Blue Note: Album Cover Art

Book Description

Smaller in trim size, greatly expanded in content, this compendium of Chronicle’s classic Blue Note books (50,000 copies sold) is now an appealingly chunky paperback. Blue Note remains one of the most influential jazz labels of all time, and its cover art is a virtual time-capsule of cool. Now comprehensive, Blue Note: Album Cover Art gathers nearly 400 of the legendary covers, spanning the ’40s to the ’70s, and features the greatest work of legendary Blue Note art director Reid Miles. Simple and sophisticated, moody and alluring, these covers continue to influence designers and excite jazz aficionados today. "One glance," as Esquire said of the original edition, "and you’ll know where the essence of cool remains."

Customer Reviews:

Classic.......2004-06-21

Blue Note Records not only released Classic Albums but also had Classic Album Covers that covered so much more.the Book displays the many images&stylings.if you get a chance watch the special on Blue Note Records which goes into full depth about the Music,Artists,Owners of the Label&those Classic album covers. enjoy.

excellent book; makes a great guide to blue note records.......2003-11-07

This compact book gives examples of some of the greatest album covers, to some of the finest albums, and now cds, issued by the label. It also makes a great guide for albums to check out, to see if they are still in print; which many of them are. Even for the out of print ones, it provides a nice collection for information purposes, and is reasonably priced. I look forward to finding and buying volume 2.

Compact size - great content.......2003-01-15

I have the two other editions of the Blue Note album covers (the ones that are the size of an album) and I love to look at them. The only problem is that they are a little too big to sit and flip through. The size of this book- "Blue Note: Album Cover Art" is perfect for flipping through. It looks small but packs a wonderful punch. I couldn't believe how many album covers were in this book. This book fits nicely on a coffee table or end table. If you are like me, you'll find yourself looking at it daily - in amazement of the style and class that embodies the Blue Note image.

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Wonderful, but the binding is lousy
The Originals
A MUST for the BLUE NOTE fan !!
Classic inovating design
Blue Note: Best Jazz & Best Jazz Album Covers

Blue Note: The Album Cover Art
Graham Marsh
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0811800369

Book Description

Music lovers have been attracted to the distinct style and sleek sound of jazz since its birth at the turn of the century. The album covers collected in this comprehensive volume under the well-known Blue Note record label embody classic design and pioneering typography. Two hundred color photographs of the album sleeves, an informative history of the Blue Note record company, and a portrait of Reid Miles, who designed nearly 500 album covers, capture the integrity of this distinctive record label. Sophisticated jazz connoisseurs and young listeners alike, as well as those with an interest in style and graphic design, will enjoy this exciting book of jazz memorabilia.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful, but the binding is lousy.......2002-01-31

...the contents are great but after a month the binding has already come apart. The individual pages are bound together seperately, but the cover and spine has seperated from them. Otherwise, I would give this 5 stars. Great reproductions, the colors are fantastic. This makes a great coffee table book.

The Originals.......2001-07-16

It's funny how history repeats itself. As one flips through this well published book. You can see where several artist (mostly hip hop) got their album cover ideas from. The photography (artist name escapes me now) is brillient! These covers legendary and why Blue Note has always set the standard of classic album covers. If you love jazz this is a must have.

A MUST for the BLUE NOTE fan !!.......2001-04-29

Great cover photos for most of the interesting Blue Note LPs.The covers are of the original lp's but sometimes of later releases: Page 10: "Sonny Rollins / A night in the village vanguard" has later "liberty" cover Page 22: Bud Powell 2 lps down the page have later covers.

This is a little problem.

All in all a great fun for the jazz Blue Note fan !!!!

Classic inovating design.......2000-08-18

Found the book great stimulation for page layout design and for revisiting a classic look. Great use of colors. Quite simplistic.

Blue Note: Best Jazz & Best Jazz Album Covers.......2000-08-12

Poor your favorite beverage; play your favorite jazz album; then sit down and enjoy this wonderful collection. If jazz were a book, this would be it! The artwork is stunning and the layout is exceptional. The covers tell a history of jazz that words cannot convey, a story of innovation, rhythm, and of music that comes from the heart.

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There are TWO "first" books! (IGNORE RATING)
Average follow-up to stellar first book
Second only by title.

Blue Note II
Collins and Brown
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Blue Note: The Album Cover Art

ASIN: 0811818535

Customer Reviews:

There are TWO "first" books! (IGNORE RATING).......2004-02-11

My Amazon.com search found two titles of the "first" book, by almost identical names. They not only have a different numbers of pages but also have different Copyright dates! They do, however, have the same author!

One is

Blue Note: Album Cover Art.
127-128 pages. ?1991.

Another is

Blue Note: The Album Cover Art.
288 pages. ?2002.

This should help when making comparisons.

(The Amazon.com submission page would not allow me to not rate this book. But I wanted to include this important information for the buyer. Please ignore my rating since, as of this writing, I have not seen this book.)

Regards,
Stephen DeVore, Seattle, WA / Kirkland, WA (Washington), USA.
HalleluYah! Praise Yah!

Average follow-up to stellar first book.......2000-08-12

The second book has three main problems: 1) The cover art is not nearly as original and creative as the art in the first book.

2) The jazz albums are not as prominent or important as the albums in the first book; therefore, this book is not as historically important as the first.

3) The books are two different sizes; they should line up side-by-side on the bookshelf or look like they were designed as a 2-volume set on your coffee table.

Buy the first book, but I recommend you just check this one out from the library.

Second only by title........2000-04-19

This edition of Blue Note album covers rests so well along with the first edition of this series. This book is great because it features a lot of really obscure Blue Note album covers and some more popular ones. This book really makes you miss vinyl albums. A must have.
Later printings of this book are the same size as Volume I - this wasn't the case before - It was shaped different and I only gave it 4 stars - The publisher fixed the problem and it is now a 5 star gem!

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A candid and very funny memoir from beloved children’s book author Dick King-Smith.
Before he was a children’s book author, Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, a factory worker, and a teacher. But he was always a devoted family man who loved the countryside he lived in and the animals he kept. In this insightful memoir, Dick King-Smith recounts the joys and failures of his life with equal humor and candor. And he remembers a delightful cast of animal characters–from Anna, the dachshund who turned out to be just stubborn, not deaf, to the 600-pound pig Monty, who liked to be scratched on top of his head, to Wilhelmina, a pet badger who was fond of love bites. As readers delight in recognizing the inspiration behind many of Dick King-Smith’s books, they’ll also see how a collection of experiences made a man a writer.

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This book will more than do.......2005-10-28

If you have seen the movie "Babe" and been delighted by the characters and story, you will thoroughly enjoy this book. I listened to it on tape, and the reader was none other than the author himself, veddy English and likeable. Mr. King-Smith recounts his early years, his stint in the military, the courtship of his wife, the birth of his children and his various careers, including the longest one, that of being a farmer. From these experiences, mostly as a farmer, Mr. King-Smith built a reputation as a children's book author. I was sad to come to the end and longed for more. I hope Mr. King-Smith has another book like it in him; he could follow in the tradition of the much loved James Herriot. A simple memoir, for those of you who like them, full of nice people, animal stories, and the evidence of Mr. King-Smith's sweet nature. A short gem and a breath of fresh air.

A delightful memoir for kids in grades 6-8.......2002-12-15

This autobiography of a popular children's book author provides a delightful memoir for kids in grades 6-8, telling of Dick King-Smith's life and how he came up with the animal characters which are so popular in his children's stories. Any prior fan of Dick King-Smith's writings will find Chewing The Cud filled with fascinating insights about his life and sources for inspiration.

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Chewing the Cud
Dick King-Smith
Manufacturer: Viking Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Chewing the Cud
Henry Brewis
Manufacturer: Farming Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SJXRPS

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Chewing the Cud
Henry Brewis
Manufacturer: Farming Press Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Chewing the Cud
Don Donovan
Manufacturer: NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K757D8

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Chewing the Cud. Signed copy
Henry Brewis
Manufacturer: Farming Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J2MTIK

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WHAT A BOOK........SO MUCH DIRT TO FIT IN 1 BOOK !!!

Between Light and Shadows: "The Rise and Fall of Legendary Hollywood agent, Henry Willson

Highly recommended

Chronicling a Genius with a Unique Talent

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The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson
Robert Hofler
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
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Henry Willson started off as a talent scout under powerhouse mogul David O. Selznick, for whom Willson procured women. The starmaker-to-be was therefore on the lookout for promising newcomers—as actors, lovers and sometimes both—when he received an unsolicited photograph from a movie star hopeful named Roy Scherer. Unbeknownst to Willson, the photograph of the handsome young man with bad teeth would have not only a career-defining impact for himself but, more importantly, redefine Hollywood’s concept of the male heartthrob. Roy Scherer became Rock Hudson and for the next twenty-five years Henry Wilson became the man behind movie “beefcake.”

The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson delves into Willson’s life in explicit, unsparing detail. Variety reporter Robert Hofler deftly chronicles Willson’s maneuvers to sidestep the FBI's investigation into Hudson's sex life; the starmaker's use of off-duty L.A.P.D. cops and Mob ties to scare off Hudson's blackmailers; Hudson's "arranged" marriage to Willson's secretary, Phyllis Gates; as well as Hudson’s affair with a Universal Pictures vice-president to help secure starring roles in Magnificent Obsession and Giant. Additionally, the book digs into Willson’s other star clients, including Robert Wagner, Troy Donahue, Tab Hunter, and John Derek.

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WHAT A BOOK........SO MUCH DIRT TO FIT IN 1 BOOK !!!.......2007-09-06

THIS BOOK REALLY SURPRISED ME.THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT ROCK, BUT THE OTHER STARS THAT ARE IN HERE WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE.
COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN........A LITTLE REPETITIVE AT TIMES- BUT WILLSON'S LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD IS A RARE ONE OF A KIND LOOK AT WHAT STRAIGHT MEN WILL DO FOR A SCREEN TEST

Between Light and Shadows: "The Rise and Fall of Legendary Hollywood agent, Henry Willson.......2007-08-31

Robert Hofler's "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson" is a magnificently written and searingly honest biography of actor's agent, Henry Willson.

Mr. Willson, a Hollywood reporter turned agent during the golden age of Hollywood (when the so-called "Dream Factory" was literally in full swing) emerges as a larger than life tragic and sympathetic figure.

Described as a homely homosexual man, with an expertly trained eye for spotting male beauty, he more than compensated for his paucity of good looks by elevating himself, by sheer will and talent alone, into one of the most powerful and influential starmakers in the motion picture industry.

Thought of by many as being a predator who sexually preyed upon innocent, naive, and unsuspecting young men - the opposite, actually, was quite true in retrospect.
While they might well have been naive in the ways of Hollywood, itself, these young men were certainly all well-enough versed in the ways of life to know exactly what it was they really wanted, and what they would be willing enough to submit to in order to achieve it. Nobody twisted their arm. Nobody forced them into doing anything that they, themselves, didn't voluntarily consent to do in the first place.

The question then arises - if Mr. Willson stands guilty of unfairly taking advantage of all the young men that he so carefully nurtured and fashioned into celebrities - why would he so strongly have felt the compelling need to always travel that extra proverbial mile in their behalf, fighting tenaciously, with every fiber of his being, to secure for them the very best of everything in their career and personal lives.

After he had used his very own money, invaluable amounts of time, and unique salesmanship skills in turning them into the successful commodity that they eventually became - they then proceeded to drop him like a hot potato when they no longer had any need for him. When the veritable truth of all these realizations come together, a disturbing, yet vitally important, thought is left to ponder. Who, indeed, appears to have been the most severely emotionally damaged victim (or victims) here?
The stable of "pretty boys" he had groomed for stardom? Or the desperately lonely man who, in a futile effort to belong, spent a lifetime trying to fit in by surrounding himself with beautiful people. It was almost as if constantly being in their presence, managing their careers, and sometimes even their personal lives, compensated, somewhat, for the good looks he had been denied, and had the intoxicating power to elevate and place him on an equal playing field with all of them. As hard as he tried, never truly did he ever belong. He was an outsider who always remained on the outside. A physically unacceptable outcast in a self-contained world of superficial beauty, with only looking-in privileges. Yet, his is the character of main focus here, and the driving force that literally propels this mesmerizing biography and sends it crashing clear through the roof.

Most of the so-called "stars" who appear in this biography emerge as rather vain, shallow, unfeeling people who can only be momentarily true to those who give them exactly what they think they need at the very moment that they think they need it. At least, Mr. Willson had feelings enough to show his deep hurt and devastation each time one of his boys (clients) dropped him and went on to someone else who they thought could do more for them. (As most of them later found out - changing wasn't always the better route - and their careers suffered bitterly because of it.)

That Henry Willson suffered immeasurably because of these betrayals, goes without saying. That he died alone and penniless, goes without saying. That he was the better human-being, definitely goes without saying.

With master strokes of an artist's brush, Mr. Hofler has vividly painted the unique and unforgetable portrait of a flawed, but generously big hearted man, who, at one time in motion picture history, cast a giant shadow across the make-believe landscape of Hollywood. A fairytale state of mind where much heartbreak, sadness, and the unsightly debris of wrecked and shattered lives, that can never be resurrected, are to be found haplessly scattered along the confection-laced, but treacherously dangerous, highway that runs directly through the very center of its heart and soul.

Robert Hofler's "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson", is a stunning, skillful, and insightful biography that stands as one of the finest ever written. For a fascinating, in-depth, behind the scenes look at the shady workings and double-dealings of an unscrupulous Hollywood in the days of its early beginnings, this biography is a definite must read.

Highly recommended.......2007-03-26

The book is so entertaining! I was sad when I finished reading it. Henry Willson might've done a few dirty deals in Hollywood, but the story reveals he was hardly any worse than many others in that era of Hollywood.

Chronicling a Genius with a Unique Talent.......2007-03-06

Henry Willson came to Hollywood from the East Coast and became a part of a group called the Puppets, which consisted of young people seeking to become involved in the ever burgeoning field of talking movies.

Willson had sound instincts when it came to identifying with current tastes. He began as a stringer writing freelance columns about the New York stage while an undergraduate at Wesleyan College in Connecticut. With the Depression making stirring inroads he saw that Broadway was fading while public demand increased to see films.

Soon Willson moved into the agency field, discovering Lana Turner and Rhonda Fleming, but it was in the field of discovering young male talent where his fame and unique impact on the industry would be achieved. Discovering handsome male faces that brought audiences into the theaters and prompted young females to swoon was more than just a business to Willson. It was a labor of love borne of his strong attraction to them as a homosexual man.

He knew that caution needed to be employed in propelling to stardom's number one popularity position among actors a former truck driver from Winnetka, Illinois who gained international fame as Rock Hudson. Willson, a well bred man from a wealthy family whose father had been a leading executive at Columbia Records, assumed the role of surrogate father for Hudson as well as other stars of the Willson stable such as Rory Calhoun, Tab Hunter and Troy Donahue.

In addition to working hard to cultivate relations with those in the industry in positions to propel his clients toward stardom, the flamboyant and highly witty Willson played as hard as he worked, enjoying a good time and sex with many of the handsome men whose destinies he guided.

Since so much of promoting the young performers involved meeting people, Willson took them to local spots such as the famous nightclubs Ciro's and Mocambo as well as dining and drinking establishments such as Cock and Bull, Villa Frascati, Scandia and, at the end of his career, Panza's Lazy Susan, run by an acting client, and where he socialized with the likes of mobster Mickey Cohen.

Willson's excesses, particularly when it came to drinking, ultimately led to his demise, along with a changing studio structure. Within the wildly party atmosphere of Hollywood, along with the concurrent atmosphere of career tension, the Willson propensity for alcoholic consumption and drugs combined with voracious sex were traits he held in common with protégés Hudson and Donahue.

This is a work that captures the cinema capital in the same close-up fashion that Otto Friedrich's "City of Nets" with its focus on forties' Hollywood also did.

Reverse Side.......2007-03-03

A treasure trove of Hollywood reporting and insider peek into the post-war period. Anyone curious about why tv featured such a bland array of talent during the Eisenhower years should check out the story of super-agent Henry Willson. There's also his most famous star-creation, Rock Hudson, whose pretty-boy good looks left an even bigger stamp on movie-making during those pre-Vietnam years. Willson may not have been a studio mogul like a Darryl Zanuck or a Jack Warner. Nonetheless, his star-making talents were just as influential in shaping what appeared on screen. The fact that he was gay and exploited the casting couch is also important to the story, and, except for a blind item or two, author Bob Hofler pulls few punches in detailing that facet of Willson's career. Anyone interested in what closeted Hollywood was like during that repressive era should find this an appealing source. In fact, it's fascinating to follow Willson's ruthless tactics that kept Hudson's secret life secret all those years. It certainly wasn't easy. I don't know whether Willson comes across as likable or not. He seems equal parts lounge-lizard, father-figure, and control-freak However, his decline, as Hofler limns it, not only signals the end of an era, but iremains an oddly affecting one for such a master manipulator. Anyway, except for a sprinkling of obscure foreign phrases, this is an easy and compelling read. It's also the stuff of Hollywood legend, reverse side.

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Women In Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present

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The voices of women such as Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, Clara Schumann, and Marian Anderson resonate as they emerge from the wide range of materials in this volume, which includes letters, diaries, poems, novels, and reviews that reveal women's achievements not only as patrons and educators but also as composers and performers.

Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present

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Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present
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Legacy is the fascinating inside story of how a great foundation touched dozens of organizations and countless people. Seattle's cultural life, notable for its intellectual verve and rich variety, received an unexpected and enduring gift through the foresight of Leo and Greye Kreielsheimer. Through the provisions of the foundation they established, their fortune has been conveyed over a twenty-five year period to an astonishingly wide range of cultural institutions -- centers of the Seattle, Puget Sound, and Alaska arts communities.

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Babe: A Little Pig Goes a Long Way (Beginner Books(R))

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Inspired by the movie, this is the story of how Babe first became a sheep pig and won the hearts of people all around the world. Young readers will be able to follow Babe's tale and words of wisdom from beginning to end, in this bright Beginner Books edition, told in Babe's own words.

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very sweet and inspirational.......1999-09-21

The author takes the story of the movie "BABE" and puts it into Dr. Seuss rhyme format that just rolls off your tongue and makes you giggle. There is also a message for children: "...Chase every rainbow. Go down every stream. Follow your heart. Follow your dream..." It lets them know that they too change the world.

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SPEAK JAPANESE TODAY -- A Little Language Goes a Long Way!

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How to Quickly & Easily Speak Japanese Today

SPEAK JAPANESE TODAY -- A Little Language Goes a Long Way!
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Speak Japanese Today is designed for anyone who comes into contact with Japanese and wants to communicate with them in their own language. It includes basic greetings, farewells, telling time, everyday expressions about the weather, giving directions, telling distances, counting, money, telephoning and much more.

Speak Japanese Today is unique in that it also provides vocabulary and sentences for airline pilots, stewardesses, Immigration officials, Customs officials, hotel staff, restaurant staff, bartenders, shop clerks, taxi drivers, tour guides, doctors, people hosting Japanese students, and more.

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Whatever your contact with the Japanese, you'll find this book of enormous help in being a goodwill ambassador through their language!

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Japanese for the World! Compiled by Japanologist/author Boyé Lafayette De Mente, Speak Japanese Today is designed for anyone who comes into contact with Japanese and wants to communicate with them in their own language. The first portion of the book provides an introduction to the pronunciation of Japanese and an easy overview of the structure of the language. It also includes basic greetings, farewells, telling time, everyday expressions about the weather, giving directions, telling distances, counting, money, telephoning and much more. Speak Japanese Today is unique in that it also provides vocabulary and sentences for airline pilots, stewardesses, Immigration officials, Customs officials, hotel staff, restaurant staff, bartenders, shop clerks, taxi drivers, tour guides, doctors, people hosting Japanese students, and more. With a little practice, a person can communicate as many as 500 key concepts using only a 100-word vocabulary. Speak Japanese Today contains more than 700 key words-which is close to the total number of words most people use in their own language in the course of a day. All of the words and expressions in the book are given in Romanized Japanese along with an easy-to-master pronunciation phonetic system that uses standard English. Just pronounce the phonetics as if they were English, and the sounds come out "in Japanese!" Whatever your contact with the Japanese, you'll find this book of enormous help in being a goodwill ambassador through their language!

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How to Quickly & Easily Speak Japanese Today.......2006-07-19

This now well-worn book is evidence of its usefulness in both business and pleasure trips to Japan. The author is a master of the language and has designed a unique and wonderful "home-course" that will enable you to learn how to instantly pronounce and communicate 500 key concepts utilizing only 100 key words. The 700 key words in the book are organized for the reader's benefit, and the author delivers on his promise that you will be able to communicate in Japanese on day-to-day topics. A necessary and highly recommended book for anyone who needs to be able to communicate in Japanese. Fern Stewart Welch is the author of "Your Heart Knows the Way -- How to Follow Your Heart to a Conscious Connection with the Divine Spirit Within."

Star Trek, #43 (Comic Book): A LITTLE ADVENTURE...GOES A LONG WAY! THE CONCLUSION

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Star Trek, #43 (Comic Book): A LITTLE ADVENTURE...GOES A LONG WAY! THE CONCLUSION
HOWARD WEINSTEIN
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Advocacy update: how to be a Little Giant: making personal relationships goes a long way in advocacy efforts.(MAKING PARKS AND RECREATION A PRIORITY): An article from: Parks & Recreation

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Advocacy update: how to be a Little Giant: making personal relationships goes a long way in advocacy efforts.(MAKING PARKS AND RECREATION A PRIORITY): An article from: Parks & Recreation
Michael Phillips
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000O58SPK
Release Date: 2007-03-07

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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1013 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: Advocacy update: how to be a Little Giant: making personal relationships goes a long way in advocacy efforts.(MAKING PARKS AND RECREATION A PRIORITY)
Author: Michael Phillips
Publication: Parks & Recreation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42 Issue: 2 Page: 16(2)

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