Reading Architectural Plans for Residential and Commercial Construction

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Informative, yet concise, this reputable volume helps readers become adept at reading both residential and commercial construction architectural plans. It offers thorough coverage on everything from projections to modular coordination, light framing to window details, and timber construction to trusses, and provides actual photographs of the buildings under construction. Individually shrink-wrapped exercises provide a neat and readily accessible means of applying material in the book. KEY TOPCIS: Topics covered include architectural plans, symbols and dimensions, reading residential floor plans, plot plans and roof framing plans, elevations and sections, reading commercial plans, fire protection, trusses and more. For construction professionals, owners and others interested in reading residential and commercial construction plans.

Instructor's Handbook for Reading Architectural Plans for Residential and Commercial Construction

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Instructor's Handbook for Reading Architectural Plans for Residential and Commercial Construction
Ernest R. Weidhaas
Manufacturer: Allyn and Bacon
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K7IQAO

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Reading Architectural Plans for Residential and Commercial Construction
Ernest R. Weidhaas
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHXGVY

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Reading Architectural Plans for Residential and Commercial Construction
Ernest R. Weidhaas
Manufacturer: Allyn and Bacon
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OOS06S

Reading Architectural Plans: For Residential and Commercial Construction: Third Edition

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Reading Architectural Plans: For Residential and Commercial Construction: Third Edition
Ernest R. Weidhaas
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OOUTIA

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From the dawn of time to the present, from the days of mammoth hunting to the era of Scud-busting, pictures of war constitute the most persistent genre of images human beings have created. In fact, human beings are the only creatures who engage in these two activities--organized violence and the making of pictorial images--and the author shows how both art and war emerge from the same source: the hunter's eye.This book explores and analyzes the thirteen thousand-year legacy of pictures of war from various cultures over the centuries, from the Stone Age cave paintings and monumental sculpture of the ancient Near East to the art of the classical period and the Middle Ages, from pre-contact Mesoamerican imagery to Napoleonic propaganda and totalitarian art and on to the instantaneous images of the Gulf War.

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David D. Perlmutter delivers an idiosyncratic and highly original history of warfare by focusing on its images, starting with cave art nearly 20,000 years old and concluding with today's computer games. In between, he brings aesthetic and photojournalistic sensibilities to a series of studies on how artists and cultures (mainly Western) have depicted captains, comrades, enemies, and the terror of war. Readers will find famous pictures on these pages, such as the six American soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi in the Second World War. ("The original group of six could have been cast by Warner Brothers," Perlmutter writes. "Their ethnic background included Anglo-Saxon, Pima Indian, Czechoslovak, and French. Their diversity became one of the selling points of the image and its ideal--they were America, or rather how America wanted to see itself in olive drab in wartime.") Perlmutter shows how some well-known images, such as the crumbling mosaic portraying Alexander the Great and Darius II in close combat, are works of fiction. Alexander and Darius "probably never came within shouting distance," yet this famous picture, in its way, reveals larger truths about combat. And he wonders how the antiseptic, high-tech images of "living room wars" such as the Persian Gulf War will alter warfare in the future: "Could training in virtual war simulations, no matter how realistic in the other elements of war--including noise, jolting movement, and variations in temperature--fail to teach nascent warriors to fear death?" Visions of War lacks a single thesis, but it more than compensates through dozens of fascinating discussions of individual war imagery and what they reveal about human nature and civilization. --John J. Miller

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The culmination of 20 years' exploring equestrian cultures, Fulvio Cinquini's Man and Horse is an extraordinary accomplishment. Cinquini takes us around the globe telling tales of adventure in word and image - from the pounding turf of the world's polo fields to the streets of Siena, crowded for Il Palio. Whether photographing Connemara ponies in Ireland or mustangs in Wyoming, in over 400 electric color photos Cinquini reveals mankind's dynamic bond with the equine spirit. A thoroughbred among books, Man and Horse is an homage to the majestic power and beauty of the horse.

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Man and Horse: An Enduring Bond
Fulvio Cinquini
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books Llc
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLZDT8

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Cross-border transactions involve a variety of financial operations, including arbitrage, hedging, speculation, financing, and investment. These inter-related operations give rise to foreign exchange exposure and affect the overall financial performance of multinational firms. The book aims to provide an integrated treatment of multinational financial operations, whilst taking into account some real- world complexities such as bid/offer spreads, transaction costs, capital rationing, and market imperfections.

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This comparative study between East and West Germany illuminates the effects of central planning on the level and structure of both private and public consumption.

The consumer under socialist planning the East German case

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The consumer under socialist planning the East German case
Phillip J. Bryson
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers Inc.,U.S.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OAB4V0

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Transcending the Economy explores the reasons why our economy fails to provide a more fulfilling way of life. Michael Perelman argues that the irrational dominance of markets imposes burdens of needless waste and lost potential, and furthermore, traditional economics is ill-equipped to approach such matters because of its focus on limits rather than potential. As an alternative, Perelman develops Charles Fourier’s concept of passionate labor. Using examples ranging from wartime selflessness to blood donations and computer programming, he demonstrates that passionate labor has the potential to elevate both human performance and satisfaction well beyond the shallow limits imposed by markets.

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In 1941 German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around Leningrad. During the 900 days of the siege, Leningrad was beset with aerial bombings, fuel shortages, and extreme starvation. At the end of the siege more than a million Leningraders had died. Svetlana Magayeva, just ten years old in 1941, witnessed the air raids and artillery shelling and endured the cold and hunger, Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad.

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A remarkable depiction of childhood in WWII Leningrad.......2007-01-21

Svetlana Magayeva's memories of her early childhood in the hell that was WWII Leningrad are vivid, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming. Her story is simple, clear, and told with a clear and unsentimental eye, and her description of her encounters with death (from starvation, sickness, and bombs) and loss, as well as her strength, hope, and love, is remarkable. Magayeva's story, which can be read in a couple hours, is accompanied by a short (and probably skippable) history of the advance of the Germans and blockade of the city, complete with maps. Still, it's Magayeva's story that matters here, and I found myself enthralled, moved, and unable to stop reading it.

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Operation Leningrad (SS Wotan)
Leo Kessler
Manufacturer: Severn House Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0727862367

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A new mission for the hardbitten men of SS Assault Regiment Wotan. Summer 1942. Leningrad, Russia's premier city after Moscow, has been besieged by German and Finnish troops for weeks in a siege that will eventually last 900 days. Leningrad, built by Peter the Great, is a prestige object for both the Russians and the Germans. Stalin will defend it to the last; Hitler will fight to the last to gain it. Now Hitler personally prepares a daring and ambitious plan. The city is surrounded save for a narrow corridor based on Lake Ladoga. There the Russians, not expecting a German armoured attack in the snow that's soon to come, had reduced their forces to three infantry divisions. Aware of this, Hitler decides to send in his elite Wotan. It will use Finland as its base, passing secretly through the immense forests of the area, and take the defenders of Lake Ladoga by surprise. The war a battle of the Titans has become a personal matter between Hitler and Stalin, and Wotan will undergo tremendous suffering and losses to make Hitler's dream come true.

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At Leningrad's Gates
William Lubbeck , and David B. Hurt
Manufacturer: Pen & Sword Military
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Binding: Hardcover

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Operation Spark! The Relief of Leningrad (Boxed Game from Clash of Arms)

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Operation Spark! The Relief of Leningrad (Boxed Game from Clash of Arms)
Jack Radey
Manufacturer: Clash of Arms Games
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RYV0DU

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Boxed Game from Theatre of the Mind Enterprises

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A "must have" reference book
Good information marred by some poor writing
A tale of heroism and tragedy
Great Introduction to the Seige
Col.Glantz's another excellent book

The Siege of Leningrad 1941-44
David M. Glantz
Manufacturer: Spellmount Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1862271240

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Nazi Germanys siege of Leningrad is one of world historys epic chapters. This compelling narrative explains the increasingly drastic methods employed by the Wehrmacht to reduce the citys defenses and break the morale of its citizens, while also examining the Red Armys frantic counteroffensives, and the hardships faced by Leningraders.

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A "must have" reference book.......2007-01-17

Books about the Leningad siege usualy deal mainly with the human aspect of the event, presenting collections of personal accounts and experiences, like Harrison E. Salisbury's "The 900 days: The Siege of Leningrad". Fortunately, for those interested in the military campaing, this book presents an almost day by day narrative of the operations on the various fronts, with statistcs and comments on the stategies and commanders. And all this without being a tedious reading. This book is a "must have" military and historic reference about the subject.

Good information marred by some poor writing .......2006-07-16

In `The Siege of Leningrad' David Glantz is successful in providing a succinct and informative account of the military aspects of this battle. By drawing on Soviet sources Glantz describes how the Soviet military successfully defended the city against German attack and eventually lifted the siege. A particular strength of this book is that Glantz gives considerable attention to the failed Soviet attempts to lift the siege and highlights the terrible price the Soviets paid in the fighting around the city.

The book is, however, let down by the poor quality of much of Glantz's writing. Many passages are confusing or `jumpy' and some accounts of battles read like a shopping list of unit and place names. Due to his focus on the Soviets Glantz's accounts of the German objectives and strategies can also be unclear. For example, it is never made clear whether the Germans were serious about capturing Leningrad after 1941 and Hitler's role in the battle is confusing. I also found the number of maps in the book to be somewhat unsatisfactory - while each chapter has a clear and useful map the book would have benefited from the addition of maps depicting the major battles described in the text.

While I'd strongly recommend `The Siege of Leningrad' to readers looking for a military history of how the Soviet military defended the city and eventually lifted the siege, it's not successful as a general history and should be avoided by non-specialist readers.

A tale of heroism and tragedy.......2005-05-09

The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944 is the incredible true story of the German Army's three-year assault on Leningrad. A tale of heroism and tragedy, shelling and starvation (nearly 4,000 of the city's inhabitants starved to death on Christmas Day alone), The Siege of Leningrad recounts the details of a turning point of World War II. Intensively researched, and enhanced with a handful of black-and-white photographs, The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944 is a welcome addition to library and personal world history shelves and reference collections.

Great Introduction to the Seige.......2002-04-18

This book is unlike Glantz's books on Kursk, Kharkov, or Mars in that it is a slim, larger-sized hardback with a lot of photos and color maps. He also doesn't go into a large amount of detail. This scope makes it a lot easier to understand - while I understood battles that Erickson (in "The Road to Stalingrad") describes but I was confused about. Also, it's a good primer before jumping into "The 900 Days" by Salisbury.

Col.Glantz's another excellent book.......2002-03-01

Although the Leningrad encirclement and the battle around the city was one of the biggest tragedic drama in WW II. it has been a relatively neglected subject . Mr.Salisbury's book was the only one which sheded the light on this tragic human conflict in English speaking nations.Daivd Glantz's "900 days of terror "is the one which can be equalled to Mr. Salisbury's "the 900days"
Since I read "When titians clashed" , I 've become a fan of Col.Glantz's eastern front sagas . this one is somewhat less scholarly than his previous books (in particular ,the ones published from Frank Cass pub)however, It is suprisingly readable,informative and well-balanced.col Glantz also provides the OB of Soviet forces,exhaustive notes and valuable date on casualties.there are also many unpublished pictures and wonderful maps
I've heard that Col.Glantz's next book from Kansas university press would also be the one on the Battle of Leningrad. I hope it will be published soon.

SIEGE OF MALTA 1940-1942: A Mediterranean Leningrad Campaign Chronicles Series (Campaign Chronicles)

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SIEGE OF MALTA 1940-1942: A Mediterranean Leningrad Campaign Chronicles Series (Campaign Chronicles)
David Williamson
Manufacturer: Pen and Sword
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Binding: Hardcover

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The heroic defense of Malta against the Axis powers is one of the most famous episodes of the Second World War. For over two years this tiny island was the key to control of the Mediterranean and it was critical to the outcome of the North African campaign.

A legend has grown up around the story that has perhaps obscured the truth and the time is right, 60 years on, to look again at this traumatic period in Malta's history. David Williamson, in this thought-provoking reassessment, examines the strategy underpinning British determination to hold on to the island.

He sheds new light on the motives for persisting with such a costly defense against huge odds and he explores the question of the depth of the islanders' loyalty to the British crown. His clear-sighted analysis of events takes account of the tactics employed by both sides, the political thinking and decision-making at the highest levels and the grim reality of the destruction and suffering on the ground.

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Operation Spark! The Relief of Leningrad (Boxed Game from Clash of Arms)
Jack Radey
Manufacturer: Clash of Arms Games
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RYV09Y

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The reader of European history who goes searching for Gypsies will only find them in footnotes. Today we still know little about how Gypsies have worked and lived through the centuries; we are guilty of the same ignorance towards non-sedentary groups in general. It has only been recognised tardily and with reluctance that during the Second World War hundreds of thousands of itinerants met the same horrendous fate as Jews and other victims of Nazism. Gypsies appear to appeal to the imagination simply as social outcasts and scapegoats or, in a flattering but no more illuminating light, as romantic outsiders. The world is patently intrigued by them, yet at the same time regards them with anxiety as 'undesirable aliens'. Where does such ambivalence come from? What ideas are involved under the surface of these mixed feelings? In this study, contemporary notions about Gypsies are traced back as far as possible to their roots, in an attempt to lay bare why stigmatisation of Gypsies, or rather groups labelled as such, has continued from the distant past even to today.

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In this book, art historian Sabine Eiche has assembled a delightful collection of art to illustrate the turkey's adventures in Europe. The idea for Presenting the Turkey came to the author by reading a letter dated in 1531, written by an agent of Duke Francesco Maria della Rovere of Urbino, who recounted having seen something

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Beautiful and informative.......2005-10-16

This book combines solid historical research with an attractive and amusing style of writing, resulting in a fascinating book about the "discovery" of this great American bird by Europeans.

Time to obtain this turkey for the Thanksgiving or Christmas table.......2005-10-12

Learned, witty, imaginative, unexpected, this book is a treasury of language, literature and images associated with the turkey. Beautifully produced, it is selling at a bargain price, and guaranteed to enliven your gathering around the turkey, for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other feast.

Thanksgiving Turkey Lore.......2005-10-08

Eiche has produced a masterpiece that deserves to become a best seller. Wonderful and witty account of the introduction of the New World Turkey into the Renaissance Old World, with brilliant tidbits of turkey lore and poems to accompany your Thanksgiving feast. A perfect stocking stuffer for old and young. Get it while Amazon still has copies available.

Joanna Woods-Marsden, Los Angeles, CA.

A Feast of a Book!.......2005-10-08

This book is an instant classic, which will doubtless inspire generation after generation of food mavens, history buffs--and just about anyone who enjoys good eating and good writing. The humble fowl furnishes the premise for the author to take us on an exhilarating trip across cultures and historical eras. Eiche paints a panorama of cultural, culinary and artistic life that assumes almost epic proportions, but she never fails to delight with her eye for wierd, offbeat, and just plain hilarious details. The author, a distinguished scholar of Renaissance art, writes with great charm and a dry sense of humor that is almost too deliciously wicked. Her prose will is reminiscent of the great bellettrists of natural history, from Izaak Walton to Diane Ackerman (whose books, if you haven't read them, would make a perfect accompaniment to this one). Whether you're looking for a great gift book, in search of some un-put-downable cultural and culinary history to read on a cold autumn night, or just want to adorn a holiday table with its gloriously beautiful illustrations--this is a book you'll gobble up with pleasure again and again!

Gobbling through history.......2005-10-07

This book is a gem! It documents, with remarkable art and historic references, the turkey's journey from the Americas to Europe. The illustrations are delightful, ranging from tapestries and cookbooks to political cartoons. Everyone I have shown this book has enjoyed it.

Wayne's Turkey World: 60 Years of Hunting[

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Wayne's Turkey World: 60 Years of Hunting[

Manufacturer: Self Published
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000CZ2NMG

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Written by noted author, biologist and turkey expert, Wayne Bailey. This is an expanded and updated version of another of Wayne Bailey's books "50 years Hunting Wild Turkeys". Wayne has 60 years of turkey hunting experience. This book is written to be of interest to veteran turkey hunters, beginning turkey hunters and naturalists as well.

THE SULTAN OF SPRING. A HUNTER'S ODYSSEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF THE WILD TURKEY.

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THE SULTAN OF SPRING. A HUNTER'S ODYSSEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF THE WILD TURKEY.
B. Saile
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WQBBIC

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