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Mushrooms and other fungi;: Their form and colour
H Kleijn
Manufacturer: DoubleDay
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- Offers nothing of substance
- Excellent Companion for our recent Visit!!
- Great Book On The Baltimore Area
- Aunt Wendy is going to move to Baltimore
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Insiders' Guide to Baltimore, 3rd (Insiders' Guide Series)
Elizabeth A. Evitts , and
Nancy Jones-Bonbrest
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ASIN: 0762728353 |
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Explore museums, shops, and restaurants with local authors who offer behind-the-scenes information about what's happening in Baltimore. From magnificent downtown movie houses to blue crab dinners, Baltimore dishes up a rich cultural history.
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Offers nothing of substance.......2007-05-02
I believed that the Insiders' Guide to Baltimore was a travel guide when I bought it. Unfortunately, it is an odd hybrid of travel book, relocation guide, and general source of information about the Baltimore area. As is often the case with a book that tries to do too much, it doesn't excel at any of them.
All the basic information is here including entries places to stay, eat, and shop. Local attractions are also covered in addition to a chapter on day trips. One problem is that these entries tend to be shorter than you would find in most guides. I also would have appreciated more of a critique of the attractions. All the descriptions read like something out of a marketing brochure from the operators so it's very hard to know what is most worth your time. Similarly, I found no critical comments of any kind in the descriptions of restaurants and hotels when clearly some will be better than others.
The truth is that if you want a guidebook to Baltimore, you have very few choices. Still, I would probably recommend using the web to gather information on the few real tourist attractions (like the outstanding National Aquarium) and accommodations and save your money rather than purchase this book. If you want happy-talk that sounds like it came from the local Chamber of Commerce, you can always to the actual Chamber's web site and get it for free.
Excellent Companion for our recent Visit!!.......2005-09-06
My husband and I just returned from our trip to Baltimore, and might I say, I don't know what we would have done without this book! We went to attractions recommended by the book, and we were not disappointed. I love the way that the book gives you the kind of information that you need and leaves out the subsidiary parts. The book also had an invaluable map that showed the main streets that we wanted. We chose restaurants based not only on price, and neighborhood, but also the "vibe," that was very well described by the authors.
I saw this book at Barnes and Noble and thought it was too big and complex for a labor day weekend in Baltimore, but my mother surprised us by sending this version via Amazon. I am so glad she did. It was so easy to understand and really helped with a trip that we wanted to have a "winging it" feel, instead of a very "planning it" feel.
We liked this so much that I have just ordered the version of my own hometown to "explore" the parts of our own city that would be interesting to visitors.
Hats off to "The insiders guide" folks!
Great Book On The Baltimore Area.......2005-09-03
THE INSIDERS' GUIDE TO BALTIMORE is a great book, even if some of the radio station info is outdated. It features detailed information on where the best neighborhoods and dining are, as well as mentioning several great shopping malls. The only other problem, besides outdated radio station listings, is a lack of discussion of the planned Baltimore suburb of Columbia, which is really a city of its own. Other than that, though, this book is essential.
Aunt Wendy is going to move to Baltimore.......2004-05-30
Aunt Wendy is going to move to be closer to Sarah when Mr. Specky passes. Until then, she is going to stay in Texas. I'm buying her this book, or one like it. Then she'll know where all of the hot spots are. Specky will be looking down from doggie afterlife jealous of Aunt Wendy's cool new life in Balto. Have fun in the Bay area Sarah and Wendy, without Specky, but with this book.
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Los Ases del Bf 109 En El Mediterraneo y El Norte de Africa
Juan Maria Martinez
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- Great guide for learning atonamy, but it is NOT intended to be a kids book; it is for serious artists
- pretty cool, but has it's downsites.
- Unfulfilling
- great for budding artists
- Way too short.
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How to Draw the Legend of Zelda
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ASIN: 0439635810 |
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In the best-selling tradition of How to Draw Pokemon, this new title in one of Troll's most popular series teaches heroes and villains, from Link and Princess Zelda to Ganondorf, Tektite, Goron, Lizalfos, and more!
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Great guide for learning atonamy, but it is NOT intended to be a kids book; it is for serious artists.......2007-03-10
I'm not a kid, I'm just too lazy to sign up for amazon.
If you've ever used a How to Draw disney book, you'll recognize the similar steps here, which is a good thing. But to those who have been complaining that it is too complicated for kids, read this: Bambi and the Little Mermaid weren't drawn by kids, and niether was Zelda. Furthermore adding to the ridiculousness of these aruments is that Zelda isn't even a kid's game to start with, it's VERY violent. Back on topic, It takes a serious artist years to learn these techniques.
This is a very nice drawing book for those interested in the characters. But be prepared to practice for many months. That's what it takes to draw cartoons, unlike portraits.
pretty cool, but has it's downsites........2007-01-16
I like this book a lot, but foir each charecter, there are only one pose. I love legend of zelda, so it automaticly gets 5 stars. but i reduced it to 4 cuz it only had the following:zelda, link, saria, ganon, deku scrub, link in a pose, a garon, and a tektite. i realy like twighlight princess, and wind waker, but it only had ocarina of time (also a great game). I think you should buy it if you want a blast from the past, or u r a total nerd(i'm a nerd :]).
Unfulfilling.......2007-01-15
Bought this book for son who is going to college to be a video animator. He didn't like this book at all! We do not recommend spending the money on this book. Look to other books for help with art design.
great for budding artists.......2007-01-09
Hours of entertainment creating game characters. Who knows? May lead to a career in entertainment animation...
Way too short........2003-04-29
What I was hoping for with this book was details. The inking was really thick, so the really fine details were hard to distinguish, making my purchase for that sake fruitless.
Also, the number of characters in the book is a piddling 13, and a number of those aren't characters, but rather monsters from Ocarina of Time. While they are marginally interesting in their own right, I think the space would be better used on more important characters.
The book's quite cheap, so you may want it as a guide to the rough proportions of a few characters. It's not worth much more than its cover price, though.
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Pet Projects for Your Cat: Easy Ways to Pamper Your Kitty
Mary-Anne Danaher
Manufacturer: Time-Life Books
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Return Of Sherlock Holmes Inc
Rh Value Publishing
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Release Date: 1988-12-12 |
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- Stock Photography from Mallorca
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Gardens of Mallorca/Garten Auf Mallorca/Jardines De Mallorca
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ASIN: 3936761027 |
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Gardens of Mallorca surprises readers with its depiction of magnificent Mediterranean gardens. Riveting texts, which convey much more than just factual knowledge, are a harmonious counterpart to the opulent visual component. Charlotte Seeling explains what is meant by a "Mallorcan-style garden" and which plants are original to the island and which have been imported. Along with the gorgeous foliage, the history of the island and its people are also treated in depth, and anecdotes about the gardens' owners give this luxurious illustrated book a particular, and very personal, Mallorcan charm.
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Stock Photography from Mallorca.......2004-03-25
If you like this book about Mallorca, take a look to one of the following links: http://www.balearicpictures.net http://www.mallorcapictures.com http://www.menorcapictures.com http://www.ibizapictures.net http://balearicpictures.net http://mallorcapictures.com http://menorcapictures.com http://ibizapictures.net
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Genetic, Immune and Molecular Predisposition to Hypertension (Progress in Hypertension, Volume 4)
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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This monograph is the fourth volume in the Progress in Hypertension series. It aims to provide a coverage of some of the different aspects of modern research in hypertension as well as a summary of what amounts to an enormous body of literature on the subject.
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Commemorative 2004 calendar of the Oklahoma State Capitol Dome Dedication fireworks display.
Contains monthly facts detailing the history and construction of the capitol and the dome. Example - Atop the dome, "The Guardian", a three-ton bronze sculpture of a Native American warrior, represents the strength, determination and values of the people of Oklahoma.
Contains all of the major Oklahoma state holidays. Example - May 22nd: Jim Thorpe Day, Nov. 16th: Statehood Day.
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Fireworks 2004
Firefly Books
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Every July the peace of the night sky is shattered with an extravaganza of color and sound, as millions of people are enthralled by pyrotechnic displays. Fireworks have been part of celebrations for more than a thousand years. Today's fireworks are elaborate state-of-the-art technology. In
Fireworks 2004, leading photographers capture twelve of the most spectacular fireworks displays from around the world for you to enjoy all year.
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- Fantastic storytelling about the Almonte family...
- An engrossing and important story
- Best book on modern immigration
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MUDDY CUP: A Dominican Family Comes of Age in a New America
Barbara Fischkin
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Fantastic storytelling about the Almonte family... .......2006-05-06
I just finished reading "Muddy Cup" and feel like I know the Almonte family personally. That could be because I'm familiar with the Dominican experience, my wife emigrated from Santo Domingo at age 16, and I also grew up in the predominantly Dominican Washington Heights neighborhhod. But even if I didn't, the book is so detailed and intimate that someone who has never met a Dominican will feel like they truly have. Barbara Fischkin set out to do a piece for New York Newsday on the Almonte family. The Almontes are from a very small village, known as el campo, called Camu outside of Puerto Plata. She met the mother, Roselia, and her three children( Cristian, Elizabeth and Mauricio ) at the US consulate in Santo Domingo. That newspaper piece ended up as the book "Muddy Cup." Mrs. Fischkin became close with the family, including many relatives, and followed their journey from the small village to Santo Domingo and eventually to Queens, NY. The Almonte story is like many other Dominican families who came before and after them. The youngest child, Mauricio, who is know studying to be Spanish professor in Tennessee of all places, is the child who I could relate to the most. He didn't speak a word of English when he arrived in Queens at age 11, and now is a very educated, English professor in the making. That is amazing to me because the Dominicans, like many other immigrant groups get sterotyped all the time. They are all uneducated drug dealers, or the ones who "made it" are all baseball players. Like the Irish in the last century were all called potato eating, job stealing parasites. Dominicans happen to be the largest( if they are not they are almost there ) Hispanic group in NYC. They have made their presence felt all over the Northeast and beyond, and althougn this book was written in the early/mid nineties, it reflects Dominican experience of today. More have arrived and are arriving every day. Guillermo Linares was elected the first Dominican City ouncilman back in 1991 and many others are entering politics as well. Mrs. Fischkin did a fantastic job of telling their story and it just so happens that her family, Ukranian Jewish immigrants almost a century before, took the same journey as the Almontes. The only difference is that they traveled across the ocean on a boat, while the Almontes traveled on an airplane. I have read quite a few stories about Dominican immigrants and this is by far the best and most heartfelt. I look foward to reading more of Barbara Fischkins work as it is apparent that she is a gifted and entertaining writer.
An engrossing and important story.......1999-01-10
Barbara Fischkin tells a universal story in her chronicle of the Almonte family's coming to America, the painful choices and formidable obstacles they face, their setbacks and successes as they leave behind their beloved Dominican Republic. Muddy Cup is full of rich detail, compassion, and a narrative focus that makes it read like a novel. Treating a little-covered topic with depth and insight, this is the way journalism should be done. There are more than one million Dominicans living in the United States, and Fischkin does a wonderful job of giving faces and names to a group of people who are increasingly visible and vocal in this country. Most important, she shows how similar their hopes and dreams are to those of the many immigrant groups who made America.
Best book on modern immigration.......1997-12-12
This is the story of everyman, the struggle of stepping off into uncharted universe to make a better life. As the US continues to attract record numbers of immigrants, this book provides a seamless look at just who these people are, the conditions they left behind and their expectations for the future. It also reminds us that the experiences of today's immigrants are not unique, that they are a mirror for all of us.
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Ultimate investment and business guide for conducting business, export-import and investment operation; economic, industrial, geographic, demographic information.
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This investment and business guide contains basic information on economy, business & investment climate and opportunities in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities, including, export-import, industrial development, banking & finance, government and business contacts. The guide also provides listing and contact information for major industrial, trade, service and other companies in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities.
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Kostroma Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Business Intelligence Library)
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- The Ultimate Guide to this vast and fascinating region!
- Not What I Wanted
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Desert Survivor: An Adventurer's Guide to Exploring the Great American Desert
John Annerino
Manufacturer: Four Walls Eight Windows
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The Great American Desert stretches from Oregon to central Mexico, encompassing some of the loneliest, loveliest spots on the planet. Desert Survivor tells readers how to get there, what to take, and the dangers and pleasures they can expect to encounter along the way. Out-of-the-way gems of the Sonoran Desert are described alongside such popular desert destinations as the Grand Canyon and Big Bend National Park. Desert Survivor is written for the daypacker as well as the more intense traveler who wants to spend a few nights or more under desert skies. The book includes maps, drawings, and photos. Features an overview of the 53 most heavily visited national parks and monuments in the western U.S., and includes guidelines for exploring the desert both by foot and by vehicle.
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The Ultimate Guide to this vast and fascinating region!.......2007-06-23
"Some folks like to head out in search of adventure. Others prefer to find it in the pages of a book. Either way, readers can't go wrong with John Annerino's Desert Survivor: An Adventurer's Guide to the Great American Desert. Intimately familiar with the ways of the wilderness, Annerino has written a how-to book for exploring the Great American desert from Oregon's Great Basin Desert to Northern Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert. . . ."
- Arizona Daily Star
"I just finished Desert Survivor, but there is so much information I think I will immediately re-read it. This is the one book I have read that focuses exclusively on North American deserts and how to survive and enjoy them, concentrating on preparedness rather than survival for the unprepared. Also with a heavy emphasis on Native peoples' methods for surviving and in some cases flourishing."
- Backcountry Books
"Your shelf or bookstore likely has many volumes with reliable information on survival and camping. Two of my favorites are John Annerino's Desert Survivor: An Adventurer's Guide to the Great American Desert and Peggy Larson's The Deserts of the Southwest: A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide."
- Bill Broyles, desert rat and author of Sunshot: Peril and Wonder in the Gran Desierto
"Stretching from Oregon to central Mexico, the Great American desert encompasses North Americas most famous landmarks including the Grand Canyon, Big Bend in Texas and Utah's Canyonlands. Desert Survivor is the ultimate guide to this vast and fascinating region. Photos & illustrations."
-Libreria Universitaria, Italia
"Following the stories of Annerino's own experiences thwarting death in the remote deserts of the American southwest, Desert Survivor is devoted to a fascinating history of the earliest adventurers in America's remotest desert and an equally compelling survey of the area's geology, flora, and fauna."
- My Destinations
"A well informed, practical guide and handbook for hikers, backpackers and anyone else who would like to explore the parks and wilderness areas of the Chihuauan, Mojave, Sonoroan and Great Basin deserts of the American Southwest. With maps, drawings, photos, and guidelines for safe travel. Annerino is a popular author, photographer -- and desert rat -- who lives in Tucson. With an excellent overview of the natural and cultural history of the Great American Desert."
- Longtitude Books
"Desert Survivor: An Adventurers Guide to Exploring the Great American Desert by John Annerino details the dangers and pleasures of desert sojourns."
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Not What I Wanted.......2006-07-18
I am considering doing some backpacking in the desert. I wanted a book that contained some mixture of desert hiking advice, suggested routes, gear selection tips, and ancedotes.
This book does contain those things, sort of, but I was disapointed. It suffers from a lack of focus and organization. The author wanders between stories of the American Indian tribes, the history of European exploration and his modern day trips. In more skillful hands this might been an interesting interweaving of past and present but it fell flat for me.
The part of the book that I enjoyed the most was the two tales in the introduction. In those tales, the author sounds like an interesting person. The most useful thing that I found in the book was the author's rule-of-the-thumb for estimating the amount of water needed for a desert hike.
In his discussion of the usefulness of water stills and how hard it is to get water from cacti, the author lets it slip that he has taught desert survival, the book would be better if he had elaborated on that more.
All-in-all, I'm glad that I didn't pay full price.
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Taxation of Non-Resident Entertainers (Ifa Congress Seminar Series , No 20d)
International Fiscal Association Staff
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The taxation of non-residents is a topic which has gained a great deal of attention and importance, in particular in the field of sports, with worldwide television coverage of major events and the ever-increasing revenues generated by artists and sportspeople as well as promoters and other organizations. This has prompted the states in which such events take place to secure and increase their share in the revenues and to improve their collection systems. This book, which reflects the proceedings of a seminar held in Cannes, France in 1995 chaired by Dr Jurgen Killius, contributes to the understanding of the income tax status of artists, sportspersons and loan-out companies in the state in which they perform their artistic or sports activities.
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Financial Accounting, Study Guide: A Decision-Making Approach
Thomas E. King ,
Valdean C. Lembke , and
John H. Smith
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471390623 |
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This fully revised edition teaches readers how to understand and use accounting information in their business decisions. Taking a user-oriented approach, the text spotlights the link between accounting information and decisions and helps readers gain an appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of reported accounting information for making different types of business decisions.
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Financial Accounting.......2001-01-16
This is a standard textbook with very little interest. While it presents a comprehensive, complete set of reference material, it does so in a very uninteresting fashion that does not keep the author interested, and thus, does not promote learning.
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- A dense and fascinating study of food in the Confederacy
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Confederate Commissary General: Lucius Bellinger Northrop and the Subsistence Bureau of the Southern Army
Jerrold Northrop Moore
Manufacturer: White Mane Pub
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ASIN: 0942597753 |
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A dense and fascinating study of food in the Confederacy.......2000-02-28
When I picked up this book, I had not studied the Civil War since high school, and knew little more than the basics. After reading it, I have a much more vibrant picture of the Confederacy, and especially of the reasons why the South lost. In view of what Moore reveals, I'm astounded the Confederacy survived as long as it did! Moore has done a masterful job of primary and obscure-secondary source research (he quotes the primary sources extensively, adding much interest to the narrative), piecing together the intricate puzzle of subsistence in the Confederacy. The influences on and factors affecting subsistence permeate the entire history of the war, encompassing physical geography, land exhaustion, rife speculation, egotistical generals, corrupt officials, dithering beaurocrats, rickety railroads, salt mines, currency devaluation, careless strategists, hog cholera, personal vendettas, blockade runners, vicious media, and a slew of other factors that wove the complex web of failure.
In the course of the book, familiar characters such as Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and southern generals Beauregard, Bragg, and Johnston are fleshed out, offering the reader either new appreciation or condemnation. Northrop himself is presented as a man completely honest and dutiful, though entirely lacking personal charm. He was a man with an impossible job, frustrated at nearly every turn, and then generally blamed for each shortage or failure. After reading this book, the reader cannot help but sympathize with Northrop, as well as understand his plight and the plight of the South.
My only complaints with the book were that I often got lost in the plethora of names; a repetition of the individual's role whenever he or she is mentioned would have helped, or perhaps a character list at the beginning of the book. Also helpful would have been a reference map encompassing the geography of the Civil War, for those of us who have forgotten those high school classes and can't recall exactly where Chancellorsville or Chickamauga are.
Overall, I found this a dense and fascinating book.
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- A great insight into poetry
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International Who's Who in Poetry 2004 (International Who's Who in Poetry)
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 1857431782 |
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A unique and comprehensive guide to more than 4,000 contemporary poets worldwide
The 12th edition of the International Who's Who in Poetry is a unique and comprehensive guide to both well-known and up-and-coming poets worldwide. Providing both a historical and current guide to poetry, this resources includes:
* Over 4,000 biographical entries providing full career history and publication details
* An extensive directory of Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom and USA, Oxford University professors of poetry, poet winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, winners of the Pulitzer Prize for American Poetry and of the King's/Queen's Gold medal, and other poetry prizes
* A summary of poetic forms and rhyme schemes
* A complete historical listing of over 8,000 important and influential authors and poets of the last 3,000 years
* An international appendices section lists prizes and past prize-winners, organizations, magazines, and publishers
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A great insight into poetry.......2004-05-13
An excellent collection of poems for the enthusiast. Also a great inspiration to those new to poetry.
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Homeplace: The Making of the Canadian Dwelling over Three Centuries
Peter Ennals ,
Peter M. Ennais , and
Deryck Holdsworth
Manufacturer: University of Toronto Press
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ASIN: 0802043402 |
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The Six Sigma Instuctor Guide-Greenbelt Training Made Easy is a step-by-step instructor's guide for training Green Belts and Six Sigma teams using Six Sigma Simplified (ISBN 1-884180-13-2. You'll learn how to use these two books to train Six Sigma teams in as little as two hours! Using proven instructional methods, you'll learn how to use stories, case studies, and team member participation to develop unconscious competence and take teams right into solving their first problem.
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Well designed course material - full coverage of key topics.......2002-08-06
This instructor's guide is equally focused on quality improvement in a general sense as well as on 6-Sigma techniques.
It starts off with a module on course planning that lays out the curriculum and objectives. It then introduces 6-Sigma, followed by modules for improvement planning, problem solving, process management and common tools. Each module is, in my opinion, excellent. For example, improvement planning introduces quality function deployment (QFD) as a primary tool/technique. Problem solving gives a structured 5-step process that can be effectively used by anyone, regardless of their job or role, and the module on process management is where the 6-Sigma tools and techniques are introduced, along with design of experiments (Taguchi Technique), and an implementation plan. QFD is also more thoroughly covered in this module.
The final module covers most of the common TQM tools and techniques, which round out the knowledge and skill areas required by anyone responsible for supporting 6-Sigma at the worker through line manager levels.
Overall, this is a well written book that gives instructors a clearly defined outline for a syllabus and learning objectives.
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The Six sigma instructor guide: Green belt training made easy
Lowell Jay Arthur
Manufacturer: Lifestar
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: B0006S5YWA |
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- Preston Love's message - a must
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A Thousand Honey Creeks Later: My Life in Music from Basie to Motown--and Beyond (Music/Culture)
Preston Love ,
Johnny Otis , and
George Lipsitz
Manufacturer: Wesleyan
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ASIN: 081956320X |
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Preston Love's resume reads like a Who's Who of American music: member of the Count Basie Band during its heyday in the 40s, studio musician in Los Angeles, cohort of Jo Jones, Lester Young, Ray Charles, and Dizzy Gillespie, and back-up player for Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder. In this autobiography Love shows that, while the music centers of New York, New Orleans, Chicago, and Kansas City nurtured the development of those uniquely African American forms, jazz and the Motown sound, significant contributions were also being made by territory bands tirelessly performing in outposts like St. Cloud, Minnesota, Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Honey Creek, Iowa.
It was in the latter town where Love, a 15-year-old from the black ghetto of Omaha, made his musical debut. Captivated by the sweet alto sax sounds of Earle Warren, Love took up the instrument and within a decade was sitting in Warren's chair. But Love's personal odyssey is more than a chronicle of endless bus rides, bad crowds in backwater clubs, and feast-or-famine finances endured en route to the top. In a distinctive and passionate voice he outlines significant facets of African American history: the central importance of the family in musical development, institutional racism in American popular culture, and the interracial nature of the music world. He also describes the growth of the music industry, especially Motown, what he calls "the powerful colossus from Detroit." Love's story, told with uncanny memory and unfailing honesty, provides an important view into the career of a musician and the evolution of a major musical form.
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Preston Love's message - a must.......2004-09-12
The message in this book is deep and vital.
Every music teacher / student should understand and agree with Preston Love, before they even think of playing a single beautiful note on their instrument ...
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I Am the Only Survivor of Krasnostav
Donna Rubinstein
Manufacturer: Shengold Pub
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