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Golf's never been so interesting.......2006-08-07

Boy or girl, young or old, readers will love reading about Tiger Woods' inspiring rise to the top of the golf world. Overcoming racism, economic hardship, and personal limitations, Tiger leads the pack at an incredibly young age. My 9-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter and I read this together, and we were all equally enthralled and inspired by Tiger's story. It was accessible without being overly simple. We're looking forward to reading more entries in Matt Christopher's biography series.

the bbbbboooook!.......2000-05-31

I thought the the book was great! Tiger is a great athlete and has a great attitude!The way dat matt writes da book makes it cool. I think u should read it!

On the course with tiger woods.......2000-05-19

I thought that the book was great!I think that Tiger is a great athlet and has a great attidude. I think the way Matt Christopher puts the book makes it easy for kids to read. I think you should read the book because it it phat!

The book tells you about his life and things that happened........1999-01-25

Tiger is a very fast learner. He even learned when he was 8 months old. He went to many tournaments. His father was even in the Vietnam war. I liked this book because it tells about his cool life.

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Scotland yardage: the last time the British Open was played at St. Andrews, Tiger Wood's mastered the Old Course with unearthly distance control. If the ... IT ALL): An article from: The Sporting News

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Tea with Jane Austen
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At last!

Short and punchy book for tea drinkers and Janeites

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I'm ready to sit down and have a cup of tea!

Tea With Jane Austin is Fabulous!

Tea with Jane Austen
Kim Wilson
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"You must drink tea with us tonight." —Sense & Sensibility

Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of her favorite rituals. Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen's life and work. In fact, the beloved novelist was the keeper and maker of tea in her family. Tea with Jane Austen begins with tea drinking in the morning and ends with tea in the evening, at balls and other gatherings.

Each chapter includes a description of how tea was taken at a particular place or time of day, along with history, recipes, excerpts from Austen's novels and letters and illustrations from the time. The book also reveals how to make a perfect cup of tea!

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At last!.......2007-07-27

This is - and there is no doubting this - the vag-iest book I've ever seen.

Short and punchy book for tea drinkers and Janeites.......2005-10-06

This is a lovely short little book which will not only teach you how to make a good cup of tea but at the same time takes a lovely cultural walk through the historical significance of tea both in society and literature.

The Georgian era really saw the rise in tea as a social institution, which is of course the time of Austen. Kim Wilson manages to extract references to tea in novels and letters using them as examples of its importance at the time, and its use as a literary device.

this has a series of lovely recipes in it which are true to Austen's time, well as true as they can be. Ingredients and measurements not withstanding. But how wonderful to do tea just as Austen did.

This book is highly specialised around Tea and really Austen and perhaps the Jane Austen in the title was supposed to draw in more readers on the Jane Austen bandwagon. However I do think it has merit. Firstly it tended to stick with things of Austen's time and I felt it gave a fairly good discussion of what her life would have been.

It really suffered from lack of illustration, not only throughout the book, but also for the cooking items at the end. I recommend reading this with another illustrated book of Austen's life if you want to see more of the places and things mentioned in here. There is one excellent book I have read recently called Regency Design which (while not on Jane Austen) will illustrate so much of what they used, ate from, drank from and lived in. It is fully illustrated, I think the author is Morley - anyway - a book like that is an excellent accompaniment to lovely short books such as this.

Highly recommended.......2005-09-27

Before sitting down with this book, turn to the very last chapter, which explains how to make the perfect cup of tea -- and prepare a whole pot for yourself. Because once you begin reading Kim Wilson's engaging discussion, you'll want nothing so much as a good cup of tea (except, perhaps, a rout cake or Bath bun to go with it) but will not want to put the book down long enough to boil water. "Tea with Jane Austen" is like the best blends of the beverage, its individual components smoothly combining to create a delightful experience richer than the sum of its parts. Primarily a social history of tea in Georgian England, the book also explains how Austen and other authors use tea as a literary device, and includes period recipes with modern conversions. Though extensively researched, this is not dry history -- Wilson's warm, conversational style and gentle humor make the book as entertaining as it is informative. Indeed, the reader feels as if Wilson is our hostess rather than a lecturer as she educates us by turns on tea itself (how it was transported, sold, and prepared) and the social contexts in which it was enjoyed. She also enhances our appreciation for Austen's writings by revealing subtle cues Austen incorporates into tea-drinking scenes that likely escape most modern readers -- but that her contemporaries would have recognized as character-defining elements. Among the many fascinating insights Wilson offers, we learn why the Austens, hardly well-to-do, bought their tea only from one of London's most reputable merchants, that naval officers often brought along their own tea so as to improve conditions aboard ship by indulging in a small comfort of home, and the real reason Mr. Darcy drinks a cup of coffee rather than tea toward the end of "Pride and Prejudice." By the end of the book, you'll be trying to decide which of the intriguing recipes to attempt first, and which Jane Austen novel to read or reread whilst sipping tea (with sugar, but no cream) from a Wedgwood cup.

I'm ready to sit down and have a cup of tea!.......2005-09-12

Fun and interesting, loaded with anecdotes and quotes from family and contemporaries, Tea With Jane Austen is truly a valuable asset to anyone's Jane collection! Jane herself made the tea for her family, so you cannot ignore this addition to the her "lore" and still be a true Janeite! Need I say more?
Linore Rose Burkard
Author, Before the Season Ends,
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Tea With Jane Austin is Fabulous!.......2005-03-07

For anyone interested in how Jane Austin and the people in her books lived, this is a must read! In this entertaining and well researched book you can find out how to make a whole host of unusual delicacies and serve it with the proper etiquette of the day. My hat is off to Ms Wilson for giving us a delightful book that is sure to please all Janites! And now, I will sit down to read "Emma" with my cup of tea...

Cooking with Jane Austen (Feasting with Fiction)

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One of the greatest writers of all time, Jane Austen drew upon her domestic culture to color her works. Food is central to her novels, just as it was to everyday life in Austen's England. And just as her fiction continues to captivate modern audiences, her world of breakfasts and banquets captures the imagination of contemporary readers. Many of her fans will enjoy recreating the meals she describes in her novels, while high school students will similarly gain greater appreciation for her works by learning about her food culture. Through more than 200 recipes, this book transports readers to Jane Austen's England and brings her world to contemporary kitchens. The book begins with some introductory chapters on cooking and eating in Austen's world. It then presents chapters on broad categories of food, such as beef and veal, seafood, pastries and sweets, and beverages. Each chapter includes extracts from Austen's works and from cookbooks of her period, accompanied by easy-to-follow modernized recipes. Some of these are for relatively common dishes, such as:

Roast Beef

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And more. Others are for more exotic meals, such as:

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And others. The volume closes with some sample menus; glossaries of ingredients, sources, and special tools; and a bibliography of period cookbooks and modern studies.

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Heroes of Might and Magic II is a rich game with countless paths to victory and even more to defeat. There are no simple formulas to assure a win, so you have to use your head. What Joe Grant Bell gives you is a grasp of basic strategy and a firm knowledge of your resources--as well as those of your enemy. You get guidance on how to create your heroes, detailed information on troops, artifacts, magic, and treasures, plus the ins and outs of the various playing options. That plus guts and brains may get you the crown. Go for it!

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Hero or villain? You decide.

Much has changed in the world of Might and Magic--but one thing remains the same. You Must Win--or You Will Die. This book helps you win. You get:

• Grand strategy--From overall plans to specific opening moves
• Game options--Create the best hero, and maximize your combat efficiency
• The world of Might and Magic--Crucial information on heroes old and new, troop types and monsters, treasure and artifacts
• Spells--A complete list with spell-casting tips
• Gameplay--New player capabilities, single-mission play, campaigns, and multiplayer modes, how scores are figured, and more!

Covers the two new hero archetypes: Wizard and Neromancer!

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THE definitive guide to Heros of Might and Magic II !!.......1998-04-01

Fantastic! This book covers it all! Detailed chapters include hero generation, best and worst creatures, complete artifact tables, castle building tips, troop combat formation/placement, opening move sequences to end game strategies, and an analysis of all standard scenarios plus campaign games.

This is a MUST PURCHASE for any serious HOMMII gamer!

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DB2 8.1 Fundamentals Certification Guide.......2007-09-27

I found this book very helpful in preparing for certification. After reading this book and doing the review questions at the end of each chapter, I was able to pass the review with a score of 92%.

DB2 Version 8 Certification Guide.......2007-06-27

The books if very helpful and insightful. I'd recommend it to intermediate and advanced users.

Perfect for DB2-700 Exam!.......2007-01-09

This is the only reference I used for the DB2 700 Exam and I passed the exam with 94%, you probably won't need anything else. However if you wish to score really high I would recommend some Internet Searches for the first chapter - Planning. The exam is all too simple and some questions were directly taken from this book.

Great book.......2006-11-12

Even for people that thinks that knows everything about DB2, this book is important because it delves into the main subjects that will appear in the exam, but also is useful to give you an overview about what you know, and what you have the opportunity to enhance your skills using other sources.

Good Book for Exam 700.......2006-09-28

I took the exam within one month from the day I bought this book and scored 87%. Read the book twice and took the sample test on IBM site.

DB2 UDB V8.1 Certification Exam 700 Study Guide

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The Art of Historiography.......2004-02-08

Fritz Stern has compiled a wide-ranging collection of original source materials written by historians, ancient and modern, that illuminate the nature of history as a discipline and a process. Beginning with Voltaire and Barthold Niebuhr and progressing through Macaulay, Jaures, Turner, Trevelyan, Beard, Barzun, and ending with C. Vann Woodward, Stern focuses on different roles history has assumed over a period of thousands of years as well as the various genres and subtopics in which history has made itself a home. These topics include cultural history, economic history, literature, positivism, materialism, scientific history, relativism and others. Stern opens each chapter and discussion of a new historian with insightful preliminary and background information that helps to set the historian in a better context than if it were not to appear. Other than this, his presence is undetectable, which speaks to his ability as a historian himself to remain detached from his work.

Any university level historiography course needs this work either as a main text or as a supplementary text given its survey-like nature. Stern opens each chapter and discussion of a new historian with insightful preliminary and background information that helps to set the historian in a better context than if it were not to appear. Each featured historian presents or engages a new variety of history, as the title enunciates, and provides further evidence of the depth and breadth of history as a scholarly subject as well as a process spread out over time.

The intense and quite complex nature of the selections make this book a perfect fit for an upper level university or graduate level historiography course. Furthermore, any reader who wishes to supplement any knowledge of history would be well served by this work. High school students intending to pursue history as a major might also read this as a prelude to what lies ahead.

The Varieties of History: From Voltaire to the Present
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THE VARIETIES OF HISTORY. From Voltaire to the Present.
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A Forest of Time is the first introduction for undergraduates and graduates, Western and Indian history buffs, and general readers to the notion that American Indian societies had vital interests in interpreting and transmitting their own ways for themselves. Through separate discussions of legends and oral histories, creation stories and folktales, it illustrates how various Indian peoples related and commented upon their changing times. Drawing upon his own varied research as well as sampling the latest in scholarship from ethnohistory, anthropology, folklore and Indian Studies, Dr. Nabokov offers dramatic examples of how native peoples put rituals and material culture, landscape, prophecies, and even the English language to the urgent task of keeping the past alive and relevant. Throughout these lively chapters, we also witness the American Indian historical imagination deployed as a coping skill and survival strategy. This book surveys the latest integrating ideas while offering a useful bibliography that opens up, and demands that we engage with, alternative chronicles for America's multi-cultural past. Peter Navokov is Professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures and American Indian Studies Program at UCLA. He is the author of several books, including Native American Architecture, (Oxford, 1991, co-author Robert Easton) which won the American Institue of Architects honor award and the Bay Area Book Reviewer Association Award. His book Native American Testimony (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1978) was named the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults and Library School Journal Best Book 1978 in addition to receiving the Carter G. Woodson Award. His work as a journalist in 1967 earned him prizes from the Albuquerque Press Association and the New Mexico Press Association.

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Slow going.......2003-02-05

"A Forest of Time" moved very slowly for me. The continual use of $100 words and one reference after another. During the book it appeared that Nabokov was scrambled in all these references himself. However; if you hang in their, Nabokov does hit on some insightful learning towards the history of American Indians. This book is a slow starter that does finally bring it home in the end. This book will better serve a classroom, rather than, the casual reader looking for fast knowledge of American Indian history.

A fascinating, engaging dialogue and sourcebook.......2002-06-08

A Forest Of Time: American Indian Ways Of History by Peter Nabokov (Professor of American Indian Studies and World Arts/Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles) is a college level study of how Native Americans have interpreted and transmitted their own histories in creation stories, folktales, oral histories, and tradition. Individual chapters address a range of subjects from the dynamics of myth versus history, to the value of rituals, and Native American prophecies for the future embedded within tribal culture. A fascinating, engaging dialogue and sourcebook that contributes a unique multicultural perspective on the origin of America and its native peoples, A Forest Of Time is strongly recommended for personal and academic Native American Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.

A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History.(Book Review): An article from: The Historian

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A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History.(Book Review): An article from: The Historian
Ray Miles
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Title: A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History.(Book Review)
Author: Ray Miles
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Date: March 22, 2004
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We Push Buttons, Flip Switches, zip zippers, dial dials, click remotes, tap keys, crank ignitions, and things just happen. But how? Why? What exactly makes things do what they do? If you're curious about everyday gadgets, machines, tools, and even industrial and medical processes, this book invites you to discover what makes them work. Here, in National Geographic's How Things Work: Everyday Technology Explained, you'll find the answers you've always wanted in clear language, accompanied by more than 400 full-color photographs and technical drawings, diagrams, and cutaways.

* Clear, concise text, crafted for curious minds by an award-winning science writer, backed by experts in the field
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Great book that explains how things work in plain English........1999-07-13

This book covers a lot of areas: appliances, machines, buildings, transportation, communication, etc. Each topic was explained in plain language, yet as much as I wanted to know about that topic. Great pictures and illustrations too!

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