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Bulova Accutron mod. 63f83
Stupendo orologio da uomo Bulova Accutron mod. 63F83. Automatico. Quadrante bianco pearl con finestra per la data ad ore 4; dall'altro lato indicatore di carica disponibile. Corona di controllo posizionata alle ore 4 in corrispondenza della finestra data. Cassa e bracciale in acciaio inox-specchio. Movimento a vista da finestra per mezzo fondo cassa. Finestra del fondo cassa e vetro quadrante in vetro-zaffiro. Water Resist 50m. Bracciale ad elegantissima chiusura "invisibile". Completo degli originali: manuale di istruzioni multilingua e di International Warranty card. Nelle sue confezioni originali: cofanetto di legno laccato color ebano con interno tutto in pelle, inserito in gift-box in cartoncino bianco con un alto a ribalta. Mai utilizzato. Prezzo di listino (quando ancora in produzione) di euro, prezzo esposto sul "mostra prezzo" pari a euro. Perfetto regalo ad un uomo di classe. Non sono interessato ad alcun tipo di scambio. Sono disponibile a produrre (a richiesta) uno o tutti questi documenti: 1) Autocertificazione di legittima provenienza, con tutti i miei dati anagrafici (copia del mio documento dâ€(TM)identità). 2) Ricevuta dâ€(TM)acquisto (stampa dellâ€(TM)inserzione con foto) con copia mio documento di identità e mia dichiarazione che qualora il prodotto non sia originale (contraffatto e/o falso) e/o non sia corrispondente a quanto dichiarato nel annuncio. Lâ€(TM)acquirente potrà rivalersi nei miei confronti entro 15 gg. dalla ricezione del prodotto. In caso di spedizione a distanza, accetto solo pagamento ANTICIPATO a mezzo Pay Pal (con richiesta di pagamento PayPal su vs. e-mail)
World Almanac and Book of Facts
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: World Almanac / Famighetti, Robert, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, The World Almanac is the source for information. No other almanac comes close to matching its authority and breadth of coverage. Packed with facts and figures, it's the only almanac millions of people turn to every year. The World Almanac continues the 132-year tradition of providing up-to-date information on every subject imaginable in an inexpensive and easy-to-use format. Highlights include: -- 16 additional pages of information -- the biggest edition ever published, including more graphs and charts type in key sections -- The 20th Century in Pictures: full-color section presenting photo highlights of the 20th century -- Countdown to the continuation of the three-year World Almanac exclusive coming millennium, including special articles by noted experts, a feature on the "Y2K" computer problem, a calendar of key millennium dates and events, and millennium feature boxes throughout the book -- A preview of the elections and a look ahead at what to expect from the census -- Expanded Internet information, including the largest collection of Web site addresses found in any almanac, plus a handy guide to the Internet and a directory of essential E-mail addresses In addition to the paperback edition, The World Almanac is available in a special Large Format Hardcover Edition that offers an expanded page format and larger, easier-to-read type. Containing the exact same in-depth, extensive coverage as the paperback edition, it also offers: -- The Large Format Hardcover Edition is a high quality gift for the World Almanac enthusiast on everyone's holiday list -- Expanded 7" x 10" page format -- Larger type -- Deluxe 50 lb. text stock --Colorful protective dust jacket
The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salsini, Paul, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, During World War II, the beautiful hills of Tuscany are transformed into horrific battlefields as Italian partisans sabotage the Germans. When Hitler's SS begins to commit ghastly atrocities, terrified villagers flee to farmhouses in the hills for refuge. The villagers initially cower as the war rages around them, but they overcome petty differences, confront betrayal by one villager, fearlessly house an escaped prisoner and survive a raid by the Nazis. As the brutal war continues, a young girl finds love, two boys become heroes, and secrets are revealed. Then an unthinkable event changes their lives forever. Inspired by the experiences of author Paul Salsini's relatives, "The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany" is a riveting story of courage, endurance, and the power of the human spirit in the cruelest of times. "Paul Salsini has the gift of thoroughly knowing and deeply understanding the people and the region in which his drama is set, and so the sky literally is the limit for this moving debut novel of a luscious country too often forgotten when we consider the ravages of the 'Good War.'" -Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" and "Cage of Stars." "Salsini's style is plain, his choice of detail unerring, his scenes vivid, his control of the narrative superb. "The Cielo" is a memorable novel." -Donald Pfarrer, author of "Neverlight" and "The Fearless Man." "Salsini's beautiful novel of Italy during World War II, peopled with a wide range of characters, deepens our knowledge of both Tuscan hill towns and the terrible effects of war on civilians." -Martha Bergland, author of "A Farm Under a Lake" and "Idle Curiosity." www.thecielobook.com
Poltrona del maestro Sergio Ban
Si vende un`opera del maestro Sergio Ban, designer, ebanista e scultore. I am selling a Sergio Ban artist work. Alcune note sull`opera. La poltrona, da me acquistata e realizzata nel , si trova nello stato "nuova", come appena uscita dalle mani dell`artista. Non e` mai stata usata ed e` stata tenuta, dal sottoscritto, come una reliquia. Il tessuto utilizzato e` una tela a trama molto corposa e resistente, color azzurro profondo. Gli interventi del maestro hanno riguardato la progettazione dell`intero design dell`opera e, manualmente, quelli che io chiamo simpaticamente "orecchi" e gambe anteriori. (di cui sono visibili i particolari nella foto). Dichiarazione di autenticita` firmata dal proprietario. Esposizioni a cui ha partecipato il maestro Ban: (take part at Expositions) . Roma, "X Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte" . Bologna Galleria Il Sagittario Galleria Il Canovaccio (Studio del Canova) Grenoble (Francia), "Alpexpo" . Bologna, "Arte Fiera" . Bari, "Arte Fiera" Bologna, "Arte Fiera" . Le Port-Marly (Francia), Centre Culturel Saint-Exupery Exupery, "Recontrez Roma 89" Latina, Palazzo della Cultura, (personale) . Tokio, "International Gift Show" . Bologna, "Arte Fiera" Parigi, "Foire de Paris" Hivinkaa (Finlandia), Centre of visual art for children and people . Parigi, Galleria Maurice Revel Centre International . Trento, Galleria Fogolino, (personale) Sermoneta (Latina), "Eventi" . Fogliano (Latina), "Arte nel Parco" . Sabaudia, "Segni e Forme, Seconda Rassegna di Arte Moderna" Roma, "Arte Expo '. Firenze, Art Point La Bottega di Cimabue Aprilia, Museo Laboratorio, "Arte a scuola" . Aprilia, Museo Laboratorio, "Segni di carta" Pescocostanzo (L'Aquila), Hotel le Torri Latina, La Colomba Arte Latina, "Dall'Arte all'Arte", (collettiva) Roma, Biblioteca Borromeo, "SegnaLibri d'Artista"
Who Killed Annie?: A Hattie Farwell Mystery
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Orlemann, Betty, PUBLISHER: Elderberry Press (OR), As the daughter of a book editor for a major publishing house, Betty Orlemann (nee Elizabeth Kerr), grew up in a home filled with good books and the love of reading and writing.Her novel, "WHO KILLED ANNIE?" is the first in a mystery series about Hattie Farwell and her old homestead in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.She has spent much of her life as a journalist. Until her recent retirement she was a staff writer for the Bucks County Courier Times for whom she covered criminal courts in the Bucks County Courthouse.Presently she writes a bi-weekly column for the Frenchtown, New Jersey, Delaware Valley News and contributes features to the Allentown, Pennsylvania, Morning Call -Quakertown Bureau.Over the years she has contributed to many other newspapers. She is a former medical technician and presently a volunteer in the Doylestown Free Clinic. She enjoys singing and dancing, and taught ballroom dancing in Philadelphia after her freshman year in college.She is a commissioner on the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor and State Heritage Park, and founded The Friends of the Delaware Canal. For 11 years she co-owned a gift and antique shop in Glenside, Pa and was elected the first woman president of the Greater Glenside Chamber of Commerce. All of these past activities have added grist to her writing mill.Betty Orlemann and her late husband, Bob, had four children, three of whom (two sons and one daughter), grew up and made them grandparents. There are now nine grandchildren (seven boys and two girls), one great-grandson and another on the way.Betty Orlemann lives in a cedar woods in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, with her dogand cat."
Faber Castell CF24 MATITA ART GRIP - Gar.ITALIA
- MATITA ART GRIP, 24 Le matite colorate acquerellabili ART GRIP hanno una forma ergonomica triangolare e la zona grip antiscivolo che alleggerisce la fatica della mano quando si disegna per lungo tempo. Sono disponibili in 60 singoli e brillanti colori o in astucci di metallo da e 60 colori e in Gift Box da 38 colori: una stupenda confezione in simil pelle richiudibile con fermi magnetici, pratica e particolarmente indicata per gli artisti in continuo movimento. La mina, dal diametro di 3.3 mm, è completamente solubile in acqua e molto resistente, grazie al suo spessore e allo speciale procedimento SV anti-rottura. Tutti e 36 colori hanno un'alta concentrazione di pigmenti che li rende particolarmente brillanti. Sebbene le mine siano estremamente resistenti, le matite colorate acquerellabili ART GRIP scorrono sul foglio senza scalfirlo. Inoltre su un foglio di carta speciale il colore può essere acquerellato direttamente con un pennello bagnato. I colori chiari sono trasparenti, quelli più scuri hanno un alto potere coprente, ideali per gli sfondi e le ampie superfici. Bastano alcune passate su una piccola superficie con un pennello bagnato e i colori si stemperano ottenendo sfumature delicate oppure su un'area più estesa per rivelare la brillantezza del colore. L'eccellente qualità del pigmento permette inoltre di disegnare sui più disparati tipi di superficie come carta, cartone, ceramica e pietra. Infine, a differenza delle tradizionali matite colorate, il fusto delle matite colorate Art Grip Acquerellabili è completamente blu ad esclusione della parte finale della matita che ha lo stesso colore della mina per permetterne una veloce identificazione. Un aspetto più professionale, elegante e decisamente ''cool''!
Vinile 33 giri rock internazionale
Vendo 33 Giri: MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS: Metro music Label Dindisc Italia Trance and dance Label Dindisc Italia This is the ice age Dindisc Germania Danseparc RCA Germania Mystery walk Current/RCA Canada EURO 35 CHASE: Chase (first album)/Ennea (second album) doppio EPIC Usa EURO 13 THE MOTELS: Motels Capitol/Emi Italia Careful Capitol/Emi Italia EURO 8 JIMMY BARNES Barnestorming Live doppio Mushroom Music Australia EURO 13 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Damn the torpedoes Blackstreet/MCA Usa Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Shelter/MCA Usa Long after dark Blacksteet Germania Hard promises Blackstreet Usa EURO 30 SCOTT FINCH AND GYPSY: Haze of mother nature doppio Comet Records Usa The velvet groove doppio Comet records Usa EURO 40 X: Los Angeles Slash Records England Wild gift Slash/Expanded mucic Italia Under the big black sun Elektra Germania More fun in the new world Elektra USA Ain't love grand Elektra Italia EURO 40 GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR: The parkerilla doppio Mercury Usa Stick to me Mercury Usa The up escalator Arista Usa Howlin' wind Mercury Canada Heat treatment Mercury Canada Squeezing out sparks Arista Usa Another grey area RCA Italia The real macaw Arista Usa EURO 45 THE STRIKE: Scacco al re Big Soul Record Italia Croci e cuori Just for fan records Italia La grande anima RTI Music Italia EURO 35 MINK DE VILLE: Cabretta EMI Italia Le chat blue Capitol Usa Return to Magenta Capitol Usa Coup de grace Atlantic Germania Where angels fear to tread Atlantic Germania Sportin' life Polydor Germania Miracle Polydor Olanda Euro 45 DAVID JOHANSEN: In style Epic Italia Here comes the night Bluesky Olanda EURO 10 NOTA BENE: PER OGNI GRUPPO VENDO IL BLOCCO COMPLETO.
Faber Castell CF36 MATITA ART GRIP - Gar.ITALIA
- MATITA ART GRIP, CF36 Le matite colorate acquerellabili ART GRIP hanno una forma ergonomica triangolare e la zona grip antiscivolo che alleggerisce la fatica della mano quando si disegna per lungo tempo. Sono disponibili in 60 singoli e brillanti colori o in astucci di metallo da e 60 colori e in Gift Box da 38 colori: una stupenda confezione in simil pelle richiudibile con fermi magnetici, pratica e particolarmente indicata per gli artisti in continuo movimento. La mina, dal diametro di 3.3 mm, è completamente solubile in acqua e molto resistente, grazie al suo spessore e allo speciale procedimento SV anti-rottura. Tutti e 36 colori hanno un'alta concentrazione di pigmenti che li rende particolarmente brillanti. Sebbene le mine siano estremamente resistenti, le matite colorate acquerellabili ART GRIP scorrono sul foglio senza scalfirlo. Inoltre su un foglio di carta speciale il colore può essere acquerellato direttamente con un pennello bagnato. I colori chiari sono trasparenti, quelli più scuri hanno un alto potere coprente, ideali per gli sfondi e le ampie superfici. Bastano alcune passate su una piccola superficie con un pennello bagnato e i colori si stemperano ottenendo sfumature delicate oppure su un'area più estesa per rivelare la brillantezza del colore. L'eccellente qualità del pigmento permette inoltre di disegnare sui più disparati tipi di superficie come carta, cartone, ceramica e pietra. Infine, a differenza delle tradizionali matite colorate, il fusto delle matite colorate Art Grip Acquerellabili è completamente blu ad esclusione della parte finale della matita che ha lo stesso colore della mina per permetterne una veloce identificazione. Un aspetto più professionale, elegante e decisamente ''cool''!
Trumpet in the Wadi
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Michael, Sami / Lotan, Yael, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for navigating the cultural conflicts in modern Israel with "A Trumpet in the Wadi," a novel that transcends its Middle Eastern setting with an honest and heartbreaking story of impossible love and the strength of family. Set in the months preceding the Israeli-Arab conflict in Lebanon, this beautifully written tale is the coming-of-age story of two fatherless Christian Arab sisters, Huda and Mary, who live in the wadi -- the Arab quarter in the Jewish city of Haifa on the northern coast of Israel. An extraordinary bond of love and mutual respect unites the sisters -- polar opposites from their appearances to their tempers. Huda, the narrator of the story, is thin and withdrawn and, after abandoning her chance at marriage a few years back, has prematurely resigned herself to the monotonous life of an old maid. Her younger sister, Mary, is voluptuous, carnal, and perennially unemployed. Wrapped in the love of their sometimes bitter mother, their iconoclast grandfather, and the cheerful and omnipresent neighbor Jamilla, the sisters' lives change when a peculiar young Russian Jewish immigrant, Alex, moves into the upstairs flat. The melodies of the soulful trumpet player become the intoxicating theme music for Huda's unexpected reawakening -- and for Mary's dangerous foray into a love triangle with the heir of the local Muslim mob and her country cousin. Michael's internationally acclaimed novel is a major achievement, illuminating the vast range of interlocking relationships between Jews and Arabs, Muslims and Christians, men and women. "A Trumpet in the Wadi" is an honest, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking story -- onethat draws on the conflicts in the Middle East, but one whose insights into love and family can cross all cultural and political boundaries.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cahill, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Anchor Books, The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars" -- and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost -- they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Where Do We Go from Here?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Desurne, Paul W., PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, We all live hectic lives and spend so much of our time dealing with our own problems while searching for our own pursuit of happiness scattered within the daily grind. We live our lives hoping our government will act in our best interest. Roy Simpson was one of these people, no different than the rest of us. Until, one night he disappeared and when he returned something about him had changed. Initially, he accepted this change as a gift and looked for ways to profit from it. Roy soon realized money was not a motivating factor for him. He just wanted to help. He wanted make our country a better place, so he decided to contact Congress and plead his case knowing his fellow Americans at the capitol would only rally his cause. Finding only deaf ears and hands open only for contributions. Roy embarks on quest to be the first average citizen to be elected President of the United States and change the government within. As he traveled the country he would ask Where Do We Go From Here? Do we continue electing people from the same two political parties? The very people that have offered us nothing but double talk and detailed descriptions of our problems and then offer no solutions. It isn't long before the night he disappeared and its relevance crashes down on Roy. Is he really the person he thinks he is? Is he just a pawn in a master plan? Will he have the courage to resist taking the path with the least resistance? Can he find the answer to the question and what was behind his disappearance?
Natural Elements
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mason, Richard, PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group, In his much celebrated debut novel, "The Drowning People," Richard Mason ("An Oxonian literary sensation" --"The" "New York" "Times Book Review") wrote with wisdom and mastery well beyond his twenty-one years--about love, betrayal, and revenge, and about the particular ritualized world of the English upper class. Now in his dazzling new novel Mason writes about mothers and daughters; aging and death; memory and longing; history and narrative; and about the high-stakes, full-tilt embrace of life. The setting is London. The time is the present. Mother and daughter are choosing an assisted-living facility and have come to The Albany, a late-nineteenth-century Victorian mansion, the flagship property of the TranquilAge(TM) chain of nursing homes. The mother, Joan--eighty years old, a gifted amateur pianist denied the pleasures of performance by arthritic hands--has recently been experiencing a rich inner world that she hides from her daughter, a world gained access through the (seemingly magic) pedals of her piano: a portal to adventure. She dreads the prospect of leaving her apartment, but her daughter has decided that she can no longer live on her own. The daughter, Eloise--forty-eight, a hedge fund manager, two decades in commodities--long ago rejected the possibilities of motherhood and has lived enviably free of responsibility. At her pressure-cooker job, Eloise has bought up $130 million (a quarter of the hedge fund's money) of osmium reserves--a transition metal--based on a casual remark by her former lover, a French metallurgist, a genius of sorts, with whom she lived and whom she almost married in Paris in the s. He's been working for years on the development of the compound, which will be tougher than diamonds for industrial use and is only months away from trials. If successful, it could more than double the value of the fund Eloise manages. While mother and daughter are on the trip-of-a-lifetime to the South African capital of the old Orange Free State, the city of Joan's girlhood, Eloise gets a frantic phone call. The price of osmium is in free fall; the fund is off-loading... Fighting panic with a coherent strategy, Eloise puts in motion a bold gamble that risks all--her future, the fund, her mother's well-being. As the stories of mother and daughter intersect, each in a race against time--Joan struggling to live in the present (she cannot believe her days will end in an institution); her daughter racing at breakneck speed toward the precipice of disaster--the novel rushes to its stunning conclusion.
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schulz, Kathryn, PUBLISHER: Ecco Press, To err is human. Yet most of us go through life assuming (and sometimes insisting) that we are right about nearly everything, from the origins of the universe to how to load the dishwasher. If being wrong is so natural, why are we all so bad at imagining that our beliefs could be mistaken, and why do we react to our errors with surprise, denial, defensiveness, and shame? In "Being Wrong," journalist Kathryn Schulz explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships--whether between family members, colleagues, neighbors, or nations. Along the way, she takes us on a fascinating tour of human fallibility, from wrongful convictions to no-fault divorce; medical mistakes to misadventures at sea; failed prophecies to false memories; "I told you so " to "Mistakes were made." Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine, Darwin, Freud, Gertrude Stein, Alan Greenspan, and Groucho Marx, she proposes a new way of looking at wrongness. In this view, error is both a given and a gift--one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves. In the end, "Being Wrong" is not just an account of human error but a tribute to human creativity--the way we generate and revise our beliefs about ourselves and the world. At a moment when economic, political, and religious dogmatism increasingly divide us, Schulz explores with uncommon humor and eloquence the seduction of certainty and the crises occasioned by error. A brilliant debut from a new voice in nonfiction, this book calls on us to ask one of life's most challenging questions: what if I'm wrong?
Homeland
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doctorow, Cory, PUBLISHER: Tor Books, In Cory Doctorow's wildly successful "Little Brother, " young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco--an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state. A few years later, California's economy collapses, but Marcus's hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon his onetime girlfriend Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It's incendiary stuff--and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier. Marcus can leak the archive Masha gave him--but he can't admit to being the leaker, because that will cost his employer the election. He's surrounded by friends who remember what he did a few years ago and regard him as a hacker hero. He can't even attend a demonstration without being dragged onstage and handed a mike. He's not at all sure that just dumping the archive onto the Internet, before he's gone through its millions of words, is the right thing to do. Meanwhile, people are beginning to shadow him, people who look like they're used to inflicting pain until they get the answers they want. Fast-moving, passionate, and as current as next week, "Homeland" is every bit the equal of "Little Brother"--a paean to activism, to courage, to the drive to make the world a better place.
Only Time Will Tell
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Archer, Jeffrey, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, From the internationally bestselling author of "Kane and Abel" and "A Prisoner of Birth" comes "Only Time Will Tell," the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in , with the words "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle, who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school. But then an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys' school, and his life will never be the same again. As he enters into adulthood, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line? This introductory novel in Archer's ambitious series The Clifton Chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany. From the docks of working-class England to the bustling streets of New York City, "Only Time Will Tell" takes readers on a journey through to future volumes, which will bring to life one hundred years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither the reader nor Harry Clifton himself could ever have imagined.
Loteria!
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Villegas, Teresa / Stavans, Ilan, PUBLISHER: University of Arizona Press, A pastime, delightful-- Chips, cards, and a table. The riddles insightful, the future, unstable "What is it?" It's "Loteria, " the Mexican game of chance For the uninitiated, it might seem like bingo played with a riddling tarot deck. But this enthralling board game is more than entertainment. The images found on its cards--"La Virgen, El Pan Dulce, La Telenovela"--are miniature reflections of an entire culture, capturing the joys and sorrows of the Mexican people. Wildly popular on both sides of the border, Loteria cards originated in the Iberian peninsula in the eighteenth century but have been redesigned so many times as to defy expectation, with boards devoted to ecclesiastical figures, soccer idols, and even vaudeville starlets. With the dawn of a new millennium, American artist Teresa Villegas created a new Loteria set that is already gaining popularity in Mexico, and her striking images are also widely exhibited in galleries across the United States. This gift book, which will bring pleasure and bewilderment to children and adults alike, reproduces more than two dozen of Villegas's 54 colorful cards, pairing them with insightful, humorous riddles written by award-winning author Ilan Stavans. Stavans also revisits his childhood in an essay that examines the role of luck in Mexican life and recreates the sort of poetry jam that often accompanies Loteria contests wherever they might take place. Delve into the emblematic pages of this marvelous volume to find your own "Calavera." Let yourself unravel the paths of "El Deseo" and the mysteries of "El Corazon." Before too long, you'll realize that luck is never truly accidental--for a turn at Loteria is always an opportunity to come face to face with "El Destino."
Writermom Tales: Corralling the Commotion While Savoring the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Becker Seigneur, Cornelia, PUBLISHER: Creekside Publishing, You've read the how-to parenting books, heard Hollywood moms' visions of familial bliss, and endured cartoon-covered mothering books' advice to "just be happy," yet real moms want more depth than L.A. entertainment and regurgitated five-step-plans to parenting perfection. Let's face it - motherhood is hard, and it's okay to admit that you crave quiet sometimes. You love your kids but parenting can be a struggle. That's where WriterMom Tales comes in, delivering a fresh and vulnerable take on motherhood, where life lessons are learned through story. Reading WriterMom Tales is like talking to a trusted friend, who overlooks spilled Cheerios and invites you in for coffee and shared experiences, somehow seeing the beauty in the chaos. The essays in WriterMom Tales are perfect for busy moms to savor between children's naps, carpools, and exhaustion. They deliver wisdom, faith, and humor while affirming the adventure and gift called motherhood. ---------------------------------------------------- "Cornelia is an extraordinarily dedicated mom and writer who, by writing about parenthood in a way that both informs and inspires, changes lives through her written words and example." -- Midge Pierce, Author and Freelance Journalist. --------------------- "Spiritual common sense for parenting, written with style and humor."- Mike Thaler, Zondervan Author of Preacher Creature Strikes on Sunday" ----------------------- "As a real life mother of five, Cornelia has mastered the fine art of taking you into the complex world of motherhood and brilliant storytelling. Her stories are inspiring, thought provoking, and just plain fun to read."-- LouAnn Edwards, mother of six, talk show host, award-winning humor writer, author of "Don't Make me Laugh, can't you see I'm in the middle of a crisis?"
Great Expectations
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dickens, Charles, PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co Inc, From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and gift-worthy hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet by superstar type designer Jessica Hische, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's film "Moonrise Kingdom" to Penguin's own bestsellers "Committed "and "Rules of Civility." A collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series design encompasses foil-stamped paper-over-board cases in a rainbow-hued spectrum across all twenty-six book spines and a decorative stain on all three paper edges. Penguin Drop Caps debuts with an "A" for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," a "B" for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," and a "C" for Willa Cather's "My antonia," and continues with more classics from Penguin. D is for Dickens. The orphan Pip is destined to become a blacksmith like his brother-in-law Joe. But when Pip meets the beautiful Estella Havisham, he yearns for a gentleman's education in order to woo her. A mysterious legacy answers his ambition, and changes the course of his life, taking him far from the Marshes of youth--far, so he thinks, from his early terrifying encounter with an escaped convict, and his sister's class resentments. In this fictional autobiography, Pip's coming-of-age story becomes representative of the changing social landscape of nineteenth century England. As Pip's education provides upward social mobility, he must also learn hard lessons about self-delusion and forgiveness, love and loss, and the true nature of his "Great Expectations."
Hitler's U-Boat Fortresses
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradham, Randolph, PUBLISHER: Lyons Press,.".. A most unexpected gift to our nation. I know veterans will want to read this; but I hope all Americans, especially the children, will read it so they understand the sacrifices their grandparents made..." --Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-South Carolina The French naval bases at St. Nazaire and Lorient, occupied by the Germans in June , quickly became the homes of massive U-boat fortresses--nearly indestructible submarine pens, built mostly by slave labor. From these bases, the U-boats struck merchant shipping at will from the Mediterranean to the North Sea. Thousands of vessels were lost, along with vital war material from the U.S. destined for Britain and the Soviet Union. The Royal Air Force began an all-out bombardment of the two ports. Despite their extensive efforts--and those of the Americans who joined them in --the fortresses would survive, surrounded by decimated French towns and countryside. The desperate battle was waged on land, air, and sea. Because the dock at St. Nazaire could house and repair Hitler's powerful warship, the "Tirpitz," British commandos carried out a daring raid to destroy it in March of . They succeeded, but with a great loss of life, and the Germans were able to quickly repair much of the damage. The defenses of these fortresses were so strong that General Eisenhower would ultimately decide to seek containment rather than destruction. The U.S. Army's 66th Infantry Division, on its way to take up the task, lost its troopship "Leopoldville" to a German torpedo, with 802 men going down with the ship. The French underground movement in the area would spawn a fighting force of men to fight alongside the Allies, and thesubsequent German reprisals would devastate many families in Brittany. Yet, the bases stood--and they continue to stand today.
The Horseman: A Travel Memoir
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reitter, Bart, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, "Robert Louis Stevenson-who understood a thing or two about the selves we refuse to know-once said "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go." Surely it was the likelihood of an accident, the unparalleled joy of stumbling upon himself now and then, which Stevenson most cherished in the going. A bit like Stevenson, Bart Reitter is a man who revels in the great distance between here and there. His memoir The Horseman is a wonderful account of the selves forged and found during his travels across the first half of a lifetime-a heartfelt testament to the wisdom of refusing to stand still." --Professor Greg Col n Semenza, University of Connecticut "For those who have ever spent time on the road for a living this book will awaken memories-some fond, some downright scary. It's the diary of a young man plying his trade as he jets around the world while climbing the corporate ladder. Bart Reitter writes in exacting detail. A delightful read." --Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. Retired Staff Writer, Philadelphia Inquirer "The Horseman is an excellent story about one man's travels. The book drew me in and I found myself reading longer than I had allowed for. Reitter's enthusiasm for travel has rekindled my own excitement for the many business trips I have planned for this year." --Rich Dibernardo, President, Initech, LLC "Reading The Horseman brought back fond memories of my travels with Bart. I also have been infected with the travel bug and the cure is to get me on the next flight to anywhere." --John Lin, Senior Territory Sales Manager For author Bart Reitter, the journey is the destination. In this travelogue, he narrates his lifelong journey of discovery through travel. Written with stark clarity and emotional honesty, "The Horseman" begins with a six-year-old boy's first joyful trip to Disney World and concludes with a -mile circumnavigation of the globe. Compiled from journals kept while traveling the world and interwoven with personal reflection and unique historical perspective, "The Horseman" voyages through the joys and frustration of global travel as well as the introspection aimed at understanding life's meaning. It presents an emotional, scientific, funny, and irreverent window into Reitter's mind as he seeks to understand the insatiable wanderlust that drives him forward. From the eastern United States to Singapore, and from the streets of Paris to the jungles of Thailand, Reitter communicates a unique point of view of life on the road that pictures rarely tell. From the euphoria of successful business deals to the loneliness of sterile hotel rooms, the story is never boring. In the end, with the help of his daughters, he discovers the best journey of all is the journey home.
When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fraioli, Sophia / Kaelin, Lauren, PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing, A collection of insanely funny texts between parents and kids, "When Parents Text" is a surprisingly affecting window into the complicated time when parents aren't ready to let go, and kids aren't ready to "be "let go. The parents are well-meaning but hopeless, silly and a little corny, and befuddled by the technology. The kids are bewildered yet patient: the perfect straight man. And the authors, two recent college graduates, Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli, have an unerring editorial instinct to select the funniest, sweetest, quirkiest, most-telling exchanges.There's the revelatory: "Mom: My fingers are saying words. This is amazing." The virtual scolding: "Dad: I will deal with your sassy behavior when I get home. Meanwhile have some fiber."The autofill-challenged: "Mom: dig up some tadpoles on ur way homo. Me: ummm, what? Mom: It autocorrected me. I mean to say dig up some tadpoles on ur way homo. (4 minutes later) Mom: PICK UP SOME TAMPONS ON YOUR WAY HOME."The manically inappropriate: "Mom: Woo Hoo--Ruth died, you know Uncle Lyman's wife, BUT I have your Braves tickets and check on the table "And the downright inexplicable: "Dad: You could poop your pants in the yankee candle store and no one would know."Launched as a website just last year, www.whenparentstext.com is a phenomenon. It receives to page views a day, with features in "The Huffington Post," "Entertainment Weekly," "College Humor," and more. "When Parents Text" includes the best of texts from the website, plus more than 50 percent all-new material never before published.Includes an emoticon glossary and 16-page color insert of MMS texts-- multimedia messaging service, aka, bizarre photos from mom and dad. It's the perfect gift for every text-savvy kid to give to his or her parents.
Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCabe, Kevin / Montgomery, Lucy Maud / Ferns, John, PUBLISHER: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, The poems in this collection by Lucy Maud Montgomery were written to reach the readers she thought of as "kindred spirits" - those thousands of people who then, as now, would be as deeply moved as she was by beauty in nature and in spirit. She felt herself drenched with beauty. It was an emotion that evolves heart-deep recognition in readers who will find an echo of their own yearnings and hungers for emotional outlet. Maud Montgomery was well aware that greatness as a poet was beyond her reach, but her verses were capable of putting into words what ordinary people felt and often could not explain. They express the sense of awe and delight arising from the simple human experiences of all that is lovely in the world. "I've written one real poem out of my heart," she confided to a friend in a week when she had sent off several verses she knew to be pot-boilers. But even these held a small kernel of thought, of appreciation, of gratitude for the gift of natural beauty. The poems in this collection will reach as deeply into the heart of today's readers as they did in those who first read them half a century ago. Critics are now finding new insights and much genuine ability in Montgomery's poetry, but the poems remain poems for people. She wrote for people who hunger for a way to give voice to their deepest thoughts and emotions. She wrote as an artist paints, in vivid scenes with vivid colours. Her verses are clearly defined gem-like vignettes depicting familiar scenes beloved by all the friends of the earth. She writes of clouds and sky, the clash and thunder of waves on a seashore, the scents of garden and woodland, the kinship of humanity with whatever gods there be. The qualities of simplicity and earnestness are not to be spurned. While ordinary people can respond to these eternal truths, Montgomery's poems will continue to be read and treasured.
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Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Finnegan, Joanne, PUBLISHER: J F Bergin & Garvey, Dreams of pregnancy include the expectation that nine months of waiting will end with a joyous event. But, each year, a "shattered dream" occurs for thousands of couples who receive the news that their child will have a disabling condition severe enough that they may question if they are the best parents for their child. Societal expectation is that parents will raise their child or, if the condition of the child is detected prenatally, abortion is offered as an alternative. Parents who explore other options face scrutiny and, sometimes, condemnation--"lonely choices." Joanne Finnegan shares her personal experience and that of several families she interviewed who, like herself, explored options other than raising their child with a disability. Parents express with candor the overwhelming pain they felt when receiving "the news," the frustration when searching for options, the "no-win" feeling of decision making, the resolve with a final decision, and finally, life after the decision. Parent quotes also address issues such as spiritual dilemmas and interactions with friends, family, their other children, and medical professionals. Words of advice for new parents include how to build support systems and gather information, how to search for an adoptive family, and arranging the details of communication between adoptive and birth parents. Interviews with adoptive parents, poetry, and extensive resource lists complete the book. Written as a gift for other parents to help them cope with the pain and loneliness of decision making, this book will also be a valuable resource for medical professionals, adoption and social workers, counselors and spiritual advisors, and friends and family of theparents. It is a helpful as well as a deeply therapeutic book, providing a strong lesson in how to manage during this stressful time, from receiving "the news" about the baby's condition and prognosis, to weighing the factors involved in the various decisions. Should one take the baby home from the hospital? If not home, then where? Foster care, respite care, guardianship, and other forms of substitute care are mentioned. The author also examines decisions about finances and support services, family issues, finalizing an adoption plan, living with the decision, regrets, and future pregnancies.