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Chokecherry Places: Essays from the High Plains
Merrill Gilfillan Manufacturer: Johnson Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1555662277 |
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The Lakota word for bluebird, writes High Plains poet Gilfillan, is a verb meaning something like "to pass by all in blue." Gilfillan turns the endless hazy vistas of Wyoming, Colorado, and the Dakotas into verbs all their own, populating them with crows, magpies, meadowlarks, passing clouds--and always with stories derived from history and from his own travels. He is especially drawn to buttes, river bottoms, and sandy ridges, the difficult landscapes that "house and shelter the talisman and nurturing myth, the taproot metaphysics of any geography." Visiting places like Turtle Mountain, Devil's Lake, and Heart River, Gilfillan offers fine tribute to a little-heralded corner of the world. --Gregory McNameeCustomer Reviews:
Spirit of place gone missing............2001-01-09
Gilfillan's narrative is one step up from a travelog, the reader is conscious of a narrator, but he is no Charles Kuralt nor Paul Theroux. Some essays are better than others, but something is missing from all of them. I did not obtain a sense of Gilfillan's spirtual or moral bearing, though I think he might have one.
My own experience in these wild and natural places has been the great sense of awe the Transcendentalists described. I will never forget the first time I saw the buttes, those wonderous islands leftover from the withdrawal of a prehistoric sea. I don't recall Gilfillan contemplating their ontological connections, though he does note their beauty in the late afternoon sun. His writing comes close to expressing appreciation of the scenes he surveys, but he never quite suceeds with words the way Georgia O'Keefe succeeded with paint.
I found some of his stories disturbing. Gilfillan apparently has no qualms about helping a man search for yellow feathers needed to round out a fan. And, no, the old man doesn't collect the feathers from the ground under trees where birds perched and preened themselves as Ben Nighthorse Campbell once suggested when describing how modern Indians make Eagle feather headdresses. The old man kills the little Finches with Gilfillan's help. The killing of these little birds doesn't register a blip on Gilfillan's ethics meter. When I read this essay, I was reminded of the many extinct birds that once lived in Hawaii. You can see their pretty little feathers in the dusty capes and helmets stored in musuem exhibit cases.
Nor does the digging of wild turnips seem a problem. Okay, if Gilfillan was the only person who ever dug them up what would it matter? But he isn't, and by advertising their existance, and the fact he felt no qualms about digging them up, he helps contribute to their extinction. It doesn't even occur to him that one reason the plants have evolved a mechanism for losing their above ground vegetation during the warmer months is for survival.
Gilfillan is not a Naturalist. He is the worst sort of exploiter who roams the high plains and follows a way of life which allows him to indulge his needs and wants and through his writing to encourage others to follow. This is no Pilgrim at Tinker Creek warning us of the extinction of the Monarch Butterfly.
Rich, return-to prose.......1999-11-11
I bought CHOKECHERRY PLACES specifically to read on a recent train trip around the country; I pulled it out only when we were crossing those bowed sky-span spaces of the plains, and relished the reading. I could gaze out the window to the North Dakota buttes that on one of Gilfillan's visits "were taking on that homesick evening-sun look, and I was thinking, I suppose, of erosion and atrophy and wash-away and large, charged events vanishing."
This book reminded me of the potential that lies within words; it is elegantly crafted writing that rests in the mind like a heartfully prepared, home-cooked meal rests in the belly. Gilfillan writes with such detail and grace you'd think that nature itself, his subject, was italicized.
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Catalogue of the Lichens of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya (Bibliotheca Lichenologica)
Heinar Streimann Manufacturer: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3443580017 |
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The AA 100 Walks in Scotland (The Aa 100 Walks Series)
Utomobile Association Staff Manufacturer: Automobile Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0749540583 |
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Catalogue of Pictures in the Collection of her Majesty the Queen: The Tudor Stuart and early Georgian pictures (2 Volumes in slipcase)
Oliver Ed Millar Manufacturer: Phaidon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RAAP6M |
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The Elements of Life: Biography and Portrait-Painting in Stuart and Georgian England
Richard Wendorf Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0198117205 |
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In this bold new study, Wendorf compares two arts--biography and portrait-painting--that have often been linked in a casual way but whose historical connections have remained unexplored. Reassessing the great age of English portraiture--from the arrival of Van Dyck to the publication of
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ENGLISH COSTUME : EARLY ENGLISH : MIDDLE AGES : TUDOR AND STUART : GEORGIAN : FOUR (4) VOL. SET
Dian Clayton Calthorp Manufacturer: Adam And Charles Black ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VAL1I4 |
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A set of four (4) books for study of English costumes.
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ENGLISH DRAWINGS STUART AND GEORGIAN PERIODS IN THE COLLECTION OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
Manufacturer: Phaidon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0000CHUY5 |
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English Drawings, Stuart and Georgian Periods, at Windsor Castle.
A P Oppé Manufacturer: Phaidon 1950. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000L66GQU |
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Famous beauties of two reigns: Being an account of some fair women of Stuart & Georgian times
Mary Craven Manufacturer: E. Nash ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00087J7KO |
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Fanlights: A Visual Architectural History
Alexander Stuart Gray , Charlotte Halliday , and John Sambrook Manufacturer: Aia Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1558350624 |
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Four Walls Adorned: Interior Decoration 1485-1820
Manufacturer: London: Methuen 1952 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000B86ZUA |
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1st edn, 8 color plates and 68 illustrations. London Methuen 1952
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Georgian Gardens
David C Stuart Manufacturer: Robert Hale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0709172214 |
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The Making of a Great Power: Late Stuart and Early Georgian Britain, 1660-1722 (Foundations of Modern Britain)
Geoffrey S. Holmes Manufacturer: Longman Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Textbook Binding ASIN: 0582484391 |
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Parliament became paramount.......2006-09-28
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Menopause: Biology and Pathobiology
Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0124537901 |
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Menopause: Biology and Pathobiology is a comprehensive volume covering all aspects of the biology, anatomy, physiology, pathobiology, and pharmacology of menopause, as well as its diagnosis and management.
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Menopause: Biology and Pathobiology
Jennifer Kelsey, Robert Marcus, A. Rogerio Lobo Rogerio A. Lobo Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OH4X20 |
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Flavor Chemistry: 30 Years of Progress
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Accessories: ASIN: 0306461994 |
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Celebrating the founding of the Flavor Subdivision of the Agriculture and Food Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, this book provides an overview of progress made during the past 30-40 years in various aspects of flavor chemistry as seen by internationally renowned scientists in the forefront of their respective fields. In addition, it presents up-to-date findings in the areas of flavor chemistry, analytical methods, thermally produced flavors and precursors, enzymatically produced flavors and precursors, and sensory methods and results.
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Contributions to Hardware and Software Reliability
P. K. Kapur , R. B. Garg , and S. Kumar Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9810237510 |
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Nero Wolfe: The Archie Goodwin Files
Manufacturer: Wildside Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1557424845 Release Date: 2005-11-30 |
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Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published "The Gazette," chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. NERO WOLFE: THE ARCHIE GOODWIN FILES is a new selection of Neronian delights carefully picked from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.Customer Reviews:
A Sequel Better Than the Original.......2006-09-29
Very satisfactory.......2006-01-21
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The Nero Wolfe Files
Manufacturer: Wildside Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0809544946 |
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Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published The Gazette, chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. THE NERO WOLFE FILES is a generous collection of Neronian reading delights selected from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.Customer Reviews:
The Nero Wolff Files Review.......2007-06-08
A Must for Wolfe Fans.......2006-09-23
MORE OF WOLFE.......2006-05-27
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The Politics of Truth: A Diplomat's Memoir: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity
Joseph Wilson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EMH5LQ |
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While many former Bush administration officials published books airing their gripes and concerns in advance of the 2004 election, few were in a situation as personal as Joseph Wilson's. A career diplomat, he found himself working for an administration that apparently leaked information revealing his wife, Valerie Plame, to be a CIA operative soon after Wilson cast doubt on Bush's claims of Iraq trying to buy uranium from Niger. When columnist Robert Novak named Plame, there was widespread speculation about who leaked the information. In The Politics of Truth, Wilson points a finger at Dick Cheney's chief-of-staff I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and national security aide Eliot Abrams although Wilson never really presents smoking gun evidence against them. There is little here that breaks new ground in terms of hard facts being revealed, nonetheless, Wilson's account, personal and well written, maps out the human impact of the situation in ways that major newspapers never could. Wilson's animus toward the administration is made stronger by his support of the president in the 2000 election and he held out hope that a centrist conservative approach would help America's position in the world. That scenario withered, in Wilson's mind, when the plan to invade Iraq became increasingly inevitable and, like many traditional conservatives, Wilson mourns the rise of the ideological "neo-conservatives" who shaped foreign policy. But while a true-life secret identity/betrayal story is inherently fascinating, and Wilson's indignation and scorn is powerfully delivered, there is more to recommend his book. Wilson tells of being stationed in the Persian Gulf in the days leading up to the first Gulf War, a haunting encounter with Saddam Hussein, and years of efforts to establish democracy in Africa. The Politics of Truth provides a glimpse inside the high stakes world of international intelligence and, Joseph Wilson says, that world can be vicious. --John MoeBook Description
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Whether you lean left or right, read this book!.......2007-09-16
Fascinating & Frightening.......2007-07-08
The historical record.......2007-06-08
We owe a lot to Joe Wilson.......2007-01-09
Discount Bin Book.......2006-09-02
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Geronimo!: U.S. Airborne Uniforms, Insignia & Equipment in World War II (Schiffer Military History)
Bill Rentz Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764306774 |
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This fully illustrated volume explores the uniforms, insignia, and equipment of American Airborne, Glider, Troop Carrier, and Airborne Engineers in World War II. Included are over 500 detailed, up-close images of individual items, and multi-side views of full combat rig, and over 100 World War II era color and black and white photos, most unpublished, showing the uniforms and equipment as worn by the troops. Covered in this extensive book are: dress uniforms; jump jackets and pants; headgear; boots; jump wings, unit patches and other insignia; Marine Corps airborne; Troop Carrier and Airborne Engineers; equipment, including parachutes, weapons, communications, and many rare and unusual items exclusive to airborne troops; and a comparative section with both British and German airborne gear. Geronimo! is a detailed look at the clothing and equipment of America's Finest, and is an important reference work for the airborne collector, reenactor, historian and veteran., over 630 color and b/w photographs, 9" x 12"Customer Reviews:
The new bible for collectors of WWII airborne!.......1999-12-30
Novice beware!.......1999-11-30
This Book a Must for the Collector or Military Miniaturist........1999-05-25
What a well researched book !! Roll on volume 2........1999-05-03
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Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives: Social Sector Reform, Democratization, and Globalization in Latin America (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Manufacturer: Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0801880823 |
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Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives studies the politics of efforts to reform education and health services in Latin America in the 1990s. Both sectors were common targets of reform -- education because of its economic importance, health care because of needs to reduce great inequities of access and opportunities to increase domestic savings presented by reforms. Both sectors also have large numbers of unionized public employees, whose presence affects patronage as well as political power.
The book presents case studies that offer a wealth of new information not previously accessible to the English-speaking academic and policy community. For health care, these cover Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Peru; for eductaion, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Four chapters by the editors set out for each sector the goals, structure, and outcomes of reform efforts.
Contributors are Marta Arretche, Josefina Bruni Celli, Mary A. Clark, Javier Corrales, Sonia M. Draibe, Christina Ewig, Alec Ian Gershberg, Alejandra Gonzalez Rossetti, Merilee S. Grindle, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Pamela S. Lowden, and Patricia Ramirez.
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At the Hand of Man: Peril and Hope for Africa's Wildlife
Raymond Bonner Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679733426 Release Date: 1994-10-04 |
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Defying conventional wisdom even as it makes an impassioned plea for moral common sense, this book by an award-winning journalist sheds a new light on the history and politics of the African conservation movement. The book will anger and inspire anyone who cares about African wildlife and the people whose future is intertwined with the fate of these animals.Customer Reviews:
Facing realities of complex African wildlife conservation.......2006-04-10
On target for support of culling and trophy hunting..........2002-04-01
Mr Bonner is strongly opposed to the ban on ivory and he supports culling of elephant herds. Although he is eloquent in saying that he "can't understand" how someone would wish to hunt elephants or other big game, it is obvious from his arguments that he doesn't understand the close connection between culling and trophy hunting. I intend to deal with the book on it's scientific and economic arguments alone, and stay away from polarizing political ideology that sees everything as either cultural or science warfare. (I'm actually quite surprised that this book has not featured more in the debates as it is well written and Bonner certainly isn't shy in offering his opinion). Recent scientific work on the complexity of elephant social life and family structure, particularly the dominant role played by the matriarch, tends to undermine the scientific value of culling. Studies have shown that in times when overpopulation causes degradation of the environment (the main reason for culling) the matriarch utilizes a natural population-regulating system. She simply leads a group of female elephants away from the males in the herd to their eventual demise. Also man-made contraceptives that last for up to a year are now proving somewhat successful. On the economic front, wheras it's true that tourism revenues have not made much contribution due to corruption, mismanagement, or use for things other than community development, this is a double-edged sword argument. There is sufficient evidence to show that the revenues earned from the sale of culled elephant ivory (prior to the international ban) was not going to locals either. Further, when the ban was temporarily lifted in 1997, there was a concomitant increase in poaching. As for the income earned where trophy hunting is allowed as part of a culling process as in South Africa; let's just say "show me the money"! is probably the best analysis. Most of the money does not go to fees paid in Africa but in fact never even leaves the US. The majority is paid to the big US game hunting outfits that equip and organize the African hunting trips.
This book is a genuine attempt by a Westerner, who having lived in Africa, comes to some understanding of the gap between what we think about the continent and what it's really like and seeks to put his insights into words. It's also more than that. It is the work of a bright investigative journalist using his skills to expose some of the complexities of wildlife management and the biases that attend it. Unfortunately the book didn't stop there, it's still more. It's political. Bonner himself makes it so. "It was natural for me to take up this cause. I am a liberal, and a former public interest lawyer; I was a vegetarian for a period in the seventies and still eat very little meat, and I have been opposed to commercial whaling and cutting down forests." Oops there it is! Let the wars begin! and Bonner will desevedly get hit by both sides. Liberals will strike first slamming Bonner for saying that vegetarianism is a qualifying criteria for Liberalism! Conservatives will also go on the attack, when after reading the book, they realize that his real sympathies lie with them, and he makes a hash out of arguments they could defend. Everybody, fire away!
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At the Hand of Man. Peril and hope for Africa's wildlife.
Raymond Bonner Manufacturer: New York Alfred A. Knopf 1993. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000P7B9OO |
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At the Hand of Man: Peril and Hope for Africa's Wildlife. (book reviews): An article from: Multinational Monitor
Sindy Felin Manufacturer: Essential Information, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000921MVK Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Multinational Monitor, published by Essential Information, Inc. on March 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1570 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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At The Hand of Man Peril and Hope For Africa's Wildlife
Bonner Raymond Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UD1CPY |
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AT THE HAND OF MAN: PERIL AND HOPE FOR AFRICA'S WILDLIFE
Raymond Bonner Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J3O1OO |
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