The Golden Age of Sailing: Classic Yacht Photographs by Beken of Cowes

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Beautiful Photo's - But Just too small.......2000-08-18

This cloth bound book displays some of Beken's best work, the only reason I give it three stars is that it is just too small. The beautiful sepia colours of his art and majestic sailing ships of the bygone era are not done justice by the tiny reproductions in this work, considering its' cost.

At 8" x 5" it is almost too small to be a coffee table book.

Anyway, the book displays the famous yachts of the era from the 1880's to pre-WWII with small dialogs before each chapter to explain the stage and history of sailing at Cowes in each era, from the turn of the century (1800-1900), pre-WWI, Post WWI, pre WWII. It gives little history of the photographer, and his methods.

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The paper can be used for recycling.......2007-03-09

I had this book recommended, it is not one I would have chosen myself. When it came, I read some of the first page, then I couldn't take any more. It may be that there is some kind of story in there that might be interesting, but the language is so disgusting that it makes you feel embarrassed for the author. If I ever tried to write a novel, I would count on my family and friends to tell me if it was to amateurish to publish! It is lucky that paper can be recycled, so this was not a complete waste

A romantic and moving story of making difficult choices.......2005-06-26

Set in 1874, Karen From The Mill: A Novel From The Golden Age Of Sail by author Anne Ipsen is the story of a sixteen-year-old young woman who yearns for a more exciting life, the hand in marriage of a handsome sailor, and possibly even adventure on the high seas. Her mother strives to dissuade her from following her dream, while her possible suitor has his own trials and distractions to contend with. A romantic and moving story of making difficult choices, imbued with especial love for life on the sea.

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Tall Ships-the Golden Age of Sail
Philip McCutchan
Manufacturer: Crown, New York
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TJXLY4

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Tall Ships: The Golden Age of Sail
Philip McCutchan
Manufacturer: Crown Publishers, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 051752595X

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Louis Lacroix
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007KCW5O

THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

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THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Captain John: Noble
Manufacturer: Pan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W33VQK

The golden age of sail: Indiamen, packets and clipper ships,

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The golden age of sail: Indiamen, packets and clipper ships,
Frank Charles Bowen
Manufacturer: Minton, Balch & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B000861PZU

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Golden Age: Sail

Manufacturer: Ramboro Books PLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 7215968790

Why Switzerland?
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An encyclopedic, sociological study of a multicultural land

Must read if you spend over a week in Switzerland

Excellent book for anyone who deals with the Swiss

Why Switzerland?
Jonathan Steinberg
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The History of Switzerland

ASIN: 0521484537

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Why Switzerland?, first published in 1976, offers a unique analysis of the structures that make Switzerland work and provides a short, concise "working model" for the visitor or student. Linking an analysis of the microeconomy to the major features in politics, history, religion and language, it shows how a "bottom up" society has survived in a world of "top down" states. For this new edition Jonathan Steinberg has completely revised and extended his text, and a number of unusual and attractive illustrations have been added.

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An encyclopedic, sociological study of a multicultural land.......2002-05-27

This work, first published more than a quarter-century ago and twice revised, most recently in 1996, succeeds because the national Swiss characteristics which it explores are essentially timeless and unchanging. While tracing the begrudging and belated enfranchisement of women and the gradual integration of Roman Catholic and Jewish minorities who once were isolated, the author conveys the underlying tensions beneath a remarkably successful experiment in coexistence. As one who lived and worked in Switzerland for more than eight years, and whose own memoir, Living Among The Swiss, was published in January 1999, I can attest that Mr. Steinberg's generalizations ring true to my own experience and observations, and that they are supported by a myriad of political and sociological details that one would normally expect to learn only from a highly educated native. The prose, though scholarly, is highly readable, and evidences deep thought and mature reflection.

Must read if you spend over a week in Switzerland.......2000-11-09

This turned out to be an utterly fascinating book, and it explained quite a bit about Swiss behavior and culture. While I of course can't vouch for everything in the book, I've tested a lot of it by observation and questioning the natives, and it seems consistent with reality.

Switzerland turns out to have a number of unique characteristics that aren't obvious to the outsider. For example, the government consists of an extraordinarily complex nested set of committees with a rotating presidency. The author makes the case that virtually all Swiss institutions, including government at all levels, the church and major corporations, are strongly influenced by an 800-year tradition of committee organization. In spite of having the most stable government in Europe (which my Swiss co-workers do not dispute), Switzerland has one of the most malleable constitutions in the world (which my co-workers do dispute).

I'm personally fascinated by language issues, so I read ahead to that chapter before finishing the lengthy chapter on politics. Again, Switzerland is unique in its treatment of dialects, which have very different social implications and practices in the French, German, Italian, and Romansh areas. According to the author, the urban Swiss Germans gave serious consideration to aligning themselves with 'greater Germany' in the 19th century. This obviously did not take place, and one of the unique results is that the local versions of Schwyzer Tüütsch (choose your spelling depending upon the valley you're in) are universally spoken without significant class variations. In other words, this chapter explains why the Italian Swiss are more likely to be comfortable in standard Italian, and the French Swiss are more comfortable in standard French, than the Swiss Germans are speaking standard German. As any outsider who speaks German is painfully aware, the Swiss Germans read and write standard German (Hochdeutsch), but generally prefer not to speak it.

Swiss seem more willing to discuss politics than religion, but the chapter on religion was enlightening. After all, Switzerland was at the heart of the reformation, with Zwingli in Züri and Calvin in Geneva. Again, the Swiss are unique among European countries in their treatment of religion and the extraordinary compromises they have made to allow the peaceful co-existence of roman catholicism and protestantism.

The Swiss military is, unsurprisingly at this point, another unique institution. Virtually the entire male population is expected to belong to the reserves for most of their working years, and they keep their weapons and ammunition in their homes. It was only recently that 52 year olds were no longer required to serve a short annual duty. I've found that the military intrudes regularly when you are working with the Swiss, so besides being interesting, the chapter on the Army is helpful in becoming more aware of some of the workplace dynamics.

How can a country with 4 different official languages have and maintain a common culture? What do the different regions have in common? Quite a bit, actually. Anyone who deals with the Swiss on a regular basis or spends over a week here would find this book a helpful start on building an understanding of Swiss institutions and culture. This would also be an excellent book for students doing cultural area studies of Europe or Switzerland. It is a good read, and anyone interested in contemporary Europe would enjoy it and find it educational.

Excellent book for anyone who deals with the Swiss.......1998-03-09

I work in the US for a Swiss company. Switzerland is unique in Europe and it's hard to figure out why. This book does a very good job of explaining the origins and dynamics of modern Switzerland. I should add that this is not a travel book, rather an examination of Swiss politics, history and culture. For a another, more irreverent, condensed but also insightful book on the Swiss, read the "The Xenophobe's Guide to Switzerland"

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Excellent example of comparative work in women's suffrage

Why Movements Succeed or Fail
Lee Ann Banaszak
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Switzerland | Europe | History | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0691026394
Release Date: 2007-02-05

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Wyoming became the first American state to adopt female suffrage in 1869--a time when no country permitted women to vote. When the last Swiss canton enfranchised women in 1990, few countries barred women from the polls. Why did pro-suffrage activists in the United States and Switzerland have such varying success? Comparing suffrage campaigns in forty-eight American states and twenty-five Swiss cantons, Lee Ann Banaszak argues that movement tactics, beliefs, and values are critical in understanding why political movements succeed or fail. The Swiss suffrage movement's beliefs in consensus politics and local autonomy and their reliance on government parties for information limited their tactical choices--often in surprising ways. In comparison, the American suffrage movement, with its alliances to the abolition, temperance, and progressive movements, overcame beliefs in local autonomy and engaged in a wider array of confrontational tactics in the struggle for the vote.

Drawing on interviews with sixty Swiss suffrage activists, detailed legislative histories, census materials, and original archival materials from both countries, Banaszak blends qualitative historical inquiry with informative statistical analyses of state and cantonal level data. The book expands our understanding of the role of political opportunities and how they interact with the beliefs and values of movements and the societies they seek to change.

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Excellent example of comparative work in women's suffrage.......2003-05-17

Though there are large numbers of books on the woman suffrage movements in the U.S. and Britain, and a smattering of books on the suffrage movements of other nations, this is one of the very few books to look at what comparing these movements can tell us about the ingredients for success of these movements (and the ingredients for failure). An important and lucid step in the scholarship on woman suffrage movements and social movements more generally.

Disparate Ladders: Why School and University Policies Differ in Germany, Japan, and Switzerland

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Disparate Ladders: Why School and University Policies Differ in Germany, Japan, and Switzerland
Arnold Heidenheimer
Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1560002778

Switzerland, 1850-1958: Detailed information concerning the stamps of Switzerland, when, why, and how issued (S.P.A. handbook)

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Switzerland, 1850-1958: Detailed information concerning the stamps of Switzerland, when, why, and how issued (S.P.A. handbook)
Marian Carne Zinsmeister
Manufacturer: Society of Philatelic Americans
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

More Swiss are taking it on credit: research shows that Switzerland is an untapped reserve of potential borrowers, with consumer debt at record low levels. ... why.(BUSINESS): An article from: Swiss News

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More Swiss are taking it on credit: research shows that Switzerland is an untapped reserve of potential borrowers, with consumer debt at record low levels. ... why.(BUSINESS): An article from: Swiss News
Faryal Mirza
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000V08RJU
Release Date: 2007-08-11

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Swiss News, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1462 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: More Swiss are taking it on credit: research shows that Switzerland is an untapped reserve of potential borrowers, with consumer debt at record low levels. However, that may be changing; Swiss News explores why.(BUSINESS)
Author: Faryal Mirza
Publication: Swiss News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 7 Page: 8(2)

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Why not Switzerland? (Editor's Note).(Editorial): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Why not Switzerland? (Editor's Note).(Editorial): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Linda Rothstein
Manufacturer: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 551 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: Why not Switzerland? (Editor's Note).(Editorial)
Author: Linda Rothstein
Publication: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Page: 2(1)

Article Type: Editorial

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Why the world radiocommunication conference continues to be relevant today.: An article from: Federal Communications Law Journal

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Why the world radiocommunication conference continues to be relevant today.: An article from: Federal Communications Law Journal
Kathleen Abernathy
Manufacturer: University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Wireless Networks | Networking | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00082MV4I
Release Date: 2006-07-14

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This digital document is an article from Federal Communications Law Journal, published by University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 5017 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.

From the author: This Article by FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy critiques the continued importance of the World Radiocommunication Conference ("WRC"), and its role in international communications affairs. The Article analyzes the most recent WRC in Geneva, Switzerland from a critical modern perspective. Abernathy explores the accomplishments of the most recent WRCs, while addressing concerns that the WRC process is slow and outdatet. First, the Author argues that the WRC provides an international forum to maximize the global harmonization of the radiocommunications spectrum resource. Second, the Author posits that the WRC decision-making process creates technical and operational certainty for new and existing users. Finally, the Author emphasizes the continuing need for WRCs and suggests that the WRC process is essential for sound global spectrum management into the twenty-first century.

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Title: Why the world radiocommunication conference continues to be relevant today.
Author: Kathleen Abernathy
Publication: Federal Communications Law Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law
Volume: 56 Issue: 2 Page: 287(12)

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Language and Sexuality explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the emerging field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a wide variety of cultural settings. The resulting volume combines the perspectives of the field's top scholars with exciting new research to present new ideas on the ways in which language use intersects with sexual identity.

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6.6 x 10.2 inches. 18 pages. The exciting story of the orphan cub who grew up to become Smokey the Bear, the living symbol of forest fire prevention.

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True Story of Smokey the Bear
Watson
Manufacturer: Goldencraft
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0307604292

Hot Foot Teddy: The True Story of Smokey Bear

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A book well done
Hot Foot Teddy
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Hot Foot Teddy: The True Story of Smokey Bear
Sue Houser
Manufacturer: M.T. Publishing Company, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Reference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

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Written for children and adults alike, Hot Foot Teddy contains the true history of Smokey Bear. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Smokey Bear Forest Fire Prevention Program. Photographs, illustrations and antique images of Smokey Bear are included.

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A book well done.......2007-06-13

Sue Houser did a marvelous job of depicting the true life of Smokey The Bear who has saved million of trees with his messages of "Save the Forests" to children and adults alike. The pictures and the layout of the book are outstanding.

Don Bell

Hot Foot Teddy.......2007-06-07

"Hot Foot Teddy" tells the behind scene story of a lost, little bear who makes a great contribution to forest safety and preservation. Well written! Fun to read!

Through the pages of Hot Foot Teddy.......2007-05-20

Hot Foot Teddy, by Sue Houser, weaves a wonderful true story from the creative title of the book to the finishing sentence. Most people are familiar with Smokey Bear, but many may not know the inside story and some of the intriguing facts surrounding his rise to popularity. The book lays out the life of the bear that allows the reader to experience a range of emotions. Though geared toward children, adults too will be touched by the sweet story.

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The Smokey Bear Story
Ellen E. Morrison
Manufacturer: Morielle Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Conservation | Environment | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 096225374X

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Smokey Bear's Story of the Forest
U.S. Department Of Agriculture
Manufacturer: U.S. Government Printing Office
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LTT678

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The Story of Smokey Bear

Manufacturer: Ladybird
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0721457398

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True Story of Smokey Bear
Smokey Bear
Manufacturer: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000TXI7UI

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THE TRUE STORY OF SMOKEY THE BEAR
Jane Werner Watson
Manufacturer: Golden Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VK050O

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