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Portuguese Gardens
English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840
British Glass, 1800-1914
Oriental Rugs: The Carpets of Afghanistan Vol 3
The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain: 1751-1851 Vol I
The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830
The Price Guide to Antique Silver
Painted Dial Clocks: 1770-1870
Orrefors Glass
Pratt Ware: English and Scottish Relief Decorated and Underglaze Coloured Earthenware 1740-1840
The Watch and Clock Makers' Handbook,Dictionary and Guide
Jewellery: Reference and Price Guide
Worcester Porcelain: Zorensky Collection
The Longcase Clock
Antique Furniture (Starting to Collect S.)
Cut Glass in America: T.G.Hawkes and His Competitors
Collecting Dolls: Reference and Price Guide
Costume Jewellery
The Kashmir Shawl and Its Indo-French Influence
Automobilia: Twentieth Century International Reference with Price Guide
Christmas Antiques, Decorations and Traditions
"Daily Telegraph" Guide to the Antique Shops of Britain
Guide to the Antique Shops of Britain
Paktong: The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 1680-1820
Tiffany Silver Flatware, 1845-1905: When Dining Was an Art

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Winter Garden Beauty
Winter Gardening Joys
Winter Gardening Joys

Winter Gardening
Steven Bradley
Manufacturer: Time-Life Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Garden Design | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Look Inside Cookbooks | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
ASIN: 0737006285

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Winter Garden Beauty.......2001-10-06

This book was wonderful! The photos are so inspirational and it gives you quick and easy ideas for setting up a winter garden. This book is truly motivational in getting you out in the yard at a time of year that you aren't likely to do so. This book is perfect for the beginning gardener who wants to know the In's and Out's of seasonal gardening. It may be a little elementary for those of you who are not so "green" to your garden, but it will still offer some beautiful, inexpensive ideas.

Winter Gardening Joys.......2000-12-31

This is a great gardening book to own. It has two handy charts, "working winter diary" which lists seasonal tasks and "winter-flowering guide" which lists 4 - 8 names of winter annuals, bulbs, perennials, climbers (!) and shrubs and their growing zones. It has many color illustrations with descriptions and a good Table of Contents and Index. A few of the flowers mentioned are not illustrated.

Winter Gardening Joys.......2000-12-31

This is a great gardening book to own. It has two handy charts, "working winter diary" which lists seasonal tasks and "winter-flowering guide" which lists 4 - 8 names of winter annuals, bulbs, perennials, climbers (!) and shrubs. It has many color illustrations with descriptions and a good Table of Contents and Index. A few of the flowers mentioned are not illustrated.

Jardines Cercanos/ Nearby Gardens (Mirto Academia)

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Jardines Cercanos/ Nearby Gardens (Mirto Academia)
Juan J. Leon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Spanish | Foreign Language Fiction | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

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Portuguese Gardens
Helder Carita , and Homen Cardoso
Manufacturer: Antique Collectors' Club
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Landscape | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

Portugal | Europe | History | Subjects | Books

General | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Garden Design | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Landscape | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1851491015

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Livro das Moedas de Portugal 1987-1988
J. Ferraro Vaz , and Javier Salgado
Manufacturer: J. Ferraro Vaz & Javier Salgado
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Portuguese | Foreign Language Books | Specialty Stores | Books
ASIN: B000LY3G0G

Product Description

In the Portuguese and English languages. Title translates to "Book of the Coins of Portugal". Covers 1128-1974 A.D. (16C)

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Dias En Garden State (Literatura)
Rick Moody
Manufacturer: Grijalbo Mondadori Sa
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Plains and Rockies
Rose Standish Nichols
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00085QCJU

The Palace and Gardens of Fronteira: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Portuguese Style

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The Palace and Gardens of Fronteira: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Portuguese Style
Jose Cassiano Neves , Vera Mendes , and Fernando Mascarenhas
Manufacturer: Quetzal Editores
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Portugal | Europe | History | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0935748989

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Wonderful and Satisfying Fable Ever Told
Great book
A magical masterpiece of Brazilian literature
We, brazilians, have indeed great writers
Simply put: amazing!

The Centaur in the Garden
MOACYR SCLIAR
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Out of Egypt: A Memoir
Kaaterskill Falls
Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)
Lost in Translation
Budapest: A Novel

ASIN: 034531669X
Release Date: 1985-02-12

Book Description

A masterpiece of magical realism by one of Brazil’s most celebrated novelists.

The Wisconsin edition is for sale only in the United States

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Wonderful and Satisfying Fable Ever Told.......2004-02-14

This book written by Moacyr Scliar can be hard to find. I happened to come across it by accident when browsing books at the bookstore. The moderately popular book, "Max and the Cats", attracted me but it appeared too short for me. I wanted something more substantial to read. So, I searched for other books and this one was the other novel available. All other novels by Scliar are out-of-print. You can however get his other books probably through another library if your library does not own it.

It would be unfair to go beyond the description of the novel. So, I will start with the main character, Guedali Tartakowsky, who is a centaur born into a normal Jewish family. Amazingly, his family tries everything so that he fits into their small community. There are clashes with other people as Guedali wants to escape the safety of his family to meet others. It may seem a little mystical and ridiculous. But, Guedali is not so unlike everyone else who must find himself by living on his own. Many of the qualities in Guedali shows how much more human than us. He may have hooves but his emotions and longing to be accepted and thoughts about growing up normal.

Our reaction to deformities resonates strongly in today's society. If we could change things like remove a large mold, then would it significantly change our life for the better? In most cases, the answer is yes and who knows if the mold was malignant. But, what if it is not so bad and everyone around doesn't mind it. Would you risk changing it for other people who feel uncomfortable? That may be a complete simplification of Guedali's problem but you see where I am going...

So many issues are addressed about knowing yourself. What makes you happy? How do you deal with matters of your identity as a Jew? Who are really your friends or enemies? How does society deal with such deformities? Do other people with this deformity handle daily situations? Scliar deals with all of these issues with a good balance between humor and seriousness. This version is a good translation and no real problems in reading this English print.

Great book.......2003-09-09

I read Scliar's columns in the newspapers regularly, but this was the first of his novels that I read. Scliar has recently been accepted to the ABL (Brazilian Academy of Literature) and while reading about him I came across several people's opinions on this book saying it was one of his best work. I can't really compare it to any other book he wrote, however I can say that this story kept me interested from beginning to end. The interesting thing is how the character tries so hard to fit into society, in spite of his "handicap" which cannot be easily hidden. I kept thinking about how I would react if I were in his situation, with the same "problem". When you think that nothing else will happen, there's a nice twist in the end. This is a great book. I recommend it.

A magical masterpiece of Brazilian literature.......2001-05-01

"The Centaur in the Garden" is a superb novel by Brazilian writer Moacyr Scliar. The text has been translated from Portuguese into English by Margaret A. Neves. This brilliant fantasy describes the life of Guedali Tartakovsky, who is born to a Russian Jewish family that has emigrated to Brazil. The family is shocked when, at the baby's birth, they discover that he is a centaur: a being who is human from the waist up, but who possesses a horse's four-legged body below.

The novel's hero thus enters the world marked as an outsider. As his life unfolds, we see his quest to educate himself, to embrace his Jewish identity, to experience sex, to find love, and ultimately to determine his place in the world. Along the way are many stunning surprises--for both Guedali and the reader.

"Centaur" seems to me to exemplify the concept of "magical realism." The book deftly blends elements of fantasy, science fiction, and social satire. Scliar explores many types of relationship: between European and Native American, Jew and Gentile, man and woman, parent and child. This is a deeply moving, truly brilliant novel by one of the most extraordinary voices in Latin American literature.

We, brazilians, have indeed great writers.......2000-07-20

The story is about a person who is born as a centaur. It may seem foolish and nonsense, but it isn't. The book deals with the problems any "human being" half hoarse would sufer. Telling you more of the story would take the enjoyment out.

It is great: the reader will imidiatively see that he is a centaur himself. How? The society demands us to be padronized, identical with each other, but we just can't and shouldn't! We are different, no matter how we try being as our neighbor, in other words, each of us are centaurs in same way. We must have our diferencies (unfortunetlty, some people want to be the same as the "majority", the so called "normal people"). That's the meaning of the book.

(You americans should try reading books from authors of my country. Then you'll find out how rich and great our literature is.)

Simply put: amazing!.......1999-12-12

What a book. That's one of those books that keep you turning the pages rapidly, until you get to the end. But then you just have to take another look at the first pages, and before you know it you are in the middle of a second round. The main character tells his story retrospectively, starting from the night a winged horse flew over his parents house at the time of his birth - a Jewish Centaur somewhere in Brazil. His parents are terrified at first, but afterwards he is grown as a regular... well, centaur. It's no use even trying to tell anything of this strange, fascinating book. Two things, however, are certain: this is a book that you will be thinking about for a long, long time, and this is NOT a children's book. Read it. If I can't convince you... well, imagine yourself living your life without knowing that "One hundred years of solitude" existed. What a loss.

In a Portuguese garden,: And other verse,

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In a Portuguese garden,: And other verse,
Cara Elizabeth Hanscom Whiton- Stone
Manufacturer: Sherman, French & company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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