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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: The Grolier Club in 1916 in 115 pages; Subjects: Wood-engraving; Illustrated books; Art / Techniques / Printmaking; Art / Design / Book; Art / Prints; Crafts ... Read more

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This comprehensive study, based on the extensive collection at the V&A, covers pewterware from a large number of countries, including Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Scandinavia, China and the USA. The collection is especially rich in continental pieces, and the book features an important series of German guild cups as well as some outstanding late 16th-century French pewter. Both secular and religious works are included, ranging from the late Middle Ages to the present day. Outlining methods of manufacture and tracing the development of the pewter trade, the full introduction also gives a brief history of the V&A collection. The book contains over 200 illustrations, examining many of the pieces in detail and including important inscriptions and marks, while contemporary paintings and engravings place pewter production in historical context. The text is arranged in thematic chapters, such as domestic pewter and 20th-century works, and also features a short section on fakes. ... Read more

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Fifteen years after the fall of communism, we are able to appraise the results of the multi-faceted postcommunist transition in Central and Eastern Europe with authority.This volume specifically addresses the fascinating area of Civil-Military relations throughout this transitional period.

The countries of the region inherited a onerous legacy in this area: their armed forces were part of the communist party-state system and most were oriented towards Cold War missions; they were large in size and supported by high levels of defense spending; and they were based on universal male conscription. Central and eastern European states have thus faced a three fold civil-military reform challenge: establishing democratic and civilian control over their armed forces; implementing organizational reform to meet the security and foreign policy demands of the new era; and redefining military bases for legitimacy in society.
This volume assesses the experiences of Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Croatia, Serbia-Montenegro, Ukraine and Russia in these areas. Collectively these countries illustrate the way in which the interaction of broadly similar postcommunist challenges and distinct national contexts have combined to produce a wide variety of different patterns of civil-military relations.

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Requiring no more than high school algebra, this introductory text approaches statistics as an important tool for sociology students that can best be learned in the context of actual research studies. Throughout the text, in a style that is clear, lively, and free of jargon, the author reinforces the relationship between methodology and statistics. Each chapter begins with a specific research problem that is followed through from conceptual analysis to discussion to techniques to interpretation and includes an applications section demonstrating the use of statistical techniques. ... Read more

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From the gaming Mecca of Las Vegas to new republics of Russia,the casino gaming explosion has arrived. Yet, until the first editionof this book, no single source of information on international casinogaming existed. The recently published second edition of InternationalCasino Law updates the world gaming scene with facts available nowhereelse. It covers over a dozen new jurisdictions and has almost twice asmany authors as the previous edition. Each chapter was written by anauthor with an acknowledged expertise in the gaming laws of thatlocality. In its 600-pages, the hard cover book covers 75 differentjurisdictions from across the entire world. New gaming jurisdictionsinclude Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Victoria and others. ... Read more

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Aviation Medicine Review
i found this book very valuable and cited it as a major source at a Medical meeting on In- Flight emergency. It gives up to date understanding on many relevent aviation medicine topics. I would recommend this as a sourcefor Flight Surgeonsand Travel Medicine practioners ... Read more

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Alice Vavasor, a girl of independent spirit and means, is engaged to the "paragon" John Grey but, seemingly distressed by his perfection, she jilts him in favour of her less reputable cousin, George. Alice's story is interwoven with that of the early married life of her friend, Lady Glencora. ... Read more

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Can you forgive them?
Can You Forgive Her? is not considered one of Trollope's best novels but will probably appeal to those who love a long novel with plenty of romantic intrigue. This isn't a novel that you can breeze through in a day. I can read a typical novel in a about a day, but this one took me a good week. If you are willing to invest the time, I don't think you will be disappointed.

The title of the book refers to Alice Vavasor, who is considered the book's main protagonist. Throughout the novel, Alice has an important decision to make. Will she marry John Grey, a respectable farmer or her cousin, George, who although unreliable, leads the exciting life Alice desperately craves.

Although the book is titled after Alice, there are two other female characters who have a simliar decison to make. There's Lady Glencor, who is married to thewealthy and powerful Plantagenet Palliser. Although Palliser, showers his wife with every luxury imaginable, his cold and distant treatment cause her to think of her old flame, Burgo Fitzgerald. There is plenty of angst in this storyline and could easily have replaced the Alice/John/George triangle as the main storyline in the book.

Last, but not least, we have Mrs Greenow, a wealthy widow who has two ardent suitors pursuing her. Mrs Greenow is considered a touch of humor in Trollope's novel. Although, she is strongly devoted to the memory of her dead husband, who was thirty years her senior, she subtlely leads her suitors on and even goes as far as pushing the date of her husband's death back a few months in order to allow her to consider the possiblity of considering her suitors.

I found the novel rich with emotion and the torment that follows when a person has made a mistake that not only people find hard to forgive, but the person cannot even forgive themselves. Contrary to many warnings to stay away from this novel, which was ridiculed by being called Can you stand her? and Can you finish it? I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm not sure all of Trollope's novel are my cup of tea, but I definitely plan on reading The Eustace Diamonds and He Knew He Was Right.

good but long
I really do like the book but I think it would be better if it had been divided up into a series. I love the charactor of Alice. Got a little bored in some places where the discriptions got drawn out. Probably will not read again because of the length.

Vacillatrix hiking
If you plan a hiking trip of a week or so, and you will have no access to book shops during the time, and you want to carry reading matter which is sufficient for the period, and not too much either; if you look for something light enough to withstand disruptions and doesn't require strong concentration; if you want to avoid the risk that you dislike what you decided to carry: then there is a lot to be said for taking a Trollope novel. Be sure to be a male above 60 and able to stand a conservative stance without foaming at the mouth. I was quite happy with my decision to take this first volume of the Palliser series to a hike in the central Japanese mountains. It kept me amused and somehow filled my co-hikers with respect. I wonder why. Anyhow, I managed to unload the book on one of my fellow hikers who was afraid that her return flight to London might be affected by the `ash'. (I am sure the book would have served her well had she been stuck in Narita due to the European airspace shutdown, though she was not male over 60.) So I didn't even have to carry it home! (There are nearly no garbage bins in Japan; I wonder how they stay so clean.)

So, this is, as I said, number 1 of 6 Palliser novels. Plantagenet Palliser (Planty Pall to his non-friends) rises to Chancellor of the Exchequer while still not even 30. (This might qualify as a spoiler, I apologize; but no sane person would read this for suspense.)
But Planty Pall is not the main acteur here; not even the splendid Lady Glencora, his disrespectful wife, is.

Heroine in the center of attention is a pre-emancipated woman with an own head and serious troubles finding her position in a man's world. Alice is a minor relative to serious money and nobility. She is not impoverished, she is even attractive to some male sharks for her moderate means. She doesn't make up her mind easily and she is too easily influenced by her surroundings. She gets engaged to one guy, but finds him wanting. She drops him and has her next engagement with a perfect male specimen, but then finds him too boring. She returns to the first champion, who is in time unmasked as a really bad guy. In the meantime she has acquired a reputation as a jilt... Trollope was a brilliant describer of the mind of people who can't make up their minds.

`Side' issues of this central vacillation theme are: the British parliament and how to pay for getting elected to it; fox hunting; the generally low standard of male suitors in different classes of society. Alice has a widowed aunt who is given to flirtation and who is not short of male attention. This story thread is of the nature of stale comedy, which makes me deduct a star.
I had also carried something for reserve, and luckily I did, as Trollope turned out to be shorter than 12 days. But that is another story. (Just wait for the Magic Mountain!)

Rereading Trollope
When I read this novel a long time ago. I remember being annoyed by Alice Vavasor and her endless vacillating between her cousin and John Grey. My interest only perked up with the introduction of the Pallisers, Glencora and Plantagenet. I felt that about one third of the novel could be ditched to concentrate on the Pallisers.

Re-reading it recently,I am much more sympathetic to Alice than I was. Trollope is excellent in his portrayals of women -- perhaps the best of the Victorian writers. His women are real -- intelligent, passionate, feeling creatures, caught in a societal structure that gave them little outlet.

Alice is a fine example: she's clever,and aspires to do "something" with her life. She can't figure out what, however, because her society gives her absolutely no outlet other than marriage.Married to her cousin George Vavasor, she might, vicariously, be a force in politics; that is half his attraction -- the other half is that he is a bad boy and she rather likes bad boys. It's kind of a let-down when she ends up with the estimable Grey after all.

Great read, small problems.
The characters are lively and interesting.The plot and narration are a little slow, but sometimes a slower pace can be a pleasant change.The intertwining stories of three marriages and the pressures of ambition competing with love kept me interested.One problem - the introduction to this edition (Penguin Classics paperback) contains spoilers.Skip the introduction and head straight to the text if you're reading this for the first time.I can definitely see myself reading this over and over. ... Read more

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The baby powder commercial appeared on the monitor and I walked over to the next set. They had the first contestant lined up for me. I smiled and took her card from the floor man. She was a middle-aged woman with a faded print dress and old-style shoes. I never saw the contestants until we were on the air. They were screened before the show by the staff. They usually tried to pick contestants who would make good show material--an odd name or occupation--or somebody with twenty kids. Something of that nature. ... Read more

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Astronomers, Scribes, and Priests examines evidence for cultural interchange among the intellectual powerbrokers in Postclassic Mesoamerica, specifically those centered in the northern Maya lowlands and the central Mexican highlands. Contributors to the volume’s thirteen chapters bring an interdisciplinary perspective to understanding the interactions that led to shared content in hieroglyphic codices and mural art. The authors address similarities in artifacts, architectural styles, and building alignments—often produced in regions separated by hundreds of miles—based on their analyses of iconographic, archaeological, linguistic, and epigraphic material. The volume includes a wealth of new data and interpretive frameworks in this comprehensive discussion of a critical time period in the Mesoamerican past.

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Astronomers, scribes and priests
Its's a good book; written by experts dealing with ancient experts expertises.
Most papers are focused on Maya topics but all the authors refer to the many contacts (in time and space) of the several Mesoamerican regions. ... Read more

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Anthony Andrews-Speed has opened up a new perspective for me
I have read many relationship self-help books in the past year.This one has to be my favorite. It's easy to read and pinpoints the main source of problem from the start. It has indeed helped me feeling better about my outlook in relationships and life.I have recommended it to another friend, and it seems to be helping her as well. ... Read more