but limited beyond that..........2006-07-10
I bought this book to communicate with my spanish speaking nanny. It has some common phrases for baby care in it but still, I felt it was very limited in its coverage and the worst thing of all, it has no pronunciation!!! One bonus though is if you flip the book over, it has a Spanish to English version of the same pages for your nanny to use.
I would still recommend this book but I would make sure you also buy Household Spanish. Together, they are much more useful.
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The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber. Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash with Japanese A6M Zero fighters. The aircraft was replaced by the Grumman Avenger weeks later.
Customer Reviews:
Short but sweet........2007-03-09
I've read 3 books that review the history of the TBD in the U.S. Navy, and got the same general feeling from them all: why is this book so short? We're talking about the first monoplane that was ever accepted by the Navy for service, and was a major contributor to pre-war naval aviation's attack doctrine. Further, the sacrifices made by the aircrew who flew the TBD in combat through June 1942 deserves volumes written about them to help us remember what happened.
Barrett Tillman's book is very good, but I feel the subject deserves a larger work. I was impressed with the photos of men like Lem Massey, Gene Lindsey, Art Ely, and etc., but seeing them brought this feeling up in me all the more.
I do recommend Mr. Tillman's book as an excellent effort overall- many people may feel as if my complaints about the shortness of an otherwise fine work is nothing more than a quibble- but I do feel the subject is worthy of the extra effort.
Devastating.......2005-09-23
This book is a must for anyone interested in the history of aviation during World War 2. The men that operated the TBD Devastators are fine examples of heroes. Mr. Tillman's brilliant book need be given high honors for the rememberance of these brave souls and the mark that these Navy torpdeo planes have left in history. To the memory of Torpedo squadrons who fought at the Battle Of Coral Sea and Midway. You brave souls are on eteranl patrol and this book (as well as Mr. Tillman)gives us the opportunity to get to know you and the TBD Devastator.
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A Vision of Science Education: Responding to Peter Fensham's Work
Roger Cross
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One of the most important voices in eliciting reform in science education has been Peter Fensham. In this unique volume, the world's foremost science educators extend and modify Fensham's ideas, providing a vision of the future of science education.
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Every day ordinary young Americans are fighting in Iraq with the same bravery, honor, and sense of duty that have distinguished American troops throughout history. One of these is Jason Dunham, a twenty-two-year-old Marine corporal from the one-stoplight town of Scio, New York, whose stunning story reporter Michael M. Phillips discovered while he was embedded with a Marine infantry battalion in the Iraqi desert. Corporal Dunham was on patrol near the Syrian border, on April 14, 2004, when a black-clad Iraqi leaped out of a car and grabbed him around his neck. Fighting hand-to-hand in the dirt, Dunham saw his attacker drop a grenade and made the instantaneous decision to place his own helmet over the explosive in the hope of containing the blast and protecting his men. When the smoke cleared, Dunham’s helmet was in shreds, and the corporal lay face down in his own blood. The Marines beside him were seriously wounded. Dunham was subsequently nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for military valor.
Phillips’s minute-by-minute chronicle of the chaotic fighting that raged throughout the area and culminated in Dunham’s injury provides a grunt’s-eye view of war as it’s being fought today—fear, confusion, bravery, and suffering set against a brotherhood forged in combat. His account of Dunham’s eight-day journey home and of his parents’ heartrending reunion with their son powerfully illustrates the cold brutality of war and the fragile humanity of those who fight it. Dunham leaves an indelible mark upon all who know his story, from the doctors and nurses who treat him, to the readers of the original Wall Street Journal article that told of his singular act of valor.
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Honors One U.S. Marine Who Represents All U.S. Marines.......2007-10-12
A quick read that will help the family of this fallen Marine heal their pain. Would be a good basis for a course or discussion or analyis of how wishful thinking and hope by well meaning people falls short when they lose sight of the realities of the situation and circumstances. None of which takes anything away from the valient heart of Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Jason Dunham, USMC.
Marines in Iraq.......2007-09-09
This is also a non-fiction book about the trials of becoming a Marine, then a leader of men, and then a victim of the tribulations of that position. I have been reading the Wall Street Journal for over 50 years, and have been ever salutory of the reporters that have produced stories for that instituion----and this is NO exception! This reporter dug up the very varied backgrounds of these Marines, and brought them into focus of a VERY controversial time in the U.S.----and the M.D.'s and nurses that played their roles in the very lives of these fighting men and women----that are on the the frontline--------so that we do not have to be.
Could not put it down!.......2007-04-11
This was an incredible book about an incredible young man and his sacfrice for our freedom. As a USMC veteran of the first GUlf War I was interested in reading what these guys are dealing with in Iraq. As a father I was so caught up in what his family went through and how they dealt with the decisions they had to make. This book will be on the top of my list of favorite books.
The best book I've read so far this year........2007-01-12
I know it's only January but this book is fantastic - an extremely well-written account of a fascinating story of a true American hero. Strongly recommended.
One of the best books I've ever read!.......2007-01-11
Michael Philips is a gifted writer who crafts and amazing story of a wonderful young man who gave his life to save his fellow Marines. Buy it, read it, and pass it on to someone else to read. Five stars are not enough for this book.
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The Gift of Valor: A War Story
Michael M. Phillips
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This digital document is an article from The Weekly Standard, published by Thomson Gale on February 13, 2006. The length of the article is 1627 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: A Quiet American; The life and death of Cpl. Jason Dunham.(The Gift of Valor: A War Story )(Book review)
Author: Diane Scharper
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The Weekly Standard (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 13, 2006
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Volume: 11
Issue: 21
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MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS, a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has done four tours in Iraq with the Third Battalion, Seventh Marines. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children.
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Now I Know What a Real Hero Is.......2005-06-24
I couldn't put this book down! Michael Phillips tells the story so well, and makes you almost feel like you are there.
Great Book!
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The first book to bring together all aspects of ECM/ECCM as they relate to SAR. Written by an industry expert with more than 30 years of experience in the field.
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Synthetic-Aperture Radar and Electronic Warfare.......2000-05-16
Es un buen libro. Muy claro en las explicaciones y detalles aunque no lo recomiendo para personas entendidas en el tema.Muy buen material introductorio en la Tecnologias de Radares de Apertura Sintetica.
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This balanced and exceedingly readable text uses Harold Laswell's classic definition of politicsWho gets what, when, and howas a framework for presenting a clear, concise, and stimulating introduction to the American political system. Updated with discussions of recent events in our country, well-known political scientist Tom Dye has written a lively and absorbing narrative examining the struggle for power: the participants, the stakes, the processes, and the institutional arenas. An abundance of feature boxes explore timely issues and opinions, draw cross-cultural comparisons, and introduce important people.
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This book is written out of Gretel Ehrlich’s love for winter—for remote and cold places, and the ways in which winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul—and out of the fear that our “democracy of gratification” has irreparably altered the climate. In The Future of Ice, Ehrlich travels to extreme points—from Tierra del Fuego in the south to Spitsbergen, east of Greenland, at the very top of the world—in her quest to understand the complex, primal nature of cold.
Over the course of a year, Ehrlich and her cold-loving canine companion experience firsthand the myriad expressions of cold, and she gives us marvelous histories of wind, water, snow, and ice, of ocean currents and weather cycles. Ehrlich explores how our very awareness, our consciousness, is animated and enlivened by the archaic rhythms and erupting oscillations of weather. As she writes, “Weather streamed into my nose, mouth, eyes, and ears and circulated inside my brain. . . . A gust can shove one impulse into another; a blizzard erases a line of action; a sandstorm permeates inspiration; rain is a form of sleep. Lightning makes scratch marks on brains; hail gouges out a nesting place, melts, and waters the seed of an idea that can germinate into idiocy, a joke, or genius.” We share Ehrlich’s experience of the thrills of cold and also her questions: What will happen to us if we are “deseasoned”? If winter ends, will we survive?
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Contemplative and erratic.......2007-06-05
I sought this book because I myself play in winter and around ice and love the cold as it defines seasons. I am an environmental advocate in my job and hobbies. I also am an admirer of the destinations and distances Ehrlich seems willing to travel.
While I appreciate the imagery and Ehrlich's personalized - yet detached - account of her experiences throughout this book, I didn't find myself empathizing with most of her ideas and principles. The strong impression this book left on me was of a bag of personal troubles couched as a concern for climate change. I don't know if she was numbed by her feeling of helplessness, against what she perceived in the world of ice (or if she was just cold) but her stream-of-consciousness verse-prose cascade toward no solutions was alienating and disheartening. I didn't want a feel good story from this book, but I think I had hoped for a sense of stepping toward reconciliation and trouble-shooting, however philosophical.
this is a wonderful book.......2006-12-14
This is a tightly wrought and beautiful work or life and art, poetical, arresting, trasportive. As a westerner, and lover of cold it really spoke to me. The brittle cold of the author's loneliness seduces your own heart to face itself. It is a beautiful book, but not an easy one. While the book is supposedly about global warming, it is truly about much much more. How anyone could give it a low rating due in part to a disagreement about climate prediction is beyond me. I highly recommend this book.
another great Ehrich book.......2006-06-09
Excellent book about cold places, global warming, life and solitude.
another great book for Gretel.
this is another keeper for my library.
I loved it.
The Future of Ice.......2006-04-26
A travel memoir, meditation on winter and nature, and jeremiad upon the imminent destruction of everything.
I found this book almost unreadable. I didn't care for the writing style, which I found overwrought (speculating about the emotions of glaciers, pushing every image past its logical limit), but the scientific inaccuracies were what really troubled me. This kind of hysterical account encourages people to disrespect the environmental movement, so I'm afraid Ehrlich may have done more harm than good. As a conservationist who does believe global warming is a problem that we need to address, I'm not at all convinced that all the ice will be gone in fifty years and "a million" species will consequently be extinct, or that all the fresh water will be gone (global warming seems to be bringing wetter weather to some parts of the world). Broad statements like that combined with a dearth of solid information on either the global warming issue or the ecosystems through which Ehrlich travels cause the book to lose credibility.
Writers like Peter Matthiessen and Craig Childs successfully combine poetic language with scientifically valid observation and powerful arguments for conservation. This book, for me, doesn't succeed.
A very refreshing read........2006-03-21
I recently completed reading this book while travelling in Iceland and the Faroes last week. And I picked up this book at a bookstore in Reykjavik. Clearly Gretel is a strongly worded and passionate writer. But while she was able to connect with me while talking about her hikes (and her dog, Sammy; I lost my own doggie about a month ago), she quite often seems to go on a rant. Sometimes I just skimmed over words without attempting to grasp what she was saying. She does not describe any flora and fauna in detail but I don't think that was the intention of this book (read Barry Lopez's "Arctic Dreams" for that). But all that sounds like nitpicking. It is not often you come across a book by someone who obviously has travelled so extensively or loves winter so much. Make this your next read while travelling across the northern Atlantic next time.
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This digital document is an article from OnEarth, published by Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 450 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: The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold.(BOOKSHELF)(Book Review)
Author: Laura Wright
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Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Volume: 26
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