Synapse: Function, Plasticity, and Neurotrophism

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The synapse not only provides a bridge from one nerve cell to the next; its function can be modified by experience, making it important for learning and memory. In this first accessible overview of the synapse, Kuno provides a review of current concepts in neurobiology with specific reference to synaptic plasticity, neurotransmission and neurotrophism. These areas have been advanced dramatically by the application of molecular biology techniques, and The Synapse provides a much needed synthesis of these advances. Kuno incorporates all the latest thinking and current research together with a brief historical overview of research in the field, providing an invaluable text for both the student and the researcher.

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Synaptic!.......2000-11-27

For the reader with a basic knowledge of neurophysiology, this reference provides a more detailed, yet easy to read, overview of the synapse. The role of calcium and the mechanism of the release of neurotransmitter is considered. Ionotropic receptors where activation directly affects the ionic channel and thus mediate a fast synaptic response, are considered, including Ach, glycine, GABA(A), glutamate and serotonin 5HT-3 receptors. Metabotropic receptors, which are generally linked to G-proteins and which activate intracellular second messengers which in turn affect ionic channels, often located at a distance, and thus mediate a slow synaptic response, are considered. Synaptic plasticity, including the changes that occur with learning (particularly in Aplysia), is then considered. Morphological plasticity such as increased numbers of synapses, is also considered. Different neurotrophins required for neuron survival, including NGF, BDNF and NT-3, and then the regulation of developing synapses, are considered.

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This title in the acclaimed Michelin Green Guide series is an indispensable guide to the natural and cultural attractions of Greece - the islands, the mountains of the mainland and their volcanic craters, miles of beaches. The many layers of civilization may be traced in the ancient ruined temples and theatres, the magnificent churches of the Orthodox rite, and rare vestiges of the Turkish occupation. The noisy exuberance of Athens contrasts with the natural charm of rural and maritime resorts; the country attracts archeologists and botanists, walkers and mountain climbers, water-sports enthusiasts and sunworshippers.

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One of the best.......2006-10-15

I would like to recommend this guide to people that would like to visit Greece. Originally I am from Greece and several times I've been asked to make some suggestion to friends about what travel guides to use. I've done some research on bookstores and I think this guide is well written very concise and covers the most important places. I think the writers must have really travelled a lot around Greece because they recommend places, like my hometown, that are not very well known but they offer some very important sights of interest. I have also learned things I didn't know before. In the past I had bought a similar guide for New England and I was very satisfied. I gave 4 stars rather than 5 because there can be some improvements in the greek spelling and in covering more recent historical facts. It's a guide you can enjoy reading from begining to end.

Inconsistent spellings could easily defeat you.......2006-03-02

I have long loved Michelin green Guides. Though they have grown heavier and less to the point, I still like the three star rating system for sites. However in this case it is hard to love a book where the spelling of site names in some places, like on the map with the stars, does not correspond to the spelling in the index or in other places. Finding things involves your figuring out the different ways in which Greek names can be spelt.

Other books have found ways to cope consistently with changing tastes in Greek spelling. Michelin has not. Coping with these inconsistencies can be extremely frustrating.

I now believe the best a traveler can do is to get this and the DK book on Greece. Both were done before the Greeks finished their preparations for the 2004 Olympics so beware of errors about practical things like airport access, a major new bridge, and consequences of a troublesome earthquake.

Very handy for planning and during the travel.......2005-01-01

I generally prefer Michelin guides for planning travel because they are loaded with background stories about the points of interest. The three-star rating system is kind of handy too, although sometimes I don't agree with the rating Michelin gives, which is totally understandable.

One thing I found very helpful during my travel in Greece was that Michelin always has the sites of interest listed in the native language as well as in English. I barely knew how to say "thank you" in Greek (efharisto), so I wasn't sure I could get around despite I was told Greeks are better English speakers in general. The world is not created for English speakers in mind, so there are times that the information is only available in the native language. At least being able to find out which way to go to get to the site I know better was such a relief.

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Anthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military and his book is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the First World War. He reveals why and how the French army fought as it did. He profiles its senior commanders - Joffre, Petain, Nivelle and Foch - and analyses its major campaigns both on the Western Front and in the Near East and Africa. PATHS OF GLORY also considers in detail the officers, how they kept their trenches and how men from very different areas of France fought and died together. He scrutinises the make-up and performance of France's large colonial armies and investigates the mutinies of 1917. Ultimately, he reveals how the traumatic French experience of the 1914-18 war indelibly shaped a nation.

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Outstanding Summary of French Army During WWI.......2004-11-09

The book summarizes all the famous major operations of the French Army during WWI, along with numerous thoughtfully-included maps and photos. It goes into much greater detail about the formation of French strategy, tactical doctrine, leading personalities, organization, equipment, logistics, and, significantly, unit morale (including the 1917 mutinies). In addition, the book also has a nice set of appendices with the August 1914 order-of-battle as well as summary bios of leading French generals. The author, Anthony Clayton, also covers the power struggles at the top of the military hierarchy between major military figures along with increasing interference from French gov't officials. Clayton did an excellent job describing Petain, Joffre, Mangin, Castelnau, and Foch.

This book is an ideal introduction to the major challenges facing the French army during WWI and its response to them. An English-language book covering the French army during WWI is somewhat difficult to find compared to the numerous works on the British army, and I was highly pleased with the quality of this one. Excellent, well-researched work! I hope the author makes an in-depth follow up sequel to this one.

Almost one of a kind.......2004-04-22

As other reviewers have said, getting anything in English about the French army in WWI is difficult, especially compared to the numerous English and American accounts. I therefore snapped this book up immediately looking for an account of those little known engagements. It's a fine book, well researched and informative, well written for the most part. But it left me wanting more detail. It primarily looks at strategic and operational level action rather than the tactical. Excellent for understanding the French command. I was hoping for more of a Lyn MacDonald approach. Perhaps this author will see these reviews calling for a more detailed view and write another in that vein. I would certainly purchase it.

The French Army.......2004-01-07

I enjoyed this book very much. Almost everything I've read on the Great War has been from either the British or American point of view. The author states in the preface that little of the French experience from WWI has been translated into English. I was very pleased that a book about the war from the French point of view was written in English. France after all had the majority of the troops and suffered the most looses on the Allied side. I had hoped the author whould have gone into more detail on French equipment and weapons than he did, but that in no way detracts from this fine book. I highly recommad this work for anyone interested in WWI.

David Murphy

Great Effort but Too Short.......2003-12-05

In Paths of Glory, former Sandhurst professor Anthony Clayton provides the first complete history of the French Army in the First World War. While the narrative is a bit short (200 pages) and does not offer the depth necessary to analyze operations in detail, Clayton's work represents an excellent overview of the army that bore the brunt of the fighting for the Allies on the Western Front in 1914-1918. Clayton also makes the point that this army, much maligned because of its poor preparation for combat in 1914 and pitiful performance in 1940, still was capable of four years of sustained combat against the best army in the world. For readers accustomed to viewing the Western Front through German or British eyes, this volume offers a wonderful alternative.

Clayton begins Paths of Glory with a chapter on the French frontier offensive in 1914 and then backtracks in the second chapter to discuss pre-war strategy and doctrine. After this, Clayton then devotes one chapter to operations in each year of the war, plus a separate chapter on developments within the French army. There is also a separate chapter on peripheral operations involving the French (Gallipoli, Salonika, Italy, Africa and the Mideast). Appendices include order of battle in 1914, tactical organization, conscription and reserves, equipment, capsule biographies of the main French generals, and the career of a single French infantry regiment in 1914-1920. Clayton includes 14 simple sketch maps, which unfortunately only a few depicting operational movements or dispositions. The author also includes 43 photographs, ranging from leaders, to equipment to tactical scenes.

Clayton assesses the main French problem in 1914 as a failure of "strategic intelligence" in not anticipating that the main German army would fall in Belgium or that reserve formations would be used in the enemy's first echelon. This faulty intelligence assessment led to a rash offensive plan known as "Plan XVII", which was handicapped by rigid adherence to a faulty tactical doctrine, over-age commanders and inadequate heavy artillery. Despite all the French military flaws, the French army somehow survived the heavy losses in the frontier battles and managed to thwart the German drive on Paris by quick repositioning of forces. Clayton does not do a particularly good job of assessing how the French were able to avoid defeat in 1914, but tends to favor the "tough" no-nonsense leadership of Joffre, Foch and a handful of other French operational-level commanders. However, Clayton's defense of Joffre's command style rings hollow; certainly Napoleon would not have thought much of a commander who emphasized regular meals and uninterrupted sleep over visiting his troops.

Clayton focuses heavily on morale issues - always critical for French armies - in the chapters on Verdun and the 1917 mutinies. The mutiny is assessed as relatively limited in scope, but extensive in long-term effects. Perhaps the best chapters in Paths of Glory cover the post-mutiny period where Petain was able to lead the battered French army through a period of recovery. While Petain's later career as leader of Vichy France has darkened his name, his leadership abilities with a deeply-shocked army were astoundingly effective. Indeed, Petain was not only able to rebuild the French army's morale, but to re-equip and re-train the forces to fight a modern war; the result was a much more powerful French army in 1918 (although a brittle one).

Although Clayton offers some useful nuggets of information in places - such as information on French tank developments or the greater reliance on African troops - the volume is a bit too much of an overview, albeit with a Gallic perspective. Indeed, Clayton writes well and offers excellent insight about the fighting capabilities of the much-maligned French army, but the reader will come away from this book wishing that it had been 200 pages longer.

Excellent account of the French army during World War One.......2003-09-19

The author has done a splendid job of gathering his facts and doing his research. The book spells out the various campaigns, battles and commanders and the ordinary soldier. The book is rich with detail and informs the reader on the horrific conditions and enormous casualties the French suffered.
Easy to read and the chapters are detailed out well.
Worthy of any World War One bookshelf.

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Paths of Glory the French Army 1914-18
Anthony Clayton
Manufacturer: Cassell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSOSTC

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Interesting designs, but not much more........2006-10-18

"Packaging Prototypes" begins with a small introduction on the fundamentals of packaging design (a tiny bit of history, environmental considerations, a couple of famous brands/designs). On the following pages, you'll find several package designs (mostly paper/cardboard), some simple and practical, others fancy or sophisticated and a few very complex and intriguing. Each design has a small description of its possible applications and modifications, with brief directions of the materials to use, etc. The included CD-Rom has many of these designs, ready to use and modify. Obviously, this book can only serve two purposes: first, to inspire your creativity; second, to allow full-scale plagiarism of what are, for the most part, patented packages (patent information is discretely printed on the inner-margin of each page). With this in mind, this book should be of some use to people who want to create quick packages, hopefully, for non-commercial purposes, or to students researching different packaging designs. If you are looking for books with more in-depth information on packaging design, look elsewhere, this will not be a very useful book, as "Packaging Prototypes" features just that, prototypes. A bit of criticism is needed though, concerning the assembled photographs of some of the more complex package designs, which aren't always very clear. While a more artistic approach proves to be aesthetically pleasing, I do believe more technical and clear photographs would be of greater use to the reader.

creative and useful - the right kind of blend.......2005-12-03

I recently checked this book out of my college library and was so excited to see it actually had patterns! I love that there is a key on each page to quickly describe what the pattern will need, for example, glue or not glued, waterproof paper, etc. Whether you're a graphic designer or simply interested in creative gift packaging, this book is worth checking out.

Waste of Time and Money.......2003-10-15

This book was such a waste. One of the french folds reads, "...to act as a visual catalyst in the creation and production of exciting and innovative packaging design."

There is NOTHING INNOVATIVE or EXCITING about this book. And as far as I am concerned the included cd is mearly cheating. No self respecting designer would stock this book on their shelf.

A REAL investment book, which contains all of the patterns in this book as well as hundreds more, would be "The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns" by Roth & Wybenga.

How do I return the book if i hastily trashed the carton en route from the post office? or am i stranded with this piece of garbage forever.

THE BEST PACKAGING BOOK EVER!!!.......2002-09-11

This book is a must have for anyone serious about design. All the illustrations that demonstrate how to cut and fold paper into containers, boxes, and packages were functional, attractive, and well designed. The fact that the book comes with a CD-ROM of Illustrator / Freehand templates is just awesome. This book will be an inspiration and you will find many imaginative & creative ideas here for your own projects. This book is essential for a designer's library and one of the best design books I've purchased in a long time...(since this book is out of print and very rare to find, if you can find it at any price it is well worth it)

Awesome book!!!.......2002-09-07

The best packaging book I have ever found...

Packaging Prototypes 3: Thinking Green (Design Fundamentals).

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Packaging Prototypes 3: Thinking Green (Design Fundamentals).
Edward and Guang Yu Ren. Photographs by John Suett. Denison
Manufacturer: Rotovision
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PUVHTS

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If your pet has cancer, this is a MUST!

Western and Eastern Therapies for Pets

Healing Pets with Nature's Miracle Cures
Henry Pasternak
Manufacturer: Highlands Veterinary Hospital
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0970967845

Book Description

How holistic and conventional medicine can work together effectively. For pet owners and veterinarians, these practical healing methods integrate 'natural' and conventional therapies. Written in layperson's terms, this book can help animals suffering from chronic as well as acute illnesses, including cancer, asthma, skin diseases, diabetes, heart disease, and arthritis. Readers will learn * what pets need for optimum health, system by system * the truth about nutrition: natural raw food or processed pet food? * facts on herbs, vitamins, and minerals * raw meat diets and the protein diet controversy *See how conventional and holistic therapies can be used together to treat various diseases and disorders .

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If your pet has cancer, this is a MUST!.......2006-12-08

This is the best book I have seen for pets with cancer or any illness. It is a wealth of knowledge and written by a knowledgeable vet. I have reccomended it to many people who have thanked me repeatedly! You'll be amazed at what's out there for healing cancer in pets. There are so many more options than radiation and chemotherapy (which actually deplete the immune system). This book shows you tips on things that prevent and can reverse conditions, even serious ones. Every pet owner should have this one for sure!

Western and Eastern Therapies for Pets.......2001-10-13

This is a wonderful book. It clearly addresses topics and makes it easily understood. I will recommend this book to many of my friends and vets in my area and I do plan on purchasing additional copies as gifts.

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Waste of Money

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The Other Matchbox Toys: 1947-2004, Identification & Value
Dana Johnson
Manufacturer: Collector Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Warman's Matchbox Field Guide: Values And Identification (Warman's Field Guides)

ASIN: 1574324462

Book Description

Dana Johnson Dana Johnson, author of Diecast Toys Scale Models, Toy Car Collector's Guide, and Matchbox Toys, 1947 to 2003, Fourth Edition, is at it again! His first volume is the most user-friendly Matchbox guide ever produced, and his second promises to be the same. This all-new volume covers Major Pack models, Kingsize, Models of Yesteryear, and larger Matchbox Collectibles. The Dinky Collection from Matchbox, Skybusters, Convoy/Super Rigs, Two-Packs, and much more are featured. Over 200 color photographs enrich this alphabetical guide to Matchbox's 'other' toys. No more will you have to flip page after page hunting for the car you're looking for - this book makes locating it a snap!

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Waste of Money.......2007-06-16

I have many Matchbox reference books. This is the one I would use least of all because it is incomplete, poorly set out, poorly referenced, and overall gives the appearance of something which has been tossed together because it was MB material surplus to Vol 1. In other words, a total waste of buyer's money. So be cautioned people - don't go there.

great dealer.......2007-05-15

this book was in great shape and just what he said it was.

Greenberg's Guide Lionel Trains 2004 Pocket Price Guide (Greenberg's Pocket Price Guide Lionel Trains)

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Essential Price Guide

Greenberg's Guide Lionel Trains 2004 Pocket Price Guide (Greenberg's Pocket Price Guide Lionel Trains)

Manufacturer: Greenberg Pub. Co.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0897785258

Book Description

Includes a brief description of each item with production date and significant variations. Pricing information is provided for numerically listed items in good, excellent, or new condition. Features the hobby's most accurate pricing data, compiling information from numerous sources around the country. Offers tips about how and where to buy toy trains, and insuring your collection

Covers Lionel's OO, O, Standard, and 2-7/8" gauge and large scale trains. Photo section features significant new products. Features a convenient, lay-flat binding.

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Essential Price Guide.......2007-03-02

When it comes to concise and easy to use price guides to Lionel Trains I have found Greenberg's Guides to be invaluable. It breaks the catalogue numbers down into eras or distinct ranges of years of production and lists price ranges based on condition in a very orderly fashion. If you sell or buy on eBay this is a valuable tool. Greenberg's Lionel Trains Guides and publications are all first rate and come highly recommended.

Greenberg's American Flyer Pocket Price Guide 1946-2004 (Greenberg's American Flyer Pocket Price Guide)

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Greenberg's American Flyer Pocket Price Guide 1946-2004 (Greenberg's American Flyer Pocket Price Guide)

Manufacturer: Kalmbach Publishing Company
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ASIN: 0897785266

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Provides collectors with current market prices for American Flyer trains produced between 1946 and 2005. Includes a brief description of each item with production date and significant variations. Pricing information is provided for items in good or excellent condition.

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Revised and updated, this 11th edition of Toys & Prices 2004 is the premiere value guide for toy collectors. This popular annual price and identification guide features toys from the baby boom era to present, and now contains the most comprehensive listing of postwar toys ever assembled. New chapters on PEZ, western toys, Lego, and Hot Wheels number packs join annual favorites, including action figures, Star Wars?, Barbie? doll, Marx, Tonka, and more.

Besides offering collectors up-to-date pricing for their favorite toys along with more than 25,000 accurate, detailed listings, this edition includes more than 5,000 photographs for hassle-free identification. Supply toy collectors with the price and identification guide they have been waiting for.

* New and revised toy categories * Features more than 5,000 photographs and 25,000 listings * Completely updated pricing

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Toys & Prices 2004 is Informative and Useful.......2004-01-29

This book was acquired just a couple of weeks ago. I look forward to various price guides each year, and this is a definite on my list. What Toys & Prices brings is a very informative and useful tool in the ways of collectible merchandise. From action figures, to board games, to toy cars. This baby has it all. And as a price guide, it is worth the money you pay.

If you are in the collectible field as I am, you know that finding a price for various items can be difficult. This book tries to cover all relavent information. Though not perfect, I find that the listings are thorough and the prices are fair. There are many price guides on the market that try and dictate how a collectible should be selling. They raise values each year, sometimes to the extreme. Toys & Prices and the people at Krause are completely fair and do much research to determine the values of the items they list. They use many sources, from retail sales to online auctions such as Ebay.

So if you need a reliable source to seek a true market value of your collectibles, look no further than Toys & Prices by Karen O'Brien at Krause Publications. You can find many many items inlcuding Viewmaster, Disney, models, Pez, and much more! It's well worth the money.

My choice of 4 out of 5 stars is because I think it should even be more informative. I'm a stickler to include many things, though I know space is always a limitation. I'd rather pay $5 more and get much more info. But I was told by Karen that they will try and rotate some of the categories used year after year. Coloring books, which is rather a newer type of collectible, was removed. But possibly it will be reinserted every 2 or 3 years to keep the collector informed that there is still a market for items such as these, but is not an active one with price increases. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this book.

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Toys and Prices 2004
Karen O'brien
Manufacturer: KP Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000U2R0RO

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Madame Alexander 2004 Collectors Dolls Price Guide # 29: 2004 Collector's Dolls, Price Guide (Madame Alexander Collector's Dolls Price Guide)
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ASIN: 157432392X

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The alphabetical listings in this book have been expanded to include nearly every Madame Alexander doll, and the newest store specials and limited editions have been added -- issues from Belk Legget Department Stores, Madame Alexander Doll Club Convention dolls and those exclusive to members only, Neiman-Marcus dolls, QVC/Home Shopping Network exclusives, United Federation of Doll Clubs, and many more. All of the Alexander favorites remain, with updated prices given for the classic Cissy, Little Women, Wendy, Scarlett O'Hara, Alexander-Kins, and Ballerina dolls, plus hundreds more. The sizes, dates, outfits, and current values given for every doll listed, as well as the representative sampling of sharp color photographs, assist the collector in identification. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Linda Crowsey is the author of the annual Madame Alexander Collector's Dolls Price Guide, now in its 28th edition. She has also authored Madame Alexander Store Exclusives Limited Editions, which has become very popular. REVIEW: This book is one of Collector Books' #1 bestselling doll books. Now in its 29th printing, the book has become a standard in the field. It's the perfect guide to tote along to flea markets and auctions. The many faces of Alexander dolls are featured, as well as hundreds of listings of almost every Madame Alexander doll ever made. Special events dolls and store exclusives are given coverage as well.

Toy Truck Collector Official 2004 Price Guide, Hess, Texaco, Wilco, Coca-Cola, and more

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Practical growing techniques and creative display ideas are showcased in this comprehensive guide to ornamental grasses and bamboos. Grasses have gained popularity in recent years, and tropical plants like bamboo are incorporated more frequently into Northern gardeners' landscapes. This guide provides an overview of grass structures and functions, tips on the best ways to cultivate and propagate grasses and bamboos, and 14 landscape plans featuring these popular plants. Each plan focuses on a different theme, including a prairie planting, a tropical jungle, a pond garden, and blue- and green-toned gardens. Also included are other venues for planting grasses and bamboos, with unique ideas like rooftop plantings and a bamboo hedge. An alphabetical listing of grass species gives basic horticultural information, including the USDA Zone in which the plants will grow. A list of suppliers where gardeners can find the best grasses and bamboos rounds out this indispensable volume.

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American Horticultural Society Practical Guides: Grasses and Bamboos (AHS Practical Guides)
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Here are two new competitively priced, compact, full-color guides that focus on a specific gardening topic, solve an array of gardening problems, and present every important plant group. Combining the authority of the American Horticultural Society with the visual magic of DK design, these practical handbooks are the ultimate quick-reference guides for gardeners. The AHS Practical Guides address particular needs and solve specific problems. With this wide range of small, affordable titles gardeners can build a customized mini-reference library that enables them to solve problems, acquire skills, and further develop their passion for the soil.

Grasses and Bamboos (RHS Practical Guides)

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Royal Horticultural Society
Manufacturer: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
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Responding to the growing market in home improvement and home renovation, this practical reference provides easy access to cost-effective design solutions for typical design challenges. It's packed with illustrations, floor plans, and renderings that provide useful guidance at a glance. Organization by major housing design types such as colonial, Cape Code, split-level, and others also makes the source convenient to use. Plans showing the original designs with shaded overlays of new designs expedite understanding of how changes were made and shows architects better and more cost-effective ways to re-design typical residential layouts. In addition, readers get a clear picture of how a conventional kitchen, bathroom, or bedroom can be easily and quickly re-configured to add space or amenities.

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How to fix a floorplan.......2000-12-22

Home Space Planning is a collection of 20 problem floorplans, each with 2-20 modifications (in increasing complexity and difficulty) suggested by the architect.

Though the book is 80% pictures, the short paragraphs describing the problems and solutions pictured quickly teach one the remodeler's art. You'll learn to quickly identify a problem kitchen or a noisy bedroom, and learn a variety of fixing tricks -- from rearranging cabinets to moving walls to adding a second floor.

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Home Space Planning : A Guide for Architects, Designers, & Home Owners
Nancy Temple
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBNGAI

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Nancy Temple
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill
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You don't need to be a dancer to teach students these easy movement activities. Let A Moving Experience dance its way into your heart, as it has for thousands of others. More than 100 exercises help children discover qualities of space, time, numbers, their bodies, and rhythm. Children learn to feel good about themselves, establish values, and respect and support one another as they explore creative movement. AUTHOR BIO: Teresa Benzwie received her B.S. and M.A. in Early Childhood Education at New York University and her Ed.D. in Dance at Temple University. Over a twenty-five year period of teaching inner-city children in New Jersey and New York, she developed her own distinctive method of guiding children towards self-acceptance and toward the mastery of basic skills through the use of creative movement.

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Excelent book! A must for teachers!.......2000-09-21

I had the oportunity to teach a class of corporal movement and creative dance for children. The school gave me a curriculum guide that took me 2 weeks to complete. What was I going to do for the rest of the school year? Then I stumbled upon this book and it was heaven! The ideas are magnificent; the ilustrations are clear, from then on we had a blast! Thank you!

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This work presents original and critical papers on the life and sociological contributions of Oliver C. Cox. The unique features of this volume include an analysis of Cox's enigmatic career as a sociologist, his links with Marx, Weber and Mills, his contributions to world system theory, and his legacy with and exclusion from the Chicago School.

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