Miami: Then and Now Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was born and reared in Miami, the fourth generation of my Pioneer South Florida family. I was delighted with this book, it brought back so many memories. The old photographs are gems, and the descriptions well written and informative. I enjoyed the "then" pictures with the "now", in some instances...

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Mammoth from the Inside: The Honest Guide to Mammoth & the Eastern Sierra Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This "guide" is more like a printout of the Mammoth Lakes yellow pages. Page after page of listings with no added value. You'd be better off planning for your trip with some internet searches than by using this book.Click Here to see more reviews about: Mammoth from the Inside: The Honest Guide to Mammoth...

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Explorer's Guide Hawaii (Explorer's Complete) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have been dreaming of going to Hawaii for years but have never known how to approach it. Thanks to the explorer's guide, I have been able to map out a trip that meets my needs and will allow me to see the important sights (for me) on some of the islands.Click Here to see more reviews about: Explorer's...

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A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making of Historic Charleston Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Stephanie Yuhl's study of Charleston is a great read, organized brilliantly with metaphors from theatre, and wonderfully well written. As a newcomer to Charleston but a long time South Carolinian, I was fascinated by her account of how Charleston has marketed itself. Her analysis of the literature of...

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The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Don't let "Oxford" scare you. Although amazingly researched and documented, the book is written for everyone who has eaten a twinkie to a buche du noel. Amazing history lessons on everything you like or dislike to eat. As a native marylander, i was happy to learn the derivation of "stuffed ham" A great...

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Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904-1930 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am more interested in Chicago life in the 20s than in jazz, and this book provides an interesting look at a little understood period. One wishes there were more details, but the sources are scanty. The author shows how jazz was transformed in Chicago, and why the music traveled East during the Depression....

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The Age of the Bachelor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Once in a while a book comes my way that gets me to see the world in a whole new way. Howard P. Chudacoff's THE AGE OF THE BACHELOR is one of those books. Chudacoff traces the influence on (and place in) American society of the unmarried adult male over roughly the last 120 years. Economics and demographics...

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Insiders' Guide to El Paso (Insiders' Guide Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Good book. Very informative but doesn't have any photos. I had hoped to see some photos of different sights in the area.Click Here to see more reviews about: Insiders' Guide to El Paso (Insiders' Guide Series)A first edition, Insiders' Guide to El Paso is the essential source for in-depth travel and...

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Passive Revolution: Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have read a lot of different analysis on political Islam in Turkey, and AKP in particular. However, Tugal's book was distinguished in many ways. First, he approaches the rise of RP-AKP with a strong theoretical framework, using the Gramscian "hegemony" and ..."passive revolution" concepts as his base....

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Derelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Why would anyone wish for vagrancy on anyone? How could anyone profit? "Derelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio" is Daniel Kerr's own attempts to answer such a question, focusing on the city of Cleveland in his search for answers. Looking at the market, politics, development,...

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Let's Go Vietnam 2nd Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought this book and the Rough Guide to Vietnam. Thinking I didn't want to lug around both books, I left the Rough Guide at home and took this one. It seemed like it would be more useful given the proper Vietnamese writing of names/places and the more recent publication date. What a terrible mistake...

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Roof Gardens: History, Design, and Construction (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Greenroofs.com inaugurates our new Recommended Readings column with this highly informative reference standard for roof garden aficionados and design professionals alike. While Roof Gardens is clearly focused on the more traditional concept and practice of creating aesthetically pleasing garden space...

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The Least of These: Lessons Learned from Kids on the Street Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In "The Least of These: Lessons Learned from Kids on the Street" Ruthruff passes on lessons learned at the seminary of the sidewalk. These lessons are not just sprinkled with the color of the street for creditability, but permeated with the pigment of a life spent bearing witness in hard places. Dr....

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Time and Place in New Orleans: Past Geographies in the Present Day Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I admit to being fascinated by pictorial histories of cities. I enjoy being able to stand on a street corner, or on the observation deck of a tall building, with such a book in hand and "see" into the past. All cities are formed by their geography and this is perhaps truer for New Orleans than most....

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Your Children Are Under Attack Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Dr. Jim Taylor has written a book that needs to be written. Parents, teachers and interested individuals need to be aware as to what our Ameican culture is doing to our children and the values that are being propogated. Dr. Taylor exposes what messages the " media " are sending. Dr. Taylor shows what...

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Kids on the Trail: Hiking With Children in the Adirondacks Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Adirondack wilderness area in northern New York State has hundreds of various types of hiking trails, from the 4-5,000+ foot High Peaks area, to short hikes to waterfalls and other ecologically interesting places. The authors provide excellent recommendations on hikes that are appropriate for families...

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Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It is interesting how the focus of leisure has changed among social historians to include elements of working-class leisure. In Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers & Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920 by Roy Rosenzweig. Rosenzweig first offers theories as to why labor historians have traditionally...

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