The Central Florida Relocation Package
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    George Fencl
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    Secret of San Saba: A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest (Death Rattle Series)
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      Jack Jackson
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      Ask Your Mother: 50 Things You Should Have Learnt from Your Mother, but Probably Didn't
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        Ruth Carpenter
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        Fifty things you should have learned from your mother but probably didn't, including how to pack for a long weekend, unblock a sink, write the perfect thank-you note, and stop him from buying you that underwear.

        When you're setting a dinner table, making marmalade, or fumbling in the dark, who better to enlighten you than your dear old mother? She knows a thing or two about life, like how to buy underwear, balance a check book, and flirt successfully. But when she's not around (and, let's face it, that's not often), check out this collection of essential advice. You'll wonder how you ever got along without it.

        I Just Kept Hoping
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        • Hollywood Dish
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        • Weakest "Hollywood" Bio. in Many Moons
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        • Refreshingly Honest!
        I Just Kept Hoping
        Gloria Stuart
        Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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        ASIN: 0316815713

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        Even by Hollywood standards, Gloria Stuart has led a remarkable life. She became internationally famous with her award-winning portrayal of 101-year-old Rose in Titanic, but her acting career began in the 1930s. A famous beauty, she was featured in forty-six films. But movies werent the sum total of her life. She was a political activist and one of the founders of the Hollywood Anti-Nazi Committee and, in 1933, of the Screen Actors Guild. Her husband, Arthur Sheekman, had a long career writing comedy and drama for the screen, beginning with several Marx Brothers classics. Gloria and Arthur enjoyed a busy social life, sailing with Humphrey Bogart, entertaining Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley at Christmas dinner, talking about food and books with M.F.K. Fisher. Groucho Marx was Arthurs best friend. Glorias story of almost ninety years of loves, losses, and triumphs includes wonderful accounts of her life in Hollywood film, New York theater, and worldwide travels. Brilliant, irreverent, and witty, Gloriaand Gloria!are truly one of a kind.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Hollywood Dish.......2003-06-08

        I enjoyed this autobiography of one of the Classic Stars of Hollywood mainly because, although she didn't spend too much time discussing the Hollywood years in depth, she did tell a very interesting story of world travels and personal interests and hobbies that I found worth reading. Also, it seems that just when life seemed to be at a low ebb for her, along came a new experience that booted her back up again and that is called survival. In her own words, she refers to her youthful self as a Dish and I certainly agree. However, I think she still makes quite a striking Dish today. This is a fun read that all can enjoy.

        1 out of 5 stars Pitiful book.......2002-09-29

        This has got to be just about THE WORST biography I've ever read. 'I just kept hoping' it would get better, but no such luck. Sheeesh...apparently all this woman did during her lifetime was practice 'free love', get drunk, give silly dinner parties, spend money like she had some, half-assed took care of her kid, and complained about not getting great roles as an 'actress.' Well, maybe she never got the plum parts because she presented herself as a self-indulgent, egocentric, vain, petty, talentless ... Broads like her were a dime a dozen. I would hope that if I were fortunate to live such a long life as Ms. Stuart, I would be able to talk about SOMETHING worthwhile that I had done for someone other than myself. When I didn't know anything about her, I wished she had won that oscar. Now that I have read this piece of trash I praise Kim Basinger for beating out the old hag on oscar night. To me, Ms. Stuart came off as an extremely superficial, frivolous, none too bright, diva-wannabe from her beginning to the present day.

        1 out of 5 stars Weakest "Hollywood" Bio. in Many Moons.......2000-07-04

        Gloria Stuart's name was known only to cinema afficiandos-mostly for her appearances in The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man & two John Ford 1930s films-until she was cast as the older Rose in the 1997 film, Titanic. This provided an opportunity for her to join the ever-growing ranks of Hollywood memoir-writers. Her book is one of the weakest of its kind in many years. Much of the reaction to the book has focused on her passing mention that she enjoys masturbating, as if that were either startling or egregiously evil. More pertinent to most prospective readers is the fact that the book contains little of substance. It is padded with such details as menus for dinner parties & the names of celebrities in the same night club (not necessarily the same table) as Ms. Stuart. There is almost nothing about the details of any of her films or their making; an alleged filmography provides dubious classifications of many of them. There are also factual errors-for example, George Stevens did not win an academy award for directing Alice Adams & the statement that Hollywood was not affected by the Great Depression is one of the all-time howlers. The book, in many ways seems to be one long whine-poor Gloria never got roles that would have made her famous until Titanic. This reader was left with the impression that the roles were not there for her because more talented people got them. It is generally gratifying to see success come to a veteran player. Unfortunately, this book does nothing to make one believe that it was particularly justified in this case.

        3 out of 5 stars o.k biography.......2000-02-20

        I found Gloria's biography to be a pleasant way to spend a few hours.Not great,but fairly interesting look at a forgotten movie star of the 1930's.Frankly,I was hoping she would provide more detail about two classic horror films she made in the 30's,"The old Dark House"&"The Invisible Man",but then again,it 's probably hard to come up with amusing anecdotes about movies she made nearly 70 years ago!I wasn't bothered at all by details of her sex life.Some people are probably just shocked to learn that people actually had sex in the 1930's!

        5 out of 5 stars Refreshingly Honest!.......1999-10-06

        At last a biography that is honest and to the point and doesn't whitewash anything. Those fans who spend their lives watching old movies in their basement and are shocked that their heroes and heroines ever had sex or a life off the screen will no doubt condemn it, but Gloria Stuart's integrity shines like a beacon! Brava!
        Gloria Stuart, I Just Kept Hoping
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          Gloria Stuart, I Just Kept Hoping
          Gloria with Sylvia Thompson Stuart
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          ASIN: B000NDL53U
          Gloria Stuart : I Just Kept Hoping
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            Gloria Stuart : I Just Kept Hoping
            Sylvia; Stuart, Gloria Thompson
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            Gloria Stuart I Just Kept Hoping
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              Gloria Stuart I Just Kept Hoping
              Gloria Stuart
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              Gloria Stuart: I Just Kept Hoping
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                Gloria; Thompson, Sylvia Stuart
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                  Gloria W/Sylvia Thompson Stuart
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                  ASIN: B000OU8GX4

                  Entertaining Lesbians: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention
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                    Entertaining Lesbians: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention
                    Martha Gever
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                    ASIN: 0415944805

                    Book Description

                    Before the rise of celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and k.d. lang, lesbians were rarely in the limelight and the few that were often did not fare well. Times have changed and today's famous lesbians are popular icons. Entertaining Lesbians charts the rise of lesbians in the public eye, proposing that celebrity has never been a simple matter of opening closet doors, portraying "positive images," or becoming "role models." Stars from Melissa Etheridge to Rosie O'Donnell send the message that being out is now acceptable, but how much of the public's acceptance of these stars can be credited to their expertise in self-invention?

                    Gever traces the history of lesbians in popular culture during the twentieth century, including Radclyffe Hall, Greta Garbo, Mercedes de Acosta, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Mae Brown, and Martina Navratilova, to explore the paradoxes inherent in lesbian celebrity. Original and provocative, Entertaining Lesbians takes a groundbreaking look at the risk and rewards of being not just out of the closet, but out in the public eye.

                    Entertaining Lesbians: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention.(Book review): An article from: Women's Studies in Communication
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                      Entertaining Lesbians: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention.(Book review): An article from: Women's Studies in Communication
                      Kristen McCauliff
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                      This digital document is an article from Women's Studies in Communication, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2007. The length of the article is 1090 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: Entertaining Lesbians: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention.(Book review)
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                        MARTHA GEVER
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                        Your Move: Logic, Math and Word Puzzles for Enthusiasts
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                          David L. Silverman
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                          Treasury of 100 brain-twisters includes board games, map games, word games, variations of chess and checker games, "life games," and scores of other recreations. For 80 problems, full solutions included. Remaining 20 unsolved will definitely challenge serious gamesters. 115 illus. Introduction.

                          Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting (Maran Illustrated)
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                          • Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting
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                          • What an exceptional book!!!!!
                          • Fantastic Book!!!!
                          • Cute Socks and Scarves
                          Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting (Maran Illustrated)
                          maranGraphics Development Group
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                          ASIN: 1592008623

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                          Produced by the award-winning marganGraphics Group, Maran Illustrated Guide to Knitting and Crocheting is a valuable resource to a wide range of readers - from those new to the hobby to those who have dabbled in the occasional project to those more involved knitters and crocheters interested in mastering their craft. Instead of describing the myriad ways to perform each task, Maran Illustrated Guide to Knitting and Crocheting shows you the best way, while the full-color photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions walk you through each task from beginning to end. Thorough topic introductions and useful tips provide additional information and advice to help enhance your knitting and crocheting experience. Maran Illustrated Guide to Knitting and Crocheting is packed with essential information for those who are picking up needles for the first time, and will provide more experienced knitters and crocheters with the opportunity to add more advanced techniques to their repertoire.

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                          5 out of 5 stars Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting.......2007-05-14

                          Very clear instructions illustrated by excellent photos. I think I got my money's worth because it teaches two crafts: knitting and crocheting. I taught myself to knit by reading knitting books and magazines but this book enhances my knowledge of knitting techniques because of the excellent illustrations. I used to crochet, too, but I've forgotten how because I haven't done it for so long, so I plan to refresh my knowledge of this craft by reading this book.

                          5 out of 5 stars Excellent resource.......2007-05-13

                          I got this book to re-learn how to crochet and learn how to knit for the first time. I learned crochet when I was about 8 and never continued it, but once I got this book I was able to pick it up within a week's time and have since become very good at it. The pictures are large and clear and show each step. The knitting section is also very good, though I didn't quite pick that up as easily :) There are sections on yarn types, basic stitches, and many sample patterns to practice each type of stitch. They even give you sample photos of a swatch so you can get a feel for what you're making before you dive in. I do think that yarn work is something that not all people have a mind for (just like painting or woodworking - while great hobbies, not all people will excell at them), but this is an excellent resource nonetheless.

                          5 out of 5 stars What an exceptional book!!!!!.......2007-01-06

                          An old knit-aholic like me has many books about stitches, knitting,etc.

                          This book is an absolute must in the library of a new knitter or an old one like myself. Beautiful illustrations/clear color photos showing each and every step, well laid out, everything you ever wanted to know about knitting. The back 25-30% of the book is equally great for crocheting, from starting out to finished projects.

                          This book has stitches and also patterns for many items throughout.
                          Don't regret missing out on getting this book!!!

                          5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book!!!!.......2007-01-03

                          It doesn't make a difference if you are a beginning or advanced knitter -this book is wonderful to have!!!! The written instructions are very easy to follow and you can't help but understand them as the pictures are included! If I am not quite sure what the instructions mean in a pattern I just go get this book off my shelf!!! I have already recommended this book to a new knitter!!

                          5 out of 5 stars Cute Socks and Scarves.......2006-05-30

                          "Once the domain of grandmothers, knitting has, in recent years, become a trendy pastime for people of all ages. Thousands of new people are learning to knit each years and many celebrities such as actors and models are also avid knitters." ~ pg. 17

                          Looking for ideas for new projects? This is not a book filled with knitting patterns, although there are a few cute scarves, vests, sweaters, socks and a cell phone cozy. One chapter is completely dedicated to crochet. The beauty of this book is in how it teaches you new techniques so you can follow more patterns or look up new stitches you are learning.

                          The idea for the decorative pillow might be a great place to start and you also learn how to make tassels. On the sock pattern (some of the best socks I've seen in any pattern book because they are not overly complex), there are finished sizes, materials, abbreviations and detailed instructions that cover three pages.

                          The checkered cloth pattern was easy to follow and I used black yarn to make a little cover to block the light on an alarm clock. Rather useful actually. Normally I just make hats and scarves these days, but one day I'm going to challenge myself to make more sweaters.

                          Maran Illustrated Knitting & Crocheting is useful for all knitters as a reference book and the pictures flow along across the pages adding color and interest.

                          ~The Rebecca Review

                          People of the Century: One Hundred Men And Women Who Shaped The Last One Hundred Years
                          Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                          • Some Parts Good; Mostly A Dissapointment
                          • If you've never heard of Winston Churchill, this CD is for y
                          • People of the Century
                          • Well written and interesting though a biased list of greats
                          People of the Century: One Hundred Men And Women Who Shaped The Last One Hundred Years
                          The editors of Time-life , and Inc CBS
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                          ASIN: 0684870932

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                          This is the century that split the atom, probed the psyche, spliced genes, and cloned a sheep. Plastic, the silicon chip, and rock-and-roll were invented. Airplanes, rockets, satellites, televisions, computers, and atom bombs were built. Traditional ideas about logic, language, learning, mathematics, economics, and even space and time were overthrown and radically refashioned. People of the Century presents the one hundred most influential leaders, artists, intellects, and heroes who shaped this monumental era.

                          This century's one hundred most influential people were selected by the editors of Time magazine and featured in a series of documentaries produced by CBS News. Here, their profiles are crafted by this era's finest writers, from Salman Rushdie, Elie Wiesel, and Edmund Morris to Molly lvins, William F. Buckley, and Robert Hughes, and many more. Lavishly illustrated by hundreds of memorable photos, People of the Century is the ultimate millennial keepsake.

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                          2 out of 5 stars Some Parts Good; Mostly A Dissapointment.......2001-11-16

                          This audio presentation of "People of the Century" is I'm afraid mostly a dissapointment. Dan Rather serves as the overall narrator briefly mentioning the 100 people included with a select few of these people given an expanded presentation written usually by a famous author or personality (i.e. Lee Iacocca writing about Henry Ford; Salman Rushdie about Ghandi,etc.).

                          My criticism lies in the fact that some major figures were briefly mentioned while some lesser lights were highlighted. Examples of this include only brief mentions of people like Ronald Reagan and Ray Kroc(founder of McDonald's)while questionable figures like Margaret Sanger, Watson and Crick, and Charlie Chaplin are given expanded treatment.

                          There is of course the fact that many of these articles are slanted ideologically and that some articles are written by unabashed fans of the historical figure (i.e. Arthur Schlessinger on FDR)while other articles are written by critics (i.e. Richard Shickel on Walt Disney) thus furthuring to unbalance the presentations.

                          The Best Inclusions in my view: Rushdie on Ghandi, Iacocca on Ford, and Elie Wiesel on Adolph Hitler.

                          While you might learn something from this work, you would be better off reading individual biographies of these people

                          1 out of 5 stars If you've never heard of Winston Churchill, this CD is for y.......2000-06-23

                          Very disappointing. Much of the narrative spits out facts that everyone already knows. Most of the rest is decoration, trite commentary and superficial philosophizing. The piece on Bill Gates is typical. It was delivered in a contemptuous tone, skipped the exciting history of Microsoft, and even dismissed "The Road Ahead" as trivial! Similarly, Iacocca's piece on Henry Ford does not even mention Ford's infamous bigotry. In fairness, I must say that I did learn a bit about the lesser known people, and enjoyed the imaginative piece on Gandhi. On the whole, though, if you've ever heard of Winston Churchill, this CD will probably bore you.

                          4 out of 5 stars People of the Century.......2000-01-01

                          It¹s countdown time whether we face it or not. And the bestsellers prove it. We¹ve encountered books predicting happenings for the millennium we¹re about to greet and books listing people, businesses, music, inventions, events that have made impacts during the millennium we¹re leaving. In addition to Life: Our Century in Pictures and Russell Ash¹s The Top 10 of Everything 2000, there are seemingly 1000 collections about these 1000 years. One book worth looking at is PEOPLE OF THE CENTURY with a forward by Dan Rather of CBS and an afterward by Walter Isaacson of Time Magazine. The compilation features 100 men and women who influenced the century, rather than the millennium.We reunite with leaders, artists, and intellectuals who gave us rock Œn¹ roll,jazz, flight; shopping malls, existentialism, bytes; splitting the atom, penicillin, cloning of sheep, and Bob Dylan. Those writing the profiles with reputability include William F, Buckley, Rita Dove, Molly Ivins, Roger Rosenblatt, and Deborah Tannen. Descriptions of the contributors appear in the index along with photo credits, nicely referenced. We readily expect some profiles: Henry Ford, Anne Frank, James Joyce, Rosa Parks, Theodore Roosevelt, and Igor Stravinsky, We might have forgotten others: Sigmund Freud (as profiled by Peter Gay) and Leo Baekeland, the maker of plastics who moved to the U.S. from Belgium in 1889. We ask ³why?² of others. For example, Hitler is included, as is Bart Simpson. Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel bluntly admits how frightening it was to write of Hitler. And some readers might bluntly admit how foolish it is to read about ³forever 10,² make-believe Bart Simpson. Others might question ever-lovin¹ Oprah being among the 100, but the criteria put her on the list. PEOPLE OF THE CENTURY concerns people who ³cast a long shadow.² We are refreshed by some inclusions: Emmeline Pankhurst, for instance, reminds us of the women¹s-right-to-vote, which she achieved for England in 1918 (2 years before America¹s in 1920.) The book is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1903 in nearby Kitty Hawk and moving poignantly to 1989 with the ³unknown,² lone ³everyman² in Tiananmen Square. In this compact history, people are profiled as well as pictured with a ³life-at -a glance² bio. The index needs improvement ( so that readers can more easily locate people by their fields) and so do Dan Rather mixed metaphors. ( The new age is ³taking flight² and becoming a ³rough draft.²) Also Paul Rudnick could use poetic sensitivity when writing about Marilyn Monroe. He callously groups her with American commodities of Coca-cola and Levis. Isaacson¹s afterward reminds us of the century¹s lessons: ³freedom won² and not the pursuit of ³material abundance² but the nurturing of ³the dignity and values of each individual.² Obviously some of these lessons were learned the hard way. PEOPLE OF THE CENTURY reminds us to repeat the goodness of our history, repel the other, and to think as we close this year, this century, this millennium.

                          4 out of 5 stars Well written and interesting though a biased list of greats.......1999-12-28

                          This presentation of 100 great people of the century (as selected by the editors of TIME) is noteworthy both for its bias and limited scope - it is heavy on Americans and late 20th century personalities - and for its writing. Each person is presented to the reader through an essay, and most of these essays are not capsule biographies so much as meditations on the nature of the person and his/her influence. The strange pairing of certain authors and subjects (Elie Wiesel on Adolf Hitler or Salman Rushdie on Mohandas K. Ghandi) allow for some interesting insights and speculation. More sympathetic pairings of author and subject (George Plimpton on Muhammad Ali, Rita Dove on Rosa Parks, Philip Glass on Igor Stravinsky) offer equally interesting, though less speculative, pieces that are quite fun to read.

                          Overall, the quality of writing in the book is quite high, and even when it isn't (as, for example in Bill Gate's essay on the Wright brothers or Lee Iacocca on Henry Ford) the insights of the author - because of who and what they are - allow the ideas to take on a level of significance that makes up for so-so skills as an essayist.

                          I received this as a Christmas present and spent most of Christmas day reading through all the essays. It provided a very pleasant way to review the century we are leaving. My one regret with the book is the inclusion of a few subjects that simply don't belong (Brue Lee, Bart Simpson? )which necessarily restricted the field that could be included. It is, of course, a personal bias and everyone will have their own take on who should or should not have been represented, but in the entire list there is only one novelist, one poet, one composer, one painter; yet there are numerous political and military figures. Understandable in terms of overt impact on history, but it sells the cultural aspects of the century short._
                          People of the Century: One Hundred Men & Women Who Shaped the Last One Hundred Years
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                            Dan; Isaacson, Walter Time/ CBS News; Rather
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                              Civilization and the Transformation of Power
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                                Civilization and the Transformation of Power
                                Jim Garrison
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                                ""Civilization And The Transformation Of Power" is an absorbing, provocative, scintillating account of the interiors of western history. Jim Garrison is one of the great visionaries of our time, and his account not only traces the rise of western culture, it points beyond it to a more integral, gracious, compassionate world, drawing on the best of East and West, feminine and masculine, to paint a picture of a more caring tomorrow".--Ken Wilbur, author of "A Brief History Of Everything".
                                Medieval Transformations: Texts, Power, and Gifts in Context (Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions Medieval and Early Modern Peoples)
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                                  Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge through Cultures and Time
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                                  • Translation of scientific ideas, not words
                                  Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge through Cultures and Time
                                  Scott L. Montgomery
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                                  In this innovative work, Scott L. Montgomery explores the diverse roles that translation has played in the development of science from antiquity to the present—from the Arabic translations of Greek and Latin texts whose reintroduction to Europe was crucial to the Renaissance, to the origin and evolution of modern science in Japan.

                                  "[A] book of great richness, as much for its examples as for its ideas, which keenly illustrate the development of knowledge across languages and epochs. It is a book to read and reread. Its subject is important; it is ours, it is our history." -André Clas, Meta: Journal des Traducteurs

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                                  5 out of 5 stars Translation of scientific ideas, not words.......2007-10-11

                                  This is not a history of translation of scientific writing from one language to another. The author rather points out that when new scientific concepts moved from one culture to another (e.g., Greek to Roman) it was a migration of concepts, and the concepts did not always fit into their new home. Montgomery makes his point very clearly through his examples. When Greek astronomy moved to imperial Rome, the science was understood for its pragmatic value.
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                                    Scott L. Montgomery
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                                    Dead Reckoning: Confronting the Crisis in Pacific Fisheries (David Suzuki Foundation Series)
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                                      Terry Glavin
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                                      ASIN: 089886514X

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                                      North America's West Coast, once known for its plentiful fish population, increasingly loses fish and biodiversity as years go by, with dramatic declines in species populations and the concentration of remaining stocks into fewer populations. In Dead Reckoning, author Terry Glavin offers an honest and detailed assessment of the state of these fisheries in the context of what's happening elsewhere in the world. After introducing the players in the fisheries crisis--from fishermen to biologists to "average citizens"--Glavin suggests ways the Pacific fishery can be better managed, and offers solutions to ensure its long-term sustainability.

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