Strength Through Joy: Consumerism and Mass Tourism in the Third Reich

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The giant Nazi leisure and tourism agency, Strength through Joy (KdF)'s low cost cultural events, factory beautification programs, organized sports, and, especially, mass tourism mitigated the tension between the Nazi regime's investment in rearmament and German consumers' desire for a higher standard of living. Shelley Baranowski reveals how Strength through Joy de-emphasized the sacrifices of the present while its programs presented visions of a prosperous future--that would materialize as soon as "living space" was acquired. As an agency open to racially acceptable Germans only, it segregated the regime's victims from the Nazi "racial community."

Shelley Baranowski, Strength through Joy: Consumerism and Mass Tourism in the Third Reich (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).(Book Review) : An article from: German Politics and Society

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Shelley Baranowski, Strength through Joy: Consumerism and Mass Tourism in the Third Reich (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).(Book Review) : An article from: German Politics and Society
Jeff Schutts
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This book examines the organization as embodied experience. An international range of contributors is assembled to deal explicitly with the 'maternal' aspects of organization.
This challenging book will be of essential interest to all critical management theorists. With its innovative approach, it will also appeal to students, teachers, and all those looking for an approach to management that does justice to the complexity, ambivalence and chaos of the world of organizing.

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Soil degradation has serious global impacts on agronomic, economic, and sociopolitical conditions, however, statistics regarding the degree of these impacts has been largely unreliable. This book aims to standardize the methodology for obtaining reliable and objective data on soil degradation. It will also identify and develop criteria for assessing the severity of soil degradation, providing a realistic scenario of the problem.

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The makings of future news headlines about tomorrow's life saving therapies starts in the biomedical research laboratory. Ideas abound; early successes and later failures and knowledge gained from both; the rare lightning bolt of an unexpected breakthrough discovery --- this is a glimpse of the behind the scenes action of some of the world's most acclaimed stem cell scientists' quest to solve some of the human body's most challenging mysteries.

Stem cells --- what lies ahead? The following chapters explore some of the cutting edge research featuring stem cells. Disease and disorders with no therapies or at best, partially effective ones, are the lure of the pursuit of stem cell research. Described here are examples of significant progress that is a prologue to an era of medical discovery of cell-based therapies that will one day restore function to those whose lives are now challenged every day --- but perhaps in the future, no longer.

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educational.......2005-04-08

With all the political to-do about stem cell research in the US, this book can be very educational. The NIH gives a broadly optimistic view of the possible benefits. In studying many diseases and possibly one day helping to cure them.

While the book tries to reach a broad audience, some of the text may be a little too technical for some readers. But if you persevere, you may be able to glean some reliable information, as opposed to rhetoric from public figures like politicians or clerics.

Stem Cells: Scientific Progress & Future Research Directions

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Stem Cells: Scientific Progress & Future Research Directions

Manufacturer: Diane Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0756714788

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Stem cells (SC) comprise a special kind of cell that has a unique capacity to renew itself & to give rise to specialized cell types. SC may be able to replace cells & tissues that are damaged & diseased. The report addresses SC from adult, fetal tissue, & embryonic sources. A significant emphasis is placed on understandings gained from mouse models of development & mouse SC research. Covers scientific publications on the characterization of specialized cells developed from embryonic SC & the plasticity of adult SC. Includes a general overview of early developments to assist the reader in understanding the key events in formation of cells, tissues, & the whole organism

Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions

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Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions
The National Institutes of Health
Manufacturer: Terese Winslow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000J4XI38

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“From my back window the forest rose in a wall of green, every possible shade, as if the whole spectrum were made from one color...”

So begins Thor Hanson’s remarkable journey into the heart of Africa. Lying in the remote hills of southwest Uganda, the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest harbors elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys, and half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas. For two years Hanson called the forest home, working with local guides and trackers to develop a gorilla tourism program in the newly formed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Thoroughly researched and beautifully told, Hanson’s story blends natural history with cultural insight to place the forest and the gorillas in the context of modern Africa. He writes of “the inseparable weave of people and landscape,” and how in Uganda, the survival of either depends upon the survival of both. At once humorous, revealing and poignant, The Impenetrable Forest offers a rare and unforgettable glimpse into the world of mountain gorillas and the human cultures that surround them.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to help protect and preserve mountain gorillas in the wild.

“fascinating…very well written.”—Gorilla Journal

Customer Reviews:

Gem of a Book.......2005-08-06

I came across this book accidentally when I was looking for books on Uganda. It is truly a gem--very funny and full of anecdotes about life in Uganda as a volunteer, specifically what it is like to live in the forest working on gorilla habituation efforts.

I loved this book, couldn't wait to turn the page. I highly recommend it.

A Great Read About Mountain Gorillas and Life in Uganda.......2003-04-02

This is a great book. Written in a clear, easy-to-read style the author does a great job of weaving together descriptions of the mountain gorillas in Bwindi National Park with descriptions of the Uganda people and their culture, the politics and history of the country and other aspects of his experiences there. If you are looking for a book with detailed, scientifically-oriented analysis of the mountain gorillas, this is not the book for you, nor is this the book for you if you are looking for great color photographs of the animals and the country (he only has black and white photos of so-so quality). But, if what you are looking for is a book that allows you to learn about a variety of aspects of life in Uganda, its people and the gorillas this is a great choice. It would be the perfect book to read prior to a trip to the region to see the park and its gorilla population.

A fantastic pre-Uganda trip read.......2001-10-10

Thumbs up to Thor Hanson on an excellent book for people who have traveled to rural Africa, and a MUST read for anyone planning a visit to the Bwindi forest. Hanson's descriptions on the Ugandan people, landscape, food, and adventure, fit the country perfectly. Read the book, then take a trip to the Bwindi forest where you can visit the entire cast of characters including Phenny, Levi, Medad and more. In Africa, all things change slowly, and Buhoma is much they same as it was in 1995.

Entertainingly Educational.......2001-09-24

I got this book when I went home for the holidays. I finished it before I got home. I'm now reading it for a second time.
I would say it is equally about (1) humorous human interactions, (2) learning about the mountain gorillas, and (3) modern day African culture.
This isn't a book for scientist, rather a book for everyday readers that want to learn something about Africa, gorillas, and want to be entertained in the process.

The Impenetrable Forest.......2001-09-05

What a truly delightful book! Mr. Hanson eloquently combines his often hilarious experience as a "muzungu" (white person) with a poignent revealing view of life in Uganda amidst the post Idi Amin era. Nestled between this rapidly changing Ugandan landscape exist the Gorillas. It was a real trill to be able to plod along on adventures that not only reveal a glimspe of gorillas but also a glimpse of ourselves.

Apes of the Impenetrable Forest (The Behavioral Ecology of Sympatiric Chimpanzees and Gorillas) (Primate Field Studies)

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Apes of the Impenetrable Forest (The Behavioral Ecology of Sympatiric Chimpanzees and Gorillas) (Primate Field Studies)
Craig Stanford
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0132432609

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Part of Prentice Hall's Primate Field Studies series. Apes of the Impenetrable Forest (The Behavioral Ecology of Sympatiric Chimpanzees and Gorillas) offers students a scholary and relevant study.

Additions to the known avifauna of the Bugoma, Kibale, and Impenetrable Forests, West Uganda, (Contributions in science)

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Additions to the known avifauna of the Bugoma, Kibale, and Impenetrable Forests, West Uganda, (Contributions in science)
Herbert Friedmann
Manufacturer: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006CYLT8

Amphibians of the Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

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Amphibians of the Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Robert C Drewes
Manufacturer: Dept. of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Impenetrable Forest
Thor Hanson
Manufacturer: Iuniverse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VZU0ZY

Reptiles of the Impenetrable Forest: (including an addendum and corrigenda to the amphibian fauna)

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Reptiles of the Impenetrable Forest: (including an addendum and corrigenda to the amphibian fauna)
Robert C Drewes
Manufacturer: Dept. of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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A Good Try

great book

Sail Trim: Theory And Practice
Peter Hahne
Manufacturer: Sheridan House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Sail Trim and Rig Tuning (Captain's Quick Guides)

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A Manual of Sail Trim

Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing : The Definitive Guide for Skippers, Tacticians, and Crew

ASIN: 1574091980

Book Description

Sail trim is the art of setting sails in response to the varying conditions of wind, waves, boat speed and desired course. Good sail trim can mean the difference between winning and losing a race or reaching harbor before the tide turns. This book demystifies the skill of good sail trim with the aid of superb color diagrams and photographs, to enable racers and cruisers alike to sail efficiently and get the most out of their boats. Taking account of any type of wind condition, the author explains:

Aero- and hydro-dynamics

Rig types

The best way to rig a vessel

Sail cloth and cut

The right trim for mainsail and genoa

Sailing before the wind

Customer Reviews:

A Good Try.......2007-09-30

This book does a decent job at describing the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of a keelboat. Admittedly, it's a tough topic to teach from a book. The difference between books on sail trim and theory really comes down to the graphics used to help in explanation. This is where this book falls short. Having said that, though, a new sailor will learn and benefit from reading Hahne's book.

great book.......2007-09-15

Clearly explains the theoretical and practical aspects of trim. Very enlightening. We sail faster now having read this book!! Well worth the cost and effort.

jn

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1001 All-Time Best-Selling Home Plans has it all! The very best from 26 of the worlds finest designers, together in a single volume for the first time ever! The roster of the designers reads like a Whos Who of the best residential designers in the World. With such design depth, 1001 All-Time Best-Selling Home Plans fully explores every important exterior and regional style possible.

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save your dough.......2004-01-30

The plans are so small you cant even see the room sizes on most of them.

Awesome Book.......2003-09-20

I had looked at soooo many house plans and thought I was never going to find a plan I liked. I bought this book as a last resort. Well, let me tell everyone...it is an awesome book. Not only did I find the plan I wanted, I called and ordered it. The girl was very helpful and explained all the ins and outs of buying this plan. I would recommend the book and the company highly.

A lot, yet not much.......2002-08-30

I realize there are one thousand plans in this book, but many are so small on the page I couldn't really make out the names of the various rooms. Maybe I'm getting old, but I'd rather have 200 plans that are big enough to adequately review than 1001 plans that are too small to see.

Save your money.......2001-11-29

If you are looking for a book just to give you some ideas on different home designs, then this book might be useful.
If however, your thinking of actually purchasing plans from this book, DON'T!!!
The companies represented are not exactly full of integrity and do not fulfill their promises of what you will recieve for your money.
The plans that I have seen are not nearly complete enough to be of any realistic use.
The best way I could describe this whole operation is to call it a "Dairy Farm", looking for ways to entice you to spend a large amount of money only to discover you have to spend a good deal more to get what they already promised you in your original purchase. It's a very flaky set-up, and you will find their representatives less than helpful.

1001 All Time Best Selling Home Plans.......2001-09-23

This book was cumbersome to say the least. When looking for a plan I narrowed down my wants to 1) Garage not facing the street 2) 3800 sq feet and up 3) Master Suite very large. After that I found several plans, and pondered them down to my dream house. Then I ordered the plan, spent $1200 and got absolutely nothing useful. These plans are not as advertised. One cannot actually build a house from the prints that are bought. My many phone calls were not returned, the company rep angrily argued with my contractor, my money was not returned and I was lightly threatened. Overall, the plans are nice to look at with a magnifying glass, but performance of promises is nil. I know that my dream house was dashed by this book.

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Very uneven collection

Astonishingly great collection of shorts

FIRST TIMER - TURNED FANATIC!!!

Much better than the last one

Pop goes McSweeney's?

McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories

Manufacturer: Vintage
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales

Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, ... Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out

Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category

The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 1

McSweeney's Issue 16 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern)

ASIN: 1400078741
Release Date: 2004-11-16

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Michael Chabon is back with a brand-new collection that reinvigorates the stay-up-all-night, edge-of-the seat, fingernail-biting, page-turning tradition of literary short stories, featuring Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Peter Straub, David Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Roddy Doyle, and more!

Margaret Atwood- Lusus Naturae

David Mitchell- What You Do Not Know You Want

Jonathan Lethem- Vivian Relf

Ayelet Waldman - Minnow

Steve Erickson- Zeroville

Stephen King- Lisey and the Madman

Jason Roberts - 7C

Heidi Julavits- The Miniaturist

Roddy Doyle - The Child

Daniel Handler - Delmonico

Charles D’Ambrosio - The Scheme of Things

Poppy Z. Brite - The Devil of Delery Street

China Mieville- Reports of Certain Events in London

Joyce Carol Oates - The Fabled Light-house at Vi–a del Mar

Peter Straub - Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle

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Very uneven collection.......2005-10-13

I've often said that a collection of short stories is going to contain some good, some bad, and some indifferent. This collection, however, with very few notable exceptions (Stephen King, for one), contains stories that were not very good and did not hold my attention. Some of them were so poorly written that I found myself looking ahead to where the story would end, a sure bad sign for a person such as myself, who lives to read. I honestly expected better from this collection, after the first one was so good, but this was a great disappointment!

Astonishingly great collection of shorts.......2005-06-16

At last, a collection of short fiction that spans genres as easily as sliding across a dark, icy lake at midnight, plummeting towards the black void of the thorns that await you at the weedy edges. Michael Chabon has gathered together some of the best writers of the era, and presents them to us as tidbits in this delectable collection.

In most of these tales, you will find the lick of the macabre, a scent of titillating sci-fi, and a squeeze of horror that make for the best of short literature.

China Mieville's 'Reports Of Certain Events In London' is a fantastic tale of rogue streets (yes, streets!) that roam the cities of the world. Joyce Carol Oates 'The Fabled Lighthouse Of Vina Del Mar' (my favorite) is a sultry, frightening tale of isolation, madness, and strange quivering sea life. Margaret Atwood delves into the bestial heredity of an otherwise sweet little girl in 'Lusus Naturae'.

A mysterious doorway taunts the edge of your vision in 'Zeroville' by Steve Erickson. A horrid foretelling of events spurs a man to try and change the future in '7C' by Jason Roberts. Meet a bartender with a gift in Daniel Handler's 'Delmonico'. Live with a household specter in 'The Devil Of Delery Street' by Poppy Z. Brite, and reminisce while deteriorating in Peter Straub's 'Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle'.

Probably one of the more prominent attractions to this book is Stephen King's new short, 'Lisey And The Madman', but while giving adequate characterization, the story fell short by being a little too long-winded, a trait of King in his later works. At any rate, with famous names like these, you know you are getting a superb treat. 'Astonishing Stories' is just that, lip smacking fun for anthology lovers. Enjoy!

FIRST TIMER - TURNED FANATIC!!!.......2005-06-08

This collection of short stories was my first step into the Mcsweeney world, and I mustsay I loved nearly all of what I read.
The stories were crafted with careful intricaty which can be quite a challenge in the short story style.

A few of my favorite stories...

1) Margaret Atwood's - Lusus Naturae -
A short interesting tale about a woman who slowly turns into a vampire and her misunderstaning of how she is and her family and eventually society deal with her.

2) Joyce Carol Oate's - The Fabled Lighthouse at the Vina del Mar
This tale grew out of some lost writings of Poe and Oate's an already exquisite author weaves of a gothic tale worth telling and retelling around the campfire.

3) Ayelet Waldman's - Minnow -
The most intriguing and superbly written short story I may have ever read. This is an eerie tale about a couple who have a miscarriage and how the mother copes and what she does to appease the crying she hears on the other end of the Baby monitor.

I hope you all enjoy the short stories as much as I did!!

Much better than the last one.......2005-05-29

While McSweeney's last offering of this sort didn't really seem to accomplish what it set out to do: the genre stories were by genre writers and the "literary" writers didn't seem to offer anything different from what they usually write(exception, Rick Moody's Albertine Notes), this time a definite effort seems to have been made to fit their work into the genres they were aiming for in the first collection.
The work by Margaret Atwood and Jason Roberts was the best, while Heidi Julavitz sets her story up and flubs with a predictable ending that made me want to throw the book across the room. I think that some of those people who would like to separate themselves as "literary" artists have the very mistaken notion that genre writing must be predictable, either that, or Julavitz simply couldn't come up with a better ending, which would prove the anti post-modernists correct in their assumption that today's literary fiction is intended to obfuscate because the writers don't have a handle on the basics of story telling. Julavitz's ending didn't work. It was like one of those hilarious jump-cuts in the "Funkenstein" skits on Mad TV and it disappointed because it started out so well.
David Mitchell's What You Do Not Know You Want, also had a quickie ending that didn't quite work, but still managed to raise hackles, while Steve Erickson's Zeroville was superb. At any rate, this collection is definitely more enjoyable than the first and I hope that McSweeney's continues to put these out periodically.

Pop goes McSweeney's?.......2005-01-24

There must be millions of us who share Michael Chabon's enjoyment of both literary fiction and genre fiction, and count among our greatest pleasures works that live on the border between. But it's not that easy to summon up that borderland at will, and in this grab bag of poplit, dallying with the genres of fantasy, thriller, and horror, there are as many pieces that fizzle as there are pieces that pop.

I agree with the other reviewers that the finest of the lot is from the hitherto unkown Jason Roberts, whose "7C" ushers in the end of the world with the intensity of delirium, the clarity of a theorem, and a chilling tendresse all its own. By itself, it's worth the price of entry. We will, I hope, be hearing much more from Roberts.

No one experiments with the Gothic form more freely or successfully than Joyce Carol Oates, and her Poe tribute "The Fabled Lighthouse at Vina del Mar", with its claustrophobic Galapogan landscape of mental decay, is another high point. Daniel Handler's "Delmonico" is another tribute, bringing Spider Robinson's Callahan's Saloon out of SF into the world of the hardboiled private eye, a journey which only improves its genial flavor.

Other standouts are "Zeroville", an eerie trip into the metaphysic of film; Jonathan Lethem's deceptively straightforward and naturalistic antiromance "Vivian Relf"; and China Mieville's tale of a secret society of urban naturalists, "Reports of Certain Events in London", a marked departure from his usual style that suits the story like a glove.

Most of the big marquee names here (Poppy Z. Brite, Stephen King, and Margaret Atwood) turn in solid journeyman offerings, but not ones that will linger in your memory. A few of the stories - "Minnow", "The Child", "The Scheme of Things" - are derivative one-finger exercises that may not make it into your short term memory.

If you're prepared to sift the gems from the chert, you'll be well rewarded by this collection.

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