Declerico, Robert E.; Hammock, Allan S. (Editors):Points of View; Readings in American Government and Politics
- Paperback 2001, ISBN: 9780072322682
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Steck-Vaughn, 2001-08. Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Condition!! Houghton Mifflin English Support for Writing Tests 4-Point Rubrics, Grade 6. Softcover, Copyright 2001, ISBN:0618… More...
Steck-Vaughn, 2001-08. Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Condition!! Houghton Mifflin English Support for Writing Tests 4-Point Rubrics, Grade 6. Softcover, Copyright 2001, ISBN:0618194738. We ship daily Mon-Sat. (gm) Customer service is always our top priority! Please contact us at 888-475-1077 to reach our customer service team!!, Steck-Vaughn, 2001-08, Doubleday, 6-Nov-01. First Edition, Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice book! Very slight shelf wear on dustjacket, library stamps on edges & endpage, no marks in text. Amazon: John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25. Grisham's story revolves around a typical middle-aged American couple, Luther and Nora Krank. On the first Sunday after Thanksgiving they wave their daughter Blair off to Peru to work for the Peace Corps, and they suddenly realize that """"for the first time in her young and sheltered life Blair would spend Christmas away from home.""""\n\nLuther Krank sees his daughter's Christmas absence as an opportunity. He estimates that """"a year earlier, the Luther Krank family had spent $6,100 on Christmas,"""" and have """"precious little to show for it."""" So he makes an executive decision, telling his wife, friends, and neighbors that """"we won't do Christmas."""" Instead, Luther books a 10-day Caribbean cruise. But things start to turn nasty when horrified neighbors get wind of the Krank's subversive scheme and besiege the couple with questions about their decision. Grisham builds up a funny but increasingly terrifying picture of how this tight-knit community turns on the Kranks, who find themselves under increasing pressure to conform. As the tension mounts, readers may wonder whether they will manage to board their plane on Christmas day. Skipping Christmas is Grisham-lite, with none of the serious action or drama of his legal thrillers, but a funny poke at the craziness of Christmas. -Jerry Brotton From Publishers Weekly: For all its clever curmudgeonly edge and minor charms, no way does this Christmas yarn from Grisham rank with A Christmas Carol, as the publisher claims. Nor does it rank with Grisham's own best work. The premise is terrific, as you'd expect from Grisham. Fed up with the commercial aspects of Christmas, particularly all the money spent, and alone for the holiday for the first time in decades (their daughter has just joined the Peace Corps), grumpy Luther Krank and his sweeter wife, Nora, decide to skip Christmas this year to forgo the gifts, the tree, the decorations, the cards, the parties and to spend the dollars saved on a 10-day Caribbean cruise. But as clever as this setup is, its elaboration is ho-hum. There's a good reason why nearly all classic Christmas tales rely on an element of fantasy, for, literarily at least, Christmas is a time of miracles. Grisham sticks to the mundane, however, and his story lacks magic for that. He does a smartly entertaining job of satirizing the usual Christmas frenzy, as Luther and Nora resist entreaties from various charities as well as increasing pressure from their neighbors (all sharply drawn, recognizable members of the generic all-American burb, the book's setting) to do up their house in the traditional way, including installing the giant Frosty that this year adorns the roof of every home on the block except theirs. And when something happens that prompts the Kranks to jump back into Christmas at the last minute, Grisham does slip in a celebration of the real spirit of Christmas, to the point of perhaps squeezing a tear or two from his most sentimental readers (even if he comes uncomfortably close to It's a Wonderful Life to do so). But it's too little, too late. The misanthropy in this short novel makes a good antidote to the more cloying Christmas tales, and the book is fun to read. To compare it to Dickens, however, is...humbug. 1.5-million first printing. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc., Doubleday, 6-Nov-01, POCKET, 2001. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback., POCKET, 2001, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2001-09-20. Paperback. Very Good. In Excellent Condition! Houghton Mifflin; Support for Writing Tests, 6-Point Rubrics, Grade 8 (Softcover) Copyright-2001, ISBN:0618128336. We Ship Daily, Mon-Sat. (SG) Customer service is always our top priority! Please contact us at 888-475-1077 to reach our customer service team!!, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2001-09-20, Pocket, 2001. poche broche. Agriculteur du Larzac, José Bové s'est rendu célèbre en démontant un restaurant McDonald's à Millau. Cette action symbolique visait à dénoncer la "malbouffe", résultat d'une agriculture productiviste encouragée par l'Union européenne et d'une mondialisation indifférente aux spécificités culturelles et à la qualité des échanges. Le monde n'est pas une marchandise est le récit du combat des agriculteurs modernes qui refusent la surproduction et le règne d'une alimentation sans goût. Il fait le point sur les propositions du syndicat la Confédération paysanne afin de favoriser une croissance durable : produire mieux, lutter contre la désertification des campagnes et préserver les ressources naturelles. Ce combat n'est pas celui des seuls paysans. Il implique déjà les citoyens mobilisés contre les OGM et soucieux de changer leurs modes de consommation. Loin des actions d'éclat relayées par les médias, cet ouvrage permet une pause propice à la réflexion prospective à laquelle chacun est convié. Le civisme, qu'on se le dise, commence par le choix du contenu de son assiette ! -Paul Klein paperback. Bon Etat., Pocket, 2001, New York: Berkley Books, 2001. Reprint edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. A very good pocket-size paperback with lightly rubbed covers. This book is clean, tight, unmarked. Padded envelopes are used to protect the book. ... Paper . ISBN: 0425179230. Catalogs: Literature and Fiction., Berkley Books, 2001, Mass Market. Berkley Prime Crime 2001. Light Wear. Loose Binding. Good Condition per Guidelines. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better., Le livre de poche / Thrillers, 2001. poche broché La jeune et ravissante Elizabeth Lange est hantée par la mort tragique de sa soeur, une star de l'écran et de la scène, tombée de la terrasse de son appartement à New York dans des circonstances pour le moins mystérieuses. A-t-elle été assassinée par son amant, l'irrésistible magnat des affaires Ted Winters, lui-même en proie à des tourments secrets ? S'est-elle suicidée ? Mais pourquoi Leila aurait-elle voulu se supprimer alors qu'elle était heureuse et au sommet de sa gloire ? Quelqu'un d'autre l'aurait-il tuée -mais qui pourrait en vouloir à une jeune femme aimée et admirée ? Minée par le chagrin, Elizabeth est invitée par la baronne Minna von Schreiber, sa plus vieille amie, à venir se reposer dans le luxueux institut de remise en forme de Cypress Point, en Californie. Mais au lieu d'y trouver le calme et la détente, elle va être confrontée non seulement à Ted, mais aux meilleurs amis de sa soeur qui ont tous un motif pour l'avoir tuée. paperback. Bon Etat. micropliures de couverture., Le livre de poche / Thrillers, 2001, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2001-07-12. Hardcover. Like New. In Mint Condition! Houghton Mifflin; Support for Writing Tests: 6-Point Rubrics, Grade 3 (Softcover). Copyright-2001, ISBN: 061812828X. We Ship Daily, Mon-Sat. Customer service is always our top priority! Please contact us at 888-475-1077 to reach our customer service team!!, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2001-07-12, Le livre de poche / Thrillers, 2001. poche broché La jeune et ravissante Elizabeth Lange est hantée par la mort tragique de sa soeur, une star de l'écran et de la scène, tombée de la terrasse de son appartement à New York dans des circonstances pour le moins mystérieuses. A-t-elle été assassinée par son amant, l'irrésistible magnat des affaires Ted Winters, lui-même en proie à des tourments secrets ? S'est-elle suicidée ? Mais pourquoi Leila aurait-elle voulu se supprimer alors qu'elle était heureuse et au sommet de sa gloire ? Quelqu'un d'autre l'aurait-il tuée -mais qui pourrait en vouloir à une jeune femme aimée et admirée ? Minée par le chagrin, Elizabeth est invitée par la baronne Minna von Schreiber, sa plus vieille amie, à venir se reposer dans le luxueux institut de remise en forme de Cypress Point, en Californie. Mais au lieu d'y trouver le calme et la détente, elle va être confrontée non seulement à Ted, mais aux meilleurs amis de sa soeur qui ont tous un motif pour l'avoir tuée. paperback. Très Bon Etat. micropliure de couverture., Le livre de poche / Thrillers, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First printing of the 8th edition trade paperback., McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2001<
