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Unlike so many biographies of dance maestros, Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years offers no litany of substance or psychological abuse. The volume, assembled by the archivist of Merce Cunningham's world-renowned U.S. company, records and analyzes Cunningham's work process and documents the provenance of his modern dance classics. Heavily spiced with biographical detail, Merce Cunningham packages the choreographer's life story in a lovely design that respects his whole body and conveys a rare sense of movement in its mass of still photos.
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Merce Cunningham celebrates the career of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, from his first innovative and explosive solo dances to the present. This unique book incorporates images of performances by many world-renowned photographers, including Imogen Cunningham, Barbara Morgan, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Hujar, and Arnold Eagle.
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Merce Cunningham:Fifty Years.......2000-08-02
An excellent resource. Insightful. Beautiful pictures. Highly recommend for folks in dance education, collaborative artists, school teachers, dancers, and children.
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I liked it.......2006-05-09
I had to buy this book for my Quantity Foods course as a part of my Dietetics major. I actually liked the book, and I am going to keep it for later use. I thought the book was organized very well. Some of the charts in Chapter 2 and 5 that we used quite often were a little hard to find (because there are so many!).
It also presented a good overview of things you wouldn't think would be in the book, such as the school lunch program, etc.
I liked it!
Wow!!! A must have for all chefs.......2006-02-25
I had seen this book at a friends business and thought it was good. Since I have ordered and received it I have had the chance to really review the contents and find it one book that I can use daily. The CD rom is also fantastic in the number of recipes it contains. One nice feature is that you can size the recipes to what you need. Another great plus. Well worth the money. Tom Elliott, CEC
Food For Fifty.......2006-02-25
Very well written book, leaves nothing for the mind to question,I would highly recomend this book!
Love this book.......2005-07-23
This book is so helpful to me. I'm a new head cook at a Public school and plan to use many recipes from this book. Besides the great recipes it helps me with Nutritional planning, Variety menu planning with eye appeal, specific food information such as heating temps and storing food, and recipe adjustment. This book will be a tool I will use daily at work. I love that each recipe has the nutritional values per portion.
A vital MUST HAVE handbook for professionals!.......2003-06-09
Whether one is cooking in a restaurant or a school kitchen, this is the most valuable handbook. You'll want it at ready reference. I know, because never a week went by that I didn't consult it while running my bakery/deli in the Oregon Cascades.
I must confess that I didn't tell customers my recipe source. I preferred they think me a genius or as having come from a family steeped in cooking history. They knew I was no genius (hell, they knew I wasn't even very smart) but they did like the foods we provided. And, when I decided to produce a new, tasty meat pie, it was this book that I consulted to improve upon my concept.
Choose not to buy this book and you probably are never going to know what you don't know. Choose not to consult it while it sets on your shelf will probably endanger your relationship with your harshest critics.
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Whitman Brand folder holds State Series Quarters 1999-2008 both Philadelphia and Denver Mints. 120 openings.
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My son is having a ball.......2007-08-04
My son is collecting the 50 State quarter set. He's having fun and we're getting our money's worth from the folder! I would definitely recommend this item to amateur collectors.
You Get What You Pay For.......2007-07-17
I was a bit disappointed after receiving this item. It is a good value for the price, I suppose, but the binding was much flimsier than I expected and on the inside, the blue paper had been scratched and repainted with blue paint several shades lighter than the paper. This was just in one small area, but it stands out badly.
However, if you are not too serious a coin collector (as I am) and just want something quick to keep coins in that resembles a collector's book, then you might like this for the convenience and the lower price.
pretty good.......2007-07-12
looks robust and comes with a lot of useful information.
Just be careful putting the quarters in, they fit in a little tight.
Also to pop them back out, press from behind, dont try to pry them out, i learned the hard way!
Quarter Binder.......2007-06-08
I had been looking for these for my kids for a long time. The only negative is that the quarters are hard to get in but at least they won't fall out.
50 state coin folder.......2007-05-29
Item rcvd was item ordered. Item was in good condition. I would buy from this seller again.
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The third edition of Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners includes a rich assortment of practical features to support teachers as they meet some of the more daunting challenges of the 21st century classroom. All of the strategies in this book are aligned to the TESOL standards and have been field-tested in diverse classrooms. Each strategy includes a brief explanation, step-by-step instructions in how to plan and use the strategy and two classroom scenarios demonstrating how the strategy can be adapted for different grade levels and content areas. A new unique DVD included in the back of the text illustrates select strategies being used in a classroom dominated by English learners. After the demonstration lesson, one of the authors interviews the teacher for insights into how the lesson was planned and the teacher's reasons for choosing the strategy. The strategies include planning approaches, strategies for improving student involvement, vocabulary knowledge, and comprehension..
Organized into five sections which flow easily from theory and planning, through learner involvement and vocabulary building, to increasing comprehension. Numerous strategies in the theoretical overview section, plus suggestions for assessment integrated into many strategies in other sections. Provides a repertoire of non-traditional assessment ideas such as anecdotal records, performance samples, and portfolios. Integrates material on the use of educational technology such as the internet, visual aids, etc. Includes thorough, concise summary of relevant research from Krashen, Cummins, Terrell, Swain, Asher, and others.
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Practical for Secondary Teachers.......2007-06-27
This book was worth the money. It is appropriate for secondary teachers (and many things out there are geared more toward elementary). It has a brief introduction to the theory behind the text in the beginning and then the rest is pratctical, skill-based lessons/activites for English Language Learners. As a language arts teacher, my only minor disappointment was that some of the lessons are geared more toward general content areas like social studies and science, but there is still plenty of good stuff for me to use.
actually helpful for teachers.......2007-03-29
As an ESL teacher, I find this book actually to be useful for my grad school class and my own practice. Pretty happy with the purchase.
intellsabby.......2007-03-11
This book is a step by step technique just as the title states. Great for any student teacher that needs a clear visual explanation on how to help ell's. For already teachers in the field it is a good refence book to help them focus on how other techniques can be applicable to thier lesson planning.
every esl teacher need this.......2007-01-19
This book is well organized and coordinated with tesol objectives. Very user friendly, this is a must have resource for all ages.
Excellent for ELL in Elementary.......2006-06-15
I found this book had great strategies to apply in an elementary setting for all my students.
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If Dilbert and Tom Peters ever attended the same party, they'd probably find themselves in opposite corners. The cynical cartoon character would have a hard time in Peters's upbeat, high-energy world of "Cool-Beyond-Belief." The Brand You50 is Peters's manifesto for today's knowledge workers. It joins his Reinventing Work series, which includes The Projects50 and The Professional Service Firm50.
In The Brand You50, Peters sees a new kind of corporate citizen who believes that surviving means not blending in but standing out. He believes that "90+ percent of White Collar Jobs will be totally reinvented/reconceived in the next decade" and that job security means developing marketable skills, making yourself distinct and memorable, and developing your network ability. His
list-filled prescriptions cover everything; for example, "You are Your Rolodex I: BRAND YOU IS A TEAM" (no. 22), "Consider your 'product line'" (no. 25), "Work on your Optimism" (no. 35), "Sell. SELL. SELL!!!" (no. 47). While the book is overwhelming at times--its hyperactive typography pretty much shouts at you--any baby boomer thinking about his or her career will find much to consider. --Harry C. Edwards
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Michael Goldhaber, writing in Wired, said, "If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself you won't get noticed and that increasingly means you won't get paid much either. In times past you could be obscure yet secure -- now that's much harder."
Again: the white collar job as now configured is doomed. Soon. ("Downsizing" in the nineties will look like small change.) So what's the trick? There's only one: distinction. Or as we call it, turning yourself into a brand . . . Brand You.
A brand is nothing more than a sign of distinction. Right? Nike. Starbucks. Martha Stewart. The point (again): that's not the way we've thought about white collar workers--ourselves--over the past century. The "bureaucrat" on the finance staff is de facto faceless, plugging away, passing papers.
But now, in our view, she is born again, transformed from bureaucrat to the new star. She works in a professional service firm and works on projects that she'll be able to brag about years from now.
I call her/him the New American Professional, CEO of Me Inc. (even if Me Inc. is currently on someone's payroll) and, of course, of Brand You.
Step #1 in the model was the organization . . .a department turned into PSF 1.0. Step #2 is the individual . . .reborn as Brand You.
In 50 essential points, Tom Peters shows how to be committed to your craft, choose the right projects, how to improve networking, why you need to think fun is cool, and why it's important to piss some people off. He will enable you to turn yourself into an important and distinctive commodity. In short, he will show you how to turn yourself into . . . Brand You.
See also the other 50List titles in the Reinventing Work series by Tom Peters --
The Project50 and
The Professional Service Firm50 -- for additional information on how to make an impact in the professional world.
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This is not "how to" book.......2007-09-26
"Talent" by T.P. is better. This book consist of 50 main bullet points and possibly 6-700 sub bullets - all together a long list of nice things to think about but this is not a "how to" book as expected.
BE your OWN BRAND!!!!!!!!.......2007-08-31
A lot of the advice within this book is sound: Be proactive. Sell yourself. Define yourself. Network. Take responsibility for your career success. As a junior professional, it's very important for someone like me to realise how these elements support and leverage one's actual capabilities in the workplace.
However the author seems hard pressed to develop these into 50 distinct points. It becomes repetitive, which is why I would recommend dipping into the book as opposed to reading it cover to cover.
The written style and tone becomes irritating. As other reviewers have noted, it's full of PHRASING like THIS!!!! HYPERBOLE!! INSPIRATIONAL CLICHES!! I wish instead of 5 word sentences the author had also offered more explanation and insight into the issues he raises.
Some great ideas; in need of editing.......2007-08-28
Many, if not most, business books began their life as a set of PowerPoint charts that the creator presented to seminars, conferences and the like, and that were subsequently converted into book form. As a result, most business books are chock full of filler - anecdotes of questionable relevance, endless repetition, and other low-value material.
In contrast, "Brand You 50" eschews surplusage. It reads like a conference presentation, for better and worse. On the plus side, this book is a fast read, and it includes dozens of ideas for improving your performance, your skills and your marketability. Which ideas you choose to embrace and implement will depend on your job, your goals and your personality; this book provides a huge buffet of ideas from which to choose. "Brand You 50" has no filler at all, which I appreciated. On the minus side, the book is formatted horribly. Peters crows that he designed it himself. I appreciate the thought, but some editing of punctuation, font, and the like would have helped immensely. It literally reads like a transcript of a motivational speaker, complete with a plethora of exclamation points. Indeed, this may be the first book in the English language with more exclamation points than periods.
However, after you get past the awkward formatting, "Brand You 50" provides a wealth of practical ideas for building your personal brand. It's at least worth checking out from the library.
Enjoyable read, OK stuff, but not WOW!.......2007-08-09
Well, I read it in 4 hours... It's interesting, it does good to your self-esteem and contains fairly practical advice. However, I wouldn't consider it too seriously for crafting a new life course on the basis of its advice. It also needs significant updates where it refers to new media and the Internet.
Life Changing..........2007-04-01
If there ever was a book that changed my paradigm when I first read it, it was "The Brand You 50."
Ever since, I have promoted this book strongly in my classes, toward all my students. In fact, the first thing I always tell them is, "You are You, Inc. from today on. You don't work FOR any company, but you work WITH them. Change your views, and therwith, change your life.
So far, it has worked tremendously. I have received numerous notes of gratitude from those who previously felt trapped in their work situations. Tom Peters truly did an awesome job with this book.
I used many of the mindsets of Peters in my own works, most recently in "The Awakened Leader: One Simple Leadership Style That Works Every Time, Everywhere," and "Spirituality in the Workplace: What it is; Why it Matters; How to Make it Work for You" (the last one co-authored with Dr. Satinder Dhiman and Dr. Richard King).
It is unbelievable what a change in perspective can do for your self-esteem, drive, and visions. But having thought about it deeply, and having interviewed over 100 leaders since reading this book, I can attest that it's a great work.
Read it, and then read the books in which many of Peters' advises have been captured, "The Awakened Leader: One Simple Leadership Style That Works Every Time, Everywhere," and "Spirituality in the Workplace: What it is; Why it Matters; How to Make it Work for You."
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Fifty years ago, as Europe's colonial powers withdrew, Africa moved with enormous hope and fervor toward democracy and economic independence. Today, most African countries are effectively bankrupt, prone to civil strife, subject to dictatorial rule, weighed down by debt, and heavily dependent on Western assistance for survival. What went wrong? Focusing on the key personalities, events and themes of the independence era, Martin Meredith's magisterial history seeks to explore and explain the myriad problems that Africa has faced in the past half-century, and faces still. Acclaimed by reviewers and readers from across the political spectrum, The Fate of Africa is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how it came to this - and what, if anything, is to be done.
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Meaner Truths a Thousand Strong: Africa Slouching Toward Bedlam.......2007-08-08
The father of Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin, once observed: "The falsehood that exalts we cherish more than meaner truths a thousand strong." So, when a Western poll recently identified Nigerians as the happiest people in the world, amidst their squalor, corruption and confusion, the ghost of Pushkin was resurrected. This book does not paint a flattering picture of Africa; in fact, the news is downright bereft of cheer.
Country by country, Meredith's tour de force is, at once, a panoramic survey of all 53 African countries as well as a statistical compendium of each since Ghana was granted independence by Britain in 1957. Except for South Africa, Botswana and Senegal, Meredith retraces the recent 50-year history of each country in a way that plots its course through ethnic violence and infernal pillage by respective Big Men to present-day failure.
Born and raised in Nigeria, I submit that, in meeting all that its title portends, this 752-page book is unequaled in scope, substance and authenticity and should remain so for a long time to come. By omission or commission, Africans may have been set up to fail by their colonial masters, for instance, the sandwich arrangement of British-ruled countries, Nigeria and Ghana, which are each surrounded on all sides by different Francophone countries and the vertical yoking together of heterogeneous ethnic groups that are horizontally homogeneous across countries, have been troublesome. Meredith's magisterial work should persuade Africans to abandon further tendencies to blame former colonial masters and assume full responsibility for the current state of disintegration in which their continent is mired.
[...]One wonders why an African has not published a book that credibly sets the record straight; one asks where else a vulture would stand by waiting for an abandoned, emaciated child to expire so that it can feast on it? Continued denial can only exacerbate the problems of Africa. For other views, visit [...].
Africa, a continent which produces less than the country of Mexico, is not to be pitied; a continent with only 10% of the world's population but which accounts for 70% of AIDS victims is to be rehabilitated; a continent that inherits one despot after another to rule its countries can only retrogress, even with the best-intentioned foreign aid packages.
The wishes and dreams of eternal optimists such as the polymath, Columbia University professor, Jeffrey Sachs, (The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Penguin, New York, 2005), are no match for named, predatory African leaders who steal, mismanage or waste foreign aid. Until the well-meaning, disenfranchised, cadre of African professionals, who are economic refugees, living in Western countries, return to rescue, if not recover, their continent, Africa will not return from the depths of despair to the heights of hope.
Meredith's book is insistent in its message and should be read by everyone interested in the economic and political self-reliance of Africa.
The best intro to African modern history.......2007-07-11
The author managed to give some level of detail about almost all the African countries without confusing me. This is not a small task. Actually, I think I still retain quite a bit of detail after reading 700 pages of mass murder and killing that seems to happen to every country. This book offers a good, probably standard, explanation on the cause of all the chaos and tragedy in Africa. Before reading any book about a specific country in Africa, it is well advised to begin with this book.
It feels that Meredith takes the role of a journalist who reports, rather than analyzing the situation, so this is a good introduction book to basic African modern history.
What I would love is for the author to add a new chapter on the updated status of Africa (this book is a bit outdated). For example, it is encouraging that Charles Taylor, the dictator in Liberia, is finally being trialed by the international courts. I love to see more international pressure on these dictators and that oil/commodity money benefiting real local people one day.
So much more... .......2007-06-01
A riveting narration of African troubled history
Textbook material turned into a moving revelation
Objective and thorough yet compelling and captivating
Great Book.......2007-02-23
As a student of Africa and a former peace corps volunteer in Mali, I have read many titlbooks with titles that have words like "Hope", "Fate", Future", "Poverty", "Horror", and "Famine", but this one is the best so far. I would highly recommend this book to anyone with a serious thirst for understanding this continent and I am grateful for Mr. Meredith's wisdom concerning this very important part of our world.
A Journalist's snapshot is not History.......2007-02-08
The important thing to remember about this book is that Martin Meredith is a very good journalist but he is not an historian; and thus this book is not history. It therefore should not be misconstrued as a history of Africa since African independence. It is a very well put together chronicle, a snapshot of one man's selection of key events at one point in Africa's history, accompanied by his own brief interpretation of them.
The author's nearly 800-page, almost clinically dispassionate, country-by-country analysis of Africa after independence is easily recognizable for what it is: the "memory dump" of the logbook of a traveling journalist. And in as much as this is true, no one should be surprised at the book's rather narrow "fact-based focus." Thus, "The Fate of Africa" is neither history nor political science. And since it is without a context, it isn't even a good travelogue -- of the genre of Sanford Unger's and other wandering Afrophiles of the past. These travelogues, one may recall, came with an extensive context that demonstrated the author's interactive facility with the cultures in question. Pure and simple, "The Fate of Africa" is political commentary "at a safe distance from Africa," minus any semblance of being African history.
It is this, at precisely the time in Africa's history when the one thing that is sorely needed is not more "analysis at a distance" about Africa's fate, but serious, sober analysis and explanations of the causes of the current continent-wide cultural melt down. One would not be too wrong in suggesting that "The Fate of Africa" may be the best evidence yet available that, however accurately facts are arrayed and strung together, arrangement of facts alone, "does not a history make."
Thus it is unfortunate that the skilled hands of a fine journalist like Mr. Meredith, has not translated into being an asset to this book. In his much too tightly focused grip, African history after independence has been reduced to what the Mayans have described as the Pacific Ocean: "it is a world without a memory; it has no past." By design, it seems, Mr. Meredith's coldly calculated fact-based version of African culture and politics since independence has been cutoff from, and completely stripped away from, African history - especially from its recent colonial past, which, arguably is at least as sordid as the events the author describes as Africa's fate since independence. And most importantly, it is history that alone can account for the devastation Mr. Meredith so accurately describes.
The clear implication, left dangling in the air as a pregnant hypothesis and part of a familiar subtext about Africa (and the African Diaspora more generally), is the suggestion that: "having achieved their independence, shouldn't blacks on the continent (and by extension in the Diaspora) be doing much better?"
Without the support of history, without a proper context, there is of course only one possible answer to this question, and it is a resounding yes, Africans everywhere should be doing better, much better. But just as "The Fate" leaves one pregnant question dangling, it begs another one: Is it really fair to insinuate such a question about Africa's Fate in the abstract -- as if Africa had no past, especially no colonial past? I believe the answer to this question is an equally resounding, no. It is not fair.
And here is at least one reason why:
Any reasonable reader will not fail to see hidden in the shadows of this text the old familiar lament of the black man being "The White Man's Burden." This is of course the real subtext of Meredith's book. It is about the white man's belief in congenital black inabilities - about the similarities between the melt down since "African independence" and the companion melt down in America's ghettoes since "Black slaves were freed." The subtext is sort of an unstated global smear of blackness, an almost existential slander that is deeply encoded in Western thought and its primordial racist ideology.
But there is no way either of these twin subtexts can be addressed without a direct appeal to and confrontation with history and without serious historical analysis. It is simply unfair to leave as an unstated insinuation that history, historical background and context, and historical analysis play no part in these respective fates, and thus are unnecessary to explain either Africa's or Black America's desperate conditions.
Why must history be invoked? Because without dismantling and destroying the structures that supported colonialism and that continue to support American style racism and Apartheid, African independence and Negro freedom, reduce to mere empty abstractions. They do not become real until the structures that gave rise to them are dismantled and eliminated. And, in either the case of Africa since independence; or America, since emancipation, this dismantlement has not occurred. And that fact is about history, not about journalism.
As Meredith's facts so aptly demonstrate. To a man, the creatures of horror continuing to stalk and ravage Africa - the so-called Big Men or Kleptocrats (Mubuto, Amin, Bokassa. Lumumba, Nguema Mobutu, Nyerere, Banda, to name only a few) all had "made in the West" stamped on their foreheads. And those who failed to tow the Western line such as Mugabe, Kaunda, Kenyatta, Mengistu, Nasser, and Nkrumah were either set up for economic failure, overthrown by Western intelligence, or ridiculed and isolated and deposed by puppets favored by the West. This is history, not isolated facts, not mere journalism.
The same is true of Africans in the U.S.
Out of necessity, an Uncle Tom Nation of "accommodationists Negroes" has evolved as the desperate global response to entrenched and persistent unending racism. In the past, this "black aristocracy" was made up of those all too willing to accept Jim Crow and Apartheid in exchange for a reduction in the freedoms that had been promised but which were unlikely to ever be delivered, in any case. Today, it is only cosmetically different from that ugly and brutal past. This too is painful history, not mere journalism.
The Uncle Tom Aristocracy whether in Africa or the U.S. is the wedge that separates backwardness from progress. It is redeemed and paid off in personal perks, and individual entitlements, and awards to the surrogates of white supremacy, in lieu of not having to address wider Black concerns and issues. Therefore we still have the dramatic ghettos of Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia, Chicago and LA. Exactly the same phenomenon that occurs in Africa, where the Big Men and their associated "Vampire Aristocracies" rake off the cream of African resources and ships them to the West in exchange for Mercedes Benzs and other gaudy Western trinkets. What is left in each case is a prostrate populous with an exceedingly dim future.
In Africa, this is called "independence" in the same way that America's "Uncle Tom Nation" is called "democratic freedom."
In the end a journalist snapshot is a mere detail, a thumbnail sketch of a much larger picture, a factual abstraction of a much larger and deeper human drama. Such details make interesting reading but they do not add up to a full history. Five stars.
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Learn-to-Read Treasure Hunts provides 50 days (or 10 school weeks) of family fun while giving kids ages 5 to 7 the skills and confidence they need to become better readers. The concept is simple and designed to work no matter what method of teaching is being used in school. There's one treasure hunt per day, three or four clues per treasure hunt, with each perforated page a written clue that parents tear off, fold, and hide. The child has to read each clue to complete the hunt. For example, Clue #1 of Day #1 reads: "Look under a pan," with the word "pan" illustrated. On the back of the final clue each day is a bonus phonics game in which kids match words to pictures. Fifty reward stickers are included with the book.
For ages 5-7. 63,000 copies in print.
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Excellent idea.......2007-04-06
My 5-year-old LOVES doing these treasure hunts; we even use them as a reward when he's had a great day at school. He puts the sticker he earns at the end of each hunt on the calendar, which also gives us the opportunity to discuss days of the week and month.
I would recommend a more rudimentary introduction to reading before beginning to use this book; I started teaching my son to read at home right after his fourth birthday, which is when I bought this book. After it arrived, I realized it would be too advanced for a very new beginner and put it away for later.
What a huge hit it has been (and Pirates of the Caribbean and the acccompanying pirate obsession hasn't hurt the interest in treasure hunts, even though he hasn't seen the movie)!
I will absolutely buy this as gifts for other parents/kids.
AWESOME!.......2007-01-22
My son is 5 and loves these treasure hunts and the match game bonus with each hunt. He would love to do one after the other if I would let him. Every time he finishes one he ask if we can do another one. Don't even think about it -- just get this book! You will not regret it!! It brings so much joy to your child!! and you too!
Summer hit!.......2006-06-25
I purchased this product for summer vacation for my 6 year old daughter. She just finished Kindergarten and has just begun to read this past year. This product has been an excellent tool to continue her reading practice into summer vacation. She and my 4 year old son eagerly beg for their treasure hunt each day!
Fun, Fun, Fun!.......2006-02-09
This is easy for me and fun for my son. I could not recommend it more highly. My son has been begging me to do more, more, more! He's having a wonderful time and he is READING!!!!!
We love this!.......2006-02-04
My son just turned six, and we have a wonderful time with these for several reasons:
1. We both look forward to them every day
2. He feels a real sense of accomplishment (giggling the whole time) and it's even sparked his imagination in creating his own treasure hunts and an interest in maps.
3. What parent doesn't enjoy seeing their child laughing while learning?!
On school days I come back in and hide them after he gets on the bus. We're both always super-syked to get home and "do the hunt." On weekends and holidays, I hide them after my son has gone to bed. It's a great way to wake up!
Book Description
Given the number of specialists involved in peripheral vascular interventions-vascular surgeons, interventional radiologist and cardiologists-a wealth of experience can be unearthed in this exciting area. The author and his peers have distilled that expertise into this concise volume. Experts in the field have contributed profiles of the cases that have most impacted their work. Totaling 50 cases, these studies provide an incisive look at all aspects of vascular disease, as well as its diagnosis and treatment. Fifty Cases of Peripheral Vascular Interventions is a welcome addition and ought to enhance anyone's library involved in the field.
Customer Reviews:
well-written and thoughtful.......2007-04-02
Wapnick has provided a great service by bringing a concise understanding of the 50 miracle principles in the Course. After all, he's been doing this for many years and knew Helen. While there's no substitute for actually practicing the course in the daily lessons, this little book is extremely helpful in understanding a somewhat lengthy volume. Thank you Dr. Wapnick!
Course related.......2007-01-03
I found this book to be an enhancement if you are studying the course
Awesome companion to ACIM.......2006-11-10
This is the perfect companion to ACIM. Everyone who studies the Course should have this little book - and read it often!
did not rceive the book!.......2006-11-04
sorry to say but I did not receive the book
Beautifully explained.......2006-08-29
Dr. Wapnick does a superb job of explaining these 50 miracle principles in a way we can all understand easily. His time spent with Helen Schucman gives him an insight unavailable to the rest of us.
Amazon.com
Dancers get their beautiful bodies by dancing, right? Well, there's more to it than that. They also do specific exercises and stretches to build their strength and keep their magnificent physiques injury-free. This book offers 50 of those exercises, ranging from routine abdominal movements to "center exercises" (which develop coordination and stability) to advanced leg movements (which, of course, give you legs like a dancer). The book even offers suggestions for music to play while you follow the training tips.
Book Description
New York City Ballet Workout is a revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop lean abs, firm buttocks, a contoured waist, sculpted legs, slim thighs, strong arms, perfect posture, flexbility you never thought possible--and grace and poice of a dancer. More than three hundred stunning step-by-step and other photographs throughout make this the most beautiful and easy-to-use exercise book ever created.This elegant book is unlike any exercise book ever published. Graced with more than 300 instructional exercise photographs and extraordinary duotone portraits of New York City Ballet dancers, The New York City Ballet Workout explores the company's philosophy of balancing art, life, and fitness.
By combining elements of New York City Ballet's balletic regimen with practical strength-building exercises, The New York City Ballet Workout can help people achieve a strong, graceful, and flexible body--one that displays the impeccable poise that is the trademark of New York City Ballet dancers.
Many exercises of The New York City Ballet Workout were once confined to the world's elite rehearsal studios. Now, as refined by Peter Martins and his company, these exercises have been designed as a comprehensive, holistic approach to the body that can be used by anyone from the out-of-shape to the serious athlete, to attain a lean, hard, beautiful body. From flexibility to endurance, this is a complete exercise program for men and women.
Customer Reviews:
slow going.......2007-08-21
This video is very pretty to watch.... once.
But the exercises are extremely slow, with very long transitions between the different sections.
You need to take more than an hour for a mediocre workout.
I did not feel like I was making any effort and certainly not getting a hard workout.
The bonus clips are nice though, if you want to get a glimpse into the life of NYC ballet dancers.
Photobook for ballet enthuthiasts.......2007-06-22
This book is wonderfully published -- it features glossy pages, beautiful, high resolution photos, and artfully placed typography.
That said, this is not any kind of book for someone looking for a real workout. If you're genuinely interested in ballet, and beautifully sculpted bodies, this book is for you. If you're looking for some new ideas to switch up your workout routine, you may want to pass.
A Beautiful Book.......2007-05-23
If you want a dancer's body but are not quite ready to join the New York City Ballet, this book is the next best thing. Effective exercises, well described, and beautifully photographed.
Amazing workout!.......2007-04-20
OK, I studied dance for a REALLY long time, so your mileage may vary. That said, when this book found its way to me, I was very out of shape. I'd stopped dancing about 5 years ago and during that time my body just completely fell apart: carpal tunnel, joint pain, and a lot of extra weight found a way to sneak up on me. I went back to take a ballet class and thought my feet were going to fall off, it was that hard to get back into it. I figured I was doomed to be an ordinary, unfit American forever. After two weeks of doing this workout, though, my knees don't hurt anymore and there's a lot more I can do. A smaller waist and more defined shoulders, arms, and legs were just an added bonus!
I think anyone, dancer or not, can benefit from doing the exercises here. You will not lose 30 pounds in 30 days, but you might end up looking as though you had!
Ballet Freak.......2006-03-04
I absolutely love Ballet. I do it 24/7. It is my life. This book help my flexiblity and strength. I completely reccomend this book to anyone who wants to live their dream.
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