LA Vida De Las Plantas (Mundo Invisible)

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Question:.......2003-01-11

This looks like a book I heard about. But the title is in Spanish. Is the book in Spanish? Is it available in English?

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Una obra maestra para nuestra epoca.......2003-10-23

Yo compre este libro durante una visita a España pues estaba en la lista de "bestsellers". No habia oido del libro anteriormente. Que experiencia fue el leerlo! Es una historia inolvidable con la cual todos nos podemos relacionar en nuestras propias historias. El tema central del libro-- las consecuencias de nuestras acciones-- es muy poderosa. Nos recuerda a todos que el curso de nuestras vidas y de las personas que nos rodean pueden ser afectadas drastica y permanentemente por una decision tomada en un momento de debilidad o egoismo. Es un gran libro que causa mucha refleccion. Me encanto como el autor entrelazo la vida de dos desdichadas mujeres con la suya pues atrapa al lector y aumenta el interes en la historia al pasar cada pagina. Es unos de los mejores libros de literatura española que he leido en los ultimos años.

Aparato Respiratorio, Soplo de Vida (Coleccion 'Mundo Invisible')

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Aparato Respiratorio, Soplo de Vida (Coleccion 'Mundo Invisible')

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LA Maravilla De LA Vida (Mundo Invisible)

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LA Maravilla De LA Vida (Mundo Invisible)
Merce Parramon
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Sordida subcultura.(La vida invisible )(Resena de libro): An article from: Epoca

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Sordida subcultura.(La vida invisible )(Resena de libro): An article from: Epoca
Adolfo Torrecilla
Manufacturer: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
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ASIN: B0008DMMKK
Release Date: 2005-06-01

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on May 23, 2003. The length of the article is 3272 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sordida subcultura.(La vida invisible )(Resena de libro)
Author: Adolfo Torrecilla
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 23, 2003
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 72(1)

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El Escape de Hitler: Su Vida Invisible en la Argentina, las Conexiones Con Evita y Peron (Bestseller (Booket Unnumberd))

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El Escape de Hitler: Su Vida Invisible en la Argentina, las Conexiones Con Evita y Peron (Bestseller (Booket Unnumberd))
Patrick S. Burnside
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Marvel Knights - founded in 1999 - has been a symbol of cutting-edge quality not just for Marvel, but also for the entire industry. Now, on the fifth anniversary of this imprint, Marvel is shooting 100 years from the start date for a special event - Marvel Knights 2099. The five stories contained in this volume are set in a familiar time for longtime Marvel fans, but will turn the future upside down, just as Knights did for classic characters during the past five years. Collecting Marvel Knights 2099: Daredevil #1, Marvel Knights 2099: Black Panther #1, Marvel Knights 2099: Inhumans #1, Marvel Knights 2099: Punisher #1 and Marvel Knights 2099: Mutant #1.

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Okay, now what?.......2006-06-04

I bought this because of fond memories of the 2099 series way back when, but reading these one shots wasn't the most fun. As another reviewer mentioned, the Daredevil one may have been the best, but when you get to the end, you can't help but wonder what the heck is supposed to happen next? Some may like the stories, but for me it was a little dissapointing.

the second coming of 2099 universe.......2005-10-28

This TPB contains inhumans 2099, punisher 2099, mutant 2099,daredevil 2099 and black panther 2099.
This version of Punisher 2099 is not the same that it used to be in the regular series punisher 2099 .
I love the inhumans chapter for me is the best of this TPB
also is very sad.

Mixed bag.......2004-11-16

Anyone remember Marvel's 2099 line back in the 90's? It all started with legendary Hulk scribe Peter David scripting Spider-Man 2099, followed by various futuristic updates of popular Marvel characters, including X-Men, Doom, Ravage, Punisher, Ghost Rider, Hulk, Daredevil, and Fantastic Four. Recently, in celebration of Marvel's fifth year anniversary of the launch of the Marvel Knights line, Captain America and Walking Dead scribe Robert Kirkman was enlisted to write five one-shots, based on the Marvel Knights in the 2099 era. Because they are one-shots, they do feel a bit rushed and there isn't much room for character development, leaving Marvel Knights 2099 a mixed bag. The best story is the new take on Daredevil 2099 in which a descendant of the Kingpin dons a technologicaly advanced Daredevil costume to fight crime, a tale that ends with a delicious twist. The same goes for Black Panther 2099 which finds a new warrior donning the Black Panther costume to oppose Doom and the forces of Latveria. The new take on Punisher 2099 (a daughter of Frank Castle and Elektra, yes you read that right) is so-so, while Inhumans 2099 manages to pack a punch. Mutant 2099 is by far the weakest, featuring a young mutant taking on a hero role under the tutelage of the brain of Reed Richards who is trapped in a robotic construct of the Thing. The art varies by each book, the best being done by Fray artist Karl Moline (on Daredevil) and Man-Thing and Hood artist Kyle Hotz (Black Panther). All in all, this is worth a look for Marvel afficiondos and old time fans of the 2099 line, but it's nothing too special.

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Mime in our time
Robert Shields
Manufacturer: Get the Hook Productions
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B0006XOC0A

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The Lance and the Shield

Tatanka Yatanka, Chief of Chiefs

Powerful, gripping

Great Biography!

Compelling narration of a great leader

The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
Robert M. Utley
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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"His narrative is griping....Mr. Utley transforms Sitting Bull, the abstract, romanticized icon and symbol, into a flesh-and-blood person with a down-to-earth story....THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD clears the screen of the exaggerations and fantasies long directed at the name of Sitting Bull."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date.
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The Lance and the Shield.......2007-01-22

Well researched and well rounded text. The story of Sitting Bull is
told with respect for the man and his people without adulation. Sitting Bull's story is one of strength,integrity,and courage with enduring inspiration.

Tatanka Yatanka, Chief of Chiefs.......2006-09-15

Robert Utley does a fine job of describing the world and worldview of the nineteenth century Plains Indians in this engaging biography of the greatest of the chiefs of the Sioux Nation, Sitting Bull.

Sitting Bull was a traditionalist. Simply put, he lived the way Wakantanka, the Great Spirit, decreed. His life's task was to maintain the culture and lifestyle of his people. Mr. Utley paints us a surprisingly complex and sympathetic portrait of Sitting Bull. In Tatanka Yatanka, the man and the times had met.

Sitting Bull came into a Sioux world which had only recently seen the tribe's transformation from a woodland people to the quintessential quasi-nomadic buffalo hunters of legend. The Sioux largely defined themselves by war, the hunt, and their relationship with both the natural world and the spirit world, between which they made no distinction.

Sitting Bull's lifespan coincided with the slow destruction of the buffalo culture at the hands of Euro-Americans. Dedicated as they were to settling the wilderness country, the Whites finally denuded the Sioux of virtually everything imaginable. As the grand "refusenik" of the Indian nations, Sitting Bull rose to become a remarkably eclectic war chief, tribal leader, wise man and holy man of the Hunkpapa Sioux. He encapsulated in himself all of the greatest virtues of the Sioux, becoming the only High Chief the Sioux tribes were ever to have.

But Sitting Bull, also encapsulated all the weaknesses of his people. Understanding and valuing only those things that were time-honored, he was (unlike his contemporary Chief Red Cloud) constitutionally incapable of grasping the import of the vast changes that were undermining his world even as the sun rose every day. Temperamentally unable to appreciate any mode of thought that was not Sioux, he was reactionarily set against any accommodation with the Whites, long resisted formalized alliances with peoples other than his own, and maintained intact the historical friendships and enmities that marked Sioux relations with other tribes. As a result, the Whites branded him as the leader of "hostiles" and "renegades." Yet, it is clear that Sitting Bull did not hate Whites so much as he would have much preferred of the White Man and the Indian that the twain should never have met.

Unfortunately, this was not to be the case, and Sitting Bull fought a valiant rearguard action against White encroachment in a desperate and ultimately vain attempt to preserve the Sioux way of life. His greatest triumph against Custer at the Little Bighorn, was a pyrrhic victory marking the end of everything this gallant man had fought to preserve. Little Bighorn led to the virtual extinction of the Indian nations as free peoples, their mass hypnosis by the Ghost Dance movement, the tragic Wounded Knee Massacre, and Sitting Bull's own death at the hands of fellow Sioux.

During his life and after, Sitting Bull became a symbol of resistance and determination, a living legend and a man whose heart and mind did not countenance surrender.

A fine book, well worth your time and attention, THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD is a testament to one man's spirit and fortitude in the face of an ultimate disaster.

Powerful, gripping.......2006-09-12

A proud man. Chief of chiefs.
Sitting Bull was one of the last to give in to the encroachment of manifest destiny. He fought countless battles, of which the Custer clash being the most famous, to save his people's way of life, culture and heritage. Seems as though every time he attempted a compromise with the government, he was duped.
With provisions running low and no where to go, he went into exile to Canada, the "grandmother land", where he and his people were treated kindly.
After a few years of Canadian hospitality, provisions and food ran low again. The U. S. government once more convinced him to surrender ponies and weapons and to live at the reservations. Due to hunger he and his people went back to the Dakotas. Little did Sitting Bull realize he was to be held as prisoner of war for a year and a half.
Then it was life on the reservation which must have been agonizing for him. He did get to travel and see other parts of the country (Buffalo Bill Show, etc.) but his way of life had changed forever. His death was piercing and still somewhat of a mystery.

Great Biography!.......2006-08-22

Utley has written a fascinating account of the life of Sitting Bull, perhaps the best known and certainly one of the most influential chiefs of the Sioux Indians. Relying substantially on interviews of Sitting Bull's contemporaries conducted by Professor Walter Stanley Campbell in the 1920s and 1930s, Utley also draws upon other Indian and Anglo accounts and a wealth of military documentation.

Sitting Bull was born in the 1830s, probably 1831, and probably at Many Caches in what became Dakota Territory. His father Sitting Bull was chief of the Hunkpapa tribe of the Sioux nation. Notwithstanding his lineage, the activities and lessons of his youth were the same as those of other young Hunkpapas. He learned to pray, fight, and live according to Sioux principles. By the time he was a young man, he had surpassed nearly everyone, peers and elders alike, in those capacities. His faith in Lakota spirituality was unshakeable; his fighting capability, including the extent of his bravery, was the greatest of the Hunkpapas, and ultimately would become the greatest of the Sioux nation; and he lived with concern not for himself but for his people, generous to the point of poverty. In the mid-1850s, he became a Wichasha Wakan, or someone with the gift of periodical prophesy through dreams and visions. Among the best known of these would be his stunningly accurate prediction of Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn.

Sitting Bull's first interactions with white people came in trade. The Hunkpapas would exchange buffalo robes with French Canadians for firearms and metal tools. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 would mark the beginning of new, less friendly relations with whites. Terms of the treaty were much too difficult for either party to uphold, precipitating the conflict that would last until Wounded Knee nearly forty years later. In fairly short order, the Sioux would realize that the arrival of whites necessitated a war if they were to survive as a people. At this point, Sitting Bull became almost literally and certainly figuratively the lance of his people, employing his favorite weapon in leading his warriors in battle. By 1868, however, fractures were apparent in the never particularly cohesive Sioux nation, and many Sioux chiefs thought of accepting the whites' offer of a reservation. Sitting Bull and several others, most notably Crazy Horse, refused to consider abandoning the free life the Sioux had always led, choosing instead to live free or die trying. Gradually, however, those who felt as did Sitting Bull dwindled in number, unable to survive the war of attrition the whites fought and the decline of the buffalo. In the early 1870s Sitting Bull, now about forty by most accounts, completed Utley's metaphor by becoming the shield for his people. His exceptional prowess as a warrior had granted him the loyalty of and leadership over many Sioux peoples beyond even his own Hunkpapas. Growing older, however, he increasingly, although grudgingly, turned over the actual fighting to younger warriors and became a leader of his people in faith and life.

In 1877, following devastating winters and defeats, Sitting Bull led what remained of his followers into Canada. Having gained freedom from American persecution, he then tried to keep his people alive even as the buffalo continued to disappear. Notwithstanding good relations with some of the Canadian troops, and generally favorable arrangements, he created political difficulties for Canada. Besides pushing aside existing Canadian Indians, his presence also impaired Canada's relationship with the United States. Canada then pressured him to leave, and partly as a result of this pressure, but more because the buffalo had vanished and his people were starving, Sitting Bull returned to the United States in 1881 and surrendered.

His life thereafter was a mixture of the remarkable and the mundane. At various times he lived on a reservation, resided in jail, and toured the country as a kind of national sensation, the latter most famously with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Throughout he continued to push for the rights of his people and the return of their native lands, even though his followers grew fewer and fewer. Having once been among the greatest warriors in the history of the Sioux, then having ascended further into the unprecedented position of leadership over the Sioux nation, he struggled with subordination to white peoples he considered well beneath him. For nine years he accumulated enemies--both white and Indian--and lost followers as a result of his vanity and pride. Furthermore, even if he would not realize it, life had changed for the Sioux people, and he was no longer a respected spokesperson. In December of 1890 he was murdered by his own people during a botched arrest, which itself was to have been an artificial means of removing him from the scene. Largely considered a disgrace to the Sioux, he was buried with no honor whatsoever, and his actual gravesite remains unknown even today.

Utley's biography is an exceptional piece of history. His greatest challenge throughout was providing a scholarly biography of a man from a completely different culture, without letting his own culture seep in. In that, he succeeds admirably. His second greatest challenge was the lack of primary source material on the pre-white days of his subject; the Sioux did not keep written records, and later white interviewers were not interested in recording such relatively dull facts as comprised Sitting Bull's early life. Utley adroitly maneuvers around this substantial obstacle by telling the story of the Sioux nation as best it is known, thereby providing a foundation from which would spring the Sitting Bull of middle-aged life about whom much was recorded. A brilliant approach, and one not easily carried off. Utley does it as flawlessly as one possibly can. Furthermore, although his approach was to build his biography by historical methods as opposed to the methods of literature his predecessor Campbell employed, his book remains as readable as popular western fiction. The prose is so fluid and the story so gripping, one ought to be forgiven if one forgets he is reading nonfiction. From an academic perspective, this book is of value to scholars on Sitting Bull for obvious reasons, but also for those needing a factual foundation for Sioux culture and its interplay with white invaders. Therefore, I heartily recommend this book to all readers, regardless of background.

Compelling narration of a great leader.......2004-06-27

Ever since my childhood, I have always been enamored of the Native Indians. It wasn't the Indian of the Cowboy tv shows where they were portrayed as idiots or savages ~~ but as the people who were close to nature and the spiritual world.

This book does not disappoint. This is a very concise portrayal of Sitting Bull from an author who took great pains to portray Sitting Bull as how the Indians viewed him and as how as the Whites viewed him. He didn't allow his emotions cloud the facts ~~ it was very obvious that he took time to research the facts and present them without boring the reader to tears. He showed Sitting Bull as the greatest Sioux leader of all time and how he worked to unite the Lakotas and the Hunkpapas as well as other Indian nations together to defeat the White invasion. He also presented the facts that allowed the readers to be aware of why the Indian battles were a losing cause ~~ simply because there were more of the Whites coming. There were not enough Indians to keep populating the land.

This is one of the most in-depth research I've read and enjoyed on any Indian leader. This one goes beyond Sitting Bull and talk about the problems the Indians faced ~~ and yes, it does have some moments in there where you just allow your emotions to override the story ~~ Sitting Bull may not have had it easy but he sure didn't make it easy for the US military or the Indian agents on the reservations. He gave back as good as he could ~~ and he never quit fighting for his people. He is admirable not only as a man, but as a leader. This is definitely a worth-while reading for anyone who is interested in history ~~ especially Native American Indian history.

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-04

Another Time Patrol novel with Everard Manse. A lot of this is taken up by a newer agent, a woman named Wanda Tamberley.

Manse is getting a bit worn down by the whole time policing thing, particularly given there is a faction with similar technology opposing them to their own ends.

Wanda herself gets a bit attached to those she is interacting with in 13000BC.

Another excellent Time Patrol novel.......2006-07-24

"The Shield of Time" is another novel in Poul Anderson's superb "Time Patrol" series. The premise is intriguing: Time travel is discovered in the far future, and history is changeable. Evolved humans from far uptime establish the Time Patrol to prevent time travellers from changing history and preventing the future humans from being created.

"The Shield of Time" is three novellas that are loosely linked, and the main protagonist is again Manse Everard, an Unattached agent of the Patrol ("Unattached" means that Everard can be assigned to projects in any era, rather than being a specialist in one particular time.)

These stories are all thought-provoking, and as usual take advantage of author Anderson's broad understanding of human history. I found the middle story to be somewhat tedious, and to be honest about it, Wanda Tamberly did not strike me as Time Patrol material, unless the Patrol selects its agents for looks instead of brains. This quibble aside, this is a fine collection of novellas that fans of the Time Patrol series will greatly enjoy.

Poul Anderson was a giant of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As I have noted elsewhere, Anderson died in 2001 and already his body of work is becoming difficult to find. I hope and trust that future republishings will make his work available to future readers.

A disappointing read.......2006-02-16

I originally read the 1950s 'Time Patrol' stories written by Poul Anderson about 30 years ago, and loved them.
So when I discovered a the sequel 'The Shield of Time', I was delighted and couldn't wait to read it.
I'm sorry to say I must agree with other reviewers in that I found it quite tedious. The pace and action of the 1950s stories was replaced mainly with boring historical trivia.
The book is in three main sections.
The first section dragged along to an obvious and unexciting conclusion.
The middle section based in pre-historic earth was simply irrelevent, and the third and final section was a re-hash of a previously told 1950s story in which the present world has been changed out of all recognition by a change to history that took place centuries before.
At least in the 1950s version of this story the change was entertaining and made sense, in this version it 'just happened', and having happened the story plodded along with no action until the very last pages.
I can only assume that the author was paid by the word for this book, since there were so many of them. Sad to say, I personally was most disappointed.

Jacket summary.......2006-01-08

from the back cover of the July 1991 TOR paperback edition

Manse Everard is a man with a mission. As an Unattached Agent of the Time Patrol, he's to go anyplace - and anytime? - where humanity's transcendent future is threatened by the alteration of the past. This is Manse's profession, and his burden; for how much suffering, throughout human history, can he bear to "preserve"?

Wanda Tamberley is a Patrol member in search of her mission. Recruited fro sunny California in the late 20th century, she'd rather serve as a scientist in the research branch, exploring Earth's flora and fauna in epochs long past. But as hints accumulate from the Patrol's mysterious leaders uptime, it's beginning to look as if a lot of human history depends on her personal decisions - and Manse's.

Meanwhile, the Exaltationists are on the loose, determined to revise human history and rule Time forever ... and Manse Everard is sworn to stop them, no matter what the heartbreaking cost!

Interesting and thought-provoking.......2003-04-05

Though it's billed as Anderson's first novel-length story about the Time Patrol, it's really three novellas strung together. First, agent Manse Everard is in Bactria (today's Afghanistan) in 209 BCE, fight a group called the Exaltationists who are constantly seeking to overthrow the established timeline and establish an alternate history in which they are worshipped as gods, or failing that, to let chaos loose on the universe. Next there's a long sojourn in the Pleistocene, when new Time Patrol recruit Wanda Tamberley is letting her emotions get the better of her judgment in dealing with competing tribes. Finally there's a brisk romp through medieval Europe, restoring the timeline after it has been disrupted by a random event. This was my favorite part of the book. The second part lacked excitement and tended to drag. The first part was good but I really wanted to know more. Where did the Exaltationists come from? How did they come so close to disrupting time in Columbia and Peru? How did a conquistador seize a timecycle, figure out how to use it, and go forward to 1989 California and kidnap Wanda Tamberley? I would really have liked to read these stories but all this action is over before the book even starts. Maybe it is described in some of Anderson's previous Time Patrol stories.

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When author Peter Mortimer was commissioned to write a play about the little-known "Arab Riot" between Yemeni and British seamen at the Mill Dam, South Shields, in 1930, he decided to take the long trip to Yemen itself in search of inspiration. Undeterred by post-11 September government warnings, Mortimer set off and found an extraordinary and surprisingly Anglophile country. Cool for Qat documents this journey, during which Mortimer pieces together how the riots of 1930 arose and considers their relevance to the Western attitude towards Muslims today. Back in the UK, Mortimer's investigations into the 1930 riot reveal a society with many striking similarities to current times. Then, as now, Muslim immigrants were treated as scapegoats for all manner of ills, tabloid newspapers drummed up prejudice, and the powers that be often used fear to disguise their own economic failings. Cool for Qat is a thought-provoking, controversial, and often humorous document of one man's travels through a country about which little is known in the West.

The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull

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The cross of Constantine,: A novel concerning the life and times of Constantine the Great

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The cross of Constantine,: A novel concerning the life and times of Constantine the Great
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Cuthbert Bear, Time Traveller, Visits a Castle (Cuthbert Bear, Time Traveller)
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Cuthbert Bear, Time Traveller, Visits an Abbey (Cuthbert Stories)

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Drunk as a boiled owl: The life and times of James Shields : sailor, diver, raconteur

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Drunk as a boiled owl: The life and times of James Shields : sailor, diver, raconteur
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Great cookbook!

Love, love, love it!

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New Better Homes and Gardens kitchen-tested recipes make losing weight a delicious experience

Handy ringbound format lies flat and pre-inserted tab dividers make finding recipes quick and easy

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Great cookbook!.......2007-08-05

I love that this cookbook comes in a three-ringed binder and has a picture for every recipe.

Love, love, love it!.......2007-03-06

I am the queen of counting calories and this book is #1! I have tried several of the recipes (including desserts) and it is phenomenal how good the food tastes. Even when I reach my goal weight, I'll keep making most of the recipes I've tried so far because they are that good! I highly recommend the Sweet Onion Burgers (I use turkey), Chicken with Basil Cream Sauce, Tilapia with Chili Cream Sauce, and the Mocha Cake! Delicious!

Spiral binding makes the book hard to use.......2006-08-04

The book is spiral bound, and while it allows the book to lie flat on a countertop, the pages don't turn easily. I think the problem is that the spiral binder is too small for the book. The pages don't have much "breathing room" as you turn them so it makes browsing the book difficult. The binding isn't an issue if you will find the recipe you're looking for and turn to that page. Aside from the binding issue, the production is top quality. The entire book is color on glossy paper, and you'll find alluring photos of every recipe.

I have read dieter cookbooks that seem to be regular cookbooks with traditional recipes that have been modified. I wouldn't put this one into that category. It's organized just like a cookbook, as the chapters are based on the type of food used in the recipes. However, I would classify the recipes as new and innovative ideas. While there are some basic, traditional recipes, it's more common that you'll find new recipes that you've never seen before which pair healthy foods, for example, Cranberry Grilled Chicken, Veal with Orange Sauce, Pineapple Pork Roast, Gazpacho Sandwiches, Blood Orange Sherbet, Green Tea and Tangerine Sorbet, Peach-Coconut Mousse, and Orange-Blueberry Angel Food Cake.

One of the best parts of the book is its introduction, which tells you how to calculate your calorie needs, provides a sample menu plan with variations for different calorie amounts, reviews the components of a healthy diet, and emphasizes the importance of exercise.

In my collection of cookbooks, it won't be my go-to book. But when I am looking for new ideas, it will provide me with tons of them to help me add flair to the foods I prepare most often.

Not just for Dieters.......2006-07-13

I am very happy with this cookbook. The recipes are modern and the book's layout is fantastic! My family loves the new twists on old favorites.

Don't buy Spiral-bound Edition.......2006-05-21

First of all, I love this cookbook!! I own more than 10 diet/light/low-carb cookbooks, and this is the only one that all the recipes I've tried from haven't let me down. I love the layout as well; every recipe has a picture making it easy to choose a dish I'd like to try that day.

That being said, I regret that I bought a spiral-bound edition. I chose this one, because it was cheaper. And of course, it turned out that there's a reason for that; The book is quite thick while spirals are very tight, making it very hard to turn pages completely. So, some pages were torn off the comb as I flip though the pages very often to choose a recipe of a day.

This is a great cookbook. If I were you, I'd pay a few bucks more now and get a better quality version that would last longer. (like a ring bound or a paperback version? I don't know which one would be better since I haven't tried other editions. But at least I can tell you that spiral-bound is not very sturdy.)

Happy cooking! =)

New Dieter's Cookbook : Eat Well, Feel Great, Lose Weight (Better Homes & Gardens)

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New Dieter's Cookbook : Eat Well, Feel Great, Lose Weight (Better Homes & Gardens)

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