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With Skills and Strategies for Coaching Soccer, you have access to 120 drills for teaching skills to players at all levels--from beginning to intermediate to advanced. And for each skill, you'll find drills for players at different levels of development.
Some of the basic skills presented include collecting and controlling, passing, dribbling, kicking, heading, goalkeeping, and the throw in. You'll also find
• offensive moves and countering defensive moves;
• 120 drills for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players;
• coaching points for each drill;
• a fitness program for soccer;
• sample game situations and how to coach in those situations;
• 246 high-quality illustrations of field diagrams and skill execution; and
• methods of coaching that are appropriate for individuals or groups.
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Excellent Resource for ANY Soccer Coach.......2007-08-11
This book includes excellent drills for skills ranging from fundamental to experienced. It also gets into a lot of game strategy, and it addresses the special situations such as throw-ins and corner kicks from offense and defense. I really like how he pulls in excellent advice and his philophy for coaching. If I had to select just one book for my coaching library, it would be this one!
Great Intermediate Book.......2007-04-10
First, I have to define intermediate. I have coached U6 and U8 for 5 seasons, and have just moved up to coach U11. I bought this book and Progressive Soccer, and this book was MUCH better. It's pretty beat up now because I refer to it constantly. It has drills and games for all the skills, and most of them start out at a low level (U8 or so) and get more advanced. Almost all of them have worked out well for our team.
I would say this is not a beginner's book, too much info and probably too in depth for a brand-new coach. Not a lot of "kiddie games" like you would use for U6 or U8. I would say U10 and up can get a lot out of this book.
My only complaint is I would like a little more in the team strategy parts and "system of play" parts, the book is a little weak on those areas, other than going through some different formations (which won't apply if you don't play 11 on 11).
Again, highly recommended for the coach moving up for the first time into the U10 age group for the first time.
Coach.......2007-01-16
This book is very good for an experienced coach or a coach of older (14+) players. It is well written, encourages coaches to have a positive attitude towards their players & the game, & includes a wealth of material. For the younger team, it doesn't encourage the "have fun & think for yourself" attitude that is enouraged in current coaching classes or by the American Youth Soccer Association.
OUTSTANDING for the intermediate coach.......2000-05-30
Absolutely terrific book -- spanning all aspects of team and individual play. I own a number of books -- usually too basic or far too advanced. Hargreaves' book is exceptional in that it takes soccer coaching to a high quality level in terms of both theory and tactics. Probably not the best "first" book for a beginning coach, but great for Under-10 and over (and perhaps U8 advanced play). I'm back to buy additional copies for my assistant coaches. My highest, 5-star recommendation.
A must have for a beginning coach.......2000-05-17
Excellent book that covers all the bases (technique, tactics, philosphy etc). If your ready for more detailed information on the same topics then Coaching Soccer the Progressive Way and Coaching Soccer Sucessfully should be right for you.
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An overworked sheriff and a string of condo burglaries at a luxurious ski resort have Lt. Joe Gunther and the newly-minted Vermont Bureau of Investigation digging deep for clues. But it doesnt take long for Joe to find the most likely thief missingand his girlfriend dead. As the complications mount, from drug dealing to environmental terrorism to attempted murder, Joe and his team go undercover to infiltrate the closed society of a one-company town, populated by bored millionaires and supported by a small legion of resort employees, not all of whom are what they seem.
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Great Series: Tucker Peak by Archer Mayor.......2004-01-14
The Vermont resort area of Tucker Peak is the setting used by Archer Mayor in this installment of his long running and enjoyable series featuring Joe Gunther. Tucker Peak is typical Vermont. For natives it is a fun place to work and a place to party all night. To outsiders, it seems a little too much on the rustic side and needs work. But the economies of places like Tucker Peak are changing, just like almost everything in life, and the owners think they have a new plan to rev up the resort and cash in. But their plan is being stopped by a group of radical environmentalists that want the resort to remain the way it has been and not create a further strain on the environment.
Joe Gunther now heads the newly created Vermont Bureau of Investigation and for once, his personal life is relatively stable. This allows Archer Mayor to focus more on the story and less on character development as Joe Gunther and his team becomes embroiled in theft, murder and corporate politics on the mountain.
Initially Joe and his team are called in by the local sheriff, Snuffy Dawson. Sheriff Dawson has his hand full with the daily protests of the environmental group. In addition, there has been a string of home burglaries with the latest involving a VIP by the name of William Manning. Along with his abrasive and condescending personality, Mr. Manning has the clout to get the governor personally involved. Mr. Manning believes that one of the sheriff's deputies who happens to moonlight for a second income as security on the mountain is in on the robbery and he does not want the local Sheriff's department involved in investigating the case. While Sheriff Dawson resents the implication that the deputy can't do the job or that he can't solve the robbery, he is understaffed and needs all the help he can get.
Joe agrees and takes Willy Kunkle out to meet Mr. Manning. Before too long, they see what kind of arrogant human being Mr. Manning is and become interested in the case. Soon, the trail will lead to more burglaries and death on the mountain, while the radical environmental group begins to sabotage the resort. The action comes fast and furious rising to a very strong conclusion, as the case breaks open during a blizzard on the mountain.
This is a very enjoyable book and Mr. Mayor has brought back all the characters from earlier in the series. Some old events are rehashed and psychological issues are dealt with, so if you have not had the pleasure of reading earlier books in this series, I would suggest you do so, before reading this work. While the action is considerable, there is little psychological development of the characters in this novel. They read like old friends who have been through a lot and while they are working, for once their personal lives are relatively stable. No doubt, emotional turmoil is coming, but after the last several novels, it is very nice to see these characters in a more action oriented environment with less personal strain.
Great Book!.......2001-11-17
When I first picked this up in the store, it was great to get my hands on it. I was waiting for it for so long to come out and to read it, that I thought that I was going insane. I live in Brattleboro myself, and the places that Mayor tells about are places that I go to all the time. It was much better then "The Marble Mask" which was not as well done because it didn't take place back in Brattleboro. Though, I was happy with the end, and the re-uniting of the characters. I would have liked to see Gunther return to the Brattleboro Police Department or have J.P Tyler and Ron come up to VBI. But this was a great book, and I recomend it to anyone who wants a good piece of reading.
Satisfying Puzzle.......2001-11-06
Archer Mayor is like a master artistic puzzle builder. He takes a little bit here, a little bit there, weaves this into that, and what starts out as a seemingly straightforward and relatively innocuous (if crime can be innocuous) crime ends up being a complex labyrinth of events, motives, characters, and decisions that lead inexorably toward the climax and resolution. A mark of a good mystery writer is that the reader is left wondering almost until the last page, but when the answer comes, the reader says, "Of course, it fits perfectly! I should have seen that!" Mayor is one of the best at accomplishing this difficult objective. This skill also lends a sense of reality to his stories that few other mystery writers attain. That is, the complexity of his work shows how much each of us, our lives, our work, our unthinking reactions are intertwined with others - how, for example, in this story, a harmless ad for a watch on E-bay leads to the destruction of human life and paradoxically allows series regulars Kunkle and Sammie discover their need for each other. Tucker Peak is not for mystery readers who want a simple story unfettered by reality solved in 22 minutes (not counting commercials). It is an immensely satisfying read for those who not only want to escape the banality of daily life for a few hours of fiction-more-real-than-real, but who appreciate an intellectual and emotional challenge in the process.
Archer Mayor's Best so far........2001-10-31
I have been reading the Joe Gunther books ever since I started Ragman's Memory, and have read all of the books in the series. Being from Vermont, I can relate to the location that the books are featured in. I have also had the liberty of meeting Archer Mayor at a signing.
Tucker Peak is the latest book in his Joe Gunther series, set at a fictional Ski resort in southern Vermont. There, a series of robberies and crime have occured, bringing Joe and his southern VT VBI team into the picture. They begin with a simple robbery case, and end up with a homoside one, reaveling that there is much more to the book than what meets the eye. Even from the last portion of the book, Mayor gives no indication of who is guilty and who is innocent.
Mayor sets the setting, characters and plot beautifully, capturing the image that is just so close to reality that some authors struggle with. Because he is also a Vermonter, he has the chance to research for his books easily.
He sets Tucker Peak very well, exposing the 'true' Vermont. Tucker Peak is a fictional ski resort, but it is real enough so that I can invision skiing down it's slopes. The towns, roads, cities and area are all familier to me, and that makes the book so much better.
Thoroughly enjoyable mystery.......2001-10-21
Though Vermont's TUCKER PEAK is popular in a small way by the ski crowd, the owners of the resort know they must expand or declare bankruptcy. The announced plan quickly runs into an environmental nightmare as protesters arrive to stop any further development of the pristine mountain.
At about the same, a series of crippling robberies push the TUCKER PEAK ownership closer to shutting down the ski lodge. However, the state knows the importance of tourist money especially from the ski industry. So when the local law enforcement asks for help, the Vermont Bureau of Investigation sends its best, Joe Gunther, to investigate the felons. Joe quickly determines the identity of the thief, but the individual is missing and his girlfriend murdered. Joe concludes that several of the environmentalists could not care less about hugging a tree let alone a mountaintop as they have something else in mind that could kill the dedicated police officer.
TUCKER PEAK is a hard-boiled detective story with the added twist that it occurs on an isolated Vermont mountain. The who-done-it is solved rapidly and easily only to lead to another who-done-it and several why-done-its. Joe feels out of place in this backdrop, as he seems more like an inner city blue collar cop, but that adds layers of personality to the tale as Archer Mayor has done in his previous Gunther novels. This is another winning story in a series in which all the novels are worth reading.
Harriet Klausner
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4 Titles in Joe Gunther Series - Occam's Razor - Tucker Peak - The Disposable Man
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Tucker Peak
Archer Mayor
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- Fantasy story collection
- Come to the fair at Ithkar
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Magic in Ithkar 1
Andre Norton , and
Robert Adams
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Fantasy story collection.......2006-12-15
Magic in Ithkar - A word to long time Fantasy readers [and fans of Andre Norton] we are treading on very familiar ground here - ancient visitors, priest and temples, legends of an ancient war, good magic, bad magic, intelligent animals etc, etc. If done adequately, spiffed up and handled with TLC these Fantasy elements can assist the authors to hang a good story on - and entertain the reader. I found the story quality quite good - that is entertaining. My real grip with this book is that several of the stories made references to people and places that the authors must of assumed the reader had prior knowledge of. Perhaps the background information concerning Ithkar provided to the authors was considerably more detailed than that printed in the introduction. My search found four Ithkar books all edited by Adams and Alice Mary Norton aka Andre Norton. Since the concept of Ithkar and the yearly fair could generate four books of stories perhaps one of the authors was motivated to write a related novel.
Come to the fair at Ithkar.......2002-11-19
I believe there were only four 'Magic in Ithkar' volumes, which is a shame because Norton and Adams did a great job of soliciting (and editing?) these commonly-themed fantasy shorts. Each of the four collections has the same prologue by Robert Adams, which explains how the fair originated in Ithkar (a religious anniversary turned pilgrimage), the set-up (temple, campgrounds for the merchants, docks and canals for the riparian traffic, etc.), and the difficulties encountered on a pilgrimage or trading voyage to Ithkar (Death Swamp, dragons, outlaw wizards). All weapons must be surrendered before entering the fair and wizards are discouraged from glamorizing shoddy goods with their spells. Of course, as at any large festival, the fair at Ithkar has its share of rogues, piratical merchants, bravos, potion-makers and witches, troupes of entertainers (not a few of them turning tricks), and gullible pilgrims.
A sampling of stories:
"The Goblinry of Ais" by Lin Carter - a rather pedestrian story on the theme of 'be careful what you wish for,' especially if the genie in the rock happens to be a goblin.
"To Take a Thief" by C.J. Cherryh - A young apprentice-thief's master hangs from a gibbet down near the docks. How will he survive at a fair already overrun by thieves, and worse?
"Jezeri and her Beast Go to the Fair and Find more Excitement than They Want." by Jo Clayton - this story about a young girl and her mysterious telepathic pet is written like a chapter taken out of a novel. It's a 'day in the life of' rather than a story with a true ending. I checked Jo Clayton's bibliography to see if Jezeri and her Beast came whole-cloth out of a novel, but didn't find anything to indicate that it did.
"Fletcher Found" by Morgan Llywelyn - One of my favorites. A young fletcher is robbed of his wares on the way to Ithkar, but manages to replenish part of his stock of arrows with the help of a peculiar wild magic. His new arrows are not precisely saleable.
"Well Met in Ithkar" by Patricia Mathews - A blind jewelry maker is fighting long odds when she identifies a priest of Thotharn as the man who ruined her family.
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- Wonderful Book to Read!!!
- Much better books for twins are out there!
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Expecting Twins, Triplets, and More: A Doctor's Guide to a Healthy and Happy Multiple Pregnancy
Rachel Franklin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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Expecting two or more?With humor, hope, and practical wisdom, Dr. Rachel Franklin helps you to better understand the unique circumstances of multiple pregnancy and birth. From the time you hear the news to the time you take home your bundles of joy, Expecting Twins, Triplets, and More will be an invaluable resource on what to expect, how to cope, and how to enjoy the journey.This reassuring reference includes information on:Telling family, friends, and coworkers the newsChoosing a doctorExercising and eating wellCoping strategies trimester by trimesterPreparing for labor and deliveryUnderstanding potential complications and their solutionsNavigating the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)Celebrating the births and bringing home the babiesExpecting Twins, Triplets, and More is like having a friend, who also happens to be a doctor, share her experience and expertise to help you best take care of yourself and your babies at this very special time.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Book to Read!!!.......2006-02-04
How do I even start...I found this book to be informative, but also to be the laughter that I've needed for months. The author uses a lot of humor and reality based writing for her readers. I think having had a child previously I was able to relate to her sense humor while pregnant and through delivery. Even if you do not find this book to be informative enough for you, I can promise it will be the laughter that you have needed for many months. I tried reading on my breaks at work and would laugh so hard that I had to stop. I would then try to explain to someone why I am laughing and would laugh so hard while trying to explain that tears would just role down my cheek. Thank you Dr. Rachel Franklin for the real life reading.
Much better books for twins are out there!.......2005-11-15
I have read several twin pregnancy books, and this one is the least informative by far. The author focuses on her own pregnancy, while putting a little too much emphasis on her opinion that almost all twin pregnancies result in preterm labor and time spent in the NICU for the babies. Though there is a greater risk of preterm issues, they shouldn't be the focus. I just recommend other twin books and there are GREAT ones out there!
A MUST HAVE for this amazing news.......2005-10-24
Expecting for the first time and learning it was going to be twins, I was very anxious about what to expect and how a twin pregnancy would be different from a "normal" pregnancy. This book covers with humor and medical knowledge the reality of twins and what to do to prepare both mentally and physically. Many books are out there, but this quick read is a reference you will pick up again and again.
THANK YOU!!!.......2005-06-16
Finally -- a book about multiples pregnancy that doesn't make you wish you'd joined a convent! I bought this book the day my husband and I discovered that we were expecting twins; thus far, it's the only resource I've found that presents the joys and potential problems of multiples pregnancy with a positive outlook and an even-handed approach.
Medical information is plentiful (as you would expect), but this book is anything but clinical in it's presentation. Think of it as the "girlfriend's guide" to multiples pregnancy. Overall, it's an excellent resource for anyone expecting more than one, and a godsend for couples like my husband and me, who will be first-time parents.
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This collection of 12 menus from the kitchen of historic Elmwood Inn is arranged in a month-by-month layout with 96 delicious recipes. Beautifully illustrated with 25 color photographs, A Year of Teas at the Elmwood Inn is considered a basic by tearooms across the United States.
Customer Reviews:
Good Reading, good recipes.......2006-08-07
I have had others books from the Elmwood Inn and have never been disappointed. Looks like a wonderful place to visit, the recipes seem easy to prepare and are very appetizing. All around a good one!
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Clock lovers, collectors, repairers, or anyone with a timepiece back home that's moving too slowly, speeding up, or come to a grinding halt: if you want it to work like new, here's a wealth of information of diagnosing and correcting faults in clock both antique and modern. Not only does this all-inclusive manual have detailed descriptions of repair methods, but it contains alternative techniques for the less well-equipped shop and the inexperienced, as well as over 250 of the author's excellent drawings and plenty of beginner's tips. Coverage of lathe work, cleaning, brushing, pivoting and mounting, replacing or preparing an escapement, train faults, gears, suspension, crutches, striking and chiming work, lubrication, assembly, and testing make this an invaluable asset for every clock repairer's bench.
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Not for the novice!.......2007-06-27
A very concise and detailed book, with many simple graphics but no photographs and certainly not of use to the novice who just wants to clean up and maintain a collection of old clocks.
you need this book.......2007-05-25
Excellent book!! Very detailed. It will require study, but is easily understood. And it's ALL in there- ftom nubie to expert. I've purchased 5 books, and this is the last one. I'll never need another.
hard to understand.......2005-12-17
Very difficult book to comprehend. Just about useless as an aid to repairing clocks. I think a lot of it has to do with the language gap between American English and what the people in Britain speak. I am sorry I wasted my money on this book.
Save your money.......2005-11-20
This book was a total waste of money for me. The UK English is nearly impossible to decipher at times. It is very difficult reading. This mihgt be a good book for experts but is worthless to the beginner. The author describes repair in detail, but assumes the reader knows all the technical terms being used without explaining them. The drawings are difficult to decipher. Photos would have been better. If you are a beginner looking for a good book to get started in clock repair, this isn't it!
Laurie who ?.......2002-04-12
I have to say I was impressed with this book. The opening chapter describes how to find clock faults; this might seem trivial until you come across a clock that has no obvious fault. Laurie takes you though some great practises for isolating a problem. Whilst (yes I'm a fellow Englishman) not a particularly entertaining book it covers many topics of clock theory in great depth. I would recommend this book for the enthusiastic novice thru to the hardened collector. For the casual clock novice, unless you have a sleeping problem, I would suggest finding some easier reading.
I hope this helps you in your decision ...
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There are really just two ways to make soap -- the cold process and glycerin -- but there are literally thousands of ways to make that soap delightful. Beautifully colored and shaped soap is a joy to use; grainy soap is studded with sand or poppyseeds in an amazingly effective hand cleaner; and pure translucent glycerin soap is as gentle as it is clear.
Shaping, coloring and mixing in additives are all covered in details. Soap, cut or molded into bars, squares, balls, domed bars, and round, is a joy to behold. Precious handmade soap can be personalized as gifts for the bride, for a newborn, or for a birthday by embossing a monogram onto the bar. Colors from subtle to pulsating add another dimension. Ingredients such as violet petals or coffee grounds create soaps that soothe and scrub. Sentimental soap made with May's lavender blooms is so romantic in November; pine scented soaps warm the month of December.
Handmade soap is a gift that says comfort, relaxation, and a treat for the senses -- for oneself or for a friend.
Customer Reviews:
Good cold process soap reference.......2006-11-03
This book is a pretty good reference for a beginner soap maker. It covers three soap-making processes: cold process, hand (or French) milling (a.k.a. rebatching), and melt and pour.
This book has:
1. Sufficient detail for me, a complete novice, to have made a successful batch of cold process soap my first time. (I was somewhat supplemented by internet searches of soap making.)
2. A helpful, though not complete, troubleshooting section for cold-process soap.
3. Wonderfully scented recipes!
4. Blurbs about the properties of various essential oils, exfoliants, and other additives. These are not comprehensive, but are sufficient to get you started.
5. A section on the properties of various oils.
6. Seven basic (no additives) cold-process recipes that can be used with handmilling, along with basic properties of each.
7. Alot of cold-process recipes, along with some hand-milling recipes and ideas.
8. Ideas and recipes for herb-infused oils, making your own extracts, bath oils, bath teas, shampoo, shower gel, hair rinses, laundry and dishwashing soap.
It LACKS:
1. Hand-milling information. I'm having alot of trouble with it and can't find any answers! It would be great to have a troubleshooting section for handmilled soap.
2. Melt-and-pour information. If you need ideas for making melt-and-pour soap, how to embed objects, how to layer, etc., this is not the book to turn to.
3. A guide for developing your own soap recipes -- how to calculate lye/fats ratios, etc. And I wish the section on the properties of oils was a bit more extensive.
4. Recipes for lotions, body butters, bath salts and bath fizzies, in this book.
Another thing I did not like about the book is that it has some unrealistic expectations about one's soap-making budget. I'd've loved to see one (or a few) "grocery store" recipes, that can be made from oils one can easily find in any grocery store.
So, in short, this book would be a useful addition to a soap-making library, but it should probably not be your only reference.
Disapointing experience making the goats milk soap.......2003-09-28
Im a novice soap maker, but very good at following directions. However, when I attempted the goats milk soap (basic recipe 5) it was a disaster! The directions caution you about adding the lye to the goats milk...first it will be cloudy, then tan and you need to watch it carefully so you add to the oils before it turns orange. Well, my milk was tepid as the directions state but as I slowly added the lye, the mixture turned orange immediately...no cloudy stage and no tan stage! I poured it into the oils anyway following their instruction all the way..and the whole mess seperated as soon as it was poured into the mold...a complete waste.
Stubborn as I am, I tried the recipe on page 64, "Goats Milk and YLang Ylang", hoping to try again and this time it turned yellow immediatly as I added the lye. Again, I poured it anyway, no separation occured and the soap seems fine, but will have an expert friend look at it just to be safe.
The problem seems to be that the book does not tell you that goats milk needs to be completely or partially frozen to avoid burning it when the lye is added.
I will say it is a beautiful book, and will try the other recipes with hopes of better success.
Disapointing experience making the goats milk soap.......2003-09-28
Im a novice soap maker, but very good at following directions. However, when I attempted the goats milk soap (basic recipe 5) it was a disaster! The directions caution you about adding the lye to the goats milk...first it will be cloudy, then tan and you need to watch it carefully so you add to the oils before it turns orange. Well, my milk was tepid as the directions state but as I slowly added the lye, the mixture turned orange immediately...no cloudy stage and no tan stage! I poured it into the oils anyway following their instruction all the way..and the whole mess seperated as soon as it was poured into the mold...a complete waste.
Stubborn as I am, I tried the recipe on page 64, "Goats Milk and YLang Ylang", hoping to try again and this time it turned yellow immediatly as I added the lye. Again, I poured it anyway, no separation occured and the soap seems fine, but will have an expert friend look at it just to be safe.
The problem seems to be that the book does not tell you that goats milk needs to be completely or partially frozen to avoid burning it when the lye is added.
I will say it is a beautiful book, and will try the other recipes with hopes of better success.
These soaps are extraordinary!.......2003-01-24
Out of all the "popular" soap books, this was one of the first I bought and the one I use the most! I have made most of the recipes in this book and haven't had a failed batch yet, either hand stirred or with a stick blender. I was a beginner and now everyone wants my soaps because they are mild & natural, smell so "real" and are simply wonderful. Over the years I have become more sensitive to chemicals and "fake" smells. I have solved that problem by making and using these natural soaps for myself and my family.
As with any new endevor, I researched as much as I could, and I run ALL recipes through a lye calculator which can be found for free on the web. I personally like the amount of essential oils used because you can still smell them after the soap has cured.
If you want a soapmaking book, written by an awesome soapmaker, and don't want to spend hours being put to sleep by scientific chemical equations, then get this book and prepare to change your life forever!
Loved it!.......2002-03-07
This is one of my favorite soap making books! The recipes are great! Although I've never done any of the hand milled ones, since I'd had trouble doing that with other recipes. The recipes make great hard bars of soap! Highly recommended!
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Here’s everything you need to know about creating fabulous fragrant and rich-lathering soaps that use only natural ingredients and essential oils. Whip up each batch using seven recipes for either the cold-process method or the melt-and-pour (or “hand-milled”) technique. Pamper the face with Patchouli Complexion Soap; bathe in the sensual aroma of a Sandalwood Body Bar. There are also recipes for laundry, dishwashing, and household cleansers.
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Forty exquisitely illustrated recipes showcase candles to use as centerpieces, create a romantic mood, and brighten the home and garden. Crafting beautiful candles just takes a few ingredients and basic techniques, like rolling a sheet of beeswax into an elegant taper, dipping and molding, and scenting the wax with fragrant essential oils. Make candles in decorative tins. Press flowers in the candles or place them in seashells to celebrate the summer. Plus: dozens of decorating ideas.
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Villa and Cottage Architecture: The Style-Book of the Hudson River School
Calvert Vaux
Manufacturer: Dover Pubns
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comments on Calvert Vaux's "Villa and Cottage Architecture".......1998-10-19
Similar to Andrew Jackson Downing's "Victorian Cottage Residences," Calvert Vaux's "Village and Cottage Architecture" is a fairly thick black-and-white book containing a sizable number of floor plans ranging from a log cabin to enormous estate homes. The first third of the book is devoted to an essay on houses and the proper furnishings of the day, which is probably a little boring for the average reader; however, the book improves with the appearance of the floor plans. Though the elevations and plans are black-and-white and sometimes a little on the small side, and the attics and cellars left entirely to the reader's imagination, this is nonetheless one of the best books on Victorian architecture going. Vaux's advice is also amusingly outdated; at one point he advises keeping a bird-cage in the parlor if young ladies are about. Nonetheless, the varied floor plans are a fabulous example of the Hudson River school of architecture.
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American Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of Rita and Daniel Fraad
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Maude Adams: Idol of American Theater, 1872-1953
Armond Fields
Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
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Maude Adams (1872-1953) was a beloved and talented American Broadway actress who greatly influenced succeeding acting methods and production techniques. She first appeared on stage as an infant in her actress mother's arms, and then moved to a succession of children's parts. Her New York debut came in 1888, supported by E. H. Southern and then Charles Frohman, a demanding mentor. In 1905, she played her most famous role: the star of James M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
Beautiful, kind, and very private, this early American actress is chronicled in a biography covering both her life experiences and innovations on the stage.
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