Offshore: An Artist's View of Britain's Islands

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From the author and illustrator of the bestselling Rain Later, Good comes this wonderful new book, guaranteed to captivate the casual reader. From St Michael's Mount to the Shetland Isles and from Lundy and Anglesea to the Farne Islands, Britain's islands have everything to offer: from mountain, moor, and lake, to suburb, prison, wildlife sanctuary and thriving hub of local industry. Peter Collyer draws the reader along his enchanting path, inviting us to share, via his paintings, the many breathtaking sights and enjoy the fascinating stories he uncovers during his visits. This is a unique book, which will delight his many followers and win over a whole new group of devotees.

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"Designed to bring together sources of turfgrass information into a single publication. Anyone who needs to know university and green industry contacts, certification and teaching programs, publications, diagnostic labs and soil testing facilities, and much more, will benefic by having this reference." —Dr. Jeff Nus

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Comprehensive and discerning, these handsomely designed travel guides cover a range of special interests, from art and architecture to food and shopping. Packed with practical travel tips as well as the kind of information you won't find in other books, these are first-class companions for travelers to London.

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Great book for the vegan or vegitarian.......2007-08-15

We used the book on our recent trip to London and it was great. Reviews were helpful. Only one restaurant was no longer there, so the book is timely.

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Veggie and Organic London
Metro Publications
Manufacturer: Metro Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1902910117

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A tragic haircut leaves Kristen looking manlier than a New York Jets linebacker. Will she be condemned to a season of trying to find cute hats when, as everyone knows, hats are so over? Meanwhile, Claire's got everything she wants -- new camo converse high-tops, bags and bags of gummies, and best of all, her first ever cell phone, from Massie. Although Claire's now an official member of the Clique, presents don't matter to her -- all she really wants is her first kiss from Cam, of course!

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I love this book. It reminds me of my school life!!!.......2007-10-18

This book is very good. I'm like in love with it!!! It really reminds me of my own school life. Even tough I actually kissed my crush unlike Massie, It was scary for me to kiss mine but I have good friends to help me out in the way just like Massie, Claire, Alicia and Dylan. I rate this book a 5 because it makes you want to continue reading and never stop!!!

Best Ever!.......2007-10-08

This series is one of my altime favorites (including twilight and private). This book is my favorite of them all and every time I get a new book I stay up until midnight reading it front to back. So then after finishing the book in a day, I must wait in torment for the next book to come out. Over all if you had to get one book of the series I would so say this one becuase not only does it potray Massies alpha status majorly, but it has more gossip and fun than ever in Clique history! So buy this book, or better yet... buy the series!!!

Read this book or your missing out!.......2007-06-02

I love this book and all the other Clique books! This book is packed with evil plan, revenge, love, girl power, and everything else you could want! I loved this book and you will too!!!!!

clique <3.......2007-04-16

I've been obsesed with the clique ever since i read the first book when i was in 5th grade. (now 7th)

basically, its about 4 girls.. massie, dylan, alicia, kristen and claire.
I can totally picture these girls... massie being insecure inside but looking totally confident on the outside...
alicia being pretty and everyone else being jealous of her..
dylan thinking shes fat even though shes really skinny.. being a follower in a way
kristen being a little more of a tom-boy and a little more like claire than the rest of the group
claire being really nice.. not rich.. and showing the traits that most people do need to show (insecurity).

book- Octavian country day is ready to pack their bags to go to lake placid. Many adventures happen on the way.. like claire kisses josh hotz because she thinks her boyfriend cam doesnt like her anymore.. (read the previous book [revenge of the boy snatchers] to know more about that.. i cant tell you the rest.. u need to read the book..

i LOVED the ending... i like wanted to read the next book right away...
i suggest getting both books at the same time because your gona wana read the next one asap.

hope you like itt..

The Pretty Committee.......2007-04-03

The Pretty Comitte packs her bags and heads onto the bus to Lake Paicd for 3 days and 2 nigths. Massie Block starts MUCK (Massie's Undergound Cilic for Kissing) with girls. Alicia and Claire battled out boys since Clarie kissed Josh Hotz, Alicia's crush! So Alicia trys to get back at Claire by being with Claire's love Cam Fisher. Dylan's mom Merri-Lee Marvil host of "The Daily Grind" tags along for a mother and daugther weekend. Uh-oh for Dylan.

This book is really great. Claire and Cam kiss and Massie's her derritgon kiss. This book is a total 5 star book for grades 6-10! Enjoy

Pretty Committee Strikes Back (The Clique, 5)

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Pretty Committee Strikes Back (The Clique, 5)

Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: B000ERLZ44

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While on a seventh-grade school trip, Claire attempts to mend her relationship with Cam while Massie seeks to maintain her high social standing and receive her first kiss.

5 Book Set of the Clique Series By Lisi Harrison; the Clique; the Pretty Committee Strikes Back; Best Friends for Never; Revenge of the Wannabes; It's Not Easy Being Mean

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5 Book Set of the Clique Series By Lisi Harrison; the Clique; the Pretty Committee Strikes Back; Best Friends for Never; Revenge of the Wannabes; It's Not Easy Being Mean
Lisi Harrison
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VUB4NG

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5 Book Set of the Clique Series By Lisi Harrison; the Clique; the Pretty Committee Strikes Back; Best Friends for Never; Revenge of the Wannabes; It's Not Easy Being Mean.

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Written in an informal, student-friendly style, Diverse Atoms surveys the surveys the properties of all the chemical elements in order of atomic number. This approach emphasizes chemical individuality and the effect of electron configuration on chemical behaviour. Each entry comprises a description of the element, its uses and biological roles and provides glimpses of contemporary and future research activity. Revision summaries are provided for each element and all new concepts are explained as they are encountered. The text is generously supported by data, equations and diagrams throughout.

Diverse Atoms : Profiles of the Chemical Elements (Oxford Chemistry Guides)

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Diverse Atoms : Profiles of the Chemical Elements (Oxford Chemistry Guides)
Hazel Rossotti
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL6GY4

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How do people behave in different traffic situations? Are there general laws for mathematical modelling of decision dynamics? The answers, given at the first international workshop on "Human Behaviour in Traffic Networks", are presented in this volume. In 13 articles, well-known experts report about their current work on experiments and modelling in this area. The topics range from psychological behaviour in traffic situations, traffic simulations of various aspects and market analysis to experiments with human participants used in experimental economics. The articles filled with many illustrations are aimed at interested students as well as experts in this field.

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Intimate, humorous, and insightful, Readings is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the Washington Post and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. From a first reading of Beckett and Faulkner at the feet of an inspirational high-school English teacher to a meeting of the P. G. Wodehouse Society, from an obsession with Nabokov's Lolita to the discovery of the Japanese epic The Tale of Genji, these essays chronicle a lifetime of literary enjoyment.

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Follow the reader........2004-06-28

Reading about how literature has shaped Michael Dirda's life is somewhat entertaining, I suppose. But reading the books he discusses is an incredible experience. If for no other reason, buy this book because it will turn you on to so, so many more. I never would have discovered Maugham's Ashenden, Wodehouse, Lawrence's trek across Arabia, Vidal's Washington, or Kipling's Kim. Treat Readings like a directory of great literature and follow Dirda.

wide-ranging romp through reading.......2004-01-31

A collection of his columns from the Washington Post's Book World, Dirda's book is a fun hodgepodge of short, readable essays on a variety of book-related topics. While many of them, as one would expect, are discussions of books themselves, Dirda also spins off into other areas, such as fond memories of a favorite English teacher, childhood trips to the library, the joy of book shopping, etc., which makes this collection more varied, more personal, and in the end more interesting than a simple "review" style collection. That's not to say the reviews aren't worth it--they are intelligent, concise, and witty and the sheer variety of books discussed in terms of style, tone, genre, enhances their interest. Dirda not only holds your interest, he piques it as well, so keep a pen handy as you read so you can jot down the titles of books you're going to want to pick up after Dirda finishes telling you about his experiences with them. One word of caution--if you've read his memoir An Open Book, some of these pieces will sound familiar as they have been incorporated with some changes in the memoir. If you haven't yet read the memoir, don't let that turn you off from doing so. It's certainly worth its own read, reworked and in a more full context the familiar columns won't seem as repetitive as you'd think, and if you want, you can always just skim through those sections.

A Passion For Books And Literature.......2004-01-05

The writings of Michael Dirda are a wonderful gift to anyone who loves books and literature. "Readings" is a collection of his columns from the Washington Post's "Book World" section. The contents are as varied as a well-stocked library. His learning, his wit and his breadth of his interests make this book equally inviting.

Within these covers you'll find an appreciation of P.G. Wodehouse, an excursion into the literary world of New Orleans, the story of his guest membership in New York's Yale Club (and its wonderfully inviting library), a discussion of Japanese literature, ruminations on turning 50, the pleasures of book-shopping...and I haven't begun to exhaust the variety. Read this volume and understand why Francine Prose calls Dirda "a cultural treasure" and why Annie Proulx say he may "be as close to the ideal critic as we are likely to get."

One cautionary word to readers of Dirda's delightful memoir published last year, "An Open Book": as he notes there, he adapted some of the autobiographical pieces from this book for that memoir. But the overall amount of overlap is small. And a second cautionary note to all: be warned that you "must read" list is likely to grow even longer once you've immersed yourself in Dirda's enthusiasms. If you cherish fine writing in its many forms, you should love this book.--William C. Hall

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good book for a rainy afternoon

A Booklover's Listmaker

Pleasure in books

a dangerous book

a book for the incurable reader

Readings: Essays & Literary Entertainments
Michael Dirda
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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If you have never happened upon Michael's Dirda's "Readings" column in the Washington Post Book World, yours is a sorry fate indeed. One never knows what one will find there, except that it will come filtered through the witty, unpretentious, voracious, book-besotted being that is Michael Dirda. In one column, Dirda introduces Guy Davenport, "the best literary essayist since Randall Jarrell and Cyril Connolly"; just as ardently, he reports elsewhere on a weekend convention of the P.G. Wodehouse Society. Another column finds Dirda spatting with his spouse over the preferred fate of his children's outgrown books (she says get rid of them; he hides them in the garage). Yet another column--several, actually--find him fondling and justifying the purchase of some first edition or another. Dirda writes about books he has (sort of) stolen, teachers who mattered, and an early 11th century Japanese novel (Murasaki Shikubu's The Tale of Genji). He even discusses his secret desire not to read so many books. "I sometimes think that a passion for omnivorous reading has seduced me into a lifetime of one-night stands," he says, "while the less promiscuous have managed to find a single true and more fulfilling love." For our sake, Mr. Dirda, keep up those love affairs--that passion is contagious. Those many Dirda enthusiasms, presented here in a collection of 46 "Readings" columns, will ignite fires aplenty in the curious reader's mind. --Jane Steinberg

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Pulitzer-Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda here offers an intriguing selection of his writings across a wide variety of subjects, but all conne to his love of the written word. Personal, erudite, serious, and sometimes playful, these columns cover intellectual history, children's books, fantasy, and crime fiction--and that's just a start. Dirda is a writer's reader and a reader's writer. He is an impeccable guide to good reading from the light (he loves P. G. Wodehouse) to scholarly esoterica. His columns are always worth a pause, always worth reading, always worth coming back to. This is a book to keep on your bedside for ending the day with pleasurable readings.

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good book for a rainy afternoon.......2005-02-27

I spent the afternoon reading, smiling and occasionally laughing out loud. I have always imagined I was the most addicted reader I knew -- but, Dirda gets the prize.

He tells us about pouncing on a find like a "rabid marmoset" and sneaking books into the house to hide them from the "Beloved Spouse."

His taste is catholic and he is a good writer. I think any reader will enjoy his essays.

A Booklover's Listmaker.......2005-02-06

This is a wonderful book of short essays by Michael Dirda, book reviewer for the Washington Post. Dirda appears to have read everything ever written, from literary fiction to science fiction to history to books that are just plain funny.

One of the things I particularly like about him is his enthusiasm for all kinds of books and his love for making truly eclectic lists (e.g., the "100 funniest books ever written", but with no more than one book per author; otherwise he said the list would be little but books by P. G. Wodehouse). He is also an aficionado of lost treasures (e.g., "The Autobiography of Augustus Carp, Esq.," at once one the most humorous books ever written and devastating account of true hypocrite--a man who would give Pecksniff a run for his money--or "Ashenden," Somerset Maugham's interconnected stories of a British secret agent in WWI--and the inspiration for other writers in the spy genre). He's also big on the Lucia series by E. F. Benson, which are hilarious representations of the battles for social supremacy in small town Britain--they are comedies of manners that compare well to Jane Austen's incomparable novels. No one is as good as Austen, but Benson is very, very good.

Dirda has also re-introduced me to science fiction (in particular Jack Vance).

This is an entertaining and highly varied set of essays with one central theme--the love of reading good books.

I'm a life-long book lover and reader. To my wife's chagrin, Dirda has reinforced all of my antisocial tendencies. He's given me the names of a pile of new treasures to read. I loved the book and I appreciate Dirda's infectious love for books. Read it.

Pleasure in books.......2004-01-03

Dirda is a critic and editor at the Washington Post, notable for his erudition, his enthusiasm, and his wide-ranging reading--not just in respectable, "literary" fiction but in mystery and science fiction as well. It's common to make a distinction between "reviews" (ephemeral, plot-focused, intended to attract or warn off readers) and "criticism" (intellectual, in-depth, insightful, aimed at people already familiar with the works in question)--but Dirda's columns often blur this distinction in the most welcome way.

Readings collects these columns, including pastiches of Wodehouse and Pepys, appreciations of comic masterpieces, articles on soft-core porn, hard-boiled thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, forgotten classics and not-quite-classics, The Tale of Genji, the obsession of bookcollecting, and much more. Reading the book felt like making a new friend: Dirda offers a delightful mix of appreciations on books I know and books I always meant to try and books I'd never even heard of. Above all, he manages to convey the heady *pleasure* of reading--that we do this, really, heretically, hedonistically, not for our greater good but because it's just plain fun.

a dangerous book.......2003-02-28

If you carry around a list of books you must find, if you've ever hidden new (or used) books from someone who thought money could be better spent (!) on food or electricity, if you've ever fantasized about meeting your favorite authors .... you will have found a kindred spirit in Michael Dirda, book lover and essayist, who has collected 46 of his Washington Post Book World articles here for you.

Wide-ranging but never overextended, Dirda impresses me not only for his erudite commentary but because he manages to rattle off titles and lists and names without ever seeming patronizing; he discusses a multitude of literary concepts without ever being condescending; and he relates a remarkable and far-reaching knowledge without ever sounding arrogant.

Dirda is knowledgeable and funny, intelligent and affectionate, as he considers Wodehouse, maxims, criminally-bad retention, Chesterton, Irish and French novelists, children's books, vacation reading, comedic novels, Beerbohm, Oulipo, the Internet, death, genre reading, Benson's Lucia, private clubs, teachers, autobiographies and getting in shape. And he reveals some interesting information about pre-presidential Jimmy Carter!

If you love books, you will thoroughly enjoy these observations. But beware! When you are finished you will have drawn up a LONG list of books that you did not know existed but which you cannot now live without.

Stimulating. Thought-provoking. Fun. All learning should be so enjoyable!

a book for the incurable reader.......2002-09-18

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Dirda is one of the main reasons I read the Washington Post Book World every Sunday. In his book, "Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments," Dirda assembles forty-six of his best essays (all of his Book World editorial columns are good) to delight the reader who, like him, is an incurable book aficionado.

Although the idea of reading a book about reading books may sound a bit redundant, Dirda's exciting, humorous, wide-ranging, and engaging narrative will not lose the reader's attention. He is a scholarly bibliophile in every sense of the term, minus any pretension. His love of books is infectious, and there is no escaping Dirda's charm and wit. The chapters "The Crime of His Life," "Listening to My Father," "Mr. Wright," "Commencement Advice," "Clubland," "Turning 50," and "Bookman's Saturday" are especially good.

For the reader who finds himself (or herself) swamped with reading wish-lists, tirelessly hunting for a first edition, obsessing over collecting all of a particular author's works, finding unparalleled solace in the library, and generally spending more time reading than doing anything else, this is the book for you. I have seen Mr. Dirda speak about this book on C-SPAN2's "Book TV" and on open university's "The Writing Life," and he is just as enthusiastic about reading in person as he is on paper. I highly recommend this book to everyone who loves to read.

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