. He provides very useful detail about how signs are used, as well as very interesting insights into Deaf culture and ASL structure in general. I wish he would write a general textbook for beginners learning ASL done in the style of these books, as most textbooks provide little help as far as regional and socioeconomic differences in ASL.
Good resource for interpeters.......2000-05-22
This book is a great resource for ASL interpreters. It shows the signs for sex and sex related vocabulary in a tactful way.The book also shows some varations of signs that are found in different parts of the country,showing if it is a sign that men and woman both use or not. I found this book helpful in learning sex related vocabulary and encourage it to people who are studying to be interpreters or interpreters who are not yet fluent with this kind of vocabulary.
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Choose from a lush array of highly embellished ornaments, including individual decorations, rosettes, and borders. This generous selection of 188 black-and-white engravings features florals and foliates, fruit, birds, shells, and other dazzling images. Reproduced from hard-to-find 17th- and 18th-century sources, these unusual images will enliven any project.
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Not bad . . . but.......2007-02-13
This is a good collection, I just wish the images came in vector format. They are all in photoshop Tiff format.
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Handsome collection features broad range of styles favored in centuries past by printers and designers. Includes scores of stylish scrolls, headpieces, tailpieces, cupids, wreaths, floral borders, and other designs. An eminently useful, royalty-free archive for printers, artists, advertisers, and designers, these attractive designs will also appeal to craftworkers. 350 black-and-white illustrations.
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Excellent.......2002-01-24
everything you need to know is here.
a lot of love for your cats, and this book, and you're all set.
Chock Full of Information, but Still Lacking Details........2000-12-30
Though this book proved to be helpful when we first bought our new crean point, what struck me is that it doesn't discuss most of the details of cat owning nor does it really give detailed descriptions of illness. We had never had a cat before. How would we know if the darned thing is sick when we bring it home? This book was supposed to help with that, but it only skims illnesses in kittens and cats and spends most of the time discussing showing your new Himalayan. Anyone reading this would be reading it for help on training, diet suggestions and just basic "Cats for Dummies" sort of stuff. While it does offer excellent photos of rare cats and features extra glossy pages making it fun to flip through, it needs more of a point. So Himalayans throw up when they eat grass, any cat will. tell me something I wouldn't know that is unique to long haired or Himalayan cats and kittens, like the watery eyes and constant infections. How to deal with fleas and ticks and how to tell worms would have been nice if they were just doing a a generalized book, but in most aspects you know nothing more on completing this than you did before. It will probably confuse you and make you wonder "Why did they even bother?"
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Over 10 years in the making, this long awaited volume on French handguns is finally here.
Collaboration between French and American authors, and contributions from the members of NAPCA (National Automatic Pistol Collectors Association) this book offers in depth coverage on everything from the 11mm Pinfire to the 9mm Parabellum - including various Lefaucheux revolvers, MAB's, Spanish pistols, and revolvers used in WWI, Uniques, plus, many photos of one of a kind prototypes of the French contract Browning, Model 1935s, and 35a pistols used in WWII. Beautiful black and white full shot photos of the guns, and close ups of markings and numbers, not to mention numerous drawings, lists of production numbers, graphs, and exploded views of the guns.
Over 200 pages and more than 125 photographs. This valuable reference is a must for any serious collectors library. Large format 8 1/2 x 11. Combat Books is proud to be the exclusive distributor of this fine volume! This is a limited printing. Any of you who have looked for the now out of print Military Handguns of France, also by Medlin and Huon, know how scarce they are and how expensive they can be when you happen to find one.
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The allure of the look, feel, and power of handguns is only growing stronger among today's enthusiasts. Popular handgun companies are introducing new models and collectors want to keep up-to-date.
The latest edition of Handguns is completely revised and updated to reflect the most recent advances in handguns for sport and personal protection. In the format they've come to rely on, readers can enjoy new articles featuring information about cowboy action shooting, long range marksmanship, holstering conceal carry handguns, cop handguns, and much more.
* Includes "The Handgunners Library," "Periodical Publications," and valuable directories * Features the latest trends in handguns for sport and personal protection * Hundreds of photos accompany articles and listings
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Dissapointed.......2007-07-08
Handgus 2007
Edited by Ken Ramage
Gun Digest 2007
Edited by Ken Ramage
What can I say?
They don't make them like they used to.
This is not your father's gun digest.
It has been a long time since I bought a Gun Digest but I am about to retire and I want to revive my interest in shooting spoorts. My primary interest is target shooting with handguns.
I expected to catch up on all the new stuff and read dozens of interesting articles and seel all the new models and perhaps some fondly remembered old ones.
Well, they don't make them like they used to.
I was severely disappointed. Only 17 articles total. Many of them historical. The ones that are not historical tend to have long, boring, historical introductions.
The Photography is absolutely beautiful. If you are interested in beautiful pictures of beautiful guns, buy the Gun Digest. If you are looking for information about guns, shooting, or hunting, stick to your regular magaziine subscriptions.
If you are interested in handguns, Handguns 2007 is worth the money but just barely. It does not have the slick paper photography but it does have 21 articles. Still a lot of boring historical stuff about how one company morphed into another 75 years ago but a decent amount of real information.
The catalog portion is a disappointment, it is neither organized or comlete. There are photos of guns with no descriptions and descriptions of guns with no photos. There are manufacturers who are not represented at all.
Summary:
If you are interested in handguns, buy Handguns 2007 only.
If you are interested in beautiful pictures of guns, buy the Gun Digest 2007.
If you haven't seen one on quite a while be prepared for a disapointment.
Save your money.......2001-08-23
This is an incomplete list of available guns in 2001. It also has guns listed that are no longer available. The pictures do not match up to the descriptions. There is a lot of useless information ie. air guns, lists of books about guns etc. I was disapointed with this book. I expected to see more information and reviews on available models. Did not even list Khar's 9MM, Guns and Ammo's Magazine Handgun of the Year winner in the book anywhere.
This is a good book, BUT!.......2000-11-01
It plays second fiddle to the Ken Ramage's other more comprehensive book on all guns- Gun Digest 2001. It basically features a broad selection of popular handguns... specs, data, pictures, etc. I'd recommend getting the full Gun Digest 2001 instead unless your love for firearms is reserved exclusively for handguns.
Book Description
You are under ARREST! Those four words could really be terrifying to hear, and if you are not familiar with gun laws, they could be a reality.
In today's society, an innocent family traveling interstate, and having a handgun tucked away in the glove box for personal protection, faces a GREATER RISK of being arrested and charged with one or more firearms violations, than being confronted by a criminal, which would have required the use of that weapon.
"The Handgun Owner's LAWBOOK" is the answer to that dilemma. This book is an up-to-date comprehensive guide providing the reader with a brief synopsis of the FIREARM LAWS of all 50 States, the U.S. Firearm Laws and firearm laws for Canada and Mexico.
You will know WHEN and WHERE you can lawfully transport your firearm in a vehicle, carry concealed or open. You will know when you should leave it at home! Even if you possess a CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT, you may still be subject to arrest. This book provides you accurate and detailed Concealed Weapon Permit RECIPROCITY information, you will know which state you can lawfully carry a concealed weapon! With "The Handgun Owners Lawbook", you'll know for sure. 5-1/2x8-1/2, Softcover, 268 pp.
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Perhaps the BEST book for Houston and Gulf Coast Gardeners.......2003-03-10
You will enjoy the many discoveries this book has to offer and it is beautifully illustrated with a color photograph and planting recommendations for every plant. I cannot recommend a better book for a Houston or Gulf Coast gardener, either expert or new comer, and I have read them all! It focuses on plants that truly do well HERE. It skips azaleas, hybrid roses, tulips and all the other fussy plants pushed by the local nurseries do great anywhere but here. Instead it offers beautiful and underused (and for the most part - EASY) alternatives.
Excellent.......1997-12-08
One of the best book's on Texas gardening.
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A perennial garden is an ever-changing source of delight. Each season brings new colors and textures in flowers and foliage. As the years go by, perennial plantings mature and interweave into forms more beautiful and surprising than a season's growth of annuals can ever give. Best of all, a perennial garden can grow almost anywhere with plants suited to local soils, temperatures, and rainfall.
This book is a complete guide to perennial gardening in Texas and similar regions of eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas. In Part One, Julie Ryan offers a historical sketch of cottage gardens and perennial borders, with a sampler of some of their modern variations. In Part Two, she defines the major ecological regions of Texas and, with words and color photographs, takes you on a tour of lovely public and private gardens in each region.
You'll find all the "how to" information for creating your own garden in Part Three. Ms. Ryan describes and pictures over 300 flowering perennials, bulbs, foliage plants, and old roses suitable for Texas gardens, with lists of companion annuals, vines, shrubs, and small trees. Accompanying charts provide quick reference to each plant's preferred regions and cultivation requirements. In addition, Ms. Ryan discusses how to design a garden and select plants, prepare the beds, and deal with garden pests. She concludes with substantial lists of resources, including mail-order suppliers of perennials, bulbs, and old roses.
Customer Reviews:
One of the most helpful books on Tx plants.......2000-03-29
I was very impressed with this book. I read through the whole thing several times. She reviews plants that will grow well in all of the climates in the state, and gives you enough information to be able to judge if you should give the plant you want to grow a try, even if your region isn't the best for it. Very detailed, yet easy to read, and very well written.
The best book I have had the pleasure to use. A must!!!!.......1999-05-10
This is the best gardening book on perennial flowers in Texas I have used. It covers every region of the state not just a section. The photos are excellent for planing your own garden or for identifing flowers from a region not familar to you. Ms Ryan has done us amatuers a great service. Thank You Julie!
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In this newly revised edition, The Texas Flower Garden allows you to mix and match blooms of varying heights and colors with a unique "flip-page" format, providing the expertise and freedom to create a glorious garden-even in the harsh Texas climate.
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Your gardening fact book, writtten JUST FOR TEXAS! This is the first gardening almanac and its intent is to provide that sort of accurate, very up-to-date information on Texas' plants, seasons and soil types. There will be something for every Texas gardener in the pages that follow. This should be a reference you use every time you start some new gardening project!! Beautify Texas and your own personal space with this wonderful volume !
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An interesting, comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to gardening all year long.
This book is a compilation of 5-10 years of writing for a local newspaper and other journals, magazines and newsletters.
In general, it applies to gardening everywhere, but specifically it applies to the Texas Hill Country and south Texas.
Tells what, how, when, where, and why to do all kinds of stuff in the garden, in the greenhouse, and on the patio with containerized gardening...start to finishplanting to harvestfruits and veggies to flowers. Sorry, no herbs.
In addition to the compiled articles, there are monthly to-do lists giving broad, monthly guidance to all gardeners, novice and experienced.
There are also detailed articles about many of the topics found in the compiled newspaper articles and the to-do lists.
A comprehensive 18-page index is the key to the whole publicationfind anything fast.
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Heart of Texas garden guide
Catherine Trice
Manufacturer: Waco Council Garden Center
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Total of 16 pages in 2 separate folders with identical covers. Eight pages in each folder in stiff green wraps. First folder is pages 37-46, 51-52 and includes 15 color photos and additional line drawings. The plate numbers are 7, 10, 11, & 14. Second folder has 15 color photos on 2 pages, plate numbers are 27 & 28. Page numbers are 86-90, 95-98
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McMillen's Texas Garden Almanac, 98 (McMiuen's Texas Garden Almanac 1998 Edition)
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Relatively few people in America build their own homes, but many yearn to make the places they live in more truly their own.
Yard Art and Handmade Places profiles twenty homemakers who have used their yards and gardens to express their sense of individuality, to maintain connections to family and heritage, or even to create sacred spaces for personal and community refreshment and healing. Jill Nokes, an authority on native plants and ecological restoration, traveled across the state of Texas, seeking out residents who had transformed their yards and gardens into oases of art and exuberant personal expression. In this book, she presents their stories, told in their own words, about why they created these handmade places and what their yard art has come to mean to them and to their communities.
Rather than viewing yard art as a curiosity or oddity, Nokes treats it as an integral part of home-making, revealing how these places become invested with deep personal or social meaning.
Yard Art and Handmade Places celebrates the fact that, despite the proliferation of look-alike suburbs, places still exist where people with ordinary means and skills are shaping space with their own hands to create a personal expression that can be enjoyed by all.
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Otot Ha-Shamayim: Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Hebrew Version of Aristotle's Meteorology : A Critical Edition (Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus, Vol 8)
Shmuel Ibn Tibbon , and
Aristotle
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- Alamo Sourcebook 1836
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Alamo Sourcebook 1836: A Comprehensive Guide to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution
Timothy J. Todish ,
Terry Todish , and
Ted Spring
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A "Must Have" for "Alamophiles".......2001-11-22
I had the pleasure to work with Tim Todish, his brother Terry and Ted Spring on this book. They have done an excellent job in bringing the Alamo and the Texas Revolution into perspective. Covering such a broad topic took many, and I do mean MANY hours of research to put it all together. This book has set a standard for future works and it will be hard to top it in quality. I am pleased to have been a small part of the project.
Alamo Sourcebook 1836.......2001-11-09
The main strength lies in pulling together not only sources such as the people and events themselves, but movies and music about the Alamo as well. I love a well illustrated book and this one has several. Unfortunately this is the book's weakness. Higher quality illustrations and maps could really have made the presentation that much more appealing.
This provides a unique compendium on the legendary battle........1998-07-01
The Alamo sources book combines a wealth of information of every aspect of the Alamo. The author ranges from a description of the mission, through an account of the Texas Mexican War and the fall of the Alamo to participant account and cinematic renderings of the story. Anyone from a reader with a casual interest to a serious student of the battle will find this work both informative and entertaining. A wealth of illustrations accompany the text; some of these border on carictature, but most are well done; drawings of the structure and of weapons and equipment are quite good. The author draws on recent archaeolgical finds and test research to update and correct older information. He includes useful discussions of popular myth while providing an excellent overview of fact. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Alamo or in the Texas revolution; it also reprresent a useful model for crafting a good historical overview of a particular incident.
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- Concrete help for a power use of TeX
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TeX Reference Manual
David Bausum
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The
TeX Reference Manual is the first comprehensive reference manual written by a programmer for programmers. It contains reference pages for each of TeX's 325 primitive control sequences. Over 80% of its reference pages contain examples that range from simple to challenging. Each example is typeset verbatim in a style which is easy to read and experiment with.
TeX Reference Manual also just typesets the example, so you can see what it makes, and explains how the example works. The description on each primitive's reference page is an annotated discussion of The TeXbook's treatment of the primitive. That means a TeX user will find it natural to move back and forth between the two books. One of
TeX Reference Manual's innovative features is families. They simplify the search for the primitive which performs a particular task.
- Primitive Control Sequences,
- Family Name Type Description,
- Box (29) Logic (20) C Command (163),
- Character (16) Macro (20) D Derived Command (17),
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- File I/O (13) Math (69) PI Parameter (integer) (55),
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- Hyphenation (11) Penalties (12) PM Parameter (muglue) (3),
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- Job (11) Tables (9),
- Kern (7).
TeX Reference Manual has appendices which provide a comprehensive discussion of: verbatim material, PostScript fonts, and two-column material. In particular, one word describes its font macros, elegant.
The
TeX Reference Manual is an invaluable tool for both the experienced and new users of TeX.
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Concrete help for a power use of TeX.......2003-01-23
The book provides concrete help for a power use of TeX because, along with a systematic description of the TeX primitives it contains little, useful pieces of code I was looking from long years for. Maybe a little bit expensive ;-)
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