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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Pt. 1-399, Revised as of April 1, 2006 (Code of Federal Regulations)
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Pt. 1-39, Revised as of April 1, 2007
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Pt. 40-399, Revised as of April 1, 2007
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Pt. 400-End, Revised as of April 1, 2006
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Pt. 400-End, Revised as of April 1, 2007
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Code Of Federal Regulations, Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco Products & Firearms
Manufacturer: United States Government Printing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0160720982 |
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products, and Firearms, Pt. 400-End, Revised as of April 1, 2005 (Code of Federal Regulations)
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Pt. 1-399, Revised as of April 1, 2005
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How to Start a Business in New York: With Forms (Self-Help Law Kit With Forms)
Paul W. Barnard , and Mark Warda Manufacturer: Sphinx Publishing Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1570711852 |
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Vroom!: Turbo-Charged Team Building
Michael Shandler , and Michael Egan Manufacturer: Amacom Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0814479006 |
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Lettuce in Your Kitchen : Where Salad gets a Whole New Spin and Dressings Do Double Duty
Chris; Willoughby, John Schlesinger Manufacturer: William Morrow and Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OM2N3G |
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS YEARBOOK 2001 VOLS 1 & 2 (International Trade Statistics Yearbook/Annuaire Statistique Du Commerce International)
Un Manufacturer: United Nations ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9210612019 |
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Useful for analyzing trade by country and by commodity; performing trend analysis and projections; understanding economic development planning and developing marketing strategies, this publication provides statistical information for 170 countries. It presents the basic information for each country's external trade performance in terms of the overall trends in current value, as well as, in volume and price; the importance of trading partners and the significance of individual commodities imported and exported. It is issued in two volumes: Vol. I - trade by country and Vol. II - trade by commodity.
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1000 Motifs for Crafters: Designs for Glass Painting, Stenciling, Mosaics, D¿coupage, Stamping & Counted Thread Work
Alan Gear , and Barry Freestone Manufacturer: Collins & Brown ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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So many motifs, I don't know where to use them all!.......2006-11-04
A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHORS.......2004-02-20
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Persona Non Grata: A Memoir of Disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution (Nation Books)
Jorge Edwards Manufacturer: Nation Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Fascinating.......2006-10-01
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Persona Non Grata/ Persona Non Grata, a Memoir of Disenchantment With the Cuban Revolution
Jorge Edwards Manufacturer: Alfaguara ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 9562394484 |
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Nebraska Farm Life Wwi to Wwii
Richard C. McCall Manufacturer: Writer's Showcase Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0595227600 |
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This is a book about a family growing up on a farm in south central Nebraska in the period between World War I and II. It describes the one room school education and its values and disadvantages. This was a period of drought and dust storms and the Great Depression. It was a time of rather primitive medicine and veterinary practices. In spite of this the family managed to have a lot of fun and all achieved a certain amount of success. Stories are told that are funny, sad and some tragic,Customer Reviews:
The American heartland recalled.......2003-08-10
The details are interesting because the authors focus on the concrete day-to-day activities central to their lives, including interactions with family and friends, what it was like at school and church, what kind of work was done on the farm (particularly interesting to this city boy), the animals they husbanded, the crops they grew, and the games they played as children. Included are reminiscences of people who drifted in and out of their lives working in the fields and in the house.
The authors avoid controversy, seldom pass judgment and keep the gossip and censuring to a minimum. They don't glorify themselves, although it's clear that the McCalls were a fine upstanding bunch who helped others and worked hard. They give the facts of their experience without embellishment and without curlicues: who married whom, who died of what, who ran off with whom, who taught school and who preached on Sunday and how they were received. The hardships and the pleasures, the May baskets and the winter snows, the locusts and the dust are recalled with something close to nostalgia and sometimes even affection. That world of long ago is recalled without sentimentality in a matter-of-fact, laconic style that I found attractive.
The locale is near Red Cloud (home of Willa Cather) and the time is the period between the world wars, which of course included the depression years. One gets the sense that life on the farm was hard but fulfilling, and that there was a sense of community imposed on people because they had to help each other in times of crisis, a sense of community that I think is often missing in today's America. They lived close to the land and to our fellow creatures, close to the weather and the progression of the seasons.
Much of the text is in the form of anecdotes and stories, some wryly funny and some sad, and some in the form of something akin to a tall tale. The story of the woman who fed the chickens potato sprouts and upon finding that they couldn't digest the sprouts, cut the chickens open, removed the sprouts, and sewed the chickens back up, is perhaps an example. The authors comment dryly, "...the story is she saved 90% of them." (p. 83)
Then there is the story of the hired woman who didn't like babies. But "She hadn't been [at the McCall's farm] two weeks before the baby had made a slave of her." After "quite a long while...she left to be married...and became a very good mother...which just goes to show you that a baby's smile goes a long way." (p. 49)
I also liked the reminiscences about the telephone party line in which everybody listened in on everybody else's conversation, and how wheat chaff can irritate the skin, and how wounds were healed, and how animals and people were doctored. The authors end chapter 10 talking about the twenty cats they had around the farm and the dog that chased off an intruder with the observation that in those days no one "would spend money for veterinary care for these dogs and cats. If they got sick, they lived and died on their own. Wounds were treated with axle grease to keep the flies out of the wound."
There are 14 chapters describing everything from the The Town, The Family, The Hired Men, The Hired Girls, Health Conditions, Veterinary Medicine on the Farm, to The 1935 Republican River Flood, to Fun and Games and Food. There are a few black and white photos of people and buildings for atmosphere and very appropriately a photo of the flyer that advertised the auction on November 18, 1972 in which the machinery, household goods, tools and other items of the McCall farm and estate were sold off.
One of the benefits of the decentralization of the publishing industry and the rise of the Internet selling of books is it allows titles to reach the public that otherwise would perhaps never see the light of day, and even if they did would only achieve a limited distribution and readership. Nebraska Farm Life is such a book. It is unlikely that a commercial publisher would publish this excellent book because there is little chance that it would reach a large readership, and the university presses would probably turn it down because of its narrow focus and because the authors have limited academic credentials. But we are the better for its publication because of the light it sheds on a time and place that is nearly gone and forgotten.
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Managerial Decisions Under Uncertainty: An Introduction to the Analysis of Decision Making
Bruce F. Baird Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0471858919 |
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How to improve decision-making skills in realistic situations and do it in a reasonably nonmathematical fashion. Develops practical techniques for deciding upon the best strategies in a variety of situations. Provides methods for reducing complex problems to easily-drawn decision diagrams (trees), supported by real-world examples. Includes detailed cases that employ the methods described in the text. Each chapter contains illustrative examples and exercises.Customer Reviews:
Excellent Reference.......2001-06-21
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Managerial Decisions Under Uncertainty - Introduction to the Analysis of Decision Making Sol T/A
Baird Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0471530395 |
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Bosnia Tax Guide
USA International Business Publications Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739739689 |
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