Lilies: A Revision of Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium and Its Supplements

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Glorious Genus of Lilies.......2000-06-17

I really don't see why this book should be out of print ! It's an a-z of one of the most interesting plant families there is. Along with the historical and botanical description of the lilies and related families come beautiful colour prints of the plants mentioned. These were instrumental in hooking me onto the worship of these beautiful plants. To this day, I dream of going to Japan to find a wild specimen of L. brownii..all because of this book! So start up the printing machines, please!

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With ACCESS Philadelphia, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience -- new attractions, historical treasures, world-class museums, and the neighborhoods' charm are all at your fingertips.

Philadelphia has been divided and organized into neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.

Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best:

hotels • restaurants • Attractions • Shopping sights • Parks and Outdoor Spaces

Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss.

Families and Their Health Care after Homelessness: Opportunities for Improving Access (Health Care Policy in the United States)

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Families and Their Health Care after Homelessness: Opportunities for Improving Access (Health Care Policy in the United States)
Linda M. Havir
Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0815331460

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not accurate in the restaurant category

Access Philadelphia (Access Guides)
Access Guides , Frank G. Rosci , and Access Press
Manufacturer: Access Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0062772309

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The 28 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops and sights of Philadelphia.

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not accurate in the restaurant category.......1999-08-13

It seemed to happen all too frequently - restaurants listed were no longer in business or had moved to a different location. In one evening, four of the five restaurants I tried were closed, and in some cases, had been closed quite a while.

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The 28 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops and sights of Philadelphia.

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Baaad Guidebook -- Publisher doesn't care.......2001-01-01

Do not buy this book! The inaccurate maps will drive you crazy! Maybe if you already knew Philadelphia, it'd be okay. But then, you wouldn't really need the book. Letters to the publisher have gone unanswered. I'd seriously consider never buying another Access Guide on the basis of this one.

Maps don't match text!.......2000-11-21

If you're unfamiliar with the Access Guide series, the text and maps are keyed to each other by numbers. However, the maps printed in our copy of the 4th edition are unchanged from our copy of the 3rd edition, while the numbers in the text have changed as entries were added and deleted. As a consequence, the numbers on the maps often bear no relation to the numbers in the text, making the book less useful. Try to find the third edition -- not that much changed in the fourth edition -- or wait a few years for the fifth edition. It's a shame, the Access Guides are generally among the most useful for the casual tourist. Don't try looking at the URL given on the back cover of the 4th edition for corrections -- that web site has no content. E-mail to the publisher has not elicited an acknowledgement of the problem after ten days.

Come to Philly but not with this one........2000-10-13

Incredibly inaccurate. Flashmaps: where are you when we need you?

Access Philadelphia 7e (Access Philadelphia)

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Access Philadelphia 7e (Access Philadelphia)
Access Press
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0061241946
Release Date: 2007-12-26

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With Access Philadelphia, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience—the Liberty Bell, Rodin Museum, and world-famous cheesesteaks are at your fingertips.

Philadelphia has been divided and organized into neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.

Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best:

Hotels
Restaurants
Attractions
Shopping sights
Parks and Outdoor Spaces

Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss.

Access is your indispensable walk-around guide to Philadelphia. Our writers, who live in and love the city, will lead you by the hand down the remarkable streets, sharing the unforgettable sights and pointing out the undiscovered gems and all the majestic landmarks that only Philadelphia has to offer.

Philadelphia resource guide: Access to information for individual and community growth

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Philadelphia resource guide: Access to information for individual and community growth

Manufacturer: Synapse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Brotherly Love for All: An article from: The Exceptional Parent

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Brotherly Love for All: An article from: The Exceptional Parent

Manufacturer: Psy-Ed Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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Testing the limits of one-stop data access: the School District of Philadelphia relies on its comprehensive technology solution to make informed teaching ... (Technological Horizons In Education)

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Testing the limits of one-stop data access: the School District of Philadelphia relies on its comprehensive technology solution to make informed teaching ... (Technological Horizons In Education)
Patricia Renzulli
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1138 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: Testing the limits of one-stop data access: the School District of Philadelphia relies on its comprehensive technology solution to make informed teaching decisions.(Using Data Systems to Meet AYP)
Author: Patricia Renzulli
Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 32 Issue: 12 Page: 45(2)

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'Wi-Fi'ght them when you can join them? How the Philadelphia compromise may have saved municipally-owned telecommunications services.(Telecommunications ... from: Federal Communications Law Journal

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'Wi-Fi'ght them when you can join them? How the Philadelphia compromise may have saved municipally-owned telecommunications services.(Telecommunications ... from: Federal Communications Law Journal
Adam Christensen
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Federal Communications Law Journal, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 9590 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: 'Wi-Fi'ght them when you can join them? How the Philadelphia compromise may have saved municipally-owned telecommunications services.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
Author: Adam Christensen
Publication: Federal Communications Law Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 58 Issue: 3 Page: 683(22)

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Perhaps no American president has seemed less suited to his office or his times than Calvin Coolidge. The taciturn New Englander became a vice presidential candidate by chance, then with the death of Warren G. Harding was thrust into the White House to preside dourly over the Roaring Twenties.

Robert Ferrell, one of America's most distinguished historians, offers the first book-length account of the Coolidge presidency in thirty years, drawing on the recently opened papers of White House physician Joel T. Boone to provide a more personal appraisal of the thirtieth president than has previously been possible. Ferrell shows Coolidge to have been a hard-working, sensitive individual who was a canny politician and an astute judge of people. He reveals how after being dubbed the "odd little man from Vermont" by the press, Coolidge cultivated that image in order to win the 1924 election.

Ferrell's analysis of the Coolidge years shows how the president represented the essence of 1920s Republicanism. A believer in laissez-faire economics and the separation of powers, he was committed to small government, and he and his predecessors reduced the national debt by a third. More a manager than a leader, he coped successfully with the Teapot Dome scandal and crises in Mexico, Nicaragua, and China, but ignored an overheating economy. Ferrell makes a persuasive case for not blaming Coolidge for the failures of his party's foreign policy; he does maintain that the president should have warned Wall Street about the dangers of overspeculating but lacked sufficient knowledge of economics to do so.

Drawing on the most recent literature on the Coolidge era, Ferrell has constructed a meticulous and highly readable account of the president's domestic and foreign policy. His book illuminates this pre-Depression administration for historians and reveals to general readers a president who was stern in temperament and dedicated to public service.

This book is part of the American Presidency Series.

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Cal's Rolling in his grave over this one.......1999-08-29

This is an awful book for two primary reasons: 1. It portrays Coolidge in the unfair, stereotypical light that people have done for decades. (thus it lacks any new thought) 2. The book, mechanically speaking, is also poor. It is difficult to read, dry, and gives the reader no incentive to continue reading. The only reason I gave Ferrell a second star is because he is smart enough to pick a good topic to write his book about.

An objective and well researched account........1998-06-05

The thirty-second volume in the acclaimed American Presidency Series presents a complex man and his struggles to solidify the economy and use cautious diplomacy in foreign affairs. Contrary to popular opinion, Robert Ferrell argues that Calvin Coolidge worked vigorously to achieve successful legislation and his dedication to public service provided him with a good background for the presidency from 1923 to 1929. The author, however, does recognize that Coolidge sometimes waited out troubles, acted indecisively, and displayed inactivity in foreign relations. For example, Ferrell avers that the president and his ministers incompetently handled political problems in Nicaragua and economic instability in Mexico. Also, the author acknowledges that Coolidge did not grasp the economic currents of his time.

Ferrell raises the question in this study: "Why did Coolidge not do more to deal with economic matters and consult with his advisors?" Perhaps the author answers this question in mentioning the Federal Reserve's reluctance to intervene in monetary policy and stock market speculation. In addition, Ferrell analyzes Coolidge's political philosophy on two counts: his opposition to governmental paternalism and belief in laissez-faire economy. In fact, Ferrell writes that Coolidge cut income taxes drastically; by 1927, 98 percent of the population paid no income tax.

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Title: The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge.(Review) (book reviews)
Author: Sheldon M. Stern
Publication: Presidential Studies Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1999
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
Volume: 29 Issue: 3 Page: 730

Article Type: Book Review

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The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
Robert H. Ferrell
Manufacturer: University Press of Kansas
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W3QJEQ

Speech of acceptance of the Republican Party's nomination to the Vice-Presidency, delivered at Northhampton, Mass., July 27, 1920

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Speech of acceptance of the Republican Party's nomination to the Vice-Presidency, delivered at Northhampton, Mass., July 27, 1920
Calvin Coolidge
Manufacturer: Issued by the Republican National Committee
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008B5Y2K

Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge: A Bibliography of Their Times and Presidencies (Twentieth Century Presidential Bibliography Series)

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Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge: A Bibliography of Their Times and Presidencies (Twentieth Century Presidential Bibliography Series)

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Binding: Hardcover

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A few brave souls in the public eye, such as Patty Duke, Kay Redfield Jamieson, and more recently, Margot Kidder, have come forward to reveal something about themselves that they had tried very hard to keep hidden -- the fact that they suffer from a mental illness called "manic depression". Also known as "bipolar disorder", this illness is only dimly understood by the population at large and, unfortunately, misconceptions abound.

In this compelling autobiography, Bill Hannon offers an engrossing first-hand account of living with a serious mental illness and the disturbing delusions and paranoias which rendered him incapable of holding a job or accepting help from his friends and family. From his earliest manic episode during a high school trip abroad to his struggles with mis-diagnoses and the frightening side-effects of prescribed drugs, Hannon guides the reader into a world in which crossword puzzles are coded messages from the C.I.A. and a scrap of masking tape on a car windshield means that his conversations are being monitored.

Never before has an author described his own manic episodes in such fascinating and insightful detail as Hannon does in Agents in My Brain. It is this feature that sets the book apart from all other accounts of manic depression. Agents in My Brain is essential reading for anyone who has encountered manic depression on either a first-or second-hand basis.

"A vivid and often poignant portrayal of what it is like to grapple with the realities of manic depressive disorder". -- Timothy Twito, M.D.

"Agents in My Brain is an outstanding piece of work. I am manic-depressive myself, and Bill Hannon's book really tells it like it is". -- M.A.L.

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a severe look at bipolar disorder.......2003-03-10

This book provides an interesting first hand account of bipolar I disorder with psychotic features. In other words, the author has the most severe form of the illness. While the writing isn't as good as in the finest mental illness memoirs, like "An Unquiet Mind", the author is still able to vividly communicate the horrors of this illness. I do wish he would have been a little more constructive in his criticisms of psychiatry, as perhaps some readers will get the impression that this is not a very treatable illness, when in fact it is. I do, however, agree that it does often take many years before a bipolar individual is properly diagnosed. Overall, a good book that should be read by anyone interested in bipolar disorder. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".

Agents In My Brain.......2001-04-22

I have read the reviews of the readers and I was so impressed that I am going to buy this book. My husband is Bipolar and he was first diagnosed with this illness when he was 21 yrs old. He is now 54 years old. We have been married for 24 yrs and it wasn't until 1995 that he was diagnosed as Bipolar. The doctors who treated him in the late '60's said he was paronoid schizophrenia. It is a shame that these people are treated like lepers. Bioplar is an illness like, cancer or any other illness. Why is it hard for others to understand that? His bestfriend since he was 6 yrs old doesn't talk or call him. I will get this book.

Agents in My Brain.......2000-02-28

I knew nothing about manic depression. This book opened my eyes to a disease that is hard to image for most people. Mr. Hannon brings his feelings and thoughts to his readers and in a very remarkable way, he is able to share his painful daily struggles. I would highly recommend this book to all University psychology classes and in particular to Medical Schools. Mr. Hannon's personal insight could help physicians make an earlier diagnosis and positively impact the lives of others that become afflicted with this disease.

Great insight into manic-depression.......2000-02-06

I have a friend who is bipolar. I'd read "A Mood Apart" a few months ago, which gave me some good information. But Hannon's book provides real insight and understanding for a nonbipolar person about what this condition must be like. The list of symptoms at the back of the book is also very useful in identifying what may seem like eccentricities of M-Ds. This book, along with "A Mood Apart" or "The Unquiet Mind" will take anyone who wishes to understand the topic a long way down that road. If I could have a magic wish in regard to this book, however, it would be for a better style of writing. At times, it reminded me of Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions," but I think that may have been unintentional.

Excellent Portrayal of Manic-Depressive Illness!.......2000-01-09

This is a wonderful account of the path of destruction manic-depressive illness can leave in the life of it's victim. I was really moved by Mr. Bill Hannon's story. I feel like I know some of the most intimate details of his life. I also felt a kinship to Bill because I also suffer with Manic-Deppresive Illness and had been mis-diagnosed for many years with schizo-affective and schizophrenia regardless to the obvious history my family had with manic-depressive illness. My daughter has now been diagnosed with Manic-depression and even though I had attempted to convey my family history to the psychiatrist treating her, manic-depression was their last resort diagnosis. They tried ADHD, borderline, and schizoaffective labels on her. When they finally put her on the right dose of Depakote, a sleeping peel, and an anti-depressant, she is now like the daughter I remember before the onset of the disorder. She is now 16, her first episode was manic at 14 years of age.

Bill does a wonderful job of detailing the symptoms that he went through, even though the lousy psychiatrists he had didn't recognize and diagnose them properly. Bill also does a wonderful job showing how important early diagnosis and treatment is to the sufferer even though he didn't have the benefits of it as a result of incompetence, arrogance, and/or complacency.

Finally, I have had a lot of delusion and paranoid thoughts and behaviors with the illness. It really helped to hear the details of what was going on in another manic depressives head. I was afraid to tell my care provider's some things because I didn't want to be misdiagnoses as schizoprenic again. It help to know that the delusions I have while manic are still within the same diagnosis. As Bill says, "Knowledge is Power".

Thanks for sharing Bill. I am so happy you are getting better as am I.

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