Park Ranger Guide to Wildlife (Park Ranger Series)

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Beautiful Book - but Make sure it is what you want.......2006-06-23

This is a typically well designed and beautifully illustrated book from the National Geographic Society. It is great to flip through and grabs your attention. Note though, this is not really a guide to just the National Parks of Alaska. It is more a guide to all the wild areas and tourist sites of Alaska as they relate to the eight National Parks in the state.

For example, of the 42 pages dedicated to Denali National Park, 12 were about the park itself (of which 3 were full page illustrations) 30 pages of the chapter were dedicated to "Exursions from the National Park." This included everything from briefly describing Fairbanks and Talkeetna to a description of the Yukon-Charley Preserve on the Canandian border.

It is a great book, and well worth it for someone looking for a reference to put together an multi-day itinerary based around one of the parks, but if you are looking for more in-depth information about a certain park, you may want to pick up a different reference. On the other hand, if you love nature, Alaska and beautiful photos, this might be a book for you.

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A great overview of all things Denali
More than a hiking guide

Denali: The Complete Guide
Bill Sherwonit
Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0882405616

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This sweeping reference to Denali National Park and Preserve, and Denali State Park, details in words, pictures, and maps all the information the traveler needs for a great Denali experience.

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A great overview of all things Denali.......2006-03-07

This guide covers every aspect of visiting the Denali National Park area. It covers history, natural history, visitors information, hiking, wildlife, Denali State Park, climbing McKinley.... In fact if you want an complete introduction to the park for your first visit, this is the book to get.

The one trade off to having everything in one book is that the depth of information is not overwhelming in anyone area. Each section is sufficient, but if you are focusing your trip on any one area, you might want to get a more directed guide. Life for Hiking you might be better off getting Denali Guidebook by Ikes. But if you are taking your once in a life time trip to Denali and you want to read ahead to appreciate as much as you can in a day or two, get this book to get yourself up to speed with the park and it's history.

If you like literary background to your destinations, consider this author's literary anthology named Denali. It has a great selection of writings about the park.

More than a hiking guide.......2005-05-31

The first things Denali travelers usually want to know are: where do I hike? How do I use the bus system? Do I need to worry about bears? What other animals will I see? Where and how can I camp? Sherwonit answers all those questions accurately and authoritatively. But what I love about this book is all the comprehensive info -- and engaging writing -- beyond the basics, which few editors require but which travelers and readers appreciate. I've scoured other Alaska guidebooks without finding the same level of info about: geology, first peoples, the history of the park's creation, early mountaineering, safe and responsible hiking, plants, photography, winter travel, and more. Then there are sidebars, checklists, maps and photos -- all well-arranged. On top of all this, the book is easy to read and enjoy, thanks to the author's pleasant voice. A few first-person sections (for example, a sidebar on the author's own ascent of Mount McKinley) add character and passion without being obtrusive. It's clear Sherwonit loves Denali National Park and put years of effort into making this a guidebook anyone can use with confidence.

National Geographic Guide to America's Outdoors: Alaska (NG Guide to America's Outdoor)

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Alaska Map

National Geographic Guide to America's Outdoors: Alaska (NG Guide to America's Outdoor)
Nan Elliot , and Tom Walker
Manufacturer: National Geographic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0792277473
Release Date: 2001-06-01

Book Description

In this practical, informative, richly illustrated guide, National Geographic takes you to the best nature sites in Alaska and tells you what you need to know -- about the landscape, plants, animals, activities, and recreation -- to experience them fully.

* More than 75 major sites, plus many smaller ones, grouped by bioregion, including national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges; conservation areas and preserves; and wild and scenic rivers.
* Guided hikes and drives.
* Suggestions of where to hike, camp, kayak, fish, spot bears and other wildlife, and more.
* Detailed resource listings.
* 150 vivid, color photos

and 22 detailed, full-color maps.

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Alaska Map.......1999-04-08

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Wrangell-St. Elias: America's Largest National Park

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Wrangell-St. Elias: America's Largest National Park
George Herben
Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0882404903

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Wrangell -- St. Elias, a national park with over 13 million acres of stunning mountain wilderness, is captivatingly explored in words and pictures.

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Recent visitor of Wrangell/St. Elias National Park.......2000-02-26

The beauty of this book is in the photograghs! Herbon does well to use a simple, interesting text, which includes just enough history to make the pictures come alive, but not too much where you will lose interest. The photos speak a thousand words!

I would have enjoyed some photos from more parts of the Park from the ground. Most photos were strictly from the air or in Kennicott or McCarthy. Since I am planning a backcountry trip there in Aug 2000 I would have enjoyed pictures from the areas that hikers are venturing to.

I would recomend the book for anyone planning to vistit McCarthy/ Kennicott and the Wrangell/ St. Elias Natl. Park.

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If she could find four perfect pebbles of almost exactly the same size and shape, it meant that her family would remain whole. Mama and papa and she and Albert would survive Bergen-Belsen. The four of them might even survive the Nazis' attempt to destroy every last Jew in Europe

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Nice Little Book.......2007-10-15

I had the honor of meeting the author, and no wonder she survived! This lady was as tough as they come! Liked the book, loved the author.

The Holocaust continues to haunt... and to teach.......2007-06-24

Marion Blumenthal was a little girl in Germany when Hitler came to power and began his programs to rid Germany of Jews once and for all. With her family, she experienced the tightening grip of restrictions and humiliations forced on German Jews, including her father, a recipient of the Iron Cross for his bravery in WWI. Finally, they fled to a refugee camp in Holland, waiting for their visa to the United States. It was issued, but their passage on a ship was delayed two months, and in that terrible window of time, Hitler's armies conquered Holland. They ended up in one of the most infamous concentration camps in Germany, then, near the end of the war, were put on a "death train" to nowhere, moving from place to place in cattle cars infested with typhus as prisoners died, until finally being liberated by the advancing Russian army.

This book is written for youth (I estimate 6-10th graders). It focuses more on the psychological stress of being a prisoner in ones own country, and glosses over the horror associated with Nazi death camps. That atrocities occurred are noted, however, this is a book about a family staying together from a pre-teen's perspective. I don't fault the book for not focusing on the atrocities; there is a haunting photograph of two women preparing dinner with hundreds of dead stacked up behind them. The horror of it all! But how does a child process this experience? That is what is missing from this particular book.

Easy to read, and well-edited. The Holocaust continues to haunt... and to teach.

Missed Opportunities.......2007-02-23

Marion Blumenthal was born in Germany in 1934, a bad time to be Jewish in Germany. She had a mother and a father and a brother who was two years older than she was. When they were still young, Germany began to get dangerous.

This book tells the true story of a family living through the Holocaust. Their story is told mainly from the points of view of Marion and her mother, Ruth. During the Holocaust, they resisted leaving Germany when it was safe to do so, because they did not want to leave Marion's grandparents behind. The grandparents refused to leave their home. After their death, it was too late to easily get out of the country. The sad thing is that this family had everything going for them. They had relatives in safe countries who were willing to sponsor them and take them in. They had permission to journey to the United States, but then the war got in the way and they were unable to sail. This family ended up traveling to Holland and then, when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands, they were sent to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. They had received permission to go to Palestine, where they also had people willing to take them in, but the Nazis never sent them. Luckily, Marion's family survived the camp. Toward the end of the war they were put into a "death train" and sent toward Berlin, where Hitler was still holding out. On their way there, they were liberated by Russian soldiers.

Life after the war was still difficult for the Blumenthal family. They were very sick and without a country, since they had no desire to remain in Germany, where they had started. After the war ended and they were once again free, they then had to figure out how to continue surviving and how to make a life for themselves.

It was frustrating to read this book and know that the world would get worse and worse for this family, and to see them not take the roads to safety when they were open. They were very lucky to survive.

Another Amazing Family.......2006-08-04

I thoroughly enjoy reading about the Holocaust because it makes me so appreciative of what I have. I don't think I could ever have done what so many people did -- survive the hunger, back-breaking work, loss of family, cruelty and imprisonment. I have the utmost respect for all those who suffered.

Somewhere in the middle.......2006-07-24

Well I didn't hate the book, nor did I like it. It made you content. I usually enjoy reading holocaust stories, but this book was a disappointment. For Marion's story wasn't interesting. It could have been better...much better. Marion goes to a concertration camp and lives decently. But with the over crowding her family is soon nearly starved.

Marion weighed only 35 pounds once she got out of the camp. Obviously she felt she had to gain a lot of weight. For the book spent nearly two pages on her dipping chips into mayo. Which I find digusting.

Well if you want to read this book go ahead. But it isn't a book I'd reccomend. Read something else.

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Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
Lila and Marion Blumenthal Lazan Perl
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NE6M8W

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92 grids, lattices, plaids, dot fields, meshes, moiré patterns, tweeds, brickworks, herring-bones, rule fields, woodgrains, and much more.

Graphic Textures and Patterns (North Light Clip Art)

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Graphic Textures and Patterns (North Light Clip Art)
North Light Books
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0891345221

Image Analysis and Recognition: 4th International Conference, ICIAR 2007, Montreal, Canada, August 22-24, 2007, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Image Analysis and Recognition: 4th International Conference, ICIAR 2007, Montreal, Canada, August 22-24, 2007, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 3540742581

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2007, held in Montreal, Canada, in August 2007.

The 71 revised full papers and 44 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 261 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image restoration and enhancement, image and video processing and analysis, image segmentation, computer vision, pattern recognition for image analysis, shape and matching, motion analysis, tracking, image retrieval and indexing, image and video coding and encryption, biometrics, biomedical image analysis, and applications.

Analyzing natural images: A computational theory of texture vision (A. I. memo)

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Analyzing natural images: A computational theory of texture vision (A. I. memo)
David Marr
Manufacturer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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ASIN: B0007AIMNK

Efficient view-dependent image-based rendering with projective texture-mapping (Report. University of California, Berkeley. Computer Science Division)

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Efficient view-dependent image-based rendering with projective texture-mapping (Report. University of California, Berkeley. Computer Science Division)
Paul E Debevec
Manufacturer: University of California, Berkeley, Computer Science Division
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Binding: Plastic Comb

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Mathematics and beauty III: Textures and tiling patterns computed from truncated sinusoids (Research Report RC. International Business Machines Inc. Research Division)

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Mathematics and beauty III: Textures and tiling patterns computed from truncated sinusoids (Research Report RC. International Business Machines Inc. Research Division)
Clifford A Pickover
Manufacturer: International Business Machines Inc., Thomas J. Watson Research Center
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ASIN: B00070ZIT6

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