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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age(more) »rank: 52230by: Maggie Jackson
Our review: :We have vast oceans of information at our disposal, yet increasingly we seek knowledge with brief glimpses at the Yahoo headlines while juggling other tasks. We are networked as never before, but we tend to communicate even with our most intimate friends and family via instant messaging, email, and fleeting face-to-face moments that are rescheduled a dozen times, then punctuated when they do occur with pings and beeps and more multitasking. Welcome to the land of distraction. Despite our wondrous technologies and scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion, fragmentation, and detachment. In this new world, something is ... Detail |
Celtic Woman Songbook (Piano, Vocal, Chords)(more) »rank: 15431from: Alfred Publishing
Our review: :Arranged For Piano & Guitar With Lyrics, Chords & Chord Frames. Includes all vocal parts, some songs include solo instrumental parts. Twenty-six of the most popular songs as performed by the Celtic Woman vocalists and instrumentalists. This songbook also contains pages of photos of the Celtic Woman in concert. The arrangements in this collection have been approved by Celtic Woman musical director David Downes. This is a must have for all Celtic Woman fans! Contents: Ave Maria, Beyond The Sea, The Blessing, The Butterfly, Caledonia, Carrickfergus, Danny Boy, Dulaman, Isle Of Inisfree, Lascia Ch'io Pianga, Mo Chile Mear, Nella Fantasia, ... Detail |
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Hello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American Radio(more) »rank: 30408by: Anthony Rudel
Our review: :Long before the internet, another young technology was transformed--with help from a colorful collection of eccentrics and visionaries--into a mass medium with the power to connect millions of people. When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium's potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology's growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy Vallee created the first ... Detail |
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: The Complete Portfolio(more) »rank: 21725by: Editors of Sports Illustrated
Our review: :With 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: The Complete Portfolio', the editors of the magazine revisit the destinations of their recent travels to bring together a lavish, large-format collection in what is sure to be the first in a series of annual swimsuit yearbooks. Get an all-access pass to the beaches of Israel and the Cayman Islands with hometown girls Bar Refaeli and Selita Ebanks. Discover the lush gardens of Maui alongside Tori Praver and Jessica White. Witness the old world palatial feel of St Petersburg with Anne V. Wade to the clear waters of Caneel Bay in St John with Marisa Miller. ... Detail |
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Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game(more) »rank: 20235by: Pimpin' Ken
Our review: :The names change, but the game remains the same.The pimp has reached nearly mythical status. We are fascinated by the question of how a guy from the ghetto with no startup capital and no credit -- nothing but the words out of his mouth -- comes not only to have a stable of sexy women who consider him 'their man,' but to drive a Rolls, sport diamonds, and wear custom suits and alligator shoes from Italy. His secret is to follow the 'unwritten rules of the game' -- a set of regulations handed down orally from older, wiser macks -- ... Detail |
Horse(more) »rank: 59717by: Kelly Klein
Our review: :Powerful, beautiful, wild, fragile, and elegant, horses are as diverse and as enigmatic as people. This oversized luxuriously illustrated book, designed by Sam Shahid, is a celebration of the physical beauty of the animal, of what horses can do, and the sense of wonder and awe that the horse evokes. A competitive amateur show-jumper since childhood, Kelly Klein is a highly respected horsewoman, as well as a renowned fashion stylist. In this stunning collection of more than 250 selected photographs, including many previously unpublished, she conveys her very intimate and personal fascination with horses, and the intense vulnerability that counters ... Detail |
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Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal(more) »rank: 242205by: Laurie Wing
Our review: :This 180-page journal, beautifully illustrates the miracle of pregnancy with grace and charm. Each month contains thought-provoking questions that prompts the new mother-to-be (and father!) to capture the most important moments of pregnancy. There is plenty of room to record practitioner visits, baby's development, the physical changes and symptoms, special circumstances during pregnancy and room for pictures, if desired! Detail |
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom(more) »rank: 23836by: bell hooks
Our review: :In this book, bell hooks, one of America's leading black intellectuals, shares her philosophy of the classroom, offering ideas about teaching that fundamentally rethink democratic participation. Hooks advocates the process of teaching students to think critically and raises many concerns central to the field of critical pedagogy, linking them to feminist thought. In the process, these essays face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom, and of the gift of freedom that is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal. Detail |
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Sports Illustrated: In the Paint(more) »rank: 19123by: Editors of Sports Illustrated
Our review: :In its annual Swimsuit Issue 10 years ago, 'Sports Illustrated' first presented spectacular photographs of gorgeous models in swimsuits that consisted of nothing more than paint artistically and painstakingly applied to their bodies. These eye-popping optical illusions, created by make-up artist Joanne Gare and captured by the magazine's world-class photographers, have become a favourite feature of this wildly popular magazine. Now the editors bring together not just a complete collection of astonishing painted-swimsuit photographs, but also a series of vastly entertaining essays, stories, and column, some commissioned especially for this book - that trace the history of body painting and ... Detail |
120 Best Known Christmas Songs(more) »rank: 16945from: Alfred Publishing
Our review: :Contains 120 Christmas classics including: Christmas Alphabet * Little Saint Nick * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * Winter Wonderland * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth * Jingle Bells * Toyland and much more. Detail |