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The American Bungalow: 1880-1930
Clay Lancaster Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0486286789 |
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Good complimentary source.......2000-05-18
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THE AMERICAN BUNGALOW 1880-1930
Clay Lancaster Manufacturer: Abbeville ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000M0VAYI |
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Rhythmic Form in Art (Dover Books on Art, Art History)
Irma A. Richter Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0486443795 |
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Walt Whitman's poetry and the evolution of rhythmic forms, and Walt Whitman's thought and art
Pasquale Jannaccone Manufacturer: NCR Microcard Editions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0910972311 |
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Wave Forms: A Natural Syntax for Rhythmic Languages
James Bunn Manufacturer: Stanford University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0804745072 Release Date: 2002-02-12 |
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Bike Week At Daytona Beach: Bad Boys And Fancy Toys
Roby Page Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1578067650 |
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When photojournalist and writer Roby Page first started trekking to Daytona Beach, Florida, for Bike Week in 1985, the counterculture gathering was dominated by rogues, ruffians, and rebels. Now the leather-clad biker rumbling down Atlantic Avenue might actually be a doctor or a lawyer. More than a half-million enthusiasts arrive at Daytona Beach every March, a number swelled by new bikers from the American mainstream.In Bad Boys and Fancy Toys: Bike Week at Daytona Beach, Page sets out on his Harley-Davidson to search for what it really means to be a biker. Part memoir, part narrative history, and part photo essay, the book not only chronicles Bike Week, but also vividly documents the evolution of two American icons---the Harley and the Biker.
Braving wintry weather on his way to sunny Florida, Page gives us an understanding of the visceral, even elemental thrills of traveling by motorcycle. He tracks the history of the deviant biker image from its origins in the wake of World War II, and the parallel history of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, creator of the machine favored by bikers. Arriving in Daytona Beach, the author shares the changing carnival of Bike Week through his prose and through sixty black-and-white photographs. Finally, Page joins together with long-time bikers Jinks and Wolfpup to get perspectives on how Bike Week has transformed, and on how the dramatic increase in new bikers has changed their culture forever.
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Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo Volume 3 (Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo)
HaNa Lee , and KangHo Park Manufacturer: Ice Kunion ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 8952744918 |
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With his new and more powerful friends, Chiwoo heads toward Chug-Li village to find his father Bi-Hyun. Instead, he is greeted by a band of immortal enemies who have been eagerly awaiting his arrival - and are just as eager to take his life. Will he be able to defeat the immortals and find his father?!
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Managing the Web-Based Enterprise
Jesse Feiler Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0122513398 |
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Managing the Web-Based Enterprise is for managers who are embarking on launching a Web strategy, or getting a solid handle on one that already is in place. Although its focus is on the big-picture issues, the book includes numerous specific suggestions and warnings to steer business professionals who have yet to find their Web legs.Managing the Web-Based Enterprise begins with very general discussions, such as "What Is a Web-Based Enterprise" and "How People Use Computers and the Web." These sections help the reader take a look at the whole medium from an analytical point of view.
Most of the content is presented in series of suggestions, terminology coverage, and tips, with two or three paragraphs of explanation. This format lends itself to readers who are used to analyzing information systematically--or have little time to read computer books. Brief "Why This Matters" sections in most of the chapters break the issues down to executive summaries.
Readers who are somewhat familiar with Web technology might find this title a bit underwhelming in terms of technical content. However, those who are new to the world of Web-centric business will find that this book frames the issues of the complete Web life cycle quite well. --Stephen W. Plain
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Readers can choose from among many books that guide them through the technology on which e-commerce relies, but virtually none address the subject from a sound business perspective. Managing the Web-Based Enterprise fills this sizable void, offering managers key insights into the nature and future of commerce on the Web. By demonstrating how technology can contribute to success or failure, this book trains readers to make good decisions about technological investment. More importantly, it re-emphasizes the business principles-both traditional and not so traditional-that must be brought to bear on any Web-based project, whatever the technology involved.Customer Reviews:
Your lifesaver in the dangerous e-seas.......2001-06-22
Not for Managers, Not for Enterprises.......2000-11-28
The author used very few specific, real-world Web project examples, and when these were invoked, they almost always referred back to the author's company's own Web site. It would be impressive or at least appropriate had the example Web site been an "enterprise" system of applications, functionality, backend integration, usability and design; however, it was a simple site with HTML pages, which, though the book purports they are dynamically rendered from a database, may as well have been static for the flatness of the content --not customized, not personalized, not data-driven. More sincere would have been to describe the site content as contextual, but certainly not dynamic.
The word "enterprise," although overused these days, has at least kept its generic meaning of some sort of intense undertaking, or a comprehensive, integrated endeavor. So placing the word in the title of the book implies that the content will reflect that same or similar thread. I am appalled that instead, I was treated to oversimplified arguments using non-industry-standard language; the endorsement of entry-level development tools like Front Page and PageMill; less attention paid to content than to hit counters (which have no place on an Enterprise Web system); and pedantic discourses on, of all things, hyperlinks. If a reader needs to be taught that hyperlinks will generally have a different color and be underlined, and that clicking on one will load the page into your browser, replacing the page you're currently viewing, then the reader is not an enterprise-level manager, but is rather your neighbor selling beanie babies on AOL.
Furthermore, the writer is a frames apologist, which raised instant and vivid red flags on my amateur detector. The author acknowledges that there are reasons not to use them, but he pushes for them anyway; he does not say that the reasons are, namely, proven unreliability in search engines, difficulty in printing, and poor usability in terms of bookmarking, nor that frames have been considered "cheats" to creating good, simple, clean, professional code. He mistakenly asserts that download speeds are faster with frames than using single pages, though an expert knows that navigation buttons and other images are cached and reload quickly. He does not pass along for the reader's benefit the idea that though they remain supported by browsers, frames have been widely dismissed in the professional Web development world.
This review may beg the question of why I bought a book like this if I considered myself such an "expert." I maintain an office library for my clients, who often require solid documentation to support decisions that I as a manager, my designers, or my developers may make. It goes without question that when I can point to not my own but a published "expert's" educated recommendations, along with a high-profile, professional Web site to corroborate, the confidence factor for the whole project increases. (In that light, may I recommend Collaborative Web Development by Jessica Burdman, and Creating Killer Interactive Web Sites -- not the similarly titled David Siegel one, but the one by Andrew Sather, Ardith Ibanez, and Stefan Grunspan, who excelled at producing real enterprise sites before they were called that.) These types of books are absolutely valuable to beginners and experts alike.
I don't question that this book could be helpful to a newbie: there are practical guidelines to steer the poor marketing guy thrown into creating a Web page through the morass of questions and confusion and political messes in corporate settings. I think that the inexperienced person who seems to be the target for this book would be a lamb led to slaughter if the project truly were an "enterprise" system. And for the person even barely experienced enough to run an enterprise Web project, this book is not only underwhelming, but it's also misleading, elementary, and poorly supported by professional examples, all of which make it inappropriate to its cover copy, target audience, and cost.
Give A Copy to Every Manager..........2000-08-30
The Next Best Thing To An On-Staff Consultant.......2000-08-24
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Managing Virtualization of Networks and Services: 18th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2007, San ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3540756930 |
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems, Operations and Management, DSOM 2007, held in San José, CA, USA, in October 2007 in the course of the 3rd International Week on Management of Networks and Services, Manweek 2007.
The 20 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on decentralized and peer-to-peer management, fault detection and diagnosis, performance tuning and dimensioning, problem detection and mitigation, operations and tools, service accounting and auditing, Web services and management.
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Managing the Web-Based Enterprise
Jesse Feiler Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OHM6Y2 |
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The California Real Estate Primer: Essentials for Broker and Salesperson License Examinations & for Buyers and Sellers of California Real Estate (California ... Primer) (California Real Estate Primer)
Ray D. Westcott Manufacturer: Real Estate Primer Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0940745070 |
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It Works.......2005-06-02
THE ONLY WAY TO PASS THE CALIFORNIA SALESMAN EXAM!.......1999-06-11
The Real Estate Primer is also an excellant tool for somebody who wants to improve their knowledge of real estate terminology, laws and procedures.
After each short chapter you will find questions which can easily be answered or you may choose, as I did, to fill in the answers and then study the question with the proper answer thereby reinforcing your understanding of the chapter.
I passed the exam the first time after reading through this book. I have used it many times since for review and to look up specific areas.
It is A MUST for anyone taking the sales exam.
Jerry Zeldes, CPA
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The California real estate primer: Essentials for real estate broker & salesperson license examinations and for buyers and sellers of California real estate
Ray D Westcott Manufacturer: Real Estate Primer Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00072APHO |
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Never Walk Away: Lessons on Integrity from a Father Who Lived It
Crawford W. Loritts Manufacturer: Moody Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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Outstanding!.......1997-08-08
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B-25 Mitchell Units of the MTO
Steve Pace Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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From November 1942 through to May 1945, the backbone of the USAAF’s medium bomber force was provided by the clutch of bomb groups equipped with the B-25 Mitchell. First seeing action in North Africa in the wake of Operation Torch, and in the Battle of El Alamein, the ‘bombing twin’ proved to be one of the most successful allied combat types in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO). The first of four volumes planned for the Combat Aircraft series on the Mitchell, this title includes first-hand accounts, 30 colour profiles and more than 100 colour and black and white photographs of the B-25 in the MTO.
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Adventures Among Pictures. With Twenty-Four Illustrations, Eight of Which are Reproduced in Colours of the Original Paintings, and Sixteen in Black and White.
C. Lewis Hind Manufacturer: London: Adam and Charles Black ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IU2LQ8 |
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The White Hind
Sir James Fergusson Manufacturer: Faber and Faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000JGELNW |
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White Hind
James Fergusson Manufacturer: FABER & FABER LTD (ENGLAND) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000U03XMC |
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The White Hind (The Kilkerran Collection)
James, Sir Fergusson Manufacturer: Grimsay Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0902664999 |
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The White Hind,: And Other Poems (CBD Research Publication)
David Morrison Manufacturer: Caithness Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0900247002 |
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Hirst/Sheppard family history: With allied families of Crenshaw, Doerner, Hinds, Ingraham, Jeter, Michelson, Shotwell, Smith, Somerville, White and Wolfe
Helen Anne Hirst Christy Manufacturer: H.A.H. Christy ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006FATY6 |
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The tobacco thrips and remedies to prevent "white veins" in wrapper tobacco: (Euthrips nicotianœ Hinds.) (United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Circular)
William Anson Hooker Manufacturer: Govt. Print. Off ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008AY684 |
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A Field Guide to the Birds of China
John MacKinnon , and Karen Phillipps Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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China is one of the largest countries in the world, covering 7% of the earth's land surface, and encompassing a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps' important new guide will be the first truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of China. Over 1300 bird species are illustrated in 128 original colour paintings, by Karen Phillipps and Dave Showler. The species accounts stress the key points for field recognition and give a full description of the plumage, voice, range, distribution, status, and behavioural characteristics for every bird, with additional descriptions provided for hundreds of subspecies. Colour distribution maps are provided for all illustrated species. The book also includes a useful introductory section that presents a background to the ecology of China, a brief history of Chinese ornithology, and plenty of practical hints on birdwatching in China. The guide's portable format means it will fit easily into a backpack or pocket. John MacKinnon lived in China and Hong Kong for eight years, and has extensive experience of watching and writing about Chinese birds. He has been working in ecology and conservation in Asia for over 30 years, and his work in China included co-authoring the master plan to save the Giant Panda and its habitat. He has written and co-authored many books on the natural history of Asia, including a number of other bird guides. Karen Phillipps was born in Borneo, lived in Hong Kong for over 20 years, and has illustrated several other books on the birdlife of the region.Customer Reviews:
A bible for birds in China.......2001-10-24
All species of known regular occurrence somewhere in China are illustrated in excellent drawings by Karen Phillips, all but a few in full color. Colored range maps are on the page facing each of the 128 plates. The text for each species provides a detailed description, voice, distribution and status, habits (useful), and in some cases a note on taxonomy.
I used this book for more than two weeks in China during October 2001 and confidently identified every bird I got a decent look at. (Regrettably, eastern China is not exactly overrun with exotic birds, but you can find some interesting species even in the cities.)
The most noticeable problem with this book is its sheer bulk; at 256 pages of plates, 586 pages of text, and some front material, this monster tops out at well over 800 pages and won't fit in most fanny packs, not to mention pockets. So taking a utility knife with a new blade, I sliced the spine following the last plate and taped the last page to the spine, creating a book of front matter, 10 pages of introduction and all the plates and range maps--a tad over a third the thickness of the whole book. A few species are illustrated in black-and-white in the text, so I xeroxed those (with their black-and-white range maps) and pasted them below the range maps of appropriate plates. I left the text home.
The book is not without minor errors, of course. For example, the range maps on plate 35 mistakenly call the Red Phalarope the Red-necked Phalarope, with the same error in the scientific name (although, curiously, the Chinese name appears to be correct). Both species are illustrated. On plate 56 the illustration of the Red-throated Loon is mistakenly marked with the species number of the Common Loon (which is also illustrated and correctly numbered on the same plate). On plate 72 the female Japanese Paradise-flycatcher is so marked but the symbol for the male is missing. Most users can figure out such slips.
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Essential.......2001-01-21
Well Done Field Guide.......2001-01-04
A couple of other bits of useful information in this book include a map detailing vegetation type and an introduction to the region. Also, a list of protected and endangered species is included. For researchers, a nice bibliography is also included. Whether you just want to look at birds from a country you never plan on going to, or if you intend to go birding in China, this book is for you.
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Birds in China
Weishu Xu Manufacturer: Foreign Languages Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 7119000691 |
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A great variety of birds can be found in China, many of them rare species and some found only in certain districts of China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China several nature reserves for the protection of rare birds have been established, saving many precious species from extinction.The author, Xu Weishu, is a member of the executive council of the Chinese Society of Ornithology and its deputy secretary-general. His vivid and interesting account of the variety, distribution and habits of China's birds is complemented by nearly a hundred colour photographs. The book will prove rewarding for the general reader as well as bird specialists.
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Birds in China lacks substance.......2007-09-30
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FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF CHINA
JOHN MACKINNON, JOHN MACKINNON Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OKXILY |
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Field Guide to the Birds of China
Manufacturer: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000GX18KW |
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