Taunton's Family Home Idea Book

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Time spent at home is precious — and more and more, families want their homes to allow for comfortable living, both inside and out. This latest title in Taunton's best-selling Idea Book series focuses on spaces that work for all kinds of families. It brings a wealth of innovative ideas home, with more than 400 color photos, drawings, and sidebars designed to spark creative solutions to the everyday, and constantly changing, needs in a family's home.

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Great Ideas.......2007-09-16

This book is a little gold mine. The ideas depicted in these pages are very tastefully done with artfully crafted spaces, excellent photos, and a must have for anyone who is thinking of building their own home or remodeling a current residence. There is something in this lovely book for every budget.

Disappointing.......2004-03-24

Taunton Press generally publishes very useful books about home design, particularly regarding storage ideas. This book, however, seems to have been put together very quickly in order to sell copies.

Most annoying, are pictures that are too small - there is nothing worse than squinting at a picture, or worse, being tempted to take out a magnifying glass. This is especially irksome when there is a giant blank spot of empty page right above and beside it.
The larger pictures are lovely, but editorial decisions are questionable when so much page is left blank. For instance, some of the photos are smaller than your average photograph.

Finally, there is something disturbing about declaring a house a "family home" based mostly, it seems, on size. These are homes which contain media rooms, arts & crafts rooms, built-in storage designed from solid wood which would break anybody's budget.
This book definitely advocates size over practicality; there seems little hope for the family living a home that isn't the size of a football field.

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The magical Celtic weavings of Welsh artist Jen Delyth come alive in this new journal based on the bestselling Amber Lotus calendar and card series. To inspire thoughtful journaling, short writings in the style of ancient Celtic triads and bardic poetry are interspersed throughout this journal. Jen is highly praised among lovers of Celtic art and lore and is one of the most popular artists in this genre. Celtic Mandala Journal speaks with the undying spirit of the Celtic people.

The journal has blank pages on the left and lined pages on the right. Evenly spaced throughout are selections of Jen's art.

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Through first-hand accounts, extraordinary photographs, and his own observations, chronicler Brian Harris paints a revealing portrait of Tibet's rich, centuries-old culture which is on the very brink of extinction. Memoir-style accounts by Tibetan elders currently living in India, Canada, and the United States portray a wide range of human experience, from the edifying and mysterious to the earthy and familiar. Royalties from the sales of this book are divided among Seva Service Society, the Tibetan Health Education Organization, The Nuns Project, and the Delek Hospital Aid Foundation.

144 pages, 80 color photographs, size: 10 3/4 x 9". Smythe-sewn paperbound book.

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True Seeing.......2005-07-14

We were lucky to have Brian Harris come to speak in our city. His presentation was amazing, as are each and every one of his photos. Well worth seeing. Check out SEVA an organization that sells calendars, cards etc. using Brian's work to support projects that save the eyesight of so many people living in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains. Worthy work. A brother in the dharma.

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Great fun.......2004-05-19

Sidney Harris' cartoons are immediately recognizable, if only for their intelligent handling of real science. His topics are often serious. This whole book is about what we've done and continue to do to the world we live in. Harris knows that a serious topic doesn't always need a grim discussion, and his teasing makes his points better than any harangue ever could.

This book was published in 1996, and collects many cartoons that originated earlier. Most haven't aged, though. There's the gas station attendant sitting dejectedly, for example: "I just saw my first electric car." As of today, the issues have only become more sharply draw - electric (or hybrid) cars are on the roads now, and the fossil fuel companies really haven't changed.

Science is too important to be reserved for scientists. Harris' humor does a lot to deflate over-stuffed egos. Even better, his humor creates memorable images about important ideas.

Enjoy!

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This digital document is an article from E Semanal, published by Servicios Editoriales Sayrols S.A. de C.V. on May 17, 2004. The length of the article is 1022 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pornografía en línea: un mercado muy jugoso: la pornografía en línea es un negocio casi seguro. Al no existir un marco legal en el país no hay limitantes para los proveedores de estos sitios Web. El problema está en los spams y los ganchos empleados para visitar dichas páginas, aunque no se desee. México no está exento de dicho fenómeno.
Author: Verónica Hernández Cedillo
Publication: E Semanal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 17, 2004
Publisher: Servicios Editoriales Sayrols S.A. de C.V.
Volume: 23 Issue: 603 Page: 32(1)

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Leyes y Negocios En Internet
Olivier Hance
Manufacturer: MC Graw Hill
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ASIN: 9701013492

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Information for the inspector, investor, appraiser, home buyer, home owner and handyman regarding roofs

A Practical Guide to Inspecting Roofs (American Home Inspectors Training Institute How-to Library & Guide, Volume 3)

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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Roofs (American Home Inspectors Training Institute How-to Library & Guide, Volume 3)

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Publisher: American Home Inspectors Training Institute, 2002 revised edition

A Practical Guide to Inspecting Roofs (Revised)

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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Roofs (Revised)
Roy Newcomer
Manufacturer: American Home Inspectors Training Institute
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ASIN: B000VFUNUQ

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Growing Up with Epilepsy provides parents with the tools needed to raise a child with epilepsy, to support his/her social development, provide effective discipline, and negotiate the educational system.

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An important tool for everyday living.......2003-09-14

Parents who must deal with the daily unpredictability of seizures and the side effects of medication often find it confusing to understand what to expect. Growing Up With Epilepsy will appeal to busy parents who want a quick reference guide: information is organized in a manner easy to look up, chapters discuss social and behavioral as well as psychological concerns and issues, and parents receive basic tools to help their kids through all manner of concerns. An important tool for everyday living.

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Home Medical Guide to Epilepsy
Rudy W. Bilous
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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ASIN: 0789441705

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The ACP Home Medical Guides provide concise information on a wide range of health and medical topics. Fully vetted by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM), each book covers a single topic or disease, providing clear and concise information in a highly accessible format. All are completely up-to-date, with the latest advances in diagnosis, treatment, self-help, and preventative measures, and are illustrated throughout with over 75 photographs, diagrams, and charts.

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The men of the U.S. Navy's brown-water force played a vital but often overlooked role in the Vietnam War. Known for their black berets and limitless courage, they maneuvered their aging, makeshift craft along shallow coastal waters and twisting inland waterways to search out the enemy. In this moving tribute to their contributions and sacrifices, Tom Cutler records their dramatic story as only a participant could. His own Vietnam experience enables him to add a striking human dimension to the account. The terror of firefights along the jungle-lined rivers, the rigors of camp life, and the sudden perils of guerrilla warfare are conveyed with authenticity. At the same time, the author's training as a historian allows him to objectively describe the scope of the navy's operations and evaluate their effectiveness.

Winner of the Navy League's Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement in 1988 when the book was first published, Cutler is credited with having written the definitive history of the brown-water sailors, an effort that has helped readers better understand the nature of U.S. involvement in the war.

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Excellent Introduction to the Brown Water Navy in Vietnam.......2004-10-02

In an interesting plot twist, the 2004 Presidential Election has brought a little known arena of the Vietnam War to light. Because Senator John F. Kerry, the Democratic nominee, made his valorous service in Vietnam a central component of his primary run and the centerpiece of his nomination speech at the Democratic Convention, a group of fellow veterans has challenged his version of events that occurred in Vietnam and ran a series of commercials attacking his credibility and calling him to account for the accusations that the young lieutenant had directed at his fellow veterans after coming home. The angry rhetoric that these two groups of veterans have exchanged has been the impetus for the press to write and speak about warfare on the coffee-brown waters of Mekong Delta back in 1968. Unfortunately, it seems like many members of the press haven't done their homework and thus the stories lack the valuable background and contextual information that would have made them more accurate.
"Brown Water, Black Berets" (which is still available) is one of the few books that have been written about the fresh water and coastal navy in Vietnam and I wish it were in wider circulation. It mainly covers the southernmost part of Vietnam, which the military cut into four tactical zones, so the bottom of the country was IV Corps. If we look at a map of Vietnam, we can see that there is a wide river, the Mekong, which empties into a vast delta, just south of Saigon. Because the Mekong ran right into the heartland of South Vietnam, it became a conduit for the North Vietnamese to smuggle arms and supplies into the south in order to equip their allies, the Vietcong guerillas. To interdict these vital supplies, the United States Navy and the Vietnamese Navy had to equip a force of boats that was small enough to navigate the rivers and yet strong enough to fight off attacks from well armed guerillas. Additionally, the Vietcong brought supplies down the coast using sampans and other small boats, requiring offshore Navy and Coast Guard patrols to chase and intercept them.
To fight this new type of war, the United States Navy created a new force of light including the little "Skimmer" a tiny "Boston whaler" used for offshore use, equipped with an outboard engine, the PBR (Patrol Boat River) which was a purpose built 31 ft. long, fiberglass hulled, diesel engined boat with a jet drive (it was made by Jacuzzi - a name familiar to many suburban homeowners) which enabled it able to turn on a dime. Then, there was the Louisiana built "Swift Boat" or in the Navy parlance, the Patrol Craft, Fast (PCF). The now famous Swift was built on the hull of a transport boat that ran crews on and off the oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. These Swifts were a bit larger craft, fifty feet long, with an aluminum hull, powered by twin diesels, with screws, not the jet drive of the PBR. The boats were fast - about 28 knots - and powerfully armed with a pair of twin .50 caliber machine guns mounted over the pilothouse, with another mount on the fantail, this one an over/under arrangement of a single .50 over a 81mm mortar. Despite their weight and the firepower that allowed them to put a great deal of lead on target, the Swift Boats had a shallow 3 ½ foot draft, making it possible to get up small rivers and canals.
In addition to these craft, the Navy had larger boats designed to transport ships upriver and even constructed "Monitors" which were powerfully armed with a 40mm cannon in a rotating turret, hence the name. All these craft were necessary because in the vast delta, there were few roads and the waterways were the easiest way to get around for friend and foe alike. The men of the United States and Vietnamese navies used all of these craft to interdict the enemy's supplies and to transport ground troops and Navy Seals up river. Confronting the small boats of the Vietnamese was a perilous activity because in South Vietnam, every sampan could carry innocent peasants or a Vietcong guerilla with the machine gun or grenade. Additionally, the enemy would lie in wait along the canals, ready to seize the opportunity to ambush the patrol boats with heavy machine guns, mortars and small arms fire.
As the war went on, the Navy came up with some innovative programs in order to take the fight to the enemy, so about the time John Kerry volunteered for them, the Swift Boats and PBR began to operate more aggressively, operating in small flotillas to provide cover to each other. So, up until the later years of the Nixon administration when the United States Navy began winding down its operations, the men of the "Brown Water Navy" performed a difficult task and by all accounts, did it well. As a result, a large percentage of Navy losses in Vietnam - extremely light for offshore sailors - were on the small boats of the inland navy.
"Brown Water, Black Berets" is an award-winning book that interweaves personal stories of heroic fresh water sailors with the "big picture" of the strategic decisions. It also includes information about the design and deployment of the boats. The author, Thomas Cutler, was a veteran of the "Brown Water Navy" and his service in the last year of the war gives him the authority and experience to tell his fellow veteran's story well. Solidly written and well researched, this book will please anyone interested in military history, the Vietnam War or someone who is just curious about the type of boats Senator John F. Kerry commanded as a young lieutenant some thirty-five years ago.

Wonderful introduction to an obscure subject.......2004-09-12

This is a great introduction to the US Navy's river war in Vietnam. Well written, informative, excellently researched, and very fair, it really is a must have for Vietnam history buffs. Plenty of black & white photos. I wish the Cutler had included more maps to go along with the firefights he describes so well, but this is about my only complaint.

Fine military history..........2001-10-09

An excellent and highly informative narrative of the nearly unknown world of the United States Navy's small craft fleet in Vietnam. A fine reminder to the sailors of today that individual heroism in a war fought with the machine gun and not missles is part of the recent naval tradition. If anyone can say they followed the path of John Paul Jones and went into harm's way, these sailors can, and LCDR Cutler has told their story well.

Great, factual account of the "River Rats"!.......1999-02-24

I was in the Naval Advisory Group at the same time as LCDR Cutler and I know where he's coming from. He did a great job of research. I'm really surprised at the volume of good factual info he managed to scrape up! BRAVO ZULU from an ex advisor at Rach Soi, Qui Nhon and Cam Ranh Bay.

A must read for ALL Sailors and Naval/Warfare Historians.......1998-01-11

As a modern day "River Rat," I started reading this book, while waiting to kick off that little invasion down in Panama, affectionately known as "Operation Just Cause" in Dec 1989, and managed to finish reading it in between "Brown Water & coastal Patrols." It's hard to put down once you start reading, and CDR Cutler does this small, sub-community of Navy Special Warfare Sailors justice (pretty unique thing to do for an officer). It's the roots & history of the U.S.N.'s "Brown Water Navy", the combat tactics and actions that are still in use to this date. I highly recommend this literature work to any person(s) that's interested in the Navy, and the and the personnel that forged the Brown Water Navy's history in the volatile rivers, canals and coast line of Viet Nam. A true reflection of courage, human spirit and dedication in the most adverse conditions. PBR= Proud, Brave & Reliable! Keep the Faith

Brown Water, Black Berets Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam

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Brown Water, Black Berets Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam
Thomas J. Cutler
Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GY3N2M

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Brown Water, Black Berets
thomas J. Cutler
Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HTUNT2

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Brown Water, Black Berets -
LCDR, USN - Thomas J. Cutler
Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press -
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NPKJ7G

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Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam

Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GRM77G

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Written by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, the work discusses the role European dependence on American support played in the history of European unification.

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"The Thorntons have high standards indeed—some of these pictures are easily the best ever taken of their respective species; some are spectacular, even dazzling."

—Robert S. Ridgely, Vice President, American Bird Conservancy

"Nothing quite like this book has ever been done by anyone—great photos of tropical birds and interesting, informative text."

—Victor Emanuel, President, Victor Emanuel Nature Tours

From Belize to Brazil, the forests of the American neotropics are home to an astonishing array of birds—over 3,700 different species, or nearly 40 percent of all the birds on earth. Because of this overwhelming abundance, birders come from all over the world to try to catch glimpses of species that can be found nowhere else, such as toucans and antbirds, motmots and manakins, bellbirds and cocks-of-the-rock, and practically all of the planet's hummingbirds. Two such birding enthusiasts are Vera and Bob Thornton, who have spent fifteen years photographing these special and exotic birds in the rainforests of eleven different countries of Central and South America. In this book, you'll find more than a hundred spectacular color photographs they took during their travels, along with a highly entertaining account of their adventures—and misadventures—in chasing these exotic neotropicals.

The birds pictured here are among the Thorntons' personal favorites—birds that, in their words, "either dazzled us with their beauty, or charmed us by their behavior, or, in a few cases, simply challenged us by the mystique of their rarity." This latter category includes such elusive and sought-after birds as the Black-crowned Antpitta, the Zigzag Heron, the Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, the Bare-necked Umbrellabird, and the monkey-eating Harpy Eagle. In the accompanying text, Bob Thornton engagingly describes the challenges as well as the magic of negotiating the neotropical rainforests in search of colorful birds to photograph. For those who would like to follow in the Thorntons' footsteps, there are also helpful tips about photographic gear and techniques, preferred places to see the birds, lodging, and guides. For everyone who enjoys excellent nature photography, Chasing Neotropical Birds is a must-have volume on the coffee table or in the library.

Chasing Neotropical Birds (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)

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Chasing Neotropical Birds (Corrie Herring Hooks Series)
Vera Thornton Bob Thornton
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORJG4K

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