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Climbing the Rainbow
Joy N. Hulme Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0380815729 Release Date: 2004-02-03 |
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The day I entered the classroomFor ten-year-old Dora Cookson, going to school for the first time is a dream come true. After moving from Utah to a homestead in New Mexico, Dora can't wait to start school, to learn, and to make new friends. There's only one problem -- Dora may be as old as the fourth graders, but she has to start in the first grade. Some kids snicker and say it's because she's dumb. But one girl named Cora Beth doesn't think so, and becomes Dora's first friend at school.
Soon Dora and Cora Beth are doing just about everything together, from practicing writing and spelling to playing with their favorite dolls to jumping rope. With the help of Cora Beth and her teacher, Dora is working hard to catch up to her grade. Then an unexpected event changes their lives forever. After tragedy strikes, will Dora be able to catch up and pass the test to get into the fifth grade? Or are other things more important now?
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new kid.......2006-02-02
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Designing With Climbers (The Joy of Gardening)
Richard Rosenfeld Manufacturer: Courage Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 076240471X |
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Climbers Galore.......2000-05-01
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Joy of Climbing (Terry Gifford's Classic Climbs)
Terry Gifford Manufacturer: Whittles Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1904445063 |
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The Joy of Hillwalking (Walk with Luath)
Ralph Storer Manufacturer: Luath Press Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0946487286 |
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Climbing the Rainbow
Joy N. Hulme Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OEZ2IW |
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Urban ferns and fern allies: Pteridophytes of Diliman and vicinity
P. M Zamora Manufacturer: Kalikasan Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 971857705X |
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Lonely Planet Nepali Phrasebook
Mary Jo O'Rourke , and Bimal Man Shrestha Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1740591925 |
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All you need is Nepali! In the busy Durbur Square, make a connection with some well-chosen words. Get the low-down on the highlands from your porter as you trek through the mountains. Don't just stand there, say something - take control of your Nepal experience.
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Helpful, up to a certain point.......2003-12-05
The dictionary was helpful in the back, but very limited. It only went over words mentioned in the book, and didn't broaden words from outside of what was reviewed. I liked the book as a starter...but even my boyfriend admitted that some things were not said right. (Not as they speak it today, it's too old-fashioned, etc.) I kept having to go to him and ask him things, and the whole point of me having the book was so he wouldn't have to try and teach me. (hahahaha)
So, I guess I would recommend it to people who know nothing about Nepali, but be sure to have someone to ask questions. It's bad enough when you are running blind with a language you haven't heard of before.
Handy little phrasebook at a nice cheap price.......2003-05-29
However, I can read and speak Hindi and know basic customs (which are actually explained in the phrasebook, for example food etiquette) so perhaps that made a difference. Hindi is closely related to Nepali and written in the same Devanagari script. You can actually learn the Devanagari script from this phrasebook which I find sets the Lonely Planet phrasebooks above most phrasebooks. If you don't want to learn the script, then the phonetic tranliteration system used is the correct one generally used by linguists, which ensures a word is correctly pronounced by the student, even when reading in English. This is why I prefer Lonely Planet phrasebooks as once you master the basics of script and pronunciation along with basic grammar (yes, it has a solid basic grammar section as well) you actually have a good base to further learn the language if you want.
I found the phrases in it very useful. You get a very good starting point for customs, ordering food, hotel rooms etc. As I said, it's also in a nice, very small size. Amazing actually how much information is packed in considering how small the phrasebook is.
Just buy the book in Nepal.......2002-01-05
Heres a tip: skip the book, goto Nepal, meet some Nepali's talk with them, learn a little, then go to the millions of bookstores in Khatmandhu and find a book that fits your needs.
It may be this one, but I doubt it.
Not a bad dictionary, but..........2000-01-26
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Search for the Mountain Gorillas (Choose Your Own Adventure, Book 41)
Jim Wallace , and Ron Wing Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 055324745X Release Date: 1985-01-01 |
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Save the gorillas!.......2006-08-10
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Mountain Gorillas and People: The Search for Balance
Laura M. Sanders Arndt Manufacturer: Center for Teaching International Relations ProductGroup: Book Binding: Textbook Binding ASIN: 0943804639 |
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Mountain Gorillas and People offers a unique curriculum that explores the fascinating world of the endangered mountain gorillas. Interdisciplinary lessons introduce students in grades 6 12 to the many facets of international tourism, growth and development, ecology, and the dynamic relationship between human communities and protected habitats. Mountain Gorillas and People addresses geography, science and language arts national education content standards through a range of activities which promote critical thinking and a deeper understanding of an endangered species.
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Choose Your Own Adventure #41 Search for Mountain Gorillas
Jim Wallace Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000GRDLEY |
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Search for Mountain Gorillas Choose your Own Adventure 41
Jim Wallace Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000HMBQAO |
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Immunochemical Techniques, Part I: Hybridoma Technology and Monoclonal Antibodies, Volume 121: Volume 121: Immunochemical Techniques Part I (Methods in Enzymology)
Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0121820211 |
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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.
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Methods in Enzymology Volume 121: Immunochemical Techniques Part I: Hybridoma Technology and Monoclonal Antibodies.
JOHN J. & HELEN VAN VUNAKIS (eds.) LANGONE Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OH2DPY |
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Modern Physical Methods in Biochemistry, Part A (New Comprehensive Biochemistry)
Manufacturer: Elsevier Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0444806490 |
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Modern Physical Methods in Biochemistry, Part B (New Comprehensive Biochemistry)
A. Neuberger Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0444809686 |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry
Linus Pauling , and E. Bright Wilson Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0486648710 |
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Kind of a disappointment.......2007-05-20
Philosophy: By Socrates, Quantum Chemistry: By Linus Pauling.......2004-06-29
Oldie but goodie.......2003-09-12
Simple with everything.......2002-12-19
Richly historical account of molecular quantum mechanics.......2002-06-12
Historically, Linus Pauling spent his post-doc working throughout Europe where he absorbed the, then, new theory of quantum mechanics. However, the physicists that he learnt q.m. from only analysed the physics of, relatively simple, atomic systems. It would require someone with an immense breadth of knowledge in chemistry to make quantum mechanics come alive for molecules. This was Linus Pauling. Pauling first applied q.m. to such diverse topics as: the chemical bond, resonance energy, electronegativity, crystal structure of molecules and hydrogen bonds.
And it shows. The uniqueness of this q.m. textbook is that it gives immensely detailed references to the different ways the early physicists/chemists attacked the q.m. of bonds in molecules. Many different ansatz's and approximations to pertubation problems are given. And Pauling should know, for he was right in the thick of it. The historical value of these references alone is worth the price of this book. It's a real shame that most modern books leave these out, because a discussion of these approximations methods give a lot of insight to q.m. in molecules.
In contrast, I find modern textbooks on physical chemistry to be often lacking in deep physical insight. However, textbooks written by physicists run into all sorts of esoteric directions like quantum entanglement and the uncertainty principle and as a previous reviewer noted, Pauling's books says nothing about scattering and hardly anything on spin. This is probably because chemists aren't interested in what happens to particles in beams or Stern-Gerlach experiments. They are more interested in ionisation energy, enthalpies and bond energies.
Nevertheless, for out-and-out modern-day quantum physicists, Pauling's explanation of aspects of quantum mechanics will seem quaint, overly pictorial and concrete, e.g. discussion of *actual* orbits. And it is. However, for chemists and even atomic physicists, pondering such esoteric questions clouds the immense power of quantum mechanics in explaining the detailed properties of atoms and molecules.
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Introduction To Quantum Mechanics With Applications To Chemistry
Linus Pauling Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OFNJD6 |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics With Applications to Chemistry
Linus and E. Bright Wilson Pauling Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000R028DK |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. With Applications to Chemistry.
Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson Manufacturer: New York: McGraw Hill 1935. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000V0R2W8 |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. With Applications to Chemistry. 9th Impression.
Linus Pauling Manufacturer: New York: McGraw Hill 1935. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000L51B48 |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: With Applications to Chemistry
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Book Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000ELOPU6 |
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Book about quantum mechanics
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: With Applications to Chemistry
Linus; Wilson, E. Bright Pauling Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Book Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O6CV02 |
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Introduction To Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry
Linus and Wilson , E. Bright Pauling Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Book Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000EFDBK2 |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry
Linus, E. Bright Wilson Pauling Manufacturer: McGraw Hill Book Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O8SPP0 |
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INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS: With Applications to Chemistry
Linus; Wilson, E. Bright Pauling Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Book Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O9CXAM |
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A Pair of Silk Stockings (Dover Thrift Editions)
Kate Chopin Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0486292649 |
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Creol blues.......2003-01-25
The easy pace of the stories, the charming lilt and rhythm of the dialogs, gives a good impression of bayou life, something that I am not very familiar with. Pace is something in common with all of the selections, with none of the characters getting very excited or overwrought, even in the midst of a fight or falling in love. "The Big Easy," they call it, and I believe it from these tales. They are small, psychological portraits, well written and engaging.
"Desirees Baby" was an almost Lovecraftian psychological horror tale, of hidden ancestries creeping unwanted across generations. "The Dream of an Hour" is in a similar vein, with a twist ending. Most of the stories are gentle, understated love stories both romantic ("A Night in Acadie") sad ("At the Cadian Ball," "Azelie,"), forbidden ("A Respectable Woman") and funny ("Madame Celestins Divorce.") I must admit to being charmed by each love story, and hoped the best for everyone involved. "A Pair of Silk Stockings" and "A Gentleman of the Bayou Teche" are both brief glimpses into a small world, and equally good.
I am glad to be introduced to Kate Chopin, and look forward to seeking out "The Awakening."
A Bargain.......2002-04-09
Translation, please.......2001-02-08
The best story, in my opinion, is the one that gives name to the collection. We are creature comforts, and need the occasional pampering. The woman in the story lets herself be spoiled just for one day, no matter how good and unselfish her intentions were for the money. I can identify with her weakness.
The 'romantic' stories were quite bland, and that, combined with the incomprehensible Acadian-speak, did not leave me with a good impression about this author.
A Pair of Silk Stockings.......2000-02-17
Mish-Mash.......1999-12-12
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A pair of silk stockings,
Cyril Harcourt Manufacturer: Dodd, Mead ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006AHEC6 |
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Three Pairs of Silk Stockings
Panteleimon S. Romanov Manufacturer: Hyperion Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0883550199 |
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Three Pairs of Silk Stockings
Panteleimon Romanof Manufacturer: Scribners ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J0EJ44 |
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Great American Women's Fiction (Unabridged)
Chopin, Willa, Kate Cather Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download ASIN: B00005474H |
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Savor these enduring stories, as relevant today as when they were first published, from the most influential women authors of the turn-of-the-century--Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Edith Wharton. This anthology of complete short fiction represents some of their most significant and enjoyable work. The readers, four professional actors from Northern California, were selected for their unique abilities to portray the characters, the emotions, and the tone of each writer. 4 cassettes.
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Kate Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings": the marital burden and the lure of consumerism.: An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
Allen Stein Manufacturer: Mississippi State University ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0009Y93NW Release Date: 2005-07-25 |
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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 4885 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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A pair of silk stocking
Cyril Harcourt Manufacturer: Sanger & Jordan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008CJN62 |
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The story of a pair of silk stockings: A hand book for students and a guide for salespeople (Educational series)
T. Walter Fred Manufacturer: Davenport Hosiery Mills ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00088U61W |
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Three Pairs of Silk Stockings A Novel of the Life of the Educated Class Under the Soviet Union
Panteleimon Romanof Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000M5D3AC |
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