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This charming guide identifies over 135 of the common species of wildflowers and weeds found in the northeastern United States. Each plant is superbly illustrated with a full-page drawing accompanied by an elegant description of the plant's key characteristics. In addition, a step-by-step key to plant identifications and an illustrated glossary of common plant parts and botanical terms has been included to make this a splendid and valuable resource in identifying the dormant but various vestiges of spring and summer.
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Key to identifying non-woody plants in late fall and winter by the dried structures that remain after frost, such as pods, dried flower heads, seed capsules, and burrs. Includes common native and naturalized herbs and native ferns. Area covered is the upper Midwest and eastern U.S. north of South Carolina, and eastern Canada. Illustrated with line drawings.
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Weeds in Winter
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Jewel weed
Alice Ames Winter
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The Weed and the Winter Solstice
Howard E. Cook
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THE WEED AND THE WINTER SOLSTICE is the hillbilly GONE WITH THE WIND; a gripping folktale retold for today\'s reader.
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Little-known masterpiece.......2001-09-27
"A luminously dark tale of and for our times"--Jose Arguelles; a novel set in the mid 20th century in the Great Smoky Mountains of Southern Appalachia, with a brief throwback to the legend of an 1830 murder incident, many modern incidents and fleshed-out characters. A very interesting book; at one point the scope reminded me of les Miserables. I found it more gripping than even Cold Mountain.
Another masterpiece from the South........2000-11-02
This revised edition of THE WEED & THE WINTER SOLSTICE corrects 104 printer's errors in the Limited First Edition, which is now our of print. If you are lucky enough to own a copy of that 1st edition and would like to make a handsome profit on it try offering it on bibliofind.com at 5 times what you paid for it. SWIFTER THAN EAGLES, the author's nonfiction novel, was recently offer there at 6 times the original price; it did not stay there long. Since the reviews for this revised edition of THE WEED & THE WINTER SOLSTICE are not in, as of this date, we quote here some reviews of the Limited First Edition. Jose Arguelles summed it up neatly, calling it simply "A luminously dark tale of and for our time." WEST COST REVIEW OF BOOKS said this: "Author Howard Cook presents several profound themes that beg to be noticed and analyzed. Lovers of allegory will be in heaven." Those 2 reviews concentrate on the literary qualities of THE WEED & THE WINTER SOLSTICE. Other reviewers read it simply as entertainment: "The novel has all the elements of an absorbing thriller and prime time TV show," said one; "Whatever you want, whatever you may be looking for, you'll find in this one," said another. THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, which placed it "on the fiction shelf with the works of Steinbeck and Bellow," wrote this: "A welcome addition to the library of outstanding fiction, THE WEED & THE WINTER SOLSTICE was featured and highly recommended in our TV special publicizing some of the best books available." Five stars for another masterpiece from the South.
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WEEDS IN WINTER
Lauren Brown
Manufacturer: Houghton And Mifflin
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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.
The City of Light has never been viewed with more humor, honesty, and style than it is in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, which presents the insiders' Paris, blemishes and all. Get the lowdown on where the real artists hang out, where to find atmospheric and affordable bistros, and how to uncover treasures in the city's famous flea markets. Find out how the French smoke and drink their way through meals and still look très stylin'. And what's behind this mass lovefest for Jerry Lewis anyway? No other travel guide so deftly and wittily deconstructs the French penchant for posturing; on the other hand, no other guide offers such incisive takes on the old-fashioned 19th-century heart that beats beneath all that attitude. With Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, you'll have the smartest, funniest, hippest companion guide to a complex and magical destination.
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- Don't Waste Time and Money
- Second-timer for the irreverent guide
- Not so irreverent, and not so complete
- Useless and without worth
- Those tired stereotypes
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Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris
Alec Lobrano
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Candid, honest, blunt--these writers live in Paris, which is to say they have firm opinions about everything to do with the city, and they make no bones about sharing these opinions with you, the reader. It's a pleasure to get the lowdown without that nice-nice promotional flavor. If the walls are thin and the toilets drip, you'll know so in advance. Likewise you can discover with a modicum of browsing where to go for a fabulous hot chocolate, a cheap vegetarian meal, and duck in fig sauce. There are special instructions for dining for decor, dining for food, and dining in various arrondissements, and the same attention to truth prevails for diversions and nightlife, introducing everything from showgirls in feathers to boys in tights. The guide defrocks the overrated, lauds the hidden gem, and includes comprehensive indices. --Stephanie Gold
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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.
The City of Lights has never been viewed with more humor, honesty, and style than it is in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, which presents the insiders' Paris, blemishes and all. Get the lowdown on where the real artists hang out, where to find atmospheric and affordable bistros, and how to uncover treasures in the city's famous flea markets. Find out how the French smoke and drink their way through meals and still look trËs stylin'. And what's behind this mass lovefest for Jerry Lewis anyway? No other travel guide so deftly and wittily deconstructs the French penchant for posturing; on the other hand, no other guide offers such incisive takes on the old-fashioned 19th-century heart that beats beneath all that attitude. With Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, you'll have the smartest, funniest, hippest companion guide to a complex and magical destination.
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Don't Waste Time and Money.......2003-12-03
This guide is so poorly done that I wasted valuable time and missed out on some wonderful experiences while on a short vacation to Paris. All the writer needed to do to make things easy was to include the arrondissement or section of the city when recommending a destination. I spend too much time scanning the maps, looking for the subway stop provided. Do not waste your money on this book.
Second-timer for the irreverent guide.......2002-01-05
I bought the Irreverent Guide to London when I traveled to Britain two years ago, and I had such a good experience with that book that I bought this one for my upcoming trip to Paris. I have also read Fodor's and have done extensive research online, but I like the irreverent book because it's small, informative, and opinionated. I don't need another sixty pages listing the museums in France. What I need is for someone knowledgable to tell me which museums are worth the time and which ones aren't
Not so irreverent, and not so complete.......2001-12-24
If being irreverent is stating that Parisian waiters can be rude, then I've missed the point of this book somewhere. Everbody KNOWS that Parisian waiters can be rude. Just be rude back!
I can't help feeling that Alexander F. Lobrano (Heidi Ellison in the first edition) have just dug around to exaggerate the things they don't like, and played down (or even omitted) the good things. For example, in a section marked 'Secret Gardens', how can Parc Andre Citroen be considered secret and Jardins Albert Kahn completely missed? It makes a mockery of claiming to be a true guide. Much better (if you're French-speaking) to get yourself a copy of 'Paris inattendu' by Michel Dansel. You get the truth AND a lot of fresh information.
Useless and without worth.......2001-11-12
If you have bought other travel guides to Paris such as Frommer's or Fodor's, this "Irreverent Guide" will add nothing of value to your experience of Paris. It seems to me that the title is misleading and very gimmicky. Invest the ... + shipping in a good lunch for one. Or give it away to someone who needs it, or simply save it. This book is not worth it. I rate this book one star.
Those tired stereotypes.......2001-05-20
If you still believe that all French waiters are rude, that Parisians structure their lives around making unsuspecting Americans feel bad, and that being in France's commercial establishments means always being on your guard, then this is the book for you. Unevenly written (can't Frommer afford copy editors?) and sometimes downright silly, what this book nevertheless has going for it is an excellent and up-to-date list of restaurants, shops, bars, and hot spots (although look elsewhere for accommodations). That alone makes the book worth a look. The map of recommended establishments and the excellent bits of advice on how to take care of daily necessities make this book valuable, but it is unnecessarily smug, ultimately feeding into the same tired stereotypes of the French we've heard for years. As in any major city, no one in Paris much cares about insulting or dissing you, but this book would sometimes have you believe that it's the national pastime.
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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.
The City of Lights has never been viewed with more humor, honesty, and style than it is in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, which presents the insiders' Paris, blemishes and all. Get the lowdown on where the real artists hang out, where to find atmospheric and affordable bistros, and how to uncover treasures in the city's famous flea markets. Find out how the French smoke and drink their way through meals and still look très stylin'. And what's behind this mass lovefest for Jerry Lewis anyway? No other travel guide so deftly and wittily deconstructs the French penchant for posturing; on the other hand, no other guide offers such incisive takes on the old-fashioned 19th-century heart that beats beneath all that attitude. With Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, you'll have the smartest, funniest, hippest companion guide to a complex and magical destination.
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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.
The City of Lights has never been viewed with more humor, honesty, and style than it is in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, which presents the insiders' Paris, blemishes and all. Get the lowdown on where the real artists hang out, where to find atmospheric and affordable bistros, and how to uncover treasures in the city's famous flea markets. Find out how the French smoke and drink their way through meals and still look très stylin'. And what's behind this mass lovefest for Jerry Lewis anyway? No other travel guide so deftly and wittily deconstructs the French penchant for posturing; on the other hand, no other guide offers such incisive takes on the old-fashioned 19th-century heart that beats beneath all that attitude. With Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris, you'll have the smartest, funniest, hippest companion guide to a complex and magical destination.
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Is it irreverent if they have to explain that it's irreverent?.......2006-03-17
This book isn't nourishing, but it provides a certain short-lived fun. I wouldn't go as far as "guilty pleasure" fun, as it isn't that naughty or silly, and it certainly doesn't have the quality of a song from your teen years, in that it is possible, quite possible, to get it out of your head; it's more on the order of that annoying kid in your freshman dorm who couldn't stop wisecracking. You snicker, but it's just not particularly useful. My sense is that this book gives you the illusion of being an insider without actually giving you anything particularly clever, to say nothing of anything that you wouldn't get from another more conventional guide-book. It's not a bad book, and the information is correct as far as it goes, but you will get more real scope for your outsider attitude from a close reading of the mainstream Frommer's, and even more from the Eyewitness guides.
Irreverent Indeed.......2004-10-26
Frommer's Irreverent Guide series sometimes reads like a hyperactive child's breakfast with its FAQ style, but there's some good stuff in there. The book is honest about attractions or restaurants that are just plain dives or tourist traps despite their reputations. Likewise, the good is also recognized for example with one restaurant receiving praise for its service as "a cross between a classical ballet and a Prussian artillery troop drill." I've found the Irreverent Guides to be particularly well suited to perusing before a trip to get excited about where you're going with some great out-of-the-way places receiving praise. This particular guide is great for its breadth across Paris' vast geography as well. Paris is a city composed of villages each with its own character and "scene". Their honest portrayals and diverse categories makes the task of deciding where to stay, dine, and explore easier.
Great book, but Amazon is not shipping the latest edition........2004-07-09
The picture on their website is missleading. It is correct for the latest edition, but they sent me the older, out-of-date volume. It was difficult to get a refund, 'cause they insisted that the edition they sent me was as promised. And, only reluctantly, refunded my return postage. Buy.com has the correct volume.
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Prairie Nightmare (Book 11) (Adventure in Canadian History Series)
Pierre Berton
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The current account deficit of the United States is more than six percent of its gross domestic product—an all-time high. And the rest of the world, including other G7 countries such as Japan and Germany, must collectively run current account surpluses to finance this deficit. How long can such unevenness between imports and exports be sustained, and what form might their eventual reconciliation take? Putting forth scenarios ranging from a gradual correction to a crash landing for the dollar, G7 Current Account Imbalances brings together economists from around the globe to consider the origins, status, and future of those disparities.
An esteemed group of collaborators here examines the role of the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the history of previous episodes of current account adjustments, and the possibility of the Euro surpassing the dollar as the leading international reserve currency. Though there are areas of broad agreement—that the imbalances will ultimately decline and that currency revaluations will be part of the solution—many areas of contention remain regarding both the dangers of imbalances and the possible forms of adjustment.
This volume will be of tremendous value to economists, politicians, and business leaders alike as they look to the future of the G7 economies.
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- No one can match Bayne.
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Hanging In There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal
Nicholas Bayne
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No one can match Bayne........2000-05-28
Understanding new institutions, like building them, takes sensitivity, wisdom and patience. Sir Nicholas Bayne has those assets in abundance, and in this new history of the annual Western economic summits he deploys them with great skill. No other observer can match Bayne's combination of extensive personal knowledge and sophisticated interpretive skill. This book surveys the first quarter century of summitry against the wider backdrop of globalization and institutional change. A must-have for anyone interested in contemporary global political economy.
Indispensable!.......2000-05-28
An indespensable guide for all students of this subject, from the man who probably knows more about its history than anyone else.
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Handy, laminated, short version instruction manual for on the go. 8-1/2 x 11" double sided printed, folded in thirds.
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G7
Georges Simenon
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G7 (Design Focus Series)
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G7 Currency Strategies: 2002 Review and Reference Book
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