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America From 500 Feet!
Bill Fortney , Ned Beatty , and Dr. Charles Stanley Manufacturer: Northword Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1559717858 |
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Photographer Bill Fortney and his son Wesley, in a very personal journey, embarked across the country and recorded incredible vistas from the air. In America from 500 Feet! the duo used a variety of flying devices, including souped-up hang gliders called ultralights, tiny Cessna planes, and helicopters to hover above the ground and produce majestic landscapes. For Fortney, flying was a lifelong dream, and this collection of images is a pinnacle of his artistic achievements. Luscious ocean views from California, dramatic multicolored canyons in the Southwest, and the idyllic coastal towns of the East highlight America's boundless panoramas. Fortney includes a brief commentary on each of the photographs, plus an essay on the undertaking of the project. It is always uplifting to be reminded of the natural splendor of this country, and this book serves as a testament to the importance of our national parks. If you're looking for inspiration to take that trip across the country, this could be it. --J.P. CohenBook Description
- Remarkable scenery from just 500 feet above the ground. - Provides readers with an incredible photographic look at nature.Customer Reviews:
Great Book...but you missed Oregon!.......2002-01-02
Exquisite, Surreal Imagery, a New Benchmark in Presentation.......2001-11-28
Fortney Book is An Uplifting Father/Son Experience.......2001-11-27
Wonderful, magical journey and fantastic photographs!.......2001-10-16
I met Bill Fortney on one of his Great American Photography Workshops and have never forgotten him. He is one of the most special people I have ever met and his passion for photography is infectious. You'll see that passion in the photographs in this book.
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America From 500 Feet! 2002 Engagement Calendar
Creative Publishing international , and Wes Fortney Manufacturer: Northword Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Calendar ASIN: 1559717726 |
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This 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" engagement calendar features breathtaking photos captured from the single-seater ultralight airplane of Bill Fortney as he and his son Wes traveled around the country, capturing amazing images from 500 feet.The scenery was magnificent. Their experiences were sometimes awe-inspiring, sometimes hair-raising. These unique photos are only a small glimpse into the truly remarkable natural beauty they captured.
Along with many more thought-provoking photos, the complete story of this unique journey is told in their book, AMERICA FROM 500 FEET!
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The determination of sex in Elodea,
JoseĢ K Santos ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00087TB8C |
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Bilbao Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition (Footprint Pocket Handbook: Bilbao)
Andy Symington Manufacturer: Footprint Handbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1904777791 |
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Footprint Bilbao
Andy Symington Manufacturer: Footprint Handbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1903471451 |
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This new guide spotlights Bilbao, gateway to the Basque lands of northern Spain and home of the region's newest cultural draw, the Guggenheim Museum. Part of the new wave of European city destinations, Bilbao boasts cheap flights and frequent ferries, not to mention great food and nightlife. Like the other guides in this new series from Footprint, this pocket-size handbook offers intelligent, concise, contemporary, and comprehensive travel facts in a fresh, stylish, and accessible format. It features district-by-district coverage of the city's sights and activities, up-to-the-minute listings of the best places to stay, eat, drink, and go clubbing, and a ten-page two-color map section cross-referenced to the text. In addition to the neighboring city of San Sebastian, the book covers Vizcaya including Gernika/Guernica and Vitoria.Customer Reviews:
Handy pocketsize, but oddly organized........2004-09-12
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Betty Crocker's kitchen gardens (The Betty Crocker home library)
Mary Mason Campbell , and Tasha Tudor Manufacturer: Universal Pub.; distributed by Scribner ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0684126133 |
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The Tudor Kitchens Cookery Book
Manufacturer: Printline Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000GSG7DA |
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All the King's Cooks : The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace
Peter Brears , and Brears Manufacturer: Souvenir Press Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0285635336 |
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A combination cookbook and industrial history.......2002-02-28
The palace kitchens at Hampton Court were a large-scale industrial enterprise that fed 600-1200 people every day - everyone from the lowliest servant to the King himself. The author does a grand job of describing how the system procured, stored, and prepared immense amounts of raw materials each day.
Interspersed with the description are recipes drawn from contemporary sources that are similiar to what might have been served at the palace. The author also covers Tudor table manners, etiquette, and the ceremony involved in feeding the monarch.
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Betty Crocker's kitchen gardens (The Betty Crocker home library)
Mary Mason Campbell; Tasha Tudor Manufacturer: Universal Pub.; Scribner ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LUSFL0 |
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Tudor Kitchen (Living in History)
Peter Chrisp Manufacturer: Heinemann Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0431068232 |
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Betty Crocker's Kitchen Gardnens
Mary Mason Campbell Manufacturer: Universal Publishing, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000L9VLAS |
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Betty Crockers Kitchen Gardens
Campbell Mary Mason and Illustrated By Tudor Tasha Manufacturer: Golden books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OSHFN8 |
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Ideology and Rationality in the History of Life Sciences
Georges Canguilhem Manufacturer: MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 026203137X |
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Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences
Georges Canguilhem Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0262530945 |
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George Canguilhem is one of the most distinguished French scholars of our time. This collection of his later essays discusses the role played by ideological factors in determining the direction, if not the results, of scientific work. Balancing internal and external approaches and theory and example, he reveals as few other philosophers of science can the way in which scientists actually work.
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IDEOLOGY AND RATIONALITY IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE SCIENCES. Translated by Arthur Goldhammper
Georges. Canguilhem Manufacturer: MIT Press, ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VZIL6O |
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Raman Spectroscopy: Theory and Practice, Volume 2
Herman A. Szymanski Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000M4SF6U |
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Raman Spectroscopy: Theory and Practice
H.A. Szymanski Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0306377411 |
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Raman Spectroscopy: Theory and Practice
Herman A. Szymanski Manufacturer: Plenum Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NVX8TQ |
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Formeln und Aufgaben zur Technischen Mechanik 2: Elastostatik, Hydrostatik (Springer-Lehrbuch)
D. Gross , W. Ehlers , and P. Wriggers Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3540707670 |
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Die wichtigsten Formeln und etwa 140 vollständig gelöste Aufgaben zur "Technischen Mechanik 2 (Elastostatik, Hydrostatik)". Besonderer Wert wird auf das Finden des Lösungsweges und das Erstellen der Grundgleichungen gelegt. Behandelte Themen sind: Spannung und Verzerrung - Zug und Druck - Biegung - Torsion - der Arbeitsbegriff in der Elastostatik - Stabilität - Hydrostatik.
Die 8. Auflage wurde neu bearbeitet und erscheint nun in modernem, zweifarbigem Layout.
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Conversations With John Le Carre (Literary Conversations Series)
Matthew Joseph Bruccoli , Judith S. Baughman , and John Le Carre Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1578066697 |
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John le Carré (b. 1931) is the pen name of David Cornwell. Under that pseudonym he has become the leading writer of contemporary spy thrillers. Tremendously popular and deeply influential, his novels feature a level of psychological depth and narrative complexity that makes them as rewarding as the most highly-touted literary fiction.Weaving incisive political commentary, razor-sharp satire, and suspense, his work reflects upon and dissects both Cold War anxieties and the complications of social relationships. Several of his novels --- including "The Spy Who Came In from the Cold", "The Russia House", and "The Tailor of Panama" --- have been adapted into award-winning movies.
In "Conversations with John le Carré", the acclaimed writer talks about his craft, the nature of language, the literature that he loves, and the ways in which his own life influences the creation of, and characters within, his novels. He worked for the British Foreign Office in the 1960s, and although his works are dazzlingly informed about global politics, le Carré's voice is distinctively British.
His love of language, particularly the ways in which it can reveal or conceal thought and action, is evident in every piece here. In interviews with George Plimpton, Melvyn Bragg, and others, le Carré proves himself to be quick-witted, engaging, and deeply passionate. Though often self-deprecating in his humor, le Carré reveals his commitment to the spy thriller and tells us why he thinks it is just as capable of exploring human consciousness as any other literary genre.
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Why I Wore Lipstick: To My Mastectomy
Geralyn Lucas Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312334451 Release Date: 2004-09-09 |
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A soulful, surprising coming of age journey by a dynamo who used her own adversity as a platform for examining issues all young women face.Having finished journalism school and landed her dream job at age 27, the last thing Geralyn Lucas expects to hear is a breast cancer diagnosis. She decides to go public with her disease despite fears about the backlash at work, and her bold choices in treatment are irreverent and uplifting. When her breast is under construction and her hair is falling out, her skirts get shorter. She goes to work every day and gets promoted. She has sex with her bandages on. She reinvents her beauty and in a bold move of conscious objection, forgoes the final phase of her breast reconstruction: the nipple. She is reborn in a tattoo parlor when she gets a heart tattoo where her nipple once was. Geralyn recovers from her mastectomy and chemo and has a baby in the same hospital where she was treated for cancer. What could have been a huge negative for this young cancer survivor became the impetus to examine her own sexuality and burgeoning womanhood. Virtually nothing has been written for women of a young age who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. This book also deals with the broader issue of self-acceptance that anyone grappling with questions of illness, self-image and sexuality can identify with.Customer Reviews:
Awesome book.......2007-07-20
Compelling.......2007-04-30
Great breast cancer story.......2007-03-05
absolutely fabulous.......2007-02-07
Interesting approach.......2007-01-12
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Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
Geralyn Lucas Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTMX34 |
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Back from the Deep: The Strange Story of the Sister Subs Squalus and Sculpin (Bluejacket Books)
Carl Lavo Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1557505306 |
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SS-192.......2005-07-27
Best read on ANY subject.......2005-01-19
Excellent Story of the Squalus and Sculpin.......2002-06-13
Perhaps the best part of this book is the story of the war patrols of the Squalus (now re-named Sailfish) and Sculpin. Mr. LaVo does an excellent job telling about the numerous war cruises of each submarine. Both ran up an impressive list of enemy ships sunk or damaged. The testimonies of the crewmembers are skillfully blended into the author's narrative and they give the reader a sense of actually being on the submarine.
An ironic twist of fate will forever seal these submarines together in history. The Sculpin was sunk by a Japanese destroyer, who picked up the survivors from the submarine. They were taken to the Japanese naval base at Truk, where they were transferred to the aircraft carriers Chuyo and Unyo for transport to Japan. The Sailfish intercepted the Chuyo and sank her with torpedoes. All but one of the Sculpin survivors was killed. Twenty survivors were aboard the Unyo and made it safely to Japan, where they were interred, under horrible conditions, for the remainder of the war.
Written with great knowledge and a true sense of suspense, this book belongs on any World War II or submarine enthusiasts' bookshelf. I also recommend "The Terrible Hours" by Peter Maas for more reading about the Squalus.
Diesel Boats Forever.......2001-10-26
14 year old reader loves this book.......2001-04-22
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BACK FROM THE DEEP - THE STRANGE STORY OF THE SISTER SUBS SQUALUS AND SCULPIN
Carl Lavo Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000QRRMZS |
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Back from the Deep: The Strange Story of the Sister Subs Squalus and Sculpin
Carl LaVo Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NQM4BY |
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Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 2: The Mirage of Social Justice
F. A. Hayek Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0226320839 |
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Worthwhile sequel to The Constitution of Liberty.......2004-12-18
Readable Hayek.......2004-01-13
Hayek's work should be found in both the classroom and on the coffee table.
F.A. Hayek does it again... The Wisdom of an Old Whig.......2002-04-29
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The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Vol. 1: Renewing the Conservation Promise
Manufacturer: Island Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1597260096 |
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The Endangered Species Act at Thirty is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of issues surrounding the Endangered Species Act, with a specific focus on the act's actual implementation record over the past thirty years. The result of a unique, multi-year collaboration among stakeholder groups from across the political spectrum, the two volumes offer a dispassionate consideration of a highly polarized topic.
Renewing the Conservation Promise, Volume 1, puts the reader in a better position to make informed decisions about future directions in biodiversity conservation by elevating the policy debate from its current state of divisive polemics to a more-constructive analysis. It helps the reader understand how the Endangered Species Act has been implemented, the consequences of that implementation, and how the act could be changed to better serve the needs of both the species it is designed to protect and the people who must live within its mandates. Volume 2, which examines philosophical, biological, and economic dimensions of the act in greater detail, will be published in 2006.
As debate over reforming the Endangered Species Act heats up in the coming months, these two books will be essential references for policy analysts and lawmakers; professionals involved with environmental law, science, or management; and academic researchers and students concerned with environmental law, policy, management, or science.
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