Symptoms of virus diseases in plants: With indexes of names of symptoms in English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, and Spanish

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Symptoms of virus diseases in plants: With indexes of names of symptoms in English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, and Spanish
L Bos
Manufacturer: Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007J7QE2

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Symptoms of Virus Diseases in Plants: With Index of Names and Symptoms
L. Bos
Manufacturer: Unipub
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9022006581

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Symptoms of virus diseases in plants;: With indexes of names in English, Dutch, German, French and Italian
L Bos
Manufacturer: Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007JMTV2

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ST LUCIA Authoritative * Comprehensive * Up-to-date * Easy to use This book is packed with useful information, yet finding what you need is simple: A map on the inside front cover clearly shows the routes suggested in the main test. The routes allow you to follow them right through or pick only the sights that interest you. The star system carefully grades the main attactions: * well worth seeing ** very intesting *** an absolute must Main sights in the city are given numbers in the text to help you to locate them quickly on the maps. Vivid photography makes it easy to identify sights on the spot. Practical Information on travel, food and hotels is placed handily at the end of the book.

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hummmmmmmmm it's OK........2006-11-12

Well, I just got this from Amazon (1 month to get it delivered!) and am unimpressed. I've read it, and just don't feel any more ready for my trip than I did before. I also ordered the landmark guide, and if it ever comes, I'll compare it as well.... The pictures ARE lovely and it's a handy size for throwing in a pocket or bag. Will update the review after I return from St Lucia....

Great compact guide.......2006-07-17

This book came in handy on our recent visit to St. Lucia. It was small and had great pictures. The top 10 sights of St. Lucia list was also helpful. The book was organized by areas of the Island, so it was difficult to make comparisons without flipping back and forth. Overall I would give the book a high recommendation.

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Not many pictures but USEFUL!

Footprint St. Lucia
Sarah Cameron
Manufacturer: Footprint Handbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 190477718X

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This pocket guide provides current, comprehensive coverage of where to dine, drink, stay, and play, with listings for every price range and taste, from exclusive luxury hotels to self-catering apartments. From the heights of the magnificent Pitons to the depths of the deep blue sea it's packed with detailed information, while still maintaining its perfect size for packing for short getaways. It covers the rainforests and botanical gardens, volcanoes and views in this island paradise, including special activities, such as snorkeling, diving, windsurfing, golf, cricket, bird watching, and walking.

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Not many pictures but USEFUL!.......2006-11-29

I just picked this up and am headed to St Lucia next week (will update after I return). After getting this book, the Insight guide, and the Rough guide (which is anything but rough) I like this best. It's throw-in-your pocket small, chock full of info, and every page I open, I find things I want to do, and enough instruction on how to go about doing it. It has nice maps, and things seem well organized by topic (nice notable for parents- kids section). The top 10 list of things to do peaked my interest: every one of the items sound GREAT. I think this book is more tumed to the active traveller that really wants to get out and see their destination. I gave this 5 stars because it's the best guide I have for getting around, but it is lacking pictures, of which it only has a few. No big deal, I'll take my own :)

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A book of elegies, full of death, sadness and simple faith.
EACH WORD IS LIKE A VIEW OF CARRIBEAN HEART
Striking imagery

The Bounty: Poems
Derek Walcott
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0374525374

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Poet Derek Walcott loves grand themes. In his award-winning epic poem, Omeros, he revisted Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, relocating them to the Caribbean and peopling them with the poor fishermen and colonials of his homeland. In The Bounty, Walcott takes the 1787 arrival of that ill-fated British ship on Caribbean shores as the starting point for an elegiac meditation on life, art, and identity. In the collection's first poem, "The Bounty," Walcott remembers his mother who "lies/near the white beach stones"; the bounty he finds in his homeland, St. Lucia, is more than just the breadfruit brought to the Islands by the H.M.S. Bounty two centuries ago; it is the "thorns of the bougainvillea," and the industry of ants.

The Bounty is both an elegy for the poet's mother and for himself--for the land he left behind and the identity he shed as a result. In these poems, St. Lucia becomes all the more precious because Walcott can't go home again. Rich in imagery, these poems evoke the essence of the islands with each line.

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The Bounty was the first book of poems Walcott published after winning the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. Opening with the title poem, a memorable elegy to the poet's mother, the book features a haunting series of poems that evoke Walcott's native ground, the island of St. Lucia. "For almost forty years his throbbing and relentless lines kept arriving in the English language like tidal waves," Walcott's great contemporary Joseph Brodsky once observed. "He gives us more than himself or 'a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language."

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A book of elegies, full of death, sadness and simple faith........1998-09-27

Walcott's photograph on the back of the 1st edition sums up the feeling of Bounty- Sorrow, the grief of the death of friends and loved ones, faith in God seen "as through a glass darkly", the exhaustion of a sensitive man aware of his own mortality. Yet, through it all is the great sense of gratitude for the folk culture of the country that has nurtured him. And if he will not make great declarations of religious faith, he is thankful for the sun on the leaves, the ocean outside his door, the songs of Sessenne the folk singer of St. Lucia. Like Crusoe and Odysseus, this fortunate traveller has returned to his bench on the edge of the sea under the breadfruit leaves, "where stars and fireflies breed." This poet is past posturing. "The only art left is the preparation of grace", and even now, ever the bright eyed poet (behind the tears of the aging sage), he is "going down to the shallow edge to begin again." Walcott's only vocation has been poetry, his universe that of letters. In this he has never lost his faith.

EACH WORD IS LIKE A VIEW OF CARRIBEAN HEART.......1998-04-23

READING THIS IS LIKE PAINTING A PORTRAIT . IT GLIMMER LIKE THE JEWEL OF THE CARRIBEANBLUE TONE IS A DEEP PATHOSOF PERSONAL EMOTION THAT COME ONLY COME FROM THE PEN OF ONE WHO LOVES HIS HOMELAMD AND WRITE ABOUT IT

Striking imagery.......1997-10-24

Walcott's poetry sweeps you along on a series of vivid and memorable images that leave you breathless.

Macmillan Saint Lucia: Helen of the West Indies (Macmillan Caribbean Guides)

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Book on St. Lucia but not a Tour or Guide Book

Macmillan Saint Lucia: Helen of the West Indies (Macmillan Caribbean Guides)
Guy Ellis
Manufacturer: MacMillan Caribbean
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Caribbean | Travel | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1405066458

Book Description

Saint Lucia is a Caribbean island which truly lives up to its travel brochure descriptions: an island of breathtaking beauty with miles of magnificent coastline, panoramic mountain views, lush vegetation and favorable climate. Its people, history, language and culture are a blend of the rich heritage of Africa, France and England. It is the home of the only drive-in volcano in the world, where the fascinating Sulphur Springs bubble.

Saint Lucia is also famous for producing two Nobel Laureates and for staging an annual Jazz Festival that has become the talk of the entire world. In addition, Saint Lucia is a tourist paradise hosting more than 700,000 visitors every year. In this comprehensive guide, updated with all new photographs, Guy Ellis provides a profile of this "Helen of the West." A journalist for more than four decades, he edited the island's leading newspaper, the Voice, for 20 years before moving on to start a newspaper of his own, The Saint Lucia Mirror. In 2003, Ellis was honored by Her Majesty the Queen as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to journalism. As one who remains in touch with every development that takes place on the island, he is well qualified to write this guide to his mother country.

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Book on St. Lucia but not a Tour or Guide Book.......2007-04-21

I bought this book hoping for a tour guide type book. I am not really sure what this book is trying to be. The photos are very nice and there is information I have not seen elsewhere. However, there are few details on only a select number of hotels - the hotel write ups contain no information on getting in touch with the hotels, their prices, ratings, or websites. Each hotel has 2-10 sentences written on it. There is some unique content about the history of the island and the men who have been involved in the evolution of the island.

For quick reading and information on the culture - I would give it 4 stars. Because it is advertised as a guide book, I give it 3. This book is not helpful for travel planning.

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Night Vision: Poems
Kendel Hippolyte
Manufacturer: Triquarterly
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0810151634

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Good for visit, but not for travel planning
St Lucia Guide
Excellent Book!
General Guide
One of the best

St. Lucia (1996)
Don Philpott
Manufacturer: Passport Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Caribbean | Travel | Subjects | Books

Saint Lucia | Caribbean | Travel | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0844249270

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One of many titles in the Landmark Visitors Guide series, a revamp and update of the highly respected Visitors Guides, acknowledged as among the most reliable and useful guides for sightseers. With full color maps and photos throughout, the new Landmark Visitors Guides are highly detailed, giving you the information you need to get the most from your trip. They serve as a useful reference tool before you leave home, and are the perfect travel companion while on the road.

Area-by-area tours highlight in-town sights and attractions, including art galleries, museums, historic buildings and churches. They also lead you out into the Caribbean countryside, with recommended stops en route. Colorful call-out boxes reveal tidbits of the area's local culture, interesting sidelights on how the landscape has been shaped and other details sorely lacking in competing guidebooks. The comprehensive "Fact File" in back provides opening times, fees and contact information for all places mentioned in the text. Index.

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Good for visit, but not for travel planning.......2006-02-24

This book seems like it will be very helpful once you reach your destination, but is not a good resource for helping you book your trip. The lodging options were very limited & there were no e-mail addresses or websites, only phone numbers. I don't know about you, but I would prefer to not deluge my phone bill with international calls.

St Lucia Guide.......2005-08-30

This book is one of the best travel handbooks we have read. It gives a broad, concise and user friendly guide to the Island of Saint Lucia. As parents who have a family that has moved there we needed to know about the Island, it's good points, it's attractions, how to get there and a number of other questions.
These have all been answered and we look forward to our Christmas in the West Indies.

Excellent Book!.......2005-07-31

Thank you for sending me the book! It was in great condition and will make planning my wedding and honeymoon in St. Lucia much easier!

General Guide.......2005-05-13

This guide has a nice collection of pictures (as compared to The Rough Guide to St Lucia), but feels much more general and outdated. If you don't need pictures, I would go for The Rough Guide! (I am still waiting to receive one more guide for St Lucia). I am heading to the Coconut Bay Resort for my Honeymoon in June.

One of the best.......2001-11-01

One of the best travel book series, with attention to detail, plus numerous color photographs and fine maps. Lots of instructions regarding practical travel matters. (Travel Books
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Free Trade and Freedom: Neoliberalism, Place, and Nation in the Caribbean

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Free Trade and Freedom: Neoliberalism, Place, and Nation in the Caribbean
Karla Slocum
Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Get in the mood for the tropics
A Great Coffee Table Book

Saint Lucia

Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0762705957

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Where to go and what to see in this jewel in the Caribbean Sea. Enjoy the island's renowned cuisine and generous hospitality. Inside tips on the best bars, restaurants and hotels. Explore an underwater kingdom, teeming with stunning tropical fish and fabulous coral gardens. Practical advice on where to find the best dive and snorkeling sites. Experience the island'' luxuriant rainforest and marvel at the twin peaks of the Pitons. Relax on the white sandy beaches in the north or chill out with a rum punch on the volcanic sands in the south. With 160 full-color pages, this authoritative guide is the last word on St. Lucia. Experienced local writers reveal the hidden delights of the island known as the "Helen of West Indies." Entertaining and informative features on the history, culture, architecture, music, beach life, flora and fauna give a vivid insight into the essence of this magical isle. Packed with up-to-the-minute facts and advice, this indispensable guide is a must for the first time or regular visitor who wants to get the best from their stay. Paradise is just a page away.

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Get in the mood for the tropics.......2002-01-24

Sit back and relax...This one takes you on an appetizing ride through all st Lucia has to offer. Well, maybe its is a bit aimed at the tourist attractions but that's what made it so good for me: you can actually experience everything in the book yourself without going through too much trouble. And when we returned home, we only needed to flick through the pages to get that relaxed caribbean glow again. Take this book together with the 'rough guide' and you'll both have the glamour and the practical.

A Great Coffee Table Book.......2000-04-01

The book has excellent content and wonderful color photos of St. Lucia, its people, culture, and geography. However, my sole complaint is that it is not laid out as well as it could be. It would be difficult to use this book as a real guide due to its lack of expansive "nitty-gritty" information such as exact locations, mileage, cost, etc. The book is instead an excellent casual read for someone curious about the island.

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Her novels are brilliant, her short stories aren't quite... I still always recommend her!
Talented writing, but the stories get redundant
Beautiful Characters
Good read but ....
I wish each story was its own novel.

Homeland and Other Stories
Barbara Kingsolver
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060161124

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With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from northern-California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice -- at times comic, but often heartrending -- rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone. Homeland and Other Stories creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.

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Her novels are brilliant, her short stories aren't quite... I still always recommend her!.......2006-11-06

Kingsolver, who has never written anything that hasn't awed me, manages to capture much of the very essence of the human existence in our culturally and socially backward world (and country). These stories, however, are not nearly as powerful and earth-moving for me as her novels (Prodigal Summer, Poisonwood Bible, Pigs in Heaven, etc..)

This is a collection of short stories that each deal with the frustrations that average people face in their desire to lead normal, quiet, decent lives. Frequently her personages are `different' in some way and their frustrations are compounded in economic, social, cultural and sometimes just personal ways. And the power of persistence, love, and respect is frequently what combats those frustrations. None of these stories are loud and angry, none are suspenseful or thrilling, but each is softly, powerfully moving and thought provoking.

I respond to Kingsolver because she presents her characters in ways that pull in the reader, leaving the reader as an ally, quietly rooting for the protagonist. I always recommend Kingsolver to other readers because she can enlighten you without you even knowing it!

Talented writing, but the stories get redundant.......2006-04-18

My sister and I are both big readers; my favorite novelists are John Irving and Anne Tyler, her favorite is Barbara Kingsolver. I decided to give Kingsolver a try, and decided to start with this book - her short stories - to get a taste, and see if it was worth my time to try one of her longer works.

The writing talent is certainly there, but I feel after reading this collection (and reading the summaries of Kingsolver's full length novels), I've already read enough to decide not to go further.

The similarity of subject matter becomes redundant after awhile. Every story (and - apparently - every Kingsolver novel) tells the story of a semi-lost woman (usually living in Arizona or Appalachia), each containing an element from the natural world as a metaphor for that confused woman's life. Kingsolver's naturalist interests are obvious; we get an Indian woman's God-like reverence for the stars, another character's interest in Geology, a child's interest in endangered species, etc.

We're also occasionally shamed into caring more for the environment, as Kingsolver does. The story "Extinctions" is a good example of what I mean, with the heroine's two children interested in whales and dinosaurs: "(Matt's) infatuation is not whales but dinosaurs - species that are already gone. It strikes her that by the time her sons are grown there will be little difference. Their own children will view whales as kinds of dinosaurs - mythical beasts - not something real, to mourn. They will never believe those huge, fishlike creatures moved through the seas in modern times, while people were driving around in Hondas and drawing money from bank machines." Now, I'm as Liberal as a hippie, and perhaps we SHOULD care more for the natural world than we do, but must I be ashamed that I don't, and shamed for owning an automobile and ATM card? I think that's a bit preachy, Barb. Subtle perhaps, but preachy.

With all due respect for my sister's tastes, I'll stick with my John Irving novels for the time being. I guess I like male protagonists from New England better than female protagonists from Kentucky and Arizona.

Beautiful Characters.......2006-04-14

Kingsolver's attention to the details of life shows itself again is this lovely collection. Great for reading in the bathtub, my favorite spot.

Good read but ...........2006-03-10

I am a huge Barbara Kingsolver fan, and the short stories are really good - but seemed somewhat unfinished to me...It could be that each of them could be a chapter in a different book...maybe that is a sign of good short stories...BUT regardless, the characters are complex, deep, and real...

I wish each story was its own novel........2005-10-26

A lovely collection of stories, as is to be expected of Barbara Kingsolver's fiction. The characters are rich and dynamic, and the stories are so well developed that I wish each one was a full-length novel. Well worth the read-

Lives of St. Frances of Rome, etc: With an Introductory Essay on the Miraculous Life of the Saints, by J. M. Capes

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Lives of St. Frances of Rome, etc: With an Introductory Essay on the Miraculous Life of the Saints, by J. M. Capes
Georgiana Fullerton
Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation
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Binding: Paperback

Philosophy & Religion | Historical Reproductions | Formats | Books
ASIN: 1421272350
Release Date: 2005-11-30

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This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1855 edition by Burns and Lambert, London.

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