Diagnosis Murder #5: The Past Tense (Diagnosis Murder)
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  • Very enjoyable!
  • Mark Sloan's own past leads to murder.
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  • exciting and complicated mystery
Diagnosis Murder #5: The Past Tense (Diagnosis Murder)
Lee Goldberg
Manufacturer: Signet
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0451216148

Book Description

Dr. Mark Sloan is startled to discover a dead woman—dressed as a mermaid—washed up on the beach outside his home. Even more bizarre, the autopsy reveals a digital memory card within a capsule inside the body's stomach. The card contains the report of a forty-three-year-old murder in Los Angeles—the first homicide case Mark ever solved, when he was a struggling intern and newlywed father.

When a second body is discovered—a woman who was apparently the victim of an impromptu autopsy in her own kitchen—the good doctor realizes that he must find the connection between the two murders. And perhaps more urgently, the connection to his own past...

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best of the Books.......2006-07-12

Lee Goldberg's "Diagnosis: Murder" book series, based on the Dick Van Dyke TV series, got off to a promising start with "The Silent Partner." The books that followed in the series were entertaining but inferior. Now, Lee Goldberg has redeemed himself of "The Waking Nightmare", the previous entry that was mildly entertaining but mostly mediocre and disappointing, with "The Past Tense", a book that's even better than "The Silent Partner" and even the TV series that inspired it.

"The Past Tense" begins when a young girl is murdered during a rain storm in Los Angeles. Her corpse is then carried by the tide to the beach outside of Dr. Mark Sloan's house dressed in a mermaid costume. Things become really interesting when Dr. Sloan discovers the murder is connected to a series of serial killings he solved in his earliest case as an amateur sleuth.

This leads into the most enthralling stage of the book. Lee Goldberg retells the account of Dr. Sloan's first investigation in first-person from Dr. Sloan's point of view. This account is set forty years before the initial start of the novel. Imagine Dick Van Dyke as he appeared circa "Mary Poppins." Readers are finally allowed a glimpse inside the main character's head. Dr. Sloan describes his early days as both a surgeon and a sleuth, as well as his relationship with his late wife and several old friends that take over the roles of the regular cast members of "Diagnosis: Murder" mysteries. The account fits well in its era, even involving the Red Scare in the plot.

This section makes up the entire middle of the novel and, in Goldberg's tradition of providing two mysteries for one with each novel in the series, works as a self-contained mystery story with plenty of twists-and-turns. The approach also distinguishes "The Past Tense" from all of the previous entries in the series, but the novel doesn't run out of steam when it ends. Dr. Sloan and his son Steve, a baby during the time of the `60's killings, spend the final third of the novel sleuthing the connection between Dr. Sloan's past and the murdered woman in the mermaid costume and attempting to catch another killer. These chapters are taut and suspenseful, and the climax is especially hard-hitting and will have readers on the edge of their seats. Lee Goldberg, a writer who worked on the "Diagnosis: Murder" TV series as well as several others, incorporates the quirky humor of the series into the novel, but, overall, this is the darkest and most suspenseful book in the series so far.

4 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable!.......2006-04-12

This is the first book I've read by Lee Goldberg but it certainly won't be the last.

I thoroughly enjoyed THE PAST TENSE. In fact, I had a very hard time putting it down. When I should have been doing other things, I pushed those things aside until I was finished reading this book.

If you're a fan of the DIAGNOSIS: MURDER tv series, then you should definitely read this book. Even if you're unfamiliar with the series, you should consider reading this book. It has a great story, great characters, and it's very well-written.

This book gave me what I most look for in a book - it entertained me for many hours.

Readers can't ask for much more than that.

5 out of 5 stars Mark Sloan's own past leads to murder........2005-10-10

Still suffering the emotional and physical after effects from the events in the previous entry, The Waking Nightmare, Dr. Mark Sloan takes a morning walk on the beach outside of his Malibu home...and finds a dead body. The mystery takes an immediate turn to the personal when a strange clue links the murder to the very first homicide case Sloan investigated, back in 1962. Sloan himself narrates the 1962 segment of the story, which is a fine little mystery, and the reader comes away knowing more about what makes the crime solving doctor tick than before. Lee Goldberg (who wrote and produced several seasons of the Diagnosis Murder television series) has added an emotional layer to this mystery that makes it the best in the series to date. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Mark is Haunted by His First Case.......2005-08-26

In the middle of a Southern CA rain storm, Mark Sloan finds a dead college student on the beach near his house. With hair died red and dressed in a mermaid costume, things seem weird. A vile is found inside her that contains pictures from Mark Sloan's very first case.

In February 1962, during another huge rain storm, a dead woman is brought into the ER. Everyone assumes she drowned during the rain storm, but Mark thinks something fishy is going on. When they find evidence of murder, Mark just can't let it go, even when it puts him at odds with the detective, former friend Harry Trumble. Can an inexperienced doctor solve the crime? Even more intriguing, what does this 40+ year old murder case have to do with the present murder?

This book is ingenious. About half of it is set in the past and half set in the present. Really, you get two mysteries for the price of one as we watch Mark solve both cases. Yet they interact in a way I never saw coming. Seeing glimpses of Mark's past was enlightening as well. I really felt like I was back in 1962 for those scenes. Once again, Lee brings events from the series into the book making me wish I'd seen more of the earlier episodes.

These books are fast becoming one of my favorite series around. If you were a fan of the show, you owe it to yourself to pick up this great continuation. Even if you've never seen the series, the plots will pull you in and make you start looking for the reruns. Is the next one out yet?

5 out of 5 stars exciting and complicated mystery.......2005-08-03

In Los Angeles, rain has made the area a flood stricken mud hole and when Dr. Mark Sloan walks along the beach he is shocked to find a dead woman in a mermaid's costume near his home. When he goes to work at Community General Hospital, his friend and medical examiner Dr Amanda Bentley tells him that the victim was injected with a drug to induce paralysis and in her stomach was a memory card.

When they get it developed, it is a picture of a storm that happened in 1962 forty-three years ago in the same month. The killer is sending Mark a message because that storm began the events that led to Mark solving his first homicide. Five student nurses were killed because they were involved in a blackmail scheme headed by a doctor who was also murdered. The woman who was killed turns out to be the daughter of a patient he treated the night it all began in 1962. Mark is determined to find the killer who seems to enjoy taunting him even if it means putting his own life in danger.

Lee Goldberg is a very visual writer so each scene comes alive in the mind of the reader, almost as of this were actually watching an episode of the television show. The author is great at creating characters that are three dimensional and life like and he sets up the who-done-in such a way so that almost anyone could be the killer. Readers will thoroughly enjoy this very exciting and complicated mystery.

Harriet Klausner

Adventure: Tales of the Aeon Society
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Two-Fisted Heroes Unite!
  • Wonderfull game, worth every penny!
Adventure: Tales of the Aeon Society
Warren Ellis , Tim Avers , and Deirdre Brooks
Manufacturer: White Wolf Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1565046080

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ADVENTURE! The Dawn of a New Age

In 1922, a new era begins. An era of excitement and imagination. An era when men are forthright and women are courageous. An era of globe-hopping exploration and mad science. An era in which excitement awaits in the lofty skyscraper-penthouses of New York City and the squalid slums of Hong Kong, in the frigid wastes of Antartica and the sweltering jungles of the Congo. It is the era of ADVENTURE!

Heed the Call to Adventure! Adventure is a game of pulp action in which you are an inspired hero battling dastardly villains and bizarre monsters! It has rich source material on early 20th-century society around the world and complete rules for playing a daredevil in this exciting age, including special powers and details on building amazing inventions.

Writers inlude: WARREN ELLIS, Tim Avers, Deirdre Brooks, Rick Jones, James Kiley, JAson Langlois, Michael B. Lee, Clayton Oliver

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Two-Fisted Heroes Unite!.......2004-05-27

This is the last game in White Wolf's Æon Continuum series which includes Trinity and Aberrant. The setting is the 1920s were over-the-top heroes right what is wrong with the world. With a handy energy shtick gimmick (Z-Wave) in the meta-plot, the world was changed forever allowing people to develop super-powers and weird worlds and monsters to exist, all for two-fisted heroes to take down in an explosive manner.

Of the three games in the series, Adventure is possibly the best one. The setting is very rich and dynamic. Any setting is possible with the Z-Wave gimmick. Fans of pulp stories and movies will have a great time recreating their heroes and using them to battle villains with weird weapons. Though recommended for the pulp era, World War 2 and film noir campaigns are also possible with the listed powers and setting. It is possible to have the heroes battle dinosaurs, zombies, cavemen, aliens, killer plants, and giant robots with this game.

This is the only book in the series that does not have supplements. And honestly it doesn't need any. There is a wealth of recommended resources in the book that can be accessed on the Web.

Fans of Trinity and Aberrant will find this book interesting because it details the early history of the Æon Trinity, the predecessors of the Psions and the Novas. You will also learn about one of the big villains in the two games and how he was before his transformation.

I highly recommend this book for gamers who would like a break from the standard World of Darkness. The level of optimism is high in the game and big heroic acts are encouraged and rewarded. Fans of Trinity and Aberrant will have no trouble picking up the game and running with it. The rules are basically the same except for a few changes here and there. Optimistic World of Darkness fans, especially fans of the Sons of Ether, will love this book. Wild gadgets are all over the place along with people trying to save the world while looking good. Okay, even Technocrats will enjoy this book.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderfull game, worth every penny!.......2001-09-18

When you were a kid, did you ever run through the yard shooting bad guys and ducking under bullets and blades by the skin of your teeth? Did you rescue the girl in the end? Did you dream of being a famous wing walker, a hard-boiled detective, or maybe even a man of Bronze? Were you born and raised on the pulps of old where larger then life men and women duke it out with truly villainous villains?

This is the game of those times, those dreams, and the very desire for Adventure! Within its pages you will find everything you need to know in order to play your favorite pulp hero or heroin. Make up your own "men of action" or build from literature. It's your choice, your "Adventure!"

This is one of White Wolf's best games to date and captures the feel of the pulps accurately and entertainingly. This is the final book in the Aeon Trinity Games by White Wolf (Trinity, Aberrant, and now Adventure!).

I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone who has role played before or to those who have never pretended to be someone they were not.

Now is the time for Adventure!
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    The Mark of the Moderately Vicious Vampire
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      The Mark of the Moderately Vicious Vampire
      Lionel Fenn
      Manufacturer: Ace Books
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      The Mark Of The Moderately Vicious Vampire
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        Charles L. Grant
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        3  Bowls : Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Pretend you've no interest in Buddhism ...
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        • I love this book!
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        • A wonderful book
        3 Bowls : Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery
        Seppo Ed Farrey , and Nancy O'Hara
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        ASIN: 039597707X

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        Both a cookbook and an introduction to the practice of American Zen Buddhism, Three Bowls is a distinctive collection of vegetarian recipes from Seppo Ed Farrey, the tenzo (chef) of the Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a traditional Zen Buddhist monastery in New York State. Each day, Farrey must create precisely timed meals for a hundred people using a limited range of ingredients; despite these demands, his dishes are substantial, never dull, and often inspired. "Three bowls" refers to the monastic way of eating from a large, a medium, and a small bowl. The largest bowl is customarily filled with a grain-based dish such as Spicy Rice Bake with Black-Eyed Peas, Collard Greens, and Sweet Potato. The medium bowl typically holds a protein-rich, flavorful stew, such as Almond Thai Curry, an aromatic blend of potatoes, tofu, carrots, and spices. Salads or vegetable side dishes are served in the smallest bowl, and these dishes can be especially enticing, with such examples as greens with tangy Red Grape Dressing or green beans stir-fried with the zest and juice of an orange. Since food provides the only sensory relief to the relentless routine of the day, the occasional dessert is usually extraordinary, such as the Samsara Cheesecake, a rich and dense blend of cream cheese and ricotta sweetened with honey and maple syrup. Descriptions of life at the monastery and lucid explanations of Zen practice are interspersed throughout Three Bowls. Moving and centering, they offer as much nourishment and inspiration as the food in this lovingly created book.

        Book Description

        3 BOWLS presents the outstanding vegetarian specialties that draw thousands of visitors each year to Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a traditional Zen monastery in New York's Catskill Mountains. From Sesame Crepes with Portobello Mushrooms in Port Cream Sauce and Spaghetti with Chipotle and Garlic to Coconut-Pecan Carrot Cake with Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting, these recipes are deftly creative, yet all are simple to prepare.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Pretend you've no interest in Buddhism ..........2005-12-06

        Pretend you're the farthest thing from a vegetarian. Pretend you would never, in a million years, pick up some flaky, hippie cookbook.

        The recipe for Apricot-Sweet Potato Oatmeal is still worth the cover price, and you will NEVER bother to make a single batch. Double it every time.

        Apparently, eating simply does not at all preclude eating well, since these simple, nutritionally dense recipes produce complex, delicious dishes.

        Excellent for busy families, most recipes can easily be one-pot meals, frozen for later, and/or prepped for easy cooking.

        For us, the anecdotal philosophy was an added bonus and helped us to eat mindfully as well. However, even if you completely ignore the margins, footnotes, and insets this book will be one covered in foodie fingerprints within a week!

        5 out of 5 stars Eat to live, live to eat........2005-08-09

        Buddhism, at its essence, does not equate to vapidity. And the colorful recipes in this book should remind us to lighten up a little. One reader/reviewer here ("A Reader") bemoans the fact that cheesecake appears in this book under the title Samasara cheesecake. It is suggested that Samsara (and therefore the cheesecake) be avoided and that this book is simply "American Zen Capitalism." To this reader I would ask, "Where did you get the notion that Samsara can be avoided?" Certainly not from the Buddha. If it is from your teacher then leave this teacher immediately. The absurdity of suggesting that humans avoid Samara is only rivaled by the absurdity of suggesting that fish avoid water. We are surrounded by Samsara and avoidance (i.e. aversion) is not suggested in the Buddhist teachings. Rather, Understanding is stressed so that the underpinnings of attachment to material objects (to cheesecake, as an example) as a means of fulfilling happiness can be realized in order to quell the desire for such trifling (and ineffectual) means. Avoiding the cheesecake, my friend, because one thinks it will cause suffering will only empower the desire for such cheesecake (inadvertently and to a degree that such desire exists of course). So lighten up a little, have a slice of cheesecake mindfully, and hopefully come to realize its impermanent ability to either satisfy us (and make us happy) or to harm us (and cause suffering).

        5 out of 5 stars I love this book!.......2005-03-08

        I have 3 bookshelves full of vegetarian cookbooks and this is my absolute favorite. The beautifully written philosophy behind the rituals of the monastery coupled with the excellent delicious recipes make me go back to it again and again. I highly recommend 3 Bowls!

        5 out of 5 stars One that gets used the most.......2004-06-09

        I was fortunate enough to take a cooking class from Seppo Ed Farrey and it was a marvelous experience. I bought this cookbook right after class. From something as simply delicious as Rosemary Cider to something as delightful as Lemon Cilantro Vegetable Soup I can always find something to soothe and satisfy in this book. I have given it as a gift to friends and family and all enjoy it. Seppo Ed Farrey is an excellent teacher who is very sincere about mindful cooking. This will always be one of the basics in my kitchen.

        5 out of 5 stars A wonderful book.......2004-02-21

        Don't let the tone of the 1 star review mislead you. After cooking with this book for about 3 month and have tried about 1/4 of the recipes from this book, I think I can say, with a certain conviction, that this is a wonderful book. My personal favorites are "Sauteed kale with Soft Tofu", "Roasted Butternut Squash" and "Sauteed Beets and Hijiki", not all all luxurious but, rather, simple and fullfilling food. I also enjoy the excerpts written by Myochi; wonderful glimpses into aspects of Zen practice. In comparison to "A Taste of Heaven and Earth" by Bettina Vitell, also a former Tenzo, this book is much simpler in range but having also cooked with Vitell's book, I think 3 Bowls is the winner for me.

        Cockatoos Complete Owner's Manual
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Great Book
        • Very informative.
        • Brief but reliable
        • New and old cockatoo owners this book is for you
        Cockatoos Complete Owner's Manual
        Werner Lantermann
        Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
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        ASIN: 0764110373

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        Books in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information on a wide variety of pets for new or soon-to-be pet owners. Advice and instruction cover proper feeding, housing, health care, training, grooming, protection against hazards, and much more. Texts emphasize basics and are easy for all readers to understand, but most titles in this series also present facts that even experienced pet owners and breeders havn't encountered before. Each manual has been individually written by an expert?many of them professional breeders or veterinarians. All volumes are filled with full-color photos of the highest quality and with instructive line drawings. Paperback / 80 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 2000

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Great Book.......2006-12-28

        I have a goffin cockatoo and I thought this book was great. Very easy to read, good advise, worth the money.

        4 out of 5 stars Very informative........2006-11-12

        This is a great book if you need a quick summary and synopsis about cockatoo ownership. In my case it helped me to see that while I am an experienced bird owner, a cockatoo is not an appropriate pet for me at this time in my life.

        4 out of 5 stars Brief but reliable.......2001-05-23

        A great introduction to cockatoos and how to care for them, and it's honest about the challenges as well as the benefits of sharing your life with one of these guys. It has up-to-date information on how to house them, feed them, and keep them busy, and a very helpful section of brief descriptions of each spieces, which lets you compare the sizes, care, and temperaments--read before you choose a 'too! There's lots more to know, but this is a good place to start.

        4 out of 5 stars New and old cockatoo owners this book is for you.......2000-06-22

        This book although fairly short is very informative. Weither your a first time cockatoo owner or have owned them for years this book is for everyone. It goes into detail of complete care for these birds, and mainly anything you need to know about them is there. I enjoyed it, and think any bird lover and cockatoo owner would as well.
        Cockatoos: Acclimation, Care, Feeding, Sickness, and Breeding (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual)
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • Very informative, and attractively presented
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        • Best Cockatoo Book Out There!
        • PRETTY GOOD
        • simple but to the point
        Cockatoos: Acclimation, Care, Feeding, Sickness, and Breeding (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual)
        Werner Lantermann , and Susanne Lantermann
        Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Very informative, and attractively presented.......2005-03-30

        This is a standard, well-done pet owner's guide for cockatoos, including scads of information on the increasingly-popular pet. I wish that the book took more of a stand against the capture of these beautiful animals from the wild, but sadly, it merely warns against the health threats of smuggled birds.

        Once you're over the moral quandary of obtaining your bird in an ethical manner, the book provides all of the information you could hope for. It not only gives you the basics of feeding and housing, but also has sections on breeding your cockatoo, and on understanding your cockatoo's verbal and physical cues.

        The drawings are well-done, and many of the color photographs are simply gorgeous.

        If you're considering getting a cockatoo as a first-time owner, I urge you to read this book cover-to-cover before you commit to getting your bird, as they have long life spans and are quite high-maintenance in some ways, and you should know what you're getting yourself into. Also, please support a local breeder rather than paying for the taking of these beautiful animals from their natural habitat.

        2 out of 5 stars Cockatoos.......2002-06-01

        This book is no longer usefull.The info. is quite out dated foe example the author tells you that cockatoos need ONLY a seed diet. This was so 20 years ago. Pellets have been proven to be the diet with seeds (if fed) should be 10% of the daily diet. He does say feed fresh veggies,fruits etc.Also you are told about importing birds. This is against the law & has been so for YEARS.Not very much info. most info is only a few lines.under usefull literature & addresses he gives you names & addresses of magazines that are no longer in business. Over all the book is not worth the ink to print it.

        5 out of 5 stars Best Cockatoo Book Out There!.......2001-03-24

        I gave this book 5 stars because it was very susccinct and informative.

        3 out of 5 stars PRETTY GOOD.......1999-07-01

        This book was OKAY. It didn't really talk much about how big they can get etc. Also, half of the book talked only about bredding which IS NOT the reason I bought it. I wanted general information on just SINGLE cockatoos not pairs!

        4 out of 5 stars simple but to the point.......1999-02-01

        Upon reading this book, I found it to be a little too short in the areas I'm interested in. I've been breeding birds and taking in neglected birds which is one of the reasons I purchased this book. It is okay for someone wanting general information.( The pictures are nice to look at, says my son.) This is not to be used as a "bible".

        First to the Flames: The History of Fire Chief Vehicles
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          Edward L. Peterson
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          The Open Canvas
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            Carolyn Ambuter
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              Open Canvas, Instructional Encyclopedia of Open Work Techniques, Includes, Pulled Canvas, Needleweaving, Hemstitching, Filet, Hardanger, Reticello & Hedebo
              Carolyn Ambuter
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                Ann Strite-Kurz
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                  Rob McKinley
                  Manufacturer: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Digital
                  ASIN: B00097VA44
                  Release Date: 2005-05-25

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                  This digital document is an article from Wind Speaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on September 1, 1997. The length of the article is 7625 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                  Title: Stolen tipi canvas opens up hearts.
                  Author: Rob McKinley
                  Publication: Wind Speaker (Newsletter)
                  Date: September 1, 1997
                  Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
                  Volume: 15 Issue: 5 Page: 13

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                    The Open Canvas An Instructional Encyclopedia of Openwork Techniques
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                      The Open Canvas An Instructional Encyclopedia of Openwork Techniques
                      Ambuter Carolyn
                      Manufacturer: Workman Pub
                      ProductGroup: Book
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                      ASIN: B000LCPJ80
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                        Carolyn Ambuter
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                          Open Canvas, instructional Encyclopedia of open work Techniques
                          Carolyn Ambuter
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                            Innovation: From Experimentation to Realisation
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                              Alexandra; Papadakes, A. Papadakis
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                                                  Janet Vaillant
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