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The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
Clive Cussler Manufacturer: Pocket Star ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743480694 Release Date: 2003-08-26 |
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FROM THE CREATOR OF DIRK PITT® -- THE WORLD'S #1 ACTION HERO...REAL STORIES. REAL EXCITEMENT. REAL ADVENTURE.
THE SEA HUNTERS
A steamboat goes up in flames...and down to the bottom of the sea. A locomotive plunges into a creek...and vanishes into mystery. A German U-boat sends an American troop transport, and eight hundred on board, to a watery grave...on Christmas Eve.
Clive Cussler and his crack team of NUMA (National Underwater Marine Agency, a nonprofit organization that searches for historic shipwrecks) volunteers have found the remains of these and numerous other tragic wrecks. Here are the dramatic, true accounts of twelve of the most remarkable underwater discoveries made by Cussler and his team. As suspenseful and satisfying as the best of his Dirk Pitt novels, The Sea Hunters is a unique story of true commitment and courage.
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the sea hunters.......2007-08-27
The Sea Hunters.......2007-05-08
Cussler Gets Real.......2006-11-16
Bogie's Review.......2005-03-12
Don't assume you'll like this because you like his fiction.......2005-03-03
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The Sea Hunters - True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
Clive and Dirgo, Craig Cussler Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IZECQ0 |
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The Sea Hunters, True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
Clive and Dirgo, Craig Cussler Manufacturer: Pocket Stat Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RVFGYM |
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The Sea Hunters: True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks
Clive; Dirgo, Craig Cussler Manufacturer: Pocket Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000P9D1ZC |
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The Sea Hunters Ii - More True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks
Clive & Dirgo, Craig Cussler Manufacturer: G. P. Putnam's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000W5ZKYO |
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The Adventures Of Myhr
P.N. Elrod Manufacturer: Baen ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 074343532X |
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All the elements are there....but.......2004-04-19
More Fun Than A Barrel Of ...Vampires?.......2003-10-28
Stupid move on my part. This book is just an unbelievable amount of fun to read. Myhr is a great character, and by the end of just a few chapters I was already looking forward to another book in the series. How can you resist a character who has the body of a man and the face of a cat, wandering from world to world (with his partner, the wizard) in an attempt to get back home. While his partner handles the magical end of things, Myhr supports them as an entertainer, telling jokes and singing old Beatles songs to people who've never heard of The Beatles. Oh yeah - - people constantly mistake him for the magic practitioner of the pair, which leads to a lot of the fun.
P. N. Elrod has always had a great writing style, but her capacity for humor and the ease with which she pulls together a great story in the midst of the jokes was truly a surprise. I'll be there when the next Myhr book comes along, and you should, too.
magic, magic where art thou?.......2003-08-20
Myhr is half man-half cat and all fun. This is a light hearted romp that takes you to hell and back, but doesn't take itself too seriously in the process. This is a distinct change of direction for the author Elrod who is better known for her vampire novels.
If you want an enjoyable fantasy with some interesting and funny characters then this book is a good read.
High Wisdom, Low Comedy, and one Hell of a good read!.......2003-07-18
Take one cat-headed humanlike hero, add in his best friend, a VERY high level wizard/mage/realityhacker, toss in the fact that they're lost out in the MultiVerse, and then drop them right into the middle of the Place Where Hell's River Overflowed. After that, things get weird! :)
And very very funny. This is a magnificently well-paced book, as the reader is led to just how deep is the slok our Heroes are standing in, and how carefully they must work their way out of it lest they do even more damage in the process. (Take a look at a city block after Superman's been fighting in it, and you'll see what I mean.) The prose is deft, the characters involving, the villains villainous, the belly laughs plentiful, the plot thickening superb and, as a bonus, there is some excellent wisdom to be found in just WHY our heroes are so careful.
This story has made it onto my "Gotta RE-read this" list, and these days, given that I can't even begin to Keep Up With Them All, that list is the highest honor I can give a book.
Thank you, Ms. Elrod. Your next Myhr book is already on my "Gotta get it" list.
Myhr is a fantastic new character.......2003-06-17
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Gut Solutions: Natural Solutions To Your Digestive Problems
Brenda Watson , and Leonard Smith Manufacturer: Renew Life Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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ASIN: 0971930929 |
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Guides the reader through the most commonly recognized digestive disorders and provides easy-to-understand natural solutions with colorful pictures and illustrations.Customer Reviews:
Major Health Improvement.......2007-10-09
Great Book.......2007-09-07
Gut Solutions - Digestive Solutions.......2007-09-02
Too Slick!.......2007-05-13
The Gut Solution .......2007-05-13
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Dear SOS : Favorite Restaurant Recipes (Dear SOS)
Rose Dosti Manufacturer: Los Angeles Times Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1883792606 |
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More than 200 recipes selected from the files of "Culinary SOS." The popular recipe request column in the Los Angeles Times. This is the third volume of the Dear SOS series.Customer Reviews:
SOS to the rescue!.......2004-04-19
Because these recipes are reader requested, over time they have endured and, just like on the Millionaire (Who Wants to Be), the Ask The Audience lifeline is almost always right on target. So is this book.
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African Cichlids II: Cichlids from Eastern Africa : A Handbook for Their Identification, Care and Breeding
Wolfgang Staeck , and Horst Linke Manufacturer: Tetra Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1564651673 |
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Very Good Cichlid Info.......2001-06-16
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The Official Guide to Flea Market Prices, 2nd edition (Official Guide to Flea Market Prices)
Harry Rinker Manufacturer: House of Collectibles ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1400048893 Release Date: 2004-04-13 |
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THE ESSENTIAL FLEA MARKET SHOPPER'S SURVIVAL GUIDECustomer Reviews:
the official guide to flea market prices .......2005-08-18
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Annie Sloan's Painted Garden: 25 Easy Outdoor Paint Effects to Transform Any Surface
Annie Sloan Manufacturer: Laurel Glen Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1571459278 |
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The play of light and shade can make outdoor painting projects more daunting than interior ones, so world-renowned decorative painting expert Annie Sloan begins this book with a lesson in understanding and managing color. Sloan shows do-it-yourselfers how to create a cozy dinner nook, accent open spaces with converted salvage, and paint an old plastic pot to resemble an elegant metallic planter. Full-color photographs accompany each stage of the process, with step-by-step instructions that encourage readers to use every imaginable material - paint, pebbles, sand, plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, mirrors, and tiles - to give grace to a garden or panache to a patio. Sloan's enthusiasm is so contagious that any outdoor surface will look like a blank canvas crying for color.
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Babylonian Planetary Omens (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica)
Erica Reiner Manufacturer: Undena Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0890030499 |
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Babylonian planetary omens (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica)
Manufacturer: Undena Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0890030103 |
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Babylonian Planetary Omens, Part Four (Cuneiform Monographs)
Erica Reiner Manufacturer: Brill Academic Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9004142126 |
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This volume presents an edition of first-millennium BC Babylonian cuneiform texts that comprise Chapters 64 and 65 of the compendium of celestial omen texts dealing with the appearance and movements of the planet Jupiter. All are accompanied by an English translation. David Pingree has again provided an extensive introduction and astronomical commentary, in which he discusses the astronomical plausibility of the phenomena that are described in the omens.
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Babylonian Planetary Omens, part three.(Review) (book review): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
Ulla Koch Westenholz Manufacturer: American Oriental Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008J8PRS Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on April 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1405 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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Indie Fonts 2: A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1592531245 |
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If you seem like your hunger for new fonts is insatiable, then Indie Fonts 2 is the book for you. It is the second installment in Rockport's Indie Fonts series and brings you even more fonts to choose from. Don't settle for ordinary fonts when you can capture your reader's attention with an original font that hasn't been become overused and boring.Indie Fonts 2 includes more than 1600 diverse fonts from 19 of today's hottest digital type foundries and features the best work of these designers. This comprehensive collection helps designers do their jobs even better by providing some of the highest quality fonts available today.
The type styles range from the best of Matthew Carter's classic designs to the latest irreverence of ingoFonts. Designers searching for unique typefaces will find what they are looking for, whether historical revivals or futuristic techno faces.
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This book is great! 0 Stars for Amazon though... Consider Yourself Warned!.......2006-01-29
bad for business.......2005-10-18
Resource for graphic artists and web designers--wonderful.......2005-10-02
Indie Fonts.......2003-01-02
Indie Fonts Brings Unseen Type to the Masses.......2002-12-19
Up front is a style index with a one-line showing for each font and page number referring to the corresponding full specimen.
Generally well-planned specimen pages organized in foundry sections make up the bulk of the content. Each foundry created its own section page with a company bio and ordering information. Each shop also designed its own specimens based on Grieshaber's templates, resulting in showings of slightly varying quality. On the whole, the type is given ample room for full character sets, although things get a bit tight for foundries with more fonts to show. Text faces are often shown in paragraph form with a tiny column measure. It would be nice to see how they perform in more extensive settings. The font name, designer and year of design are listed in the sidebar. Some foundries opted to include notes on the font's use or origin in this margin and those specimens are better for it.
Trailing the foundry sections is a glossary, a reading list, and a handy character reference chart. Also included is the AIGA's guide to the Use of Fonts which covers some font copyright and ethical use concepts misunderstood by most designers. A simple index of font names and designers rounds out the book.
Tucked into the inside back cover is a CD of 33 "Bonus Fonts" which are fully licensed for immediate use. Some are true commercial goodies and add value to the book, others are available for free elsewhere, and a few are pure poop.
Not Seen on TV
Any collection of independent typography is subject to a wide variety of style and quality. In no other book can one find the classic work of regal Matthew Carter directly followed by the irreverant fonts of Chank. Indie Fonts proudly hails both the king and the court jester. But the unexpected is what makes the volume so valuable. Much of this type has never been used by a magazine or multi-national corporation. These are fonts not seen on TV. These are mass-culture virgins. To a designer struggling to make an impact in a world over-saturated with the same old look, this stuff is gold.
Most of the typefaces in Indie Fonts were already unveiled by their respective foundries in those previously mentioned corners of the web, but there are a few that will be new, even to surfing typoholics. Fresh Fountain fonts made their debut in Indie Fonts before the redesigned web site went live. Peter Bilak's multi-descendered Fedra Serif (still in preview form at Typotheque) is displayed beautifully in one of the more thorough specimens of the book. Without a website or distributor, much of Matthew Carter's Carter & Cone library (Fenway, Big Figgins, ITC Galliard CC, Ionic #1, Sammy Roman, and Wilson Greek) is on display here for the first time, as far as I know. And It's a relief to see all of the Test Pilot Collective in one accessible place, their website still repelling hopeful visitors after years of being AWOL.
Worth a Spot on the Shelf
Indie Fonts isn't quite on par with the master of all specimen books, FontShop's FontBook. But it's more of a companion to the catalogs of the large distributors than it is a replacement. In the end, those who rely only on the big boys are overlooking a valuable set of typefaces - many of which are effectively set into motion by this very worthy tool.
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Indie Fonts 2 No CD
Richard Kegler Manufacturer: ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VFJDWK |
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INDIE FONTS 2, A COMPENDIUM OF DIGITAL TYPE FROM INDEPENDENT FOUNDRIES.
Richard, James Grieshaber and Tamye Riggs (editors) Kegler Manufacturer: P-Type Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000TZX1CU |
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Indie Fonts 2: Vol 2
Manufacturer: ROCKPORT (ROTO) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K74YAU |
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Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope (American Academy of Religion Academy Series)
Emilie M. Townes Manufacturer: An American Academy of Religion Book ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1555406831 |
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This book offers an important contribution to the recovery and articulation of African-American womanist experience. Ida Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was an activist, social reformer, and churchwoman. Womanist Justice, Womanist Hope recovers her life and historical context and examines the extent to which her perspective can be a resource for a contemporary womanist Christian social ethic. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of Wells-Barnett, Emilie Townes examines the religious and social world in which she worked as well as her many speeches and publciations. Townes focuses especially on Wells-Barnett's participation in the anti-lynching campaigns of the late nineteenth century. She argues that Wells-Barnett's life and work can provide important lessons in leadership and social activism for contemporary Black churchwomen. nature of leadership for Black women,Books:
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