Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief

Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief
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Nice book

Not as good as "Devil Wears Prada"

Nothing compared to Vreeland

Rather pathetic...

The cool life and hot times of Vogues Editor in Chief

Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief
Jerry Oppenheimer
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Desserts: Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography comes a scrupulously researched investigative biography that tells the inside story of Anna Wintour's incredible rise to powerFrom her exclusive perch front row center, glamorous Vogue magazine editor in chief Anna Wintour is the most powerful and influential style-maker in the world. Behind her trademark sunglasses and under the fringe of her Louise Brooks bob she determines whether miniskirts are in or out, whether or not it's politically correct to wear fur. She influences designers, wholesalers, and retailers globally from Seventh Avenue to the elegant fashionista enclaves of L'Avenue Montaigne and Via della Spiga. In the U.S. alone a more than $200 billion fashion industry can rise or fall on Anna Wintour's call. And every month millions of women-and men-read Vogue, and are influenced by the pages of the chic and trendy style wish-book that she has controlled with an iron hand in a not-always-so-velvet glove since fighting her way to the most prestigious job in fashion journalism.Anna Wintour's fashion influence extends to celebrities and politicians: because of it, Hillary Clinton underwent a drastic makeover and became the first First Lady to strike a pose on the cover of Vogue in the midst of Monicagate; Oprah Winfrey was forced to go on a strict diet before Wintour would put her on Vogue's cover. And beauties like Rene Zellweger and Nicole Kidman follow Anna Wintour's fashionista rules to the letter.Now in her mid-fifties, as she nears her remarkable second decade at the helm of Vogue, comes this revealing biography that will shock and surprise both Anna's fans and detractors alike. Based on scores of interviews, Front Row unveils the Anna Wintour even those closest to her don't know. Oppenheimer chronicles this insecure and creative powerhouse's climb to the top of the bitchy, competitive fashion magazine world, showing up close, as never before exposed, how she artfully crafted and reinvented herself along the way. She's been called many things-"Nuclear Wintour," by the British press, "cold suspicious and autocratic, a vision in skinniness," by Grace Mirabella, the editor she dethroned at Vogue, and the "Devil" by those who believe she's the inspiration for a recent bestselling novel written by a former assistant.Included among the startling revelations in Front Row are: * Anna's "silver spoon" childhood spent craving time with her father. * Anna's rebellious teen years in London, obsessed with fashion, night-clubbing and dating roguish men. * Anna's many tempestuous romances. * Anna's curious marriage to a brilliant child psychiatrist, her role as a mother, and the shocking scandal that led to divorce when she had an affair with a married man.

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Nice book.......2007-03-30

Not that Anna Wintour is such an interesting person, but the author writes a nice biography. He does a good job, interesting details. However, I probably expected more "glitz". I recommend the book.

Not as good as "Devil Wears Prada".......2007-02-19

This book is slightly boring. If you want to read about a spoiled neurotic woman, this book is for you! I had trouble finishing it.

Nothing compared to Vreeland.......2006-10-10

I just finished read two smashing books on Diana Vreeland, so I was interested to read Front Row. I had high hopes, not knowing a lot about Wintour, that this would be a great read. Wintour's life is not that intriguing. And compared to Vreeland, her moral compass is a bit off. She seems to be, as my grandmother would say, a bit of a harlot. Wintour may know style, and I love Vogue, but if this is what Wintour is like, she doesn't have a lot of depth. In fact, I got the impression more than once that this is a person who doesn't read--not like real readers do. I'll take Vreeland's outlandish description of "The Night of the Long Knives" in her biography over this "street smart" clothes horse. But then again maybe high school drop outs are OK if they come from a tony British background and rise to the top of Fashion's bible. Oppenheimer does his best with a subject who may "sparkle" at the galas--but is, sadly, just made out of paste.

Rather pathetic..........2006-09-11

Though I am not a Vogue reader, I picked up this book out of curiosity to see what Anna W's splashes in the tabloids were all about.

While the subject is only mildly interesting to me, the author's prose reads like a 300+ page deposition against Anna Wintour from everybody who had/has a major or minor gripe with her. It's a heavy and boring read.

Gossip, if one can get over oneself and admit that it is entertaining, should remain light and diverting. In this book, it is difficult to garner much sympathy for the subject or its author, much less derive the slightest enjoyment from it. I was very happy to put it down.

Perhaps this lackluster effort will compel someone else to attempt a better job. But then again, when that time comes, Anna Wintour may be have disappeared completely from public interest.

The cool life and hot times of Vogues Editor in Chief.......2006-07-03

Wonderful, interesting, will sit on my bookcase and will reread again

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Jerry Oppenheimer
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Solid, Straightforward History.......2000-07-20

This is the author's best effort so far and he has established himself as an accurate, reliable historian. The story of this critical campaign, which could have resulted in cutting Napoleon's amazing career somewhat short, is stirringly told with verve, wit, and an understanding of the period.

Using reliabe, accurate sources, the book tells of the critical fight at Marengo in northern Italy first, with the desperately raised Armee de la Reserve, and Napoleon's hair-raising fight that almost resulted in his defeat. Reinforced and saved at, quite literally, the last moment by his friend Desaix, whom Napoleon considered the 'best balanced of his lieutenants, the momentarily triumphant Austrians were hurled back in rout, and French arms triumphant. Unfortunately, Desaix was killed leading the decisive attack, shot dead out of the saddle. French generals Kellermann and Marmont provided the needed cavalry and artillery support, and the epic 30 minute fight of the Consular Guard infantry, in its first fight as a unit, is all told here.

Hohenlinden, fought in Germany after Marengo by the Armee de la Rhine under Moreau, is a different type of campaign. Moreau, popular, sluggish, and definitely not a friend or supporter of Napoleon, generally ignores directives from Napoleon, but manages to catch the Austrians at a disadvantage, and thanks to the combat leadership of his aggressive subordinates, Ney, Richemanse, and Dacaen, wins a decisive victory effectively ending the war.

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Having returned from Egypt and seized power as First Consul, Napoleon led the Army of the Reserve against the Austrian Army besieging Genoa. After a period of skirmishing and manoeuvring, Melas, the Austrian commander, launched a surprise attack on the morning of 14 June. The attack initially drove the French back to Marengo village and, despite committing the Consular Guard, by 3pm the French were retreating. Believing he had won, the wounded Melas left the field to his Chief-of-Staff, Zach. The timely arrival of Desaix's Division led by Kellerman's cavalry and the 9e Légère threw the Austrians into confusion, turned the battle in Napoleon's favour, thus securing his position as First Consul. It could have been very different.

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Battlefield Guide Use.......2005-06-13

I recently used this book on a visit to Marengo battlefield (June 2005).

Well illustrated, excellent maps and photos. "The Battlefield Today" section was unusual feature, as was the "Wargaming" section.

Unfortunately, the battlefield is in a suburban/urban area of Italy. A few landmarks are visible, but few are easily accessible. In June of 2005, the museum was closed for "repairs". Americans used to well preserved battle sights such as Antietam or Gettysburg will be disappointed.

This book is not for those without previous knowledge of military history/organization. The maps are complicated, not all abbreviations/acronyms are defined. Trying to follow the narration with the maps can be very difficult.
At the actual sight, matching pictures from the text to the local area was a challenge. It would have been helpful if the author had marked picture sights to a map of the Marengo area.

I agree with previous reviews that this account gives the Austrians more credit and coverage than many other previous works. The general sense is a closely fought battle, with the Austrians overextending themselves in pursuing the French after initial success.

Solid account.......2002-12-08

Prior to this book I knew next to nothing about this all important battle from Nappy's early days. This battle illustrates the importance of assigning good men to the command of your Army so that they can arrive in the nick of time to save you from defeat.

Good but Cramped.......2001-10-29

A very good book, for once abandoning French sources to explore the Austrian side of the story. It could still be better; the limited format makes it impossible to include a bibliography or glossary, and the maps are not as useful as they could be. The text could expand on some of the points made, if there had been room to do so. In spite of these minor problems, I unreservedly recommend it.

Yours,
James D. Gray

Original Research, New Conclusions.......2001-10-29

This author, together with Terry Crowdy, has done a considerable amount of original archive research in both the Kriegsarchiv in Vienna and the S.H.A.T. in Vincennes. Not surprisingly, the new information they have brought to light has shattered the odd cherished myth or two. As such, there are those who have subjected David Hollins to a considerable amount of abuse for the revelations made in this book. Their unfounded and ill-considered comments do not change the facts as established in this work. The falacy of their arguments has been shown on debate on a number of website forae. In all, a well-researched work that is ideal for the purposes it is designed.

The first new account in 100 years?.......2001-01-28

Dave Hollin's modest book is the first new account of Marengo in the English language since Furse, published at the turn of the 19th century.

What is not apparent, from Osprey's misguided decision not to include comprehensive sourcing, is that the material in this title is based largely on original research in the Austrian War Archives and the French Army Historical Service archives, together with the published regimental histories of approximately thirty units from the Austrian and French sides, and significant contributions from collaborators in Italy.

Although constrained by the limits of the Campaign series booklets this is, therefore, also the first balanced account of the Marengo campaign in English.

The reader of this review is entitled to ask how I know this and at this point I should explain that Dave Hollins is a friend and this Osprey Campaign is a spin-off from a larger work on Napoleon's second Italian campaign which he is co-authoring and is currently still being worked on. I am, therefore, fully aware of the provenance of this book, which includes a large body of material which has never been exploited before in English (and perhaps any other language), and is impeccable in the context of both sides. Having said that, bearing in mind that it was described by Furse and has been in the public domain for approximately 100 years, the doubts expressed elsewhere about the part played by the Consular Guard in this battle are extraordinary.

This new account will not, of course, sit well with those brought up on a diet of Napoleonic mythology and a couple of well known French memoirs, one of which is, at least in part, particularly questionable, and on which the few pages in in Elting's 'Atlas', Chandler's 'Campaigns' and a couple of paragraphs in Lachouque's Anatomy of Glory, are essentially based.

This is not to ignore James Arnold's recent book on Hohenlinden and Marengo, but this contains no new research and, as far as Marengo is concerned, adds nothing to what has already been produced and generally follows the 'traditional' line.

Correctly identifying Berthier as the titular commander of the French army at Marengo, the booklet has the obligatory, though comprehensive, orders of battle that one expects in this series, including ones for the siege of Genoa and the battle of Montebello.

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One of the great 'What Ifs' of military history, the Battle of Marengo 1800 firmly secured Napoleon's position as First Consul. Having returned from Egypt and seized power, Napoleon led the Army of the Reserve over the Alps against the Austrian Army besieging Genoa. On the morning of 14th June, Melas, the Austrian commander, launched a surprise attack. The attack initially drove the French back to Marengo village and despite committing the Consular Guard, by 3pm the French were retreating. Believing he had won, the wounded Melas made the decision to leave the field to General Zach. This book describes the run up to that fateful battle and details how the arrival of Desaix's Division led by Kellerman's cavalry threw the Austrians into confusion and turned the battle in Napoleon's favour.

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Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All
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Bad News, Bad, Bad News!

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a rant fell short to become a poignant criticism but simply joined gossips (which it supposedly was meant to criticise)

Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All
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Bad News, Bad, Bad News!.......2006-08-01

Tom Fenton has a bone to pick.

As a veteran foreign correspondent for CBS News, he watched as his industry gave up investigative antagonistic independent journalism for "puff pieces," Barbara Walters/Geraldo Rivera-style entertainment, and rebroadcasting corporate and/or government packaged reports masquerading as "news." He's completely right that for at least 20 years the evening news has been a sham.

Economics is part of it, as Fenton describes how a couple tenths of a percentage point in the ratings means millions in advertising revenue. By pandering to the lowest common denominator, the major networks have guaranteed that the LCD is the only demographic served.

Also part of it, as Fenton takes great pains to point out, is the coziness of news bureaus with the current administration, which freezes out journalists who do not toe the party line. When lying to the public has become such an art, exposing the man behind the curtain is a sure trip to the Nowhere Idaho beat, or an IRS audit, or both.

Fenton has stern words for the current Bush Administration, as well as the Clinton and Bush Sr. Administrations before it. He seems rather soft on the Reagan Administration, even though this was when the run-up to Wall Street tyranny began.

The first third of the book is a little annoying, as Fenton takes every opportunity to place himself on a short list consisting of "Cronkite, Brokaw, Rather & Fenton." Frankly, I don't think he belongs on that list.

Nevertheless, having established his credentials the second third of the book details the failings of the TV news industry, how foreign bureaus were trimmed or eliminated completely after the fall of the USSR, and how American news turned inward and downward -- to our great detriment. In large part the developments in the world-at-large went unreported for two decades so the events of 1998-2001 caught many of us by surprise.

The last third of the book explains why this situation is so dangerous. In a nutshell, with nobody trusted & respected to report world events accurately, the Administration is free to contradict facts bold-facedly and the public either buys the lies or is willing to entertain the notion. In a state where the "Fourth Estate" does not function, the truth is a casualty and becomes open to interpretation -- or spin -- or outright political manipulation. You can't have Democracy without an informed populace.

Tom is right, this is unacceptable.

His book is unusually forthright, startlingly direct, and surprisingly it names names. That it came to print at all is a glimmer of hope that a free press still has a chance to resurrect itself, and the tide may yet be turned.

We can only hope.

Fairly weak and assuming........2006-07-11

If you buy the role Fenton proposes for the media, then perhaps you might like this book more. But since he simply posits that the media is there to protect the country, promote unity, and a whole list of other (about 10 total) roles of the media, and then fails to explain why this is the media's role.....I sit there questioning this expansive role of news.

I see the newsmedia as a source of information. They are to provide the people with the who/what/where/how and why of what is going on in the world at large and locally. They are NOT to be ideology machines, whether good or bad ideologies.

Fenton observes how foreign news has drastically declined since the Cold War and how disastrous this has been. Here, describing the ins and outs of his field he excels, and does not spare any administration or political position. Yet he fails to notice that the reason why it was so much easier to report news in the Cold War era, and why his goals of unifying the country blah blah were so much more attainable is because we had an obvious enemy in front of us. In today's society, what foreign threat do we focus upon? Terrorism, the middle east, n. korea, chinese economic expansion, resurgent russian and japanese nationalism? Its unfortunate and a very valid point that the newsmedia seems to focus on NONE of these, at least with their own correspondents abroad. But Fenton's attacks often draw upon the sympathies of a post-911 world. Of course the news, like the government should have paid more attention to Bin Laden and company. We now that NOW. But hindsight is 20/20.

all the news they didn't see fit to print.......2006-06-22

Fenton cites many instances of important events brewing that were never reported, so that when the situation exploded, it seemed to come out of nowhere. An early one was the impending fall of the Shah of Iran, a situation that Fenton personally reported but which was dropped from the broadcasts as not sufficiently interesting. The most spectacular was the news of 9/11 which the New York Times had two days in advance. It chose to put the news on its website but not print it in the newspaper that prints "all the news that's fit to print." (p. 6) Fenton's reporting of this long list of unreported news is the major reason for reading this book. "Had there been a drumbeat of segments on network news showing the steadily rising Islamist threat abroad, we might be living in a different world now." (p. 5)

Fenton's message is that entertainment trumps hard news every time. The causes of this include "underfunding, arrogant insularity, contempt for the view's attention span, loss of mission, corporate greed." (p. 191) News media are now owned by corporations that own many other businesses. Profit, or the bottom line, is their mission, not informing the public. This has led them to close foreign news bureaus and to take their "news" from local feeders. At the same time, salaries for anchors and other stars of the news media have risen from $36,000 for each in the mid-1960s to 12 or 15 million apiece today.

"Anyone accustomed to watching CNN abroad, or the BBC in England, cannot believe what those channels offer in the U.S. market." (p. 223) "They manifestly assume that American tastes simply cannot be raised." Fenton admits that this could be true. "Perhaps Americans, particularly younger Americans, have become too fluff-happy, too incapable of concerted attention." (p. 233) (Virtually every book and article on the American education system confirms this.)

Bias or "spin" also is discussed, and Fenton says that it is getting worse. Much of it is corporate in origin, advertisers, etc. However, "No one ever mentions the influence of ethnic lobbies or affiliations on American media." (p. 99) "Yet neither will you see much on network news about the influence of Saudi money in Washington" (p. 103)

Fenton mentions blogs and ezines but contends that they are mainly pushing a point of view rather than reporting hard facts.

As one solution, Fenton recommends the formation of a news pressure group, perhaps composed of retired newsmen and anchors. The group's first job should be to "out" news executives who turn down important news stories. The group "should run a weekly register of egregious news shortfalls." (p. 236) It should also feature "comparative lists of how the media in other countries reported stories differently from ours, or showed us up in reporting what we didn't."

Perhaps we could add that a good place to get the news you're not getting is to read the many nonfiction books available here on Amazon. One of the most important recent books is While America Sleeps: How Islam, Immigration and Indoctrination are Destroying America from Within.

Bad News.......2006-01-06

Anyone who tries to follow news in the current atmosphere of world events knows that journalism, TV journalism in particular, is in a sad state. Retiring foreign correspondent Tom Fenton is canny to jump on the issue right now, when it's fresh in a lot of minds. He offers a lot of insights into what's wrong now. But in the end he lacks a clear vision of how the industry used to be and how it got to be where it is now.

Fenton points out that the major American TV networks have exactly one foreign bureau these days, in London. At home, "news" often consists of repackaging press releases from the government or Big Business, and abroad, news is regularly purchased wholesale from the BBC and other sources, international bureaus have withered to a few stringers, and many networks (Fox News in particular) have fallen prey to creating "spectaculars" with celebrity newsmen like Geraldo Rivera.

The author is correct to point out that this represents a major decline from the heyday of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. News is on the skids. But as early as page twenty-seven, he reveals why things used to be better back in the Golden Age of newsgathering: the Cold War. Fear of the Soviets justified massive outlays that can't exist in the absence of a monolithic enemy. Any Noam Chomsky acolyte would point out that this means the news was NEVER really about facts, but rather about nationalist propaganda.

And Fenton is contradictory about how things stand today. For instance, he suggests that many news veterans are still stuck in a Vietnam-era liberal mindset and that's why they're eager to let slide on hard news gathering, tossing softballs to world leaders like President Bush and Vladimir Putin. Let me repeat that for you: he thinks that it is old-line leftism that is causing the news to give a free pass to right-wing nationalists like Bush and Putin. Need I explain why this is a ridiculous notion?

Still, there are a lot of ways Fenton is correct. Because newsgathering is toothless today, we have no context to understand forces like Islamist terror and Russian neocolonialism. Frivolous attitudes toward Chinese industrial expansionism and Venezuelan saber-rattling leave the average American unequipped to prepare for what may be our next big national struggle. And our highly overpaid news anchors have a moral responsibility to push their correspondents and stringers for a higher standard of reportage.

Even the solutions Fenton suggests are valid. An hour-long prime-time news show every night would be a good idea, and the success of shows like Dateline and 60 Minutes proves that people would watch them. An FCC willing to enforce the networks' responsibility to the public good would bring news in line with what it should be, and what we certainly need, to grasp our place in the world.

For all this good, Fenton's appeal to false nostalgia and his oddly contradictory view of how things are right now undermines how we see and understand his arguments. (And all this is not helped by odd typographical quirks that suggest the publisher was in a real hurry to get the book out and move on. I think we should expect higher quality from a HarperCollins imprint.)

Fenton is canny to spot a real need and throw his weight behind solutions. And with a little time and consideration, I suspect this book could have been a major contribution to real improvements in the state of affairs. But as it is it's a near miss, a selectively useful and alternately odd book that clouds the issues as much as it clarifies them. If you want to participate in the push for a more responsible press, this book is not the one for you.

a rant fell short to become a poignant criticism but simply joined gossips (which it supposedly was meant to criticise).......2005-12-02

I remember that I thought, at times, that American news shows would do better if they watched BBC or listened to NPR. I simply couldn't find what I wanted to know (i have to confess I skipped a good chunck; i couldn't take it) such as an answer to "Why all the major broadcasting stations chose to use certain words in reporpting the incidents in middle east, war on terror, war o/[i]n iraq, etc? (I still don't know when it actually became a war, in terms of the offical U.S. forein policy). The U.S. disregarding the U.N.'s inspection/judgement was enough at least for some of us to doubt any yet-coming-out proof of existence of WMD's. It is a piece of news, indeed informative one, if we hear a simple truth like it's too risky for reporters to go into certain regions and don't really know what's going on there or the U.S. goverment didn't allow reporters to go to certain areas, etc. Again, some of us figured anyway because we never heard iraqis talk on TV--even now we do rarely on radio (to tell you the truth i haven't had a TV for a long time). I believe that the american media didn't fail to inform the public what they knew, but they failed to inform that they didn't/couldn't know. Chomsky, though i often find myself disagree with him, is better---by far.

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Empowering the foreign correspondent: the decline of reporting, the business of news, and the danger to us all.(BOOKS)(Bad News: How the Failing News Industry ... An article from: American Journalism Review

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Empowering the foreign correspondent: the decline of reporting, the business of news, and the danger to us all.(BOOKS)(Bad News: How the Failing News Industry ... An article from: American Journalism Review
Carl Sessions Stepp
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 848 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: Empowering the foreign correspondent: the decline of reporting, the business of news, and the danger to us all.(BOOKS)(Bad News: How the Failing News Industry Is Endangering Americans)(Book Review)
Author: Carl Sessions Stepp
Publication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Page: 63(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All

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Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All
Tom Fenton
Manufacturer: Regan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEYOWM

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The perfect pocket companion for exploring Ontario parks and hiking trails

This full-colour book is the perfect companion for anyone who likes to take a close look at nature. From bugs to birds, wildflowers to reptiles, this pocket-size book gives key information on the creatures and plants found in parks, woodlands and wilderness areas in Southwest Ontario.
Full-colour illustrations by Jeff Domm are accompanied by concise information that offers readers the keys to quick identification of many common species. Sections include:
* Mammals
* Reptiles
* Birds
* Butterflies
* Insects
* Mushrooms
* Wildflowers
* Trees
As in Jeff Domm's successful Ontario bird guides, the pages are designed to convey information through visual and graphic keys and concise text. This book will appeal to nature lovers of all ages who are curious to know more about the environment and the wild creatures and plants of their area.

The Lorimer Pocket Guide to Toronto Birds: 120 Species in Full Colour

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The Lorimer Pocket Guide to Toronto Birds: 120 Species in Full Colour

Manufacturer: Lorimer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1550287729
Release Date: 2002-10-15

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Ever wonder what kinds of birds are visiting your backyard, the park down the street, the woods at your cottage? Lorimer's Pocket Guides are designed for readers--young and old--who want handy-sized guides to help them identify the birds commonly spotted in their area.

With one bird per page, their easy-to-use format features:

* common name and scientific name
* full-colour illustration
* diagram to show size
* calendar showing the months the bird is usually seen
* colour illustration of egg
* diagram of beak
* transcription of the call
* type of backyard feeder
* short description

New, original, full-colour illustrations by wildlife artist Jeffrey C. Domm, created especially for these books, highlight features that make it simple to identify particular birds. A two-step colour bird finder allows readers to find the species they're looking for quickly and easily. These unique bird guides also include lists of birding hot-spots in and around each city, contributed by local birding experts.

Mary's Rosedale and gossip of "Little York" (The Thunder bird)

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Mary's Rosedale and gossip of "Little York" (The Thunder bird)
Alden G Meredith
Manufacturer: Graphic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00087OV00

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Toronto Bird Field Ch-List

Manufacturer: Royal Ontario Museum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0888543875

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Toronto birdfinding guide
Peter Iden
Manufacturer: Peter Iden
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007KDRUS

Early-bird special: the Blue Jays may have paid a premium for talent at the league meetings, but they clearly got better--unlike most other teams.(MLB): An article from: The Sporting News

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Early-bird special: the Blue Jays may have paid a premium for talent at the league meetings, but they clearly got better--unlike most other teams.(MLB): An article from: The Sporting News
Stan McNeal
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Sporting News, published by Thomson Gale on December 23, 2005. The length of the article is 889 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: Early-bird special: the Blue Jays may have paid a premium for talent at the league meetings, but they clearly got better--unlike most other teams.(MLB)
Author: Stan McNeal
Publication: The Sporting News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 23, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 229 Issue: 51 Page: 16(2)

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A BIRD FINDING GUIDE TO THE TORONTO REGION

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A BIRD FINDING GUIDE TO THE TORONTO REGION

Manufacturer: The Tornoto Field Naturalists Toronto none given, c. 1979
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I9PMA6

The birds of Wrangell Island,: With special reference to the Crawford collection of 1922, (University of Toronto studies. Biological series)

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The birds of Wrangell Island,: With special reference to the Crawford collection of 1922, (University of Toronto studies. Biological series)
L. L Snyder
Manufacturer: The University Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: B00087UXH0

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