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It's an additional resource; not "the Bible"

Need Improvement

Total Pile

Better than most

The best book BECAUSE it's the only book to choose from

Red Rock Select (Falcon Guides Rock Climbing)
Todd Swain
Manufacturer: Chockstone Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0934641862

Book Description

Information and maps for the travelling climber on 200 classic climbs for this popular region in southern Nevada.

Customer Reviews:

It's an additional resource; not "the Bible".......2003-04-20

The book is a decent additional resource to Urioste's "Red Book" (see also her 2003 26 trad routes addendum). Combined w/ the Red Rocks' SuperTopos the three will almost give you one good guidebook's worth of beta.

It IS your Red Rocks' "Bible" if you are a sport climber.

Need Improvement.......2002-02-07

I've been living and climbing at Red Rocks for two years now. Swain's guide book publicizes a number of new routes that are not in the previous guide; however, not all descriptions are adequate, and a few are even dangerous (such as fixed anchors indicated in the book where there are none in reality). You may also tire of the author's rather feeble attempts at humour! Having said this, I do use the guide alot, and when coupled with the older Urioste guide it serves its purpose. I am saddened however, by Swain's decision to not include a relatively large number of very good routes that were in the old guide-- thereby effectively 'erasing' good routes from the public memory. This amounts to a kind of bizarre censorship, as many of the routes he has left out are quite good and worth preserving. I, and many others, hope for a more enlightened guide book in the future; meanwhile, however, Swain's guide will suffice for most occasional visitors.

Total Pile.......2001-11-19

I do not believe this book can even be considered a guide book. No topos for certain areas. Poor descriptions. I went to Red Rocks with this book and it only got me to where I needed to park. I used the kindness of locals to get me to where I needed to go. Don't waste your time on this book. It's a pile.

Better than most.......2000-03-25

I consider Swain's guide book to be a work in progress. I hear that the 3rd edition is out and that it is improved. You have to remember that Swain is tall and likes to sandbag, so if he downgrades your best onsight, don't let it get to you. Sure, he messes up some pitch lengths, pitch grades and approaches but I believe he's trying to do his honest best to write a quality guide. He's no Greg Opland, but maybe he can learn.

The best book BECAUSE it's the only book to choose from.......2000-02-29

The book is very good overall. However the author should have spent a lot more time editing it before printing. The book has numerous contradictions as far as the rating system goes. One climb might be listed as a trad climb only and then in the index that same climb is listed as a sport climb. The index's section on the 5.10a climbs is completely screwed up! About 85% of these climbs are listed as a sport climb but then when you flip to that page they are listed as strictly trad climbs. It's very frustrating sometimes. The book has a lot of very helpful information and as of 1999 it was by far the best available. Hopefully the author will fix all of these problems in the next printing that has been rumored to be release for about 2 years and going.

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A very positive and encouraging book.......2005-11-16

I bought this book for my mother who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) which is treatable, but fast moving. The family, church, many ministries and people prayed. Our family fasted and prayed, and today my mother is healed! It has been a year and a half since she was diagnosed. Betty's book is really encouraging as she tells the story about how God healed her from cancer. I would also suggest Dodie Osteen's "Healed Of Cancer" book. Dodie is another wonderful woman of God who prayed through for her miracle!

Fight the Fight of Faith!.......2001-11-01

This book was so encouraging to my faith I cried during many parts of it. I was so blessed by Betty's perseverance even in severe pain and with the appearances of recurrences to the cancer. Her candid stories of how much the circumstances threatned to consume her faith--but didn't--were inspiring. We truly cannot walk by what we see, but must walk by faith! A great book for anyone who believes in divine healing. My advice: Read it now before the enemy hits!

Fight the Fight of Faith!.......2001-11-01

Truly Anointed!.......2001-07-27

Unfortunately I read Dr. Betty's book after my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. But I'm glad I did. This book is full of information for anyone who is going through treatments with cancer or his/her loved ones. I truly enjoyed the scriptures and her candid telling of her triumph through the fire and water. I praise God for Dr. Betty Price and my sister's healing. May God continue to bless the Price family.

Through the Fire and Through the Water.......2000-05-23

This is one of the best book I have read on someone's experience with cancer. What I like about the book was the medical doctor explanation of what cancer is. The author's experience was real and truthful. This book will help you not only to have faith, but also tells you what to expect. So many times cancer patient don't know what to expect or even the questions to ask. The book is well written and walks you through a step by step process.

Through The Fire & Through the Water: My Triumph Over Cancer

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Through The Fire & Through the Water: My Triumph Over Cancer
Dr. Betty R. Price
Manufacturer: Faith One Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000QI0N6W

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Filled with color photographs of the Royal Family and their horses, here's a thrilling celebration of blue-blooded horse ownership and riding ability. It all started when the Queen's grandfather, George V, gave Elizabeth her first horse, a Shetland pony called Peggy. All the years and the horses til now are described and pictured, including a photograph of Queen Elizabeth and American President Ronald Reagan riding!

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Nobody else has a collection of Horses like these........2004-11-16

Horses and the Royal Family are as inseparable as Laurel and Hardy and this book sets out to bring that relationship right up to date by concentrating on the present Monarch's relationship with the noblest of animals.

After a short introduction, the book is divided into a series of chapters which cover every aspect of Her Majesty's horses - both personal, sporting and ceremonial. Beginning with her very first pony which was a gift from her Grandfather - King George V, we are treated to a family scrapbook of photographs of the young Princess Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family which take the reader to 1949. On becoming Queen on the death of her father in 1952, the next chapter explains the Royal Mews, state occasions, various carriages and the functions on which they are used whilst expertly covering the early years of Her Majesty's reign.

Chapter 3 is devoted to "The Turf" and describes the Queen's love of horse racing and show jumping. This provides an excellent lead-in to the next Chapter which is entitled "The Royal Windsor Horse Show" where we are treated to examples of some of the horses which serve Her Majesty as part of the British Army. It is here that we find those glorious Drum Horses of the Household Cavalry - which, for all their size are steered by the knees of the Drummer as he uses both hand to set the tempo for whatever musical display is at hand.

The penultimate chapter is devoted to the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, where we learn of the origins of this, the most senior "Troop" in the British Army. This history is then complimented with personal tales which describe the dangers involved in moving a horse-drawn gun carriage at speed.

Finally, we come to the ceremonial aspect of Her Majesty's position as Head of State - covering everything from Trooping the Colour to riding in Windsor Great Park with a visiting US President - Ronald Reagan in 1982.

Lavishly illustrated with plenty of photographs relevant to the text, this is a book from which everyone with an interest in Her Majesty and all her Horses will learn something of great interest.

NM.
British Army Major (Retired).

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Depressing

ALMOST AS GOOD AS YARN

"Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises."

KnitLit the Third: We Spin More Yarns

Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Knitting Yarns And Spinning Tales

ASIN: 1400097606
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Book Description

Whether you’re a veteran knitter or brand-new to the needles, KnitLit creators Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolf welcome you into their ever-growing circle with KnitLit the Third, an all-new collection of stories about the ups, downs, ins, and outs of knitting.

With more than seventy contributors casting on here, you’ll meet enthusiasts—okay, knit-aholics—who know the frustration of having one’s needles confiscated at the airport. You’ll sympathize with owners of lush “problem skeins” that are impossible to knit. You’ll encounter the mysteries of never-matching baby booties–and the adventures of one suspicious knitter who’s convinced that a fellow knitting blogger is really a celebrity author in disguise. For those who approach this art from a more spiritual perspective, there are the stories that remind us of the power of a simple stitch. From the mother whose project provides comfort during her troubled pregnancy to a woman compelled to make dozens of blankets for Afghan refugees, each knitted and purled row offers the potential to heal ourselves.

And so we spin on. KnitLit the Third is the latest in a pattern of poignant, hilarious, bittersweet, and inspiring yarns—created by and for lovers of the craft.

Customer Reviews:

Depressing.......2007-02-23

This book had a lot of essays, but most of them were really not uplifting, and only perhaps 2 struck me as funny or laugh-out-loud hilarious. It seems that every knitter whose writing was featured in this book endured some sort of hardship, whether they miscarried, had someone or loads of someones die from cancer, or some other horrid tradgedy killed them off. I would not recommend this book as way to beguile anyone into the craft - it made me worry that some horrid piece of luck will befall me just because I knit. I'm taking it back to the bookstore. I don't need this horrid energy in my library. I understand that these people worked through a lot of grief, and that's great, but since I am not surfing that wavelength, reading about their problems is just depressing.

ALMOST AS GOOD AS YARN.......2006-03-08

This series of books just keeps getting better and better. I wish I didn't read them so fast, or that they could publish them faster! Every knitter or wool lover should own them. They are a way of drawing all of us, knitters and woolgathers, together on a spiritual level, and a humorous level. Don't deprive yourself of the pleasure! They are SO worth the investment.

"Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises.".......2005-09-28

Words almost fail me. KnitLit the Third is so good, I'm handing it around to people who don't even care about knitting. This book has stories written about the extraordinary in the ordinary; an adopted child from China, a magical encounter with a ruffed grouse, a mother, a daughter, the loss of children, finding oneself. The KnitLit series started out with an excellent first two volumes, but the third in the series is by far the finest.

This is writing that makes you gasp as if you were pricked by a pin or struck by lightning. Yes, knitting is the thread that links the stories together but it's a lot more than that. If you admire good essay writing, you have to read this. Maybe Elizabeth Zimmermann, author of "Knitting Without Tears" said it best:

"Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises."

Book Description

“Clearly written instructions for various projects featuring useful garden objects from castoffs— wind chimes from cutlery, fountains from old buckets....The finished projects are shown in color photographs.”—Library Journal. “A more creative approach to junk transformation would be almost impossible to conjure...does a magnificent job.”—Booklist.

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A must for dealing with the system

Don't be fooled.

Parenting a Struggling Reader

Gave me the confidence to ask for help for my daughter......

This Book Belongs in Your Home

Parenting a Struggling Reader
Susan Hall , and Louisa Moats
Manufacturer: Broadway
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0767907760
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Book Description

The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty.
According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation’s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia) and Louisa Moats have become crusaders for action. The result of their years of research and personal experience, Parenting a Struggling Reader provides a revolutionary road map for any parent facing this challenging problem.
Acknowledging that parents often lose valuable years by waiting for their school systems to test for a child’s reading disability, Hall and Moats offer a detailed, realistic program for getting parents actively involved in their children’s reading lives. With a four-step plan for identifying and resolving deficiencies, as well as advice for those whose kids received weak instruction during the crucial early years, this is a landmark publication that promises unprecedented hope for the next generation of Information Age citizens.

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A must for dealing with the system.......2004-07-11

I have to take issue with the teacher who criticizes this book's "agenda." The title is Parenting a STRUGGLING Reader. Does this teacher understand the first thing about dyslexia? It's a disability that affects the child's ability to take words apart, to understand letter sound, to recognize phoenemes that make up words. A dyslexic child's brain functions differently (uses different areas for processing written language) than a regular reader's. Highly targeted phonics instruction is CRUCIAL for these kids. My volunteering in the classroom or reading dozens of books a night is not going to make my daughter's brain work like the kid who sits across from her, who's reading Charlotte's Web while she's still struggling with Sheep in a Jeep. She's not stupid, her IQ's 135. She's dyslexic. If teachers weren't so threatened when we try to get help for our kids with clinical problems, there wouldn't be a need for the "adversarial" advice in this book. As it is, it's a godsend for understanding how to double-check the school, make sure your child is in a program that's going to help and not exacerbate the problem. Believe me, I don't WANT to be at odds with her teachers. But I'm tired of her problems being ignored, I'm tired of being told she could do better if she just tried by people who aren't the ones holding her while she sobbs because she just can't get it. If you want to understand which programs are actually targeted to help a kid with dyslexia (newsflash: Reading Recovery is NOT one), and get some info on what the schools have to do to assist your kid (next flash: they sure as hell aren't going to tell you, you have to dig it out), then get this book.

Don't be fooled........2004-03-04

This book is not what it purports to be. It is a thorough catalog for commercially available phonics based reading education programs. There is not actually any advice on "parenting". There is plenty of advice on how to be adversarial with your child's teachers and school. There is extensive use of the term "research-based", and this is what the authors use to support their arguments. However, their scope is extremely limited. The research they cite focuses on what works to teach kids to read words (decode the symbols) early in the school years, rather than what works to help kids truly read and comprehend complex language. There is no discussion of reading comprehension. I have no question that with their recommended approach, we could all have 6 year olds reading Dick and Jane. They don't address the ultimate goal of reading, understanding what one reads.

Parenting a Struggling Reader.......2004-01-25

If you are parent with a child who is struggling with reading, you will find this book most helpful. It is filled with step-by-step advice on how to go about helping your child. Sitting back helplessly watching your child fall further and further behind while the school system evaluates and proceeds at a snail's pace is a highly frustrating experience. This book gives you the courage to believe in your own assessment of your child, and then points you to the resources needed to help him or her.

When one is first thrown into the world of special needs and learning disabilities, it is difficult to navigate to the proper channels to find the help needed. This book was like the first great wind to move me in the right direction, when I had been sitting on the beach with the sail turned in completely the wrong direction!

I did not need this book for my first child. Reading came easy to him. We had read to him almost every night since he was two months old. Then my daughter came along. She is struggling and so very frustrated. And yes, she has had books read to her almost every night since she was two months also! My point is this, while one reviewer appeared put off by this book, the title clearly states its audience. It is not written for every child, but it is a gold mine of good advice and resources for those of us finding ourselves raising struggling readers.

Gave me the confidence to ask for help for my daughter.............2004-01-22

A caveat before I begin: I am a parent struggling to understand why my daughter has a hard time reading; I have no background in education. With that in mind, I will say that this book made me realize that I, as a parent, and not her teachers, was in the best position to know if my daughter was struggling more than she should be in first grade. I had known my child to be clever, creative, etc, but she has classic dyslexia symptoms that no one recognized as clearly as my husband and I. Although my daughter was not doing as well as others, she was ready to fall between the cracks until I spoke up loud and clear to her principal and teacher about her learning difficulties. I asked for an evaluation because of the message of this book: get your child help asap! Thankfully, she has now had special help for a year and her LD teacher feels she may be up to grade level by year end. I don't know how long I would've waited without the information in this book about dyslexia and its symptoms, etc. While it may not be a perfectly researched book, it helped me begin to understand the IEP process and the IDEA and my need to be vigilant to get my child the help she needs.

This Book Belongs in Your Home.......2002-04-20

Before reading Parenting a Struggling Reader, run out to your local office supply store and buy a package of post-it flags. This book is filled with great information you will want to mark and refer to again and again.

Parenting a Struggling Reader takes you on a journey to help solve your child's difficulty with reading. Written in a very readable, informative, and practical format, questions parents ask the authors set the navigational course for the information offered in this book. Charts throughout the book highlight important information parents need to help them reach their goal and final destination--having their child be a reader.

This book begins by discussing how parents need to act promptly and not wait, how to become informed about the latest research, and what are the available approaches for teaching reading. Knowledgeable informed parents are parents who know what questions to ask and where to get help for their child.

Chapters 3 and 4 discuss how parents are their child's best advocate, how to identify the problem, and assessments used to identify children at-risk at a young age.

The journey continues as Chapters 5 and 6 contain invaluable information on testing and seeking a diagnosis. In a style that is very easy to read and understand, the authors explain the different levels of testing and what tests are commonly used to assess the different aspects of reading acquisition.

Chapter 7 gives concrete examples showing how to recognize effective instruction as well as an overview of the most common structured language approaches to teaching reading. Chapter 8 addresses older students who have still not learned to read or to read well. The balance between the accommodations used as well as a necessary intense remediation program is discussed.

The final chapter on navigating the IEP clears the fog for parents as they journey through the IEP process. In a very clearly written style, an overview of the process is given, concrete examples of goals and objectives are shared, and practical advice about how parents can prepare for the meeting and become an important part of the team to help their child overcome his reading difficulty is clearly stated. The Appendices provide terrific recommended resources to help parents as they journey towards the land of the readers.

This book is not only about completing a journey-it is about hope for all children.

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"This book describes the arrival of modernism, regionalism, and postwar twentieth-century technology in an unlikely messenger from Pink Hill, Texas. O'Neil Ford was an American original, and this book does eloquent justice to that originality."

—Bill Lacy, FAIA, author of 100 Contemporary Architects: Drawings and Sketches

"David Dillon has stirred the embers of the fire of personality, conscience, and, yes, genius, that was O'Neil Ford, the ranking Texas architect of the twentieth century. That fire warmed and danced among many of us for several generations, and Dillon's evocation of Ford's era is touching and stimulating: it made me remember what kind of architect I wanted to be."

—Frank D. Welch, FAIA

O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was the most influential Texas architect of the twentieth century. A technological innovator who bridged Texas' rural past and urban future, he taught three generations of architects how to adapt vernacular forms and materials to modern conditions. Widely known for his many projects in San Antonio and Dallas, Ford also designed buildings from Laredo, Texas, to Saratoga Springs, New York, over the course of a sixty-year career.

In this book, David Dillon undertakes the first critical study of Ford's architecture in both its regional and national contexts. In particular, Dillon explores Ford's links to the regional and eclectic movements of the 1920s and 1930s, his use of postwar technology and materials (lift-slab, pre-stressed concrete shells, new metals), and his influence on other architects in Texas and the Southwest. Quotes from the author's wide-ranging interviews with O'Neil Ford in the last years of his life, as well as with his partners, relatives, friends, and critics, give the text firsthand vividness.

The Architecture of O'Neil Ford: Celebrating Place

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The Architecture of O'Neil Ford: Celebrating Place
David Dillon
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORDLPK

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Can someone explain to me why this is out of print?.......2004-06-06

Unbelieveable. There is no doubting that James Joyce was one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. His contribution to modern literature is still being felt 60 years after his death. And, yet, his letters, which are as close as we will ever get to knowing what he was thinking while composing his great works, are no longer available in print?

Thank God I purchased this book years ago! Richard Ellmann had done a tremendous job of sorting and compiling Joyce's letters in a way that shows us Joyce's thinking as he put together "Dubliners", "Exiles", "Stephen Hero", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses", and "Finnegan's Wake". While some (back when the book first came out) questioned the extremely private/sexual communications that Ellmann included, no one doubted the importance of all the other selected letters. This is a remarkable look into the mind of a great writer, and I hope some publisher will pick it up and reprint it. In the meanwhile, try to get a used copy through Amazon.

Quite unique and absolutely fascinating........2003-02-08

This book contains a suite of new letters to Joyce's wife Nora and another to his benefactress Harriet Weaver, which have been abridged or excluded from previous editions. The explicit nature of these love letters makes them unlike anything you have read before. This book delivers the full Joyce - unabridged and uncensored.

SELECTED JOYCE LETTERS: The Editor's choice of the Best Letters from James Joyce's Three Great volumes, with Important Additions of Previously Unpublished Letters

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SELECTED JOYCE LETTERS: The Editor's choice of the Best Letters from James Joyce's Three Great volumes, with Important Additions of Previously Unpublished Letters
James; Ellmann, Richard (ed.) Joyce
Manufacturer: The Viking Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JEUE6C

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SELECTED LETTERS OF JAMES JOYCE
Richard Ellmann
Manufacturer: THe Viking Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LLSEAQ

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SELECTED LETTERS OF JAMES JOYCE
James; Ellmann, Richard [ed.] Joyce
Manufacturer: Viking Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000M0U3RS

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