Rainforests: A Guide to Research and Tourist Facilities at Selected Tropical Forest Sites in Central and South America

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You say the two of you have lived in Manhatttan long enough to forget how to have a good time? Or you're taking your first trip to New York City - in tandem? Don't waste precious time looking in all the wrong places. This true insider's guide reveals great nightlife, romantic hotels, intimate dining venues, secluded country retreats, and much more. Whatever your style, taste, and budget, you'll find the perfect places in and around the city. This guide contains information on the city's most romantic places to dine, have drinks and do brunch, hotels and inns best suited for pampering your most romantic whim, where to indulge your interest in the arts or sports, great evening entertainment and nightlife, from jazz to dancing, plus lots of options for the couple on a budget.

Night+Day New York (Pulse Guides Cool Cities Series)

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Great easy to use guide to find the hot spots

Night+Day New York (Pulse Guides Cool Cities Series)
Brian Niemietz
Manufacturer: Pulse Guides
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ASIN: 0976601311

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This sleek guide emphasizes the details that busy and discerning travelers need to know: the very best venues and activities, the prime time to be in every spot, and packed with insider tips. Structured around styles (such as hot&cool, hip, classic) that make up New York's unique character, the guide's easy to use format gives travelers a selection based on the city's array of personalities, not geography or price.

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Great easy to use guide to find the hot spots.......2006-08-10

My girlfriend and I recently picked this up to help with our trip to New York and I have to say it was fantastic. Not your typical guide of typical outdated touristy things to do. It was extremely well written, obviously a lot of care and research was done to put it together. It uncovered some hidden gems and seemed to be really on the cutting edge with what was hip and happening in the city.

I'd totally pick it up if you're looking for some good insight into what New York can really be like. We're also going to look at picking up some other in this series for some other trips that we have planned.

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New York City Insight Day & Night Guide

Manufacturer: Insight Guides
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Binding: Map

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ASIN: 9812468072

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Insight Night and Day Guides let you plan your daily itinerary with reliable information that will make finding your way easy. Expert recommendations help you visit a museum, shop, or see the sights in the day and paint the town red at night. The perfect travel companion, Insight Night and Day guides allow you to make the most of your trip without the stress of negotiating unknown terrain. .Information is presented by day and night activities .Listings are cross-referenced on detailed maps .Illustrated with colour photographs .Reviews of the top 10 sights .Laminated accordion-style format makes it durable, portable, and easy to use. .Attractive plastic cap for ease of display and closure

The Fun Seeker's New York: The Ultimate Guide To One Of The World's Hottest Cities (Night + Day New York)

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The Fun Seeker's New York: The Ultimate Guide To One Of The World's Hottest Cities (Night + Day New York)
Brian Niemitz
Manufacturer: Greenline Publications
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ASIN: 0975902229

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This guide also features detailed itineraries organized by theme, 99 Best a calendar of events and terrfic day trips.

Romantic Days and Nights in New York City: Intimate Escapes in and Around Manhatten (Serial)

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Romantic Days and Nights in New York City: Intimate Escapes in and Around Manhatten (Serial)
Pamela Thomas
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Pr
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ASIN: 1564409708

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The journal of Michael “Storky” Pomerantz tells the tumultuous tale of life as a high-schooler—complete with the fact that the love of his life is dating a high school football player. As he chronicles the highs—and, of course, the most embarrassing lows—of his freshman year in high school, Storky paints an amusing and oftentimes hilarious portrait of an average teenager. But Michael is a not-so-ordinary kid, with a wit and charm that is atypical of average teens, and you will soon be cheering for him to lose his nickname and win the girl.

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POV of a teenage boy we all know.......2007-07-19

Storky is a fun book written from Michael "Storky" Pomerantz's point of view in diary form. It was fun to follow the daily happenings of this freshman boy. He starts out with a journal on the computer and then figures out someone may be reading his personal thoughts, so decides to just type the pages and print them out, but not save them.

Storky's sister reveals some of his inner most thoughts, showing that she was the one reading the journal. Being of nerd fame, all Michael wants to do is get through his freshman year of high school without being noticed too much.

Storky tries very hard to be accepted by his father, who lives outside the home--and tries to accept his mother's antics and deal with the mixed-up, crazy Jewish family traditions all while trying to maintain a semi normal life. Every day is a new adventure for Storky, right up until the end when his mother meets and marries his dentist. All through the dating process, he wants to hate Dr. Berman but finds he can't hate a man who has befriended him in the only way he knows how. Michael ends the school year planning another person's life and gets the girl, not the one of his dreams or that he thought he would get--but someone better.

Armchair Interviews says: Most of us can relate to that freshmen year in high school. Nice story from boy's point of view--written by D.L. (Debra).

Truly Funny.......2007-02-08

Written in the journal-entry style a' la Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, this book will make anyone who has ever been a high school freshman laugh every few pages. The diary follows the first year in high school for Michael "Storky" Pomerantz, as he tries to lose his nickname, get a girlfriend, and learn about making the right choices in life. Unfortunately he is not only saddled with a useless divorced Dad in the throes of a mid-life crisis, but other calamitous events in the life of a 14-year old: the uncontrollable male body part he nicknames "Rex" (who causes embarrassing things to happen while he is trying to impress girls at the blackboard with his Spanish skills), a mom who begins dating (gasp!) the pudgy family dentist, a friend who introduces him to alcohol, and Michael's own age-appropriate musings and wonderings about sex. First-time author Deborah Garfinkle (note that the publisher uses the "J.K. Rowling-don't-let-the boys-know-it-was-written-by-a-woman" name change), gets right into the head of a smart, sarcastic and sensitive young teen with great skill. The character of Michael is unmistakably Jewish and living a very middle-class, 3-times a year, Reform Jewish existence in San Diego. Librarians: beware of the maturity of the themes, but know there are many young high-schoolers who will be passing this hilarious book from hand to hand and waiting most impatiently for the certain sequel.
Reviewed by Lisa Silverman.

Storky: A Good Book But Not The Right Way Into A Teenage Guy's Mind.......2006-11-07

Now I am Over 13, but Didnt Want An Account So Don't Get The Wrong Idea

Now Mike Pomerantz aka Storky is a freshman in highschool and is going through some normal teenage things.

I thought this was a well written book for a female women, but unless you have some real bad hormone problems most guys arnt like that(or that much of a pervert) So If Your A Girl And You Have Read This Book DO NOT THINK THAT EVERY GUY THINKS LIKE THAT.

This book was a highly entertaining book and slightly disturbing on my part but yeah...Well I would Highly Recomend This Book To People :)

She Did It!.......2006-08-19

A lot of people have talked about how this book about a GUY was written by a GIRL (or, rather, a woman). Yeah, she did it. Very convincing. But the real story is that really that she wrote a funny, touching, believable story about a character I wish I knew. Good show!

A realistic peek at the HIGH DRAMA OF HIGH SCHOOL! Funny, sad, and a great read!.......2006-08-11

This book not only "swooshed" me back in time to my own high school days, but it also brought memories of my children's high drama of high school. How little reactions (both mental and physical) have changed since then ... and I confess, that was a looooooong time ago.

Although Storky's a male, and I'm a female, this author brought not only Storky's feelings but the feelings of all the characters into this story ... in funny and pathetic ways of which we can all relate.

And, YES, like most teen boys from time immemorial, there's the inevitable Miss Popular for Storky to lust after, an insensitive father ... and the other high school problems that will trigger the memories of all who read this well-written book. This is a page-turner for teens and for their parents and grandparents, also. I could see the "comic tragedy" of teens shining through the pages AND, in hind-sight, the healthy learning experiences for Storky and the realistic characters in this book.

I recommend this book for ALL AGES. It was a nostalgic trip down Memory Lane for me. A great job, Debra Garfinkle! Keep 'em coming; you have found your niche.

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Analytical Chemistry of Liquid Fuel Sources: Tar Sands Oil Shale, and Petroleum (Advances in Chemistry Series : No 170)

Manufacturer: Amer Chemical Society
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY OF LIQUID FUEL SOURCES. TAR SANDS, OIL SHALE, COAL, AND PETROLEUM.
P., Et al. (eds) Uden
Manufacturer: American Chemical Society
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WQA8E0

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The book contains invited lectures from the International Symposium on the Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials, held in Krakow, Poland, September 9-11, 2002. Eminent researchers and world experts in the field of damage mechanics report recent achievements and state-of-the-art results in the field. The book deals with the anisotropic damage mechanics involving micromechanical aspects and thermo-mechanical coupling. The contents are both of academic interest and relevant for practical applications, especially those concerning more advanced anisotropic models of materials and the transition from the microscopic to the macroscopic level.

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The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. Book two, The Book of the Assembly Hall, is an epic dramatization of the Vedic ritual of consecration that is central to the book. Book three, The Book of the Forest, traces the further episodes of the heroes during their years in exile. Also included are the famous story of Nala, dealing with the theme of love in separation, and the story of Rama, the subject of the other great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana, as well as other colorful tales.

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The tragedy.......2003-08-21

The tragedy of J.A. B. van Buitenen's most excellent translation is his passing in 1979 that prevented the translation from being completed. Therefore, I warn those who read the first 2200 pages (the first three volumes) that they will have to seek out another translation (such as that by P.Lal, which, in my opinion is not of the caliber of van Buitenen's) if they wish to complete the epic tale. The only complete translation in English of The Mahabharata that I know of is that of Kisari Mohan Ganguli, published by the New Delhi publishing house Munshiram Manoharlal.

An interesting note is that James L. Fitzgerald has continued with van Buitenen's translation, although he began with Vol. 7 (van Buitenen completed the first three volumes) rather than the next volume, 4, and anticipates it will be a 10 volume set. My guess is Fitzgerald began with the most interesting volumes so if he died without completing the project someone else would have to pick up the less interesting parts!

Excellent Scholarly Edition.......2003-02-17

This book is the best scholarly, annotated English edition of the Great Indian epic. It is definitely not for beginners though. If you are already familiar with the story, and would like to know more about the historical bakcground, I highly recommend this. Of course, like most heavily annotated books of ancient scripture, this can't be read like a novel.

Very dense.......2000-12-28

I have read many many translations of the Mahabharata. This was the first one that I could not make it through. The translation was so dense and wordy. I ended up giving it to my mom who had a much higher understanding of the Mahabharata, and was able to read through it and enjoy it. Let's just say I would not purchase this as an intro book to the Mahabharata.

Mahabharata 2: The book of the assembly Hall, 3: The book of the Forest.

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Mahabharata 2: The book of the assembly Hall, 3: The book of the Forest.
J. A. B. Van Buitenen
Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SSCLQU

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