Water: Local-Level Management (In Focus)
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    Water: Local-Level Management (In Focus)
    David B. Brooks
    Manufacturer: IDRC Books
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    ASIN: 0889369968

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    Right now, more than 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Within the next 25 years, fully one-third of the world's population will experience severe water scarcity. It is clear that disparities in the availability and supply of fresh water are truly a matter of life and death, and constitute one of the great governance imperatives of our time.

    This booklet summarizes the results of three decades of IDRC-supported research on water supply. It demonstrates that some of the most powerful responses to water scarcities have been mounted at the community or local level - in households, farmers' fields, villages, and city neighborhoods. With a focus on research findings, and failures, this booklet presents solidly grounded propositions for decision-makers and for researchers. It goes on to form a series of clear and pointed recommendations for policy design and future research efforts, and concludes with an eye to the future of water supply and a presentation of some of the key resources in the field.

    The booklet also serves as the focal point for a IDRC thematic Web site on water: www.idrc.ca/water.
    Institutional Change in Water Management at Local And Provincial Level in Uzbekistan (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe IV, Geographie, Bd. 26.)
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      Institutional Change in Water Management at Local And Provincial Level in Uzbekistan (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe IV, Geographie, Bd. 26.)
      Kai Wegerich
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      ASIN: 0820471569
      Building capacity of environmental health services at the local and national levels with the 10-essential-services framework.(FEATURES): An article from: Journal of Environmental Health
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        Building capacity of environmental health services at the local and national levels with the 10-essential-services framework.(FEATURES): An article from: Journal of Environmental Health
        Lynn Schulman George , Mark Fulop , and Lila Wickham
        Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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        Release Date: 2007-08-17

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        This digital document is an article from Journal of Environmental Health, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 3199 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: The authors present a case study on the use of the 10-essential-services framework to build capacity in a local environmental health agency. The framework can be applied to conduct an environmental health assessment, make organizational change, and expand environmental health capacity at the local level in a way that has a national impact. Examples of environmental health capacity-building efforts include vector surveillance, community education and outreach, workforce development, and research. The case study highlights the lessons learned from use of the 10-essential-services framework to improve environmental health services in Multnomah County, Oregon.

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        Title: Building capacity of environmental health services at the local and national levels with the 10-essential-services framework.(FEATURES)
        Author: Lynn Schulman George
        Publication: Journal of Environmental Health (Magazine/Journal)
        Date: July 1, 2007
        Publisher: Thomson Gale
        Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Page: 17(4)

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        Closing the circle: linking land use planning and water management at the local level [An article from: Land Use Policy]
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          Closing the circle: linking land use planning and water management at the local level [An article from: Land Use Policy]
          N. Carter , R.D. Kreutzwiser , and R.C. de Loe
          Manufacturer: Elsevier
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          This digital document is a journal article from Land Use Policy, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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          The concepts of integrated and sustainable management have been discussed in detail in resource management literature, but there has been less attention to practical ways to implement and evaluate the success of these concepts at the local level. Use of a normative model, based on key principles, evaluative questions and benchmark criteria, provides a practical and adaptable tool for the implementation and evaluation of integrated and sustainable management. This paper illustrates a method by which land use planning and water management activities may be evaluated through the development of a normative model, and discusses lessons learned from an application of the model to three study municipalities in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
          Capital investment for water pollution control at the state and local level
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            Capital investment for water pollution control at the state and local level
            Norman Frumkin
            Manufacturer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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            Irrigation and honor: Cultural impediments to the improvement of local level water management in Punjab, Pakistan (Water management technical report)
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              Irrigation and honor: Cultural impediments to the improvement of local level water management in Punjab, Pakistan (Water management technical report)
              Douglas J Merrey
              Manufacturer: Colorado State University
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              Managing water resources at the local level: Regulatory and non regulatory programs
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                Managing water resources at the local level: Regulatory and non regulatory programs
                William Owens
                Manufacturer: College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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                Promoting Water Demand Management from Local to Regional Level: Proceedings of the Exchange Visit Seminar for Directors Held at Cresta Bosele, Francis
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                  Promoting Water Demand Management from Local to Regional Level: Proceedings of the Exchange Visit Seminar for Directors Held at Cresta Bosele, Francis

                  Manufacturer: Iucn Regional Office for Southern Africa
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                  Binding: Hardcover
                  ASIN: 1779310110

                  Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded
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                  • Baseball's Web of Conspiracy
                  Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded
                  Gene Carney
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                  ASIN: 1574889729

                  Book Description

                  Most fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to “fix” the 1919 World Series—the Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot Asinof’s Eight Men Out, referred to in literary classics like W. P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe, and has been central to two of the best baseball movies ever made, John Sayles’s Eight Men Out and Phil Robinson’s Field of Dreams.

                  Many, however, would be surprised to learn that it took nearly a year to uncover the fix. Burying the Black Sox is the first book to focus on the cover-up that kept the fix from the American public until almost another whole baseball season was played, and to examine in detail the way events unfolded as the deception was unraveled. Unlike Eliot Asinof in Eight Men Out, previously the definitive book on the subject, Carney thoroughly documents his information and brings together evidence from a wide variety of sources, many not available to Asinof or more recent writers.

                  In Burying the Black Sox, Gene Carney reveals what else happened and answers the questions that fascinate any baseball fan wondering about baseball’s original dilemma over guilt and innocence. Who else in baseball knew that the fix was in? When did they know? And what did they do about it? Carney explores how Charles Comiskey, the owner of the White Sox, and his fellow owners tried to bury the incident and control the damage, how the conspiracy failed, and how “Shoeless” Joe Jackson attempted to clear his name. He uses primary research materials that weren’t available when Asinof wrote Eight Men Out, including the 1920 grand jury statements by Jackson and pitcher Eddie Cicotte, the diary of Comiskey’s secretary, and the transcripts of Jackson’s 1924 suit against the Sox for back pay. Where Asinof told the story of the eight “Black Sox,” Carney explains the baseball industry’s uncertain response to the scandal.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  3 out of 5 stars chicago black sox.......2007-09-21

                  very interesting it had a lot of new material but not what im looking for. i want to find out more on possible gambeling on college football 1925 1940. more information on jake lingle and his killer leo v brothers and notre dame football.

                  5 out of 5 stars the best book on the black sox.......2007-08-04

                  Gene Carney has done a first-rate job not only mining previous research but finding new material on baseball's blackest moment. While he concedes that not everything will ever be known about the scandal, given the difficulties of time and memory, this book reads with authority. Its special strength, as the title hints, is in the detail about organized baseball's attempt to bury the scandal. Thanks to Carney, more of this part of the story is now known than ever before. Highly recommended.

                  4 out of 5 stars Well-researched and informative .......2007-06-21

                  Author Gene Carney carefully examines the sordid doings of players, gamblers, and baseball officials in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. The players include the guilty (Eddie Ciccotte, Lefty Williams, Chick Gandil, etc.), the essentially innocent Buck Weaver, and the possibly complicit Shoeless Joe Jackson. But Carney is more concerned with the scandalous activities of White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and other self-serving baseball officials. To begin, Comiskey inspired the scandal by under-paying his talented athletes. Carney shows that Comiskey almost certainly knew that the World Series was fixed while it was ongoing, covering it up for nearly a year before the story broke. Readers see how Comiskey and his attorney manipulated events and even illegally hid court documents. Finally, we see how after the eight players were acquitted in trial, newly-appointed commissioner Kenesaw Landis banned them from baseball, thus neatly diverted attention from the many sordid ties then existing between gamblers, players, and baseball officials. As many know, the players were punished (at least one unfairly), while the gamblers and baseball officials got off practically unscathed.

                  Carney has done an impressive and scholarly job, though his prose never attains the poetry of EIGHT MEN OUT, Elliot Asinof's also-impressive 1963 effort. Still, there is much to learn here from an author who did his homework and answers as many perplexing questions as seems possible.

                  5 out of 5 stars The culmination (sort of) of a ton of research.......2007-02-06

                  I have been a regular reader of Gene Carney's online column for some time, though my reading his column was one of the casualties of the circumstances of my overly-busy life for a while. So I was glad when the book came out and purchased it as soon as was convenient. I almost literally couldn't put it down. I knew from his column that he was making every attempt to give all parties the fairest treatment possible from the distance of 85+ years, so no aspect of the book surprised me much. Still, the depth of the research is impressive, and it was nice to have it all in one place rather than spread over dozens of online columns. Kudos to Carney for putting the finishing touches on this new, fresh look at a controversy that far too many people think was settled with Landis's "eight men out" verdict. Yet, I also am aware that Carney's research continues even beyond the book. If a second edition comes out at some point that includes things that Carney has learned since the publishing of this volume, I'll be up for purchasing that, too.

                  5 out of 5 stars Baseball's Web of Conspiracy.......2007-01-31

                  A review by Pete Cava:
                  The Web of Conspiracy, Theodore Roscoe's meticulously researched 1959 book, left many readers wondering if the complete truth about the Lincoln assassination would ever be known. Gene Carney's tome about the fixing of the 1919 World Series, Burying the Black Sox, reaches a similar conclusion.
                  Over the decades, some of the best and brightest have taken a whack at undoing the Gordian knot of gamblers, corruption and dubiously motivated magnates involved in the Black Sox scandal. Since 1963 the definitive work has been Eliot Asinov's Eight Men Out. But Carney gleaned evidence that wasn't available to Asinov, including court transcripts of a 1924 trial in Milwaukee (where Joe Jackson, in a lawsuit against the White Sox, maintained his innocence); excerpts from the personal diary of Harry Grabiner (de facto general manager of the White Sox in 1919) and a gambling publication called Collyer's Eye, which accurately identified seven of the eight Black Sox (all but Buck Weaver) in November 1919 - ten months before the story of the fix made headlines.
                  Exploring degrees of guilt, Carney points out how Jackson, Weaver, Chick Gandil and Swede Risberg didn't play equal parts in the fix. Weaver's greatest sin appears to be a reluctance to squeal on teammates - ironically, the same course of action followed by several `clean' Chicago players.
                  Carney takes a hard look at the actions and motives of major league baseball owners in the wake of the scandal. "Justice was judged to be less important than the game's image," he writes - an unsettling reminder of the current moguls' attitude at the outset of the recent steroid flap. Carney charges baseball with trying to ignore (and subsequently cover up) the story of the scandal - perhaps as great a sin as the Series fix itself.
                  If the book has a fault, it's an occasional didactic tone that could have been tempered by more careful editing. But Carney (who is also a poet and playwright) more than atones with a wonderfully creative recap of the scandal that takes the format of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine.
                  As Leonard Koppett pointed out, baseball, like life, prefers simple stories to complicated explanations. And while Burying the Black Sox provides new details, the book raises even more questions on the scandal and subsequent cover-up. Carney tempers this honest (albeit frustrating) conclusion with the hope that somewhere - in the recesses of a dusty storeroom, or perhaps tucked among some forgotten and misplaced file - are documents that will shed further light on one of the most unsavory, yet irresistible, chapters of baseball history.
                  - Pete Cava

                  Lonely Planet Bangkok City Map
                  Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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                  • Nice Water-Proof Map
                  • Cruel Joke
                  • Helpful, Compact, and Lamenated
                  • Excellent pocket guide to Bangkok
                  Lonely Planet Bangkok City Map

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                  ASIN: 174059634X

                  Book Description

                  Lonely Planet's city maps present the travelers' city in one easy view

                  • Complete street and sight index makes navigating the city a breeze for walkers and drivers alike

                  • All new, improved mapping styles and fully updated

                  • Sturdy, laminated, easy-fold format

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                  • Includes up-to-date transit maps and essential practical information

                  • Full color throughout with gorgeous photographs

                  Customer Reviews:

                  1 out of 5 stars Useless.......2007-10-03

                  If you are hoping to get a superficial look at the layout of Bangkok--this map is for you. If you hope to navigate by it--don't bother. Only the major streets are labeled, it doesn't extend beyond the center of the city, and because of the lamination (which I thought would be a plus) it doesn't fold well. I read another review which complained about the lack of detail but I went ahead and bought this thinking they couldn't possibly print a map without including adequate detail--I was very wrong. Buy a different map!

                  4 out of 5 stars Nice Water-Proof Map.......2007-04-02

                  My only criticism of this map is that it doesn't extend north enough to include the airport. I'm trying to gauge how far central Bangkok is from the airport and can't do it with this map. Other than that, it's nice....and since I'll be walking a lot, the water-proof factor is key.

                  1 out of 5 stars Cruel Joke.......2006-09-30

                  This map is a cruel $9 joke by Lonely Planet: central area only, major streets only, selected hotels only. Maps in their guidebook are superior, or simply use Google Earth.

                  4 out of 5 stars Helpful, Compact, and Lamenated.......2002-08-08

                  Easy to carry around and sturdy for it's lamenated. For it's size it can fit in one's small bag. The index of places of interest such as palaces, parks, Wats, bus stations, and other venues are listed. Necessity places such as embassies are very useful as well, especially as one is doing visa work to travel to neighboring countries. If you're a tourist and your survival Thai isn't very developed, this map will help you when taking taxis. Choa Praya River express stops are also included

                  5 out of 5 stars Excellent pocket guide to Bangkok.......2002-01-09

                  Highly recommend. We used it for 4 days to get around this fantastic city.

                  Tallulah Falls
                  Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                  • Rural veterinary practice is really like this!
                  • Beautifully written story
                  • a good YA story
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                  • An excellent read from first-time novelist Fletcher
                  Tallulah Falls
                  Christine Fletcher
                  Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
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                  Release Date: 2006-05-02

                  Book Description

                  When Tallulah Addy sets out on an impulsive cross-country trip to rescue her best friend, she doesn’t anticipate getting stranded in rural Tennessee without a dime. Nor does she guess that rescuing a dog will land her a job in the local veterinarian’s office. But there, under the wary eye of ornery Dr. Poteet, Tallulah works harder than ever before, tending to animals of all shapes and sizes—and unexpectedly, to wounds long-buried in herself. Tallulah swears she’ll leave the first chance she gets, yet when given the choice, it may prove harder to keep the promise to her friend than to say good-bye to the strangers who have become her new family.

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                  5 out of 5 stars Rural veterinary practice is really like this!.......2007-05-23

                  Great first novel from a wonderful writer! An excellent choice for mid- to older teenage girls who enjoy books with animals and veterinarians in them, but also want a novel that contains some relevance to some of the issues they may be experiencing (boyfriends, parent issues, bipolar friends...). Very accurate representation of rural veterinary practice also!

                  5 out of 5 stars Beautifully written story.......2007-05-13

                  Tallulah Falls is a story of Tallulah Addy and her friend Maeve and the touching story of finding out who you are. Tallulah is left behind when Maeve takes off for Florida, but soon gets a message of urgency from her friend wanting her to bring her notebooks. Tallulah being the friend she is she immediately sets out to fine Maeve. Tallulah asks Derek to drive her and everything begins to fall apart, he leaves her with her bag which thankfully still holds the notebooks she is delivering to Maeve. She is broke and left on the side of the road, she is arrested and tries calling Maeve who is not answering.

                  The local veterinarian's office is her link to help, she has a job at the clinic, she is staying with Ruth the receptionist and has found a romantic spark with Kyle who also works there; all of this coming from her bringing an injured dog in.

                  Tallulah Falls is beautifully written and I can find no faults with this wonderful story. The story is engaging, entertaining, and a true spectacular read.

                  I absolutely have fallen in love with this story, and have added a great new author to my favorite's list, I look forward to many more by Christine Fletcher. It has been a honor and a delight reading and reviewing such an excellent story, thank you Christine and please keep them coming.

                  4 out of 5 stars a good YA story.......2007-01-21

                  "Tallulah Falls" is the story of Tallulah Addy and her spur of the moment trip cross country to help her friend Maeve, whom she knows is in terrible trouble. Tallulah first meets Maeve at a motorcycle convention and is immediately drawn to the charasmatic, free spirited girl. Maeve confides in Tallulah that she is bipolar, and that she has plans to change the world, which she dutifully records in her private notebooks.

                  One day Maeve just up and disappears and a few days later Tallulah receives an email from her stating that she needs her help. She says she's in Orlando and needs Tallulah to bring her notebooks. No questions asked, Tallulah leaves her home in Oregon and sets out to save her friend.

                  Tallulah encounters a lot of difficulty that she didn't anticipate. For starters, the guy she was travelling with just up and stranded her in the middle of nowhere, but not before he took all her money from her. Homeless, vehicless, and broke, Tallulah is forced to take a job as a vet tech, in which she not only learns a lot about vetinary science, but about human nature, and most importantly, about herself.

                  The story is sad, uplifting, real and raw. It's geared for young adults, eighth grade and up, and the feelings that Tallulah struggles with are ones that most young women will find themselves relating to.

                  5 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2007-01-09

                  Perennial screw-up Tallulah might not be the well-behaved little daughter that her mom would like her to be, but nobody can say that she isn't a loyal friend. When she receives a cry for help from her bi-polar best friend Maeve, Tallulah immediately leaves behind her family in Portland and takes off across the country to save her. But on her way to Florida, Tallulah finds herself needing some saving. She's stuck in some small town in Tennessee all because her ex-boyfriend robbed her and just up and left in the middle of their road trip.

                  Tallulah is wandering aimlessly down the highway, wondering how in the world she is supposed to find her way to Florida. When she stumbles upon a dying dog under a highway underpass, she feels compelled to save it, if only because that's what Maeve would want her to do. After bringing the poor dog to the local vet and begging Dr. Poteet to save the dog, Tallulah somehow ends up with a job assisting the vet.

                  Tallulah knows nothing about animals, but she's a quick learner and manages to earn her keep at the veterinary office. At the same time, she can't wait for Maeve to come and rescue her. In between phone calls to Florida and saving horses and human babies, Tallulah realizes that she's beginning to grow fond of the odd collection of people that work at Dr. Poteet's office. Maeve does return, but it's not exactly the return that Tallulah was expecting. The ending brings several surprises that will keep you hooked until the last page!

                  Christine Fletcher does a remarkable job in her first young adult novel, incorporating her experiences as a veterinarian. Animal lovers will particularly enjoy the several scenes focusing on Tallulah's connection with the animals she is working with. TALLULAH FALLS is a very touching story and Tallulah is an easy character for teenagers to identify with; she's brave, stubborn, and just trying to find herself.

                  Reviewed by: Amber Gibson

                  5 out of 5 stars An excellent read from first-time novelist Fletcher.......2006-06-22

                  Seventeen-year-old Tallulah Addy walks through the unknown Tennessee countryside in the dark of night. She's starving. Her boyfriend not only abandoned her as they headed from Oregon to Florida in order to help Tallulah's best friend Maeve, he also stole all of her money except 93 cents. And it's raining.

                  Tallulah finally approaches a truck stop right after she stumbles over a dog lying injured in the spooky darkness of a highway underpass. She wants food in the worst way but can't forget that dog, so she returns to it. A sympathetic stranger drives them to a nearby veterinarian. Tallulah is frustrated by this delay, though. She must get to Maeve, who is in trouble. No matter what, though, Tallulah will never go home to her critical family in Oregon. She can't admit to them that she's messed up yet again.

                  Tallulah clutches on to her hope that Maeve will come for her, after leaving a frantic message on Maeve's answering machine. Without money or transportation, she accepts an offer from the vet, Dr. Poteet, to work in his office as a kennel assistant. At least she'll have money when Maeve comes for her.

                  Immediately Tallulah learns of a minor miracle: the dog she rescued is still alive despite the vet's plans to put him down. She also discovers the grim realities of her new job. Cleaning animal cages is disgusting. Her co-worker despises her. The horse Tallulah must hold during a procedure is enormous and skittish. The vet is gruff and stern. In general, the work is impossible or boring. No matter how she performs at her job, she's told that she's not doing it right.

                  Time goes by, but no sign of Maeve. Even as she wonders, Tallulah finds herself drawn into the lives of those around her. She's attracted to lean, tan Kyle, a co-worker. She can't resist forming a friendship with the dog she's rescued or succumbing to the charms of being mothered by Ruth, the woman Tallulah stays with. Yet she can't forget her mission. Her best friend desperately needs her help and Tallulah can't get to her.

                  Tallulah feels alone and small, but discovers she is neither --- an empowering theme in a book that has everything: a heroine surviving an incredible journey (both external and within); characters so real they walk off the page; and a brisk yet thoughtful plot, brightened with flashes of humor. The Tennessee setting is vividly realized and is an essential story element. The author is brilliant at descriptions. A singer's voice rasps "as though sorrow were sandpaper" while too-short coveralls give Tallulah a Super Atomic Wedgie. In addition, the reader gets a fascinating glimpse at the inside workings of a vet's office.

                  This is an excellent read from first-time novelist Christine Fletcher that will leave her audience anxiously awaiting her next book.

                  --- Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon (terryms2001@yahoo.com)
                  The Circle for Tallulah Falls School presents Southern occasions: An insider's look at Southern hospitality
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                    The Circle for Tallulah Falls School presents Southern occasions: An insider's look at Southern hospitality

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                    CULINARY CLASSICS
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                      YOUNG MATRON'S CIRCLE FOR TALLULAH FALLS SCHOOL
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                      ASIN: B000VBTZ36
                      The light in the mountains: A history of Tallulah Falls School
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                        The light in the mountains: A history of Tallulah Falls School
                        Carol Stevens Hancock
                        Manufacturer: Commercial Printing Co
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Unknown Binding
                        ASIN: B0006WNHNE
                        Memories of a Mountain Shortline. The Story of the Tallulah Falls Railroad
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                          Memories of a Mountain Shortline. The Story of the Tallulah Falls Railroad
                          Editors Kaye Carver and Myra Queen
                          Manufacturer: The Foxfire Press
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Paperback
                          ASIN: B000MFKOEU
                          Redeeming Grace   : Hills of Habersham: Tallulah Falls
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                            Redeeming Grace   : Hills of Habersham: Tallulah Falls
                            Denise Weimer
                            Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback

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                            ASIN: 1424115094

                            Book Description

                            Searching for something she cannot define and breaking under the stress as a rising star at The Metropolitan Opera, Grace Galveston travels to Tallulah Falls, Georgia, for a reprieve. In the summer of 1886, Tallulah Gorge, with its multiple waterfalls, spectacular mountain scenery, and lavish resort hotels, was already known as “The Niagara of the South.” Even amid the crowds and excitement surrounding the attempt of an aerialist to cross the chasm on a high wire, Grace hopes to find peace. Unexpectedly, though, the trip sheds light on the secret pain in her heart. Can the blessing of friendship and the possibility of love with a local minister guide her toward healing? Or will their differences and the call of her life back in New York mean even greater heartbreak?
                            Southern Occasions: An Insider's Look at Southern Hospitality
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                              Southern Occasions: An Insider's Look at Southern Hospitality
                              Circle for Tallulah Falls School
                              Manufacturer: Perry Communications, Inc.
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover
                              ASIN: B000W276DU
                              The Tallulah Falls Railroad
                              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                              • An excellent photo history of a memorable shortline
                              The Tallulah Falls Railroad
                              Brian A. Boyd
                              Manufacturer: Fern Creek Press
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback
                              ASIN: 1893651002

                              Book Description

                              A collection of over 130 historic images from the famed Tallulah Falls shortline railroad which ran from 1898 to 1961, from Cornelia, GA to Franklin, NC.

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars An excellent photo history of a memorable shortline.......2000-03-31

                              An apt description of the Tallulah Falls railroad might be that it went nowhere, carried nothing, but my, wasn't it lovely. That the railroad spent much of its history in receivership is little surprise given the lack of long-lived revenue-producing industry or interchanges on the line.

                              I first became interested in the T.F.Rwy as a young man on family vacation trips through the area. The abandoned right of way of the railroad was still visible in many places, and even without the rails one could get a clear sense of this railroad's scenic beauty. One could feel nostalgic over its demise even having never seen it in operation. A testament to its beauty is that a couple of major movies were filmed on the railroad. "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" with Susan Hayward featured the T.F.Rwy in opening scenes, and Disney's "The Great Locomotive Chase" was almost entirely filmed on the line. (There was a rumor that Walt Disney himself was so taken with the beauty of the line he made inquiries into purchasing it for development as a scenic tourist railroad. No doubt the large debt load carried by the railroad was a discouraging factor, but ah, what might have been!)

                              This book is the best single compilation of photos of the old T. F. I have seen. The text is informative, but it's the pictures (all in glorious black and white of course) that make this book a great find. And at the price it's offered, I consider it a steal! Anyone interested in Appalachian style mountain railroads, spectacular scenery (some forty-plus breathtaking rickety wooden trestles in fifty-eight miles!), rural life, or rural Americana in general should grab this book! And modelers take note: there are plenty of good photos and information on the T.F.'s rolling stock, trackside structures and much more.

                              Highly recommended!
                              Tallulah Falls Railroad A Photographic Remembrance
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                                Tallulah Falls Railroad A Photographic Remembrance
                                Brian A. Boyd
                                Manufacturer: Fern Creek Press
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Paperback
                                ASIN: 1893651126

                                Product Description

                                Second Edition
                                Tallulah Falls Railroad a photographic remembrance
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                                  Tallulah Falls Railroad a photographic remembrance
                                  Boyd Brian A.
                                  Manufacturer: Fern Creek Press
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Paperback
                                  ASIN: B000TFUGNC

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