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Straight and Level: Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth 'Bing' Cross, Kcb, Cbe, Dso, Dfc With Professor Vincent Orange
Kenneth Cross
Manufacturer: Grub Street the Basement
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ASIN: 0948817720 |
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Exceptionally well researched and deftly written.......2001-02-11
Humphry Davy was an experimental chemist of considerable renown and received highest honors from his contemporaries for his work and discoveries in the then fledgling science of chemistry. After his death in 1829, his life and manifold accomplishments continued to impress the academic community. His achievements include the discoveries of the scientifically novel, isolation and identification of seven new elements, association of electrical properties and chemical behavior, and ability to popularize the excitement of chemistry with both colleagues and the general public through his skills as a lecturer. He invented the miners' safety lamp (and refused to profit financially from his life-saving discovery); and throughout his career worked tirelessly for the benefit of the people. Young Humphry Davy: The Making Of An Experimental Chemist is an exceptionally well researched, deftly written, totally engaging biography of a most remarkable and accomplished man of science in his early days at Penzance, Bristol, and London.
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This comprehensive volume contains advice on what to eat to treat or help prevent 37 common health conditions--from allergies to weight control.
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Get healthier through healthy foods.
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Food and Health.......2005-12-23
From book's back cover:
* This delicious, vitamin packed fruit is proven to relieve arthritis pain even better than aspirin, ibuprofen, and other drugs - with NO stomach upset or other side effects. See page 124.
* How young do you want to feel? Reverse the side effetcts of aging and keep your mind sharp with a sweet treat. See page 110.
* Just two servings of this each week will bolster your body against heart attack, stroke, diabetes, depression AND cancer! Page 86.
* Lose weight, reduce stress, even treat diabetes with the amazing remedy found on page 107.
* Keep artery walls clean and prevent blood clots with these scrumptious foods listed on page 27.
* The tiny, sweet fruit that contains over 17 compounds to clear away artery-clogging plaque far better than vitamin supplements! See page 27.
* Studies show that people who take this vitamin on page 34 daily, significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. (This same vitamin was also proven to heal stroke damage.)
* Memory slipping? Don't skip meals! More memory-boosting tips on page 116.
* Secret cause of tiredness or muscle cramps - and the foods that can cure you. Page 204.
* You may not have to worry about being overweight again! See the "Nothing Forbidden" diet plan ANYBODY can follow on page 305!
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You have to eat. But why eat just anything when you can eat delicious foods that can prevent and even reverse disease? This powerful, all new book sums up the latest scientific breakthroughs on the curative power of food. Now you can tailor your diet for optimum health and vitality. Worried about a particular ailment? Learn what to eat to avoid or remedy arthritis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and dozens of other illnesses. Discover the top 10 healing herbs your pharmacist cant afford to tell you about. Find the foods that pack the biggest punch against cell-damaging free radicals. Its all here in this easy-to-use book. Grab your fork and knife and dig into the healing power of food! Ill bet you didnt know that you ...1) Don't need to take pain pills - CHERRIES can ease the ache of arthritis. 2)Don't have to battle high blood pressure - A MUFFIN can drop it like a rock. 3)You don't have to be overweight - PRETZELS can help you snack yourself thin. These amazing cures are freely available without prescription and you can find them at any local supermarket! The foods you eat every day can work better than risky surgery or dangerous drugs. The best doctors and their families use many of these healing foods themselves to prevent illness and disease. But theyre not drugs, and your doctor cant make money by prescribing them for you. Thats why I keep up with all the latest miracle cures that dont require a doctor, drugs or hospitals. I care about my health and yours, too. I want you to see the 1,213 little-known health secrets in the NEW book I just finished! Its called Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods.
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Easy-to-follow directions and an introduction explaining the cuisines makes this an enlightening as well as a delicious read. DSBooklist
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A solid vegetarian cookbook........2002-05-29
I picked this book up from a bargain bookstor for [money]. I figured I couldn't go too wrong. The book is very solid, with a nice introduction to the regions and cuisines of Italy.
Most of the recipes are very simple. There are a few instances where I am unfamiliar with an ingredient, or its simply unavailable in MN.
All in all a very solid, easy recipe book.
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Enter the exciting, prehistoric world of the dinosaur with Oxford First Book of Dinosaurs, an awe-inspiring look at the creatures that roamed the Earth before humans. Discover how dinosaurs lived, what they looked like, where they lived, how they behaved, and why they died. Learn how dinosaurs hunted, how they had their young, how fast or slow they moved, and how animals still in existence today are like dinosaurs --and how they are different. Filled with spectacular full-color photos and illustrations, Oxford First Book of Dinosaurs includes fun-filled activities for youngsters, interesting, little-known facts, and an entertaining trivia section called "Dinosaur Detective."
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The Oxford Book of Creatures
Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr (Txt)
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The animal kingdom has been celebrated in literature with an enthusiasm equalled only by our insatiable curiosity about the creatures with whom we share this planet. From Emily Dickinson's ode to the spider to Ogden Nash's musings on the lowly caterpillar, from Darwin's observations to Beatrix
Potter's much-loved tales, we are enchanted by naturalists, explorers, philosophers, poets, and writers of all stripes. The Oxford Book of Creatures brings together all of these observers to include the work of writers ranging from Aristotle to Orwell, Montaigne to Johnson, May Sarton to Theodore
Roethke, Primo Levi to J. R. R. Tolkien, all rejoicing in the life that surrounds us.
Here are works from across cultures and time periods, musings on animals both real and imagined. Arranged thematically, The Oxford Book of Creatures embraces the function and beauty of the design and movement of creatures, their various habitats, mating and rearing of young, work (both for their
own communities and when harnessed to human purposes), and their roles as predator and prey; extinct species are included, as are fabulous or invented ones. About 250 creatures, from the least significant to the most majestic, can be found, fish, birds, mammals, insects: fleas and centipedes, pigs
and cows, horses and elephants, unicorns and salamanders, kraken and leviathans crowd these pages.
We react to animals with a variety of emotions: love, fear, disgust, and amazement. We domesticate them, befriend them, hunt them, and eat them, and above all, as this absorbing anthology shows, observe them with fascination and respect.
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With essential tools such as round-nose pliers and wire cutters, clasps, and an array of high-quality beads, this kit provides everything an aspiring jewelry maker needs to begin creating unique earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and other beaded accessories. The full-color, 40-page project book showcases a number of exciting designs paired with step-by-step instructions for bead-stringing fun that anyone can follow.
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Beaders and jewelry-makers will love the 30 incredible projects for dazzling, draping, hand-beaded necklaces in this creative resource. From easy to advanced instruction, readers will find it exciting to create these beautiful designs with their own hands. Step-by-step directions are accompanied by simple illustrations, allowing beaders to master even the more complicated techniques. The flexible binding keeps the book lying flat while the beader follows the instructions.
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Sigh, not what I had hoped for from Beadwork Magazine........2003-12-12
I was hoping for something great from Beadwork (the magazine) and this was not it. Lots of pictures and examples all with instructions should have made up for my disappointment, however, it didn't. The examples of beadwork necklaces are mediorce at best and can be found in nearly every book available on the market today. Beadwork Magazine has had amazing bead artists in their mag and I was hoping those were to be the pieces with instructions offered. The size and cut of the book is not usable either. I understand that publishers like to experiement with different sizes and shapes to capture buyers attention, but as a practical use, it has none. The pages do not lay flat in spite of this being touted in their advertisment. The long, skinny length of this does not allow for ease in following directions either. I have watched the bead industry soar these past 5-7 years and this book does not reflect this creative direction. Perhaps I am a bit jaded as I have been beading for so long and have seen what is out there, still, an offering from Beadwork Magazine should have had more splash and usable pizazz. This may be a strong springboard into beading for the beginning beader.
Beautiful Necklaces.......2003-01-26
The necklaces in this book are beautiful. I can't wait to try them. I think, though, that if you are a beginner this isn't a good book to start with - you should have some beading experience unless you are good at following written directions without diagrams for each step. Certainly worth buying if you have some experience - like opening a present with each page!
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Inside this all-inclusive kit, jewelry makers will find all the tools and materials they need, from round-nose pliers and wire cutters to an array of colorful beads and wire. The full-color, 40-page project book provides aspiring crafters with essential information and design inspiration, including clear instructions for wire-working that guide readers along each step of the way.
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Great for getting started in a fun craft........2007-03-09
I got this for my daughter. She loves it and is proudly making her own jewelry now. Now she wants more supplies to continue making more! Yikes!
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Learn the intriguing technique of bead weaving and put your newfound skills to work with these two dozen projects, ranging in design from echoes of Victoriana to Southwestern styles. Using the back stitch, netting, brick stitch, edging, peyote, and split-loom methods, you'll create cabochon necklaces, beaded collars, dangly earrings, amulet bags, and other becoming pieces of jewelry. If you're new to the craft, you may find each chapter's troubleshooting section particularly helpful in determining what might have gone wrong and how to salvage it. --Amy Handy
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Not for seed bead starters.......2003-04-09
This is not a starter book even though bead stitch techniques are shown much-enlarged in photographs. Jeanette's book provides an excellent springboard for the intermediate to advanced beader. The projects use seed beads and you will be required to be as competent with thread tension as you are with netting, brick stitch and peyote stitch. Are you bored with too-simple projects? Try some of Jeanette's ideas.
Turning seed beads into jewelry art.......2002-09-29
This is a jewelry making book for those who love to work with seed beads. Each chapter teaches a beading method and then follows with several projects utilizing that method.
The first method is the Back Stitch Technique in which beads are sewn onto a surface into a design, or sewn around the edge of a cabochon (a stone that is rounded and polished on one side, and flat on the other). These designs are then made into necklaces, earrings and pins. Using the Netting Technique, Brick Stitch, and Peyote Stitch, beads are sewn together with needle and thread into lacy designs, or to encase a cabochon, or fringed pouch amulets, or fringed tube-style necklaces. Last is a chapter on using a loom to weave beads into amulets and earrings.
Everything in this book is beautiful and classy, but will appeal to a certain taste. To me they suggest a Native American look. I envision seeing such pieces sold in boutiques at fairly high prices, being that they require closely detailed work and a lot of time.
The instructions are clearly explained and illustrated, and are necessarily very detailed. One needs to be prepared to take the time to follow them closely. However, there is an assumption that you already are familiar with regular jewelry finishing techniques, such as how to end with crimps and clasps. The typical instructions for finishing only say something like: "String a crimping bead....close the crimping bead with crimping pliers and trim off the excess tiger tail" or "use round-nose pliers to make a loop in the head pin. Attach ear wires."
I think this is an excellent book for those with patience and a taste for this kind of look.
Very Disappointed.......2001-08-13
I was extremely disappointed with this book. I was expecting patterns that were more up to date with the times and jewelry that I could wear to work and out to dinner. These patterns weren't difficult to understand but like I said, who would want to wear it out of the house. Possibly little children would wear while playing house or something. Extremely disappointed. Don't waste your money.
A beading banquet........2001-06-14
I'm on my third copy of this book. I've worn one out, loaned one to my daughter and, in order to keep one in hand, am ordering a back-up copy. Basic techniques, simple projects, excellent illustrations and step-by-step instructions in netting, peyote, loom and split loom, and techniques for beading around and incorporating cabouchons into the work are all here. Best of all, every project leads into innovation and creativity for the reader. For me, he simple peyote project has evolved into true life colored butterflies in beads. I heartily recommend this book to beginners and those who know the basics but want to jump ahead into creating their own designs.
A great book.......2000-07-21
As a former student of Mrs. Shanigan's (she teaches a jewelry class at the high school), I found this book very well demonstrated, and easy to follow. A must have!
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Leaves from the Garden: Two Centuries of Garden Writing
Clarke Best
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Migraines. Mouth ulcers. Creaky, arthritic knees. Diarrhea. Are these four unrelated complaints, or the body's reaction to a food it can't handle? Despite its encyclopedic title, this is an entertaining book as well as an enlightening one that is both fascinating and highly readable. It's also scary, telling us that some of the foods that are ubiquitous in our diets--wheat and milk products--may be making us miserable in ways we never imagined.
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Here is a concise guide to identifying, preventing, and treating allergy-based ailments. The book also covers adverse reactions to cosmetics, pesticides, plastics, tap water, food additives, and workplace items, and features an elimination diet.
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Edwin Longsden Long RA
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Edwin Longsden Long
Manufacturer: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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From her first book, the highly acclaimed A Leak in the Heart, the stories of Faye Moskowitz have observed a particular and mostly forgotten terrain of American life: the world of the second-generation Jew. Displaced and often confused, growing up in families still clinging to the traditions of the old country, these poignant tales feature protagonists still actually speaking Yiddish, mameh loshen, the mother tongue. We listen to them as would a child, sitting there quietly in the kitchen of a small Midwestern town overhearing a room full of women gossiping about their husbands, their work, the uncomfortable space they inhabit between a threatened culture and a modern world; between a generation that came from the old country speaking nothing but Yiddish and a new generation eager to be assimilated, desperate to "fit in," and seeing with brutal clarity the small lies, petty evasions, and daily justifications that make their trapped, often barren lives bearable.
Moskowitz weaves her tales of interconnected families into a series of connected stories, of her parents, their extended families, their neighbors and landsleit, and finally of her own coming of age in America. The portraits and the people are not always admirable, certainly not Talmudic, but through the eye and the ears of this master, they all give us lessons in the sweetness and pain of this first generation to assimilate. Like her other books, this is, an achingly painful and funny collection about growing up female, Jewish, and smart.
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- Tales from the Picket Line: Golden Nuggets from the Compost Pile
- Ten Years in the Saddle The Memoir of William Woods Averell 1851-1862
- That Split Eternal Second
- The 1863-1864 Civil War diary of Captain James Penfield, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Company H
- The 82' Kenyan Military Coup: An Airman's Prison Experience
- The Boy from Alatsata
- The Dearest and the Best: Biography of Pvt. Daniel McKnight, Csa
- The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier
- The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potte
- The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones
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