Dot to Dot Count to 10
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    Dot to Dot Count to 10
    Balloon Books
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    ASIN: 1402706308

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    GENERAL FEATURES: Dot to Dot Count to 10 by Sterling Publishing makes learning to count fun! Learning to count, refining fine motor skills, and having a blast: that's what children will be doing when they complete these fun dot-to-dots. This book contains 64 pages. When finished connecting the dots, color the animal pictures! For ages three to five.
    Dot Dot Dot Issue 10 (Dot Dot Dot)
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    • Intelligent and thought provoking
    Dot Dot Dot Issue 10 (Dot Dot Dot)

    Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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    ASIN: 9077620044

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    The journal whose very name promises more to come delivers two issues this season. There aren't too many places to find intelligent, passionate, and witty writing about the past, present, and future of visual culture. Dot Dot Dot, the brilliant journal edited by Stuart Bailey and Peter Bilak, is one of the few we've found, and we're happy to be able to present it in our catalog.

    Issue 10, the composite issue, collects the best pieces from the previous issues into one new one. In the first issue Dot Dot Dot laid out a statement of intent. Issue 10 will be the answer to that intent. It can only be answered with conviction now, in hindsight, after the necessary mistakes and false trails. So making this compilation issue is not really a retrospective act, but more the logical form for the next steps.

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    5 out of 5 stars Intelligent and thought provoking.......2006-08-22

    This entire series is a fantastic addition to any designer's library. From the creative poetry to informative essays and interesting layout - Dot Dot Dot has my captured my attention.
    Civil Aviation Research And Development Policy Study: DOT TST-10-5, NASA SP-266
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      Dot to Dot: Numbers 1-10 (Dot-to-dot)
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            What will you find when you connect the ten dots? A bunny in a boat? Or riding a rocking horse? A not-too-scary scarecrow with a bird flying near? Count from one to ten and watch the picture appear right before your very eyes! Then go wild and color it in-for an illustration that's bright and beautiful.
            No Dot-People Allowed: 10 Qualities of Big Picture People
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              No Dot-people Allowed; 10 Qualities of Big Picture People
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                KOREAN translation of the book.
                1 to 10 Dot to Dot Colouring
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                    Mediaeval: Patterns of the Romanesque Period (Agile Rabbit Editions)
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                    • Not for professional designers
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                    ASIN: 9057680270

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                    2 out of 5 stars Not for professional designers.......2006-10-23

                    I bought this book/CD-ROM intending to use the patterns in my graphic design work. I had assumed (wrongly) that these images would be permission-free. After receiving the book I learned that use of Agile Rabbit Editions' graphics in a professional capacity requires permission from the publisher. I have found this permission process takes several days--a major problem when working under a short deadline. Depending on the usage, there may also be a fee in addition to the initial cost of the book. If you want a ready-to-use copyright-free graphic resource, then you're better off sticking with the books put out by Dover Publishing.
                    Land and People in Holywell-Cum-Needingworth; Structures of Tenure and Patterns of Social Organization in an East Midlands Village, 1252-1457, 22): Structures ... Institute of Mediaeval Studies), 22.)
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                      Edwin Brezett Dewindt
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                      Mediaeval English Drama (Patterns of Literary Critical)
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                        Jerome Taylor , and Alan H. Nelson
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                        Patterns of Divine Comedy: A Study of Mediaeval English Drama
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                          R. D. S. Jack
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                          This is the first book to explore medieval dramatic comedy with an understanding of its real aims, generic coherence and structural patterns, and to apply to it the critical principle commonly found in any assessment of classicalor renaissance drama.
                          The miracle cycles and early morality plays are examined in the context of the medieval understanding of comedy, the contemporary allegorical vision of the world, and the prevailing theological conception of time. This approch explains how medieval comedy contains the material of history and tragedy while still remaining joyous. It also illuminates the place of laughter in divine comedy; in his extended treatment of this topicProfessor Jack shows how some comic techniques have been obscured by too resolutely Christian an interpretation, and how others were more subtly employed due to their spiritual context.

                          Muhammad Ali: A Thirty Year Journey
                          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                          • 30 Incredible Years in Black & White
                          • Captivating & Heart Warming
                          • Ali pix mix worth more than a thousand words!
                          Muhammad Ali: A Thirty Year Journey
                          Howard L. Bingham
                          Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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                          ASIN: 0671760785

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                          Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey is a friend's tribute, a loving treasure trove, and a remarkable record of one of the most amazing lives the world has known.

                          Customer Reviews:

                          5 out of 5 stars 30 Incredible Years in Black & White.......2004-08-24

                          30 Incredible Years in Black & White

                          Hard To Find & Worth Finding

                          4.75 Stars

                          Simply put - Muhammad Ali is beautiful - inside and out -

                          Howard Bingham has been a true friend to Ali pretty much since the beginning and has always and remains one of his closest and truest friends. I've read my fair share about Ali's life and each time Bingham is brought up there are only nice words used to describe him. I don't think I've ever read an unkind word about him...

                          This book is a collection of black and white pictures that Bingham has taken over (at the time it was published) their 30 years together. Some will be familiar to you, some new and all of them extraordinary.

                          This is a hard book to find, you'll either need to buy it used off Amazon or check eBay or the like, but get it.

                          One of those photo books that make you want more

                          4 out of 5 stars Captivating & Heart Warming.......2001-07-08

                          This photograph journal traced Muhammad Ali's 30 years journey thru life. It started with introductory notes written by the Man himself & his wife (Lonnie Ali), Bill Cosby, Nelson Mandela, Henry Cooper (just to name a few), mainly discussing the bond between the photographer & the man himself, how they percepted the great boxer on & off the limelight. Muhammad Ali wasn't simply the loud mouth, the lover, the Islam, the winner, the loser, but truth to be told, he's also a devoted son to his parents, a loving father to his children, a dedicated husband to his wives, the charitable one to the downtrodden, the funny bone, the generosity one towards humankind, a courageous fighter who's fighting the greatest battle of his life against the Parkinson Disease, but mostly, he's like one of us, a mortal who needs a friend during his most fragile hour and that friend he found in Howard Bingham. Thru his lens, & without censorship from the Man, we caught a glimpse of Muhammad Ali that we rarely saw from other footage & only then, we realised he's not that icon that we grew up with but he's simply one of our kind. This journal is compiled with much thoughts & sensibility & it's such a joy & heart warming to browse thru. A complementary journal that goes well with the book, King of the World written by David Remnick. Highly recommended.

                          5 out of 5 stars Ali pix mix worth more than a thousand words!.......1997-09-05

                          Howard Bingham's wonderfully intimate photographs tell a fine story not only of the life of Muhammad Ali, but also of the tightly-woven texture of his friendship with "The Greatest". The photos capture fresh visual perspectives on events already familiar to many Ali fans, and provide welcome peekaboos into other, perhaps lesser-known occurrences (such as Ali in a leg cast looking none-too-pleased after an ill-fated match with a Japanese wrestler). One of my personal favorites is a photo of the champion standing together with three women, each of whom would be his wife. This book is a treasure which could and should be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates photo essays. As for Ali fans, it is essential! Mr. Bingham will no doubt find himself with many new admirers -- count me as one of them
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                            Pogo, Vol 6 (Pogo)
                            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                            • The mere beginnings of one of the comic strip greats...
                            • Who but lovable ol' Pogo with the soft brown eyes
                            • You call this a children's book?
                            • A must for die-hard fans
                            • Too short!
                            Pogo, Vol 6 (Pogo)
                            Walt Kelly
                            Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books
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                            ASIN: 1560972629

                            Book Description

                            Walt Kelly's POGO, a satirical masterpiece commonly acknowledged as one of the three greatest comic strips ever published, is finally back in print in this series from Fantagraphics Books!

                            Customer Reviews:

                            5 out of 5 stars The mere beginnings of one of the comic strip greats..........2004-10-18

                            Reading George Herriman's "Krazy Kat" can evoke the response "this is from the first half of the twentieth century?!?!" In like manner, reading Walt Kelly's "Pogo" evokes the response "this is from the 1940s!!?!?!" The reality hits home when various animals (Albert the alligator, Pogo Possum, and Chug Chug Curtis the traveling duck) discuss the Dewey/Truman election of 1948 around page 15. Then Kelly's achievment really hits home: even early "Pogo" hasn't really dated itself for almost sixty years. The jokes (and even most of the puns) still smell fresh. The characters couldn't be more intriguing and the social and political undertones (though not as prevalent in this volume) couldn't be more inspiring. It only takes a few pages to understand why "Pogo" repeatedly receives accolades such as "one of the best comic strips ever".

                            So many highlights appear in this volume that listing them would take bajillions of words. Some of the standouts include: Albert drinks the "Frog Child"; The campaign for sherrif; Howland Owl's School (which includes the book critic "Orville the Scrooch Owl"); Porkypine's "Don't like anybody!" (which appears twice).

                            The introduction includes a load of useful background information on Walt Kelly. It also explains why some strips seem like repeats in this volume. Fantagraphics dug back into "Pogo's" pre-syndicated days. The strips that appeared in the ill-fated "Star" newspaper provide interesting juxtaposition with Kelly's syndicated work. The artwork improves. Some of the jokes improve. Basically, sometime between January and May of 1949 Kelly polished "Pogo" and sold it to a syndicate. In the latter he reused and refined some of the strips that ran in the "Star". Fantagraphics prints them all.

                            The introduction also helps readers sort through the morass of characters that pervade "Pogo". Apparently the cast ended up numbering into the thousands (counting all the insects and animals that appeared over the years); but the strip mainly revolves around a base set of characters. The list and promise (i.e., to continue tracking the cast throughout successive volumes) on page viii will help readers sort through some of the strip's complexities.

                            Fantagraphics has become one of the best and most respectable publisher of classic comic strips. Not only have they continued cranking out volumes of the classic "Krazy Kat", they have taken on the Golden Fleece of comic strips, "Peanuts". The "Pogo" volumes were published throughout the 1990s and Fantagraphics made it through 11 volumes.

                            "Pogo" well deserves its reputation. It influenced many subsequent strips such as Berke Breathed's "Bloom County", and Jeff Smith's "Bone", to name a few. In fact, "Pogo" helped to shape comics for the latter half of the twentieth century. This volume contains the seeds for what would become one of the best comic strips ever. Start here and continue on.

                            5 out of 5 stars Who but lovable ol' Pogo with the soft brown eyes.......2003-08-12

                            Witty word plays and the sagacity of swamp critters; Walt Kelly's masterpiece re-edited for our delight by the good folks at Fantagraphics (God bless'em).

                            5 out of 5 stars You call this a children's book?.......2002-09-05

                            OK, I guess I started reading Pogo when I was a child, way back when it was still being written by Walt Kelly. But I find it most amusing that you have catagorized this book as ages 9-12. Here I am pushing 55 and still finding it very entertaining. I didn't understand who his characters were until I was old enough to recognize our politicians in his comic strip.

                            I got better at that after I was 12.

                            5 out of 5 stars A must for die-hard fans.......2001-09-28

                            This review is for all the volumes in this series of reprints being created by Fantagraphics of all of the Pogo daily strips, starting right from the beginning. (As of this 9/2001 writing, they're up to vol. 11, but they're coming out wayyyy tooooo slooowwwwwwly for my taste.)

                            R.C. Harvey has set out to chronicle the entire Pogo ouvre, and do so in a semi-academic fashion. One of the highlights (or eminently skippable, depending on your view) of all these books is the long intro by Harvey in each volume, wherein he gives some needed historical reference points (esp. in these early-50s books), for example, the pointed humiliation Kelly gives to McCarthyism (which is scattered thru vols. 6 to 9). It is in the the 1951-to-1953 period where Kelly really finds his voice in political lampooning. (One of the nice features of the intros is an ongoing compilation of the Complete Cast of Characters in the Swamp -- by vol. 11, the count is up to 142.)

                            That is not to say this and the others are merely political cartoons. The bulk of the action is sheer joyous nonsense, repleat with cockamamie money-making schemes, confused identities, and just plain absurd nonsense. Kelly's touch with the English language was second to none (at least on the comics page), and his lush artwork puts almost all other comics to shame. His work started to take on a political tone in 1951, and he revisited the topic whenever the politics of the age got a little too silly. (Some of his best work in this arena is for the 1968 election, captured in "Equal Time for Pogo".)

                            As far as quality comic-strips of the 20th century goes, Kelly's Pogo has only 3 serious competitors: George Herman's "Krazy Kat", Trudeau's "Doonesbury", and the all-too-short run of "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson. (And Watterson makes it clear that his two main artistic influences were Krazy Kat and Pogo.)

                            Now, if they could just Get On With It and publish the rest of the work (the first 11 volumes have gone from his start in 1948-1949 up to early 1954, and Kelly published until his death in 1974, so that means that they've got about another 50 volumes to go -- each one contains about 5 months of dailies), and then also do a compilation of the Sunday comics, us Pogo nuts would be all set to laugh our fool heads off well into our doddering years...

                            btw, you can try to build your own Pogo collection by getting all the books published during Kelly's lifetime -- however, they are almost all out of print, and it would cost you a fortune...

                            4 out of 5 stars Too short!.......2000-07-25

                            I was born after Pogo stopped running, apparently, but this has to be one of the best comic strips I've ever seen. Kelly has an attention to detail that puts "Calvin and Hobbes" to shame. Granted, comic strips in those days were bigger than now.

                            On one hand, I liked seeing the difference between the syndicated strip and the originals, I also felt like I got ripped off a little since 1/3rd of the book was repeated. The intro was enough to make up for it. For those of us that didn't know much about Kelly and his times it was nice to have some additional information.

                            Great book, I love Pogo!

                            Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
                            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                            • Ho hum...
                            • Nothing to care about
                            • Mediocre Travel Writing
                            • Mediocre Travel Writing
                            • A Womans tale
                            Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
                            Mary Morris
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                            ASIN: 0312199414

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                            Great travel writing has always been about the person making the trip as well as the things he or she encounters, and Mary Morris's category-defying 1988 memoir was an instant classic as much for its candid revelation of the author's turbulent emotions as for its sensitive, unglamorous portrait of a Latin America most tourists never see. Living in a poor neighborhood of the small Mexican town San Miguel de Allende, Morris befriends a neighbor, Lupe, who is struggling to support her many children (fathered by three different men) and to cope with her current, openly unfaithful partner. Scenes of life in San Miguel alternate with Morris's voyages around Central America, from the historic ruins of Teotihuacán to the contemporary turmoil of Nicaragua under the Sandinistas. Memories of her past crowd in: her parents' tense marriage, which sparked the restlessness that keeps their daughter on the road; her difficult relationships with often cruel men; the desolation of the years prior to her departure for San Miguel. Neither her affection for Lupe nor her love affair with a Mexico City man can prevent Morris's eventual return to the U.S., but her eloquent, elegant prose makes it clear that the grim, grand landscape and its tenacious inhabitants have left an indelible imprint on her soul. --Wendy Smith

                            Book Description

                            Traveling from the highland desert of northern Mexico to the steaming jungles of Honduras, from the seashore of the Caribbean to the exquisite highlands of Guatemala, Mary Morris, a celebrated writer of both fiction and nonfiction, confronts the realities of place, poverty, machismo, and selfhood. As she experiences the rawness and precariousness of life in another culture, Morris begins to hear echoes of her own life and her own sense of deprivation. And she begins, too, to overcome the struggles of the past that have held her back personally; as in the very best travel writing, Morris effectively explores her own soul while exploring new terrain and new experience. By crossing such boundaries throughout the pages of Nothing to Declare, she sets new frontiers for herself as a woman-and as a writer.

                            Customer Reviews:

                            3 out of 5 stars Ho hum..........2005-11-28

                            Although Morris would (and does) believe that she is a natural and effortless traveller, this text attests otherwise. Morris spends the majority of the work lamenting the inefficencies of Mexico and reminding us how bold she is for taking the journey. The other portion consists of her waxing lyrical about her indifference to love or how generous she is as the privileged and revered American. She continously struck me as bitter and egocentrical.

                            Similarly, I think she adheres to the stereotypes she seemingly casts away. I particularly loved when she decided that she felt more like a 'man than a woman' in her relationship with the pampering/cleaning Mexican man. I also shuddered when she declared that her aforementioned Mexican love was like an 'Indian' when drunk.

                            As others have suggest, the cast that populates the background are more interesting than Morris herself. Beautiful writing and landscape, but intensely annoying subject.

                            1 out of 5 stars Nothing to care about.......2005-11-15

                            A better title of this book might be "Nothing Interesting to Write About". This book was a total disappointment. All the people the author meets and writes about are oafish, selfish and/or unlikeable, including the man she takes as a lover, as well as being thoroughly boring. The one exception is her neighbor Lupe, however her sad and hopeless situation is common refrain in any poor area of any country. Too many children, not enough money. I will say that her descriptions of travel, food and medical care in Mexico have convinced me it is not someplace I ever care to travel to.

                            3 out of 5 stars Mediocre Travel Writing.......2004-05-17

                            I was not so impressed with this novel and felt that the author was too caught up in her own drama to take the reader on an interesting voyage with her. It was a decent read, but I can't say that I would highly recommend it. To read a great book about a woman traveling, check out Rita Goldman Gelman.

                            3 out of 5 stars Mediocre Travel Writing.......2004-01-15

                            I was not so impressed with this novel and felt that the author was too caught up in her own drama to take the reader on an interesting voyage with her. It was a decent read, but I can't say that I would highly recommend it. To read a great book about a woman traveling, check out Rita Goldman Gelman.

                            5 out of 5 stars A Womans tale.......2003-05-21

                            I really enjoyed this book. The story is definetly written from a womans point of view and I was able to relate quite well. I highly recomend this story as the tale of a moment in time as seen through a womans eyes in Central America.
                            Nothing to Declare: A Memoir
                            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                            • Her Majesty requests your presence at dinner...promptly...for a period to be determined by the Courts...
                            • Great BooK
                            • Honest portrayal of life inside a high security prison.
                            Nothing to Declare: A Memoir
                            Taki
                            Manufacturer: Atlantic Monthly Press
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback

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                            ASIN: 0871134845

                            Book Description

                            World-class athlete, playboy, war correspondent, and heir to a Greek shipping fortune, Taki has over the last three decades moved among the rich, the powerful, the titled and the celebrated in London, New York, Gstaad, the Riviera—wherever fun or stimulation was to be had. But in 1984, while passing through Heathrow Airport, Taki was arrested for possession of cocaine and summarily sent to jail. Nothing to Declare is the hilarious and surprisingly wise account of the three months Taki spent in prison, a story filled with perilous day-to-day events as well as reflections on the glamorous life he has led.

                            Customer Reviews:

                            5 out of 5 stars Her Majesty requests your presence at dinner...promptly...for a period to be determined by the Courts..........2007-02-08

                            Not Reading Gaol.

                            This is a wonderful book about Taki's period as a guest of Her Majesty. For those looking for prison memoirs, read "Nothing to Declare" and Jim Goad's "S**t Magnet" for contrasting tales told with amusement and panache. Throw in "manchild in the Promised Land" in you want another colourful voice.

                            Reading Taki is like a good tennis game with an attractive partner, a warm summer afternoon in beautiful surroundings, and a perfect cocktail answer to the slur of Eurotrash. Taki is glamour without the glitz, wealth combined with anonymity, privilege and comfort without meterosexual softness, and manliness without burlesque or misogyny.

                            An unapologetic elitist gentleman, ever giving communists and the spineless a fair punch in their clownish noses. Pure delight.

                            4 out of 5 stars Great BooK.......2002-07-02

                            A great book, maybe a little slow at the end. If you like Taki, I highly reccomend this collection of his writings.

                            4 out of 5 stars Honest portrayal of life inside a high security prison........1999-08-26

                            After seeing the film, 'American History X', I was hooked on finding out about what it's really like in a prison without the added drama of films. Taki gives an honest, undramatised description of his short time in prison for attempted drug smuggling. He explains the torment of being alone and not being able to walk around freely, 24 hours a day, as well the the disgusting conditions prisoners may put up with. It was certainly different to the the image that films like 'shawshank' gave. It showed the human side of prisoners as well as the goodness that the guards were capable of. It also gave interesting descriptions of the social code that inmates followed. For example the unspoken rule that a prisoner never uses the lavatory when the other prisoner is present, as this is 'home'. A recommended read to anyone interested in prison and the loyalty inmates share.
                            Nothing To Declare: prison memoirs
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                              Nothing To Declare: prison memoirs
                              TAKI
                              Manufacturer: Viking
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover

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                              ASIN: 0670832766
                              Nothing to Declare: Prison Memoirs
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                                Nothing to Declare: Prison Memoirs
                                Taki
                                Manufacturer: Penguin Books
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Mass Market Paperback
                                ASIN: B000GR9T6S
                                Nothing to Declare A Memoir
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                                  Nothing to Declare A Memoir
                                  Taki
                                  Manufacturer: Atlantic Monthly Press
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Hardcover
                                  ASIN: B000IN6H06
                                  Nothing To Declare Prison Memoirs
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                                    Nothing To Declare Prison Memoirs
                                    Taki
                                    Manufacturer: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE
                                    ProductGroup: Book
                                    Binding: Paperback
                                    ASIN: B000PXNIM4
                                    Nothing to Declare, Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
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                                      Nothing to Declare, Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
                                      Mary Morris
                                      Manufacturer: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988
                                      ProductGroup: Book
                                      Binding: Hardcover
                                      ASIN: B000NVDZO4
                                      Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
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                                        Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
                                        Mary Morris
                                        Manufacturer: Picador
                                        ProductGroup: Book
                                        Binding: Paperback
                                        ASIN: B000OTCUGE

                                        Storied Landscapes: A Journey
                                        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                        • Taking a look back in time
                                        • A SATISFYING AND ENJOYABLE MEMOIR
                                        • What a lovely little book!
                                        Storied Landscapes: A Journey
                                        Elisabeth Merrett
                                        Manufacturer: Writers Club Press
                                        ProductGroup: Book
                                        Binding: Paperback

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                                        ASIN: 0595210244

                                        Book Description

                                        The bedtime stories that Sherman Graff told his oldest daughter as she was growing up in Manhattan left a lasting impression on her. They were wondrous adventures set in a distant place among a different people. Storied Landscapes tells of the author's trip, years after her father's death, to find the Indian Reservation where he had lived for a time as a young boy. The stories helped her to find the mission church and the place where the family had lived, each name of a road or a reiver providing the needed clues. Side by side with the four reservation stories are the author's own tales of childhood, some forty years later and on the opposite end of the country, revealing the strength of the bonds of family across time and geography.

                                        Customer Reviews:

                                        5 out of 5 stars Taking a look back in time.......2002-06-13

                                        This story takes you back to different periods of American history -- from the early settlement of the west at the turn of the century to urbanization and immigration in New York some 50 years later. It allows you to "live" history with the author, and highlights the changes that have shaped our country over time.
                                        I was very impressed by the author's tale, and the way she was able to weave in stories told to her by her father.
                                        This is a great book -- one that I would share with others to better appreciate our connections in life with those we love.

                                        5 out of 5 stars A SATISFYING AND ENJOYABLE MEMOIR.......2002-04-16

                                        A very sensitive, concisely written, parallel stream of reminiscences: the first by the author, of her youth growing up in New York City; the second by the author's father growing up around and in an Indian Reservation in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The author weaves the two different lives, lifestyles, and periods together and shows us the very striking similarities and differences between them.
                                        A satisfying and enjoyable memoir.

                                        5 out of 5 stars What a lovely little book!.......2002-04-09

                                        This is a charming, wonderful read. It is only over too soon. You are taken back and forth in the history of the father on an Oregon reservation, and the daughter's New York, there is history there too. A great gift book to share with all of your best friends.

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