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"One of the most influential wine books of all time" (Lawrence Osborne, The Accidental Connoisseur)
Bordeaux and Its Wines, now in its seventeenth edition, is the ultimate book on the most legendary of all wine regions. Since 1846, "the classic reference work on Bordeaux wines" (Jancis Robinson, The Oxford Companion to Wine) has guided wine connoisseurs, wine professionals, and vineyard investors through this complex region, providing detailed information on every one of its 1,800 vineyards, more than 14,500 wine brands, and 200 wine merchants. No other title comes close to the comprehensive information on Bordeaux wines and wineries presented in this book. While 'Feret', as it is colloquially known, is used by professionals for its comprehensive treatment of all facets of the Bordeaux wine region and industry, there is also information on the art of selecting, drinking and storing Bordeaux.
Bordeaux and Its Wines is indispensable for the serious wine enthusiast.
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If you only get one book on Bordeaux .................2000-01-11
While this book definitly represents a large investment. Therecan be no doubt of the fact that it is the true bible on Bordeaux.Whenever we have any question what so ever about Bordeaux, this is the book we reach for. END
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The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is home to historic, ongoing strife between two countries deeply divided by race, language, and history yet forced constantly into confrontation by their shared geography. In her first book, American journalist Michele Wucker reports from both Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the complex relations between these two cultures and sheds light on the sources of their struggles both in their island home and in the United States.
This book is charged from the start with the violence and posturing of blood sport, as Wucker observes her first Haitian cockfight: "The air cracks with the impact of stiffened feathers as each bird tries to push the other to the ground. Around the ring, the Haitian men shout to one another and wave dirty wads of gourdes in the air, seeking bets.... Soon, the feathers of both cocks are slick with blood." Popular in both countries, these fights become a totemic image for the author, who finds in them, as in the many clashes between Hispaniola's two cultures, "both division and community, opposite sides of the same coin." This is a fine historical primer, buoyed along by Wucker's graceful, observant prose style. --Maria Dolan
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Like two roosters in a fighting arena, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are encircled by barriers of geography and poverty. They co-inhabit the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, but their histories are as deeply divided as their cultures: one French-speaking and black, one Spanish-speaking and mulatto. Yet, despite their antagonism, the two countries share a national symbol in the rooster--and a fundamental activity and favorite sport in the cockfight. In this book, Michele Wucker asks: "If the symbols that dominate a culture accurately express a nation's character, what kind of a country draws so heavily on images of cockfighting and roosters, birds bred to be aggressive? What does it mean when not one but two countries that are neighbors choose these symbols? Why do the cocks fight, and why do humans watch and glorify them?"
Wucker studies the cockfight ritual in considerable detail, focusing as much on the customs and histories of these two nations as on their contemporary lifestyles and politics. Her well-cited and comprehensive volume also explores the relations of each nation toward the United States, which twice invaded both Haiti (in 1915 and 1994) and the Dominican Republic (in 1916 and 1965) during the twentieth century. Just as the owners of gamecocks contrive battles between their birds as a way of playing out human conflicts, Wucker argues, Haitian and Dominican leaders often stir up nationalist disputes and exaggerate their cultural and racial differences as a way of deflecting other kinds of turmoil. Thus Why the Cocks Fight highlights the factors in Caribbean history that still affect Hispaniola today, including the often contradictory policies of the U.S.
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I'll take this explaination for now.......2007-05-18
I've been born and raised in Haiti. A few months back I've looked at the reviews of some Haitian and Dominicans, and I thought maybe this book was bias. I relunctantly purchase it because its always good to listen to one side of the story. This book is superb. The arguments which I believe the author produced to explain the situation in haiti and St. Domingo makes perfect sense. Michele Wucker's argument falls hand in hand with that of a Haitian Author called Nicholas Jallot in his book "histoire secrete d'haiti". Although I am skeptical to read what I havent researched myself, I still give this book a 5 star
An Eye Opening experience.......2007-01-14
In reading this book, I learned many more things that I have not known. The island with all of it inhabitants shares a rich and tortured history. There seem to be many uncovered facts in this book, such as the Dominican Republic actually obtained it's Independence from Haiti, that Haiti actually took the steps that eventually liberated the entire island. Though much of the time seems to have been spent in the Dominican Republic with many oblique references to Haiti, a fair amount of that time illuminating the perverse dislike each has for the other, in some ways the idea of blaming the party that for obvious reasons is unable to counteract the argument. For the most part this book illuminates much more of the history between the Haitians and the Dominicans, more and more about the immigration issues that seem to rear its erstwhile head in many places, and why folks seem to be driven to improve upon their personal life spaces. How some of these enclaves come to be, and remain that way. Little is discussed about Arristede and many of his predecessors, the wasting of the land itself and how it came to be that many Haitians would eventually choose to live in the Dominican Republic or the United States, or why Haiti is the most impoverished country in this hemisphere by far.
Why the Cock Fights..........2007-01-10
Well written and informative, an excellent perspective into the relationship between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. A must for anyone interested in traveling to Hispanola with an interest beyond the fancy, secluded, all inclusive resorts!
Splendid overview of the complex, convoluted histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.......2006-06-15
Along the southern coast of the island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, one can still see the scars of a cataclysmic event in Earth's distant past; a vivid reminder of the large asteroid which collided with planet Earth 65 million years ago, leaving behind a vast impact crater whose outline is now part of Mexico's Yucatan coast. Nearly twenty years ago, Alan Hildebrand, a young Canadian geologist I knew in graduate school, stumbled upon these scars; thick layers of sedimentary rock encasing haphazardly strewn boulders and other rocky debris that were deposited by tidal waves flooding the island soon after the impact; an impact responsible for the extinction of approximately 40 percent of Earth's animals, including nonavian dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops (He would also rediscover the impact crater at Chicxulub, Yucatan, Mexico, relying on geological maps and seismic data obtained from Pemex, Mexico's nationalized oil company.). In "Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola", journalist Michele Wucker tells with ample brevity and poignant prose, the cataclysmic history of the humans living on Hispaniola, an engrossing saga replete with tragic events which are as memorable in their own right as the asteroid impact from 65 million years ago. It is an engrossing saga told well by Michele Wucker, who has written the best account I have come across of Hispaniola's 19th and 20th Century history.
Wucker uses the popular Caribbean blood sport, cock fighting, as an apt analogy for the complex, convoluted, histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, emphasizing their cultural similarities, which are too subtle to notice to the untrained observer, rather than their perceived differences due to race and language. She begins and closes the book with an extensive discussion of cock fighting, occasionally interrupting her narrative to elaborate and to reflect upon it further, as though the book itself is a literary version of a cock fight, with the reader engrossed with bloody, vicious fighting in the arena. Soon she describes Columbus's discovery of his favorite Caribbean island, and then Spain's brutal enslavement of Hispaniola's indigenous peoples, most notably the Taino, decimated quickly by both arduous labor and deadly diseases like smallpox.
The most poignant chapter in Wucker's terse tome ("Rio Massacre") describes the 1937 genocide committed against Haitians residing in the Dominician Republic (Itself the setting for Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat's emotionally gripping novel "The Farming of Bones" which was published shortly before Wucker's book.) orchestrated by Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic's dictator (This bloody episode in Hispaniolan history still casts a dark shadow over relations between both countries; without question it is the pivotal, defining moment in their 20th Century history.). Wucker recounts the island's bloody 19th Century history as if these events were natural precursors to the Rio Massacre genocide, emphasizing the deep-seated hostility and distrust of Dominicians and Haitians towards each other, which regretfully still persists today (Both this hostility and distrust appears to be inexplicable and inexcusable, since both peoples share a strong passion for cock fighting and traditional folk music, and worship the indigenous Hispaniolan faith known as Vodou; all of which are virtually identical in both countries.). She writes passionately about battles and invasions and border disputes which linger well into the 20th Century.
Dictator Joaquin Balaguer is undoubtedly the most important political figure in recent Dominican history; it is therefore no surprise that the latter half of "Why the Cocks Fight" revolves around the nearly forty years he was involved in the country's political life as either its de facto or de jure ruler. A less bloodthirsty figure than his mentor Rafael Trujillo, Balaguer was still nearly as ruthless, but willing to hold onto power by working behind the scenes, even when he was technically not ruling the country (For another, unique perspective on Balaguer, distinguished ecologist Jared Diamond portrays him as an accidental environmentalist in Chapter 11 of "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed", crediting him for preserving much of the Dominician Republic's forest, in stark contrast to the environmental destruction that occurred in Haiti.). Much to my surprise, Wucker discusses the rise of the Dominican-American community in the United States, most notably in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, but this is a sensible diversion, noting the significant role played by this community in its homeland's recent political history (Some other reviewers have questioned why Wucker has devoted less space to recent Haitian history, but in her defense, I suspect it is because Balaguer and his dictatorial regime proved to be more interesting than the equally harsh rule of Haiti by Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, and his son, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.).
Wucker concludes in the preface of "Why the Cocks Fight" with: "If the wealthiest countries of the world claim that their economies cannot support more people, imagine the effect of a massive flow of poor and hungry immigrants from one of the world's most impoverished nations, Haiti, to a country that is not much better off. As vast as the differences are between the United States and Hispaniola, the Dominicans' strategy is the same as ours. The struggles between Dominicans and Haitians are not just theirs. They are ours, too." This is an apt statement of her raison d'etre behind "Why the Cocks Fight", amply noting throughout it how the Dominicians have sought to restrict Haitian immigration into their country, with the Rio Massacre genocide as the most infamous example. But I beg to differ with her conclusion that the struggles of the peoples of Hispaniola are ours too; since the United States of America is too much of a polyglot ethnic mix of a nation to conform neatly to such a stereotype (But I will admit that possible exceptions may include both black and white race relations in the Deep South and between Mexicans and white Americans along La Frontera (the Southwest borderlands between California and Texas).).
Did Ms Wucker ever visit Haiti?.......2006-05-27
An authoritative-sounding reviewer above, speaking from deep in the American Midwest, suggests that this author's knowledge of Haiti was based on occasional day trips. Without citing any experience of his own, he calls hers into question.
Let me set the record - and that Kansan Scarecrow - straight.
I'm a former editor of the Puerto Plata News, a now defunct sister publication of the Santo Domingo News. While I held that position - living there for three and a half-years - Ms Wucker held the same position at SDN.
In 1991, when I returned to New York, I became an editor and columnist for the Spanish-language newspaper "Listin USA." I set in motion the hiring of Ms. Wucker as our Foreign Editor because we badly needed coverage of the events unfolding in Haiti where I knew her to be a regular visitor with connections at the top level in the Haitian Government - and well respected throughout all levels of that complex society. She speaks fluent Spanish, excellent Creole (the common language of Haiti) and a more than passable version of French.
During her employment Listin sent her on an extended assignment to Haiti and she provided us with coverage that far exceeded that of any other US-based newspaper. Anyone who read her dispatches had an excellent understanding of what was happening there. She later returned on her own when she was working on this book.
Now, in 2006, Ms. Wucker is a highly respected international reporter for Forbes Magazine and has become a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute.
I have never met a single Dominican or Haitian who, having read her book, has had anything but praise for how well she this volume explains the past, present and potential future of those two cultures.
Book Description
When the rooster wakes up with laryngitis, he must quickly think of how to awaken the farm animals. Maybe the cow can take his place. The cow tries “Mock-a-moodle-moo!” “Sock-a-noodle-moo!” And finally, “Cock-a-doodle-MOO!” And the ducks, the pigs, and the other farm animals wake up with a laugh! “Lots of fun for little ones, individually or in groups.”--Booklist
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This is a Fabulous and Fun Book.......2004-03-25
While I was a Children's Librarin, this was one of my favorite books. This was not only a huge hit with me, but with the parents and the children alike! It is fun to see the rooster seeing what he can do with his lost voice. One can read this over and over and not get tired of it. It is great for all ages, young and young at heart.
Pre-K Humor and Easy Reading Fun.......2001-08-07
Our seven-year-old brought this book home from his first grade class to read to his three-year-old brother. It was an instant hit. Bernard Most wraps a farm animal dilemma around some very funny language and a witty conclusion making this our youngest son's favorite book! If you have a preschooler who's learning to read or just enjoying stories, here's a book that will capture their attention and increase their enthusiasm for printed language. It's a sure hit!
Moo Moo!.......2000-10-13
This book is perfect for toddlers...don't let the 3-7 age recommendation throw you off! My 2 year old is addicted to this book...I hear "Mommy! Moo Moo!" at least a half a dozen times a day. This is an enteraining book for everyone, no matter what your age is!
It adds a little humor to everyday farm life...nice twist........1999-08-30
It is the cutest book. I find my husband reading it, without reading it to someone else. Great for kids of all ages.
You kid will make you read it 100 times..and you'll like it!.......1997-10-04
If you can recite the words to 10 or more childrens books, while half asleep, then THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. This is a simple, yet funny story full of farm animals and fun sounds. When your child asks for a bedtime book, both of you will be reaching for Cock-A-Doodle-Moo because you know that you will laugh along with the book and along with your child. If you have a small child, you know the joy I'm talking about. Meanwhile, your teaching your child about creativity, a sense of humor, and cooperation. This is a MUST HAVE for any bedtime library. Take it from a Dad who reads 6 books a day, minimum.
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"Fireforce" is the compelling, brutal, but true account of Chris Cocks' service in 3 Commando, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, during the bush war. Serving in 3 Commando's elite ranks, other than born Rhodesians, were Englishmen, Irishmen, Scots, Welshmen, Americans, Norwegians, South Africans, Portuguese, Brazilians, Australians, New Zealanders, West Germans, and Canadians, plus a host of other nationalities. It was the closest parallel to the French Foreign Legion in recent times.
Chris Cocks joined the RLI as a National Servicemen in 1976 for 12 months at the age of 18, then signed on as a regular for three years. He soon became a stick leader and at times, after promotion to lance corporal, acted as Troop Commander. His upbringing had been a sheltered one and he knew little of life...but he was due for a radical change.
Fireforce, a method of combat developed by the Rhodesians and perfected by the RLI, involved troops being helicoptered or parachuted into an area immediately after a guerrilla presence had been reported or a sighting made.
The combat strain on a fighting solier was almost unbelievable, for the Rhodesians, who were always desperately short of ground troops to deal with guerrilla incursions, sometimes parachuted the same men into as many as three contacts a day.
While estimates of enemy casualties vary, there seems little doubt that the RLI successfully accounted for at least 12,000 ZANLA and ZIPRA Communist-trained and equipped guerrillas during the long years of war. "Fireforce" is not for the squeamish. Although it has been written with unforgettable pathos and humor; it also tells of face-to-face combat in the bush and death at point-blank range. It is a book which does nothing to glamorize or glorify the war. For as Chris Cocks found at such a young age, war is merely a catalogue of suffering, destruction and death.
"Fireforce" has been described by critics as being to the Rhodesian War what "All Quiet on the Western Front" was to World War I. Read it...it will be an experience you will never forget.
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Interesting read.......2007-07-27
For those (like me) who are not familiar with the war in Rhodesia, this is a good introduction. It's readable, interesting, and insightful. Worth the $.
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- Cruel, Cruel, Cruel - Shame on Amazon for promoting this junk
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The Game Cock - Being a Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, Training, Feeding, Trimming, Mains, Heeling, Spurs, etc. (History of Cockfighting Series) (History of Cockfighting Series)
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THE GAME COCK BEING A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BREEDING, REARING, TRAINING, FEEDING,TRIMMING, MAINS, HEELING, SPURS, etc., etc., etc. TOGETHER WITH AN EXPOSURE OF COCKERS' TRICKS. THE ORIGIN AND CURE OF DISEASES, AND THE REVISED COCKING RULES GOVERNING ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. BY ED. JAMES. This book was first published in New York in 1873. It is extremely rare and much sought after for its historical content by today's breeders and fanciers of Game Fowl. READ COUNTRY BOOKS has now re-published it in its entirety, incorporating the original text and rare engravings of Game Fowl, Fighting Scenes and Equipment. Eighteen detailed chapters are contained within 92 pages, and include:- Origin and History of the Game Fowl. - Form and Properties of a Fighting Cock. - Some of the different Breeds of Fowl. - Breeding. - Training for the Pit. - Mode of Trimming. - Directions for Heeling. - About Mains. - Form of Articles. - English General Laws of Cocking. - Cockers' Tricks Exposed. - Hints on Spurs. - Origin of Diseases and Their Cures. - Cocking Rules of Different States and Countries. - Modern System of Breeding. - Descriptions of Ten Breeds of Game and Best Methods of Crossing. - Hints on Judging Game. - Schedule for Judging Game. Etc. Many of the earliest sporting books, particularly those dating back to the 1800s, are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are reprinting these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions. These editions are republished using the original text and artwork. The book is available in a quality soft cover format.
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Cruel, Cruel, Cruel - Shame on Amazon for promoting this junk.......2007-08-24
I have been an Amazon customer for more than 10 years. I have decided to no longer be a customer until Amazon VOLUNTARILY removes material like this (Junk that promotes ILLEGAL activity - particularly activities involving cruelty to animals, children, or others that do not have the free will to decide their own fate)..
Appalling.......2007-08-20
Wow. I am just shocked at how some people think. This is a book on how to raise birds to tear each other apart for people's enjoyment. There are alot of horrible things in mankind's "history" but do we really need to sell books on "how to" do them? Any kind of behavior that causes torture and pain to a living creature for someone else's pleasure is sure not something I'M proud to look back on! This kind of thing makes me so ashamed to share this planet with certain other kinds of people. And I'm very very disappointed that Amazon is more interested in making money than having morals and not selling material giving "How To"s on illegal behavior.
I hope Amazon goes bankrupt.......2007-08-15
As one of the very first and most loyal customers of Amazon, I'm here to say GOODBYE. Amazon's ridiculous arguments to keep making a buck on animal cruelty ("fighting censorship" or "1st amendment rights") are ridiculous and insulting. I'll be buying all my online purchases elsewhere and to make sure Amazon knows about it, I'll forward all the purchase confirmations to Amazon -- just so the company will know exactly how much it's losing from just one ex-customer -- someone who buys EVERYTHING online.
I also plan to make it my life's work to make EVERYONE aware how low Amazon will go to make a buck. ADIOS!!!
Only because I can't give a negative rating.......2007-08-14
I am HORRIFIED that Amazon would stoop to something this morally reprehensible.
I WILL NO LONGER BUY ANYTHING FROM AMAZON until your sponsorship of anything relating to animal fighting ceases.
Furthermore, I will be informing EVERYONE I know of my decision (and the reason for it) and asking them to do the same.
Obviously your business was created to turn a profit, but ask yourself
Can a company as large Amazon afford to lose whatever revenue these items generate?
If the answer is no, ask yourself this:
Can you afford to lose the business of everyone who objects to this kind of cruelty?
Obviously you will reach your own conclusions on this matter. Just remember that we, as consumers, will do likewise
The Next Generation of the Treatise.......2007-08-10
This publication gives me an idea for a series of instructional manuals on a new gentlemen's sport that involves watching Amazon executives fight to the finish in an enclosed pit while the spectators cheer, spill popcorn, throw empty beer bottles, and exercise their first amendment right to bet on their picks to win. The series of manuals will have the same redeeming social value as this stuff that Amazon peddles.
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- Still a classic of environmental fiction
- who really killed cock robin
- Excellent Book for Kids
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Citizens of Saddleboro are proud to say that theirs is the cleanest town around. So they can't ignore the mysterious death of their mascot, Cock Robin. Some people would like to blame the citizens themselves, but one boy-Tony Isidoro -- suspects there's more to the story.
Tony threads his way through a maze of clues: Among other things, the town park is overrun with trillions of ants; nights are quiet because there are no frogs singing; the nearby river contains a dangerous amount of an unknown chemical; and the town dump is emitting strange fumes. What does it all add UP to? It's an eco mystery all right, and it's up to Tony to figure out who really killed Cock Robin.
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Still a classic of environmental fiction.......2007-09-25
This was one of my favorite library books as a child, and it's really a very cool book for any child who wants to understand how ecology works. The death of the mascot of a small Massachusetts college town becomes a cause celebre as two interested schoolchildren and a graduate student from the local university trace the impact of human activity on the local environment, discovering hidden damage in many corners of the town from fertilizers, pesticides, industrial toxins, and other pollutants and try to track what effect it had on Cock Robin, his mate, and their mostly-failed clutch of eggs. After the book has done an effective job of illustrating how local effects can have wide-ranging consequences, the town takes a turn towards greenness in Cock Robin's memory; however, a twist ending reveals a hidden variable that shows just how far humans have to go to truly understand the world they live in.
The book takes an interesting position that is absent from much ecological literature written for adults -- it's important to be aware of and mitigate your footprint on the environment, but that fanaticism and snap judgements, even in the defense of the environment, are counterproductive, a message that is perhaps a bit too subtle over three decades later in a world of black-and-white politics ruled more by emotion and prejudice than reasoned responses. The need for a measured response even in the face of immediate danger is lost on many in the hard green movement, even as the opponents of environmentalism deny that there is a problem in the first place. Who Killed Cock Robin? makes this point quite eloquently. There should be more books like this for children.
Incidentally, if you happen to enjoy this book, Gary Larson's gloriously twisted There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story is a nice followup, like WRKCR? offering proof that the idea of "the interconnectedness of all things" is a physical reality, not just spiritual fluff spouted by New Agers.
who really killed cock robin.......2007-09-24
It is a good eco mystery and it was very exciting, my granchild said. It was part of her school assignment.
Excellent Book for Kids.......2006-01-06
This is not only a compelling story, but helps encourage environmental awareness amongst kids. I bought it for my son on a whim and he absolutely devoured it. The characters are believably independent and I really appreciated their investigative styles. Kids need to think for themselves and this is a sweet, lively book that encourages such thinking with some very positive results. I highly recommend it.
This is the worst book EVER!!!!!.......2005-10-19
i was assigned to read this in 5th grade and i'm still trying to forget the book! if there was a button for -10 star s i would choose that. this book is cheaper than the match i used to burn it with!!! Do Not read this!!
An Eco-Mystery.......2001-03-18
Environmentalist, ecologist, naturalist, and writer Jean Craighead George, the Rachel Carson for children, will win her audiences once again with this story. The plot revolves around Tony Isidoro, a young biologist who is bent on solving the mystery of the death of his hometown's feathered mascot, Cock Robin. As he uncovers assorted clues strung throughout the town--chemical activity, sudden loss of frogs and birds--Tony must try to convince his naive neighbors that not just one thing is responsible for the bird's death, but many imbalances in the town's ecosystem, which everyone is convinced is the cleanest around. Since it's an eco-mystery, the story is grippingly told in the style of a crime investigation. From the beginning you want to know Who Really Killed Cock Robin: "Cock Robin lay on his back with his feet in the air. . .It was seven minutes past six A.M. on the twenty-fourth day of May. He was dead." There are endless possiblities for the cause of the bird's death, and at times it's a bit unrealistic when Tony immediately dismisses some types of poisons and investigates others. Younger kids may have no idea what DDT, PCB, and 2,4,5-T are, though the author does try to explain them. However, the story, the dedication--"To sunshine, clear water, and sparkling skies and to the kids who are cleaning up the Earth"--and Ms. George's supportive Author's Note in the new paperback version will surely inspire kids to clean up their environment and veer away from the use of harmful, chemical-containing products. If one enjoys this Eco-Mystery, check out the others in the series--THE CASE OF THE MISSING CUTTHROATS; THE FIRE BUG CONNECTION; and THE MISSING 'GATOR OF GUMBO LIMBO. Don't forget Jean Craighead George's eighty or so other remarkable stories--the Julie of the Wolves books, the My Side of the Mountain trilogy, the One Day series. . .the list goes on and on. Each book will deepen readers' respect for nature and our beautiful but threatened planet.
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- Fun Learning Experience
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ASIN: 1589253876 |
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The rooster wakes the farm up with a cock-a-doodle-doo! The sheepdog won’t stop barking, and the cows begin to moo! Children will love to explore the bright and noisy barnyard in this wonderful collection of poems from the award-winning author and illustrator team of Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz.
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Fun Learning Experience.......2007-03-11
This is a fun book for the younger set to learn about barnyard animals. It has wonderful picutures and the kids loved it.
Great book for toddlers.......2007-01-09
My daughter loves this book! Since she has me read the book over and over again, the colorful pictures and the rhyming stories keep us both entertained. And she loves to look for the three bees on every page. I'd highly recommend this book.
Fun! Educational!.......2004-04-12
This book is great at teaching rhyme and animals Kids will love making the animal noices. Great for ESOL students too.
Beautifully illustrated!!.......2000-09-13
This book's simple rhythm and beautiful illustrations of barnyard characters make this one of my son's favorites(age 23 months). The brightly colored pictures of animals with large text make this book eye-catching and appealing to the very young.
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Belgian wunderkind Jan De Cock's latest publication is a slowly unfolding, thought-provoking masterwork that reads much like his renowned sculptural installations--which the artist sees as monuments to Modernism, hence the title Denkmal. uses structural challenges to the book format to offer an entirely new reading experience. Its large format, variety of papers, special cover treatment and 632 pages conspire to reveal a dense web of images and ideas that cross-reference not only De Cock's own increasingly admired oeuvre but also the entire structure of history into which it is read. Capitalizing on the sequential nature of the book, which the artist likens to film, De Cock guides the reader through this volume much in the way a viewer would experience his sculpture. He presents to the world his Trojan Horse: a book that will certainly be picked up for its cover, but will also draw you into its world of mysteries.
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Landscape as Photograph
Estelle Jussim , and
Elizabeth Lindquist-Cock
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0300039417 |
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Who Killed Cock Robin?
Kevin O'Malley
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0688124313 |
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