Look and Explore: Ready, Set, Go! (Baby's World Board Books)

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"When I'm in my plane, I fly so high, I can reach the clouds up in the sky!"

These superb touch-and-feel books are designed especially for babies. Each book features engaging novelties, such as a soft finger puppet or a squeaky ball. A baby-sized finger hole reveals the next fabric as the playful text asks, "What's next?"

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I have a baby boy.......2006-12-28

He loves this little book. He love all books.

Ready, Set, Explore (Barron, Marlene. Ready, Set, Learn Series.)

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Ready, Set, Explore (Barron, Marlene. Ready, Set, Learn Series.)
Marlene Barron , and Karen Romano Young
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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ASIN: 0471102733

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Start together on a lifetime of learning— the greatest gift you can give your child

Where do mountains come from? What do snails like to eat? Why can't we see our shadows all the time? Science becomes a thrilling adventure, and technology a "toolbox" for solving problems, as you and your child explore the environment-- from the backyard to the moon!

Early childhood education specialist Marlene Barron shows you how to stimulate your child's natural curiosity about science--chemistry, biology, physics--with 60 imaginative and entertaining activities. Each one is:

Inspired by the internationally renowned Montessori approach to education
Developed especially for children ages 3 to 7
Aimed at achieving specific objectives, such as understanding the life cycles of plants and animals, observing chemical reactions, and learning about the relationship of earth, air, and water
Readily upgraded to keep pace with your child's progress
Easy to do and loads of fun!

The Ready, Set, Learn series was created to help parents and children explore concepts and develop skills necessary to succeed in school. In addition to dozens of activities, each book contains a substantial overview explaining children's developmental needs. Also available in the Ready, Set, Learn series: Ready, Set, Read and Write; Ready, Set, Count; and Ready, Set, Cooperate.

"Marlene Barron's special understanding of people—children, parents, teachers—has led to these very special books. The activities here will allow children to construct a deeper, more complex understanding of their world and will be fun for both parent and child. I recommend these books to anyone who works with children." —John Chattin-McNichols, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Education, Seattle University; Vice President, American Montessori Society

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A sober and involving text.......2003-06-12

Compiled and edited by James Marten (Professor of History, Marquette University), Civil War America: Voices From The Home Front is a collection of personal testimonies of individuals drawn from both the North and the South, from blacks and whites, from the young and the old, from males and females, in order to give the reader an accurate, overall picture of what American life was like for those just off the battlefield during the terrible years of the American Civil War. A sober and involving text, Civil War America is strongly recommended for both academic Civil War Studies collections, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in Civil War History.

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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory. Its case studies, spanning the Neolithic through the Iron Age, are drawn from all the Mediterranean 's major lands, coasts, and islands. Written by fourteen of the leading archaeologists in the field, The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory presents diverse theoretical approaches that enable students as well as other archaeologists to see the benefits of multivocality. The chapters look beyond Mediterranean diversity toward common links based on social interaction and geography. The book also includes an introductory overview that situates this work in wider Mediterranean scholarship and offers new insights into the histories and cultures of ancient Mediterranean peoples.

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Not for the layman.......2007-05-09

This volume is a scholarly work and not intended for the layman. I was looking for a general history-type book, but you would probably need a degree in ancient history to get much out of this collection of essays. If you do have this type of education, it's probably a great book, but it was not meaningful to me.

The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany

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an excellent reference
a great work made better
Fine Scholarship, Fine Writing
An essential resource
The BEST learning/referance peice I have....thats about it

The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany
Aubrey Burl
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0300083475

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This is the long awaited and substantially revised edition of Burl's first and highly acclaimed book for Yale, The Stone Circles of the British Isles,( 1976 cloth sales 8400, pb 1979 30* sales 10,000.) It comprises a complete and detailed overview of the prehistoric stone circles of Britain and Ireland and also, for the first time, their French counterparts, the cromlechs of Brittany. Taking into account the crucial research and discoveries which have taken place over the last twenty years, Burl reassesses amongst others the haunting circle at Callanish in Scotland as well as the world-famous Stonehenge, calling into question its dates, phases, astronomy, builders and above all its purpose.

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an excellent reference.......2007-03-10

Just what it says on the box - an excellent reference, whether planning your trip or on the road. Complete with location maps and National Grid references.

a great work made better.......2004-11-28

Aubrey Burl's previous works were showing a wee bit of dating. As carbon dating become more accurate, you are seeing these ancient rings grow older in age instead of younger as they anticipated. While Burl's previous works were amazing, this long awaited "update" of this information, as well as addition information on more recent excavations make this is must. Yes, it expensive. But it's worth every penny. There are new insight in the the purpose of the rings of stone, a new interpretation of Calanais (sorry, as a Scot I refuse to call it Callanish!) and Stonehenge

The beautiful book is loaded with hundreds of photos, explores the ancestry, methods of construction and why they were abandoned after thousands of years of use.

Marvelous work made even better by bringing the information up to date.

Fine Scholarship, Fine Writing.......2003-02-12

I am not accustomed to purchasing so expensive and specialized a book, but in the early autumn of 1979, I had the privilege of working on a Scottish dig run by Dr. Burl, and I have long admired his scholarship and dedication---and this revision is, simply put, GREAT! The depth of information is astounding, and I found the the presentation engrossing, the subject fascinating, and the style quite readable---certainly NOT only for students or devotees of archaeology. I can't recommend this one highly enough---it may seem like something of an indulgence for your personal library, but it's worth every penny. Alas, the book is far to heavy to carry about in one's luggage, but I've already marked at least two dozen sites that I want to visit the next time I cross the Atlantic. In the meantime, settle back in a comfortable chair and get ready to cast your mind back a couple of millenia...

An essential resource.......2001-07-07

I recently returned from a vacation over in Ireland/Scotland/Wales where for 4 weeks I and 2 of my friends researched and visited stone circles throughout the Isles. Aubrey Burl definitely has written an essential resource you should pick up if you have the intentions of going to see them. He touches on a great number of "out of the way" stone circles not widely known in areas and gives precise directions on how to get to them. It is almost like a treasure hunt, you never knwo what is around the corner in Aubrey's book! A definite must get for the stone circle enthusiast. Don't even think about putting this book down. Get a map, get this book, and go hunting for these great spiritual centers.

The BEST learning/referance peice I have....thats about it.......2000-12-17

This is truly by nature a great reference book. This 400 pager is most certainly not a light read. It is the kind of book that should accompany the libuary of a person whom needs a truly great source material peice, and point of complete infomation. This book is full of references to sites and works of other peoples and times. In his true old fasion and nature, Dr. Burl make many comments, not only on current data and modern ideas, but also speaks and illustrates alot of past records of the 17 and 18 hundreds. However, this is in no way a book on the history of studies, but realy is a truly up to date compilation of material, material that stretches far and wide into many disciplines. This book should though be aprouched by one that does already know and understand a little (if not a great deal) on stone circles. A great addition of the 'Die hard', but the new people may get a bit lost. For the writter likes to wander just a little, and makes asumpsions that the reader knows just what site he is talking about and in what era of neolithic/bronze age is in question. This book is realy for the people whom want to realy expand their material in this field. I would say "expand their knowladge", but this not only greatly does so, but also offers the access to the masses of referance and source notes that one could follow up on ones self.

However, The reason that I give this a 4 star, and not a 5, is that there are 'some' problems with it, which do not 'quite' make it PERFECT. Because of the masses of refering that Dr.Burl makes to all his material, the trend and flow of the text makes this at times an un-smooth read. (if there was such a word) Because this book is structured by area, and not by era, (which is probebly the easiest way to understand the Archaeology of stone circles). What would be a great help, is drawings, Archaeo plans, or some form of diagrams of the shapes he trys to discribe. Plan illistrations of the stone circles would help a great deal in relaying the infomation as intended. not here folks. I think that it is best to use this as a referance book, and not as a smooth read. This in fact is a very positive and greatly admired notion, one that I like in this book. Another great problem is one of punctuation. I know that my spelling is problematic, but the continues lack of a comma in this work often makes it VERY difficalt to understand what the exact message is, if one was trying to read with a smooth flow, and so I at times might need to spend a long time on just one page. I have realy liked reading this book, and leared a hell of alot from its text that does in fact go very well. Just be warned that a most perfect knowladge of local name places of every corner of britain is needed to follow him, and therefore, quite a bit of wandering and un-needed refering sometimes clouds over the general message. However, I do realy love this book. I think it is a most exelent 'back-bone' to one's serious study of this subject. Most deffinetly a must for the 'heavies' amongest us, a little warning to the un-propeared and the 'just learning'. A most complete, in all ways, standed and top notch peice of material. I feal that it is prehaps the collection pot of the cream of his life work. It certainly is my favorate on my shelf.

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Prehistory of the Mediterranean
David H. Trump
Manufacturer: Yale Univ Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0300027001

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Early Cyprus: Crossroads of the Mediterranean
Vassos Karageorghis
Manufacturer: Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum
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Binding: Hardcover

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Cyprus Before History: From the Earliest Settlers to the End of the Bronze Age (Duckworth Archaeology)

ASIN: 0892366796

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This book is a comprehensive panorama of the two periods of Cypriote archaeology-the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1150 B.C.) and the Geometric and Archaic periods (ca. 1050-500 B.C.)--that have been in the spotlight as a result of the renewed interest in the study of Phoenician civilization and
the Phoenician expansion to the west, in which Cyprus played a leading role. The periods covered in this book are of supreme importance in the development of the ancient civilization of Cyprus, and special attention is paid to the interconnections in the Mediterranean in order to explain the
phenomena of Cypriote culture. An extensive and up-to-date bibliography is included.

Tombs, Temples and Their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory

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Tombs, Temples and Their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory
Michael Hoskin
Manufacturer: David Brown Book Company
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ASIN: 0954086716

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This study of archaeo-astronomy looks at more than 2,500 communal tombs and sanctuaries from around the Mediterranean. After a brief discussion of Hoskin's aims and the methodology for his fieldwork, individual chapters focus on evidence from particular regions: Malta, Gozo, the Balearics, Iberia, southern France, Corsica and Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Although there is no over-riding explanation that ties these sites and their orientations together, tentative interpretations are made throughout.

Gender in Ancient Cyprus; Narratives of Social Change on a Mediterranean Island

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Gender in Ancient Cyprus; Narratives of Social Change on a Mediterranean Island
Diane Bolger
Manufacturer: AltaMira Press
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Gender in Ancient Cyprus examines some of the fundamental facets of gender as they intersect with the dynamics of social, political, and economic change in Cyprus, beginning with the earliest traces of human habitation on the island to the final phases of the Bronze Age. The book closely analyzes gender as it relates to the domestic space, technology and labor, ritual and social identity, and the roles of children, as well as the practices of modern day Near Eastern archaeology and the roles of women in it. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Islands In Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory

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Islands In Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory
Mark Patton
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ASIN: 0415126592

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b /b b i Islands in Time /i /b explores the ecological and cultural development of prehistoric island societies, considers the prehistory of the Mediterranean and offers an explanation of the effects of isolation on the development of human communities. br br This study details the fundamental questions that are raised about colonization processes, the human impact on ecosystems, cultural development on islands, and the significance of inter-island and island-mainland interaction. Evidence is drawn from a broad range of Mediterranean islands, including Cyprus, Crete and the Cyclades, Malta, Lipari, Corsica and Sardinia. Developing a general theoretical model of island sociogeography, b /b b i Islands in Time /i /b provides insight into the broader question of how island populations inter-relate with their environments.

Prehistoric Ritual and Religion: Essays in Honour of Aubrey Burl

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Prehistoric Ritual and Religion: Essays in Honour of Aubrey Burl

Manufacturer: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.
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Ritual monuments are among the most remarkable and enduring aspects of prehistory, and form the focus of constant study and reinterpretation. The authors concentrate on monumental remains (stone circles, passage graves, timber circles, palisaded sites and henge monuments) and on ceremonial aspects of prehistoric manufacture and trade in order to account for the ritual value of artifacts. They also consider prehistoric astronomy, the Celtic ritual calendar and the orientation of stone age monuments in relation to lunar or solar observations.

Prehistory (Early Cultures in Europe & mediterranean)

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Prehistory (Early Cultures in Europe & mediterranean)
M.C. Burkitt
Manufacturer: Cambridge, 1925
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ASIN: B000H26W76

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