The Lomy Convention Business Law Handbook (World Business Information Library)

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Making the Big Move to Houston Just Got Easier
Houston and its neighboring communities are among the fastest growing areas in the country. But moving there can be an overwhelming and expensive experience. This book gives you all the information you need to make the transition smooth and affordable, including:
How to find a place to live—fast Where to look for a job How much it costs to live in the area Where to find the best restaurants in town How to choose a neighborhood you'll love What to do in and around Houston And much, much more!
Bursting with information on everything from post offices, banks, and health clubs to school districts and movie theaters, Relocating to Houston and Surrounding Areas helps you negotiate the city like a seasoned veteran on your very first day.
Find Out About:
·Downtown Houston
·Museum District/Montrose
·The Woodlands
·Katy
·Kingwood
·Sugar Land
·Galveston
·Missouri City
·Clear Lake
·And many other areas

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Save your money.......2005-12-22

I was willing to spring the big bucks for this book thinking it would give me all of the useful information I needed. But, that isn't the case. Having just relocated here I now know what would have been useful and is lacking in this book. For instance, what do you need to get your car registered and your drivers license. Had I known I needed a Social Security card to get my license it would have saved me a trip to Conroe. It talks about Homestead Exemptions and should tell you how to go about getting one. A lot of the information is simplistic. For the price of this book themes should be developed and it should be packed with useful information.

Ridiculous price!.......2005-04-10

50.00 for a paperback book only a few years old, which is mostly a collection of easily accessible infromation? Outrageous.

Why the high price ?.......2004-08-21

I am moving to Houston in January and I have been eyeing this book for a couple of months. The price for this used book is outrageous. That is why none of them have sold. if the book's price was a little more reasonable I would buy it.

Very Informative!.......2002-02-15

Great information!!! Ms. Cook's book makes it easier and less stressful to be in the big city of Houston. Informative for visiting too!

Just right!.......2002-02-08

Whether you are relocating to Houston or you have already lived here for a while, you will want to check out this great tool. It has lots of "Insider" tips and information about a very exciting city. I have lived in the Houston area for several years and still learned some things that I didn't know, and found some of my new "favorite places" because of Ms. Cook's recommendations.

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The text stresses a problem-solving approach through the use of numerous short problems interspersed among the relevant materials. This problem-solving approach parallels a "real world" experience and helps to develop legal and analytic skills. Coverage of Subchapter S corporations is minimal because in the future most settings where an S corporation would prove valuable are now accomplished through the use of a limited-liability enterprise taxed as a partnership.

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Excellent read.......2002-11-28

This is a must for all small business owners, the clarity and conciseness of the writing inspirational and motivating. For years my cohort and I hesitated to open a small business, but after reading the advice provided by Birkeland about tax law, we were well prepapared and knowledgeable. Watch out Uncle Sam.

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Excellent introduction

Instant Expert: Collecting Oriental Rugs (Instant Expert (Random House))
Joyce C. Ware
Manufacturer: House of Collectibles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Rugs | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0375720448
Release Date: 2004-05-11

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Learn to think, talk, and act like an expert!

• What three qualities must a rug possess to be collectible?

• What popular class of antique collectible rugs is being faked?

• Can both silk rugs and wool rugs be cleaned by washing?

This is a one-of-a-kind resource on the history of rugs and how Oriental rugs are made, which also includes online resources, dealers, museums, clubs, and associations.

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Excellent introduction.......2005-11-02

Joyce Ware's book offers a superior way to educate yourself on fine rugs in a short time, and it's well written, to boot. Highly recommended by this lover of rugs.

Instant Expert: Collecting Oriental Rugs

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Instant Expert: Collecting Oriental Rugs
Joyce C. Ware
Manufacturer: House of Collectibles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8ULGQ

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501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Appliqué
Better Homes and Gardens , Joan Lewis , and Lynette Chiles
Manufacturer: Better Homes and Gardens
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Applique | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0696204800
Release Date: 1994-08-15

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Subtitled A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Appliqué, this comprehensive book is just that--250 pages of pattern-block diagrams accompanied by concise construction directions and small color photos of the made-up blocks in well-chosen colors. In addition, a prelimary chapter gives instructions for about 15 projects, and a tips and techniques section outlines the basics for making the blocks and the projects. Whether your tastes run to the more traditional (nine-patch, star, basket, or pineapple variations, among many others) or the more experimental (appliquéd orchids, cacti, or heraldic designs, for example), you're likely to find something of interest here.

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501 pieced and appliquéd quilt blocks, easily customized for unique, personalized themes.

40 step-by-step projects for using blocks in the form of wearables, personal accessories, and home and seasonal decorations.

Illustrated with more than 500 full-color photos and 600 line drawings.

Contains extensive ideas—from tea cozies and pillows to clothing and full-size quilts.

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Better Homes and Gardens 501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique

Manufacturer: Better Homes & Gardens Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Applique | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0696019973

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501 Quilt Blocks A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique
Better Homes and Gardens
Manufacturer: Better Homes and Gardens
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UDV3NA

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Better Homes and Gardens 501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique

Manufacturer: Better Homes & Gardens Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GRQ40C

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Better Homes and Gardens 501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique
Better Homes and Gardens
Manufacturer: Better Homes & Gardens Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000Q34304

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Better Homes and Gardens 501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork and Applique
Better Homes and Gardens
Manufacturer: Better Homes & Gardens Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000TJOCGA

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This publication contains a broad selection of international pieces of work which have won awards in the categories of the Grand Prix and the Junior Prize as well as honorary awards for High Design Quality and the Highest Design Quality in the fields of advertising, company and product communication, financial communication, television and electronic media, culture and sport, public areas, publishing, and multimedia.

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In this wise and witty book, author, youth expert, and practicing minister Jeffrey D. Jones brings to light the spiritual aspects of parenting that are often ignored by popular experts and gurus. Jones shows you how to attend to your own inner spiritual life and to the quality of your relationships within your family. By doing so we you re-envision parenting as a transformative, joyful and spiritual practice rather than merely a set of rules and regulations or tips and techniques.

Parenting with Love and Laughter is a conversation about families and parenting that is filled with inspiration gleaned from scripture, reflections on Jeffrey D. Jones's own experience of family life, and wisdom he has gathered from years of service in the ministry. In addition, this warm and wonderful book features a bonus section at the end that provides simple designs and suggestions for group meeting-perfect for retreats, workshops, adult education classes, and parenting support groups. Use this blueprint for parenting to introduce love and laughter into your family life.

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Lots of great ideas of things to do with your kids.......2002-12-28

I like the unique approach in this parenting book. Rather than giving specific advice, techniques, tricks, and tips to use on your kids, the author approaches good parenting as something that grows out of your own spiritual life. His philosophy is that if you have a strong spiritual life, and if you help your entire family develop spiritually, then good parenting will fall into place.

He has a lot of great activity ideas to help kids and parents bond, and he illustrates how the activities work by telling stories of things he's done with his own kids.

I'm going to recommend that this book be used in our church in our parenting class, because there's a great group study guide included in the book.

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For more than a century, readers around the world have been delighted by the novels, short stories, plays, lyrics, and essays of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, best known as the creator of the dim-witted English gentleman Bertie Wooster and his indispensable valet, Jeeves. David A. Jasen has written this definitive and authorized biography of one of the greatest literary humorists of all time.

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Plum by the Numbers.......2007-09-02

There's always a bloke in a Wodehouse novel who says to some other chap, "tell me your story, omitting no detail, however slight" or words to that effect. The first bloke might be David Jasen, as he has omitted no detail, however slight, in telling the story of PGW. If this is the case, however, one may ask why this 1974 bio was followed by Donaldson's P.G. Wodehouse: A Biography in 1982, and recently by Robert McCrum's Wodehouse: A Life in 2004. If Jasen said it all, what of these later works?

The short answer is that the modern term for biography is expose, while Jasen's, not belonging to that breed, is often dismissed as a "tribute". In music a tribute is a good thing; in books it is said with a sneer. McCrum's book is the closest yet to a Wodehouse expose, but because there actually is no secret life of scandal to reveal, he has to imply, and, I would go so far as to say, make up things. He also seems to have lifted bits of Jasen's book nearly verbatim, although sometimes out of context so as to give the opposite impression.

Each of these three bios have been updated and reissued: Jasen's in 2002, Donaldson's in 2001, McCrum's in 2005. Having read all three, I still learned things in Jasen's that are not in the others, although those later authors supposedly had access to more of the Wodehouse archives. What Jasen has which cannot be duplicated is actual interviews with Wodehouse, so much of his book is, as it were, straight from the horse's mouth. It also practically amounts to a collection of his letters, so long are the excerpts. Does this make for a boring book? Yes, it rather does, but it also makes for an accurate one. One great strength of the book is the in depth discussion of the various Wodehouse/ Bolton/ Kern musicals, not suprisingly since Jasen has written numerous books on ragtime, blues, popular song and other vintage cultural forms.

Donaldson's book is well organized, centered around the misunderstood Berlin broadcasts, which are also an interest of McCrum. Jasen's book is simply chronological, but his brief treatment of wartime still includes bits not in the other books. These bios are not the first attempted explanation of that debacle. In his foreword to the Jasen edited The Uncollected Wodehouse, Malcolm Muggeridge alludes to the incident. As early as 1961 the former editor of Punch had penned "The Wodehouse Affair" for the New Statesman, which appeared in Tread Softly for You Tread on My Jokes in 1966 in the UK, and in the US in The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge by Simon and Schuster.

The strength of Jasen's book is the tie between Wodehouse's life and work, the conditions in which he wrote each novel, short story, musical, etc., what he thought about it, and how it was received. As such, Jasen's book is invaluable for writers and readers whose main interest in Wodehouse is as a writer. The original edition ends with his death, and the last updated bits in the new edition seem rather tacked on. It even seems the last pages are in a different font, the sort of high tech error that would never occur on Plum's Monarch typewriter, but which word processors are heir to. Many fans of the Master will want Jasen's book simply for the extensive bibliographies. Yes, at last you can tell all the editions straight, not to mention track down the various musical collaborations. So while some may dismiss Jasen's vita as an also-ran on the turf of Plum bios, in my view it's still a contender.

Passable look at P.G. Wodehouse's life.......2004-09-23

P.G. Wodehouse was one of the funniest people of the twentieth century, with his goofy peers, superbrained butlers and absurd stories. David A. Jasen clearly has done his research, but "P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master" is merely a passable biography, not a great one.

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was born to an upper-class British family living in Hong Kong, although he himself was born on English soil. He and two of his siblings also went to school in England, in the care of aunts and uncles, while his parents remained on the other side of the world.

Writing was clearly in "Plum's" blood from an early age -- he wrote his first story at the age of seven. Later he gained attention for penning school stories, but he gained fame as a result of his humorous looks at the British upper-classes, most notably the dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his quiet, ultra-intelligent manservant Jeeves.

Any biography of Wodehouse would have to be a positive one, since he seems to have led a pretty upright life. The most scandalous thing that seems to have happened to him was being accused of being a Nazi sympathizer. And that was mainly naivete. In his everyday life, Wodehouse comes across as a nice, funny guy who was immersed in his own stories.

Despite his efforts to stay objective, Jasen comes across as a scholarly fan. He mentions just about every positive mention of Wodehouse (including from Dorothy Parker). And despite calling Wodehouse by his nickname -- "Plum" -- he remains respectful of Wodehouse's personal life, his marriage to Ethel, and his relationships with family and friends.

Unfortunately while Jasen is a good fan, he's not such a good writer. Well, he's not a bad one. But "Portrait of a Master" is very dry and sometimes even a bit desiccated. It's basically a chronological look at the events in Wodehouse's life, without much to bring them to life. And it's almost impossible to keep Wodehouse's dozens of short stories and novels straight.

Despite the uninspired writing, this is a good resource for P.G. Wodehouse fans. "P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master" isn't too exceptional as a biography, but it's a solid collection of info for people interested in "Plum."

Portrait of the Artist by a Fan.......2002-10-23

Although I've fallen off a bit on my drive to read all the Wodehouse ouvre in order, I can feel my juices beginning to bubble up about it again after reading this delightful biography of the master. I don't know what to think of Jasen as a biographer--I tend to believe that he's a poor one from the showing on this book, as he tends to simply list events in Plum's life, interspersed with excerpreted letters by and to Plum. And Jasen makes no bones that his book is an unbiased study of Wodehouse, from the subtitle to the treatment. On the other hand, I don't konw how you could treat Wodehouse in any other way, for he truly had lost any malicious bone in his body at approximately the age of 25, as if mean-spiritedness was a baby-tooth that one lost and promptly forgot about.

I bought this book years ago for its secondary bibliography, listing all the stories and books. With something roughly like 90 books to his credit, sometimes with similar titles between novels, different titles for American or British publication, and all eminently re-readable, it's quite a chore to keep them straight in one's mind. With an accurate list at hand, the only problem is finding the damn things.

I believe Frances Donaldson has written a more traditional biography (did I read it back when I first discovered Wodehouse in the stacks at the University of Texas?), which I should acquire and judge against Jasen.

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P. G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master.
P.G., Jasen, David A. Wodehouse
Manufacturer: Mason Charter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I851V2

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P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master
David A. Jasen
Manufacturer: Mason / Charter
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Binding: Hardcover
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P. G. WODEHOUSE: A PORTRAIT OF A MASTER.
Jasen. David E.
Manufacturer: Mason & Lipscomb
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LXVMEO

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P. G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master (Revised New Edition)
David A. JASEN
Manufacturer: Continuum
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KPCSNM

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P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master
David A. Jasen
Manufacturer: Mason & Lipscomb
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Binding: Hardcover
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Very informative.......2007-09-13

I have read a lot about France during W.W. II, but much of it (the politics in particular) had baffled me until I read this book. Morgan takes very dense information and makes it understandable! A very readable and very educational book.

An Uncertain Hour The French, the Germans, the Jews, the Klaus Barbie Trial, and the City of Lyon, 1940-1945

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An Uncertain Hour The French, the Germans, the Jews, the Klaus Barbie Trial, and the City of Lyon, 1940-1945
Ted Morgan
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0JYOE

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An Uncertain Hour: The French, the Germans, the Jews, the Klaus Barbie Trial, and the City of Lyon, 1940-1945
Ted Morgan
Manufacturer: The Bodley Head Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
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