Reports of the United States Tax Court: January 1, 1990-June 30, 1990 (Reports of the United States Tax Court)

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A hilarious collection of cartoons featuring America's favorite canine -- Snoopy! And the rest of the Peanuts gang!

She Likes You, Charlie Brown! (Selected Cartoons from I'm Not Your Sweet Babboo, Vol 2)

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She Likes You, Charlie Brown! (Selected Cartoons from I'm Not Your Sweet Babboo, Vol 2)
Charles M. Schulz
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0449207889
Release Date: 1985-12-12

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French Kitty plays that daring, darling Holly Golightly to a new high in entertainment delight-Abrams' Breakfast at Tiffany's gift line!

The perfect place to make lists and record ideas. 144 lined pages, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4", elastic closure.

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French kitty Spiral-Bound Journal
Very cute!
soooo cute!

French Kitty Spiral-Bound Blank Journal
FINE , and Mighty Fine
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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This journal with illustrations based on Kitty Goes to Paris is the perfect place to keep lists and record ideas. Glitter on front and back covers, elastic closure, 144 lined pages.

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French kitty Spiral-Bound Journal.......2006-07-20

Love the variety of cover pictures. Plenty of paper as well. Love to use at work.

Very cute!.......2004-05-08

This journal is very cute! From the glittery cover to the pretty pink pages. A little kitty sits on the bottom of each pink page, and the cover is glittery, colorful, and cute! I wourld certainly recommend this journal, although it is bright, it's still simple!

soooo cute!.......2003-03-26

i love this journal, i carry it everywhere!
i really like the glitter cover!
it's soooo cute

French Kitty Oh L'Amour Wire-o Bound Blank Journal

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awesome
meow, meow, meow...
These notecards make the PURRFECT gift!

French Kitty Oh L'Amour Wire-o Bound Blank Journal
Mighty Fine
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ASIN: B000IOESU6

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The perfect fashion item for keeping lists and recording ideas. Spot varnish on front and back covers, elastic closure, 144 lined pages, 6 x 8".

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awesome.......2005-08-27

The FRENCH KITTY LOCKED DIARY is a great place to hide your most treasured items. The pocket in the spine is genius. If you dont have one you shoud get one PRONTO!!!

meow, meow, meow..........2004-05-01

very cute! showing 5 scenes:
kitty et jean sur le banc de parc
kitty au salon
kitty et jean à la tour d'eiffel
kitty et jean à l'arc du triomphe
kitty et jean boivent beaucoup de lait
cards would be better if they were bigger.
the box the cards come in is cool.

These notecards make the PURRFECT gift!.......2004-04-06

What a wonderful treat for French kitty fans! These notecards come in an adorable slipcase and feature five brightly-colored images from French Kitty's first book. These cards have different images than the first set of cards that were released, and I actually prefer this set better. Each card is printed on heavy paper with a glossy cover and comes with a powder pink envelope. It would be nice if the cards were a bit bigger, but die-hard French Kitty fans won't mind the small size!

French Kitty Tres Chic Wire-o Bound Blank Journal

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French Kitty Tres Chic Wire-o Bound Blank Journal
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Manufacturer: Abrams Gift
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 0810988089

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The perfect place to keep lists and record ideas. Cover features foil stamping. 144 lined pages.

Gamine Girls in the Big City Journal (French Kitty)

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Mighty Fine Inc.
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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ASIN: 0810987600

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The perfect place to keep lists and record ideas. 144 lined pages, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4", elastic closure.

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As witty as Michael Lewis, more sarcastic than Bobos in Paradise, bloodthirsty pop culture critic Joe Queenan talks trash about his generation and its "lifestyle über alles philosophy" in his career-capstone screed, Balsamic Dreams. And what distinguishes the baby boomers, in Queenan's acerbic opinion? "They don't ever actually want anything. They just want a huge number of choices.... They have to videotape everything. They have bottomless faith in self-help, though it's obviously not working.... They're stupefyingly self-centered, unbelievably rude, obnoxious beyond belief, and they're everywhere." Queenan bemoans "the frantic attempt by roly-poly middle-aged Republicans [also known as "the Man in the Gray Flannel Track Suit"] to evince an aura of coolness because they possess one (1) Smashing Pumpkins record and two (2) suede jackets with virtually imperceptible leopard spots." He demolishes Paul Allen's Experience Music Project with sentences like buzz bombs. James Ellroy says that Queenan is "half-Calvinist, half-nihilist," and this book proves it. Perhaps most important, Queenan reveals that "middle-aged men who wear baseball caps turned backwards do not look like Puff Daddy. They look like De Niro's doomed moron catcher in Bang the Drum Slowly." --Tim Appelo

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How did a generation that started out at Woodstock and Monterey end up at Crate Barrel? How did a generation that promised to "teach its children well" end up with a progeny so evil they could give that kid from The Omen a run for his money? And just what is so fascinating about porcini mushrooms? From the bestselling author of Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon comes a vintage Queenan tirade chronicling the evolution of his own Baby Boomer Generation. In this hilarious work of social commentary, professional iconoclast Queenan shows how a generation with so much promise lost its way by confusing pop culture with culture and mistaking lifestyle for life.AUTHORBIO: The author of six previous books, including Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon, JOE QUEENAN is a contributing editor at GQ and writes a column, "Good Fences," for The New York Times. He lives in Tarrytown, New York

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Mr. Queenan, look in the Mirror.......2007-02-24

This book is mildly amusing for a few seconds. It is built on the delusion that all of us "baby boomers" (everyone born from 1948 to about 1962?) are rich, phony former hippies turned millionaires. Every cultural trend of the last 25 or 30 years is fair game for his derision. Carole King, gourmet ingredients, soccer moms, cell-phone-using executives... you name it. He writes of the 'suburban oaf' with the jet-engine leaf-blower. And the 'crass simpleton' with the car alarm. All of these are the fault of the tasteless, hypocritical, self-indulgent BB generation.

Talk about firing at a large and easy target!

Queenan's sarcasm is amusing in small amounts (as bathroom reading), but quickly becomes irritating when viewed semi-seriously (as breakfast reading). He refers to BB's as 'middle aged Republicans. Excuse me? I must be an anomaly. I don't know of a single Republican in my age group. I'm intelligent and well-read, but I don't take international vacations and I don't care about balsamic vinegar. I live in a 100-year old house with one bathroom.

This book actually made me long for a more serious analysis of what happened to 60's idealism. How could Reagan get into office? Why has the gap between rich and poor widened? When did Greed become good?

But Queenan isn't the one to discuss these matters. Like the yuppies he derides, his generalizations are glitzy and without substance. In fact I believe the author is basically writing about himself. He admits he lives in an "elegant, well-appointed house overlooking the Hudson River." Well, no one but a millionaire could afford a property like that! He probably frequents more upscale restaurants in a month than I've visited in my whole life. I've never heard of half the gourmet foods and celebrity names he drops, and I care even less.

There's a chuckle or two in this book, but mostly it's funny like watching a pathetic class clown get laughs by poking fun at himself.

an amusing and pointless rant.......2005-08-10

This guy thinks he is funny and hip.
He is really just dated and irrelevant.

Not enough irony to disqualify the hypocrisy.......2005-04-25

A clever rant articulating the writer's wit and skill with the language, rather than an intelligent criticism. I think the author has confused the dregs of society with those who were radical in the sixties; thinking they are one in the same, rather than different people entirely. Apparently the Baby Boomer generation had best just accept that they're old, and settle down to die, rather than living life as if they still enjoyed it, because it annoys the author.

This is not a researched criticism, just a long rant that was very hard to read past page 100 as it got more mean spirited and basically expose the author as rather spoiled, self-centered, and thoroughly ignorant of history. I tried my hardest to find a Twain-like irony that would reveal the author was much more clever than I thought. Alas, I failed.

Humorous and Smug.......2005-04-02

This is a cleverly written little book that will make anyone from 40-65 laugh at themselves. Essentially it is about the fatuous nature of the "Baby Boom" generation. Anyone who can harpoon Elton John, Phil Collins and Billy Joel in one paragraph is ok by me.

The book however, promotes a methodology that I think is useless. Specifically, culture in terms of generations provides us with no useful information and nothing could possibly be changed by that effort. It would be more accurate for Queenan to describe the decayed culture (with some exceptions I agree) in terms the times. What we have today is the culmination of many "Generations" work. Thinking in terms of approximated age groupings really is pointless as (you already know this) there is always an overlap.

I found myself often laughing, wincing at my own self indulgence but not taking much of this to heart

No thanks.......2005-02-14

Mr. Queenan spends his time making the case that baby boomers are superficial and self-important (with the notable exception of himself). He employs an abrasive style that tends to substitute insults in place of wit or insight. Mr. Queenan also seems to have a penchant for dumping on other writers who are more talented than he is; talk about a full-time job.

Balsamic Dreams: A Short but Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation

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Balsamic Dreams: A Short but Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation
Joe Queenan
Manufacturer: Picador USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NY66RO

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Practical Opening Tips
Edmar Mednis
Manufacturer: Everyman Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1857441869

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Why does this review need a title?.......2001-07-13

This is one of the better chess publications I've come across in recent years. Mednis offers plenty of detailed analysis on a range of specific openings, but his main focus is on much broader issues, such as centralization, repertoire building, and the value of novelty. His analysis is heavy on explication and light on exhaustive variations, making this an excellent book to enjoy away from the board. Section titles include "The not-so-harmless Exchange Variation of the French Defense"; "Minor piece or three pawns: which is better?"; and "Sister openings." I think these speak for themselves.

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Brace youself, because here comes QuickSteps: The fast, easy, accessible information on PowerPoint 2003 in a full-color cookbook-style format. Provides answers to all of your How-do-I questions in a concise and meaningful way. Lengthwise page layout allows for easy page viewing. Useful tips and cautions are displayed in the margins so that they don’t break the flow of the quick steps themselves.

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Great for my users.......2004-09-09

I manage a medium-sized network and support a large number of fairly savvy users. That is, most users know how to do their specific tasks very well and are willing to learn new things. But they are not willing to sit down with a book full of dense text. This is where the "Quick Steps" books come in handy. I keep a number of these books on hand and when a user requests assistance, I give them one of the books with the appropriate page bookmarked. Steps are outlined in full color with lots of pictures and pointers and tips. Additional information is set off in side boxes so users can learn more if they choose. What I have found is that once a user completes a task successfully, they get fairly excited about the experience and browse the book to learn more. The books really stimulate users to experiment with things they would not normally bother to learn. And that is where this book excels. It is a "browser." Users don't feel like they need to start at the beginning and read through to the end. I get lots of grumbles when I ask for the book back so I can pass it on to others.

This book is also great for new users. I tell them to spend a few hours working through the steps, which are easy to follow and can be done at a fairly fast pace. Most users think the full color layout is fun to work through. The down-side is that like any book, space is limited, especially with the fully-illustrated format, so you're obviously not going to find everything in these books, but I do feel they contain a good balance of material and are appropriate for corporate libraries.

Marty and I are fellow writers and that is how I learned about these books. I must say that it has helped my users enormously and relieved my support task. Hey, it's the 21st century. Anyone working in an office should know how to work with operating systems and common applications. Most people can do that if they have easily accessible references and refresher material like these books. Thanks to Marty for developing the "Quick Steps" concept and to McGraw-Hill for publishing this series.

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