Publisher: Columbia University Press
Authors: Jay Parini
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The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry
Publisher: Columbia University Press |
| ISBN: 0231081227 List Price: $39.95 Amazon Price: $25.17 Usually ships in 1 to 4 weeks |
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Lessons from a Sheep Dog
Publisher: W Publishing Group |
| ISBN: 0849917654 List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $9.99 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Great book for dog lovers I gave this book to a friend for her birthday. She has a dog just like Lass and could relate very closely to the author's experiences. She loved the book. I am reading it now and agree completely. Great book for any dog lover. Summary: Lessons from a Sheep Dog Be sure to get this little book to go with "A shepherd looks at psalm 23". It will open you eyes to your relationship with our good shepherd and it may put you to shame as to how willing are you to follow His call. Summary: Lovely Dogs Did you know that not all things have to be taught by people? In Lessons from a Sheep Dog By Phillip Keller you will learn things from sheep dogs you thought could only be taught by people. Lass, a non well trained sheep dog, teaches the farmer about discipline, trust, and love. Although Lass wasn't trained the farmer learned that he needs to show Lass who is in charge. Also he learns that if he doesn't trust Lass then Lass will just be stuck as a puppy forever. Then love because Lass was more then a sheep dog she was the farmers best friend. This story was told in the narrator point of view. The author kind of wrote in a creative way because he didn't straight up tell that Lass was teaching the farmer about life but you could still tell that that is what the author was trying to get through our brains. This story takes place on a farm. One connection I made was "I like this character because he knows how to show Lass who is boss." This book was pretty good and I would recommend this novel to people who like dog books. This book was also exciting and loving. Summary: |
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The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century (Columbia Books of Architecture)
Publisher: Monacelli |
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| ISBN: 1580931340 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $18.87 Usually ships in 1 to 5 weeks |
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The Unofficial Guide to Washington, D.C. (Unofficial Guides)
Publisher: Wiley |
| ISBN: 0764575570 List Price: $16.99 Amazon Price: $11.55 Usually ships in 24 hours |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 3 Reviews: Summary: Ehh, I took it, I used it, I found the errors The errors in this guidebook, let me count them. (1) Information on the Mount Vernon tours was wrong. The departure times for the two touring companies were mixed up. (It's a good thing I thought to call ahead!) (2) The phone number given for the National Archives was no longer in operation. (3) Yes, it's true the subway doesn't go to Georgetown, but as of 2006, D.C. offers a bus line, The Circulator, that does. (4) The Smithsonian National Museum of American History had already begun a staggered closing of many of its exhibits for a 2007 building renovation, something this guidebook never mentioned. (Thanks NMAH web site!) I bought this title particularly because it was published in 2005 & it was the most up-to-date, well-reviewed, title I could find, but I found a handful of time-wasting errors in it over a span of four days. Being a first time visitor to Washington D.C. I would have appreciated a guidebook that had color photographs of buildings, monuments, & major art works, but except for the front cover this book has no photos. As for the book layout, I appreciated the subway & D.C. maps on the inside front & back cover, but I had a hard time finding sections of the book without laboriously using the index. This is not a guidebook to be looking through while you're on the go. The restaurant listings also seemed unnecessarily limited. I didn't spend much time sightseeing because I was attending a convention, or I, no doubt, would have encountered more inaccurate information. After thumbing through several guidebooks before my visit, I would recommend the DK (Dorling Kindersley) Eyewitness or Top 10 glossy photographic guidebooks. You can probably find sites with hotel ratings & information just as easily on the web. And you can always look up phone numbers & addresses for attractions in your hotel's yellow pages, which you may have to do anyway with this book. I wanted to purchase a guidebook that was text-heavy, but that also increases the odds that some of the information will be wrong. Also, being unfamiliar with some of the attractions, I'd like to have seen photographs. If you write your U.S. Senator or Representative or visit the D.C. tourism website, they will send you free guidebooks with a Calendar of Events & descriptions of tourist attractions that are as helpful as what you will find in this book &, in my experience, more up-to-date. Three-and-a-half out of five stars for this guidebook. Wasted time is wasted money. Summary: Necessary to have before going to DC I looked at a number of books dedicated to providing advice for travel to Washington DC. I purchased this one after reading the reviews and reading the sample pages. And I was not disappointed. I found the information here to be very accurate and readable. It provided the basic facts needed to plan a good trip. We spent a total of 5 days in DC, and though I've been there twice before, I relied on the advice from these authors. Never once was I disappointed. If I ever spend as much time in another city that the authors have researched, I will not hesitate to purchase that book as well. Too many first-time tourists whom we met during our time in DC did not have a good idea of what they were doing, and I believe they probably ended up wasting a lot of valuable time in a city that is chock-full of things to do. Several times I was able to make a quick decision in just a couple of minutes by looking the information up by using the handy index. I do want to mention an earlier review of this book where the reviewer said that the book itself was too big to bring along. That's ridiculous. The book is not much bigger than a paperback and fits quite nicely in a backpack. My advice: Bring this book along with you while traveling around DC and you won't regret it. Summary: Guaranteed to improve your visit to D.C. Like the other Unofficial Guides we've used, this book paid for itself with the first piece of advice we looked up! After that, I scanned cover-to-cover, and by the end of the book we had a great sense of which attractions we wanted to visit and how to go about arranging our days. A gold-mine of tips for touring the places that are hard to get into in the post-9/11 era. It's also packed with information on neat things to see and do off the beaten path. You can't go wrong with this one! Summary: |
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Washington: Portrait of a City
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing |
| ISBN: 158979043X List Price: $35.00 Amazon Price: $22.05 Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: A Love Song Mr. Gottlieb is one of the finest photographers our country has to offer! His portrait of Washington is a love song to our nation's capitol. The photographs are spectacular, accompanied by a personal, touching and sometimes humorous text. If one thinks they know Washington, this book is a must see through this photographer's eyes. If one has never visited our nation's capitol, this will be a personal journey through a beautiful city. Summary: |
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Columbia Encyclopedia
Publisher: Gale Group |
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| ISBN: 0787650153 List Price: $135.00 Amazon Price: This item is currently not available. |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Columbia versus Britannica Concise I think both books are outstanding, and more complementary than rivals. In fact, I use both. Nevertheless, there are some differences. Columbia's big dimensions and weight (8.9 pounds/4 kg) make almost necessary to read it on a desk. Britannica Concise (BCE) is 6.7 pounds/3 kg and smaller. Both utilize an extremely small font size. Columbia contains 6.5 million words. BCE "only" 2.6. Britannica C has over 2000 photographs, maps, tables, drawings, color illustrations; nations flags ... In Columbia, illustrations are sparse, limited to about 500 black-and-white line drawings. Columbia's 6th edition stopped in 1999. BCE is of April 2003 and is edited every year in spring, but I don't know if they are going to update it or not. Britannica Concise has articles like Super Bowl, Viagra, Coca-Cola, Big Stick Policy, Mother's Day and Father's Day ... that don't exist in Columbia. Quantity does not always mean Quality. B Concise seems to be more shrewd, witty and, by the way, less subjective. For instance, Columbia's article Homosexuality concludes in this way: "But AIDS (.....) also sparked moralistic reactions; some felt, for example, that it represented a form of judgment on homosexuality". BCE's same article is shorter, but neutral, and does not say such a thing. As I said before, both books are outstanding and complementary. Summary: A lot of information in one book I bought the Columbia encyclopedia a little over a year ago and now I feel qualified enough to review it. I'm never amazed at the amount of information that is presented in this book. It has never failed me or my seventh-grade daughter with any of her school related questions. Whether her questions have to do with the population density of Calcutta (population and area in sq. miles), cell reproduction or plate tectonics, I have yet to find something that she needed and it was not there. The information is presented in a very succinct manner. There is never too much or too little information for a specific entry - always just enough. The "also see" and bibliography references at the end of many entries are very useful. The binding is great. I was afraid that this huge book after constant use would crack at the hinges, but that is not true. This is one of the bulkiest books I've got and, yet, surprisingly, is also one of the strongest. After more than a year's frequent use, the hinges feel as strong as when I bought it and so do the ledge and spine. This is not a multimedia information center. There are no pictures, only maps and drawings. When you first open it, you are faced with columns and columns of small font text, though it's nicely laid out. I do not find any social or political bias in the book, but I may not be sensitive to it. One will not find positive or negative references being made on specific issues, although one may find something to the extend of "some academics feel that..." or "in this century XYZ has fallen out of favor with..." The book does not take sides, its stance is neutral and objective with no flavor. It does not offend and its errors (if any) are ones of omission not commission. It may be a good idea to visit your local library first to take a closer look at its heftiness, lack of pictures and, perhaps, objectivity prior to purchasing it to see if it's something that suits your family's style. If you decide to buy it without examining it first, I don't believe you will be dissapointed - it's a great book and a best buy. Summary: Mostly excellent but.... As far as content goes, the book is certainly a treasure house of information. However, on certain sensitive socio-political topics, some of the contributors clearly show their bias. Thus, one should approach such entries with the proverbial grain of salt. I feel that an encyclopedia's contributors should be as factual and objective as possible, and make a point to avoid any appearance of personal bias... Summary: |
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Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia, Volumes 1 & 2
Publisher: Haworth Information Press |
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The Bluebook - A Uniform System of Citation
Publisher: Harvard Law Review Association |
| ISBN: B000BTB3WO List Price: Amazon Price: This item is currently not available. |
Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: a bestseller Tragic, yet strangely uplifting, the Blue Book remains a literary classic. Read by all, reviled by all, the Blue Book provides spiritual guidance where all was dark. A real page-turner! Summary: The standard for law This is the standard citation system used by lawyers. Initially it will seem awkward, since it is quite different from the citation systems used in other fields. But once you're used to it, you'll see that it is compact and efficient. For example the tiny cite "471 U.S. 626" is enough to lead the reader directly to a case, both on paper and online, far more efficiently than trying to convey the same information through, say, a MLA citation. (The basic rule for a citation is "Volume number, abbreviated name of the source, page number.") As a bonus, this is a small book, far more portable than lugging around the behemoth "Chicago Style Guide." The main weakness of this book is that its small size, combined with the goal of being comprehensive, makes it very dense, with few explanations. There seems to be the assumption that you'll first encounter this in law school, with a professor to explain how it works, and the book itself is merely a reference. Summary: Why would anyone need to review the Bluebook? This is the best money you'll ever spend on books! BUY THE FOLLOWING: (1) the Bluebook ($16-24), (2) Black's Law Dictionary (paperback, $24-30) (3) Legal Writing in a Nutshell ($28), and (4) "How to Find the Law" or "Finding the Law" ($1-38). For $70-100 you could own most of the law books you'd need to figure your way through most legal issues. One hour of an attorney's time costs more than all these books. This is an investment opportunity of a lifetime. The returns are 100 to 10,000%. Start your legal education by reading "Finding the Law," then work through "Legal Writing in a Nutshell." Look up unknown words in Black's Law Dictionary (note: the legal use of a word might not be the common use) and keep the Bluebook handy forever. Summary: |
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