books about: seventy     books:       I'm Too Young To Be Seventy: And Other Delusions9 reviews Judith Viorst Free Press, 2005 Yes Witty, But Far Far More I bought this book for an older friend turning 70, and -- laughing out loud -- read it before wrapping. It's not only witty (and thoughtful) for those turning 70, but for those of us who will someday reach 70, and have friends of 70. Sometimes I feel I have grown up with Judith Viorst. She is enough older that her age milestone books are out and available before I turn 30, 40 50, and on. I ...             Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s1 review Harvard University Press, 2008 exceptional insights into the '70's This is an exceptionally well constructed collection of essays by moderate liberals about the development of the modern conservative movement through the 1970's. It's a great supplement to classroom texts.             Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age9 reviews Valerie Ramsey, Heather Hummel McGraw-Hill, 2008 The Balance of Beauty Valerie Ramsey understands the true wisdom of beauty--that even though it is outwardly visible, its true source comes from within. Perhaps that is why all treatise on beauty should be written from the perspective of someone, like Ramsey, who has lived a life that allows for true beauty to flourish. Aging is bounded by time, beauty is not. And so, Ramsey, in prose that is clean, compelling, ...             The Gibson Electric Guitar Book: Seventy Years of Classic Guitars3 reviews Walter Carter Backbeat Books, 2007 Wonderful Book about a distinctly American musical instrument company This book is a must read for any electric guitar fanatic, required reading for any Gibson fans. Not only does it take you through the ups and downs, trials and tribulations, innovations and failures of this storied stringed instrument company, it puts all that within the historical perspective of what was going on at Gibson's major competitors at the time, Fender chief among them. Clearly ...             Seventy-Seven Clocks: A Bryant & May Mystery (Bryant & May Mysteries)11 reviews Christopher Fowler Bantam, 2005 If you're new to the Bryant & May mysteries, don't start with this one... I love these old school detectives- no fingerprints, no fiber evidence here, just two cops bouncing ideas off of each other as they interview witnesses and suspects. Each book is set in London, and the city's rich history and geography play a part in each book. However, this book is not the strongest in the series. There are a couple of coincidences that don't work for me, and the plot is just ...             Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s53 reviews James Lileks Crown, 2004 Laugh out Loud! I've read this book several times and I laugh so hard I cry - every time! I'm a mid-century modern aficionado, but this stuff is all wrong. James' writing is all right!             Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea35 reviews Steven Callahan Mariner Books, 2002 I was SHOCKED by how great this book was I ordered this book on a whim. It's not usually my sort of fare but Callahan had me from the start and I had a hard time putting it down. Day by day, struggle by struggle, every new experience gave you either a sense of tremendous triumph or total despair. I was rooting for Callahan through out the book. I caught my self laughing out loud several times and twitching my feet nervously at ...             Water Exercise : 78 Safe and Effective Exercises for Fitness and Therapy10 reviews Martha White Human Kinetics Publishers, 1995 WATER EXERCISE MADE EASY We havet a lap pool in our home and actually wanted DVD to show us a few acqua exercises that would suit our needs (sports and medical injury), but as no DVD exists we searched for a book. There are many to choose from and in "reading through" some of them, decided on the Water Exercise because it covered a multitude of health needs. When it arrived we were pleased as it is extremely easy to ...             Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot46 reviews Rachel Pollack Weiser Books, 2007 Seventy eight degrees of wisdom a book of tarot by rachel pollack This is the very best book for insights into interpretations of Tarot cards, at least for the intellectuals among us. It suggests sources of meaning in myth and legend, especially Hebrew tradition, for each card. It has helped me plumb the depths of my own unconscious to find meaning in my current life situations. The book is clearly written by someone who has deep intuition into the ...             The Seventy Wonders of China1 review Thames & Hudson, 2007 An excellent review certain to appeal to both general-interest browsers and students Any collection strong in China surveys, from college-level holdings to general-interest public libraries, will want to include THE SEVENTY WONDERS OF CHINA in their collection. It provides a cultural and geographical review of the country's wealth with a strong focus on the arts, surveying its modern systems and its achievements. Entries come from experts from leading academic institutions in ...             My First Hymnal: Seventy-Five Favorite Bible Songs and What They Mean4 reviews Karyn Henley Sparrow Corporation, 1994 My First Hymnal: Seventy-Five Favorite Bible Songs and What My 4-year-old granddaughter checked this book out at her church library and absolutely refuses to give it back. She carries it all over the house, looks for a song, sings - at the piano, in bed, in the tub. Please, please put this book back in print. A child's Christ-centered guide.             Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the ...10 reviews Jeremy Varon University of California Press, 2004 Bringing The War Home ~ An Eclectic Balance Jeremy Varon's "Bringing The War Home" is simply a "must read" for anyone who wishes to "understand" the '60's and '70's--the very concept of "revolution"--from the perspectives of the Weatherman/Weather Underground, the Red Army Fraction, AND the very governments and societies these groups sought to radically change. Both probing and honest, Varon's narrative and analysis is an important and ...             The Tecate Journals: Seventy Days on the Rio Grande9 reviews Keith Bowden Mountaineers Books, 2007 Great book !! This was a great book about the river and all of its inhabitants. It made me look forward to every bend in the river and the adventures that were ahead. As a person who has traveled to most of the border towns for business, it gave me an even deeper appreciation for the area and the river. It was hard to put down.             Don't Let The Irs Destroy Your Small Business: Seventy-six Mistakes To Avoid7 reviews Michael Savage Basic Books, 1997 Great book - concise and helpful This book outlines 76 ways that small businesses often get in trouble with the IRS. A lot of these mistakes are very tempting to make -- in fact, one can argue that it's the tax law that's the problem in many cases, not the business practice. Nonetheless, the author makes clear the IRS position on these mistakes, and shows how damaging the mistakes can be when the IRS wins in tax court over ...             The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies2 reviews Gilles Mora Abrams Books, 2007 Snaps of the visual generation Rather cheekily, I thought, Gilles Mora kicks off his fascinating study of sixties and seventies photography with a reference to a 1958 Popular Photography magazine poll, by 234 critics, to nominate the world's ten greatest living photographers. The chosen ten, naturally famous but annoyingly for Mora did not include Walker Evans or Robert Frank (or Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Paul Strand ...             The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics18 reviews Bruce J. Schulman Da Capo Press, 2002 The shift right, south and west... Professor Shulman's popular history of the decade most Americans are quick to dismiss as eminently forgettable is an entertaining and informative read. Not exactly an academic work of history -- and consequently not as dry -- the book encompasses all aspects of culture, economics, politics, and sociology and makes the case that the seventies were not only NOT forgettable but in fact exerted ...             The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World (70 Great Mysteries) Thames & Hudson, 2008 What we know and what we predict about the nature of life and the future of life on Earth. Every day we read about or experience massive changes in the environment and the natural world. But what do we really know about the functioning of Earth and of life? What do we still have to learn? Here, over sixty of the world's most eminent scientists?from the United States and the UK to India and Australia, from France and Germany to Italy and the ...             Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies34 reviews Tom Perrotta Berkley Trade, 1997 "I didn't realize it at the time, but that's when I was really happy." For a Perrotta devotee such as myself, Bad Haircut comes as something of a surprise. It lacks Perrotta's signature style, the acerbic wit and satirical tone that have defined his spectacular novels Election, Little Children: A Novel, and The Abstinence Teacher. It's also a difficult book to classify - too linear and structured overall to adequately call a short story collection, but too broken ...             Surfing Photographs from the Seventies Taken by Jeff Divine3 reviews Scott Hulet T. Adler Books, 2005 if you love surfing...& even if you do not... this is an amazing book- some of the best surf pictures (in my opinion) during one of the most visually inspiring era's of surfing. the pages are arranged in such a way so as to not distract you from their content, the printing is awesome and there's not a single shot not worthy of a poster size above your bed. this book will not harsh your mellow- it will make you want to move to lucadia, ride ...             Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts12 reviews Philip C. Bolger International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1994 I have read and re-read this book a dozen times! OK, I admit it, I am enthralled with the genius of this boat designer, Phil Bolger. He has designed more boats than any person alive, 750+. This book reveals his thought process giving a window into his remarkably creative mind. I especially enjoy how he chooses to draw upon the vast tradition and the history of boats designed throughout history, and then updates and synthesizes these boat ...              search for books american, bringing, concepts, conservative, delusions, desecrations, effective, electric, exercise, exercises, gracefully, horrible, interior, journals, mistakes, mysteries, photographers, photographic, photographs, politics, revolutionary, rightward, seventies, seventy-eight, seventy-five, seventy-seven, seventy-six, unconventional, underground, violence books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen electronics: Apple 30 GB iPod AAC/MP3 Video Player Black (5.5 Generation) we recommend Seventy eight degrees of wisdom a book of tarot by rachel pollack leave a comment home  impressum - about us