Wildflowers Along Forest and Mesa Trails (Coyote Book Series)

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Robert seems like such a regal name. Hmm . . . maybe not. This name is held by some of history's most notorious criminals, scoundrels and utter failures. In this book, you'll encounter killers, spies, gunslingers, corrupt politicians and crooked businessmen, all named Robert or Bobby. Meet the ultra-religious spy, the killer nurse and the actor who was a porn pioneer. It's the perfect book for anyone named Robert, Bob or Bobby.

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Not for a self-taught beginner

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

A gift givers delight; very fast service!

Breathtaking!

Beautiful origami boxes

Fabulous Origami Boxes
Tomoko Fuse
Manufacturer: Japan Publications Trading
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Kusudama Origami

ASIN: 0870409786

Book Description

Imagine a box made of paper! Boxes are one of the most popular formats of the age-old papercraft of origami. This delightful book is entirely devoted to the creation of origami boxes-plain or fancy, playful or practical, and elaborate boxes topped with cranes, butterflies, lilies, stars, and
more.

FABULOUS ORIGAMI BOXES includes designs for nesting boxes, simple triangle and square boxes and more complex hexagonal and octagonal boxes. Detailed illustrations provide step-by-step instructions on the correct way to crease and fold origami paper. Many of the designs are made of one sheet of
paper, but some combine individual units with intriguing results.

Both practical and lovely, these boxes can be used for gift-giving, storing trinkets, or simply for display.

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Not for a self-taught beginner.......2007-03-09

This is a wonderful book, but I jumped too far ahead of my abilities to follow these instructions. if you truly are a self-taught beginner, perhaps starting with something written specifically for beginners is appropriate.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.......2007-02-21

Fuse's boxes are really, really stunning. I can only add my voice to the chorus of reviewers that find this book highly useful.

The boxes are fairly easy to fold. Although I am an experienced folder of origami, I feel that a complete novice could pick this up and make most of the boxes with a little time and patience. (I can zip through most of them in less than 15 minutes, including the assembly.)

Everyone who has recieved a gift from me inside a personally-folded box has commented on the beauty and sturdiness of the box. If you use a nice, thick, cloth-like washi, the box will last for a very long time.

Check out Fuse's other work in modular origami, it's worth your time and effort.

A gift givers delight; very fast service! .......2007-01-19

I got just what I wanted and faster than I expected, especially Christmas time. It looks like great fun.

Thanks,
Sue

Breathtaking!.......2006-02-12

My first book by Ms. Fuse was not in English, and it was also my first unit origami book. I have been hooked ever since. The folding is not bad at all, although fitting the pieces together is like putting together a three-dimensional puzzle. The result is surprisingly sturdy, too. I find it a peaceful way to take a break and get my mind off of everyday annoyances. The word "Fabulous" in the title is well-deserved. When put together properly, the lids are decorated with geometric designs, lilies, bunny rabbits, a heart, butterflies, a crane... These are not images, but three-dimensional. If you love origami, boxes, math, or puzzles, this book will amaze you. Given the amount of pleasure you can get out of a few sheets of paper and this book, it is a real bargain.

Beautiful origami boxes.......2005-10-09

This delightful origami book features a collection of designs by Tomoko Fuse which have been published elsewhere in her Japanese language books but which appear here accompanied by English text. As always Miss Fuse's boxes are beautifully finished both inside and out and choosing the correct paper can add a great deal to the quality of the finished product.

These little boxes consist of a number of sheets of paper slotted together to form each part and some are really not that easy to do. The flower box and some of the other decorative tops are quite tricky to figure out and absolute accuracy is required in the folding. Having said this I have made most of the boxes in the book and the instructions are in Miss Fuse's clear and easy to follow style. All of the boxes are made up and photographed clearly in the book, both in a separate sumptuous gallery section and in black and white photographs alongside the instructions.

I would not recommend this book for a complete beginner but someone who has done some folding and has mastered the basic models should be able to manage and enjoy making most of the items in it.

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THE MASTER'S BOOK OF BONSAI.

Manufacturer: W
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HKJQOO

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Good book for beginners

Masters Book of Bonsai
Japan Bonsai Associa
Manufacturer: Kodansha/see Oxford U
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 4770009224

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Good book for beginners.......2000-03-31

This book contains much information of how to care for your bonsai. Some well known bonsai are use throught the text. It contains good illustratuins covering most important topics and an excellent Appendix with chart of activities and timing of procedures for most species. The Black and white photographs are not to good.

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THE MASTERS' BOOK OF BONSAI.
Directors of the Japan Bonsai Association.
Manufacturer: Kodansha International
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UELXBQ

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THE MASTERS' BOOK OF BONSAI
Directors of the Japan Bonsai Association
Manufacturer: Kodansha International
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PM0472

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The Masters' Book of Bonsai
Nobukichi, Saburo Kato and Fusazo Takeyama Koide
Manufacturer: Tokyo: Kodansha International,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PT35LM

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The Masters' Book of Bonsai
Nobukicki; Kato, Saburo; Takeyama, Fusazo Koide
Manufacturer: SOLD
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OP4TS0

The Masters' Book of Bonsai (Growing from Seed, Collecting Plants from Nature for Bonsai, Growing Cuttings, Grafting, Layering and Dividing, Care of Bonsai, Group Planting of Bonsai, Rock-grown Bonsai.)

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The Masters' Book of Bonsai (Growing from Seed, Collecting Plants from Nature for Bonsai, Growing Cuttings, Grafting, Layering and Dividing, Care of Bonsai, Group Planting of Bonsai, Rock-grown Bonsai.)
Nobukichi Koide , Saburo Kato , and Fasazo Takeyama
Manufacturer: Kodansha Internatl.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RA0LJS

Product Description

This is a hard cover book, 8.25" wide x 8" tall, with 144 pages, compiled by Directors of The Japan Bonsai Association. It is a c1967 - Seventh Printing of 1973. The DJ has a black background. The word 'Bonsai' is in red, and all other lettering is in white, on the front cover. The cover photo is of a brown tone bonsai pot, with a bonsai plant leaning to the right. It has a grayish tone to the bark. The back of the DJ is white with Japanese lettering, and along the spine area, about 1.5" into the white space, it is black, which wraps around to the front. Color and b/w photos are abundant. A very informative book on every aspect of ....being The Master of Bonsai.

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Things I never thought to do (or never knew how)

A must for new brides!

not the typical organizing book

Very basic

Helpful for clueless

The Family Manager Takes Charge: Getting on the Fast Track to a Happy, Organized Home
Kathy Peel
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos

ASIN: 0399529136
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Book Description

Being a mom means more than being a wife and parent-it also means being the household accountant, building manager, cook, gardener, housekeeper, and personal shopper-just to name a few of the roles that come with the territory! As America's "Family Manager," bestselling author Kathy Peel has shown millions of moms that running a household is like operating a business. Like any good C.E.O., every mother must know her goals, determine her strategies, and manage her human resources.

Delegate-Motivate-Organize...Relax!

Every smart manager knows that success depends on teamwork. Kathy shows readers how to get kids and spouses to help around the house-with lots of practical advice and encouragement to get them motivated and keep them going.

Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity

With hundreds of time-saving, money-saving, and stress-reducing ideas, this indispensable handbook also shows readers how to take charge of running the home-without running themselves into the ground.

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Things I never thought to do (or never knew how).......2007-08-07

I just got this book a few days ago, and have been reading it in my spare time, but already I've organized the office, my daughter's closet, and the kitchen cupboards with Kathy Peel's advice. This book not only gives great tips and advice, but gets you motivated to keep a clean, organized and orderly home. I'm only in the 4th or 5th chapter so far, and have gotten so many great ideas for keeping a more smooth-running home. My husband has really enjoyed coming home every day to a more organized, neater home. Our biggest problem is clutter, and she gives great advice for getting rid of clutter and controlling the influx. We have a lot to do yet, but I'm excited to take back our home with Kathy Peel's helpful instructions.

A must for new brides!.......2007-04-10

I have been a housewife for 17 years and I still learned a lot of great time saving tips from this book. This is definately the kind fo book you have to buy, not borrow, so you can hilight and tag pages that jump out at you. It has columns for notes, budgets, etc. This is an absolutely perfect book for a shower gift or anniversary gift for a new bride--I am excited to give a copy to my daughters when they leave home.

not the typical organizing book.......2007-02-11

A lot of organizing books repeat the same old principles. Kathy's book applies an entirely different creed! Family managers become CEOs of the family which gives us a whole different perspective and value system. I highly recommend this book. Even after you get the concept down, there is a lot of information in the book you will want to have on the shelf as a reference.

Very basic.......2007-01-06

Walks you thru the very basics to start each project. Simple and easy to do.

Helpful for clueless.......2007-01-04

It is worth the price if you are really clueless and need a guide to taking care of the house. I have always wanted to stay home with my kids and have always had visions of a happy clean home, and then reality hits and it is not that easy. [...]

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In a gay heaven, the choir robes would be designed by Gautier after drawings by Tom of Finland. Even on Earth, utopia must be approaching when the musclebound torsos and bulging baskets of Tom's manly men attract a full-length critical study. Art historian Micha Ramakers, who previously edited a monograph of Tom of Finland's drawings, argues persuasively for the influence of these hyper-masculine figures on gay culture since the mid-1950s, when the artist's renderings of fantasy men first began to appear in American beefcake magazines. Although the consistency of Tom of Finland's technique and themes over the four decades of his working life doesn't leave Ramakers much room to discuss the development of his subject's talents, he makes ample use of his few opportunities (like the introduction of more black figures in the mid-1980s, after the artist spent six months in the U.S.). More rewardingly, he uses the pornographer's work as a lens for examining the evolution of gay masculinity since the 1950s. --Regina Marler

Book Description

In this groundbreaking study of the art of Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), better known as Tom of Finland, Micha Ramakers explores the incredible and defining impact Tom's work has had upon the culture at large. It is work whose erotic and emotional power remains unabated to this day. Lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs, Dirty Pictures is a lively and entertaining book encompassing the rise of the gay movement, the world of fine art, and the function (and the functioning) of pornography. For the millions of fans of Tom's work throughout the world, as well as readers unfamiliar with his work, this study brings uncommon insight into Tom of Finland's decidedly uncommon work.

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tom vs........2000-08-15

tom of finland is a demonstration and if you re intrested in gay-art you must have this book as soon as you can ....so this masculity is supported by heavenly drawings

A Must for Your Coffee Table.......2000-07-22

"The art of Touko Laaksonen (1920 1991), famous throughout the world as Tom of Finland, has had an incredible and defining impact upon the culture at large an impact that arguably exceeds that of any other artist working in the latter half of the 20th century. It is perhaps even more remarkable that Tom of Finland was not a traditional fine artist his work was most commonly regarded as gay pornography, and rightly so. Yet it is art that not only had a tremendous impact upon the emerging gay culture worldwide but whose erotic and emotional power remains unabated to this day. For millions of fans throughout the world, as well as those unfamiliar with Tom of Finland¹s art, this book brings uncommon insight into a decidedly uncommon body of work." - text excerpt from Stonewall Inn

Tom Tom Tom.......2000-04-10

If you love Tom of Finland, you will absolutely love this book. Seemingly hundreds of his prints, even such rarities from his early work, grace this book and give it a flavor that seems to be lacking from other pictorials. This book is utterly delightful and insightful as to the man himself. It was wonderful and I'd recommend it to anyone. Five stars all the way!

Dirty Pictures: Tom of Finland, Masculinity, and Homosexuality

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Dirty Pictures: Tom of Finland, Masculinity, and Homosexuality
Micha (Author) Finland, Tom Of (Illustrator) Ramakers
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTIEHI

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The most important spiritual writings of Christian history are available on this Classics CD by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at Calvin College. It contains 118 Christian classics, including three versions of the Bible, several commentaries, Bible dictionaries, readings, spiritual guides, sermons, poems and journals -- all in a convenient, searchable form. Books are available in HTML and PDF formats. The easy-to-use CCEL Desktop software powering the CD enables users to browse and print books and install additional books from the Web. The top-of-class search engine can search for words or phrases in books, in authors works or in the whole library. In addition, it can search for dictionary definitions of words and commentary or references to scripture passages. The interface is a Web browser. The CD is compatible with Windows 2000+, Macintosh 10.3+, and most Linux versions.

1851 H Robinson Engraving Charles James Fox After Original from the Thomas William Coke Collection

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1851 H Robinson Engraving Charles James Fox After Original from the Thomas William Coke Collection
H ( Engraver ) ; Thomas William Coke Collection Robinson
Manufacturer: John Tallis & Company
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ILLD3O

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CHARLES JAMES FOX
JOHN DRINKWATER
Manufacturer: ERNEST BENN LTD
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S86AKI

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CHARLES JAMES FOX
LASCELLES
Manufacturer: OXFORD
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RXY3OE

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CHARLES JAMES FOX
TREVELYAN
Manufacturer: NELSON
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Charles James Fox
John W. Derry
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ASIN: B000OLAEJM

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Charles James Fox
Charles James) Drinkwater, John Fox
Manufacturer: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K5SC0U

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First-class treatment of the subject

Charles James Fox
L. G. Mitchell
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0198201044

Book Description

Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful figures in eighteenth-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life, he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of his generation, dominating the Whig party and polite society. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke, his views on the major issues of the day - the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, parliamentary reform - formed the character of Whiggery in his own time and for years to come. Fox's historical reputation has been hotly disputed. Some have hailed him as one of the founding fathers of Radicalism, others have dismissed him as an irritating and irresponsible impediment to the statesmanship of Pitt. L. G. Mitchell's scholarly biography shows that in many ways Fox was a politician through circumstance, not inclination. Dr Mitchell analyses the ties of kinship and friendship which to an astonishing degree dictated Fox's politics, and offers striking new assessments of Whiggery and its most potent personality. This penetrating and readable study reveals the man and his mind, and sets Fox firmly within the political and social context of the late eighteenth century.

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First-class treatment of the subject.......2000-07-25

After finishing this book, it is hard to imagine there can be anything left to say about Charles James Fox. The familiar picture emerges of a politician who didn't have the skills or temperament of Pitt the Younger and hence was in opposition for most of his career. Yet Mitchell also makes two very interesting observations. First, Fox often preferred his private social life to politics. Did he, in fact, spend more time at the race track and at his London club than at the House of Commons? Secondly, Fox was less of a radical than most of his contemporaries thought. He was not, for instance, especially keen on far-reaching parliamentary reform. A big thumbs-up for this biography, not least for quoting verbatim from the strong language of certain original sources!

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Charles James Fox
Charles James) Derry, John w Fox
Manufacturer: St. Martins Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K5QCG6

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