The Craft of Modular Post & Beam: Building log and timber homes affordably

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Post & Beam is excellent.......2006-02-26

This book is by far the best I have read on the subject of post and beam construction. Lots of nice drawings and understandable instructions. Good advice for average person. Explains wood joinery very well

Not for the non-builder..........2005-10-25

If you are not building your own home, I don't recommend this book

Terrific.......2005-10-08

This book is excellent. It gave me all the information I wanted/needed plus more.

I actually did it........2005-06-22

The other reviewers of this book allude to the fact that they will someday get around to using the information. I have already done it and wanted to add my comments here.

I used this book as my "bible" to construct a 24x40 log home with a porch wrapped all the way around. It took two years, but I couldn't have done it by myself without the theories and examples in this book. My joinery isn't as pretty as the ones in the book, but I used them and wooden pegs to secure all the posts and beams in the house.

I highly recommend this book to all who have their own 'library' of log home books and need some practical advice that works.

The Craft of Modular Post & Beam.......2004-01-11

I first stumbled on this wonderful book in our local library. Read it cover to cover in two weeks and unfortunatly had to return it but, it is on my birthday wish list. This is the most informative book on the subject I have read to date. Mr Mitchell did an excellent job in the chapters covering the details of modular log home construction. Many of which I plan to use in the very near future.

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The definitive guide to Photorealism.......2001-02-20

A previous reviewer stated that: "...there is very little background infomation provided and by starting at 1980 the movements start is completly neglected..." This is no careless omission, the start of the movement (1969 - 1979) is covered in 'Photorealism'.

As I understand, 'Photorealism since 1990' is also to be produced.

guillie review.......2001-01-26

this book is a very good resource for the novice or student new to the subject of photorealism, it provides a large coolection of reproductions from an influential and representative proportion of the photorealist comunity, it does however fall down on the debate about photorealism and its role in contempory art circles, for example for the 20 or so artists featured there is very little background infomation provided and by starting at 1980 the movements start is completly neglected with no reference to chuck Closes early works or indeed the heavily influential geheart richter, the book is a brilliant resource for those interested in the actual pictues but provides less on the inteleqtual debate, this is however no bad thing. as often books of this sort can wonder off into over indulgent protention about a none defined field.

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Biggest of the lower 48 states, the Lone Star State boasts plenty of variety in its natural landscape. Each of Texas's five landscape regions -- the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Rolling Plains, the High Plains, the Hill Country, and the Basin and Range -- is amply represented in this portfolio of master photographer, David Muench. For TEXAS, Muench picks his favorite hundred from the thousands of pictures he has shot in Texas every year for fifty years.

* The Gulf Coastal Plain is ringed by the barrier islands and lagoons of the Texas coastline, as at the San Padre Island National Seashore and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This huge region ranges from the fertile valley of the lower Rio Grande and the brush country of South Texas, across sand plains laced by streams fringed with subtropical hardwoods, over rich blackland prairies and post-oak woods, to the pineywoods, salt domes, and bayous of East Texas, as seen in the Big Thicket National Preserve and Caddo Lake State Park.

* The Rolling Plains sweep from the post-oak woods of Western Cross Timbers across the reddish prairies that roll northward from cuesta to cuesta into the eastern Panhandle, where they butt against the High Plains escarpment, whose Ogallala caprock is deeply notched by the headwaters of major rivers, as in Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

* The flatness of the High Plains is relieved by playas, dune fields, and a wide band of solution valleys, the Canadian Breaks, which slashes through the caprock of the northern Panhandle.

* The Hill Country encompasses the canyon-riddled fault escarpment of the Edwards Plateau, the flower-festooned and sinkhole-pocked limestone plateau, and the Llano Uplift studded with ancient granite domes, as in the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.

* In the Basin and Range west of the Pecos, jagged spurs of the Rockies, such as the Chisos, Guadalupe, and Davis mountains, alternate with flat basins dotted with creosote and agave. Along the western border of the Trans-Pecos region, the upper Rio Grande and its tributaries cut mountain gorges, such as the Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park.

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Picture Perfect.......2001-03-16

As a Texan living abroad I bought this book to remind me of the beauty that is the Lone Star state. David Muench truly shows the diversity, splendor and essence of this great place. The stereotypical picture that many people have of Texas just being one huge, flat desert is quickly extinguished. What a fantastic photographer - immensely skilled with an incredible eye.

A distinguished collection........1998-11-08

"David Muench In Texas" is a distinquished collection of 100 full-color (and often full-page) photographs of one of the lensman's favorite states. This handsome, oversized volume "does not represent a brief burst of interest instigated by a publishing contract," says the anonymous editor in the Introduction. Rather, it's a testament to Muench's "career-long fascination with land north of the Rio Grande." The photographer's best work is a heady mix of rich colors, precise composition, and a singular sense of place. We get all that--and more!--in such masterworks as "Sunset, Galveston Bay," "Rock Window, Big Bend National Park," and "Spring Blooms, granites of Llano Uplift." But some of the pictures here are merely colorful landscapes, particularly "Loblolly Pines, Interior Study, Big Thicket National Preserve" and "Rio Grande, Texas/Mexico." But Muench's praiseworthy photos far outnumber his routine ones. Thus, I highly-recommend this beautiful volume.

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Texas
David Muench
Manufacturer: Rand McNally
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0528811053

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Texas (Photographs)
Jerry Flemmons
Manufacturer: Rand McNally, Chicago, IL
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OAZ7EK

Wild & Scenic Texas Deluxe 2004 Calendar

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Wild & Scenic Texas Deluxe 2004 Calendar
David Muench
Manufacturer: Browntrout Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Calendar
ASIN: 0763165875

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The Disney That Never Was: The Stories and Art from Five Decades of Unproduced Animation is a celebration of drawings from uncompleted films that were "simply too beautiful to leave in their folders." Some of the ideas and projects were abandoned for obvious reasons--a lack of time, money, or resources--but certainly not for lack of ingenuity. Charles Solomon, internationally respected critic and historian of animation, has gleaned the best of these unused animation drawings, storyboards, gags, and concept art, all of which make their first public appearances in this book. From Mickey, Donald, and Goofy sketches to Hans Christian Andersen roughs to wartime propaganda films to early versions of Fantasia, this book allows a delightful inside glimpse into the world of Disney.

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One of Our TOP TEN Books on the Walt Disney Studios.......2003-03-13

The preservation of art history is often an under appreciated passion. Fortunately, film critic and animation historian Charles Solomon was "bitten" long ago, and throughout his career has maintained a devotion to appreciating forgotten animation source material.

In the long and illustrious career of Walt Disney, many projects never made the final step to the silver screen. Whether diverted due to shifts in popular demand, the intervention of a World War, or the changing priorities of a living studio, several early Disney animation projects were met with a similar fate. Some were shelved until the timing of the project was a better fit with studio production schedules (The Little Mermaid); while others were indefinitely postponed due to unresolved conflicts in visualizing the final product (Salvador Dali's "Destino").

The result was a wealth of animation treasure; all of it directly connected to the hand of the artist. Storyboards, sketches, original drawings, concept art and production backgrounds; most of which were created by artists at the height of their creative ability. Legendary Disney artists of the time included Marc Davis, Mary Blair, Ferdinand Horvath, Kay Nielsen, Mel Shaw, Bill Peet, Sylvia Holland, and Joe Grant.

Much of this art has rested silently for the past half century in the animation archives of the Walt Disney Studios. Solomon brings this magnificent art to light, allowing contemporary viewers to appreciate anew the talented men and women who labored at the studio during Disney's golden age of animation.

A must for hardcore Disney fans..........2002-08-20

If you're like me, everytime you see the newest Disney picture, you can't help but wonder, "What are they working on now?" Well, this book might answer some of that longing (at least you'll know what they're -not- working on). Although it only spans the years when Walt himself was alive, we are shown enough of the Disney might-have-beens to fill our dreams for a while. To be honest, I didn't read most of the text (so many books; so little time), but that didn't keep me from thoroughly enjoying the book, since more than 2/3 is pictures anyway. The captions are well-written and informative--probably for people like me who don't read the text so that we can get the main points anyway. It's really fascinating to see how ideas are developed and why they get scrapped even though the artwork is so terrific. A chapter on wartime Disney was very entertaining--seeing what Disney did to balance the desire to make a political statement with their particular brand of family entertainment. I recommend this book to anyone interested in art styles and the development of animation or films of any kind.

Pull back the curtain and see what's behind.......2002-04-10

Disney is often considered to be the premiere house for animation. Yet in the course of creation, there will always be ideas that were rejected, or didn't gel, or just fell apart. Luckily, Disney kept everything - good, bad or unused, and created a bounty for the animation historian. This book allows a peek behind the creative process. We are familiar with what made it to the screen, but Solomon shows us what didn't make it. A combination of a history of Disney successess and failures, and a portfolio of hidden artwork, this book is a trove of Disney information that is usually overlooked. It is interesting, following the release of Fantasia 2000, to look back at actual work prepared for Walt's original idea of re-releasing Fantasia annually with different pieces, creating more than just a film, but an experience. Economics and logistics kept this from happening, and only 60 years later did a new attempt at this vision appear. There is so much more that did not make it, beause of money, lack of story, politics or more, and most of the parts rightfully finally get their day in the sun (some of the work should stay buried, but that's few and far between). A fascinating look at "the rest of the story."

This is the stuff that shows just how creative they are!.......2000-09-25

Over the years, Disney has given us 40 major animated features, but along the way, there are those that we never have seen. The art that always seems to instill ideas, the creations that are considered not creative enough, or those that were cut for various reasons. Here, Charles Solomon has pretty much ventured into the greatest journey of his life: The Disney Archives!!(Imy career in animation hoped to one day lead me to these hallowed halls). Here, he poured over hundreds or thousnads of drawings and much more, finding out everything from animated short ideas, to feature length movies. Solomon unearthed such concepts as "The Emperor's nightingale (showing wonderful pastel and watercolor prints), to shorts from Hans Christian Andersen (some art that was mentioned but not shown was the inspiration for the "Fantasia 2000" segment of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier"). There are even countless Mickey, Goofy and Donald shorts that were not made (such as one with Goofy called "How to Be a Cowboy"). In the realm of feature films, there are two incredible stories. The first centers around an idea Walt Disney had to join with another studio to make a telling of Hans Christien Andersen's life story, with interstitials from animation to live-action and back again. An unknown artist did FANTASTIC(it deserves caps) watercolor conceptuals, bu the project fell apart soon afterwards. The second story focuses ona joint venture between Walt and oil painter Salvador Dali. The numerous concepts were made and a short 8 second film reel was developed before it was shelved. There was even the story of the rooster "Chanticleer," which was probably in pre-production on and off since after World War II up til the time of "The Jungle Book." Tons and tons of artwork were made, but a story consensus could never be reached, and the project was never again to see the light of day. The greatest chapter to me is one that deals with the numerous planned segments that were to follow on the possible success of "Fantasia." However, "Fantasia" never came about (not until 60 years later), and over the years, countless ideas were tried, from baby ballets, to even bringing back the pegasus characters from the "Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony" segment. There's even soem information on the "Clair De Lune" segment that was cut before the final release (it was 100% completed too!). I would hope that Disney woudl rerelease this book. It has shown me a lot in what went in to many ideas for the animators, and it is also an infallable reference to me.

Fascinating Information.......2000-07-26

I was lucky enough to find a copy of this out-of-print book and I am really glad that I did. This book is packed with drawings created by Disney artists that were working on projects that were never put into production. Along with the drawings are the stories of the projects and in most cases, the reason why they were never completed.

I was especially interested in the material that was considered for the original Fantasia. I recently saw Fantasia 2000 and during this feature they talked about some ideas that were considered and discarded for Fantasia 2000. I found it particularly interesting to see that some material originally considered for Fantasia was actually used for Fantasia 2000 and other material considered for Fantasia was also considered for Fantasia 2000, but still not used.

I recommend this book to anyone (who is lucky enough to find a copy) who is interested in Disney animation and some of the material that might have come from the studio that never made the grade.

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This textual House of Mirrors explores and performs autobiography in/as re-search through the presentation of poetry, personal stories, and theoropoetic ruminations. The themes of writing, mothering, and teaching are reflected by examining the self/selves in the context of textual and living others. This book also incorporates the contributions of women's autobiographical writings and provides some curricular applications for autobiography in education. Drawing upon feminist and literary thought, House of Mirrors reflexively enacts the possibilities, ethical complications, and disruptions of writing autobiographically about self, others, and autobiography.

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Decorative Dressmaking.......2000-03-23

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Shows the beginner and novice what to aspire to in garment making, and shows the experienced sewist how to produce the sophisticated effects that used to be found in better women's wear. Illustrations and photos are helpful and illustrative of the techniques. Instructions are easy to follow, complete and concise. This is just a wonderful book for inspiration and technique. I wish the author would write another book like this.

Make and modify vintage inspired clothing.......1999-07-08

Wisely focussing on the techniques that make vintage clothing exceptional, Thompson gives detailed practical instructions. I was a novice sewer when I bought this book, and I "glimpsed" the world of altering patterns. The illustrations of vintage fashions are FANTASTIC

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Applique: Kwik Sew Way
Kerstin Martensson
Manufacturer: Kwik-Sew Pattern Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0913212113

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Master Pattern Included

Appliqué The KWIK?SEW Way includes over 160 designs to appliqué on women's, men's and children's garments as well as designs for home decorating. There are simple designs for the beginner as well as more elaborate designs for experienced sewers.

Appliqués and designs are becoming more and more popular. This book shows how easy it is and how much satisfaction you will experience when you have created your first design. You will receive many compliments when you have a "one of a kind" garment or decoration for your home.

Appliqués are not limited to items you sew. A special touch to a ready-to-wear item does wonders. Also, you are not limited to clothes, you can work with towels, pillowcases, sheets; in fact, almost anything. For instance, a plain bathroom can be made very attractive by decorating the towels with a small applique using the same design in a larger size on the shower curtain.

Decorated towels make wonderful gifts. Any gift becomes much more personal when you apply an appliqué illustrating a hobby or personal interest. For example, how about a large note or notes for someone interested in music? Or you may use the initials of the person who will receive the gift.

Another good idea is to use appliqués to make a wall hanging. These can be almost any size and are especially nice for children's rooms. Or, how about a pretty wall hanging for Christmas?

Appliqués can be very simple or very elaborate. You can use lace, leather, suede, velvet, satin, or just about any kind of fabric. Appliqués can be decorated with pearls, beads, sequins, studs or jewels.

Let your imagination guide you in decorating with appliqués. The versatility of appliqués allows you to personalize for any mood. Colours can be vibrant or subdued, shiny or dull. You can achieve an elegant, pretty, country or any other look just by choosing the right appliqué and the right fabric.

The master pattern is printed on durable white paper. The designs are printed on both sides of the paper so we could include as many designs as possible. Some designs are given in more than one size. Trace the pattern using tracing paper or tracing cloth, made of transparent pressed fibers.

This book has easy-to-follow sewing instructions with clear illustrations, time saving techniques and the most up-to-date sewing methods. All appliqués and creative ideas are shown throughout the book in full colour photographs.

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Sewing : Enjoy Perfect dressmaking, creative hom sewing and Decorative Needlework
Ann Ladbury
Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000M4V68E

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Lightning Bugs and other Reconnaissance Drones
William Wagner
Manufacturer: Aero Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0816866546

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Lightning Bugs And Other Reconnaissance Drones
William Wagner
Manufacturer: Aero Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ODV7W8

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An assessment of the patterns and practices in the ways officials of the People's Republic of China managed high-level political negotiations with the United States.

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The debate on realism in physics is usually focused on the reality of unobservable entities admitted in physical theories. This reality has been often denied (e.g., by Bas van Fraassen). The present book shows that observability is a very complex notion that does not really have direct implications on ontological issues related to the existence of the non-observable entities. This is shown through historical, philosophical and scientific considerations presented in the different parts of the book. Emphasis is also given to the role of experiments, measurement procedures and computer-analyzed data as interface between the theoretical and experimental cultures.

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