Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Caricatures

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Not quite what I had hoped for........2007-05-22

This book was typical of the many caricature instruction books I have seen over the years. The 'basic' section was nothing new to me. I learned that years ago. The rest of the book highlighted the author's caricature skills, but failed to give much 'instruction' that could be used by a beginner or even someone like me trying to improve my skills.
I really liked the book from an entertainment viewpoint. It is a great book to document the authors success, but doesn't help me with mine.

Drawing and Cartooninh 1,001 caricatures.......2005-09-15

Dick Gautier presents strong ideas on the art of caricature. He provides lots of illustrations based on his interpretations of famous and not so famous people that he has caricaturized. This book is a good resource for anyone serious on learning how to caricature people.

Drawing and cartooning 1001 caricatures.......2001-11-08

I enjoyed the book, its drawings and notes. The reading is also enjoyable. However, the art work, technique and examples, although instructive, I believe still require a bit more of sophistication.

Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Figures in Action

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Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Figures in Action
Dick Gautier
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Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Faces
Dick Gautier
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Dull.......2004-08-25

There are many, many, many good books on how to draw faces. This isn't one of them. The illustrations lead you to believe that the guy has a hard time drawing himself. I was very disappointed.

THE BEST.......2000-06-28

i'm very interested in drawing all sorts of things , i can't say i'm an expert or anything like that but after borrowing this book from a friend i was hooked on caricatures , its so interesting ,its bound to keep you buzy for ages,this book is the best of its kind , i went out and got my own copy of the book which now is one of my most treasured books.

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Treasures of Fyvie: 4 July-29 September 1985, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh

Manufacturer: Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland
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Audio sweetening for film and TV
Milton C Hubatka
Manufacturer: TAB Professional and Reference Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0830619941

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"Dave never could get out of his own way in a boat, but I always said he talked a good game." --sole surviving crewmember (name withheld on request) "Dave Zobel? I thought he drowned years ago." --his first sailing instructor

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Review of Dave Zobel's Bent Book of Boatspeak.......2004-08-07

This award winning(winner of Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2004) writer's wit, humor, and charm takes the reader through a hilarious overview of the "dangers" and simply the humor in boating. Zobel's book appeals to those involved in the sport and those who are simply looking for a good laugh. A terrific book that brings out the first laugh well before the actual intro, but in the table of contents. Well-priced and a truly worthwhile buy. I strongly recommend it.

Not Funny Enough.......2001-11-03

This book is supposed to be funny; however, it isn't funny enough to justify its price. The book uses word phrases and plays on words to try and attempt its humor. It fails in every respect. Dont' get me wrong, there are a FEW funny parts to the book, but it simply repeats the same joke (using new words) over and over. Thus, it isn't funny enough. Don't buy it.

Made even a non-sailor laugh!.......2000-06-23

This is a great book for anyone who has tried to sail, likes to sail, or like me, is a really bad sailor related to good ones! The text is hilarious, the footnotes are hilarious, the chapter headings and "poems" will make you howl. Every single page made me laugh -- and I'm famous for capsizing a sailboat in a small bay on Lake Champlain by pulling in the sheet when a brisk wind came up! The humor is top-notch -- you'll find yourself reading it aloud to anyone who will listen!

I laughed so hard that I shivered me timbers!.......2000-05-24

For anyone who's stood in a shower tearing up $100 bills ... that is, had the extreme pleasure of sailing ... this book is TOPS! I loved it!

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Walsh, the classical music critic for Time magazine, writes in a humorous, easy-to-read style that aids in making classical music accessible. A good choice for those with a newfound interest in good music.

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Good for novices and musicians alike.......2007-02-01

This book, though by nature opinionated at times, is a very good look into classical music as something other than the sacred form it has taken. My favorite parts of the book look at composers not as demi-gods, but people. An amusing chart in the back lists major composers with their main vices! A joy to read, for sure.

Good intro, and more.......2006-01-03

This is a very good introduction to classical music. It's also very unconventional--it's not one of those books whose primary recommmendations are Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, the Nutrcacker, Pachebel's Canon etc. As Walsh says, he's trying to get you to love music, not appreciate it. Sometimes, yes, he does forget who his audience is and throws out a couple terms or names without explaining them (e.g. "scherzo" or Rossini), and his recommendations are, to say the least, electic--his first recommended opera is Berg's Wozzeck, and in the symphonic repetiore he skips, say, Haydn and Tchaikovksy entirely, and includes Ives and Messiaen. But this makes the book more unique and mind-opening, and means you can still read it even if you already know something about classical music. Walsh also includes a few biographical chapters about Bach, Mozart, Wagner etc., and a very interesting (but one of the most confusing) one about modern American composers. He discusses the problems with classical music today, such as the seemingly closed-circle repetoire and gap between composers and audience. In short, a very good introductory book that can give pleasure even for a more learned person than Walsh is writing for. (By the way, Walsh does indeed discuss the Beethoven sonatas and quartets, and his "more respected than loved" comment only refers to the Op. 18 quartets.)

Good light, breezy intro.......2005-04-19

This is a good light intro if you're curious about classical music but have yet to "take the plunge," or if you have a friend in a similar situation. I'd recommend "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music" by Jan Swafford more than this, but this is a pleasant-enough book and a good breezy intro. Occasionally Walsh forgets who he's talking to and goes off on a tangent that only a more seasoned classical person might get something from, and there are a few small errors, but what book doesn't have these? I disagree with some of his recommendations and find his tastes a little mainstream, but he's the first to admit his opinions are hos own and oftentimes arbitrary at that. Also, while he compares Schubert to the Beatles with a straight face (this seems to be the rage in academia these days) he examines only the songs. The Beatles never produced anything approaching Death and the Maiden or the String Quintet or the "Unfinished" Symphony, but he does not deal with this, focusing on the songs instead (where I'm still not convinced). More critically, there are some major pieces and movements he simply glosses over ("If you like these works, check out Beethoven's late string quartets or piano sonatas," without further discussion of the works or why they're important) and other lesser works he spends too much time with--could it be his own personal familiarity and lack of? He also raised my eyebrows with a few tossed-off comments, my favorite being, regarding Beethoven's string quartets, "These works are more respected than loved." (Really!?) --Still, this is a fun book that can get a newcomer deeply immersed in real classical music (not crossover crap or "lite classics for dinnertime") without intimidating them. He's also good at aquainting the reader with classical terminology ("Adadio," "sonata form," "fugue") in an unintimidating manner, though why people find it intimidating when they are capable of learning all sorts of arcane things about football or the stock market or html is a mystery to me.

A guide in every sense of the word.......2002-07-17

I first read this book early in high school just as I was discovering classical music. Not only is it funny and informative, it gives you ways to branch out and discover things on your own. (The author even puts a "if you like X then try Y" chart in the appendix!) It was my first introduction to the opera (I am now an avid opera-goer). Not for a moment does Walsh leave you confused or disoriented -- he is a guide in the truest sense of the word! My only criticism is that it is now a little out of date.

It's the music thats important..........2001-04-26

I first read this book when I was 15, 10 long years ago as I was getting into classical music. Years later I was delighted to discover that it is still in print. It is a great introduction to classical music, a "pre" dummies book that does not talk down to the novice. Although the technical explanations could have been a bit better, it does not distract from the main message: the music is what is important, not the famous name who performs it. A good introduction to help one along the way to classical music, not just a list of famous names who perform even more famous music.

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Painters, cyberpunks, dog-boys, mad scientists, occultists, neoists, performance artists, film-makers, writerss, leopard-girls and voodoo horsemen. Hacking into the new virtual geography, where time and space do not exist, but where thought survives, as in art. In this age of transition and sensory overload, new ideas and organisations of perception form. To be marginalised, misunderstood, ignored, reviled. But melancholy can fuel creation. Imagination can replace fantasy. Hope can overcome fear. Different interpretations of the past and fresh approaches to art and technology can ensure the evolution and refinement of the perception of everyday life. In the virtual universe, there is no death.

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The father of two girls, author Bill Swindell lived a fast-paced, career-oriented life until one day, his youngest daughter climbed onto his lap, patted him on the cheek, and said, "Earth calling Daddy, earth calling Daddy." That call, gentle but deeply disturbing, jolted him into acknowledging how far he had drifted emotionally from his family. Realizing that love of family must be accompanied by time spent with them, Swindell set off to recommit himself to his wife and children.

In this book, he recounts his awakening to the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood. From a Christian perspective, he urges other fathers to make the same commitment, to be there not only physically, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well for their own children. With passion, a gift for storytelling, and wise words of advice, he charts a path for busy dads everywhere to follow back to the heart of life: home and family.

"(Author Bill Swindell) uses his failures as well as his successes to illustrate some deep truths about being a father. . . . His openness is what makes this volume pack such a wallop. . . ." "He packs this book full of anecdotes, often making the reader laugh and other times tugging at the heartstrings. It is appealing on other levels too -- it is just plain easy and fun to read, not only for dads, but also for the whole family. And perhaps most important, its strong moral component challenges all of us to reexamine our life priorities." -- Randall Murphree, Editor, AFA Journal

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Very informative and useful.......2001-10-10

What most impressed me in this book is that John L. Evans showed how the Crimean War helped Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, N. N. Muraviev to encroach Amur River inspite of the Treaty of Nerchinsk(1689). Through the Treaty of Aigun(1858), Muraviev gained the left bank of Amur River and the right bank of Ussury River. And the Tsar Alexander II bestowed Muraviev an epithet 'Amurskii' and the title of Count.

Because the Chinese Emperor refused to ratify the Treaty of Aigun, Russia had to strain her diplomatic muscle utilizing Taiping Rebellion and Allied(English-French) invasion of Peking. A young soldier-diplomat, Ignatiev showed tremendous diplomatic skill and succeeded in concluding the Treaty of Peking(1860).

As appendices, there are contents of Treaty of Nerchinsk(1689), Treaty of Aigun(1858), Treaty of Tientsin(1858), Treaty of Peking(1860) ect.

My complaint of this book is that it is too [pricey] even though it is short of 250 pages including appendices and index.

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Savagely Unsatisfying

Savage tells it like it is!

Not even wrong, just insane

Good Reading for True Americans

You should read it to understand the deep end.

The Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military
Michael Savage
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Popular radio host Michael Savage returns to print with another attack on the forces of liberalism that he believes are tearing America apart. Using the same brash, abrasive style in his writing that has become a trademark of his radio show, he writes that "the Left operates specifically to undermine God, country, family, and the military" and that liberalism is "either treason or insanity" or "a mental disorder." He also takes on illegal immigration, the state of health care in the U.S., the "Hollywood Idiots," and the decline of schools and morality in general, all of which he blames on Liberals. Savage also drops bombshells such as: "Federal courts and judges in America today are to be more feared than al-Qaida," and Ruth Bader Ginsberg's appointment to the Supreme Court is "akin to appointing the general counsel of the Ku Klux Klan to the bench."

Statements as bombastic as these deserve to be backed up with substance and well-thought out arguments, yet Savage offers little more than an anecdote or two before moving on to the next rant. This is not to say he doesn't make some good points or highlight blatant abuses by government, questionable suits brought by the ACLU, or morally bankrupt product coming out of Hollywood, but one can't help noticing that several shades of gray have been left out of his black-and-white arguments. Due to this lack of hard facts and background, Savage's book is not particularly convincing. Still, Savage does consistently challenge readers with controversial opinions and conclusions, so it would be a shame for potential readers to dismiss his book simply on ideological grounds alone. And if he really sets your blood boiling, you can always call him up on his show and take him to task. --Shawn Carkonen

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Talk radio sensation and New York Times bestselling author Michael Savage again goes for the jugular in this latest brash, incendiary attack on the corrosive effects of liberalism on our culture. Where The Savage Nation took shots at everything under the political spectrum, this book focuses squarely on the dangers assailing the cornerstones of American life, pointing out how liberal propaganda and agendas are seeping into our churches, our schools, even our families. Bold, sometimes angry, and always controversial, this book is pure, no-holds-barred Michael Savage, one of the strongest, most original voices in America today.

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Savagely Unsatisfying.......2007-08-24

Before writing my review of this book, I should like to make one thing clear: I owe a tremendous debt to Michael Savage. Listening to him was what first made me question the liberal nonsense which I was being fed in high school, and now that I have swung fully to the other side of the spectrum, he is still a joy to listen to, if a touch over-the-top at times. As such, when I opened this book, I expected to enjoy it. Certainly, I was prepared for a moment or two of thought-provoking shock, since Mr. Savage is a master of delivering such a thing on his radio show, but that was a risk I was prepared to take, because I was sure that Mr. Savage's voice would translate very well into the written medium.

I was sadly mistaken. Reading this book felt to me like reading some horrible, unholy union of a drunken rant, a war cry and a speech by some vilified totalitarian demagogue. Every page seems to shriek with rage and irrationality. It is a sad disappointment.

Needless to say, Mr. Savage is a far better talk show host than author. What this book does, however, is unveil Mr. Savage's long forgotten socialist roots, for the style of argumentation is one far more familiar to those on the left than those on the right. For instance, Mr. Savage does not even bother to intellectually attack his opponents. Rather, he accuses them of supporting pedophilia, drugs and perversion simply for objecting to certain expansions of government power. His opposition on this point, ironically enough, invokes a quote from the great libertarian economist Frederic Bastiat, who wrote:

"Every time we object to a thing being done by the government, the socialists conclude that we object to it being done at all. We object to a state sponsored education. Then the socialists say we are against education. We object to a state sponsored morality. Then the socialists say we want no morality at all. We object to a state enforced equality. Then the socialists say we are against equality. It is as though the socialists were to accuse us of wanting people to starve because we do not want the state to raise grain."

Similarly, Mr. Savage concludes that because the ACLU opposes giving policemen drastically increased powers, they want perverts and druggies to walk free. What he conveniently ignores, of course, is that no one, policemen included, will always use their powers for good. This is not to say that I do not find his critique of the ACLU to be true. I merely find it to be sloppy. The argument against the ACLU is infinitely more complex than a simple false dichotomy which places pedophiles on one side and good people on the other. Mr. Savage does his allies in the conservative movement no good by spewing this oversimplified invective into the air. Rather, he makes us look like the idiots which so many left wing college professors imagine us to be.

This brings me to a larger problem with Mr. Savage's book - it employs the sloppiest of argumentation techniques. Rather than attack arguments, what it does is attack imagined motivations. For instance, rather than shoot down the argument against prayer in schools on an intellectual level, Mr. Savage complains that the Left hates God. Anyone who has ever heard of the Reverend William Sloane Coffin or liberation theology knows this is not universally true (unless one imagines that Richard Dawkins speaks for the entire left wing). I have already touched on Mr. Savage's rather unfair treatment of the opponents of the patriot act (not all of whom are Leftists, incidentally - unless you consider the CATO Institute to be leftist). Besides this, Mr. Savage shows himself to be a hypocrite. He spends a good portion of his book ranting about how we need to shut down the "traitors" in our midst, but warns critics in his introduction that any sort of criticism of him shows them to be "brownshirts." Obviously, many of Mr. Savage's critics are fascistic in nature, but the hypocritical nature of the message, coming as it does in the preface to a book whose entire purpose is to demonize dissenters, makes Mr. Savage's otherwise persuasive argument look weak. Again, Mr. Savage is not doing himself or the conservative movement any favors.

I will continue listening to Michael Savage, however. I shan't buy any more of his books, but I shall listen to him. I would suggest, however, that Mr. Savage listen to the likes of William F. Buckley Jr. and Bill Bennett. Perhaps if he imitates them, he will stop exposing his own psychological nudity and expose the rather more unattractive intellectual foolishness of the Left. Those looking for an intellectual attack on liberalism, look somewhere else. Those looking for a scream of rage permeated with demagoguery, you have found the book of your dreams.

Savage tells it like it is!.......2007-06-27

Michael Savage, egomaniacal radio shockjock.... speaks the TRUTH, but I actually prefer his books over his radio tirades. Why? Because on the radio he tends to spend too much time going 'me me me me me' and ranting and raving. He must be something like bipolar. He is soooo much better when he is calm and collected. Obviously he has an iq above 200 (I should know, so do I... whoops, there's that 'me me me' thang, heh heh). BUT in his books, you get the gist of what he says on the radio, but calmly, collectedly... you have time to review, to muse, to draw your own conclusions. Michael Savage sees what's happening to the greatest country in the world (in case you cain't figgur it out, I mean the US of A)... we need to close our borders, we need to treat illegal aliens as the FELONS they are, not give them 'amnesty', we need to understand the threat of invasion by illegal aliens to our core structure (taxes, healthcare, physical safety, first-worlder thinking) by third-worlders. We need to STOP calling them 'emerging nations' unless you mean 'poking their slime-covered heads out of the cesspools of the third worlds. We need to understand the threat to our sophisticated, spiritual way of life by hardcore muslims, by practicing homosexuals, by liberals who don't believe there is 'absolute truth' and who practice 'political correctness' with the apparent goal of utter destruction of our great great country and way of life. We need to really support our troops who are out there fighting a war to save our way of life. We need to let the soldiers FIGHT not wait to get shot before firing back.

As a woman, I have worked in Saudi Arabia, I KNOW the real, not imagined, threat and brutality of islam which cares nothing for the rights of women and children. We need to understand the current 'agenda' of the Bush family (god help me I voted for that sinister idiot). We need to stop the governmental entities from stealing our freedom and way of life, little by little, step by step until we will be living in a modern-day nazi germany as so many peoples in other countries around the world live today.

Michael Savage for President!!!!! He speaks for me, he doesn't think for me, but he DOES speak, and so very well, what I think. Go Michael Go!!!! Great Book by a brilliant man who isn't afraid to speak the truth. Rush Limbaugh could learn so much from Michael.

Not even wrong, just insane.......2007-06-24

Michael Weiner-Savage, the blathering radio entertainer, now sets himself up as America's political and social conscience. Unfortunately for those who think he has anything relevant to contribute, Weiner is poorly qualified to pass judgement on the issues. In his book, he offers copious opinions, and practically no evidence to back up anything he asserts. In fact, he is SO far off base that he isn't even wrong. He's incoherent. His anger has made him irrational.

Apparently, there is a sizable audience for angry, incoherent ramblings. And that folks, is a sad observation on the state of public discourse in our country today. Demagogues like Weiner-Savage and other "hate radio" jocks have very successfully turned Americans against one another with their divisive tirades.

Good Reading for True Americans.......2007-06-13

Very well written. Great explanations of topics. Unfortunately, very true!

You should read it to understand the deep end........2007-06-07

It is amazing that many reviews have praised the amount of anecdotal evidence that Savage offers. Indeed, there are plentiful amounts of anecdotal evidence, back to back. Savage makes a compelling argument. That is, if you're a dim-witted idiot.

Savage rarely points out any statistics, or backing of his information. That's because he can't. Statistics would show a much clearer point, not one where he describes an illegal immigrant stealing all of his finances, a story which would be impossible to check. Savage writes with no coherent thought. Any student of economics or math would be thoroughly unimpressed with this book. There is lack of logic and reason behind his arguments.

Do you argue against globalization because one person loses their job while hundreds have a better standard of living? Evidently, Savage does. His attack on American colleges talks about the increase of sexual activity on campus. Please, it was similar twenty years back. Of course, he pipes about how he wanted to attend an Ivy League but was too expensive. Please, if he was as poor as he claims, financial aid was back then as it was now, college was much cheaper, and to be accepted into Ivy League, many students there have the ability to "think." Savage toots his own horn pretending that he could have gone to an Ivy League. He references Queen College, his alma matter, as formerly being excellent and today a relic of what it was. Please, Queens College has done significantly better since you were there Savage. You just can't admit that you went to what was a college that could never compete with an Ivy League. Queen's endowment is at $687,000, less than your house, - you have probably not given a penny back. Savage's pretentious attitude wants to come across to the reader that he was smart. Please, don't believe it.

I'm a neoconservative, and Savage probably hates me too. Yet, the causes that he lists, take for instance the issues he's had with law is ridiculous! It has NEVER in the history of law been up to the judge to decide how they "feel." A judge should only decide the facts of each course. How they are presented is up to each individual lawyer. The author of this book eloquently (which I mean by yelling at on the page) forgets that. Savage feels that the judge should sit down and think about how he "feels" about each case. Oh wait, aren't those judges of corrupt countries? When the judge decides its "fair" because he just received $500 underneath the table? Judges should look to only evidence and not emotional reason.

Read through his book carefully. Look for statistics (you won't find any!). It's easy to be blinded as he rampages off. Savage writes quickly, jumping from idea to idea, without coherent reason. As a result, you are not "thinking" about he's saying. Many of you are mindlessly following. Congrats.

Fear the ideologues and fear the demagogues said Jefferson. Amazon readers, have you heeded this advice?

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Those Crazy Caiques
Judith A. Woods
Manufacturer: Avian Publications
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Release Date: 2007-07-25

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Pet bird Owner's guide to keeping Caigues. Chapters include purchasing, housing, feeding, toys, behavior and health care.

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A journal of an exceptional woman

Parrot's Wood
Erma, J. Fisk
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A journal of an exceptional woman.......1999-07-02

"Johnnie" Fisk mixes memories of a rich life with ornithological observations during a birdwatching expedition. Remarkably human.

LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT: The Blue Bottle; One Timeless Spring; The Parrot Who Met Papa; The Burning Man; A Piece of Wood; The Messiah; G.B.S. - Mark V; The Utterly Perfect Murder; Punishment Without Crime; Getting Through Sunday Somehow

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LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT: The Blue Bottle; One Timeless Spring; The Parrot Who Met Papa; The Burning Man; A Piece of Wood; The Messiah; G.B.S. - Mark V; The Utterly Perfect Murder; Punishment Without Crime; Getting Through Sunday Somehow
Ray Bradbury
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Bad advice for parrot owners

Guide to Owning a Parrot
Dennis Kelsey-Wood
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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Bad advice for parrot owners.......1999-01-06

As an avid parrot lover and owner of Cockatiels, Conures and Budgies, I love to read up all I can on them. However, this book does not offer good advise on any subject. The worse offense is the 'Nutrition' section. It tells you that 'along with a balanced seed diet...'. SEED DIET? Any bird fancier knows, and any wannabe bird owner should know that a seed diet is detrimental to a birds health and longevity! It states nothing about feeding them nutritious pellets or the different kinds of nutrition. I will say, that it does tell you to feed them fresh fruits and vegetables, but nothing about NOT feeding them avacados or chocolate or alcohol. There is alot of other erroneous material in this book. Although it is an overview and not in any way detailed, the information it gives is not, in anyway, going to be helpful to the beginner or novice bird owner. There are several other great books out there for the same price, but this is not one of them.

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Ten Pretty Parrots, a picture storybook about ten pretty parros sitting in a tree and singing with glee, is a story children will want to hear again and again. Counting down from ten to zero, a different colored parrot flies away to a destination until there are no pretty parrots left in the tree. The words, which are literally interpreted by the pictures, are written in a musical, rhyming format and help the child develop oral and written word patterns. At the end of the story there is a Parrot Fun Page of activities related to the story. This extends the child's learning, builds basic language skills, and creates bridges of communication between the reader and the listener.

Journey to Ararat -- With Map and Wood Cuts

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Journey to Ararat -- With Map and Wood Cuts
Dr. Friedrich Parrot
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