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The Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice Series provides substantive information on the business of architecture and its affiliated professions to maintain and improve the quality of the professional and business environment.
Architects and designers are usually required to prepare and submit proposals in order to secure new business and the success of these proposals has a direct impact on the success or failure of any given firm.
- Architectural firms spend an average of £'000s preparing proposals. This guide offers full coverage of how to create a proposal that will get the job
- Looks at how to personalise proposals as well as effectively targetting it to maximise success rates
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Art Curriculum Activities Kits: Intermediate Level
Barbara McNally Reuther , and
Diane Enemark Fogler
Manufacturer: Parker
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- art not of the void
- Nan Goldin, a retrospective of brilliance
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I'll Be Your Mirror
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Based on an exhibition of the same title at the Whitney Museum of American Art this collection of more than 300 pictures documents the alternative culture of Nan Goldin's friends and acquaintances in the arty bohemian substrata of Manhattan. Goldin turns her camera outward to record transvestites carousing in downtown clubs and the social impact of AIDS and drugs; and inward to look with unblinking intimacy at her friends, her lovers of both sexes, and herself. She records her boyfriend masturbating. She shows him on the toilet. She shows her own battered face in a mirror after he beats her up. She traces the decline and death of her friend Cookie Mueller. Goldin has created a stark record of her urban demi-monde.
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art not of the void.......2001-12-18
this is one of the most important books available in contemporary photography. i admire it for its bold reality, honesty and shockingly moving images. Anyone who takes documentary photo seriously should own this book. there is no pomp or frill here just the pain, disapointments and celebrations of life and death.
Nan Goldin, a retrospective of brilliance.......1999-07-31
Goldin is the one of the most talented and prolific photographers of the 90's. Her work, which is based mainly on friends and lovers, is painful and delicate, striking a nerve in anyone who looks. It shows the beauty and horror of everyday life, sometimes bringing a tear to your eye. This book is worth every dollar.
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- a politically incorrect classic!
- Collection of Political Cartoons that mocks Lawyers
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What to Do With a Dead Lawyer
Bill Berger , and
Ricardo Martinez
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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ASIN: 0898152852 |
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a politically incorrect classic!.......2000-08-21
Bill Berger is demented. A well regarded South Florida trial lawyer has written one of the funniest and bizarre send-offs on the legal profession ever!What to do with a dead tobacco lawyer? An ashtray would be nice? Written with wicked wit and drawn by Ricardo Martinez with a savage pen, this is the perfect gift for any lawyer with a good sense of humor, legal secretary or anyone unfavorably disposed to "the noble barrister."
Collection of Political Cartoons that mocks Lawyers.......2000-02-27
This book starts out with a famous phrase from King Henry VIII of England about lawyers which is " First Thing We Do is kill all the lawyers ". The book is a side splitting collection of political cartoons about that to do with all the bodies after we kill all of them as King Henry VIII says. It will make you laugh so hard you will think that you are hurting yourself ! If you are totaly happy with the present legal situation in the world and especially in the USA you won't find this book funny. If not get ready to laugh !
Robert G Smith
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Essential Reading for ANY nonprofit board member.......2000-06-03
This short book is a necessary resource for any new board member. I read it on first going on my local Habitat for Humanity board, and have recommended it to every nonprofit board member I know. To a one, they come back and thank me for the recommendation. "Doing Good Better!" covers all of the essential information one needs to perform the nonprofit board member fiduciary responsibilities and obligations. And it does so succinctly and understandably. It is also written with an uplifting and positive tone -- it makes you feel good about what you're doing as a nonprofit supporter. I regularly refer back to this book both for support and encouragement, and to refresh my knowledge of my duties as a board member.
Book Description
The trusted handbook for nonprofit board service is back -- newly revised and updated!
Doing Good Even Better is approachable wisdom, fresh from the recently retired chair of Habitat for Humanity International.
Edgar Stoesz (Stayce) has fixed his eagle eye on two failings common to many boards of nonprofit organizations:
1.) Distinguishing their governance role from the role of management. "Making this distinction requires a re-orientation for most directors, because in their day jobs, they are managers or employees."
2.) Boards skimp on two matters: a.) preparation of their members, and b.) regular evaluations of their own effectiveness and focus.
Stoesz has made Doing Good Even Better a guidebook. In short, pointedly-written chapters, Stoesz covers:
Helping Directors Understand Their Governance Role
A Plan to Fulfill the Purpose
Reporting Back to the Members
Planning Effective Meetings
Great Boards Have a Good Fight (occasionally)
Working Your Way Through a Crisis
Great Boards Celebrate
Leaving Right
Stoesz deftly interweaves background philosophy, vision, and razor-sharp specific ideas
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"Discussion/Action Questions" conclude many of the chapters.
In addition, Stoesz offers a "Board Evaluation Form," a "Director's Self-Evaluation Form," and an Outline for the "Executive Director Annual Review."
Doing Good Even Better is practical, ready-to-go material for board members who are stiffly new or wearily veteran. Author Edgar Stoesz writes crisply from his wise and seasoned board experience.
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America's #1 real estate expert helps home buyers make the most of thehome mortgage revolution. Robert Irwin's popular Tips & Traps series has already helped more than one million home buyers and sellers make their real estate transactions less painful and more profitable. Now fully updated, the author spells out all the recent changes in the home financing industry, from new mortgage types to new eligibility standards, to the new computerized approval process to the pros and cons of using a mortgage broker. As always, readers will find the kindof all-inclusive, straight-from-the-hip advice they have come toexpect from Robert Irwin, in a clear, easy-to-follow style everyonecan understand.
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good author.......2006-11-05
I found Irwin's Tips & Traps When Buying a Home useful when I bought my first house. I expect this to be useful also.
Good book for those who want to understand mortgages and r/e.......2001-03-30
First off, if you just want to buy a house and not deal with much, find a good broker (of course, that assumes you can find a good broker) and set them loose with specific requirements.
This book is more worthy of people who want to learn more about mortgages and save themselves anywhere from 1000 to 5,000 dollars on average. More if you really dig but this isn't the book for big saves in real estate.
Irwin will take you through all the various steps in
(1) figuring out your credit rating and what you can and cannot get with it;
(2) different types of mortgages and which ones to use;
(3) how to figure out your payment schedule; how to not get in over your head;
(4) the little costs for escrow and banks and other costs; some of which you can have removed;
(5) dealing w/ a broker;
(6) various loans to seek out, including govt ones;
(7) dealing with the seller; and
(8) how to make sure you don't get ripped off.
Overall, this is a great book for the first time investor or someone who wants a home and wants to save a few thousand dollars (or more). Not worth your time, as it's too complicated, for those who want to spend little time learning about it.
A must have!.......2000-04-11
The most complete book I've ever seen on hunting for a mortgage. It explained in detail all my options. It even gave me a list of different types of mortgages that I could get and where I could get them. I found it invaluable in getting a lower than market interest rate mortgage from a mortgage broker. (Who cares if he was previously a real estate agent or not-see earlier reviews!)
HELP.......2000-03-04
My husband and I are shopping around for our home we plan to purchase. My husband is a school teacher and I brought home this book, thinking he could read through it and get a real handle on what we should be doing for a mortgage when we find our home. He found the book very complicated and he said it was overwhelming. I paged through the book, just reading the tips, which I found helpful, but I, too, felt the book was very heavy on facts and information which probably doesn't pertain to the average homebuyer - certainly not us.
We were pre-approved for a loan before we started looking for our home by a very helpful mortgage broker referred to us by our Realtor. He has answered all the questions we had to date very professionally. I showed him the book and he said he had read it and he thought there were some helpful hints in it but he said there were some very glaring errors in it, too. Like one of the other revieweres pointed out, the author makes a monster mistake when he states that most all mortgage brokers are real estate agents. That's not at all true. They are required to have a current Department of Real Estate license (mortgage brokers) but they are not automatically real estate agents unless the author meant that they are QUALIFIED to sell real estate. The vast majority of them do not sell any real estate. They make loans on the real estate sold by real estate agents. It sounds confusing but it isn't. The author needs to correct this. He also needs to scale down the contents of his book so that the average borrower can understand it better.
He should also spend a lot more time denouncing many, if not all, of the lenders who advertise on the highways and freeways with their big electronic billboards advertising interest rates that absolutely do not exist. He should devote an entire chapter to this unethical practice which continues. unabated, as I write this review.
I called one of those lenders this afternoon because they offered a rate which was better than my mortgage broker offered. I found out that what they advertised wasn't even close to what they were quoting. The agent there told me the billboards were malfunctioning. I suggested they turn them off, then. His comment was, "we spend too much money on them to turn them off." Robert Irwin, get on this scam now. Do a whole book on it.
WAY TOO COMPLICATED.......2000-02-29
I am a first time homebuyer looking for my first home. I found this book fairly detailed, even though I didn't think so when I leafed through it at the bookstore before I bought it. I think most of homebuyers want streamlined, summarized information, not reams and reams of info we don't understand or can't use. The author seems to know his material, it just takes him quite a while to present it. That's why I gave the book one star instead of two or three.
Also, I am also confused. The author describes mortgage brokers as "mostly real estate agents." I thought mortgage brokers were independent contractors whom the borrower employs to find the best loan out there for the borrower. I have been working with a mortgage broker on my own transaction and I showed him the statement in the book. He said, and I quote, "that's totally inaccurate." He said that the author should have stated that all mortgage brokers should be licensed by the department of Real Estate but that doesn't necessarily make them real estate agents. My broker said he has a real estate license but had never sold a property in the 25 years he's had the license. I think the author should clarify that statement. It's confusing. I know I wouldn't want my realtor to be acting as my mortgage broker, just as I wouldn't want my doctor to be my dentist. Both hold medical degrees but they specialize in totally different fields. Same with brokers and realtors, I would imagine. Also, the few realtors with whom I have worked all told me they have NEVER done mortgage loans and wouldn't even ATTEMPT to try. They refer their business to their favorite mortgage broker or loan officer. Real estate agents list and sell homes. Mortgage brokers make the loans on those homes. Very few would attempt to do both, according to my info from the realtors and the mortgage brokers with whom I have talked.
I live in California. Maybe it's different in other states, but I don't think so and neither did my mortgage broker.
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TOURING THE ITALIAN FRONT 1917 - 1919 (Battleground Europe)
Francis Mackay
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ASIAGO (Battleground Europe)
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The guide describes the ground and operations covered by the British, French and US Expeditionary Forces deployed from France to the area North of Venice between November 1917 and Spring 1919. These Forces supported the Italians after their disastrous defeat at Caporetto and helped stem the Austrian and German onslaught.
This is the first guide to the Allied contribution and the Piave Defence line. It also covers the rear areas - supply and repair services, training and recreation, and describes the movement to Italy and subsequent service and care of the 16,000 British and 20,000 French horses and mules. The US contribution has never been adequately described before.
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A comprehensive visual guide and reference source for over 1600 birds of America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Polar regions, with expert analysis of size, shape, plumage, habitat, breeding, nests, eggs and food.- Illustated throughout with over 1800 color artworks, maps and photographs.- A natural history section, featuring habitat artworks and tips on birdwatching, examines the evolution of birds and how they use flight, habitat, predatory instincts and migration to survive in their environment.
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A beautifully illustrated guide to over 1000 birds from around the world, detailing distribution, habitat, size, feeding and nesting behavior.
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Beautiful book, great reference.......2006-11-11
Bought this book for my teenage daughter, who loves birds, but we all use and enjoy the book. Fine quality, big book packed with full-color illustrations, loaded with useful information, it's a little trip around the world of birds.
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Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds: A Visual Who's Who in the World of Birds
Manufacturer: Collier Books
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ASIN: 0020444621 |
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This is the Exclusive Edition of the Illustrated Animal Library containing a collection of 4-page fold-out cards, each of which has three pages of scientific facts and information and one page inserted with a 10" x 6" water color print of the featured animal of heavy textured paper suitable for framing. The prints are by various well-known artists. There are 4 Groups of cards: (1) Mammals; (2) Birds; (3) Reptiles, Amphibians & Fish; and (4) Insects and Invertebrates.
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A wonderful introduction to the world of Birding - Sections covered are - Biology, including migration, bird structures, courtship, nesting and life cycles - Habitats and Bird families.
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