104WMSBS5C5CHJ2WKWHSTrue60CaliforniaLargeBooksreviewrank184169184170918684285http://www.amazon.com/Above-San-Francisco-Contemporary-Photographs/dp/0918684285%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D09186842851832486Robert CameronHardcover917.946002229780918684288670918684285Cameron & CompanyEnglishEnglishEnglish14262950USD$29.50Cameron & Company1158Book1990-01Cameron & CompanyCameron & Company3451132714USD$7.1445USD$0.453495USD$34.9564520005.04109186842855021999-11-17

A truly wonderful book!

As a former resident of the Bay Area, this book defently takes me back there. The pictures are just wonderful. Bob Cameron included almost every city in the Bay Area. I highly reccomend Above San Francisco to anyone who love great cities and great photography.09186842855121999-09-12

Fantastic Series. This Is One Of His Best.

A new look at San Francisco. Mr Cameron always manages to find new ways of looking at familiar objects. With Herb Caen's writing, this is one of his best books.09186842855111998-06-11

Cameron is the best! All his books are great bargains

This the first of at least 12 of Cameron's "Above" books.He has set the standard for any aerial photography/coffee table books. With each new edition he finds interesting, stunningly beautiful shots-each one worthy of the "Above San Francisco" calendars he also publishes. With so much beauty and so many tourist sights in everyones favorite city, "Above San Francisco" is the way to see this unique city and the entire Bay Area.09186842855001998-06-07

Nice Aerial Photography of the bay area

The aerial photography is beautiful, as is the Golden Gate Bridge. Cameron presents his book very beautifully. I enjoyed this book very much. I enjoyed beautiful sunset photographs, The Bay Area, the bridges, I enjoyed every beautiful photograph in this book. The First thing I liked was the Gate Bridge (Golden Gate Bridge) And the sunsets second, then the Bay Area and of course the Way Robert Cameron did his photography.9History4762Africa4808Americas4873Ancient16252761Arctic & Antarctica4884Asia385090011Audiobooks4921Australia & Oceania4935Europe4984Gay & Lesbian4987Historical Study300954Large Print4995Middle East5011Military14450Military Science5032Russia4853United States5035World1000Subjects283155Books2082Photo Essays2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books2105West2099United States2087Travel2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books17285General17281California17263States17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books16252681North America27Travel1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0520245512http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Hollywood-Secretary-Private-Letters/dp/0520245512%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D05202455122424626Valeria BellettiHardcoverSam Goldwyn Jr.Cari Beauchamp384.809794949780520245518900520245512University of California PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8305000USD$50.00University of California Press1240Book2006-05-15University of California PressUniversity of California Press1005704250USD$42.501975USD$19.752130011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewneweLePPZl1RDjn8KEiYHvIfoR6OeePYB3MKalr7gHubfKdNDgt2kyp7dm0CC1%2BqTCpIKaW0OOWPuDCwRsuYI8bKNNvHUROCqjR5000USD$50.00Usually ships in 24 hours5.04105202455125332007-02-06

Fascinating Letters for Those Interested in the Period

Valeria Belletti was an energetic, intelligent young woman who came to Los Angeles from New York and worked as a secretary to some of the most powerful and interesting people in Hollywood in the late 1920s. During this period, she wrote dozens of letters to her best friend, describing not only her experiences at the movie studios, but her personal feelings and day-to-day life in southern California and on an extended trip to Europe. These letters make up the bulk of this short book, which left me liking Valeria very much and wishing there had been more. Well-written background notes are provided by editor Cari Beauchamp. <br /> <br />While Beauchamp supplies some valuable padding-out of the events and personalities Valeria described, she tends to give the compilation a modern feminist point of view the author of the letters did not seem to have in mind. In contrast, the letters indicate that rather than being the victim of an "iron ceiling" (Beauchamp's term), Valeria, although a high school dropout, had opportunities to grow professionally beyond being a secretary, but chose not to pursue them. Furthermore, rather than half-heartedly marrying a man she was "only fond of" (Beauchamp again) as a sort of economic expedient in an oppressive patriarchal society, Valeria was an independent woman who went where she wanted to go and did what she wanted to do. She had no trouble supporting herself comfortably, and she enthusiastically married a man of modest economic means, of whom she wrote, "The more I'm with him, the more I love him." <br /> <br />I have the paperback edition and find it odd that the name of Valeria Belletti, the delightful author of the letters comprising this book, does not appear on the front cover or the spine, while Beauchamp's name is displayed in large print. For enthusiasts of early Hollywood or 1920s southern California, Valeria's letters are well worth reading, while taking her editor's feminist leanings with a large chunk of salt. <br /> <br /> <br />05202455125222006-07-04

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AT ITS BEST

Fabulous Book. If you want to know the inner-workings of the star-studded Hollywood Machine in the 1920's then this is the book for you. An insider's account with all the trimmings. Cari Beauchamp does it again. BRAVA!05202455124462006-06-14

Fascinating... to a point.

This is a very fascinating book if you're into Hollywood history, specifically of the 20's. Although written as letters to a friend, they a lot like a diary, and as such it's a look at Hollywood of that era from a viewpoint we've never seen: the regular employee. There are plenty of books by and about the stars, directors, executives, etc., but this is the first one from a secretary, and while that may not sound as exciting as, say, a book about Buster Keaton, it really is interesting. <br /> <br />What's great is that these were just casual letters, not something their author (Valieria Belletti) expected anyone but her friend to read, consequently she speaks her mind with an openness and honesty you just won't get from someone who's expecting to be quoted. The letters are full of comments and incidents about major stars and directors, but are presented in a casual way, not jazzed up as they would be upon later reminiscence or if they were being told in an interview. <br /> <br />The only thing I didn't like, and this is to be expected from the private letters of one young woman to another, is that the "search for a husband" stuff gets a bit tiresome. It's still interesting in terms of being a window on the mores and social life of the time, and therefore some readers might find it better than the movie studio parts, but I came at the book through an interest in the movies not an interest in how women dated in the 20's. (As I said though, I did find this stuff interesting, it's just that it started to occupy more space than the studio stuff. And in Valieria's defense, it sounded like she was wearying of it after a while too.) <br /> <br />So I'm glad I read the book and I definitely recommend it, just don't expect wall-to-wall insights and revelations about Hollywood. Not that I expected that, but just be sure you don't either.05202455125672006-05-20

A Must Read for Anyone with an Interest in Vintage Hollywood

This book is not only for film buffs, it is a window to a world that is long gone. It is a bird's eye view of Hollywood at the end of the silent era and transitioning into the age of the talkies. <br /> <br />Aside from the great Hollywood dish, of which there is plenty, Belletti was remarkably candid and refreshingly not star struck. Although, I must confess that I can totally relate to having a crush on Ronald Colman. In the end it is the delightful, matter of fact, take no prisoners Valeria Belletti that you come so much to admire in reading her letters. She was a wonderful letter writer and these letters are, indeed, treasures. At the turn of each page you are delighted anew with some insight or adventure. She was one spunky girl and wrote letters that are filled with details of her days and nights in Hollywood. We need to bless her beloved friend Irma for saving these letters and presenting them to her many years later. <br /> <br />We must also thank Cari Beauchamp for bringing these letters to light and annotating them carefully with her own delightful and informative prose. As I said before, this is a window to a lost world. More than that, it is a celebration of an independent young woman making her way in a man's world and celebrating her life at the height of the jazz age. This will be a volume I will turn to again and again. Don't miss it, this will brighten the gloomiest and dampest spirits on a rainy day. <br />052021492705202498521400041309157806961003161179192344Entertainers2327Arts & Literature2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books4495History & Criticism4484Movies86Entertainment1000Subjects283155Books4496Industry4484Movies86Entertainment1000Subjects283155Books1099184Performing Arts1474Dance1099186Magic & Illusion2154Theater86Entertainment1000Subjects283155Books4872General14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14278921California14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books283060Letters & Correspondence17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books4493Entertainment: Movies: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0899973973http://www.amazon.com/Afoot-Afield-Orange-County-Comprehensive/dp/0899973973%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0899973973158879http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518VDPC29JL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518VDPC29JL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518VDPC29JL._SL500_.jpg500333Jerry SchadPaperback917.949604549780899973975600899973973Wilderness PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8801595USD$15.95Wilderness Press1200Book2006-03Wilderness PressWilderness Press80600955USD$9.55957USD$9.571980011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnew7hhxOS8IVNdtr42XUEI%2Fc8ET5PQqQV0izdH1aY2HSl97nM8auF7CLBa1BOMQIk6ZexezrvPUKyRpkKsmsPrQNjE9QqnQYWbt1085USD$10.85Usually ships in 24 hours5.04108999739735112008-02-21

Comprehensive Hiking Guide

This is a very informative and comprehensive guide to hiking in Orange County. There are a very broad range of hikes, from Easy to Strenuous in here, suitable for a broad range of abilities, and each hike is clearly marked regarding the difficulty, length, and terrain. <br /> <br />Another feature I like is that the guide gives you information on the trail use and the best times. The trail use tells you whether that trail is good for kids, dogs, mountain bikes, horses, etc. And the best times gives you an idea of what the best time of year is to take that particular hike (e.g. November through May). <br /> <br />The maps in the book seem pretty good. They could be better, but I think they get the job done, particularly for experienced hikers. There is an overall map that breaks down the different areas of Orange County, which correspond to different chapters. Then, each chapter has its own map that shows all of the different hikes within that chapter. I would like to see a map of each individual hike, but I suppose that would make the book a lot longer. They do reference USGS maps for each hike that are either optional or recommended. For a particularly difficult or long hike, it would be good to get those maps, but for most hikes, you will be just fine without them. <br /> <br />What I really like are the descriptions. Each hike has a narrative that gives you some background on the area, and takes you through each point in the hike. It's very informative and helpful. <br /> <br />Overall, this is an excellent book and reference for Orange County hiking. I would highly recommend it for avid hikers, families, and beginners alike. Enjoy!08999739735112007-12-09

Informative, detailed, and Comprehensive look at walking the OC

1 to 18 mi. hikes, easily accessable to all. Easy to follow directions make getting to start by bus, where available, simple. <br /> <br />I like the comprehensive nature of information covered more than Robert Stones book on the OC, and look forward to using this book in 2008.0899973973513192006-04-11

Review of the 3rd Edition.

In my Guide to Dayhiking in Southern California I listed the Orange County Volume of Afoot and Afield as the best in the series. It still is in this new edition, but quite a bit has changed, both in format and layout and in hike selection over the previous two editions. In general, these changes are improvements, and enough has changed that you should buy the third edition even if you have the other two. <br /> <br />Most of the changes are along the Orange County coastline where Schad has added 8 new hikes. This is a big plus for coastal walkers and reflects a real commitment on the part of residents of Orange County to preserve their beautiful coastline. The other area receiving lots of additional coverage is the Santa Rosa Ecological Reserve. This place is an absolute hikers' mecca, especially in the spring when wildflowers abound. This edition triples the number of hikes found in previous editions. <br /> <br />In terms of layout, maps are a little clearer than previously and pages for each region of Orange County are tabbed. This will surely help in locating nice walks close by. Gone, however, are the little icons that made the Afoot and Afield guides so distinctive. I found these useful in trip planning and was sorry to see them go. <br /> <br />On the whole, this is an excellent guide for those seeking a wilderness experience in what has to be one of the most urbanized areas in the Western US. I've done over 1/3 of the hikes described and am looking forward to doing more. This is truly the best of Orange County and this book deserves extended sales.08999739735782006-04-09

Simply the best!

No Orange County hiker should be without this guide. Where and when to go, how to get there, what to expect - everything you need to know for the most rewarding hiking experience in this beautiful region. 0899973515157342047608999726750899974287089997409016400Excursion Guides16406United States16384Hiking & Camping290060Outdoors & Nature1000Subjects283155Books17261Pacific17255West17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17285General17281California17263States17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books14278921California14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books16403Outdoors & Nature: Hiking & Camping: Excursion Guides: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books197498011Travel: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR337WRYKMGSSHJOrange County California0520248392http://www.amazon.com/AIDS-Accusation-Haiti-Geography-Blame/dp/0520248392%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0520248392261300http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514E0YMT7RL._SL75_.jpg7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514E0YMT7RL._SL160_.jpg160105http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514E0YMT7RL._SL500_.jpg500328Paul FarmerPaperback306.4619780520248397900520248392University of California PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8802195USD$21.95University of California Press1372Book2006-05-03University of California PressUniversity of California Press1156101200USD$12.00665USD$6.6525420011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewNgiVkvHb4%2BVieVpV7vudcr%2BzE2%2Bt8ZtSZsFzxkL3eJF3LLl49jQPmRHn%2F3qetEb9Pr1m1w1zVzBkQgmkogP0mlAgJVF0H%2BeC2195USD$21.95Usually ships in 24 hours5.0410520248392516172002-08-08

Reading this book will change your life

Farmer's excellent historical ethnography of Haitian illness (as seen through the contemporary context of the world AIDS epidemic), proves the necessity of developing anthropological approaches to understanding health systems and implementing medical care. The diagnosis and analysis of sickness, disease, illness, and treatment should go hand-in-hand with the cultural understanding of local systems of blame, accusation, causation, and cure. Where most approaches to medicine are based on the "Westernized" first-world nations' understanding of the causes of illness (tainted as well, as Farmer shows, by systematic "blame the victim" and shame techniques), the adoption of these approaches in treating the illnesses of other peoples can be catastrophic. Three ethnographies make up the structure of a detailed historical inquiry )<p> The longstanding tradition of conceiving of illness through the lens of powerlessness shapes the contemporary lives of the people in Haiti with whom Farmer worked. Although they could see the effects of the illness, people in this region were obsessed with the cause of the illness, and felt the need to understand AIDS through a constructed narrative of blame. A deep belief in their religion led villagers to look for the source of witchcraft that could possibly be harming them, and elaborate stories about neighbors, jealousies, and rivalries flourished as a result. Any improvement in the standing of one member of the society (through wealth, status, relationships, acquisition of property or food, or political power through employment or marriage) adds to the structure of distrust and blame. <p>Farmer's book shows how disturbingly complex and deep the layers of mistrust, misinformation, and the effects of racism, are. Among the medical hypotheses for the probable exposure is the theory of Haitian sex-workers' contacts through gay tourists to the early strains of HIV. Farmer outlines the long history of Haiti as a gay tourist attraction, and Duvalier's encouragement of tourism as a boost to the domestic economy. Although the possible cause of the gay sex trade for HIV exposure has not been confirmed, medical establishments in the U.S. based their theories of causation on other factors, such as Haitian religious practices. These theories were, in truth, reinforcing longstanding ignorance and racist misunderstandings about Haitian vodou. Stereotypes and racial profiling of Haitian citizenship as a "risk factor" (one of the "Four H's" along with hemophiliac, homosexual, and heroin user), contributed to public policies against Haitian immigrants. Haitians' belief that they are being attacked by some evil sorcery in the guise of a fatal illness called sida falls into place amidst the context of extreme antagonism and injustice. <p>While reading this book, I was compelled to ask myself if there isn't some truth in Haitians' understanding of AIDS as the result of malicious sorcery. Haiti was the only American society to successfully result from the direct action of a revolution against slavery and colonialism. As such, the small nation governed by creoles and black ex-slaves presented a threat to North and South American colonial societies, which were firmly entrenched in slave labor economic systems. Historically, the threat of a repeat of the Haitian revolution must have terrified white European landowners. This terror of African power and strength has been passed on in a racist legacy, adapted to political policies and nationalist agendas, and still exists in ignorant beliefs about AIDS and its causes. Haitians believe that they are victims of a longstanding racist agenda, and they may in fact be right. Farmer's book begins to illuminate some of the complicated historical and ethnographic realities of the overlapping connections between illness and racism, and between causes and effects.05202483924562000-02-05

One of the 4-Hs shouldn't be.

This book dispels the common myths of Haitians and AIDS. It also shows very clearly the heavy involvement of the United States in creating the poverty Haiti has faced. This book makes use of statistics well, but unfortunately, at this point those stats are many years old. When Farmer wrote this book, only three people in the village of Do Kay had died of AIDS. Now, with huge percentages of Haitians exposed to HIV, the picture must certainly look different. This book is a geat candidate for a revised edition some time in the future.05202483925112000-01-04

Informative and thought provoking

I read this book for a medical anthropology class and found it incredibly interesting in its discussion of the politics and racism involved in the US treatment of AIDS in Haiti. It delves into how the American presence and influences lead to and exasperated the widespread AIDS and poverty problems in Haiti.05202483925792000-01-04

Informative and thought provoking

I read this book for a medical anthropology class and found it incredibly interesting in its discussion of the politics and racism involved in the US treatment of AIDS in Haiti. It delves into how the American presence and influences lead to and exasperated the widespread AIDS and poverty problems in Haiti.Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new preface added.052022913405202432691567513441081297301103745256414657AIDS4656Disorders & Diseases10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11233Anthropology11235Cultural15959491Ethnobotany15959501Ethnology15959451Evolution15991811History & Philosophy11240Physical15959471Primitive15959481Religious15959461Sociobiology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11288Sociology16244281AIDS16244271Abuse15991701Adults15991711Aging15991691Children271633011Class16252491Communities15991671Culture297480Death15991651History16244521Leisure11291Marriage & Family16311191Medicine15991721Men15991741Occupational10582Race Relations12807Religion15991661Research & Measurement11293Rural16252481Social Groups15991681Social Situations11294Social Theory15991751Suburban11296Urban15991731Women11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books14117AIDS & HIV14116Diseases13996Medicine1000Subjects283155Books14339Epidemiology14336Infectious Disease225828Internal Medicine13996Medicine1000Subjects283155Books227208Epidemiology227203Internal Medicine265542Medicine173514Medical173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books11237Nonfiction: Social Sciences: Anthropology: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books11268Nonfiction: Social Sciences: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books11289Nonfiction: Social Sciences: Sociology: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books14183Medicine: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books491448Anthropology468214Social Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books319654011Qualifying Textbooks368369011All Titles368370011Arts & Photography368371011Biographies & Memoirs368372011Business & Investing368373011Children's Books368375011Computers & Internet368376011Cooking, Food & Wine368377011Engineering368378011Entertainment368379011Gay & Lesbian368380011Home & Garden368381011Literature & Fiction368382011Medicine368384011Nonfiction368385011Outdoors & Nature368386011Parenting & Families368387011Professional368388011Reference368389011Religion & Spirituality368391011Science368393011Teens368394011Travel251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR6KGTJP3L6GNSNumero Cinco0924022043http://www.amazon.com/Airline-Passengers-Guerrilla-Handbook-George/dp/0924022043%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D09240220432222430George Albert BrownPaperback910.2029780924022043900924022043California Bill's AutomotiveEnglishEnglishEnglish8201495USD$14.95California Bill's Automotive1396Book1989-07California Bill's AutomotiveCalifornia Bill's Automotive95530147USD$1.471USD$0.0197200005.04109240220435002005-12-07

Great book

Yes, it's old. Yes, much of the data is outdated. But what isn't usable is at the very least amusing.09240220435222005-10-27

Excellent advice in 1989 and still mostly good today

I read this book back in 1989 when it came out. I was sitting in some airport east of the Colorado river waiting for a connecting flight when I stepped into the gift/book shop to get a soda and a candy bar. Somehow I spotted this book and bought it, and spent the rest of my waiting period and flight reading it. <br /> <br />The book is full advice regarding air travel that was excellent at the time. I haven't read the book since then, so I'm sure that a lot is out of date. But, I still use some of the major principles from the book when I fly today, particularly those relating packing and boarding and exiting the plane. <br /> <br />One example of the out of date nature of the book is that the author suggests that wheeled luggage will never catch on because they are just too noisy and embarass the user. While that statement might have been accurate for an older person in 1989, wheeled luggage is common now, and there are few people alive today who would avoid a wheeled suitcase for that reason. <br /> <br />The book is well written and the author has quite a sense of humor. It had a lot of helpful information at the time. <br /> <br />Interestingly, at the end of the book, the author asks people to write to him (c/o the publisher) and states that he intends to update the book periodically. Its too bad that he didn't. <br /> <br />If anyone knows what happened to the author, please let me know!09240220435332005-08-14

Perfectly done

OK, let's put some things in perspective here. This book was published in 1989 and the first three chapters on choosing your flight are totally out of date. Consider those three chapters a history lesson at best. <br /> <br />However, this book is extremely well organized and does offer good tips and advice. The writing is direct with no fluff unlike some of these new travel books. The author displays a good sense of humor which a nice bonus. <br /> <br />If you can get this out-of-print book for a couple of books somewhere, I believe it is well worth it. <br /> <br />It gets 5 stars from me not because it is a completely up-to-date book, but for the value I got out of it. How I wish this book would be revised for curent times!09240220434112001-12-08

Business/Travel

Okay, so I read this 1989 book about 5 years ago. It still has good advice for all but the most seasoned traveller.4736Self-Help282908Abuse4737Creativity282910Dreams282911Eating Disorders282913Handwriting Analysis4739Happiness282912Hypnosis4740Inner Child4742Journal Writing4743Memory Improvement4744Motivational4745Personal Transformation4746Self-Esteem863256Spiritual4747Stress Management4749Success4750Time Management10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books13602Geography16311081Biogeography16244611Historic15959291Information Systems15959301Regional13592Earth Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books17041Guidebooks17025Reference & Tips27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17209Air Travel17205Specialty Travel27Travel1000Subjects283155Books4738Health, Mind & Body: Self-Help: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books16004521Science: Earth Sciences: Geography: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books197498011Travel: General404929011General404928011Archive251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0078258464http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Integration-Applications-Connections-Tip-/dp/0078258464%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0078258464McGraw-HillHardcover9780078258466Import0078258464SchoolsSchoolsBook2001-03-01SchoolsSchools1740000005.04100782584645002008-06-25

Glencoe Algebra 1

This product is the same book I have been using for the past two years. This book is as good as the last two I received. The problem is with the people who send the books. The last vendor took three weeks to mail the book, then the US Mail took 18 days to carry it from California to east Alabama. It took five days to carry it from Atlanta to me. This is disgraceful.00782584645002008-06-20

Great

Recieved item on time, right when we were told it would arrive. Book in very good condition.00782584645032005-10-03

Textbook seller review

Fine transaction. Item arrived quickly and was as described. Would recommend this seller.00782584645472005-09-02

Hmm..

I think this is a great algebra 1 textbook. It covers alot of needs and has odd-numbered problem answers in the back of the textbook. <br />It has examples, etc. <br /> <br />0078277485007865609506180206320078651085007865114X10605Education69822Adult & Continuing Education16273181Asia, Africa & Pacifica10614Bilingual16273161Canada & Mexico11399Children's Literature Guides69820College & University69828Counseling266136Curricula69829Education Theory69823Elementary School16273171Europe & Eurasia10633Funding69825High School69844Homeschooling15959731Instruction Method11773Language Instruction10646Lesson Planning16022401Literacy15959811Middle Schools10620Multicultural10671Parent Participation266137Pedagogy266131Policy69824Preschool & Kindergarten541646Reading69846Reference12378Religious Education15959831Secondary School10680Special Education172766Standards10700Study Skills266132Technology & Distance Learning16273151United States16022311Vocational53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0226306585http://www.amazon.com/Alive-Alzheimers-Cathy-Stein-Greenblat/dp/0226306585%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0226306585354798http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KPY2ZJGEL._SL75_.jpg7573http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KPY2ZJGEL._SL160_.jpg160157http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KPY2ZJGEL._SL500_.jpg475465Cathy Stein GreenblatHardcover362.196831002229780226306582560226306585University Of Chicago PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9142750USD$27.50University Of Chicago Press1125Book2004-03-01University Of Chicago PressUniversity Of Chicago Press1158782000USD$20.001521USD$15.211070011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewp%2Fbd41hfNo%2BP4orOujMuSsLcuMAqdjxGeKm0HT1rhUvrOPBkUzPy8cq7UszkDmksdtmuBzuE%2Fq6F5HUPQfPxCw%3D%3D2750USD$27.50Usually ships in 24 hours5.04102263065855022004-09-19

I am very moved by this book

My mother is one of the patients featured in this book, which gave me more understanding, insight (as well as compassion) for what she and others are going through and the sort of enlightened care that Pomerado and its staff are providing. Besides the words, which have the gift of simplicity yet communicate the essence of Alzheimers, the photographs are marvelous and serve to transport you to that person and place that they are in as well as to teach you about the person being photographed with few if any words. <br /> <br />This book is a gift as are all the people featured in it. Thank you. <br /> <br />02263065855222004-08-04

moving and helpful book

Alive With Alzheimer's is a moving pictorial portrayal of the lives of individuals with Alzheimer's who are living in an innovative residential setting in which the emphasis is on living rather than dying. The pictures do a wonderful job of showing the essential humanity of the victims of the illness, even those in the advanced stages. The text is insightful as well-- I read the book cover to cover twice and found it very uplifting. Definitely worthwhile, especially for those who have loved ones with dementia.02263065855012004-06-13

This book will change your view of Alzheimer's

I read this book this week and was impressed with how well it captured the spirit of the residents and staff at Silverado. My father has lived there for about a year--my mother did too until her death in February--and the place is truly amazing. Just like the book describes, I have had many chances to sit and talk with residents who didn't at first seem able to carry on a conversation. But with patience and love, you can find a way to enther their world. With the recent death of President Reagan,people should use this book as an opportunity to see what the world of Alzheimer's is like. When I come to Silverado, it is not with the dread so many people feel when visiting a nursing home. Instead, I come into a place filled with love and always have occasion to share a laugh, dance with a resident, or sit and enjoy an ice cream with my father. It is a wonderful place, as the book makes so clear in both pictures and text, and I hope it will encourage other facilities to change their way of dealing with residents.02263065855222004-06-11

Alive With Alzheimer's

This book was fantastic! It really captured life (real life) with this disease. In fact, it made me feel as though I knew the residents and was appreciating their quality of life along with them. I suppose working in the same setting encourages those thoughts. And, for those who have or are taking care of a loved one now, I imagine they also will be able to relate.<p>I, as a program director of Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, was encouraged to do better at my work, your book was refreshing. I got some ideas and was reminded the importance music has with this disease.<p>My sister, who has very little knowledge or interaction with people having this disease, read through the book and was touched. <p>The pictures really did say it all. I liked that you had a number of sequence pictures. I think the book shows the genuine reality of Silverado. The residents are happy, they are excited about life and engaged.<DIV>The confusion, losses, and devastation of Alzheimer's disease are familiar to the millions of Americans suffering from the disease and to their family members. Understandably, declining abilities and changing personal characteristics shape our picture of the disease, leading some to refer to the "double death" of Alzheimer's in which the sufferer drifts away long before his or her eventual physical end.<BR><BR>This small, tender volume of 85 photographs and accompanying discussion powerfully shows the limitations of this view. Cathy Stein Greenblat, an internationally respected sociologist and photographer, demonstrates in <i>Alive with Alzheimer's</i> that, while the ravages of the disease are real, Alzheimer's sufferers can do more than survive, they can thrive. Her images, interviews, and observations attest to the possibility of their being "alive" with Alzheimer's far beyond the expectations of the general public and even of many physicians with long experience with the disease.<BR><BR>Greenblat offers a new vision, taking us into a world of life-enhancing institutional care. Nursing homes and similar facilities don't have to be a last resort; as Greenblat shows, with a dedicated and experienced staff and an enriched environment (that includes respect, choices, pets, and music), extraordinary changes can be effected in Alzheimer's patients. Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on the disease, offers hope and inspiration. Moreover, its vivid, impressive evidence that ongoing stimulation in a good institutional setting can sustain Alzheimer's patients at a far higher level than is generally believed has significant implications for personal and policy decisions.<BR><BR>The new standard of care chronicled in <i>Alive with Alzheimer's</i> will provide hope and inspiration to those touched by the disease. As Dr. Enid Rockwell writes in her Afterword to Greenblat's moving book, "These photographs are extraordinary for practitioners, for family members, for everyone to see what's going on with these people. The stimulation pictured in this book is more powerful than any medication that we will have in our lifetime. . . . 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Beautifully written, illustrated and diversely fascinating.

I enjoyed getting to know more of the culture and practices (both past and present) of area Native American groups: the Kumeyaay, Cahuilla and more briefly other groups in the Baja and SoCal area. The case is made repeatedly for an inclusive view of a desert "wilderness" as more than just a park untouched/left alone, but skillfully stewarded by the desert's first human inhabitants.15596365135442004-09-25

Must-read for Californians

There must be more biomass contained in the paper that makes up all the copies of all the books in print about the American desert than there is left in the same desert. <br /> <br />A decade after his pancreas gave out, Ed Abbey's books fairly fly off the shelves. Terry Tempest Williams seems to come out with a new book every several months. From lyrical evocations of some guy's weekend hikes in the Superstitions to the yearly raft of new books on running the Colorado, a legion of tomes from the masterful to the mediocre seems to have said just about everything there is to say about the hyper-arid west. Nonetheless, new titles seem to hit the shelves every time you turn around. If John the Baptist had come out of the wilderness into a modern writers' workshop, I do believe he would have been contracted, in print and remaindered before the last locust leg stopped twitching in his beard. <br /> <br />In a less crowded field, Lawrence Hogue's All The Wild and Lonely Places; Journeys in a Desert Landscape might have attracted the attention it deserves when it came out in 2000. It's fairly popular in the San Diego area, which makes sense, given that most of the action takes place within sight of Anza-Borrego State Park. But I've not seen it in nature bookstores north of Mount San Jacinto. <br /> <br />That's a shame, for Hogue has offered up an intensely important book, relevant far outside the sun-drenched confines of San Diego and Imperial counties. All the Wild and Lonely Places may appear to be a collection of musings by a veteran desert hiker - and it is, one of the most appealing such in some time - but it's also a stealth polemic. It's not much of a stretch to call Hogue's work one of the most important books of the last decade on California's environment. <br /> <br />That's not to say the book isn't a pleasant, diverting read: it is amply so. Hogue's matter-of-fact voice and intimate familiarity with the land are refreshing, and he doesn't spend a lot of time using the desert as an excuse for introspection. Rather, he spends his time (and ours) trying to find out just how the Anza-Borrego area came to be the way it is. A quick tour of the land's tectonic origins and botanic paleontology sets the stage for the subject in which the book finds its true strength: the history of human interactions with - and attitudes about - the land. <br /> <br />European colonizers brought much more than cattle, cholera and Christianity to California when they arrived here: they also brought with them a distinct collection of attitudes about wilderness. Originally a negative, fearful abstraction whose sole value lay in the resources that could be civilized out of it, wilderness was partly redefined by nineteenth and twentieth century environmentalists into a source of inspiration, communion, meaning. Other than the signs at the boundary fence, there's not much to distinguish the new, benevolent wilderness from the menacing version feared by our great great great grandparents. Both are valuable for what can be taken away from them, whether timber or solitude, gold or grandeur. And both are, by definition, untouched by people; outside the walls of human society. <br /> <br />Problem is, in California - and elsewhere in the west - it weren't necessarily so. The summits of high mountains may well have been avoided as sacred places. It's hard to picture people getting much use out of wide alkaline playas. But most of the rest of California - valley grassland, Sierra forest, coastal oak savanna - was intensively managed by the people living here. This isn't news: Kat Anderson and Thomas Blackburn devoted their book Before the Wilderness to these practices almost a decade ago. Native Californians set fires to clear encroaching brush, they moved plants from one place to another, they built dams to turn small creeks into seasonal wetlands. Very little of the state was unaffected by native land management practices. There wasn't much wilderness in the state until the white folks brought it here. <br /> <br />Hogue writes at some length about the Kumeyaay, whose traditional territory stretched from the coast to the Algodones sand dunes, and across what's now the Mexican border well into Baja California, as well as about the Cahuilla, the Kumeyaay's northern neighbors. <br /> <br />By regularly burning over their land, the Kumeyaay maintained thriving grasslands now in retreat throughout the southland. (A wetter climatic cycle that ended around 1900 probably played a role as well.) They may have introduced the "wild" California fan palms to the oases they now grace, bringing seeds or seedlings from Baja. They hunted and killed the occasional puma - after giving the cat fair warning - thereby helping sustain populations of the now-endangered peninsular bighorn. <br /> <br />They also committed acts of agriculture. This will come as surprising news to those of us brought up on the canonical observation that California Indians never farmed, aside from the irrigated gardens of the Yuman tribes. The Kumeyaay didn't plow the earth, but they did engage in a form of no-till agriculture that might as well have been taught by Masanobu Fukuoka. They planted grasses, harvested and saved seeds, and planted again the next season, slowly breeding large-seeded cultivars about as wild as red winter wheat. <br /> <br />This is the landscape that the colonists found. Calling it a wilderness is a bit of a stark judgment of the prior inhabitants. When you call a forest a wilderness, despite the clear fact that it's been intensively tended, you're saying something about the people that tended it. If it's land untouched by human hands, then clearly the hands managing it have been something less than human. We moved into this house and said the builder never existed. <br /> <br />Gary Nabhan, who for years has written about the Tohono O'odham and their neighbors in the Sonoran Desert, tells of the oasis at Quitobaquito, once a thriving settlement right on the US-Mexico line, now part of Organ Pipe National Monument. When the Tohono O'odham lived there, the spring-fed pond was a spectacularly diverse assemblage of bird and plant life. Under the protection of the National Park Service, biodiversity has declined to the point that on a visit a few years back, I saw perhaps five bird species there in two hours. A similar oasis across the line in Mexico, still fringed by small O'odham family farm plots, still bears diversity like that Quitobaquito once hosted. <br /> <br />When the Kumeyaay, the facilitators of San Diego's biodiversity, were denied access to most of their land, says Hogue, that biodiversity likewise started to decline. Grazing cattle had something to do with that decline, of course, as did a litany of other environmental events Hogue catalogs. There's tamarisk, the bane of desert wetlands, imported as an ornamental windbreak and now sucking the life out of watercourses from Texas to Torrey Pines Reserve. The US military used part of the Anza-Borrego area for target practice; live ordnance is now a permanent addition to the landscape. Off-road vehicles scar much of what the Pentagon left alone, though an observer less charitable than Hogue might suggest that unexploded bombs pose a potential solution to that vector for damage. <br /> <br />The ferocity with which Anglo-Californians treated the landscape was reflected in their dealings with the Kumeyaay. Hogue gives a brief but compelling description of the Jacumba Massacre, sparked by a few missing cattle, a two-hour gun battle that may have killed a dozen or two natives, and certainly drove any survivors out of the Jacumba area. In an ironic twist, even belated attempts to protect the land compounded the damage to the Kumeyaay, who made up much of the ranching population barred from Anza-Borrego State Park a quarter century ago. <br /> <br />Though the material compels anger, Hogue is no browbeating ideologue. He's sympathetic to the white settlers who populated the land. That's sensible, as he's one of them. <br /> <br />He may not get that sympathy returned from all quarters. In a day when environmental activism is still informed by long-discarded ecological concepts such as the "balance of nature" and ecological "communities," pointing out the capricious, stochastic nature of environmental change in the Far West can earn you green detractors. <br /> <br />Nonetheless, the nature of nature in California has far less to do with stable climax forests and regular predator-prey cycles than would be the case in the Pine Barrens or the Schwartzwald. Out here, it's all landslides and flash floods, lakes drying into toxic chemical flats and rivers changing course. Hogue does a great job conveying the consequences of the last two in his chapter on the Salton Sea, avoiding the tempting easy answers. Do we spend billions to restore the accidental lake to non-toxicity, providing habitat for white pelicans and real estate speculators? Or do we let the sump dry up, sending the water to the critically ill Colorado River Delta? Either way, we may well be trying to make a decision that's best left to the river, which has filled the Salton Sea (Lake Cahuilla) at somewhat random intervals over the millennia, then changed course to let the sea turn to sun-baked mud. <br /> <br />We would do well to consider the native way of looking at this natural unpredictability, and Hogue's portrayal is an enjoyable shattering of common preconceptions on the subject. The most prevalent of those preconceptions is the one that leads people to speak of Indians in the past tense, but those native ways of looking at the land aren't entirely lost. The Kumeyaay Campo Environmental Protection Agency is restoring wetlands on tribal land using traditional techniques, and the plants and animals are responding. Far to the north, a consortium of tribes works to restore the Sinkyone Intertribal Park on the Lost Coast. The California Indian Basketweavers' Association is changing the way land managers use herbicides in wildlands throughout the state, and the Timbisha Shoshone may yet win the right to tend much of the landscape in their traditional territory in Death Valley National Park. <br /> <br />Mainstream environmentalists often ignore these initiatives, if they don't actively oppose them - as has been the case with the Timbisha. This is unfortunate. No one would be served if environmentalists uncritically adopted policies just because Indians said we should. But the least we can do is agree that the homebuilder exists. <br /> <br />We might even ask for a copy of the blueprints.15596365135792000-10-20

Almost all I ever wanted to know

Vastly expanded my consciousness regarding the desert I love. A beautifully written book based on a tremendous amount of personal experience, research, and soul searching.1559636513518182000-08-01

Not too much, not too little

A near-perfect blend of anthropology, geology, human and natural history, it is the thorough overview of the Anza-Borrego Desert that I was looking for. There is no preaching or strong advocacy for either conservation or exploitation of the region, but rather a balanced presentation of the various viewpoints of a surprisingly large number of stakeholders. The easy-going tone and pacing make for an enjoyable read. There is a storytelling quality about the writing that drew and held my attention firmly but pleasantly. There was enough technical detail to flesh out the themes but not so much detail that I felt overwhelmed. The only exception was the chapter on the Salton Sea which included, perhaps necessarily, quite a bit of information on past and current politics regarding the handling of this unique area. While there were parts of the book that challenged my previous impression of the desert as "untouched" and "pristine" - and made me wonder if I really wanted that impression challenged - ultimately my attraction to the desert became more informed, not spoiled.The vast, sere Colorado Desert of southern California, on the verge of the coastal range east of San Diego, is a forbidding landscape. Its sandy flats are dotted with cattle skulls, its skies with vultures, its maps with names like Hellhole Canyon, Devil's Ditch, and Bone Wash. Yet, writes Lawrence Hogue in this lively natural history of the area, which includes Anza-Borrego State Park and the Salton Sea, the desert's fearful aspect has not kept fellow travelers from the place, seeking solitude, enlightenment, or gold.<p> Hogue examines the lifeways of the original desert peoples, the Cahuilla and Kumeyaay, who gathered staples like mesquite beans and farmed in scattered oases, and who taught the first Europeans who came to the desert essential survival skills. He also considers the history of those who came after them: cattle ranchers, miners, the odd bandit, and, later, the American military, which has used the desert as a training and proving ground. "The Cahuilla creation story is still going on," Hogue writes of the shattered landscape. "It is as if God has been driven out of this place, hounded out by howitzers and bombs and missiles."<p> All those armaments notwithstanding, much of the Colorado Desert remains little changed by the human presence. "At this scale of things," Hogue concludes, "the desert is truly eternal, far older and deeper than I can comprehend." His book is a well-crafted, learned companion for any voyage into that arid country. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I><p>"All the wild and lonely places, the mountain springs are called now. They were not lonely or wild places in the past days. They were the homes of my people." - Chief Francisco Patencio, the Cahuilla of Palm Spring.<p>The Anza-Borrego Desert on California's southern border is a remote and harsh landscape, what author Lawrence Hogue calls "a land of dreams and nightmares, where the waking world meets the fantastic shapes and bent forms of imagination." In a country so sere and rugged, it's easy to imagine that no one has ever set foot there - a wilderness waiting to be explored. Yet for thousands of years, the land was home to the Cahuilla and Kumeyaay Indians, who, far from being the "noble savages" of European imagination, served as active caretakers of the land that sustained them, changing it in countless ways and adapting it to their own needs as they adapted to it.<p>In All the Wild and Lonely Places, Lawrence Hogue offers a thoughtful and evocative portrait of Anza-Borrego and of the people who have lived there, both original inhabitants and Spanish and American newcomers - soldiers, Forty-Niners, cowboys, canal-builders, naturalists, recreationists, and restorationists. We follow along with the author on a series of excursions into the desert, each time learning more about the region's history and why it calls into question deeply held beliefs about "untouched" nature. 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