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Plant, Animal and Anatomical Illustration in Art and Science: A Bibliographical Guide from the 16th Century to the Present Day
Gavin Bridson , and James J. White Manufacturer: Oak Knoll Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0906795818 |
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Time Out Cape Town (Time Out Guides)
Time Out Manufacturer: Time Out ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1904978126 |
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Cape Town is one of the richest and most culturally diverse cities in Africa, and one of the most beautiful in the world. Set where two oceans meet and overlooked by Table Mountain, it offers endless beaches, natural attractions, and outdoor opportunities. Gastronomically speaking, the man-made attractions are impressive toothe food and wine are excellent, the cultural life thriving. Reborn after the ugly days of apartheid, Cape Town is a premier holiday destination for Americans, where the dollar goes a long way and English is ubiquitously spoken. The Time Out Cape Town guide gives travelers extensive information on the beaches, the food and wine, and the culture of this fascinating city, with coverage of the beachside suburbs, and the wine lands. This guide offers expert advice on enjoying the city's thriving food and drink scene, with tips on restaurants, local vineyards, cheese farms, strawberry picking, cigar bars, and sunset spots.Customer Reviews:
Time Out Cape Town: Winelands and the Garden Route.......2007-08-28
EXCELLENT guide to Cape Town.......2005-05-01
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Time Out Cape Town
Time Out Manufacturer: EBURY PRESS (RAND) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K2S8RK |
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This comprehensive activity book and curriculum guide contains all you need to make history come alive for your child!Don't just read about historyexperience it! Color a picture of Captain Cook in Botany Bay, design a Persian rug, play the Battle of Bunker Hill board game, and pan for gold. Designed to turn the accompanying book The Story of the World, Volume 3 into a complete history program, this activity book provides comprehension questions and answers, sample narrations, maps and geography activities, coloring pages, lists of additional readings in history and literature, and many simple, hands-on activitiesall designed for grades 1-4.
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The Story of the World Activity Book Three.......2007-08-31
Engaging and informative!.......2007-08-27
The Story just keeps getting better.......2005-09-29
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Western Influence on Japanese Art: The Akita Ranga Art School and Foreign Books
Hiroko Johnson Manufacturer: Hotei Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9074822649 |
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Complete Care For Your Aging Dog
Amy D. Shojai Manufacturer: NAL Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0451207890 Release Date: 2003-07-06 |
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In this unique guide to aging pet care, Amy Shojai explains: how to entice your older pet into getting more exercise what changes to expect as your pet ages which pet-specific over-the-counter medications every owner should keep on hand and tips on everything from choosing the right products and food for your aging pet to performing nursing care at home. These are the definitive guides to turning back the clock-and keeping senior dogs and cats vital, happy, and active throughout their golden years.Customer Reviews:
A must for owners of senior dogs.......2003-11-04
A Must-Have for the Dog Lover.......2003-08-05
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Your Older Dog: A Complete Guide to Helping Your Dog Live a Longer and Healthier Life
Jean Callahan Manufacturer: Fireside ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743203097 |
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Watching a beloved pet age can be a painful process. Joints start creaking, tempers get short, and the sheer goofiness of the puppy you brought home years ago may disappear entirely. Your Older Dog makes this stage of your dog's life easier through some basic education. Author Jean Callahan has compiled more than 100 pages of information on exercise, nutrition, and common health concerns that you'll find helpful in easing your pup's journey from middle age to the end.The book begins by walking you through the aging process, complete with average life expectancy for various breeds and a simple healthy-dog checklist. Clear skin and shiny coat? No unfortunate accidents after years of being successfully housetrained? Sounds like you've got a healthy dog. The section on age-related changes goes a bit deeper into specific problems to prepare for, such as urinary tract difficulties, periodontal disease, and arthritis, which are also discussed in detail later in the book. The chapter discussing alternative healing for canines covers herbs, homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and chiropractors. Even if these treatments are difficult to find in your neck of the woods, the author provides helpful tips that you can try at home, such as applying a mint-filled collar for flea deterrence using nothing more than some fabric and some fresh mint.
Suggestions for exercise and nutrition will teach you ways to make sure your dog is having her changing requirements met. Like humans, dogs require fewer calories as they age, so you may need to examine her diet as well. Death and grieving are discussed sensitively, with tips for easing the process for all surviving family members. It may be true that all good things must end, but there is no reason they can't end well. --Jill Lightner
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As a dog owner, you know that caring for your older pet can be a challenge. It's hard to watch your dog -- whose frisky puppy days don't seem so long ago -- begin to slow down a little and go gray around the muzzle. But thanks to extraordinary advances in veterinary medicine and pet nutrition, dogs are living longer, and with the right kind of care you can help your pet stay healthy and happy well into his golden years.
A practical and sensitive all-in-one reference, Your Older Dog guides you through the aging process in dogs, starting with middle age. With plenty of information on maximizing your dog's active years and a complete guide to age-related health problems, Your Older Dog offers the latest research from veterinarians and pet care experts, including:
With adorable color photos and illustrations throughout, Your Older Dog gives you the vital information and reassurance you need to provide the best care for your best friend.
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Simple & Concise.......2007-04-04
Special book for older dogs -Owner of Aspenbloom Pet Care.......2005-08-23
Older dogs are very special.......2005-08-13
best book for you to help your dog.......2001-06-03
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Caring for your Parents : The Complete AARP Guide (AARP)
Hugh Delehanty , and Elinor Ginzler Manufacturer: Sterling ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 1402717393 |
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Inspiring and Full of Practical Tips.......2006-07-21
Caring for Parents by Delehanty and Ginzler.......2006-06-27
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Kovels' Bid, Buy, and Sell Online: Basic Auction Information and Tricks of the Trade
Ralph Kovel , and Terry Kovel Manufacturer: Random House Reference ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0609807579 Release Date: 2001-03-13 |
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Become an expert in Bidding, buying, and selling online with the ultimate guide to Internet collecting.Customer Reviews:
Out of date.......2005-04-02
Decent VERY basic source, but could have been better.......2003-07-24
Book was helpful........2003-06-29
Adequate technical manual lacking in auction survival tips........2002-06-24
_Bid, Buy_ does succeed in familiarizing with the online auction process its target audience, those who wish to enter the world of online auctions but are intimidated or just plain unfamiliar with the computer skills and auction know-how needed to get around the bidding and selling processes. Its practical advice on what types of items not to sell and why (high-end gemstones, for example, are a magnet for both dishonest sellers AND buyers who swap paste copies for the real jewels once the items arrive and then demand fraud conpensation from the escrow company or auction service) can save a newcomer a lot of grief. The technical information is also very good - easy-to-understand explanations of common HTML terms and walkthroughs for basic HTML processes are provided, as are helpful tips on how to write clear, attractive auction descriptions and concise, attention-getting titles. Also included in the back is a nice glossary of auction terms.
Unfortunately, being quite a well-established, well-heeled corporate entity themselves, the Kovels are a bit too closely associated with the systems they purportedly teach the reader how to work, and there thus is the definite sense that they are looking out for eBay's interests over the consumer's. As an eBay seller for going on three years, I was especially disappointed in the lack of information for a new seller; in particular, there is scant info on what to do in the inevitable (and, when first encountered, panic-inducing) situation of a deadbeat bidder refusing to pay - the book's suggested plan of action, to just flat-out plead with the bidder for over a month and to not press the matter unless the buyer's behavior constitutes a prosecutable offense - is impractical and does not take into account (indeed, never mentions) that there is a time limit (usually 30-45 days) on filing for the refund of one's Final Value Fee. (While no uniform method for dealing with deadbeats exists, the one most popular in my auction circles is to allow two weeks for payment to arrive, contact the buyer again via e-mail if nothing comes, and if no reply to _that_ message arrives in your Inbox after a couple days, leave negative feedback, follow the steps detailed in the auction site's Non-Paying Bidder policy to recoup some of your selling fees, and offer the item to the auction's second-highest bidder or relist.) The book also fails to instruct the reader on vital subjects such as what kind of payments to accept and in what circumstances, the in and outs (and pros and cons) of online payment systems like PayPal and Yahoo PayDirect, and (since a great number of eBay sellers are private ctizens, not experienced shop owners) how to pack both effectively and economically. Furthermore, no "inside" knowledge or strategies, such as checking closed auctions for similar items to discover the "going price" for yours or taking advantage of the free packing boxes provided at the post office for Priority Mail items, are offered - and one is entitled to expect at least a _little_ inside info from the antique world's ultimate insiders. The lack of information leaves a new seller stranded. (_Bid, Buy, and Sell Online_ is not exactly fair to buyers, either; a payment which arrives less than a week after the auction's close is deemed "late" - an assertion with which anyone who has ever wrestled with the USPS will take issue - and, most incredulously, the book instructs the buyer that a few flaws are to be expected in online-auction merchandise and to chalk up any minor condition problems unreported in the item's description to "miscommunication" and the cost of doing business - a flat-out inexcusable attempt to "cover" for a selling practice that, offline or online, is just plain dishonest and unacceptable.)
To add to the problems, much of the book's information is dispensed in buyer's and seller's "diaries", which are penned in an overly-chatty style and which agonize over a plethora of trivial (and mostly groundless) anxieties, making both auction processes seem unnecessarily complex and daunting. (The irritating "hand-written" font used throughout the sections, which is hard to read and even harder to scan for reference, does not help matters.) Also, the book does not warn against three common trip-ups raised in the examples given - a) setting too low a starting bid, b) underestimating shipping costs and ending up with a nasty, profit-eating surprise at the post office (or, for that matter, overestimating shipping and driving prospective bidders away by what would be perceived as padded charges), and c) hastily selling off a personal possession you later discover you'd really rather have kept yourself. There's also a fairly useless real-life vignettes & "amazing facts" section tacked on at the end, the space expended on which could have better spent on the aforementioned omitted practical information.
In short, you could do worse than _Bid, Buy, and Sell Online_, but if you pick it up, be sure to supplement it - join a mailing list (Yahoo Groups, say, is a good place to search) dedicated to the specific area you're thinking of exploring and ask right out for auction advice.
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Rock Garden Plants: A Color Encyclopedia
Baldassare Mineo Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881924326 |
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Baldassare Mineo is owner of Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in Medford, Oregon, one of the world's great sources of plants for rock gardens. Mineo's own photographs are supplemented with many by the renowned horticulturist Fritz Kummert. This authoritative includes rare and unusual plants as well as proven, readily available garden performers.Customer Reviews:
Very Beautiful Book.......2000-04-10
Seeing is believing.......2000-04-08
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Rock Garden Plants a Color Encyclopedia
Baldassare Mineo Manufacturer: TIMBER PRESS @ ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000N7D3RW |
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Nematodes of Plants and Soils: Neotylenchoidea
Nadezhda Ivanovna Sumenkova Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9004089217 |
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Selected from Graphis Annuals: Typography
Manufacturer: Konemann UK Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9810057180 |
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Joining the Navy
Jno. H. Paynter , and John H. Paynter Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0898753562 |
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The New Castle, Delaware-born author, after graduating from Lincoln University in 1883, was about to begin the study of medicine at Howard University when he suffered a partial loss of his eyesight that prohibited him from embarking on the extensive course of study. He chose instead to make a cruise on the U.S. Man-of-War as a cabin boy, one of the few positions available to Negroes in the Navy. This book recounts his experiences throughout his world cruise. Paynter resumed government service with the U.S. Postal Service and spent 39 years working for the Department of the Treasury. He wrote several other books, including one on the problems of the Negro in government service, Horse and Buggy Days with Uncle Sam and Fugitives of the Pearl, a depiction of character and tenacity in slavery days.Joining the Navy was originally published in 1895.
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Joining the Navy or Abroad with Uncle Sam
John Henry Paynter Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NPB6HS |
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Joining the Navy: Or, Abroad with Uncle Sam
Jno. H Paynter Manufacturer: G.P.O ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00072WEO6 |
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