Ama Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

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a good reference.......2000-07-08

This is a good reference for anyone interested in information on the effects of plant poisoning. It is obviously written for people in the medical profession and will be a bit over the top for anyone who isn't familiar with medical vocabulary. The only shortcomings I have found with this is the lack of definative information on the amounts necessary for effects to be seen and the lack of emergency measures to be taken in case of poisoning. It is a shame that this book is currently out of print. It is certainly worth hunting down at the local library or used book store.

Ama Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

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Ama Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants
Kenneth Lampe Mary Ann McCann American Medical Association
Manufacturer: American Medical Association 1985
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MCKJIE

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With a new design and unbeatable price, DK raises the bar on travel guides with its new Top 10 Travel Guide series. The Top 10 Features of Central Park: (10) Delacorte Theater (9) Wildlife Conservation Center (8) Hans Christian Andersen Statue (7) Conservatory Garden (6) Strawberry Fields (5) Reservoir (4) Ramble (3) Belvedere Castle (2) Bethesda Terrace (1) Great Lawn

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A must have for any trip around New York City.......2006-12-17

For those traveling to New York City this is an essential guide to bring with you. The restaurant recommendations are top notch. The maps are detailed and a pocket subway guide is always helpful. Whether you are going in for a week or a weekend this is the guide you want to carry with you when you are out and about. You may want to use another guide if you are going in for a longer period of time for planning purposes but again this is the one you want to carry with you when you are in the city.

Subway.......2006-12-14

Great subway map! Just don't forget to read the signs in the subway, some trains only run certain days/times. AND if I remember correctly PATH is not really in the book.

Small, but full of useful information :).......2006-09-03

I visited NYC for the first time a few weeks ago. I took only three books about this city with me: this guide, the "Lonely planet NYC Guide", and "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide". Truth to be told, this guide is probably the only one I couldn't have done without.

"Top 10 New York" is an extremely useful small guide that doesn't have as much information as the "Lonely planet NYC Guide", but that has the essentials, and excellent fold out maps in color that are more easily understandable than those of other guides. I would like to highlight the fact that even though I am very absent minded, I could easily find my way in NYC thanks to those maps. And if I can, everybody will be able to do that!

From my point of view, this guide is ideal for those tourists that don't have a lot of time, and want to see as much as possible during their visit to NYC (specifically Manhattan), if possible without a tourist guide. "Top 10 New York" points out quite a few places you simply must go to in the city, but also tells you about different neighbourhoods, and their history. There are many photos in color that help you to decide what you want to do, and historic data that allows you to learn about this city.

Moreover, most visitors will find the insider tips for tourists helpful, and the planned walks and itineraries a good option. Other useful sections in this guide are, for example, "Best shopping districts", "Best hotels for every budget" (I found my hotel through Internet, though), "Best restaurants in each area" and "Most fun places for children". What is more, "Top 10 New York" is almost pocket-sized, so you can carry it with you everywhere, even if your purse is tiny (not my case!), or if you have bought too many things and your handbag is rather heavy (yes, that often happens to me).

All in all, I am very happy I bought this guide, and I strongly recommend it to you :)

Belen Alcat

Absolutely Terrific Guide.......2006-06-03

I've used this guide several times on trips to NY and it is absolutely terrific. Pocketable, beautifully illustrated, wonderfully organized. We went to two of the restaurants recommended and were totally pleased. Very easy to use and filled with useful information. Will add a lot to a visit.

Lots of pretty pictures but light on recommendations.......2004-07-27

The main reason why I buy these guides is for the recommendations (i.e. how to get from point A to point B, which hotels are best, etc.) Though this book provides a few pages of recommendations, it is more of a picture book on NYC. I agree that it will be a great souvenir and tells a lot of great little facts about buildings in the city. For something more practical (and less expensive), I recommend getting a NYC map and checking out the NYC tourist sites on the web.

Top 10 Guide to New York City (Top 10 Travel Guides (Internationalists))

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This guide is a must for a great trip to New York.
What a great guide!

Top 10 Guide to New York City (Top 10 Travel Guides (Internationalists))

Manufacturer: Internationalist
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1891382217

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The Top Ten Guide to New York City brings to you the Top Ten most exciting and fun things to do on your trip to New York. The Top Ten things to see, to do, places to eat, hotels to stay, highlights to experience. It includes the Top Ten restaurants, hotels, museums, Nightlife spots and things to do with kids. You will see and experience the best of New York. It includes the best places to shop, the top restaurants, the top museums, the top Broadway shows, the top must-see sights, the top most romantic places, the top must-see areas, the top must-see buildings and the top must-do experiences. The Top Ten Guide to New York City is your guide to the very best of New York.

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This guide is a must for a great trip to New York........1999-12-08

I'm a single woman and I went to New York with a lot of trepidation. A friend gave me The Top 10 Guide as a going away present. I read it on the plane and I was so excited about the city by the time I got there. It's filled with inside hints and highlights of special places and things to do. The author shares his enthusiasm for the city and tells you the most important things to do to make your trip fun. I was there alone for a week and I used this Guide exclusively. The author's got everything organized. I just went down the lists checking off everything as I did them. I had a terrific time. And it was the Top 10 Guide made the difference. I strongly recommend it.

What a great guide!.......1999-08-24

This is the best guide on New York I've ever read. It's fast, pithy and filled with inside information. I go to New York a lot on business and I've tried a lot of guides but this is the best. It highlights the top restaurants in a city filled with outstanding restaurants, the top sights to see in a city filled with interesting places and the top things to do in a city loaded with things to do; it's just a terrific guide! The best!

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WHO STARTED THE FIRST WORLD WAR?

Manufacturer: Inst. for Historical Review
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H2EDNQ

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Who Started the First World War?
Andy Sheppard
Manufacturer: First & Best in Education Ltd
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 1860832555

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The field of theoretical ecology has expanded dramatically in the past few years, while some of the most interesting work has been done using spatial models with stochasticity. This timely volume brings together the work of leading researchers working with this model and explores its role in the study of ecosystem dynamics. With its mathematically rigorous treatments, applications to real ecological problems, and proposals for extending the use of such modeling techniques in the future, this resource will be of great interest to all researchers in theoretical ecology, mathematical biology, and ecosystems analysis.

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In Beowulf warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with instant action, monsters abound, and fights are always to the death. The Anglo-Saxon epic, composed between the 7th and 10th centuries, has long been accorded its place in literature, though its hold on our imagination has been less secure. In the introduction to his translation, Seamus Heaney argues that Beowulf's role as a required text for many English students obscured its mysteries and "mythic potency." Now, thanks to the Irish poet's marvelous recreation (in both senses of the word) under Alfred David's watch, this dark, doom-ridden work gets its day in the sun.

There are endless pleasures in Heaney's analysis, but readers should head straight for the poem and then to the prose. (Some will also take advantage of the dual-language edition and do some linguistic teasing out of their own.) The epic's outlines seem simple, depicting Beowulf's three key battles with the scaliest brutes in all of art: Grendel, Grendel's mother (who's in a suitably monstrous snit after her son's dismemberment and death), and then, 50 years later, a gold-hoarding dragon "threatening the night sky / with streamers of fire." Along the way, however, we are treated to flashes back and forward and to a world view in which a thane's allegiance to his lord and to God is absolute. In the first fight, the man from Geatland must travel to Denmark to take on the "shadow-stalker" terrorizing Heorot Hall. Here Beowulf and company set sail:

Men climbed eagerly up the gangplank,
sand churned in the surf, warriors loaded
a cargo of weapons, shining war-gear
in the vessel's hold, then heaved out,
away with a will in their wood-wreathed ship.
Over the waves, with the wind behind her
and foam at her neck, she flew like a bird...

After a fearsome night victory over march-haunting and heath-marauding Grendel, our high-born hero is suitably strewn with gold and praise, the queen declaring: "Your sway is wide as the wind's home, / as the sea around cliffs." Few will disagree. And remember, Beowulf has two more trials to undergo.

Heaney claims that when he began his translation it all too often seemed "like trying to bring down a megalith with a toy hammer." The poem's challenges are many: its strong four-stress line, heavy alliteration, and profusion of kennings could have been daunting. (The sea is, among other things, "the whale-road," the sun is "the world's candle," and Beowulf's third opponent is a "vile sky-winger." When it came to over-the-top compound phrases, the temptations must have been endless, but for the most part, Heaney smiles, he "called a sword a sword.") Yet there are few signs of effort in the poet's Englishing. Heaney varies his lines with ease, offering up stirring dialogue, action, and description while not stinting on the epic's mix of fate and fear. After Grendel's misbegotten mother comes to call, the king's evocation of her haunted home may strike dread into the hearts of men and beasts, but it's a gift to the reader:

A few miles from here
a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch
above a mere; the overhanging bank
is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface.
At night there, something uncanny happens:
the water burns. And the mere bottom
has never been sounded by the sons of men.
On its bank, the heather-stepper halts:
the hart in flight from pursuing hounds
will turn to face them with firm-set horns
and die in the wood rather than dive
beneath its surface. That is no good place.

In Heaney's hands, the poem's apparent archaisms and Anglo-Saxon attitudes--its formality, blood-feuds, and insane courage--turn the art of an ancient island nation into world literature. --Kerry Fried

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Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Northern epic of a hero's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on, physically and psychically exposed in the exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to draw parallels in this story to the historical curve of consciousness in the twentieth century, but the poem also transcends such considerations, telling us psychological and spiritual truths that are permanent and liberating. In his new translation, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is both true, line by line, to the original poem and a fundamental expression of his own creative gift. A New York Times bestseller, winner of the Whitbread Award.

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Masterful revitalization of an ancient text.......2007-10-08

It has been said by previous reviewers in so many words: Heaney's erudition, mastery of language and love of literature bring to life this ancient classic and make its sheer emotional force palpable and accessible to modern readers. Heaney's introduction on the universal cultural relevance of Beowulf, despite the seemingly unbridgeable cultural gaps posited by differences in historical context, heritage or language, is a masterpiece in itself.

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney.......2007-09-19

Earlier this year a new version of Beowulf was published, translated by the Irish Nobel Prize Winner (for 1995) Seamus Heaney. Heaney has spent many years trying to get this translation just right, and I believe he hit the nail on the head in this case. This book presents a different insight into reading Beowulf, adopting a more archaic viewpoint in both language and imagery. Henry does not bother much with fancy words to make the poem seem more fantastic, but sticks to the original terms, translating them as closely as he possibly can. The book is set up so that on the left is the poem in its original Anglo-Saxon or Old English text and on the right is Heaney's translation.

For this translation, Heaney had to return to his long misused Irish tongue of Gaelic. He had learned the language when he was a boy, but has since spent more time using English. His main source was his grandmother, who is still fluent in the archaic language. In talking to her, he would hear strange words and terms that simply do not exist in modern English. Heaney would then turn to the original text of Beowulf. There he would notice similarities between these strange expressions uttered by his grandmother and the poem. In one case he found an exact match with the word "Þolian" which means to suffer and his grandmother's expression, "They'll just have to learn to thole"; here the thorn symbol Þ is pronounced with a "th" sound. Heaney considered these unique insights "loopholes" through which he was able to translate this magnificent piece of literature.

It remains unknown as to when Beowulf was written and by whom. Quite likely a monk wrote it, since monks were really the only people of the time who were able to write; also the poem was written by a Christian, since there are numerous points throughout the codex where the "Almighty" and "God" are thanked and respected.

The poem was composed first orally some time during the middle of the seventh century, and then written down in the eleventh century. It is a tale about a great hero of the Geats know as Beowulf, who travels to Denmark, where the king, Hrothgar, is being attacked by a monster in the night known as Grendel. Beowulf fights with the beat and rips off its arm, whereupon the creature flees into the darkness from whence it came. The next night, Grendel's mother comes to avenger her son; she takes a life and flees back to her lair beneath the mere (a lake). Beowulf pursues, tracks her down and with a magic sword decapitates her.

After being greatly rewarded by Hrothgar, Beowulf and his army return to their homeland in the south of Sweden. There, after years of attacks by enemies, he inherits the throne and rules for fifty years. In his fiftieth year, a dragon is disturbed from its lair, where it has been guarding a mound of ancient treasure, left by a long-dead warrior. Beowulf confronts the dragon but is gravely injured. Wiglaf, one of his soldiers, comes to his rescue and stabs the dragon in the stomach, killing its ability to make fire. Beowulf draws his dagger and stabs the dragon a lethal blow. But Beowulf has been poisoned by the dragon's bite and dies shortly after.

A great funeral pyre is built and set ablaze, while his many followers watch. His cremated remains are added to a special mound that is created on a hilltop overlooking the sea, where any ship passing will see the mound and know that Beowulf lies beneath. Thus, the poem ends with the forever-lasting memory of a great hero.

Heaney's new twist on this translation of Beowulf is through using the most exact word possible; the result are terms like "ring-hoard," "lake-birth," "shield-clash," and "sky-roamer." What makes this so magical is how the words fit so well, and flow like the soft voice that once spoke them. These specific terms help to create an image in the reader's mind of just what the original composer was intending: a story of gallantry, gold, fighting, Christianity, and the triumph of good over evil. As one begins reading, one can not help but be caught up in the thrashing current that pulls you along with the weight of the past, taking you step-by-step along Beowulf's paths, his wins, and his eventual loss. And at the poem's climax and conclusion one is left with a deep-set feeling of remorse for this might warrior, Beowulf, who most likely never existed, or at least has not existed for over a thousand years.

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Deep insight into the soul of the Dark Ages........2007-09-02

Literature can be a form of social anthropology. Just as the Illiad can take you into the warlike mindset of the ancient Greeks; Beowulf takes you into the warlike mindset of the Anglo-Saxon invaders of Britain back in the days of Sutton Hoo. Not only is Beowulf a great piece of epic poetry - complete with super hero, fabulous monsters, and a killer dragon; it's also a superb piece of cultural history - complete with great halls ringing with toasts of mead in horn cups and men who sleep fully armored and armed. The big problem with Beowulf in old English is that just as the culture is so remote and alien to be fascinating, the English language at the time is also utterly alien and incomprehensible. This was a quarter millenium before the Norman Conquest - the great fusion of germanic and romance that would produce our language as we know it.

Previous translations - like the one I suffered through in High School, are stilted and arcane. They sacrifice narrative flow for a false kind of fidelity to the text. Seamus Heaney's translation dances and sings. The language is lyrical and feels like epic poetry - but the narrative flow is easy and intuitive. With the difficulty of comprehension out of the way the story comes to the fore and what a story it is. This is the real root of Fantasy literature - a misty world of barbaric knights, monsters, magic, blood kinship and blood feud. The tale is familiar to most - the great Geat hero comes to the aid of a distant king whose country is beset by a horrible monster; one immune to weapons... Ok, no spoilers.

If you are interested in the roots of English literature, or in the culture of the dark ages Anglo Saxon, this book will illuminate like nothing else.

A Must-Read.......2007-08-14

I was required to read this in high school, and decided to re-read it recently. Anyone who wants to understand the modern fantasy genre, especially the variety involving knights and monsters, needs to read this book. Period. Heaney's translation makes the work accessible, and it can be read straight-through in an hour or two. Highly recommended.

Epic For The Everyman / / Heaven Help Hollywood.......2007-08-06

Beautiful rendition. The first where I felt the presence of the unknown Christian poet by my side. I felt like reading this aloud beside my campfire.Highly recommended.I'm a self tutored lover of poetry and literature and this is by far the best version of Beowulf I have read.

I read somewhere that Angelina Jolie was playing Grendel's mother in the upcoming Robert Zemeckis film , due for release in November. This is not a promising portend.

Beowulf : A New Verse Translation (Critical Editions Ser.)

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Beowulf : A New Verse Translation (Critical Editions Ser.)

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBPER6

Beowulf, Bilingual Edition - A New Verse Translation

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Beowulf, Bilingual Edition - A New Verse Translation
Seamus - Translator Heaney
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus And Giroux
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000P6J406

Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English Verse

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Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English Verse
Roberts Gildea
Manufacturer: Breakwater Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0919519644

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Beowulf: a New Verse Translation
Seamus Heaney
Manufacturer: Farrar Straus Giroux
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7AZZ0

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation for Fireside and Class Room

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Quality book and masterful story!

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation for Fireside and Class Room
William Ellery Leonard
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ASIN: 0781271606

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Quality book and masterful story!.......2000-04-25

Beowulf is one of the oldest extant works in English, and a glorious, thrilling epic poem in its own right. Heaney's new translation does justice to the history, the spirit, and the poetry of the text.

The poem is written in Anglo-Saxon or Old English, which is vastly different from today's English language. Unless you are a scholar of Anglo-Saxon, it's unlikely that you will understand much of the original (which is, for the scholarly and the curious, reproduced here in facing-page translation style). Ergo, it needs to be translated. Heaney has done a remarkable job, capturing the energy in lucid and eminently readable prose. Reading this new translation of Beowulf is not like being back in Brit Lit I, plowing through another dry old text in order to regurgitate facts on the midterm. It's much closer to reading a fascinating fairy-tale or modern day sci-fi story.

Heaney, whose original work has earned him the reputation of being one of today's most important and influential poets, also must be lauded for his faithfulness to the spirit and conventions of Anglo-Saxon verse. He retains the typical caesura and, in most lines, the alliterative parallel between the first and latter halves of the line. His language is smooth, resonant, and expressive, without degenerating into pretentiousness or overt cleverness. At no point does his language become self-conscious, or interrupt the story, which moves as quickly in his capable hands as in the original.

The physical book itself, as well, is gorgeous: a streamlined cover design featuring a warrior in chain-mail armor and an unusual graphic approach to the page layouts. This is a book to curl up with on the proverbial dark stormy night, to savor reading, to save for re-reading. If only Heaney would turn his hand to Paradise Lost!

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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
Seamus Heaney
Manufacturer: www.bnpublishing.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: 9562915611

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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition.(Review): An article from: World Literature Today
William Pratt
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma
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Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 844 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: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition.(Review)
Author: William Pratt
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 75 Issue: 1 Page: 119

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Beowulf A New Verse Translation for Fireside and Class Room
William Ellery trans Leonard
Manufacturer: Century Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
S Heaney
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