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A great read and true adventure motorcycling. Just a great book. Wonderful feat by two amazing women and in 1934 even more so! The language is not particularly poetic but the sheer nature of the trek through the continent of Africa deserves it my four stars. It's an easy read and an eye-opener on many colonial facts - the SATT, the legion francaise, the British empire, the segregation in South Africa and the poverty of West Africa, the pigmies etc etc. Their future independent lives and active contributions to the second world wars attests to their determination and inventiveness in a traditionally male dominated (even today) environment. A great book with a strong legacy for all women to go out and make your dreams come true no matter what! English Such an inspiring story of adventure. I stumbled across this in my local library had to buy a copy to come back to after reading it. A truly different Africa to today, still heavily under European occupation at the time, between the...

nan De donkere kamer van Damokles I keep checking back here, hoping against hope, that this marvelous ride of a book will one day get translated into English so I can introduce it to my book club. How Mulish and Noteboom can be translated and not Hermans is a mystery to me. Although I read it a few years ago, just thinking about it today evokes the most vivid memoriesas if I lived it, not just read it. And that's because the psychology of the main character so masterfully pulls you in. It's about self worth and heroism and truth and reality with a literary dose of mystery. Holland and the occupation are the canvas. Dutch Everything is great but for some reason i got a green book instead of red as indicated in the picture one-piece-live-action76.blogspot.com I had been living in Holland for only a few months when I read this book. If you want to understand the Dutch then this is a must read. As Cedric Regtop said it is fast moving, but what he didn't mention was how devasta...

Twisted Tongues: Volume I

Definitive, concise, and very interesting From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite sized biographies of Britains most fascinating historical figures people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Elizabeth I (Very Interesting People Book 6) Book was in great condition. Elizabeth I (Very Interesting People Book 6) Very good read

Rise above depression with CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you to break free from destructive or negative behaviours and make positive changes to both your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing depression with CBT will help you understand your depression, identify solutions to your problems, and maintain your gains and avoid relapse. Managing Depression with CBT For Dummies is a practical guide to using CBT to demolish depression by identifying and correcting negative thought patterns, recognizing the destructive power of ruminative thinking, confronting problems, and finding positive solutions. Helps you understand depression and how it develops Shows you how to correct negative thought patterns Gives you tried-and-true CBT techniques to combat your depression If you're struggling with depression, Managing Depression with CBT For Dummies gives you the tools you need to break down the ba...

It's busy in the building site, with bulldozers, cranes, tip up trucks and cement mixers all at work! Dive into the world of diggers and trucks with this fantastic picture book brimming with busy bright photos, accessible read out loud text and playful rhymes. These books offer a unique combination of photographic realism and story telling, perfect for children and adults to share and explore together. The books also feature an info vocab page so the eager reader can enjoy learning and naming the vehicle parts. Digger and Friends: Digger's Busy Day

Very detailed and relatively easy to use as a reference in a hurry. Henry M. Robert III The most recent version of the accepted rules of order. This was just what I was looking for. A few changes from the previous edition but no many. I found it to be better laid out that the 11th edition. The most important section was the suggestions of how to conduct an electronic meeting. Henry M. Robert III The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure now in a new updated editionRobert's Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth orderly and fairly conducted meetings This 12th edition is the only current manual to have been maintained and updated since 1876 under the continuing program established by General Henry M Robert himself As indispensable now as the original edition wasthan a century ago Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is the acknowledged gold standard for meeting rules New and enhanced features of this edition includeSection...

Nancy Sylvester, MA, PRP, CPP T, has been a practicing professional parliamentarian since 1980. She is a Professional Registered Parliamentarian, a Certified Professional Parliamentarian, and a Certified Teacher of Parliamentary Procedure. She has served as the National Parliamentarian for the National Association of Parliamentarians. She has appeared in New York Times, Meeting Professional magazine, Successful Meetings magazine, and Mastering Meetings from 3M, and is the author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Roberts Rules. Buy for others THE USED OF SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS AS LISTED MAKES LEARNING RR OF ORDER MANAGEABLE. AS A REMINDER, TO BE USED WITH RR OF ORDER. Nancy Sylvester This will do the trick to kick out the bullies and corruption in your organization. We got rid of three. Buy it. Nancy Sylvester I gave this book as a gift to a member of my Community Association Board of Directors. It was much appreciated. Very useful and helpful book. Author knows her subject and presents it...

Fantastic action,exciting characters!! Only a beta read..Awaiting final copy!! Merged review: Explosive Thriller With A 'Dead' CIA Operative This is an intriguing story with interesting characters and explosive action! Jason Trapp is the most lethal CIA agent in the field! Until he is betrayed on an Op, his partner killed and with his body never found, Jason is dead to the world... Terrorists attack on a train, intent to kill as many as possible. No one can find where they came from or who they are with, all seem to be regular men with no black marks on their records. Jason doesn't have to care anymore, but he is a patriot, so when terrorists strike in Boston, right in front of him, he takes off to save innocents! He kills two men which unearths him to Langley, and he is soon on his way there, where he listens to his old boss and agrees to help with this new attack. A fantastic story from a new author, I can not wait to see what Jason gets into next!!! Jack Slater There...

Lots of commonly available information all in a single set. Depending on your experience level it could be overwhelming or common knowledge but even in the most remedial case having it in print could still be helpful. Anyone who has encountered stressful situations can be reassured by having a backup to their brain bank. As far as the writing goes, it is written at a very basic level with terms and phrases that should not alienate the most novice. Even if you are not planning for the end of the world anyone who spends time outdoors can benefit for this. You never know when you or a hiking partner could get hurt or when your car could break down in a remote location. palaeontology Well, theres alot of common knowledge in these books, and some stuff to make you say, huh, that should work. All in all, a good buy. I got these to brush up a bit myself, and help show my family some basic/intermediate survival skills on our next camping trip. For my needs these are perfect. Plus, even if you...

Manhattan, 1912. A time of greed, corruption, scandal and distrust, when the police commissioner had this advice for the citizenry: “Don’t take a criminal investigation into your own hands. Don’t poke about a dead body. Don’t investigate a robbery all on your own.” Then the most outrageous and brutal bank heist of the young century occurred, and the city combusted in fear and anger. Wall Street brokers were carrying guns. The police looked more ineffectual by the day. Not a single man could break the case. But perhaps a woman could. Mrs. Isabella Goodwin was a smart and resourceful police matron who had gone about as far as a woman in police work could go. The bank robbery presented a unique career opportunity. As Elizabeth Mitchell writes in “The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin,” a true story so astounding it reads like fiction, only a woman could penetrate New York’s underworld without attracting suspicion. When Goodwin got the call from headquarters, she was ready. With gl...

In this concise and richly-illustrated work, Olive Whicher introduces an exciting new science of living forms and processes, based on the pioneering work of Rudolf Steiner and his pupil George Adams. In order to understand fully the laws of living nature, she argues, it is necessary to overcome the one-sided ideas of modern science -- ideas which are only adequate when describing material forms and forces. We should widen our thinking to include the etheric formative forces alive in ethereal space (or counterspace) -- which work in plants, for example, by drawing matter upwards in a suctional way. Such forces manifest in a way entirely opposite to those of gravity, which draw downwards, and the forces of explosion, which hurl upward and outward.Readers will find in this book an elementary introduction to a radical new science of living organisms. Heart of the Matter

A good procedural is something of a guilty pleasure for me, and it always adds something when the author has a personal interest (see Robert Drewe's The Shark Net for example). And Junger does set the scene well he describes the fear generated in Boston by the Strangler in the early 60s very well. He describes the arrest and trial of Roy Smith in relation to the Belmont murder well, and tries to be as neutral as possible given the evidence rules in place at the time and the fact that most of the protagonists are now dead. But then it sort of peters out. The fact is, noone is really sure what happened that day in Belmont. Junger doesn't really add any new evidence. What indeed can he add? He has his opinion as to what happened, and its one that I probably share, but really its just his opinion. I was left somewhat frustrated by the lack of anything significantly new being added to the evidence and even frustrated by the pop psychologist attempt to explain the motivations and ps...

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause Audible Audio Edition: Susan Mattern, Jennifer Woodward, Princeton University Press: Audible Books Originals I came to this work having read several of Mattern's other books, drawn to the topic by dint of life circumstances. Slow Moon is well worth reading: it is comprehensively researched, powerfully argued, and deeply stimulating, and if you want to know about evolutionary theories of menopause and its status as a cultural institution, you could scarcely ask for . Mattern's two part thesis can be simply stated: (1) menopause is nature's gift to the species, a solution that maximizes human births, brings us additional food, child care, and shared experience, and generally has enabled us to prevail over many obstacles; and (2) menopause today is primarily a culturally constructed experience, perceived and felt in very different ways among societies throughout the world, with the West suffering an unfortu...

A wonderful story full of romance, forgiveness and the unavoidable ties that bind, Secrets Of The Tulip Sisters is Susan Mallery at her very best. Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routineâ€"up at dawn, off to work, lather, rinse, repeat. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings: Griffith Burnettâ€"Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son, who's set his sights on Kellyâ€"and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to keep when she was alone. But Olivia's return isn't as triumphant as she pretends. Her job has no future, and ever since her dad sent her away from the bad boy she loved, she has felt cut off from her past. She's determined to reclaim her man and her place in the family…whether her sister likes it or not. For ten years, she and Kelly have been stranger...

Bonsoir. normalement les livres d'occasions que je paye à partir du Maroc je les envoyais à un ami à moi en France. et ce n'est que aujourd’hui que j'ai reçu ce livre. c'est vraiment dégueulasse , le genre de livre qu'il faut tout simplement jeter. egypt The book is an excellent presentation of classic black and white Ansel Adams photographs, well presented and spanning several decades 978-0821216293 Nice book about Ansel Adams photography. Who like BW photography and Ansel Adams work, this is book for you. I buy a used one, but come in really good condition, like new one. 111 pages This book was exactly as advertised, excellent condition. But the shipping was better than that. I have never seen a book as well protected in transit: Paper wrapped, bubble wrapped and sealed, EACH OF THE 4 CORNERS additionally bubble wrapped, then put in a two layer envelope. These folks really respect books. 978-0821216293 Libro in ottime condizioni, praticamente nuovo. Perfet...

Zu meiner Examensprüfung im Fach Geschichte befasste ich mich unter anderem mit dieser Kurzbiographie zu Alexander. Klar war, dass für die gesamte Biographie im üblichen C.H.Beck Format (ca. 100 Seiten) kein Platz für ausschweifende detailierte Erzählungen sein würde. in gewissen Bereichen zu komprimiert gehalten. Auch wenn es nur eine grobe Zusammenfassung sein sollte, hätte ich mir einige Szenarien, wie zBsp Tyros oder Babylon, etwas genauer beschrieben gewünscht. Andere wichtige Themen, wie zBsp. Aristoteles, wurden kaum erwähnt, An und für sich eine gute Übersicht. Ein guter Einstieg um weiter zu lesen, das Buch selbst ist etwas knapp gehalten Kindle, Taschenbuch Alexander UHU (unter Hundert Seiten) Als Alexander der Große am 10. Juni 323 v.Chr. im Alter von 32 in Babylon stirbt, hat er in seinem kurzen Leben bereits Griechenland geeinigt, die ehemals griechischen Kolonien von den Persern befreit, sowie einen Großteil Kindle, Taschenbuch Trotz seiner verhltnismig ku...

La fortune de Paris tient sa destine de capitale dun grand pays centralis. Cest pourquoi cette Histoire de Paris est dabord une histoire politique, qui retrace les rapports entre la ville et les pouvoirs successifs qui y ont sig. De la bourgade celtique la mgalopole mondialise, du rgne de lempereur Tibre au second mandat de Bertrand Delano, ce livre sattache lempreinte que ces pouvoirs ont laisse dans lespace urbain. Rois, empereurs et prsidents ont couvert Paris de monuments ; ils ont faonn la trame mme de la cit. Symbole de ltat, la ville est depuis huit sicles le cur de ltat ; lhistoire de France sest en grande partie droule sur les rives de la Seine et cest l que se joue encore, pour une bonne part, lavenir de la France. Cest surtout une grande capitale, crit Montesquieu, qui fait lesprit gnral dune nation : cest Paris qui fait les Franais. Thierry Sarmant est un ancien lve de lcole des chartes. Conservateur en chef au muse Carnavalet, Il a publi plusieurs ouvrages sur Paris, en ...