Fogler, Janet and Stern, Lynn:Improving Your Memory: How to Remember What You're Starting to Forget Edition
- Paperback 2001, ISBN: 9780760728703
Hardcover
UK: Selecta, 1995. Dust jacket complete now in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated boards. No ownership inscription. Numerous Photographs. 96 pages clean and tight. Crispin Gill editor o… More...
UK: Selecta, 1995. Dust jacket complete now in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated boards. No ownership inscription. Numerous Photographs. 96 pages clean and tight. Crispin Gill editor of the bestselling countryside magazine, The Countryman, follows the success of The Countryman's Britain with this unique set of photographs which show the remarkable changes which have taken place in and to the British countryside since 1918. This is a book about our yesterdays - most collections of photographs reach back so far that they stretch the memories of our grandparents - and it is astonishing to see the changes that have taken place in so short a time. Clothes, customs, transport, landscape, farming; all these things are dealt with in sections covering the countryman at work, at home, at play and the countryside at risk. In this last section the various threats to rural Britain, from new farming methods to urban and recreational pressures, are considered. Not that all is black; in housing, for instance, most of the changes have been incomparably for the better. A useful inclusion in this book is a chronology for the years since 1918 listing the major events affecting rural life. This is a picture book both good to look at and as an invaluable reference work for all students of the countryside.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Numerous Photographs. Sm 4to., Selecta, 1995, Simon & Schuster, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. GREAT BOOK! MILD SHELF WEAR ON DUSTJACKET, FAINT SMUDGES ON OUTER PAGE EDGES BUT NO MARKS IN TEXT. Amazon: If you can get past the schoolboy drooling over breasts and lesbians, there is much wit and wisdom to be found in this memoir by radio bad-boy Stern. (Granted, some readers won't really object to the breasts and lesbians...) Stern is a Long Island everyman. On the face of it, his upbringing and early career were not particularly remarkable. But when HE tells the stories and puts us in HIS shoes, everything changes. An overprotective mother? Stern says she raised him like ""a veal."" A loving wife? Stern says (probably half-joking) that he stays with her because he does not want to give away half his wealth. In a way, you can sympathize with Stern. After reading about his sexual fantasies and ideas about women, you know his wife has gotta be a saint. And we all know that to live with a saint makes a guy look REALLY bad! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. \n\nFrom Booklist\nAnd you thought you had trouble with the Madonna book. At least that was mostly the pictures. Here we've got words to worry about, and I'm talking all of them. Concepts, too. All of them. Sexual concepts you might not have even thought about. For those not familiar with the book's author, radio bad-boy Stern makes his living talking on his syndicated show about celebrities, politics, and every sort of bodily function and sexual act that crosses his mind. Stern isn't saying anything here that he hasn't already said on his syndicated show (in fact, much of the book consists of actual bits from the show). On the other hand, the FCC has already fined him a couple of hundred thousand dollars for indecency. If Stern were just playing high-school adolescent, he'd be easy to dismiss. But every once in a while, he's funny, brilliantly funny, and mostly when he's not talking about sex. He's funny, for instance, in his interview with an addled Bob Hope and in his vicious but hysterical send-up of Joan Rivers selling her home-shopping jewelry and milking her husband's suicide for all it's worth: ""This is a solid-gold replica of Edgar's thumb. . . . I'm wearing right now a tiny diamond-studded coffin, the same coffin that Edgar put himself in."" Okay, I think it's funny. Obviously, Stern's humor is a matter of taste. Photographs and graphics on every page enliven a text that hardly needs perking up. A partially nude Stern draped in a velvet cape graces the cover. This pushes the limits, but then, that's Howard. Ilene Cooper, Simon & Schuster, 1993, New Delhi, India: V & S Publishers Astrology today is universally recognised to be a `science`, based on sound mathematical principles and calculations. But while it is easy to agree with this promise, It is difficult to find a well-researched comprehensible book to guide the general reader. Answering this need,`Astrology for Layman` is designed to bring home to the reader the fundamentals of the discipline along with the predictive aspect. One who reads this book will not only be able to make fairly correct predictions, but also will be encouraged to take to the study of more advanced works But while it is easy to agree to this premise, it is difficult to find a well-researched comprehensive book to guide the general reader. In response to this need,this book is designed to bring home to the reader the fundamentals of the discipline with the predictive aspect. One who reads this book, will not only be able to make fairly correct predictions but also will be encouraged to take to the study of more advanced works. The book is a complete astrology guide that begins with the fundamental principles bringing you a wealth fo information offering- *How 12 Rasis have been formulated, and goes on to explain the method of casting a horoscope. *What are the qualities ascribed to people born under different signs( for instance, people born under Aries are of independent nature). *What is the meaning of Bhavas (viz., what a planet indicates in a specific house). *What do the Mahadasas of different planets mean? *What are Yogas (for instance Sakaka Yoga makes a person stubborn and hated by relatives and Parvata Yoga makes a person passionate). The book also offers a special section on the subjects of matrimony, compatibility along with case studies predicting major events of your life like career-change, gain or loss of fortune etc. The book remains one of the most authoritative guides on astrology, written by a leading authority. Your search for the best book available on the subject must end here. Printed Pages: 180.. Softcover. New., V & S Publishers, Collins. 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Get ready, investors: the graying of America, the resurgence of Japan, glob al warming, and six other major trends will jar the world's stock markets i n the next century. "Because the changing world continually buffets the mar kets, we cannot blindly throw money into stocks, into mutual funds, or into a bank account," warns leading economist Todd G. Buchholz in Market Shock. Instead, investors must be prepared to capitalize on opportunities as they unfold, says Buchholz, also the author of the bestseller New Ideas from De ad Economists. For instance, with the aging of baby boomers, savvy investor s should begin moving into health- care and pharmaceutical stocks. And with the prospect of global warming, investors should consider insurance compani es that are avoiding coverage of homes in low-lying coastal regions. The ot her six economic and social trends: a boom in minority populations; the bio technology and information revolutions; China's growing importance in the g lobal economy; a possible jump in crime; the potential failure of European unity; and the rising fees and slumping performance of mutual funds. Buchholz begins each chapter with a futuristic gloom-and-doom scenario and a fictional news flash. Without naming particular companies, he then describes the sorts of investments likely to flourish during those events. Market Shock can help people sidestep some investing minefields and possibly profit from some major trends that could transform the world's economies. --Dan Ring--This text refers to the, Collins, 2000, Editions des Arènes, 2000. in8 Broché. Eva Joly est premier juge d'instruction au tribunal de grande instance de Paris. Elle est le juge en charge de l'affaire Elf. Responsable de l'instruction de ce dossier, elle a reçu plusieurs menaces de mort et nombreux sont les obstacles qu'elle rencontre quotidiennement pour exercer sa fonction et avancer dans son enquête. Tant pis, elle et son équipe y croient, et continuent vaillamment leur travail. Le livre d'Eva Joly Notre affaire à tous ne cherche pas à faire des révélations chocs, ni à régler des comptes. C'est tout à son honneur. Notre affaire à tous est une mise au point sur le rôle de la justice dans nos démocraties ainsi qu'une réflexion sur les dérives de notre système. Pour Eva Joly "l'ambition de ce livre est d'abord de servir le bien commun" car "l'application de la loi et le respect du droit sont les garanties de la démocratie". Il est important que l'opinion publique comprenne que les procédés de délinquance ont changé. La délinquance financière devient monnaie courante et met en péril les fondements d'une justice démocratique égale pour tous. Contre ce banditisme en col blanc, Eva Joly nous engage à ne pas baisser les bras et à apprendre à être, chacun à notre niveau, davantage acteurs de la citoyenneté. Il ne faut pas que la démocratie devienne "un théâtre d'ombre", pense-t-elle, une pièce uniquement orchestrée par la loi du marché économique. -Denis Gombert, Editions des Ars, 2000, Ramayana and Mahabharata are the two great epics of India. These two epics have shaped the thoughts and characters of the people of India for centuries. They represent the culture and heritage of India. These two epics have also been subjected to changes over the centuries - in the original as well as in regional retelling. The Book of Ram, written by Devdutt Pattanaik, assimilates all the various versions of Ramayana, not just in Indian languages, but also those told in other countries like Thailand, the Balinese version, etc. So, what emerges is an interesting kaleidoscope of views on the epic. But, the main thread of the story remains the same, which makes it still easy to follow.Devdutt tells the story of Ram as seen through various versions. So, many readers will find interesting new variations in the story, which they have probably never heard before. For instance, in one version, Sita is represented as Ravana's long lost daughter. The story of Sabari's meeting with Ram has also undergone many changes through the various interpretations. In the original, she is presented as a true ascetic, as Rama enquires whether her penance and yogic practice was proceeding smoothly without interruption.Like this, the many different interpretations of the epic representing the thoughts and ideologies of the different places and different times of these versions add new facets to the story.The Book of Ram also presents the reader with a deeper insight into the other characters surrounding Rama. They see Vashista and his teaching elaborated in the chapter on Rama and Vashista, and the story of Vishwamitra in the chapter that talks about him and Rama. Likewise, other characters like Lakshmana and Dasaratha are also introduced to the reader. The Book of Ram thus presents the whole story of Rama, the people who shaped him, and the circumstances that made him.The Book of Ram brings out the different hues of Ramayana, the story as retold through the ages in different part, PENGUIN GLOBAL, New York: Barnes & Noble, 2001. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Reprint in AS NEW Condition. No jacket. Bright and clean white laminated type binding with green, red, and black lettering. No marks, no edge wear, no creasing. Internals spotless. Tight and solid binding. This book provides help in understanding how memory works and changes over time; it offers concrete strategies for strengthening the areas of your memory that are most important to you and provides practical solutions to real-life instances of memory loss. 99 pages. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Barnes & Noble, New York, 2001., Barnes & Noble, 2001<
