Cabin at Singing River: Building a Home in the Wilderness

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The capital of New South Wales and host of the 2000 Olympics, Sydney is Australia's largest, most vibrant and thriving city. Home to almost four million people, its rich blend of cultures, combined with a sunny climate and casual yet exciting lifestyle, form a large part of the city's appeal. With such world-famous icons as the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, and one of the most beautiful harbors in the world, Sydney's attractions don't end on the doorstep of a wealth of gorgeous white beaches, shopping possiblities, restaurants and exciting nightlife. Just outside Sydney visitors can explore the majestic Blue Mountains, or the charming beauty of the Southern Highlands, the beaches of the Central Coast or the wine-producing Hunter Valley, and its many national parks. "Sydney--City of Sails" is a visual celebration of this colorful city with over 130 full-color photographs and breath-taking panoramas that capture the essence of Sydney.

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Northern Beaches: Sydney, Australia

Manufacturer: Ken Duncan Panographs
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1983 Ken Duncan. Breathtaking images of clouds, people, places, scenes and buildings conveying an almost spiritual dimension which comes through each of Ken Duncan's pictures to make up a visually complete publication of a very special place. 7x10.5. 80pp. 70+ colour photos.

Photographs and details so arranged that the mechanical engineer gets a serviceable follow-through of the plant generally connected with subaqueous foundation ... tunnelling), Sydney Harbour Bridge, Survey

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Photographs and details so arranged that the mechanical engineer gets a serviceable follow-through of the plant generally connected with subaqueous foundation ... tunnelling), Sydney Harbour Bridge, Survey
W. G Huggins
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Spectacular Sydney: Magnificent Panoramic Views of Sydney

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Spectacular Sydney: Magnificent Panoramic Views of Sydney
Ken Duncan
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Sydney Sandstone: A Pictorial Journey
Gary Deirmendjian
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ASIN: 187700409X

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The Newport summer scene has arrived and it's the same old days at the beach and nights spent partying . . . only this year it isn't. When Ryan announced that he was going back to Chino to help Theresa raise her baby (Is it his baby? He doesn't know) everything changed. Seth hit the water, leaving his family and Summer behind, sailing his boat to places unknown. Marissa's losing herself in a bottle and an unlikely romance. As for Summer, she's slipping back into her old life and a new love. Everything's changed. Nothing is the same. Can it ever be again?

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Way Back: OC #3
Martin Cory
Manufacturer: Puffin Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ930A

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After three volumes on adenoviruses in 1995 the past years have seen rapid progress in the field of adenovirus research. Moreover, adenoviruses have attracted considerable interest as vectors in gene transfer regimens.

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Excitons in Molecular Crystals - Theory and Applications

Manufacturer: W. A. Benjamin, Inc.
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Excitons in Molecular Crystals: Theory and Applications
D. P. Craig and S. H. Walmsley
Manufacturer: W A BENJAMIN, INC
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Binding: Hardcover
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Excitons in Molecular Crystals: Theory and Applications

Manufacturer: W.A. Benjamin
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ASIN: B000E1C48Q

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Excitons in molecular crystals;: Theory and applications (Frontiers in chemistry)
David Parker Craig
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ASIN: B0006BVKKC

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This basic textbook gives an easily accessible introduction to fuzzy theory and its applications. It provides basic and concrete concepts of the field in a self-contained, condensed and understandable style. This First Course on Fuzzy Theory and Applications includes numerous examples, descriptive illustrations and figures of the basic concepts, as well as exercises at the end of each chapter. The author has long time experience in teaching on fuzzy theory and its applications and continuously developed and summarized his didactic lecture notes into this book. This book can be used in introductory graduate and undergraduate courses in fuzziness and soft computing and is recommendable to students, scientists, engineers, or professionals in the field for self-study.

First Course on Fuzzy Theory and Applications

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First Course on Fuzzy Theory and Applications
Kwang H. Lee
Manufacturer: Springer (India) Private Limited
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8181283082

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A modern Japanese Classic.......2001-01-25

This classic is a moving portrait of a Japanese childhood. The main character, Kasuko, (the young Yashushi Inoue) is skilfully drawn and sympathetic. The book focusses on his confusions growing up in a complicated family atmosphere and his feelings towards various female members of that family, notably his adopted grandmother, with whom he lives, his absent mother and his aunt (whom he sees as an older sister). The book is readable, beautifully written and well-translated. The only shortcoming is that this is a translation only of Volume One. Volume Two appears not to have been translated at all.

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Whistle Blower.......2006-09-09

Gelsey Kirkland blows the whistle on the dance world's less appetizing antics. Disappointingly, this book is out of print. Today she apologizes (in a recent interview with Dance Magazine) for her her aired opinions. Why??

Gelsey and her book are outstanding.......2006-06-28

In my opinion, written as a retired professional dancer, Kelsey is one of the top 3/4 female ballet dancers of all times..........when you read the book (which is fabulous) one is reduced to tears to see how she overcame the hurdles life threw at her.........love the book,(which I have reread several time) love the dancer.

Good glimpse of her life........2005-09-29

I thought Ms. Kirkland's book was a good glimpse into her everyday life as well as her mind and what being at the top of a top ballet company in the 80's was like.

for those who enjoy books about dancers.......2005-07-05

I've read this book twice before buying and I find that it's good the first time, but great the second time and so forth. The reason I bought it was not because of gelsey the dancer, but her as the person. My roommate and I call her crazy girl, but in a strange way you can relate through her craziness as she continues to bash on everyone around her. She calls her father a few things, Mr. B a perv who is trying to create an image unable to last by the human body, Ms. Farrell as the mold that everyone needs to copy, misha the horriable boyfriend, and so forth.
As I said I found this book enjoyable and liked it better then the second. Even though crazy girl becomes a ballet teacher. She found peace in herself and lost the craziness that i loved. I'm glad to her as the person found it, but I as the reader miss listening to her rant about the injustice of the dance world.

Stunning...........2005-01-02

As a ballet dancer, I have come to find the not-so-glamorous side of the ballet world: eating disorders plague it (and directors encourage them), dancers having multiple relationships with other dancers, and the constant pressure to always be at the top. Gelsey Kirkland seemed to have a ballet career that was glorious and fulfilling, yet with every hit of cocaine she took to keep her dancing, her life gained more emptiness and she was dying. Her personal torment is so personally and vividly revealed in this autobiography that you can actually feel her pain and loneliness as she reiterates each of her harrowing experiences. It is sad that some of her best dramatic performances were given at the lowest points in her personal life. This is one of the most stunning autobiographies I have ever read.

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DANCING ON MY GRAVE
GELSEY KIRKLAND
Manufacturer: SOFTCOVER
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WLZJTY

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DANCING ON MY GRAVE
KIRKLAND GELSEY
Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PGKATA

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Dancing on My Grave
Gelsey; Lawrence, Greg Kirkland
Manufacturer: Berkley Publishing Group
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000K3UH3M

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Dancing on My Grave

Manufacturer: Chivers Press
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Binding: Board book
ASIN: B000CQ2TYW

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DANCING ON MY GRAVE- AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H3U4DS

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Dancing On My Grave
Gelsey Krikland
Manufacturer: Penguin Putnam~trade
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ASIN: B000OIWYWK

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Dancing on My Grave
Gelsey Kirkland
Manufacturer: DOUBLEDAY & CO INC
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000X1AMV8

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DANCING ON MY GRAVE- AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Gelsey With Greg Lawrence Kirkland
Manufacturer: Doubleday 7 Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TRZIDI

The Shape of Love, the Story of " Dancing on My Grave" Continues

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The Shape of Love, the Story of " Dancing on My Grave" Continues
Gelsey Kirkland
Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000INF040

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The Bible of Civil War books........1999-05-19

This was arguably the greatest book that I have ever read on any topic. Not only was it a great account of General Willie T.'s life, but it also gave great insight into the real meaning of life. If anyone is looking for an answer to anything, then this is the book for you.

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How can we preserve local communities and economies?

Misunderstanding Jefferson

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Restoration of the Republic

Restoration of the Republic: The Jeffersonian Ideal in 21st-Century America
Gary Hart
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Rarely does scholarship anticipate the most dramatic events of the moment. In this timely work Gary Hart does just that, arguing for the restoration of republican virtues and for homeland security as an important first step. The American democratic republic has from its founding been a
paradoxical success. Simultaneously attached to state and national power, citizens' rights and citizens' duties, American democracy has uniquely turned its reliance on consent from the governed into a powerful governing of the consenting. In a remarkable political feat, America's founders combined
mixed government, the language of popular sovereignty and a self-conscious emphasis on checks and balances to forge a republic that has weathered the test of time. The complex realities of the twenty-first century, however, have fundamentally challenged the underpinnings of this enduring American
experiment, repeatedly exposing the tensions at the heart of America's mixed system of government. What then is the nature of an American republic in an age of democracy? How can the democratic values of social justice and equality be balanced with republican values of civic duty and popular
sovereignty? Bringing to light a long-neglected aspect of Thomas Jefferson's political philosophy--the "ward republic"--Gary Hart here offers a wholly original blueprint for republican restoration in which every citizen can participate democratically in the governing of his or her own life. Of
crucial relevance for contemporary society, including its startlingly prescient plan for homeland security, Restoration of the Republic provides original insights into issues of national urgency as well as the timeless questions that bedevil the American democratic experiment.

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How can we preserve local communities and economies?.......2005-04-16

Gary Hart has made a significant contribution to the national discussion on the nature of our political system and our aspirations as a nation.

Very few scholars and commentators have seriously explored the serious erosion of authority and viability of our local communities and economies in the face of urbanization/surbanization, the ascendancy of consumerism, and the continued march of globalization. One writer who has explored the social and economic (especially agricultural) aspects of this problem is Wendell Berry. Berry, however, locates the problem in the larger culture and does not offer any detailed political prescriptions. I am not sure that Berry would agree, but I think that Hart's argument is a natural complement to his, coming at some of the same problems from a political perspective. Hart makes a serious attempt to articulate a vision for maintaining local control despite the centralizing forces in our national and international political and economic systems. Both Berry and Hart ask us if we can truly claim to be a "free" people when we give up all real control of our local communities and economies to distant unnaccountable political and economic elites. Neither author offers ultimate solutions to these problems, but both ask the right questions and point us in the right direction.

In the conclusion Hart describes the extreme individualism, alienation, and "atomization" that afflicts contemporary American life. He holds out the vision of a local republic as a response to these trends and their related social ills. (In response to the comments of an earlier reviewer, Hart is on solid analytical ground in pointing out Americans' lack of participation in local community and political affairs. His analysis relies heavily on the solid research of Robert Putnam [Bowling Alone], whom he cites extensively).

What I like best about Hart's argument is that it avoids the simplistic left-right divide in current American political discourse. Hart criticizes those on both the left and right who defend a narrow rights-based vision of the American political system, divorced from rights and obligations. Hart's reminder that we can only preserve our rights through civic virtue expressed by our direct participation in the life of our local communities, is a timely one and fully grounded in the thought of Thomas Jefferson and the larger republican tradition.

Misunderstanding Jefferson.......2003-03-30

This book should be called "misunderstanding Thomas Jefferson". Its interpretation of Jefferson's political philosophy is weak and highly speculative. One has to read everything that Jefferson himself read and wrote, philosophically, to understand him. The author looked at a narrow slice of Jefferson (ward republics) out of context with Jefferson's world view.

Disappointed.......2003-03-27

This book appeared to be fashionable because it was authored by the name, Gary Hart. Having read just about everything on Thomas Jefferson, I rushed out to get this one. After reading it, I was disappointed. It was long on explaining Mr.Hart's personal opinions and short on explaining Thomas Jefferson's philosophy behind his idea of "ward republics". I have to tell you, I got more information and enjoyment out of another book about Jefferson's philosophy, including a section on ward republics, that pre-dates this book that I read a couple of years ago called "West Point: Character Leadership...Thomas Jefferson" by Norman Thomas Remick.

Disappointed.......2003-03-27

Restoration of the Republic.......2003-02-26

Restoration of the Republic: The Jeffersonian Ideal in 21st-Century America written as a doctoral thesis by Gary Hart.The book in a nutshell is about bringing to light a long-neglected aspect of Thomas Jefferson's political philosphy... "the ward republic."

Thomas Jefferson proposed that a layer of American government composed of elementary, pure or ward republics should provide the foundation upon which individual State republics and the federated republic would be based. His proposal was heavily influenced both by classic republican theories of civic virtue and citizen participation and by the belief that local public affairs were best managed locally. His views, explicated most thoroughly following his retirement from public office, were not considered during the Constitutional debates and were thus neither explicitly accepted nor rejected during America's founding era.

Federalist proponents of the new Constitution, principally Jefferson's ally James Madison, argued for a Constitutional structure based upon a federal republic whose allocation of power among branches of government would check and balance each other, a republic strong enough to unite the various States and sufficiently consolidated as a national government to resist local factions and interests. Whereas Madison saw citizens as fractious, potentially oppressive, and neither enlightened for self-government. Madison saw democracy as a door through which chaos might enter; Jefferson saw it as the only means by which to prevent ownership of government by "interests" and the resulting citizen alienation from government.

With this in mind, Hart brings these views to mind as he discusses current economic globalization and the evolving of Nation-States, Republicanism, and Original objections to small republics in the light of the twenty-first-century realities.

I found the book to be well-written and the prose foundational at first, then later making cogent sense as he tries to bring Jefferson's ideas into the twenty-first-century. This book does as follows: brings consideration of the revolutionary economic, social, and political changes in the twenty-first century; an examination of whether America in the twenty-first century is an authentic republic; consideration of the objections to small-scale republicanism during the founding-era debate and discussions of the impact of these new realities on early objections to small-scale republicanism; a concluding discussion of the relevance of radical democratic republican ideals to America in the current age.

This is a thoughtful and provocative book and makes a persuasive argument for Jeffersonian principles.

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The Restoration of the Republic : The Jeffersonian Ideal in 21st-Century America
Gary Hart
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKR8CO

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For more than a century the establishment of national parks and protected areas was a major threat to the survival of indigenous people. The creation of parks based on wilderness ideals outlawed traditional ways of life and forced from their homelands peoples who had shaped and preserved local ecosystems for centuries.

Today such tragic conflicts are being superseded by new alliances for conservation. Conservation Through Cultural Survival assesses cutting-edge efforts to establish new kinds of parks and protected areas which are based on partnerships with indigenous peoples. It chronicles new conservation thinking and the establishment around the world of indigenously-inhabited protected areas, provides detailed case studies of the most important types of co-managed and indigenously-managed areas, and offers guidelines, models, and recommendations for international action. The book:

discusses the goals and development of the global protected area system
assesses the strengths and limitations of a range of different types of indigenously-inhabited protected areas
discusses key issues and indigenous peoples' concerns
recommends measures to promote conservation
suggests international actions that would promote co-managed and indigenously-managed areas

Contributors who have been actively involved in projects around the world provide in-depth accounts from Nepal, Australia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Honduras, Canada, and Alaska of some of the most promising efforts to develop protected areas where indigenous peoples maintain their rights to settlement and subsistence and participate in management.

Conservation Through Cultural Survival will be required reading for environmentalists, protected area planners and managers, and all who care about the future of indigenous peoples and their homelands.

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Conservation Through Cultural Survival: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas.(Review): An article from: The Geographical Review
David M. Jr. Cochran
Manufacturer: American Geographical Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00098MFW4
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on January 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1070 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: Conservation Through Cultural Survival: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas.(Review)
Author: David M. Jr. Cochran
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1998
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 88 Issue: 1 Page: 143(4)

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Conservation Through Cultural Survival: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas
Stan Stevens
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