Diary of a Rose Lover

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gorgeous water colors.......2001-03-01

absolutely beautiful paintings. i orginally saw some of this work in a little address book a french friend brought to our house. i liked it so much she sweetly put little pieces of paper over her entries and gave it to me as a parting gift. then i find this book at a friend's house - some of the same paintings but even more. the beauty of a rose is captured, as much as paper and color can do it. enchanting.

A must for rose lovers........1998-05-12

This is a tabletop book in a smaller format. The prose is flowery (of course) the art work sublime. Pages are so beautiful, they could be framed. I originally bought the book for the illustrations as I had seen it at a country house hotel in England (in the original French -- which I do not read). This book is the English translation -- philosophical rather than technical -- and rewarding to read.

Rose Lovers Address Book (Mini Address Book)

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Rose Lovers Address Book (Mini Address Book)

Manufacturer: Exley Giftbooks
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1850155399

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Diary of a Rose Lover
Henri; Moireau, Fabrice Delbard
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MEG99A

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For the many consumers and photographers switching from traditional film photography to digital imaging technology, this reference describes the different digital cameras, equipment, and software on the market, including a step-by-step, easy-to-follow guide that gives the information needed to make the proper equipment choices. An additional Photoshop section guides readers through the process of editing and altering their own pictures.

Millones de consumidores y fotógrafos están pasando de la fotografía analóga a la tecnología digital. Esta referencia describe las diferentes cámaras, equipo y software en el mercado, dándole al lector toda la información necesaria para escoger los productos adecuados para sus necesidades. La sección de Photoshop guía al lector a través del proceso de editar y alterar sus propias fotografías.

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Guia Completa de Fotografia
Michael Freeman
Manufacturer: La Isla
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Binding: Paperback

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Guia Completa de Fotografia
John Freeman
Manufacturer: Naturart, S.A.
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Guia Completa de Fotografia Blanco y Negro

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Guia Completa de Fotografia Blanco y Negro
John Hedgecoe
Manufacturer: Ceac
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Guia Completa De Fotografia, Tecnicas Y Materiales (Fotografia)

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Guia Completa De Fotografia, Tecnicas Y Materiales (Fotografia)
Michael Freeman
Manufacturer: Blume
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Guía Completa De Fotografía Digital
Unknown
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ASIN: 8480766441

Guía completa de fotografía digital. Glamour

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Guía completa de fotografía digital. Glamour
Duncan Evans
Manufacturer: Ediciones Omega
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8428210756

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Guia Completa de Fotografia Digital
Michael Freeman
Manufacturer: Blume
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Binding: Hardcover

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Guia Completa de Fotografia
John Hedgecoe
Manufacturer: Ceac
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Guía completa de fotografía digital : blanco y negro

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Guía completa de fotografía digital : blanco y negro
John Clements
Manufacturer: Ediciones Omega
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8428210764

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Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the Jazz Age firmly in the context of Scott Fitzgerald's life and times. She explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. She devotes a perceptive chapter to Fitzgerald's controversial portrayal of women and goes on to discuss how the central characters, Gatsby and Nick Carraway, embody and confront the dualism inherent in the American dream.

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dreams.......2002-05-29

This book is about knowing that some dreams are too far from reach, yet we still always try to attain them. Like Gatsby, we are taunted by how close we can come to that dream, but in the end, we realize that our efforts are fruitless. Each of us have our own "Daisy" -- each person did during the 20's, each person does now, each person will in the future -- The Great Gatsby is a classic. Fitzgerald does a fantastic job depicting a timeless theme that people of all time periods have experienced.

Falls Flat.......2002-05-18

I don't know if its just me, but I did not like this book too much. It feels empty- missing something almost. Perhaps it is Nick. He seems to be without a personality. He's just there. The story might as well be told in third person for crying out loud. I like protagonists with personality. Also, the author is quite sexist and racist and that is unacceptable.

I did give it two stars becuase to the author's credit, it was a tidy little book and not a sprawing mess. But then, it was too tidy and neat. After finishing it, I thought, "so what?" It did not particularly dazzle me and enlighten me, and I was not entertained. It is, all in all, a hollow book.

the best i read.......2002-05-03

i know i probabnly didnt read alot but i was assgiened this book. its complexity is so thrilling. i truly recommmend it!
its something that each of us has to ponder about ourselves becuz truly...
we are what we crate ourselves.
if u read this book ull know what im talking about.

Gatsby will hit you when you are least expecting.......2002-03-26

deep and insightful, full of intellegent analogies and representations. i read Gatsby the begining of my junior year in high school and-didnt really like it. i wrote papers on it, and dissected the ...poor novel. now-months later-it finally hits me: Gatsby is a book to be read and enjoyed! not dissected and torn appart. all the quotes and passages that i liked so much came rushing back to me... i understood what fitz may have been writing about! i though and though and thought about Gatsby and realized that i did not just Like the book-i [really] LOVED IT!

3 and a half stars actually.......2002-03-23

The novel is beautiful written. I have one problem is with the theme: money doesn't buy. I don't disagree with that statement, it is just king of obvious. I mean it is not exactly an epiphaney.

The Great Gatsby -- Penguin Critical Studies Guide

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The Great Gatsby -- Penguin Critical Studies Guide
Kathleen Parkinson F. Scott Fitzgerald
Manufacturer: Penguin Global
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ97S8

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Irish Eyes Are Smiling.......2000-11-13

A worthy subject a bit too 'worthily' approached. Lots of the writing in this book of essays edited by James Mackillop is stodgy and pedestrian. Shining exception is Harlan Kennedy, whose article 'Shamrocks and Shillelaghs' is full of colour, wit, detail and revealing connections. He also covers an ambitious swathe of Irish film history: a four-star effort that alone makes the book worth looking at. A shamrock to him. A shillelagh to everyone else!

Jill Smith

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Contemporary Irish Cinema : From the Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa (Irish Studies)
James (editor) MacKillop
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V2KMWS

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Add some variety and a little fun to the traditional violin recital. The "Fiddlin' for Fun Functionally" books introduce students to the "fiddling" style by taking the beginning violinist through different modifications of several pieces.

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concise and easy to follow

Absolutly the best rook endings book for beginers

A guide for intermediate chess players striving to hone their skills

mediocre

An excellent book on a very basic aspect of chess

Starting Out: Rook Endgames
Chris Ward
Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1857443748

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In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and well-known endgames expert Chris Ward deals with the fundamentals of rook endgames. He gradually arms readers with the indispensable knowledge and confidence needed to move onto slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, Ward highlights the correct plans as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender.

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concise and easy to follow.......2006-11-04

This is a fairly light read for an endgame book; you won't get stressed out with reams of analysis as in Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.

The author has kept it simple and gently provides a few memory hooks for the key concepts. I liked the idea of the 20 question test at the end as it provided a refresher and summary. A couple of the positions had the potential to become King/Rook v King/Queen endings and I would have liked to see those explained as they aren't that straight-forward.

Worth buying because it is so easy to follow.

Absolutly the best rook endings book for beginers.......2005-09-03

It usually happenes like this: self learning chess lover buys the opening book and starts to build his game in front of that theme. Afterwards he feels he could learn up his middlegame principles, continuing his progress and totaly ignoring the endgame at the process. At least that is until he starts to excessisevly lose most of his games at time scramble in the ending. And he gets in time trouble because of his subconcius uncertanty when faced with the ending, and especially - rook ending. This book is written for those people. Given material in this book is ideally waged. There is just enough of it to be practical, and there are no complications at all. This book is an ideal patch for those who want to progress with their rating fast and soon. Only flaw? It is for players below 2100 ELO.

A guide for intermediate chess players striving to hone their skills.......2005-07-06

Chess Grandmaster and former British Champion Chris Ward presents Starting Out: Rook Endgames, a guide for intermediate chess players striving to hone their skills. Rook-dominated endgames are one of the most common situations, and the estimated closing situation for one in five chess matches. Starting Out: Rook Endgames is filled cover to cover with diagrams, sample games, tricky situations, tips, tricks, techniques, suggestions, and general advice ("Be careful not to overwork or overload your king - or any other piece for that matter) that will prove valuable to serious-minded chess players everywhere. Like companion volumes in the "Starting Out" series, Starting Out: Rook Endgames is the perfect resource for anyone seeking to better understand individual facets of the ancient, complex, and often brilliantly surprising game of chess.

mediocre.......2005-04-29

The book might come in handy for players in the 1200-1400 category. For players over 1600, I'd suggest the relevant chapters of "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual", plus the volume titled, "Rook Endings" in Averbakh's "Comprehensive Chess Endings". If more depth is required, then Smyslov and Levenfish's "Rook Endings" and Nunn's "Secrets of Rook Endings" (The last is a bible on R+P vs. R).

An excellent book on a very basic aspect of chess.......2005-03-01

Rook endgames are fundamental to chess. And this book can be read by a complete beginner. All one needs to know is the rules and how to checkmate with King and rook against a lone King.

The author does get off to a bad start with his first (and worst) diagram (how did those Kings get there?). But the rest of the book is excellent. The only improvement I might make would be to include a little on endgames with two rooks on each side.

Ward begins with some absolute basics. Rooks belong behind passed pawns! Checks from the side sometimes salvage draws. Shoulder off that enemy King! Push passed pawns! Keep your rook away from the enemy King. Cut off the enemy King.

We learn about the Opposition. And we learn the most important thing about rook endgames: rooks need to be active. You put them on open files. And on the seventh rank. And you consider sacrificing a pawn to activate your rook.

We learn that when you have a pawn on the seventh and a rook defending it on the eighth, the "skewer" trick is often the way to win.

We see examples of King and rook versus pawns. And we discover that when the defending King is far away, two connected pawns on the sixth defeat the rook.

Ward then teaches us to defend with King and rook versus King, rook and pawn. These positions are drawn unless the defender has a bad King position or an inactive rook. When we have the better King position and the pawn, we learn how to reach the Lucena position and win. And we learn some more tricks, such as stalemate threats and underpromotion.

We also are shown endgames where each side has several pawns. Of course, a basic aspect of rook endgames is that a pawn advantage is often not enough to win, while that same advantage tends to win with the rooks off the board. The defender almost never wants to swap rooks! When considering a rook swap, we're reminded to be really sure about the ensuing pawn endgame.

We see why an extra pawn, with all pawns on the same side of the board, is usually a draw. And we are shown that a 3 to 1 advantage on one side of the board and a 2 to 1 disadvantage on the other side is much better than a 3 to 2 advantage on one side and 1 to 1 on the other.

I liked the fact that we are shown a little about how to defend with King and rook against a King, rook, and two isolated pawns (a and h files or a and c files). That's important, albeit somewhat tricky.

Ward finishes with some practical examples from his games. At the end, there is an easy quiz with twenty multiple choice questions (and detailed answers).

I recommend this book. It is a good introduction to the subject.

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The overall message of Rich Dad's Guide to Investing is that this is an abundant world, full of opportunity for the sophisticated investor. However, it sometimes takes a while to find this point. Much of the book is told in dialogues between young Kiyosaki and his rich dad, and these conversations can ramble. There are rewards for the careful reader--for example, in the middle of a section on the basic rules of investing, Kiyosaki's rich dad compares investor education to toilet training: difficult at first but eventually automatic. But getting to these inspired metaphors means wading through a lot of repetitive dialogue. It's a bit ironic that someone who advocates investor discipline should show so little as a writer. But by the end of the book, even the rambling starts to make sense. By the hundredth time you read that the rich don't work for money, and that you don't need money to make money, both concepts start to make sense. It still looks difficult to apply these ideas, but Rich Dad's Guide to Investing certainly makes the case that they'll work for anyone bold and smart enough to practice them. --Lou Schuler

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The rich are different from the rest of us, if for no other reason than U.S. tax and securities laws allow them to invest in ways that keep us from catching up to them. That's why 90 percent of all corporate shares of stock are owned by 10 percent of the people. Kiyosaki believes it's possible for anyone to move up into that 10 percent, but it takes a different view of investing than most people have: it takes a plan to be a successful investor. And a plan is more than simply buying and selling, or collecting "assets" that bring in no cash and are thus more akin to liabilities. The way most people invest, "they might as well be pushing a wheelbarrow in a circle," he writes. A plan is "mechanical, automatic, and boring," a formula for success that has worked historically for most of those who've used it. Kiyosaki's "rich dad" (actually, the father of his best friend) tells him the simplest analogy is the game Monopoly: buy four green houses, trade them for one red hotel, and repeat until you become rich. The overall message of Rich Dad's Guide to Investing is that this is an abundant world, full of opportunity for the sophisticated investor. However, it sometimes takes a while to find this point. Much of the book is told in dialogues between young Kiyosaki and his rich dad, and these conversations can ramble. There are rewards for the careful reader--for example, in the middle of a section on the basic rules of investing, Kiyosaki's rich dad compares investor education to toilet training: difficult at first but eventually automatic. But getting to these inspired metaphors means wading through a lot of repetitive dialogue. It's a bit ironic that someone who advocates investor discipline should show so little as a writer. But by the end of the book, even the rambling starts to make sense. By the hundredth time you read that the rich don't work for money, and that you don't need money to make money, both concepts start to make sense. It still looks difficult to apply these ideas, but Rich Dad's Guide to Investing certainly makes the case that they'll work for anyone bold and smart enough to practice them. --Lou Schuler

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'Rich Dad's Guide to Investing' follows the New York Times bestsellers 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' and 'Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant'. Most of us know that the best investments never make it to market. This book discusses what the rich invest in that the poor and middle class do not. What follows is an insider's look into the world of investing, how the rich find the best investments, and how you can too. Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter show . . .· Rich Dad's basic rules of investing · How to reduce your investment risk · Rich Dad's 10 Investor Controls · How to convert your earned income into passive and portfolio income · How you can be the ultimate investor!

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Uri Gofman reviews Rich Dad's Guide to Investing.......2007-08-08

i happen to be a big fan of Kiyosaki. while light on specific acts to do or procedures to follow, this book helps one "think" in a manner that is compatible with creating wealth and success. it is unquestionably inspirational and inspiring. the next step is up to you!

ANOTHER HOMERUN BY RICH DAD!!!.......2007-07-23

Robert Kiyosaki has done it once again!!! Being an avid reader of business/ personal development and finance books for years, I always love reading the Rich Dad books. Robert's style is straight forward, friendly, and highly coversational. Anyone interested in understanding the mindset that one needs to create before beginning their personal conquest down the roads to wealth and freedom should read every Rich Dad book they can get their hands on!

Make Kiyosaki Rich and Yourself a Little Poorer.......2007-06-30

Make Kiyosaki Rich and Yourself a Little Poorer by buying this book. It amazes me how people buy the dream of becoming rich, yet make themselves poor. Kiyosaki certainly takes advantage of this by catering to greed and desire.

Case point: you are reading this book because you are poor. People rich in money and knowledge do not buy his junk.

Interesting read.......2007-05-22

Pros:
- easy to read
- keeps you interested
- you find some good info here and there

Cons:
- too vague about the subject
- repetitive
- too situational to US market

Fine read for a holliday.

Rich Dad's Guide to Investing is EXCELLENT! A MUST HAVE!.......2007-05-22

If you are wanting to find financial freedom, independance, would like to get rich, or just want to be educated on how to manage you finances, this book is for you.

I buy the whole series on cd,and you can fly through them and take notes. It is much easier to learn from the audio than to try to read a huge, long book. I listened to all of these books so far during car trips and during the drive to work. A great way to fill waisted time.

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