Winner of the DWAA Maxwell Award for 2004 Best Reference Book!Have you ever wondered how dog show judges learn to identify the subtle differences that separate a dog that is merely good from a dog that is outstanding? Now you can develop your own eye for sound movement and structure and learn how markings, size, and even leash position affect the judge’s perception! In An Eye for a Dog - Illustrated Guide to Judging Purebred Dogs you will...

International judge Robert Cole's expert perspective on some of the important elements of judging the Siberian Husky. You will "enter" a show ring and decide for yourself which is the best dog. After you have made your selection you will be walked through the process of judging step-by-step. It is an opportunity to test your knowledge and get a feel for some of the key points involved in judging this breed. The excellent graphics will help clarify what may appear to be a complex process. T...

It has been two years since Nicholas lost his wife. Still bereft he decides to take a holiday on the Greek island of Rhodes, hoping that the break will help him in his recovery. Whilst there he takes a day trip to the tiny island of Halki. On the ferry he meets Alessandra, who is working as a researcher at the museum on Rhodes. Beautiful and vivacious, she and Nicholas instantly connect and make plans to meet up on their return trip. She also offers to show Nicholas around the Old Town of ...

While most financial and investment advice focuses on recent trends, or encourages consumers to buy a favoured product, this book breaks the mould, offering eternal wisdom that draws on years of expensive failures and enviable successes. Following on from the success of James Skakoon's The Unwritten Laws of Business (27,000 copies sold to date), this approachable but thoughtful gem brings together these useful lessons for the first time.Covering everything from reminders o...

International judge Robert Cole's expert perspective on some of the important elements of judging the Italian Greyhound. You will "enter" a show ring and decide for yourself which is the best dog. After you have made your selection you will be walked through the process of judging step-by-step. It is an opportunity to test your knowledge and get a feel for some of the key points involved in judging this breed. The excellent graphics will help clarify what may appear to be a complex process...

Paris, in many people’s view, is the epitome of the perfect city – beautiful, romantic and imbued with vitality and culture. It is a wonderful place to visit and to live. A ‘pride of place’ mentality has characterised Parisians for centuries: ‘To be in Paris, is to be’ enthused an anonymous correspondent as early as 1323. Packed with fact, anecdote and insight, <I>A Traveller’s History of Paris</I&g...

Um homem: Robert Jeremy Cole.Um dom: o quase místico poder da cura.Um objetivo: aprimorar seus conhecimentos na ciência, ainda incipiente, pela qual se apaixonou — a medicina.Na Inglaterra, o ano de 1021 parece ter recebido as bênçãos de Satã. As colheitas se perderam devido às geadas, os rios ficaram congelados, as chuvas foram abundantes e as enchentes do Tâmisa trouxeram destruição e morte. Rob J. Cole ficou órfão de pai e mãe com irmãos p...

Ao migrar da Escócia para os Estados Unidos, Robert J. Cole já dominava o ofício da medicina. Mas não era só isso: um raríssimo dom familiar o diferenciava de outros médicos. Estabelecendo-se na fronteira de Illinois, em pleno século XIX, ele entrará em contato com uma América marcada por intensos conflitos políticos e militares, e pelo genocídio da população indígena.É com uma sacerdotisa chamada Makwa que Cole irá aprender os saberes milenares que usará junto com seu conhecimento...

Nada mais universal do que os assuntos referentes à saúde e à medicina, temas centrais de O físico e Xamã. Em A escolha da Dra. Cole, Noah Gordon volta ao tema, fechando a trilogia que traça a história da família simples que formou médicos desde a Idade Média — os Cole. Para manter a tradição, o primeiro filho tinha que ser homem. Depois, ser médico. Mas Roberta desafiou as regras mantidas por gerações e gerações de sua família: além de ter nascido mulher, estudo...

The inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of coura...

In 1652 Robert Cole, an English Catholic, moved with his family and servants to St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Using this family’s story as a case study, the authors of Robert Cole’s World provide an intimate portrait of the social and economic life of a middling planter in the seveneenth–century Chesapeake, including work routines and agricultural techniques, the upbringing of children, neighborhood relationships and community formation, and the role of religion.The Cole Pl...

Can one man make a difference?"All he did was see the obvious ""That's all any genius ever did."Robert Cole Todd is the youngest cadet in the Space Services Academy. He is truly exceptional. An old, famous spacer is impresswed enough to give him his first commission - piloting a new type spacecraft. He goes on to quite an amazing future!