The Badgers of Ashcroft Woods

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The Badgers of Ashcroft Woods
Chris Ferris
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ASIN: 0044406525

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Badgers of Ashcroft Woods
Chris Ferris
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ASIN: B000OAB1YA

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Karen Brown's Spain: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Spain Charming Inns & Itineraries)
Karen Brown
Manufacturer: Karen Brown's Guides
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Michelin Red Guide 2006 Espana & Portugal (Michelin Red Guides)

ASIN: 1928901964

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Fall under the spell of Spain, a vibrant country with dramatically distinctive regions, incredibly friendly people and an excellent selection of places to stay. Some are large and posh with every amenity and a price to match; others small and cozy with correspondingly small prices. Once you fall under Spain's magical spell, there will be no breaking free nor any urge to do so--only the desire to return, again and again.

Karen Brown's Portugal: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Portugal Charming Inns & Itineraries)

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Karen Brown's Portugal: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Portugal Charming Inns & Itineraries)
Karen Brown
Manufacturer: Karen Brown's Guides
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ASIN: 1928901956

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Portugal has a centuries-old history and great variations in landscape and character. This book has a terrific selection of wonderful places to stay. We include an excellent selection on delightful little hotels and feature lovely turismo de habitacao and turismo rural where the Portuguese have opened up their homes, many of which have been in the same family for many generations.

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Pretty good for a gringo!.......2003-07-02

Douglas W. Richmond is well versed in Mexican as well as Latin American history, despite being a gringo, he is a "righteous gringo!" After reading his splendid book, mailed it to a student in Argentina so it can be enjoyed down there too! Unfortunately such books are not common in Central and South America, only in Cuba and formerly in liberated Nicaragua under Daniel Ortega, could you find such well informed literature which exposes U.S. and foreign corporations who suck the life blood out of Latin Americans, as Richmond points out. He shows that on September 11, 1973, the C.I.A. under then U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissigner had democratically elected Chilean Marxist president Salvador Allende murdered, maybe September 11, 2001 has a connection? Douglas pointed it out, yet the Bush regime remains silent along with the IMF, CIA, and FBI, why is that? Those pilots were d4edicated Marxists, ever wonder why that was not mentioned in the stories? Maybe like the late Malcom X stated: "The Chickens Come Home to Roost," said after John F. Kennedy "bought the farm," read his book, you cannot go wrong!

Japanese Today: Change and Continuity, Enlarged Edition

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yet another apologist for Japan
Very superficial
This book is an excellent way to learn all about Japan.
The best single source on Japan and the Japanese.
Great Introduction to Japan

Japanese Today: Change and Continuity, Enlarged Edition
Edwin O. Reischauer , and Marius B. Jansen
Manufacturer: Belknap Press
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ASIN: 0674471849

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With the two-thousand-year history of the Japanese experience as his foundation, Edwin O. Reischauer brings us an incomparable description of Japan today in all its complexity and uniqueness, both material and spiritual. His description and analysis present us with the paradox that is present-day Japan: thoroughly international, depending for its livelihood almost entirely on foreign trade, its products coveted everywhere--yet not entirely liked or trusted, still feared for its past military adventurism and for its current economic aggressiveness.

Reischauer begins with the rich heritage of the island nation, identifying incidents and trends that have significantly affected Japan's modern development. Much of the geographic and historical material on Japan's earlier years is drawn from his renowned study The Japanese, but the present book deepens and broadens that earlier interpretation: our knowledge of Japan has increased enormously in the intervening decade and our attitudes have become more ambivalent, while Japan too has changed, often not so subtly.

Moving to contemporary Japanese society, Reischauer explores both the constants in Japanese life and the aspects that are rapidly changing. In the section on government and politics he gives pithy descriptions of the formal workings of the various organs of government and the decision-making process, as well as the most contentious issues in Japanese life-pollution, nuclear power, organized labor-and the elusive matter of political style.

In what will become classic statements on business management and organization, Reischauer sketches the early background of trade and commerce in Japan, contrasts the struggling prewar economy with today's assertive manufacturing, and brilliantly characterizes the remarkable postwar economic miracle of Japanese heavy industry, consumer product development, and money management. In a final section, "Japan and the World' he attempts to explain to skeptical Westerners that country's growing and painful dilemma between neutrality and alignment, between trade imbalance and "fair" practices, and the ever-vexing issue of that embodiment of Japanese specialness, a unique and difficult language that affects personal and national behavior.

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yet another apologist for Japan.......2005-05-26

This is one of the most superficial and ridiculous books on Japan that I came across. Though a Harvard scholar, Reischauer has such a flimsy grasp of modern Japan that it is simply and utterly appalling. It is like he wants the Japanese to love him and so writes only about the nicest things that he can find, while ignoring anything untoward - or even baselessly asserting that all problems like the Yakuza (!) will simply disappear as the country "matures". Well, if you've lived there and seen that there is much ugliness beneath the veneer of democracy and politness, this book will disgust you to no end.

Not recommended. It is a pathetic performance and deeply disappointing.

Very superficial.......2001-05-05

Having lived for more than six years in Japan, and being fluent in Japanese, I have a quite clear idea of the society there. This book is not only too old, but it shows that Reischauer (like the other members of the Chrysantemum Club) has a one-sided point of view, and is still ganging with the American "reformists" that put Japan back on the rails (so to say...) during the occupation. Of course Reishauer knows quite a lot about Japan, but he tells only what he thinks is important to him and to his old-fashion Orientalist group. Read any Murakami or Yoshimoto to understand on your own how this book is very superficial. There are much better and objective introductions to the complex Japanese reality.

This book is an excellent way to learn all about Japan........1998-05-01

This book discusses all aspects of Japanese society very well. It is a great mix of the present and history and of the average person and the people in power.

The best single source on Japan and the Japanese........1998-03-04

I highly recommend this book to students, business people, and anyone who needs information on Japan and the Japanese. I have yet to find any single volume work on the subject of contemporary Japan as comprehensive as "The Japanese Today." I found the volume well organized and easy to read.

Great Introduction to Japan.......1996-12-06

This book is one of the best general introductions to Japan that exists. It is meant for the layman and because of that, stays away from a scholarly bent. For anyone who has an interest in Japan, while this should not be the only book you read, it should definitely be the first.

World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity, Volume II (since 1450) (with Study Card) (5th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)

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World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity, Volume II (since 1450) (with Study Card) (5th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Peter N. Stearns
Manufacturer: Longman
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ASIN: 0321345843

Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life (Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Vol 7)

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Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life (Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Vol 7)
K. Van Der Toorn
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9004104100

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This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Syrian, and Israelite civilizations. On the basis of a wealth of documents from both the private and the literary realm, the book gives an exhaustive description and analysis of the rites of the ancestor cult and the devotion to local gods. The author demonstrates the role of these two aspects of family religion in the identity construction of its followers. The section dealing with Israel pays particular attention to the relationship between family religion and state religion. The emergence of the state religion under King Saul marked the beginning of a competition between civil and private religion. Though the two had great influence upon each other, the tension between them was never resolved. A study of their interaction proves to be a key for the understanding of the development of Israelite religion during the monarchic period. The book is of particular importance to biblical scholars, Assyriologists, and all those interested in the history of ancient Near Eastern religion.

Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

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Dull as dishwater, but a great book nonetheless
Best Comprehensive Book on Islam and the Modern World

Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
John Obert Voll
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
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ASIN: 0815626398

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Dull as dishwater, but a great book nonetheless.......2005-10-28

This book is not an easy read and people without at least some background in Middle Eastern or Islamic studies are likely to get lost. That being said, there are some strong reasons to recommend this book. First, Voll takes the idea of Dar al-Islam, the Islamic World, seriously and treats a whole variety of societies, ranging from Sub-Saharan Africa, to the Middle East, to South East Asia, in a single narrative and utilizing a persuasive framework of analysis. Secondly, while Voll gives ample treatment to state actions, he also demonstrates that a whole range of non-state actors were equally or even more important in developing Islamic reactions to modernity. Finally, Voll's treatment of the eighteenth century is simply seminal within the literature of the Middle East... a very basic and important revision to the scholarship that every student of Islamic societies needs to address.

In short, not a book for pleasure, but one that every serious student of the field needs to read.

Best Comprehensive Book on Islam and the Modern World.......2000-09-19

This book delivers what it promises in the subtitle. The book's strength is that it is comprehensive, covering the wide range of manifestation of Islam in the modern world from the 18th century onwards-even with a short introductory chapter to get you up to pace from Islam's advent. However, though it is a must read for scholars in the field, this Georgetown prof's writing style can make what I find to be one the most exciting historical movements in human history very dry and dull; therefore, I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. He has no flare or excitement, especially when compared with such excellent writers as Karen Armstrong. Nonetheless, if you study or are seriously interested in understanding modern Islam, this is a must buy. If not, buy the Battle for God by Karen Armstrong and get 3 religions for the price of 1.

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Great Textbook!
Text book or study manual

World History: Continuity and Change
Hanes
Manufacturer: Holt Rinehart & Winston
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0030055725

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Great Textbook!.......2006-03-09

This book is great for learning about everything important in history. The only bad thing is they don't go into much detail about some very important people like Julius Caesar, Charlemagne or Genghis Khan. They have more information on Diocletian than Julius Caesar. But if you're a teacher, this is a great book to teach a class with because it has a vocabulary at the end of every section. You can tell them what isn't in the book about important people. I definetly reccomend it!

Text book or study manual.......2005-09-10

Accidentaly bought the study manual instead of the book. Don't let sellers rip you off. Read the small print!

Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change (Contemporary Middle East)

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Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change (Contemporary Middle East)
Benli Altunisik
Manufacturer: RoutledgeCurzon
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0415287103

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Turkey is generally perceived as deeply divided between the secular, Westernized elite and the Muslim population, with the latter involved in a constant struggle to resist the modernization process imposed by the elite. This book argues that Turkey's history is much more complex than this stereotype allows, where neither the elite nor the public are monoliths existing in total opposition to each other.

The authors put issues relevant to Turkey today - such as consolidating democracy, dealing with economic development issues, improving its human rights record and its foreign policy - in an historical context, allowing comparisons with other late developers in the world and reflecting the complexity of Turkish political and socio-economic developments. Turkey also argues that the modernization process that started in the nineteenth century, with all its elements including secularization and Westernization, has taken root.

This book provides a concise and accessible introduction to contemporary Turkey from a social science perspective. It will be essential reading for students and researchers of political science, social science and the Middle East, as well as for those with a general interest in Turkey.

Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic and Social History, 11Th-14th Century (Columbia Lectures on Iranian St)

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Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic and Social History, 11Th-14th Century (Columbia Lectures on Iranian St)
Ann K. S. Lambton
Manufacturer: State Univ of New York Pr
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ASIN: 0887061338

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Inexpensive, timesaving pictorial treasury: cars, trains, trucks, yachts, ocean liners, jumbo jets, much more. 92 different designs, each in 2 sizes—all royalty free.

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