Endangered Species Photo Locator

Book Description

Information and photographs on the marine life and underwater terrain of over 50 of the best dive sites in the BVI.

Customer Reviews:

If you're diving the BVI This is the book to have!.......2001-08-28

Jim and Odile Scheiner have been photographing and diving the BVI since long before any Bush's were in the white house. Their diving expertise and professionaly crafted photgraphs will guide you to some of the best diving in this area. Don't travel to the BVI without this book if you're planning any diving! It's that good.

Essential resource.......2001-05-03

If you're planning a bareboat charter in the British Virgin Islands and would like to head off to dive sites on your own then this is the book you need. The book contains dive site locations, mooring locations, skill requirements, weather considerations, site layouts, suggested underwater routes, and dive descriptions. We arrived in the Virgin Islands with a bag of dive books and this is the one that we used over and over again!

Diving at BVI.......2000-02-26

If you want a realy good book for diving at the BVI then take this one. I got all of my informations out of this book and all dives where fine. The only thing i missed was a map with stations for tank refill.

Best available dive guide to the BVI, IMO........1998-05-31

We're divers who have visited BVI several times, and we think Jim Scheiner's bok is the best guide available for diving the islands. - Jim and his wife Odile are accomplished videographers and photographers with a shop at Baskin in the Sun's location in the Prospect Reef resort in Tortola, and they have extensive knowledge of the area- they're passing some of this knowledge on to visiting divers. - My only wish is they'd expand the book in its next edition, as there are so many interesting BVI dives sites!

Diving and Snorkeling Guide to the British Virgin Islands (Picses Diving and Snorkeling Guides)

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An essential guide to BVI diving and snorkeling
Very comprehensive

Diving and Snorkeling Guide to the British Virgin Islands (Picses Diving and Snorkeling Guides)
Linda Sorensen
Manufacturer: Pisces Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1559920505

Book Description

Comprising some 40 islands and cays in the northeast corner of the Caribbean, the British Virgin Islands are low-key and uncommercial. Topside, they offer lush subtropical forests and endless pristine beaches. Underwater, divers and snorkelers delight in coral-covered pinnacles, caverns, walls and shipwrecks, including the famed 19th-century RMS Rhone. Once a notorious pirate hideaway, today's British Virgin Islands continue to be a sailors' paradise and are counted among the Caribbean's premier yachting destinations. This book describes 63 of the British Virgin Islands' best dive sites, with full-color photos throughout.

You'll get specific information on:

depth range, access and conditions
Common and hazardous marine life
Topside activities and attractions
Diving services, live-aboards and yacht charters
8 easy-to-read maps

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An essential guide to BVI diving and snorkeling.......2000-07-10

This book picks out the twenty-one best diving sites in the British Virgin Islands and gives a page or two of descriptive text about each. Each dive site has one or more pictures to show the reader what to expect. Each dive site also has some general descriptions such as the typical depth, the current condidtions, how to access the site, and what expertise is required. There is a map on which all of the sites are located. There is a rating system the book uses to inform the diver whether a place is suitable for a beginner or an expert. The book also serves as a general guide to the BVI, including history, food, culture, lodging, and tourist information. The book includes some helpful tips on diving in the BVI and warns about the dangers underwater.

Very comprehensive.......2000-03-30

Our group used this guide in doing dives from our yacht in the BVI. I found it to be comprehensive enough to help us to find the dive sites fairly well without asking too many questions of the locals. There were only one or two sites which we wanted to dive which we didn't find.

I liked the ratings of the dives from beginner to expert but I think adding a 'star' rating would help people to determine what particular dive to choose when there are many choices. Also helpful would be to include a map of the dive site (some other dive books do this) which would help in planning the dive. These are the only reasons I didn't give this book a 5 star rating.

Book Description

The Complete Diving Guides to scuba diving in the Eastern Caribbean, including descriptions of ALL dive sites, dive stores and operators. Island maps show the location of dive sites and stores. Dive sites are illustrated by underwater maps and photographs.

Volume 3 gives you everything you ever need to know about scuba diving on these fantastic Caribbean islands:Puerto Rico (including Mona, Desecheo, Vieques and Culebra), US Virgin Islands (St Thomas, St John and St Croix) and the British Virgin Islands (including Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke, Salt Island and HMS Rhone, Cooper Island, Peter Island and Norman Island)

Customer Reviews:

Good but..........2007-09-27

The book is designed to offer a good list of places to scuba relying on the use of dive operators - it lists many. Its use for a couple who just wish to go alone (in a buddy system, of course) is limited, since the locations are not exactly defined. The book also offers a lot of advice as to many facets of diving in these areas. In general, it is an excellent book with the caveat of not giving exact coordinates nor reference points by which to find the specific spots.

Very good guide.......2007-03-19

This book is very thorough on the coverage that I was looking for. I recommend this book. Actually, I couldn't find any other books that covered Puerto Rico.

The Complete diving Guide, .......2006-01-30

This is one of the most thorough and up to date dive travel books I've ever read. We used a lot of the information on diving and related material on our recent trip to P.R. and found it very helpfull and accurate.

Exactly what it says on the cover........2001-11-01

Once again we have an excellent and very useful publication aimed at amateur and professional diver alike. This is a true guide which concentrates on providing all the relevant and peripheral information that any Scuba Diver will want to know in respect of any of the Caribbean destinations covered. The maps and diagrams are particularly useful - and very easy to follow.

We live in an age where diving instructors and dive guides "have" to know what they are doing and it is interesting to see those professionals are using this book and not any of the glossy alternatives. Sadly, we also live in an age where many diving publications fall short. Too much false information - and even total lack of information is hidden behind excellent underwater photographs as publisher after publisher seeks to beguile, confuse and even mislead the potential buyer. Not so with this book!

My direct experience has been to find this series of books contain exactly the information divers require before during and even after their trip. Very well written, it includes all the general information on diving, facilities, climate, sea, regulations, boats, cruise liners, resorts, hotels, flora, fauna, shipwrecks, photography and safety. It then moves on to cover each of the target Caribbean countries which are the main subject of the book before concluding with a Glossary, Bibliography and Accident and Emergency Information.

We can all find pretty pictures on the internet - without even having to pay to see them. Information, however, especially reliable information, is much harder to find. If you are contemplating a trip to any of the countries featured in this book, you will find all - and I do mean "ALL" the information you require right here. That might be at the expense of some pretty pictures - but hey, once you get there, you can take those yourself.

In summary, once again we have "A Complete Guide" - which is exactly what it says on the cover.

NM

A very comprehensive guide to the Virgin Islands.......2000-07-31

I have been meaning to review this book for some time as it is one of the most thumbed books on our book shelf. My wife and I run a charter yacht in the Virgin Islands and many of our guests are keen divers. We bought The Complete Diving Guide for our own use initially but it has since become part of the yacht's library as our guests find it so useful and enjoyable to read. (as our copy is getting rather worn I'm pleased to say that many of them buy their own copy after having seen ours). It is rare to find a book that is so comprehensive and which presents a vast amount of information in such a readable manner. In particular we find the island and dive site maps useful along with the descriptions of the dives and the underwater route maps. I can direct our guests at the tyupe of dive that I think they would enjoy and they can read about it beforehand. They can also choose the dive store they would like to use. I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone planning to do some diving in the Virgin Islands (it even covers the Spanish Virgin Islands).

Diving Guide to the U.S. and British Virgin Islands

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Diving Guide to the U.S. and British Virgin Islands
Glanviele G
Manufacturer: Hastings House Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0803815581

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Diving Guide to the U.S. and British Virgin Islands
Gail Glanville
Manufacturer: Argos, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000X58DQA

U.S. & British Virgin Islands '94, The: The Complete Guide with the Best Beaches, Sailing, Diving and Fishing (Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands)

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U.S. & British Virgin Islands '94, The: The Complete Guide with the Best Beaches, Sailing, Diving and Fishing (Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679025553
Release Date: 1993-08-31

U.S. & British Virgin Islands '95, The: The Complete Guide with the Best Lodging, Beaches, Sailing and Diving (Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands)

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U.S. & British Virgin Islands '95, The: The Complete Guide with the Best Lodging, Beaches, Sailing and Diving (Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands)
Fodor's
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 067902770X
Release Date: 1994-08-30

Fodor's 95: The U.S. & British Virgin Islands/the Complete Guide With the Best Lodging, Beaches, Sailing and Diving

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Fodor's 95: The U.S. & British Virgin Islands/the Complete Guide With the Best Lodging, Beaches, Sailing and Diving
Fodors
Manufacturer: Fodors Travel Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WCVHL2

The guide to diving and snorkeling in the British Virgin Islands

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The guide to diving and snorkeling in the British Virgin Islands
Jeff Williams
Manufacturer: DIVEntures Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006EZBQS

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Excellent, but starting to show it's age

Very useful resource for would-be family history publishers

Great guide to pruducing a family history

Superb, comprehensive guide to writing family history

Very helpful for writing family history on computer.

Producing a Quality Family History
Patricia Law Hatcher
Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0916489647

Book Description

For anyone looking to create a useful, lasting history of your family. This is a book that should adorn the library or bookshelves of all genealogists! Whether you're an amateur or professional, chances are the ultimate goal of your research is to produce a quality family history. Producing A Quality Family History, by Patricia Law Hatcher, guides you through the steps required to create an attractive - and functional - family history report. Learn how to organize your work, how to write the narrative, choose type faces, grammar styles and punctuation. You'll also see how to create useful bibliographies and discover ways to incorporate photos and illustrations effectively plus much, much more!

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Excellent, but starting to show it's age.......2005-02-24

This book has great, detailed information about writing and publishing your family history. I recommend it to anyone who is considering tackling such an effort.

My only disappointment is that the computer publishing information is so dated. Obviously it's hard to write about computers without the information quickly becoming out-of-date, but there have been such huge advances in desktop publishing since this book's release (in 1997) that a second edition is really overdue.

Very useful resource for would-be family history publishers.......2002-07-23

All genealogists do research on their families, but not all publish the results of their work. Those who do publish would do well to read this book first. Hatcher is a CG and a technical writer and editor by profession, who also has self-published a number of volumes and co-authored _Indexing Family Histories._ Here, she explains the basics of book design for the novice, lays out a number of options in organizing family information for the printed page, and leads the reader through the questions of style, structure, and documentation. She also offers advice in the creation of camera-ready art and photographs and in dealing with subsidy publishers. And in no case does she claim to know the *only* way to accomplish the readers goals.

Great guide to pruducing a family history.......2001-07-24

This book contains a wealth of information on writing and publishing a family history. I'm glad that I read it before I started, as it enabled me to structure and format properly. I would have hated to go back and do it properly. This manual covers many aspects of family history writing, including publishing options that you may want to explore before commencing the actual writing and formatting, so you are better prepared in the end. It answered many questions I had, and some I was bound to come across later. I recommend this manual to anyone who is considering writing a family history, even if you plan to publish at some distant date. The info is exceptionally helpful, and if a question is not answered the book, it gives specific reference to where you can obtain yet more detailed info. It did not answer every question I had, but it did answer most, and pointed me to the answers in other cases. This should be mandatory reading for anyone considering writing a quality family history. It is prominently placed in my work area for reference.

Superb, comprehensive guide to writing family history.......1999-01-26

Deservedly joining the pantheon of genealogical how-to works--such as Barnes and Lackey's "Write it Right"--is Hatcher's "Producing a Quality Family History." She wasn't stingy with her information, and you won't be wanting additional info. on her topics. This book is jam-packed with info. on every aspect of genealogical publishing. Very comprehensive. Almost like a "Chicago Manual of Style" for genealogy. If only all genealogists who were intent on publishing would buy this book first....

Very helpful for writing family history on computer........1997-12-14

When I embarked on the task of writing my family history, I purchased this book. It was such a help, from learning the industry standards to practical ideas on how to make a family history interesting. I especially appreciated the useful advice on how to use word processing software, and how to include scanned photographs.

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PRODUCING A QUALITY FAMILY HISTORY.
Patricia Law. Hatcher
Manufacturer: Ancestry.com,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SKXO8W

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Wall Nut

An artist's secret resource!

Indispensable Ornamental Design Resource

handbook of ornament

Handbook of Ornament: A Grammar of Art Industrial and Architectural Designing in All Its Branches for Practical As Well As Theoretical Use
Franz Sales, Meyer
Manufacturer: Peter Smith Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Textbook Binding
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Scroll Ornaments of the Early Victorian Period (Dover Pictorial Archives)

ASIN: 0844608009

Book Description

This excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains over 3000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through the Victorians. Among the many different kinds of objects depicted are fine line drawings of chairs, thrones, crowns, heraldic emblems, altars, armor, architecture, and scores of objects used in everyday life. 3002 black-and-white illustrations.

Customer Reviews:

Wall Nut.......2006-08-20

This is an indispensable resource for the novice or serious designer/painter. Some designs are very small, and others are so ornate that they would be difficult to reproduce without spending considerable time and effort. However, I found most to be easy to scan, print on a transparency, and enlarge with an overhead projector. The section called "bands" has beautiful designs that could be handpainted or made into border stencils. Chapters include geometric designs, natural forms such as foliage, fruit and flowers, mythical creatures, individual ornaments, capitals and bases for columns, decorative panels, vases, several lettering styles, and much more.

An artist's secret resource!.......2006-04-10

This book has been in print since 1888! Yes, it's that good! It's a bound version of an earlier work that was a folio. Forty years ago, my art teacher showed me his copy. I went out and got one. It's still on the shelves, but price has risen. It a collection of drawings from many sources: Cathedrals, Estates, Chateau, public buildings, museums and their contents! All collected before the Franco-Prussian war. Many things that no longer exist in this world. If you wish to depict life in the dark ages, the renaissance, Atlantis, Troy, the enlightenment, Hyboria, Byzantium, Rome, Carthage, etc., YOU NEED THIS BOOK!!!

Indispensable Ornamental Design Resource.......2004-01-15

Not only does this book contain a huge assortment of extremely clean and scannable examples of ornamental designs from different periods and cultures, but also provides diagrams and information you can use to create your own original designs in a given style. This may be the last book I buy (except newer copies of THIS book!) on ornamental design.

handbook of ornament.......2000-06-12

I have used this book for years for picture frame design. This book has a great general over look of ornament styles.The chapters are object types witch help in reasearch for design decisions.I seem to ware out a book about every 4 years.I recoment this book for design ornamentation problems.

Handbook of Ornament; a Grammar of Art Industrial and Architectural Designing in All Its Branches for Practical As Well As Theoretical Uses (Dover, T302)

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Handbook of Ornament; a Grammar of Art Industrial and Architectural Designing in All Its Branches for Practical As Well As Theoretical Uses (Dover, T302)

Manufacturer: Dover Publications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ANASPY

Product Description

This 1957 Dover edition is an unaltered republication of the English translation of the last revised edition of Handbook of Ornament. Contains 300 plates and numerous illustrations.

Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches for practical as well as theoretical uses,

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Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches for practical as well as theoretical uses,
Franz Sales Meyer
Manufacturer: B. Hessling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Decoration & Ornament | Interior Design | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000864494

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Charming

The Poetry of Pugs and French Bulldogs

The Poetry Of Pugs And French Bulldogs
Tammy Denton , and Jeremy Thurston
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Dogs | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1411632788

Book Description

A poetic journey through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy and his mother who wrote Haikus, Tankas, Cinquains, and Limericks to describe life with their dogs. Photos of Pugs and French Bulldogs help readers to visualize the thoughts in the poetry. This is the black and white 6x9 version.

Customer Reviews:

Charming.......2005-08-30

A witty book containig Haikus, Tankas, an a variety of other forms of poetry that are very enchanting. My 2 year old loves to sit and look at the pictures and have me read the poems. The pictures go along with the context of the poem. A nice read to sit and reflect upon. The poem describe feeling and actions of the dogs in the book. Very charming!!

The Poetry of Pugs and French Bulldogs.......2005-08-27

A nicely written book by an 11 year old and his mother together on their experiences and thoughts on pugs and french bulldogs. Haikus and Tankas well thought out.

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The Poetry of Pugs and French Bulldogs
MS. Tammy Denton
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1411630114

Customer Reviews:

I greatly enjoyed this book.......2005-01-16

In arid west, water is a scarce resource that has been taken for granted. This book provides many good ideas on how to have beautiful yard while using less water. One of the best parts of the book is the summary on different plants and their water requirements. Many in the west don't realize how much beauty they can bring into their landscapes by adding xeric natives such as penstemons, agastaches and the like.

One of the best guides to xeriscape plants to experiment with, I recommend this book to all western gardeners who would like to use less water and provide more cover and nectar for wildlife.

Gardening WITH Nature (instead of against her).......2000-03-15

This book was written for those of us who live in the arid west, love to garden and desire an attractive landscape, but who are faced with an uncertain water supply. As water resources are becoming more expensive, and in some cases rationed, we all need to consider how to garden appropriately for the climate zone in which we live. This book begins with the rationale for water-wise gardening, takes the reader through an easy to understand planning and design phase, and finishes up with excellent photographs and plant descriptions. Xeriscaping is definitely the wave of the future, no matter where you live!

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Contemporary critics have argued that medieval philosophers have transmitted a concept of divine omnipotence that is unintelligible and self-contradictory: one which defines omnipotence as a power capable of producing any effect whatsoever. This study, concentrating upon the first Latin treatise explicitly devoted to omnipotence, places the concept of divine power in its patristic and early medieval context in order to demonstrate that this "traditional" concept of omnipotence was quite unknown among pre-scholastic figures. This work illuminates the patristic and early medieval background to Damian's seminal text and its theological and philosophical concerns. It explores Damian's central argument that God can, if He wills, even annul the past. This conclusion stems from Damian's insistence that divinity's primary attribute is Goodness and not Being. As such, God's power remains constrained only by divine goodness and is able to do anything whatsoever, even effect a logical contradiction, if it is good to do so.

Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's 'De Divina Omnipotentia.': An article from: The Review of Metaphysics

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Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's 'De Divina Omnipotentia.': An article from: The Review of Metaphysics
Edward J. Furton
Manufacturer: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Philosophy | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on June 1, 1994. The length of the article is 691 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: Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's 'De Divina Omnipotentia.'
Author: Edward J. Furton
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1994
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: v47 Issue: n4 Page: p839(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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The Panose System.......2007-01-11

The Panose System, published in October of 1987, brings to light the thinking that brought the Panose System into the Typeface and Computer Font world. It was developed by Benjamin Bauermeister, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1960.

In working with Typefaces, he found them jammed into illogical sequences based inexactly on when or where they were first used and the names of the persons that modified them. He sought a method of organizing them into some logical order based on form and shape. This book is the result of his original ideas.

In 1990 he was the co-founder with Clyde McQueen of ElseWare Corporation in Seattle, where he first used his Panose 1 Typeface Matching System which began as a 7 digit number.
Each succeeding digit broke the font collection down into ever smaller groups.

Elseware Co. Was purchased by Hewlett Packard Co. and PANOSE was expanded to ten digits, each containing a value varying from 0-15 which works great in Hexadecimal. Panose1 became Panose2., or now, just Panose.

Basically, a Panose Number consists of ten digits, each digit containing a value between 0 and 15 entered into the OS/2 Table of the Rich Font Description (RFD) incorporated into each True Type font.

At present, the first digit can hold any of six values:
0 = Any (a non-Panosed font)
1 = No assigned Font is similar.
2 = Latin Text (where Serif Style is most important).
3 = Handwritten (Script - flowing or non flowing, where Tool Kind is most important)
4 = Decorative (where Class - Topology and Decoration - are most important)
5 = Symbol (Pictorial, no alphabet. - Borders, Dingbats, Drawings, Silhouettes)

HP began reaching out for Partners to make PANOSE an industry wide standard.
Panose Partners have included: AGFA (MonoType); Hewlett Packard Co. (FontSmart); Adobe Corp. (PageMaker); Bitstream Inc.; Caere Corp.; Corel Corp. (CorelDRAW); Lotus Development Corp.; No Hands Inc. (Common Ground); and Microsoft Corp (Word Pro).

The Panose System is now used in most commercial True Type Fonts (TTF) Sold.

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A Great Book about my Great-Grandfather.......2004-04-24

I just found this book at my library a few days ago. I am the great grandson of Navajo Oshley. I only met him once and I have only been given small pieces of information about him until I found this great book. This book brings me great pleasure because it allows me to get to know Navajo Oshley is ways it hasn't been possible in the past. For anyone interested in a book that tells a great and profound story about a complex person and the people around him, I suggest reading this book. For Natives, I believe our fading of a culture can be connected through reading a well documented and supported book.

A rich contribution to Native American biography & history........2000-08-07

Filled with poignant statements and detailed descriptions of day-to-day life, The Journey Of Navajo Oshley covers the life story of a respected Navajo man of the San Juan River Basin area in southeastern Utah from 1879 to 1988. The style is simple, immediate and vivid. Many details are carefully explained in footnotes, such as the significance of the Navajo's reaction to livestock reduction (p.131). Many black and white photographs help animate the autobiography. Navajo Oshley was a man well respected by both the dominant culture and his own. He was kind, gentle, hard-working, honest, and he always met his responsibilities. He deeply loved his family. He also was evidently blessed with a gift of a sense of humour. This is well described in the final chapters by McPherson on his "Later Life." When Navajo Oshley speaks in his own voice in the narrative, many emotional nuances must be inferred by the reader. It is said that though he never spoke English, he was a gifted comedic sign-language maker. The Journey Of Navajo Oshley is a rich contribution to the genre of Native American autobiography and history of human experiences in the southwestern United States area.

Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

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The Journey of Navajo Oshley: an Autobiography and Life History.(Book Review): An article from: The Oral History Review
Alex T. Primm
Manufacturer: Oral History Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FN6TE
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from The Oral History Review, published by Oral History Association on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 940 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: The Journey of Navajo Oshley: an Autobiography and Life History.(Book Review)
Author: Alex T. Primm
Publication: The Oral History Review (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: Oral History Association
Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Page: 163(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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