Dark Horse: A Life of Anna Sewell

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The first full biography of Anna Sewell, the author of the classic children's novel Black Beauty, A book which changed the way people think about animals.

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Must Read.......2004-12-09

The new biography of Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, is a must read. Adrienne Gavin's style is clear, crisp, and even seductive. Reading the biography felt like being invited on an intimate journey with the biographer/scholar in search of Anna Seawell's life and time. You will love this well-researched biography even if you haven't read Black Beauty.

An engrossing biography.......2004-11-18

Anyone who has enjoyed 'Black Beauty' as a child should read this fascinating biography of Anna Sewell, 'the ultimate in metaphorical dark horses'. The book charts Anna's family background and Quaker upbringing; the fall which left her lame for life; her invalidism and the subsequent numerous methods of treatment and cures which were attempted; and her love of horses and the freedom she was able to experience in riding. It details Anna's often painful spiritual journey through religious faith and doubt; her close relationship with her mother, Mary Sewell, who was at the time a well-known author herself; and the charitable works and projects they undertook together. The text contains frequent references to and quotations from a variety of sources, which adds to rather than distracts from the narrative, providing an easy and engrossing read as well as a vivid account of Victorian life.

The Story Behind My Favourite Book.......2004-10-17

A fascinating life of sadness, courage against all odds and the story behind one of the bestselling novels ever written. Thoroughly researched but a smooth easy read I loved the details of Victorian life and the story behind how Black Beauty became so popular. Highly recommended!

An inspired account of her life........2004-10-04

Right from the beginning "Dark Horse" captured my attention and held it chapter after chapter. Ms. Gavin's recount of Anna Sewell's life is so well written, that I could not put this book down. And it is extremely inspirational in its own right. I am now determined to not only read "Black Beauty", but also to read it to my children, and when they get older, to have them read "Dark Horse". I highly recommend this book to everyone, even those of us who have not read "Black Beauty" will gain from reading "Dark Horse".

A Beauty of a Book.......2004-07-07

An entertaining read for those interested in children's literature and Victorian women's lives and writing. Thoroughly researched and extremely well-written. Fans of Black Beauty will no doubt be surprised by the drama of the author's own story. Highly recommended!

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PAUL KERES 2 Vols: ROAD TO THE TOP & QUEST FOR PERFECTION
Paul Keres
Manufacturer: ICE International Chess Enterprises
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VZWYIU

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PAUL KERES 2 Vols: ROAD TO THE TOP & QUEST FOR PERFECTION * PAUL KERES: QUEST FOR PERFECTION * An Expanded New Edition Of A Modern Classic * This is the 2nd & final volume covering the period from 1950 to his death in 1975. Both Volumes list for $23.95 each * PAUL KERES: THE ROAD TO THE TOP * An Expanded New Edition Of A Modern Classic * This is the first of two volumes on Keres' life and games and covers his early days as a self-taught young talent 1931-1950 with 51 high standard annotated games. Paul Keres is generally regarded as the strongest player never to become world champion. His modesty, honesty and open-minded approach to chess made him popular with chess enthusiasts the world over. The reader will find lots of wild sacrificial tactics in the early games of his 30 year chess career. "The author and editor, Grandmaster John Nunn, helps the reader understand the secrets of chess."-publisher. Chess Digest Editor Ken Smith writes: "Setting at a table in a local steak house in San Antonio, Texas (1972) were Keres, Gligoric and myself. Gligoric is teasing Keres with `when are you going to speak out against your Communist masters?'. Not a word in retort from the kind, gentle, Keres." 256 pages * IGM PAUL KERES IGM John Nunn * 256 Pages * OP 1st Ed * 1996 * 8vo PB * 7 Chapters * 51 Games * PAUL KERES: QUEST FOR PERFECTION * An Expanded New Edition Of A Modern Classic * This is the 2nd & final volume covering the period from 1950 to his death in 1975. Subtitle: Inspiration and Instruction For Chess Players Of All Levels. Here are 103 deeply annotated best games. There is an introduction to each chapter to give you the background of what is happening. Keres annotates most and GM John Nunn follows by selecting and annotating the finest from 1962-1975. (My instructive draw, San Antonio 1972, was not selected.-Ken Smith * IGM PAUL KERES IGM John Nunn * 272 Pages * 1st Ed * 1996 * 8vo PB * 7 Chapters * 53 Games * List Price for both = $47.90

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Wow!
Outstanding game annotations
The crown prince of chess
A Classic: Put This One On Your Must-Have List

Paul Keres: The Road to the Top
Paul Keres
Manufacturer: Owl Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0805050434

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Wow!.......2005-03-30

I have not finished this book, but I was moved to write a review of what I've read so far. Outstanding. I often hear that Alekhine was a great annotator. Bah, humbug! As far as I'm concerned Keres is the model of a perfect annotator, at least for a player below expert strength. The variations provided are plentiful and deep enough to provide food for thought without being overwhelming (unlike say Kasparov's MGP series, which has encyclopedic annotations of some games, which overwhelms the non-master). Beyond simply citing moves, Keres delves into the intricacies of the positions, explaining plans and strategies. This book will help anyone's game improve. Can't wait to finish, and I'm going to buy Vol 2 immediately.

Outstanding game annotations.......2001-08-15

This book contains Paul Keres' best games played in the period 1929-1950. And as one might imagine, almost all the games are against World class players. What sets this book apart from many others of its genre is the annotations. Another reviewer rightly mentioned that Keres' style of annotation is as good as Bronstein. Those who are familiar with David Bronstein's books will get the point. The book has around 250 pages and covers 50 of Keres' games. This might give you some idea as to how detailed the annotations would be(unlike the lightly annotated books that cover a players' 100 or more games in the same number of pages). The games are all Keres' wins but at no point one feels even the slightest hint of personal bias in his annotations. They are highly objective and very detailed. Keres clearly explains the plans of both the sides and devotes around 5-6 pages to almost every game. He gives detailed variations where necessary but nothing to overwhelm an average player.

The one slight dissappointment that I have from this book is that I expected it to be a complete autobiography of Keres' life. But Keres doesn't talk much about his life in general or shares any interesting chessic stories or incidents that might have happened in his life(unlike Tal in his autobiography). All he mentions is the tournaments and matches he participated in a given year and how he felt his standard of play was compared to other successful players. But this shouldn't keep anyone away from buying this book. This book would've been worth its price even if it had no autobiography. The set of games are worth studying.

Finally I would like to say that even though the games are highly annotated, a sound understanding of both tactics and basic chess strategy is needed. The level of the games is high and so I feel that this book will be most useful to players over 1700(uscf). Also the footnotes added by John Nunn are in no way a nuisance(as mentioned by another reviewer). I was amazed to see that after going over 35 games, there was no occassion when even a single variation given by Keres was completely wrong. All Nunn does is is add to what Keres had to say or point out another interesting idea or variation that Keres probably ignored.

In conclusion I would like to say that these games have been thoroughly scrutinized by their creator and there aren't simply many chess books that match this book's content. So you can't afford to miss it.

The crown prince of chess.......2001-04-30

This is an incredible book. First off, the games alone standout by themselves. Paul Keres' style is crystal clear, without any particular weaknesses in his play. He handled all phases of the game well and was a great attacking and positional player. His games are very instructive for beginners to masters.

Second, his notes are amazing. Each chapter has a collection of few games from one phase in his career and he begins each with a very engaging essay on his thoughts and life during that time. You really get into his mind as he takes you through his ups and downs throughout his life and how he prepares for games. The notes to the games are thorough and engaging. You never feel like an idea, line or variation is left unexplained. I feel Keres was one of the best annotators to ever live.

Finally, the format and translation of this edition are excellent, as with most of John Nunn's reissues. I don't own the first issue, but I can say this one is extremely nice, if you don't mind Nunn's sometimes annoying footnotes. This is must have book, for those who want to study from it, or just enjoy the games. I'm saving up money for the second volume, "Quest for Perfection!"

A Classic: Put This One On Your Must-Have List.......1999-06-14

The basic material in this book, and its companion, Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection (also available from Amazon) were previously published under another title. British GM John Nunn has updated the notes and added some games.

The result is a book that every serious chessplayer should have. Keres' deep notes will help players from Class C on up to improve their games and get more enjoyment out of chess.

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Hollywood England is a study of an era as much as of the cinema, with the screen often reflecting the mood of the “Swinging Sixties.” Alexander Walker reveals how, for the first time, British cinema achieved a truly national character, with films like Billy Liar, the Beatles’ musicals, and the James Bond pictures; directors like Ken Loach and Ken Russell; and stars like Michael Caine and Julie Christie. Yet despite a wealth of exciting new films and talent, by the end of the decade, Hollywood sustained 95 percent of British filmmaking. In tracing these developments—from the sober reality of post-Suez Britain to its consumer boom and new permissiveness—Walker offers sharp appraisals of this pivotal era in British cinema.

Portraits of the British Cinema: Sixty Glorious Years, 1925-1985.

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Portraits of the British Cinema: Sixty Glorious Years, 1925-1985.
John Russell and John Kobal. TAYLOR
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MXN0NO

Sixties British Cinema (The History of British Film)

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Sixties British Cinema (The History of British Film)
Robert Murphy
Manufacturer: British Film Institute
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0851703240

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British films of the 1960s are undervalued. Their search for realism has often been dismissed as drabness and their more frivolous efforts can now appear just empty-headed. Robert Murphy's Sixties British Cinema is the first study to challenge this view. He shows that the realist tradition of the late '50s and early '60s was anything but dreary and depressing, and gave birth to a clutch of films remarkable for their confidence and vitality: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, A Kind of Loving, and A Taste of Honey are only the better known titles. Sixties British Cinema revalues key genres of the period--horror, crime, and comedy--and takes a fresh look at the "swinging London" films, finding disturbing undertones that reflect the cultural changes of the decade. Now that our cinematic past is constantly recycled on television, Murphy's informative, engaging, and perceptive review of these films and their cultural and industrial context offers an invaluable guide to this neglected era of British cinema.

Sixty Voices: Celebrities Recall the Golden Age of British Cinema

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Sixty Voices: Celebrities Recall the Golden Age of British Cinema

Manufacturer: British Film Inst
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0851703534

A Level Media Studies Information Pack: Sixties British Cinema (A Level Media Studies: Information Packs)

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A Level Media Studies Information Pack: Sixties British Cinema (A Level Media Studies: Information Packs)
British Film Institute
Manufacturer: BFI Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0851708285

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A collection of 148 songs for group singing. Contents: Abide With Me After The Ball All Through The Night Aloha Oe Alouette America America The Beautiful Annie Laurie Are You Sleeping Auld Lang Syne Band Played On Battle Hymn Of The Republic Believe Me If All Those Endearing Years Blow The Man Down Blue Bell Of Scotland Bowery Bull Dog Caissons Go Rolling Along Capital Ship Carry Me Back To Old Virginny Ciribiribin Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean Come Back To Sorrento Come Thou Almighty King Comin' Thru The Rye Darling Nelly Gray De Camptown Races Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly Dixie Dona Nobis Pacem Doxology Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes First Nowell Flow Gently Sweet Afton For Hes A Jolly Good Fellow For The Beauty Of The Earth Funiculi Funicula Luigi Denza Gaudeamus Igitur Go Down Moses Go To Sleep Lena Darling Good Night Ladies Hail Columbia Hark The Herald Angels Sing Heavn Heavn Holy Holy Holy Home On The Range Home Sweet Home How Can I Leave Thee Ill Take You Home Again Kathleen In My Merry Oldsmobile In The Evening By The Moonlight In The Gloaming It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Ive Been Working On The Railroad Jacobs Ladder Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair Jingle Bells John Peel Joy To The World Juanita Kentucky Babe Killarney Lead Kindly Light Little Annie Rooney Little Brown Church In The Vale Little Brown Jug Loch Lomond Long Long Ago Lovely Evening Loves Old Sweet Song Macdonalds Farm Mademoiselle From Armentieres Maple Leaf Forever Marines Hymn M...

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Song Session Community Song Book.
Douglas. Maclean
Manufacturer: Remick Music Corp.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000L2KWXC

Song Session: Community Song Book, Chord Symbols Included; a Collection for Group Singing for All Occasions

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Song Session: Community Song Book, Chord Symbols Included; a Collection for Group Singing for All Occasions
Douglas (compiled by) MacLean
Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Publications Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000L3900M

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Create a delightfully daffy dinosaur playground by applying 35 whimsically rendered figures to laminated inside covers of book. Background scene depicts volcanos, trees and flowers, river, lake, mountains, more. Mesozoic menagerie includes dinosaurs skateboarding, parachuting, selling ice cream and engaged in other improbable activities.

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cute book !.......2000-10-29

Out of the three books I bought, this is the cutest! The stickers are small, colorful and animated. My five year old loves to pretend and make up stories with this!

It's fun to create dinosaur picture.......2000-06-28

My 3 year-old son loves to play with this. He enjoys to replace the stickers and makes up different storys. But, it's "paper" sticker. It's not very sturdy for little kids. If you put the stickers in the middle of page, the sticker is more easier to tear out.

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A brilliant investor, a born raconteur and an overall smart-ass, Andy Kessler pulls back the curtain on the world of hedge funds and shows how the guys who run big money think, talk and act.

Following on the success of Wall Street Meat, his self-published book on the lives of Wall Street stock analysts, Andy Kessler recounts his years as an extraordinarily successful hedge fund manager. To run a successful hedge fund you must have an investing edge -- that special insight that allows you to reap greater returns for your clients and yourself.

A quick study, Kessler gets an education in investing from some fascinating and quirky personalities. Eventually he works out his own insight into the world economy, a powerful lens that reveals to him hidden value in seemingly negative trends. Focussing on margin surplus, Kessler comes to see that current American economy, at the apex of the information revolution, is not so different from the British economy at the height of the industrial revolution. Drawing out the parallels he develops a powerful investing tool which he shares with readers. Contrarian and confident, Kessler made a fortune applying his ideas to his hedge fund. Which only proves that they may not be as crazy as they sound.

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Running Money : Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score.......2006-02-26

great informative book!

A very disappointing read, kind of boring.......2006-01-24

This book is a real letdown. As other reviewers noted, he wasn't running a typical hedge fund strategy. He just bought and held tech companies, either public or private. And he did this during the .com boom. He had the sense to wind down the fund before the crash. Gosh, he made a lot of money. As I think he himself says, never mistake talent for a Bull market.

You don't find out much of anything about his approach, because I don't think there was much too it.

The chapters jump around without much coherence. He seems to be building up to a point, leading to a big 11 page section that entirely in italics, in case you were going to miss it. We have higher margins than the developing world, so the trade deficit doesn't matter. That's it.

One of the least interesting books I've read this year.

Good entertaining book!.......2006-01-23

It's entertaining, interesting, and well written. Not much investment strategies, but fun reading!

Light on content.......2006-01-20

3 stars for its entertaining value, 2 stars for its real worth. The author seems to lack some understanding of macroeconomics, as mentioned in other reviews.

not as good as his other book..........2006-01-06

What made Wall Street Meat entertaining were the personal anecdotes regarding his contact with various well known personalities. This book starts in a similar vein, with stories about his efforts to raise money for his hedge fund. Then the book seems to completely lose its focus. It turns first into a high level history of the industrial revolution in England, and then into an economics lesson. The history is circumstantial and of questionable relevance. The economics is pure poorly thought out drivel. This stuff goes on for chapter after chapter. Had I written a review after the first few chapters, I would have given the book four stars. After finishing the book, I think I'm being generous giving it two stars.

Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score

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Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score
Andy Kessler
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEMK82

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Lovely Essays

I'd Give it 10 Stars if I could

Great read!

Truly beautiful collection of essays

At last! Someone who gets it!

Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement
Dominique Browning
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: B00008AJC9

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My story," writes Dominique Browning, the editor in chief of House & Garden, "is about the way a house can express loss, and then bereavement, and then, finally, the rebuilding of a life." Around the House and in the Garden is a moving narrative, culled from Browning's much-loved monthly editorial column, about the solace and sense of self that can be found through tending to one's home. From building a high stone wall in the garden to learning that every kitchen deserves a good kitchen couch, Browning reminds us that making a home is more than just a materialistic endeavor -- it is a way for us to comfort and reinvent ourselves, to "have the final word about what goes where...what feels comfortable, what is life enhancing...and gives us strength to go out and embrace the world.

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"For six years, House & Garden editor-in-chief Dominique Browning has written a monthly column that weaves together personal stories and tips about home decorating, gardening, and raising children with universal themes of domestic life. In Around the House and in the Garden, Browning adapts and expands these well-loved pieces, adding dozens of new essays, to create an insightful and moving narrative about the solace and sense of self that can be found through tending one's home. From bedrooms and bathrooms to gardens and trees, from the importance of a couch in the kitchen to the spiritual role of a grand piano, Around the House and in the Garden reveals the intimate relationship between home and self. Browning illustrates the ways her domestic needs, instincts, and arrangements have reflected major changes in her family life. Considering her own divorce, she focuses on how grief inhabits a room: ""When I was divorced my sense of home fell apart. And so, too, did my house."" Eventually, attention to her home helped to mend her heart, and the attention to her heart helped her to tend her home. Brimming with warmth, knowledge, and the useful decorating and gardening tips that have made House & Garden a favorite for one hundred years, Around the House and in the Garden is a book for anyone who has ever felt the need to reinvent a life or a space, who has ever fallen in love with the idea of home -- the place where we reinvent ourselves, ""the place where we have the final word about what goes where,...what feels comfortable, what is life-enhancing...a place that gives us strength to go out and embrace the world."" "

Customer Reviews:

Lovely Essays.......2006-11-29

I enjoyed this book so much I almost gave it five stars, but several of the essays were a bit disjointed. Still, those that are good are excellent. She does a masterful job at keeping personal detail out of her essays and writing nothing that will embarrass her sons. This is laudable, but it had the unsettling effect of making me wonder why in the world she divorced. This is a minor quibble, though. I think most thoughtful people would enjoy this book. I am not divorced, but it resonated with me as a mother and as someone who loves her home.

I'd Give it 10 Stars if I could.......2004-07-03

Sometimes a book comes along that changes our outlook--perhaps even pulls us from despair. Ms. Browning's book seemed to take my hand and yank me from the quagmire. She seemed to be saying, You are not the first woman to let a garden run to seed or to watch small trees sprout from your gutters! You are not the only woman who has made a mistake--whether it's choosing the wrong a sofa . . . or man. Giving ourselves permission to fix our lifes can often be as difficult as repairing a gas leak --the job is far too difficult and dangerous to contemplate. Setting ourselves free isn't painless--in fact, "setting" is the wrong word. It is more like ripping and tearing; although sometimes it can be more like a surgical separation--no matter, all methods are painful and require a period of rest and healing. That is the most important concept of the book--in her inimitable style, she gently reminds us that it is "okay" to let things go to seed, and that our houses and gardens are barometers of our emotional lives. These barometers will let us know when it is time to rebuild the nest.

Great read!.......2004-04-03

Reminiscent of Jackson McCrae's "THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD--A Tour of Southern Homes and Gardens" (though that book goes very deep into the lives of houses), Browning's book is full of heart-warming stories and insight into what really makes up a home. The details she notices are amazing and she brings them to life for us with a sense of poetry and style. What a brave and caring book she's given us.

Truly beautiful collection of essays.......2003-06-24

As a longtime fan of personal essays -- and one who teaches writing workshops on the topic -- I found this to be an exceptionally enjoyable and beautifully written collection. Best of all, as a homemaker who loves the domestic arts, I think Browning strikes just the right tone of love and yearning for home.

Most of us are too busy these days to spend all the time we'd like creating a home and garden, or nurturing a young family. Browning hones in on these desires and serves up poignant pieces everyone can relate to -- even if we're not divorced or uprooted. I would love to see more of her work (yes, I subscribe to her magazine just to read her essays) in book form!

At last! Someone who gets it!.......2003-06-22

In her essays on life in a home, Dominique Browning, editor of House & Garden, offers her own intensely personal experience with the ways in which the home environment affects and is affected by divorce, self-esteem, and vice versa.

Her descriptions of her rooms, her struggle to find a good living room couch (after successfully finding a kitchen sofa), her explanations of plants and flowers to her young sons, all create the feeling that you are on the phone with an old friend working to describe her evolving life. Her deep understanding of the ways in which our environments affect us (for better, for worse, just like marriage) leads the readers to feel like the changes we've been tempted to make might just be logical after all.

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Making a Nation: The United States and Its People, Volume I
Jeanne Boydston , Nick Cullather , Jan Lewis , Michael McGerr , James Oakes , and Jan Ellen Lewis
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Taking political economy as its organizing theme, Making A Nation offers an intellectual focus to history that is sensitive to the recent innovations in women's history and environmental history. The book focuses on the relationships that shape and define human identity—cultural, diplomatic, race, gender, class and sectional relations— and recognizes the importance of such traditional fields as politics and diplomacy. The reference synthesizes the literature in such as way as to allow readers to see the links between the particular and the general, between large and seemingly abstract forces such as globalization and political struggle and the daily struggles of ordinary men and women. Volume I covers U.S. history from its early days in 1450 and moves through colonial outposts, the eighteenth-century world and creating a new nation, to the market revolution, securing democracy, reform and conflict and . . . Please indicate where volume I leaves off. For historians and others interested in a comprehensive overview of the relationships that shape and define U.S. history.

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Among the most compelling environmental issues of today and tomorrow are those concerning the world's fresh water resources. Peter H. Gleick's important new volume, Water in Crisis, addresses the timely and sometimes controversial aspects of world water use. At stake are water quality, quantity, and possible future conflicts over shared international water resources. Nine essays by leading specialists from fields as diverse as hydrology, zoology, and law, among others, cover such issues as the status of developments in international water law; hydroelectric power; the possible effects of climatic change on water resources; and the state of fresh water fisheries. Particular chapters explore access to clean drinking water and sanitation; the use of water for energy and food production; the quality of rivers, lakes, and inland seas; and the condition of natural aquatic ecosystems. A joint project of the Pacific Institute and the Stockholm Environment Institute, this book is a comprehensive guide to the world's fresh water resources. Hydrologists, engineers, policy makers, professionals in the environmental sciences, as well as lay readers will find Water in Crisis a dynamic resource and information-packed reference. More than 200 tables of fresh water data supplement this important volume.

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