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Grand Central Publishing
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Motivational) 『In an unusual joint memoir, congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sanchez tell their story, with first one speaking and then the other. The flow is smooth and easy to follow. These history-making Latina ladies have already made their mark in American history as the first sisters to serve together in Congress. In addition, Loretta is the first Head Start child to be elected to Congress, and Linda is the first person of color to represent a district in Orange County, CA. Because of their never-say-die attitudes, I have no doubt that many more heights will be reached during their lifetimes.
Working with a professional author, made me think that this would be a well-crafted read, but unfortunately, it tends to repeat. Bob Dornan's defeat by Loretta is mentioned over and over. Their father's many difficulties as an immigrant in a new land, and their mother's remarkable struggle to gain her college degree and teach is referred to again and again. Indeed, it could be argued that this is a memoir of their inspirational parents rather than of the sisters.
That aside, it's a good motivational book, especially to anyone who feels as if she is struggling against the odds. I therefore recommend it.』
(Inspiring) 『This book reminded me of the Last Lecture. It was both inspiring and uplifting. It includes some real life lessions that should be common sense but sadly, often are not followed. Kudos to these two sisters who truly are living the American dream!』
(An Inspirational Read) 『Dream in Color is a remarkable and inspiring story for everyone in America. The Sanchez family's journey is nothing short of amazing! Two Mexican immigrants, without a high school education, managed to raise seven children and send each one to college. Loretta and Linda's strong sense of self, determination, and hope come to life through perfectly placed stories of their childhood and accounts of their time in Congress. From tales of a winning softball team, to meeting Cesar Chavez, to a party at the Playboy Mansion, Dream in Color keeps the reader interested and wanting more. In fact, my only critique of the book is that I wish I could have learned more from their parents, Maria Macias and Ignacio, grandmother, Amalia, and great- aunt, Betty. Dream in Color reminds us all that the American Dream is very much alive and the Sanchez sisters are proof.』 『By sharing moments from their childhood in Southern California, Linda and Loretta will pass on the values and traditions they learned from their parents--Mexican immigrants who, despite not having graduated high school themselves, made sure all seven of their children went to and graduated from college--that enabled them to conquer challenges and make history. They will speak frankly on the professional highs and lows, successes and scandals that constitute their distinguished careers, and show that the key to realizing your dreams is, above all else, always be true to yourself.
Often considered Congress's Odd Couple, these warm witty sisters are not only perfect role models for young Latinas in the US, but for all young women looking to break out and create a brighter future for themselves.』
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Cartwheel Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (My daughter loves it) 『My daughter can't get enough of this book. All the sparkle on every page captures her attention. She looks at it and points to the pictures and laughs.』
(Another Great Fairy Book by Repchuck) 『My two year old daughter owns fairy numbers and we recently added this book to her collection, another winner! The colors and illustrations are just so cute and colorful and the sparkly, colored inserts are eye-catching and really make the illustrations pop. It's a well made and durable board book and is holding up well to a two year old that is very hard on books.
I look forward to more fairy books from this author.』
(Cute book and a favorite of my daughter.) 『This book caught my daughter's attention (about 8 months old at the time.)right away because the pages on this book have a shiny, reflective material. The book is short and doesn't have a storyline other than to name off the colors (each fairy is assigned a different color) but I appreciated the fact that the rhythm of the rhymes were very simple and sing-song-y. I also like that the fairies have different hair color and skin tones. The last page shows all of the fairies, but instead of having the reflective material in each of the colors, it is only in 2 colors at the end, but overall a great book for the little ones.』 『"Fairy orange, fairy blue, fastening up their fairy shoes." "Rainbow fairies one and all, ready for the fairy ball!" You are invited to the fairy ball! This sturdy casebound board book teaches colors and features rhyming text and holographic foil on every spread! Glittering fairies in all the colors of the rainbow prepare to greet the fairy queen. Join the fun!』
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Blooms Literary Criticism
Usually ships in 24 hours 『Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple" is the story of Celie, a poor, black woman who overcomes a life of abuse due to the support of the females in her life. Walker, an advocate for African-American feminism, created a novel with a strong community of black women that has resonated with readers of both genders and all backgrounds. This completely updated edition offers a fresh compilation of important current criticism on the unforgettable characters and powerful themes in Walker's classic work. Alice Walker's "The Color Purple, New Edition" also features a chronology of the author's life and notes on the contributors, making it a great choice for libraries looking to enhance their collection of thoughtful and accessible literary criticism.』
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Cartwheel Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (8 Month Old Loves It) 『My 8-month old loves this book. It is a touch and feel book and she loves exploring the different textures. The numbers book is great too.』
(Vibrant colors!) 『My 14 month old son loves this book. The colors are so bright and he loves to scratch the touch the textures.』
(Great book) 『I got this book because I thought the colors and the sea creatures were cute, but it seems like my baby thinks that this is the best book ever. She is 10 months old and she can dig in her book's basket until she gets this book, it is her favorite, and she can read it and play with it all day!』
(Perfect for little learners) 『My daughter is 1 and she loves these simple yet colorful books. The tactile additions really make a difference in keeping her excited about the books. We're trying to teach her colors and shapes right now so its perfect. 』
(Love it!) 『This book caught my eye in the store right away. I bought it for my 9 mo. old daughter and I love it and so does she! The reading level is actually for ages 3 and up, but even babies can appreciate the bright colors and big pictures in this adorable book. For each color, there's a big removable piece in the shape of a different sea creature, and when you take it out, it reveals a fun picture. My baby loves to hold the pieces and chew on them. Great board book!』 『Bold and bright, this tactile board book features favorite animals of varying colors to name and touch. Review basic colors with this appealing, hands-on format!
Introducing Little Scholastic, a developmental publishing program of interactive books created exclusively to give babies and toddlers a head start in learning. Every book features:
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Walker Books for Young Readers
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Wonderful book!) 『It is easy to read with very beautiful colors. I have three Ewe students from Togo and am hard pressed to find books to reflect their culture. I'm sure that the Ewe in Ghana and Togo are related and my students will be able see some of their culture reflected in the book. Thanks Deborah!』
(Kente Cloth) 『A warm multicultural book, that gives an enlightining look at the traditional hand weaving of the Kente Cloth. The book is an exciting celebration of culture by the Ashante people of Ghana and the Ewe of Ghana and Togo. The steady rhythum of rhyming text along with its bright and colorful illustrations are sure to attract the attention of young readers. As an educator I would use this book to introduce colors and weaving activities to young children. The use of rhyme is a great springboard for strenghthening students phonemic awarness. I would give this book 5 stars.』 『A joyful ode to kente celebrates the beauty and tradition of this West African fabric that is now so popular in America. Rhythmic verse shows the special meaning of colors and patterns while glorious paintings show kente as it is used and worn in Ghana, from babies' blankets to dancers' capes. An author's note further explains kente's rich symbolism. Readers young and old will delight in discovering the connections between African culture and the colorful cloth we love to wear. 』
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Chronicle Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (The Color Pallete for your Garden) 『Take this book out, sit on the floor with all those gardening catalougs if you are like me about 400 or so and plan out your whole spring planting. It's a great way to get over winter.』
(very pretty) 『This is a very pretty book, but it has one major flaw. The plants are listed by scientific name and rarely by common name. This can be a problem if, for example, you just want to see, for example, a pansy, and you don't know the scientific name and don't feel like looking it up.』
(Not that useful) 『I had hoped to use this book to look up specific perennials and compare their colors, but most of the flowers I had in mind were not included in the book. There are 639 plants covered, not just perennials, but annuals, bulbs, vines, and shrubs as well. So considering that there are thousands of varieties of flowers, the chances of finding a particular flower are slim. This book is better used without a specific plant in mind, but to browse through to get ideas of plants of a particular color.
Also, there seems to be a warm climate bias. Many of the plants (not just annuals) are for zones 8 and up. I think northern gardeners would find this a frustrating book to use.』
(The perfect format) 『Wow...what a lot of fun. The three strips of mix-and-match flip pages are the perfect interactive format for letting your own eye experiment with different color combinations. The consistent quality of the photographs and color printing make it easy to compare how even subtle shifts in color have a powerful design impact. The author's own remarkable plant combinations on each strip are fascinating in themselves. Not just pretty pictures either- the back of each strip identifies the plant, descibes its culture and growing habits and also offers some very good suggestions for plant combinations. One of my all-time favorite garden design books.』
(Most Helpful Garden Planning Tool) 『This book solves the problem for so many of us weekend gardeners who are looking for colorful combinations for our beds that work together, but don't have the time to sit and match pictures of plants to get the color scheme correct. Unlike most gardening books that provide you with garden designs too cluttered with foliage to get the impact of the flowers' colors, this book gives you combinations that work in one reference source. It's easy to use, providing a great variety of plants and information for any gardener, but the most useful point is the garden color palette it provides. This book is well worth the purchase just in the time it saves me that I used to spend planting and then transplanting plants to different locations because they didn't work with the surrounding bed. There is nothing more jarring to the eye than looking at a garden bed and seeing that one color that just doesn't work with the others. This is a perfect book for any gardener, from beginner to expert.』 『Bargain Books are non-returnable.
Flippable, flexible, and comprehensive, this garden's version ofThe Color Book(over 100,000 copies sold!) is a must-have for gardeners with an eye for the big picture. Presented in the same interactive format as its popular predecessor,The Garden Color Bookincludes over 600 photographs of individual plants— displayed horizontally in swatches by color—that let you flip back and forth, mixing and matching until you find the perfect color scheme. By showing what color blossoms a bulb or shrub will have when in bloom, this indispensable gardening reference allows you to imagine how a summer plot might look planted with a sea of flame red penstemon accented by some sky blue salvias or a spring border of lime green euphorbia. With concise plant profiles covering propagation and bloom, as well as season and zone information, and more than 340,000 combinations, gardener's will be sure to find theirideal garden color palette—before putting trowel to earth.』
『The colors alone are enough to guarantee this book being a favorite for any flower enthusiast with a green thumb.The Garden Color Bookis a feast for both the eyes and the imagination, and it's unique flip-book style (lifted from those mix-and-match children's picture books) make the possible combinations seem endless. While you'll be eager to skip ahead and get right into playing with the page strips, there's some important information in the beginning, including the key code for the various needs of each plant, zone hardiness, light and water requirements, and special concerns. So once you've paid your dues, let the fun begin! Each page of plants is cut into three horizontal strips, one level each for tall, medium, and short plants, and then separated into color groupings--the vivid indigos, bright oranges, and cool silver foliage are photographed beautifully, shown off to perfection with clear close ups. The back of each preceding strip contains squares of information about each plant, so as you're admiring, you merely have to glance to the left to learn whether it's appropriate for your space and conditions. With a clear plastic cover and sturdy spiral binding, this is a book to take outside with you, or pass around the garden club for group inspiration.--Jill Lightner』
Kakaku：595 saved$5.95
Carolrhoda Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Great book on color, for kids and adults!) 『It is very pared down, and very basic (obviously because it is for children) but for anyone learning about the varied use of color in different cultures, these books are the best! I wish it was linked to the other books (Colors of Mexico, etc.) better, I didn't even know it was a series at first. But I came back for more! There are a lot of complicated books about color usage, so it is refreshing to have a simple format like this. If I had children I'd buy them the whole set, and write to the publisher asking for all the countries they didn't include.』 『Explores the different colors found in Japan's history, culture, and landscape.』
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Houghton Mifflin
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Daughter Loves it) 『MY daughter loves this book, true it only has one word per page but each page has picture for little one (My daughter is 20mo) to point out and name, we checked this book out from the lbrary and I have had to read it it her 28345798 times so I thought I better just get her , her own copy. This book is perfect for little ones 18mo to 2 years!』
(not age 4-8 reading level) 『I purchased several of these as a party favor for my preschooler's birthday party. I was very disappointed to discover that there is only 1 word on each page: red, orange, yellow, etc. I would say that this type of book would appeal to a child 12-18 mos. and younger, definitely not a child 4-8. I will be contacting Amazon to try and exchange it. 』 『Curious George explores the amazing world of colors in this bright book with a rainbow surprise at the end!』
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Harry N. Abrams
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Familiar photos you've never seen) 『Seeing these images from the late 1930s to early 1940s is so surprising and still very familiar. These people, places and things are fresh in their freckles, chipped nail polish, rutted tire tracks and dusty streets. Gorgeous photos and fine details on the New Deal programs that caused these photos to exist in the first place.
My two favorite photos were an exuberant, pin-curled girl with her county fair prize ribbons proudly pinned to her new checked dress and the county fair "girlie" show girls backstage, weary and too young in their bedraggled costumes.
I wished that the book had more of these scenes from small town (or even big town life). The last portion of the book focuses on scenes from the factories preparing for war, and the essay explains why these photos were the focus. Nevertheless, the most moving photos to me are the ones showing the small town experience that puts color to the Grapes of Wrath black and white stills in my mind. We are very lucky that these photos have been preserved and so well reproduced for viewers today.』
(Very Worthwhile Collection) 『There are some outstanding shots in this book. As a photographer who prefers color, I was fascinated to see transition from the B&W in early part of the century to color. A very good book to have if you are interested in yet another contribution (B&W to color) of these first documentary photographers.』
(A time machine of a book.) 『This book is a miracle--a gorgeous collection of crystal-clear, full-color photographs that somehow depict a world that many people, myself included, have long unconsciously assumed existed solely in black and white.
Color photographs, hundreds of startling and beyond-Technicolor images of the tail end of the Great Depression and the first years of World War II, fill this beautiful and artfully designed book, and the experience of leafing through them is a revelatory one, an immersive, affecting, transformative one. Just look at these people, these places, these signs: these are not ghosts; these are not the silvery images of museum walls and newspaper archives; these are people; this is the real world; this is the past looking a terrifying hell-of-a-lot like the present, like you, like me. This is poverty and happiness and history and a world gone by, and this is all of that made immediate, and brought to you and to me as if we had just stepped out of a time machine to wade through it all ourselves.
This book is unbelievable. I don't think I could recommend a book more highly, and the only reservations I hold regarding it are the ones that come from being so altered, so changed, so turned upside down by something like this, by something that can make a person view the past and everything so differently. From Pie Town, New Mexico to Lincoln Nebraska, from UFO-like blimps over South Carolina to fishing holes in Louisiana, this is the past of America made alive, made new, made real.
The book's introduction, by writer Paul Hendrickson, is terrific is well, expertly putting the photographs into context, and invoking both explicitly and implicitly the spirit of James Agee, Walker Evans, and LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN. It draws attention to small details of many of the images, details that may have gone unnoticed otherwise, and emphasizes these images' importance to history.
I absolutely love this book, though at times I can barely handle it. I recommend it as highly as I can recommend anything, though I can't guarantee it will leave you unscathed, unchanged, even okay. But get it, read it, see it, and then watch yourself start to see the world, see America, see the past, see it all it in a different way.』
(Inspiring) 『My mother saw the Bound for Glory exhibition in Germany and was so impressed with it that she got ME this book, knowing how much I love to photograph rural Georgia (USA), then became so captivated by it that she was reluctant to give it up. The first time I opened the book I was so overwhelmed that I had to close it again; the images are stunning and truly inspiring, and each photo has so much depth, it takes time to properly digest. Not your average photo book. Highly recommended.』
(Back and White into Technicolor - Spectacular) 『Like many of us, I have come to think of this era in balck and white - a perception honed through years of poring over my parents books and photo albums. Looking at these images gives me the sense of Dorothy exiting her sepia farmhouse into the Technicolor Munchkinland - it's mezmerizing, and the images themselves tell detailed stories about their itme and place. Another book that evokes the same feelings in a more contemporary moment is Sam Fentress' Bible Road, which has beautifully rendered photographs from across the American landscape in black and white and color - if you like Bound for Glory, you are bound to like Bible Road.』 『Between the years 1935 and 1942, a vast number of images of America were taken by photographers hired by the Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA had been established as a relief organization in order to help rural Americans out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency and prosperity. The charge of the photographers was to document the people and places the FSA had set out to help. In 1942, the FSA's photography unit was transferred to the Office of War Information (OWI), whose primary purpose was to document America's mobilization during the early years of World War II, concentrating on such topics as aircraft factories and women in the workforce. Today, this collection of photographs consists of about 108,000 images, among them some of the most famous black-and-white documentary images from the first half of the twentieth century. Yet few people know that, along with the vast number of black-and-white photographs taken, color images were also made, by photographers such as Marion Post Walcott, Russell Lee, John Vachon, Arthur Rothstein, and Andreas Feininger. This book presents, for the first time, the best of these color photographs - introduced by National Book Award finalist Paul Hendrickson and assembled to create a vivid portrait of America as it emerged from the Great Depression and prepared to fight World War II.』 『Thanks to famous documentary photographs of Americans during the Great Depression, we tend to visualize everything that happened in the 1930s in black-and-white. In fact, Kodachrome first became available in the U.S. in 1935, and several photographers for the Farm Security Administration experimented with the new color film as they traveled across the country.Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-43presents an oddly startling world of small towns and country roads ablaze in the vivid hues of real life. A sunburned family in Pie Town, New Mexico, eat a dinner of homemade biscuits, grits, and gravy. Sisters wearing print dresses all made from the same rose and blue fabric seem dazed at the wonders of a state fair in Vermont. Work horses graze on bright green grass under a moody Kansas sky. Chosen from an archive of about 1,600 vintage color slides, the 175 photos in the book are the work of several documentary photographers, including Marion Post Wolcott and Jack Delano. Partway through this panorama of Americana, the tone and subject matter shift. Suddenly, the U.S. is at war, and the casual, unposed quality of the earlier images shifts into self-conscious glorification of the American war effort by the Office of War Information, with shots of steel mills and train yards, and of women newly hired by factories to assemble bomber parts. It's clear from Paul Hendrickson's engaging introduction that the pre-war images are the ones he finds most captivating. This slender volume--which aptly borrows the title of Dustbowl troubadour Woody Guthrie's autobiography--offers a window on a distant era in which grinding poverty and racial segregation coexist with the simple pleasures of rural and small-town life.—Cathy Curtis』
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Thieme International
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (This book is amazing!) 『I teach Pharmacology and I've never seen figures so fit to explain/understand the basic principles of this subject. Do pictures really say more than a thousand words? With regard to this book, the answer is YES.』
(Excellent) 『It's an excellent tool. In one page you can find a complete review of all the Pharmacological concepts already seen in undergraduate courses. I'm a chemical pharmacist and student of the PhD program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and it's a perfect option when I need to review some concept in a good schematic way.
I recommend this atlas blindly
- Chile』
(Farmacologia para ciencias de la salud) 『YO SOY PROFESOR UNIVERSITARIO Y ENSEÑO LA MATERIA DE FARAMACOLOGIA A ALUMNOS DE LAS AREAS DE MEDICINA, ENFERMERIA, VETERINARIA,FARMACIA, OFTALMOLOGIA. HE UTILIZADO LOS LIBROS CLASICOS DE FARMACOLOGIA, SIN EMBARGO, ESTE LIBRO LO CONSIDERO COMO FUNDAMENTAL PARA LA PREPARACIÓN DE MIS CLASES, YA QUE MIS ALUMNOS ENTIENDEN MEJOR LOS CONCEPTOS GRACIAS A LAS FIGURAS QUE VIENEN EN DICHO LIBRO, A LA EXPLICACIÓN CLARA Y SENCILLA.』 『Updated with the most important new substances and scientific developments, the third edition of The Color Atlas of Pharmacology makes it easier than ever for students, nurses, and practicing physicians to keep up with the latest developments in this constantly changing field. Featuring a user-friendly layout, jargon-free language, and more than 160 spectacular color charts and illustrations, the atlas is divided in to four, color-coded sections.』
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