Exploring Literature Farm Animals Kit 3

Book Description

Cruising sailors are always on the lookout for do-it-yourself ideas to make their boats safer, more comfortable, and more efficient. For many years, the leading source of those ideas has been Bruce Bingham's "Workbench" column, one of the most popular, longest-running features in North America's preeminent magazine for cruising under sail. Cruising World's Workbench brings together the 200 best "Workbench" projects, selected by the editors of Cruising World magazine and organized in functional categories such as cabin, deck, rigging, sails, electronics, and engine.

Customer Reviews:

Small, Basic and Fun.......2004-11-06

This is a very small phrase book. As far as phrase books go, it contains much less information than any regular sized phrase book. As such, it may be most suitable for someone who knows no Chinese and would like to learn just a few expressions.

On the other hand, this booklet does include few slang expressions, some insults, dating and sex-related language which you won't find in a regular phrase book.

All words / expressions are written in English, in Chinese simplified characters, and in pinyin.

Note: I am reviewing the updated edition (2003).......2004-01-21

The new edition, which has been revised by someone other than the original author now contains Chinese characters, Pinyin and a simplified pronunciation guide for each entry. If you are looking for a complete guide to slang then this book is disappointingly thin on the ground. It gives one way to say something, that is a valid way, but it misses out other ways that are just as likely to be encountered in common, everyday usage. I was impressed with some of the attention to cultural, idiomatic usage, that was very helpful, such as the euphemistic way Chinese people refer to a woman's level of beauty. Finally, one caveat with learning Chinese - If you are starting out, you can't learn to pronounce it well from a book alone, even if it does include Pinyin, or other make-shift phonetics, as this one does. You just won't be understood. For the price, this book is OK, but just OK. I feel that a lot more could have been included and hope that the publisher will produce a follow up like they did with "Making Out in Japanese".

Hilarious.......1999-12-15

I first encountered this book on a plane to the mainland. A group of people were passing it around and laughing almost to the point of tears. They were reading the books contents and making a lot of jokes in Chinese. Later, in China, I encountered the infamous romanization system that they use there and could hardly make out a single pronounciation. Later, I bought a copy of Making Out in Chinese and was so relieved that the author did not write the pronounciations using the inane romanization system. I could actually say what I wanted to say in Chinese and be understood. I would highly recommend the book to those who hate the ping-yin system. I would also recommend the book to those who want to learn Chinese that is not taught in the classroom. A big thumbs up for Making Out in Chinese!

Amateurish.......1998-10-02

The first problem with this book is the lack of Chinese characters making it virtually worthless for more advanced Chinese learners. Secondly the romanisation is not pinyin, nor any other recognisable system. Thirdly this should be entitled "making out in Taiwanese" as a good 20~30 percent of the phrases in the book would not be recognised by mainlanders.

If you want a book on Chinese slang then get either 'Mutant Mandarin' or 'Outrageous Chinese' by James Wang (China Books, San Francisco) although these include a lot of liumang and Beijing punk slang that doesn't travel well, or Li Shu Juan's 'Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Slang in China' (ISBN 962-238-222-3, Hong Kong) the only failing of which is to not always distinguish Cantonese and Northern slang.

Very useful, cool guide, but hard to read phonetics........1998-09-21

This book is full of useful colloquial slang expressions, as well as good conversational phrases. Its sections are divided by theme (e.g., Basic Phrases, Getting Acquainted, I've Got the Munchies, etc.) which make finding phrases pretty easy.

My only gripe is that the author does NOT use standard "pinyin" phonetics to write out the Chinese words in the Roman alphabet. It seems as though he has modified the standard pinyin consenants and vowels in an effort to make it sound more like real English pronounciation. This is great for someone who has never studied Chinese using the standard pinyin system, but for some who has trained themselves to read pinyin (which is a screwy system to begin with) the phrases in the book are difficult to pronounce, and more importantly, difficult to memorize (through visual symbolic recognition based on already-learned words).

I would hope that a new revision of the book be written for standard Chinese pinyin, if possible.

Book Description

Stepping Out:

The Making of Chinese Entrepreneurs evolved out of an in-depth content analysis of 4,531 pages of transcripts recorded from 223 hours of interviews with 47 Chinese entrepreneurs, whose recount of their life histories captured the pioneering spirit of the Chinese entrepreneurs. This book offers a vivid character sketch of the Chinese Entrepreneur. The oral history approach adopted allows the authors to take a series of sociological-biographical snapshots of an entrepreneurial life unfolding. Such a life drama is illustrated by a rare collection of over forty archival photographs. The spirit of this book inspires as much as it informs. It integrates sociology, social psychology, history, and business management studies, and looks at the entrepreneur not from the vantage points of market planning and business calculus but from his own development complex of factors within and outside himself. Any apprentice in social sciences, business management, or human resource development - and, for that matter, the aspiring businessman - will find in it interesting casework material. By looking at entrepreneurship as a person-centered phenomenon in a social context - "the world begins with me" - this book adds a human dimension to current discussions on entrepreneurship. It is a study of the impact of personal values on economic behaviours in the once "brave new world" of the migrants.

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Stepping Out: The Making of Chinese Entrepreneurs
Chan Kwok Bun Claire Chiang See Ngoh
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIJYWS

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Good artwork.......2003-10-08

Again Guido has taken the erotic story of emanuelle and added something to it. His art portrarys what is in the mind of the young emanuelle while she is in the exotic loacations.
It is not a graphic sex book but at the same time it leaves very little to the imagination.

Best of Guido Crepax.......2000-05-08

This hardcover volume is the definitive collection of Guido Crepax's erotic comics. The inventive page layouts and the expressive line work are beautifully reproduced on high quality, glossy paper. There's so much wonderful material here it might even be too much of a good thing...Crepax overload. Be sure to check out the companion "O" volume, both are top-notch productions.

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A real cute book !.......1999-02-27

This is a really lovely book. Dr. Ackerman mostly telling about the medical problems of the Shar-Pei. Holds a lot of information about the breed and beautifull color picture. A real cute book.

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Taking Feng Shui to The Garden

Magnificent feng shui guidebook using beautiful pictures

Good garden design

Good garden design

Feng Shui Garden Design: Creating Serenity
Antonia Beattie , and Leigh Clapp
Manufacturer: Periplus Editions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Feng Shui For Gardeners: Complete Illustrated Guide

ASIN: 0794650163

Book Description

Since ancient times the garden has been a place of meditation, stress release and contemplation. Now, more than ever before, the garden can help you find balance and peace.
The power of feng shui can be harnessed no matter the size of your garden, ranging from a couple of pot plants on the balcony of an apartment or a courtyard to a large size garden or park. You can create a lush and healthy garden that both protects, inspires, and improves the flow of energy in your garden, your home and your life!
Learn the various methods of applying feng shui to the garden you have and how it can be used to protect your home from poisonous energy, enhance your love life, improve your finances and help ease family tensions.
This book will help you find out:
* How good garden design and good feng shui work together
* How to analyze the flow of energy in your garden
* How to use plants and garden features to enhance positive energy
* How to apply feng shui cures to your garden
* How to creatively use feng shui in a small-scale garden

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Taking Feng Shui to The Garden.......2007-03-01

This book is excellent. It is "applied" feng shui -- the book is well designed, with high quality photos and illustrations to help you overlay the bagua, and feng shui principles throughout your whole outside environment. She addresses landscape design (feng shui) using color, lighting, material choices, water features, etc., and placement very logically -- using ancient concepts. This book is one of the best of many feng shui books I've read, and after breezing through the book I was able to sketch our house and property to scale, using the bagua overlay, to analyze and plan our landscape design with confidence.

Magnificent feng shui guidebook using beautiful pictures.......2004-06-29

This book presents general principles of Feng Shui. It is illustrated by the most beautiful pictures that inspire and provide ideas for westerners wanting to improve the flow of chi and the feel of their gardens. The level of technical information is perfect, allowing one to take advantage of this ancient Chinese wisdom without the frustrations. I compared the pictures in this book with pictures of Japanese-style gardens and decided to proceed with a feng shui garden, even though I am a Zen Buddhist. I immensely enjoyed this book and heartily recommend it.

Good garden design.......2003-11-17

Feng Shui is an ancient way of shaping a beneficial life force, called "chi" which is believed to permeate all things and is created by the continuous balance of complementary forces called yin and yang. This ancient Asian belief taps into the benefits of the flow of nurturing energy around us and helps us link to the rhythms and cycles of nature.

This book is a good introduction to the topic, although I would like to have seen a bibliography or reading list to help those who might want to delve further into the subject. It helped me to understand that much of Feng Shui shares a great deal with the basic principles of garden design. There is an emphasis on balance and proportion, on taking time to plan, harmonizing with nature and on creating a unity where each aspect of the garden complements the others. Words like "harmony" and "flow" occur often and I found that Feng Shui agrees with my own personal belief that a garden is no place for straight lines and square corners. I had never thought of "chi" being made harmful by straight lines, or gentle curves enhancing the flow of beneficial energy but it's as good an explanation as any.

The writer has produced a readable book that seems to be well researched. It has lots of pleasant colour photographs, but these don't relate particularly well to the text. Most look like stock photographs that were trotted out for the occasion. But if you're looking for an overview of a topic that's still a bit trendy this book should do it.

Good garden design.......2003-11-17

Book Description

Feng Shui from a Multicultural Perspective
Healing solutions for the Home and Workplace
Utilizing Chinese Feng Shui, Celtic, and Native American Perspectives
Organized in a user Friendly Manual

Customer Reviews:

Beyond Feng Shui.......2001-06-16

Gaiamancy goes way beyond traditional feng shui. In her refreshing approach, Ms. Belle expands upon other types of sacred space modalities, including the Celtic Wheel, and native american traditions, even though her background obviously began with the Chinese style. More than that, Ms. Belle goes beyond any of the "styles," of sacred space, to alert the reader to the fact that there's a much larger, grander, whole picture--that vision of our entire planet as a living being. Ms. Belle gives honor to the greater being of us all, and how we can each participate in our own small way, in contributing to the greater good for all.

Gaiamancy.......2000-11-30

This book was extremely helpful in creating balance in my home. I was overjoyed to learn that this book contained not only traditional Feng Shui BUT also Celtic and Medicine Wheel Overlays. I could pick and choose between the three wheels what aspects and solutions I wanted to bring into my home setting. My home is now a wonderful sanctuary of serenity!! I would highly recommend this multi-cultural Feng Shui book to others!!!

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Fascinating reading to encourage one to follow their dreams.......2003-12-16

Being Black in Scarlet is an excellent true life story of a visble minority who has worked hard to accomplish his childhood dreams of becoming a police officer. I enjoyed this book because it flourishes with vivid details told in such a clear manner that his life story seems to jump out of the pages.
It is definitely a memorable read and provides the reader with a greater understanding of how this visible minority was able to turn obstacles that he faced in the work place, into an ability to help other minorities achieve their goals.
Through the pages and his recountment of experiences, it is evident that Mr. Nolan is a role model for many.

Black Rolf, or, The Red Witch of Wissahickon: Being the history of the Blue Beards and scarlet ribbons:a tale of secret crimes and hidden mysteries of Quakerdom

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Black Rolf, or, The Red Witch of Wissahickon: Being the history of the Blue Beards and scarlet ribbons:a tale of secret crimes and hidden mysteries of Quakerdom
Harmer S Warden
Manufacturer: A. Winch
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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