Conserving Buildings: Guide to Techniques and Materials, Revised Edition

Book Description

The updated paperback edition of Weaver's landmark work—the essential manual on materials and procedures for restoring buildings

Conserving Buildings, Revised Edition, is the ideal resource for anyone involved in the maintenance, restoration, or rehabilitation of historic buildings. The book combines practical information on the characteristics, composition, and deterioration of building materials with detailed coverage of state-of-the-art conservation methods, fully updated in this edition with current developments in research and practice.

The book contains:

Systematic treatment of all major building materials—stone, ceramics, masonry, cement-based materials, metal, glass, synthetic resins, and polymers
Valuable instruction on the restoration and renewal of foundations and footings, slate roofing systems, materials, and other structural details
Easy-to-follow procedures for conducting structural building surveys
Over 150 photographs and line drawings, plus case studies from Columbia University's acclaimed Center for Preservation Research
Newly expanded references, with accessible sources of further information

Whether used as a hands-on sourcebook or a technical desktop reference, Conserving Buildings, Revised Edition, is the manual of choice for architects, engineers, preservation professionals, historic building owners, and students.

Customer Reviews:

Complete technical reference.......2002-11-07

I bought this to learn more about building materials--wood, stone, concrete, metals--and was not disappointed. Each chapter begins with a summary that's authoritative but friendly. And interesting. You'll learn, for example, that the trick to making a hydraulic cement is to add some siliceous mineral to the limestone before firing in a kiln. The Romans used volcanic rock; modern Portland cement producers find it in certain clays. You'll realize none of these materials can stand up to water, which eventually returns them to their more chemically stable states, changing concrete into limestone, smelted metals back to ores (rust), and turning wood into food for other living things.

What follows the introductory discussion is probably too technical for non-professionals--references to ASTM standards, specifications for water jet delivery in gallons per minute and PSI when cleaning stone, and tips for making your own epoxy using bulk chemicals, complete with Dow Chemical part numbers.

I was a little disappointed by the presentation--B/W photos by the author and very basic drawings--but I suppose that's all that's needed for a book like this.

If only I had opened this book before the exam........2000-12-06

A wonderful reference tool for the professional conservitor, or even the "Matha Stewart" home fixer-uper.

Carving Classic Female Faces in Wood: A How-To Reference for Carvers and Sculptors
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Norbury has a carving system that actually works!

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Carving Classic Female Faces in Wood: A How-To Reference for Carvers and Sculptors
Ian Norbury
Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1565232208

Book Description

From renowned woodcarver and instructor Ian Norbury, this handy reference covers the basics of bandsaw woodcarving and demonstrates how to accurately portray the female face in wood. One step-by-step project guides carvers through the details of female-face woodcarving, including outlining the project, modeling the figure in clay, and carving, polishing, and mounting the final piece. A comprehensive reference section with full-color photographs of women's faces provides anatomical explanations and working drawings to help the carver better understand the female anatomy. An additional appendix features design notes on women of varying ethnic backgrounds and ages.

Customer Reviews:

Norbury has a carving system that actually works!.......2005-01-04

My husband is a woodcarver and is pretty darn good at it, with one exception --the human face. He carved a clown, an indian and a man's head, a Roman and Don Quixote and he was not satisified with any of those faces. Then he got his hands on this book. When he finished the bust of the female, I was startled to see just how good a carving it was. Now I'm afraid that he's decided that his problem was that he had not carved women's heads. He's looking around for a camera and a model to photograph from a multitude of angles, just like Norbury showed him how to do in this book. I'm just not too sure how far I want him to go with this new found talent....

Top of the line book.......2004-11-01

This is the best book I've seen about carving the female bust. Norbury works from photographs and goes into great detail about using photos to make the pattern for the bust of choice.

His directions are excellent, especially for determining the removal of unwanted stock. This could almost be considered a textbook.

Carving Egg Heads: A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers

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Don't buy it for the eggs, buy it for the sticks

Carving Egg Heads: A Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers
Mary Finn
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Caricature Carving from Head to Toe: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Capturing Expression and Humor in Wood

ASIN: 0887409938

Book Description

This book is the perfect start for anyone interested in learning how to carve detailed faces. Mary Finn uses her "practice stick" method to show you how to carve each feature - eyes, nose, closed mouth, open mouth - with step by step directions that even beginners will find easy to follow. Then she shows you how to arrange all of these pieces into one wooden egg to make a convincing head! This method has helped hundreds of Mary's students, and is a sure-fire way to get started! "Egg head" projects included in this book are an old man, a pirate, and the Mad Hatter. Mary shows you how to adapt her carving techniques to flatter surfaces to make jewelry (like a bolo tie project) and how to paint your pieces for maximum impact. This book is terrific for beginners, and a great way for more advanced carvers to enlarge their skills., 283 color photos, 8 1/2" x 11"

Customer Reviews:

Don't buy it for the eggs, buy it for the sticks.......2007-06-27

Several people had mentioned this book in the Woodcarving Illustrated message boards under the subject of study sticks.

They were absolutely correct. The sequence of carving study sticks for particular facial features is by far the most valuable feature of this book. Beginning or intermediate carvers will find the process of carving the study sticks a fabulous way to practice facial features. I'm working on a second iteration of the "eyes" stick, and I already have a much better appreciation and understanding of eye structure in a carving.

** Okay, if you are interested in carving heads from basswood eggs, that part is very detailed as well.

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Carving Facial Expressions
Quality Yes! Quantity No!

Carving Facial Expressions
Ian Norbury
Manufacturer: Linden Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Carving the Nose & Mouth: Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Realistic Features and Expressions (Carving Expressions in Wood)

ASIN: 0941936430

Book Description

Includes detailed step-by-step examples of carvings from the bandsawn block for both the beginning and experienced carver.

Customer Reviews:

Carving Facial Expressions .......2007-09-20

I hope someday, I can carve wood like this guy!! He's amazing!! Clearly, the best book on learning facial expressions. A+++. Starting w/a diagram of the facial muscles, & how each one works, down to the different kinds of facial expressions doing all sorts of faces. This book is a MUST for any wood carvers, beginners or pros alike.

Quality Yes! Quantity No!.......2003-12-16

This is a good book for helping one carve facial expressions however it has a very limited number of examples and expressions to offer. The book is worth it for someone who is very much interested in carving, but for more information on facial expression try Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression.

Customer Reviews:

Epitaphs for the living words and images in the time of AIDS.......2000-05-02

I WAS IN GA. WHEN BILLY HOWARD WAS TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS BOOK I WAS VISTING AN AIDS PATIENT THAT IS IN THE BOOK, HE NOT ONLY WAS THERE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT AS A FRIEND. AFTER THE BOOK WAS IN PRINT HE CAME BY TO SEE HIM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT. THE BOOK IS GREAT . C.S.

Overall an emotional drive of discovering the world of AIDS........1998-07-11

The collection of words truly was an inspiration of life. After I finished reading the book, I had a new profound feeling about life. I feel that everyone should read this book once, because many of people in our materialistic society, including myself, take life for granted. But for me, that is a thing of the past. HAPPY READING!!!

Epitaphs For The Living, Words And Images In The Time Of Aids -

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Epitaphs For The Living, Words And Images In The Time Of Aids -
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ASIN: B000PRYKY0

Recreating the World: A practical guide to building sustainable communities
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community development at its best

Recreating the World: A practical guide to building sustainable communities
Michael Bopp and Judie Bopp
Manufacturer: Four Worlds Press
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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Building Community Capacity (Modern Applications of Social Work)

ASIN: 0968823319
Release Date: 2006-10-01

Product Description

Rooted in decades of work with indigenous communities in the Americas, as well as extensive experience in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the former Soviet Union, "Recreating the world" is really two books woven together. The first is a down-to-earth exposition of models, principles and strategies for understanding what community development is and how it can be promoted. The second is a rich collection of stories, games, activities and tools that can be used to help others to learn about various aspects of community development practice. In this book, building sustainable community is presented as a primary strategy for solving critical human problems. Community building is not merely viewed as a means to an end, however. Sustainable community is a basic human need, and in its absence, human life becomes distorted, painful, and often self-destructive.

Customer Reviews:

community development at its best.......2004-10-28

brilliant. The best book I have read on this subject.

Book Description

No other guide covers the complete retail picture like this exciting new volume. America's retail industry is in the midst of vast changes - superstores and giant discounters are popping up on major corners while traditional smaller stores are struggling. Malls are lagging while "power centers" are surging ahead. Who are the hottest retailers? What lies ahead? Our market research section shows you the trends and a thorough analysis of careers, suppliers, chain stores, shopping centers, mergers, finances and future growth within the industry. Included are 12 major statistical tables showing everything from monthly U.S. retail sales, by sector, to mall sales per square foot, to the 10 largest malls in the US. Meanwhile, the corporate profiles section covering Plunkett's Retail 500 Firms gives you complete profiles of the leading, fastest growing retail chains across the nation. From Wal-Mart and Costco to Barnes & Noble and Amazon, we profile the major companies that marketing executives, investors and job seekers most want to know about. These profiles include corporate name, address, phone, fax, web site, growth plans, competitive advantage, financial histories and up to 24 executive contacts by title. Purchasers of the printed book or PDF version may receive a free CD-ROM database of the corporate profiles, enabling export of vital corporate data for mail merge and other uses. 633 pages.

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In this probing and original study, Parks M. Coble examines the devastating impact of Japan's invasion and occupation of the lower Yangzi on China's emerging modern business community. Arguing that the war gravely weakened Chinese capitalists, Coble demonstrates that in occupied areas the activities of businessmen were closer to collaboration than to heroic resistance. He shows how the war left an important imprint on the structure and culture of Chinese business enterprise by encouraging those traits that had allowed it to survive in uncertain and dangerous times.
Although historical memory emphasizes the entrepreneurs who followed the Nationalists armies to the interior, most Chinese businessmen remained in the lower Yangzi area. If they wished to retain any ownership of their enterprises, they were forced to collaborate with the Japanese and the Wang Jingwei regime in Nanjing. Characteristics of business in the decades prior to the war, including a preference for family firms and reluctance to become public corporations, distrust of government, opaqueness of business practices, and reliance of personal connections (guanxi) were critical to the survival of enterprises during the war and were reinforced by the war experience. Through consideration of the broader implications of the many responses to this complex era, Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order makes a substantial contribution to larger discussions of the dynamics of World War II and of Chinese business culture.

Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945.(Book Review) : An article from: Pacific Affairs

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Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945.(Book Review) : An article from: Pacific Affairs
Karl Gerth
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000CEXLCI
Release Date: 2005-11-23

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This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 680 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: Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945.(Book Review)
Author: Karl Gerth
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 78 Issue: 2 Page: 304(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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AdoptingOnline.com: Your # 1 Guide to a Successful Adoption Safe & Proven Methods That Have Brought Thousands of Families Together
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If not for this book, I wouldn't know where to begin.

AdoptingOnline.com: Your # 1 Guide to a Successful Adoption Safe & Proven Methods That Have Brought Thousands of Families Together
Mardie M. Caldwell
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ASIN: 0970573413

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AdoptingOnline.com is the most complete guide available for those looking to adopt. It has been awarded the Publishers Weekly Rising Star Award, and the Silver for Best First Book, Nonfiction in the Benjamin Franklin Awards. It is an indispensable resource for prospective adoptive parents, and contains over 1,200 resources to help expedite a safe and successful adoption.

Customer Reviews:

If not for this book, I wouldn't know where to begin. .......2005-01-16

If not for this book, I wouldn't know where to begin. If not for Mardie Caldwell's efforts and talent, her caring heart and experience, I'd be swimming in the vast, endless sea of the Internet floundering around, stumbling upon wonderful websites, but lacking direction and guidance. Thank God for this book. It is a roadmap, clearly explaining everything from how to use a computer and the Internet, to pointing you towards adoption websites and resources. I'd never know most of these websites existed if not for Mardie's book. Her work is a blessing, and am indebted to her for pouring much of her time and heart into this book.

Whatever your circumstances: the pains of infertility, wanting to adopt to add to your current family, or wanting to adopt because you're like me- you just know it's the right thing for you and the child you eventually end up with, I strongly recommend the book Adopting Online.com by Mardie Caldwell. I've looked in bookstores, on the Internet- and have never found such a concise, easy to understand adoption book that breaks down the process and guides you, step by step, through the entire adoption process and then some.

If I could personally thank Mardie Caldwell for writing this book, I'd do it. The next best thing is posting a book review in the hopes that she'll see it, and others will discover, as I have, this amazing adoption resource book.

Long Walk Through War: A Combat Doctor's Diary (Texas a&M University Military House Series, No 4)
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Klaus H. Huebner
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Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs
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Easy to use

Great bird book

Very informative book

The Best!

Great Quick Reference

Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs
Stan Tekiela
Manufacturer: Adventure Publications
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Product Description

Learn about and identify birds using Stan Tekiela's state-by-state field guides. The full-page, color photos are incomparable and include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, you don't need to know a bird's name or classification in order to easily find it in the book. Using this field guide is a real pleasure. It's a great way for anyone to learn about the birds in your state.

Customer Reviews:

Easy to use.......2007-09-06

I love this field guide! It has full page pictures on the left side, making it easy to just flip through the book and find the bird that you're looking for. And limiting it to just the birds in the Carolinas eliminates the irritation of thinking that you've figured out waht bird it is - only to find that that bird only lives in Arizona!

Great bird book.......2007-08-28

Several years ago a neighbor suggested that I purchase this fine book.Wow, was she right !Easy to use, informative, and great pictures in it, which really helped to id birds of all type.Any birder would appreciate this book.

Very informative book.......2007-08-23

I actually bought this for my dad. A friend of mine had a copy, and the pictures and descriptions are very clear. Great photos. Only wish I had gotten the CD at the same time.

The Best!.......2007-05-09

I have always been frustrated by bird books -- either I can't locate anything that resembles the feathered creature in front of me, or I identify the perfect match ... only to discover that the bird I claim to have seen has never been spotted within a thousand miles of my locale.

Stan Tekiela's book takes care of everything:
The title says it all! There's no way you can foolishly identify the rare Didgerywhatsit, which nests only in the Rocky Mountains -- if the bird isn't found here in the Carolinas, it's not within these pages;
The photographs actually look just like the real, live birds (why haven't others managed this??); and
It is organized by colour, so it is as easy to identify the relatively drab females as it is the showier males.

We have had enormous fun with this little volume, and can't recommend it too highly.

Great Quick Reference.......2007-04-04

This little book has covered every bird we've seen at our Charleston, SC feeder. Nice photos, good descriptions and durable book construction make this a nice take along guide.

Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide, Second Edition: Companion to Birds of the Carolinas Audio CDs

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Stan Tekiela
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