American Institute of Real Estate Appraiser Financial Tables (Publication (Financial Publishing Company) No. 373)

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American Institute of Real Estate Appraiser Financial Tables (Publication (Financial Publishing Company) No. 373)
Mason
Manufacturer: Appraisal Institute
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0911780548

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American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Financial Tables
James J. Mason
Manufacturer: Financial Pub Co
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Binding: Textbook Binding

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ASIN: 9992448520

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A great collection

Goes well with the Documentary.

Contributions from Maxon, Charles, R., etc...; whew!

Crumb Family Comic
R. Crumb
Manufacturer: Last Gasp
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A great collection.......2005-07-19

I bought this collection because I wanted to see more of Charles Crumb's artwork up close. The book included a lot of this, plus Charles's insane "Talent Test" which was shown in the movie "Crumb." Also included are some essays by Charles about his troubles as a high school student and his constant struggle with his sexual orientation and his desire for boys. There was also a lot of excellent art by Maxon Crumb, and a few good R. Crumb comics (My Trouble With Women, Part II, for example.) Towards the beginning there is a lot of biographical information about the Crumb family written by Maxon, which is very interesting to read and provides a lot of background on all of the Crumb brothers. At the end of the book is a comic about life in France written and illustrated by R. Crumb and his wife Aline. There are also a few really interesting essays hand-written by Robert Crumb about intellectual topics.

This book is a great book because it's about more than just the art of the Crumb brothers. A great deal of it is taken up by writing from all three of the Crumbs that really brings the reader closer to their world, and therefore their art.

Goes well with the Documentary........2005-05-23

I just recently saw the documentary about this very unusual family and was intrigued enough to buy this book and will probably buy some othe Crumb things. This explains in more detail what happened to Charles Crumb and why. His drawings are very disturbing. Maxon's drawings are also of a disturbing bent. There are some comics from all members of the family and some beautiful drawings by Crumb himself.
Maxon wrote the introduction and there are also excerpts of Charles letters. One picture of the mother sort of tells the whole story.

Contributions from Maxon, Charles, R., etc...; whew!.......1998-10-08

With introductions by both Terry Zwigoff and Maxon Crumb. For me the surprise was finding that Maxon is a good (though sometimes obtuse) writer. The comics by Robert have been seen elsewhere, and emphasise his sexual neurosis. There are letters from Charles, a sad, solitary fellow. Comics by Aline and Sophie have a lighter appeal. All in all, plenty of thought provoking material, without much cohesion besides the fact that it's all in the family.

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Corny but Wholesome

The World's All-Time Best Collection of Good Clean Jokes
Bob Phillips
Manufacturer: Galahad
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0883659670

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Bob Phillips, a humorist with more than four million books in print, presents a big, rib-tickling collection that everyone can enjoy. It's good clean fun!

What's the definition of a wedding ring? A one-man band. Which sign does an obstetrician have in the office? Pay as you grow. What's the best description of a boss? The one who is early when you are late and late when you are early. Who's a bore? One who opens his mouth and puts his feats in. These are just a sampling of the thousands of jokes that will provide a laugh a minute for anyone who enjoys wholesome humor. Organized alphabetically by subject, the categories range from Above Average to Zoo, stopping along the way for Famous Last Words, Gotcha, Kids, Psychiatrists, School Days, and more. From one-liners (I've enjoyed talking to you: my mind needed a rest) to elephant jokes, they're perfect for brightening up a bulletin board, lightening up a speech, and bringing laughs to the family dinner table.

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Corny but Wholesome.......2003-10-18

The jokes may be a bit corny and hackneyed, but are great for children and are a refreshing change from the often mean-spirited, expletive-laden trash that passes for humor nowadays. If you want some good clean fun and something your kids can enjoy, you'll like this book.

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Sir Harry Secombe has risen from humble beginnings to international stardom. The much-loved comedian began with the "talking-type wireless" and first achieved fame with the "Goon Show", which still attracts new fans. We follow as he moves to television, film and theatre, widening his range to include more serious roles and the popular TV show "Highway". Fully illustrated, this book includes stories, anecdotes and interviews with his friends, family and peers. Sir Harry Secombe's career has spanned radio, film, television, theatre, even a hit song. Celebrating 50 years in showbusiness, this text is a tribute to a wonderful entertainer.

CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe

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CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
Chris Gidney
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8W2OK

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The suntan experienced a profound change in the last century. Considered a mark of the lower class for hundreds of years, tanning became a fad in the early 1920s and remains popular today. The tan, though, was much more thana matter of fashion,enjoying at first a boost from the medical establishment. Opinions ranging from hard science to quackery lauded the suntan as something of a panacea. Near the end of World War II, however, researchers increasingly warned against the hazards of overexposure to the sun, and a large new industry developedsunscreen. Americans current paradoxical obsession with the tan developed almost entirely from the conflicting rays of twentieth century thought. This history examines the twentieth century suntan as a social and scientific phenomenon. Beginning with the years 19001920, it debunks the myth that changing attitudes toward the tan sprang largely from the world of fashion. Initial pro-tanning medical hype, emerging negative opinions of sunbathing near the middle of the century, the development of sunscreens, the debate over sunscreen efficacy, and the sunless tan are all covered here. Numerous pictures demonstrate changing perceptions of the suntan, displaying advertisements for products that promoted, prevented or healed tans.

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An intriguing history and plenty of vintage black and white photos to add interest.......2006-02-03

The suntan was considered a mark of the lower class for hundreds of years but was resurrected in America as a fad in the 1920s and remains popular today. While the myth remains that the evolution of the tanning trend had its source in fashion, it in fact was lauded by doctors as a panacea for all kinds of ailments until the dangers of overexposure became known. Any interested in the social, fashion or medical history of sun tanning in America will find Kerry Segrave's Suntanning In 20th Century America provides an intriguing history and plenty of vintage black and white photos to add interest.

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My favourite cover on a great game book.......2000-01-18

Before reading the book, take a long hard look at the cover. Todd Lockwood is an amazing artist and in my opinion this is one of his best works (with the cover for Carnival). Beyond his masterpiece are thirteen well written golem characters - for they are unique characters - coupled with cleverly written adventures. In order to obtain a wider range of ideas, each couplet is written by a different author. This works excellently, saving the author from hitting writer's block painfully and saving the readers from dreaded boredom. An excellent resource to stimulate the creative juices of any Ravenloft DM, I'd have to award COTN: Created the coveted 5 stars.

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Communities are part of all successful web sites in one way or another. It looks at the different stages that must be understood:Philosophy: Why does your site need community? What are your measures of success?Architecture: How do you set up a site to createpositive experience? How do you coax people out of their shells and get them to share their experiences online?Design: From color choice to HTML, how do you design the look of a community area?Maintenance: This section will contain stories of failed web communities, and what they could have done to stay on track, as well as general maintenance tips andtricks for keeping your community <169>garden <170> growing.

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In light of recent world events, many people have been reaching out for the sort of closeness and supportive reassurances that can come from friends "met" in online communities. In an article written for TechTV.com, Design for Community author Derek M. Powazek notes that in the days following September 11 new sites sprang up and message board activity went through the roof. Message boards and chatrooms allowed people to connect with others--so crucial in times of trouble--to share breaking news, find ways to help, or post personal stories.

Of course, online communities are not only for the bad times: Web stores feature user-posted reviews, bulletin boards build up around all types of issues or shared experiences, celebrities answer questions in live chat sessions, and singles with Web cams check each other out.

"Web communities happen when users are given tools to use their voice in a public and immediate way, forming intimate relationships over time." Powazek should know; he created Fray.com and Kvetch.com and has acted as a consultant on Web community features for Netscape, Lotus, and Sony. Design for Community offers thorough (and entertaining) discussions on all aspects of building and maintaining a Web-based community. There are chapters on choosing content (including Powazek's recipe for encouraging positive communities), designing ("How do you present a discussion system that encourages friendly conversation?"), deciding on the backend technology necessary to run a site (whether server-side software or free Web-based tools), setting up rules, hosting, moderating, and even someday "killing" your community.

Each chapter features an interview with an expert, like Steven Johnson of Plastic.com on design and Emma Taylor, host of Nervecenter.com, a "community of thoughtful hedonists," on setting barriers and enforcing rules. Powazek maintains a companion site for this book at Designforcommunity.com, with excerpts, more essays, and, of course, a forum for discussion. If you're even considering building an online community, you must begin with this book. --Angelynn Grant

Customer Reviews:

Don't start (or run) an online community without it.......2005-07-27

I have been managing an online community of about 6,000 users since 2004. Prior to that, my experience was one with Web Design and Project Management. Little did I know what was ahead for me. The challenges that I ran into were many and I was fortunate to count with the help of some great users of the community who volunteered their help and expertise to help us steer through them.

If I had taken the time to research and ran into "Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places", prior to the design and launch of the community, I would have definitely implemented many of the pieces of advice it offers. I started reading this book only a week ago, and within hours of grabbing it, I was finding things I could apply to our community to address some of the pending issues that needed to be solved.

This is one of those books I won't stop recommending to anyone with the task of designing a site to host an online community, and then those tasked with managing it. Its advice, though a bit dated in some places, is priceless and timeless for the most part.

The definitive book on getting people involved.......2003-07-25

This book crops up a lot in recommendations from bloggers, and it's easy to see why. This book is a broad, yet detailed, treatment of how to start, grow, and manage, online communities. A successful online community (such as the thriving javaranch.com) has a real and valuable sense of belonging. This book can help you understand both the 'why' and the 'how'.

Most of the points made in this book are applicable to everything from email lists, through bulletin boards, to blogs, Amazon reviews and beyond. Many are also very thoughtful, such as the discussion of setting "barriers to entry", or the tricky subject of how to gracefully end a community. The book also includes some interviews with people involved in specific online communities. These interviews are not as directly useful as the rest of the book, but are an interesting alternative to the author's style.

If you are at all interested in gathering or supporting a group of real people using online tools, you need this book. It doesn't say much about specific tools or technologies, but it has the ever-elusive quality of "lasting value". I can really imagine myself re-reading and referring to this book in five or even ten years time.

A great place to start planning.......2002-07-04

This book tells you what it takes to run a virtual community - any kind. It is written in plain English, and it had been extremely fun to read. I highly recommend it to non-technical readers such as Web project managers, Webmasters and Web designers. Everybody will be able to learn a great deal from this book, regardless of their backgrounds.
You will find yourself feeling much more knowledgeable - if not confident - after reading this book.

Excellent PRACTICAL guide to building online communities.......2002-03-04

My review of this book is simple - it tells you everything you need to know to build and run an online community, in plain language, without irrelevent academic theories.

If you only buy one book, buy this one.

I have been involved with online communities for a while, and because I have been unhappy with their limited functionality, have been creating next generation software for them.

Need-to-know information for community builders.......2002-02-02

I'm in the process of retooling an online community myself, and Design for Community has given me a lot to think about. It's extremely useful. No one should try to build an online community without reading this book first.

While it is not difficult to find the software tools required to build an online community, experience and insight is harder to come by. Powazek draws examples from his own work and interviews some of the leading lights of online communities to show what has worked, what doesn't, and what you should look out for.

This book invites its readers to ask themselves some questions about the online communities they want to build. Why do you want to build it? What are you trying to accomplish? What relationship do you want to have with your visitors? And how do you plan to keep order, maintain decorum, and enforce the community's rules? These are questions, I'm afraid, that many webmasters and site owners have simply never asked themselves, and boy does it ever show.

Case in point: In my very, very small corner of the web, just about everybody with a small home-based business and a two-bit web site wants to set up a mailing list or discussion board to go along with it. They don't appear to have done much thinking about it, apart from a vague notion that a forum would be cool and would draw traffic to their site. In fact, the biggest site/portal in the subculture I inhabit sells itself by saying that its discussion forums draw traffic to the hobbyist/small-business home pages it hosts and the advertising it sells -- i.e., its forums are its content. Meanwhile, the quality and tone of discussion on those forums is a constant source of grief. These people need to read this book.

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This pioneering book explores for the first time how ordinary women of the early modern period in England understood and experienced their bodies. Using letters, popular literature, and detailed legal records from courts that were obsessively concerned with regulating morals, the book recaptures seventeenth-century popular understandings of sex and reproduction. This history of the female body is at once intimate and wide-ranging, with sometimes startling insights about the extent to which early modern women maintained, or forfeited, control over their own bodies. Laura Gowing explores the ways social and economic pressures of daily life shaped the lived experiences of bodies: the cost of having a child, the vulnerability of being a servant, the difficulty of prosecuting rape, the social ambiguities of widowhood. She explains how the female body was governed most of all by other women-wives and midwives. Gowing casts new light on beliefs and practices of the time concerning women's bodies and provides an original perspective on the history of women and gender.

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A must read social history.......2007-07-08

This is a great social history of women in 17th century England. The author writes in a way where it is fairly easy to understand the conclusions she has arrived at. It is a decently quick read and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The main focus of Laura Gowing's book is how power relationships between working women, and sometimes men, worked. The author uses these relationships to explain the various meanings of touch, the touch of other women and men. She also uses these relationships to explain how patriarchal structures were enforced on women, and surprisingly enough, policed by fellow women. This is a great book because it discusses a topic not many people know and understand. The author's research is mainly court documents, which can be a good and bad thing because there was only a certain segment of society that was able to go to court and bring lawsuit. Gowing usese these court documents expertly and weaves them into the book. It's a great and intriguing read from beginning to end. I highly recommend it!

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Answers to life's little (scientific) mysteries

The Last Word: Questions and Answers from the Popular Column on Everyday Science (New Scientist)

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Why is the sky blue? Does it really get warmer when it snows? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of the tube? How is it possible to uncork a bottle by hitting the bottom? Can you drive through a rainbow? Should you walk or run in the rain? Why does soap make bubblebath collapse? The leading science weekly the New Scientist runs a popular column, The Last Word, which invites readers to write in with enquiries about everyday scientific phenomena. Providing a selection of the most interesting questions and answers from the column, this book covers a wide range of subjects, from plants and animals to the human body and gadgets and inventions. Fun and informative, it is fascinating reading for anyone who has ever asked themselves these kind of questions.

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Answers to life's little (scientific) mysteries.......2001-02-15

New Scientist is one of the best science magazines available, and "The Last Word" is its most popular section.

As it says in the introduction, there are big mysteries and little mysteries. This book is devoted to the little mysteries, as celebrated in New Scientist magazine's "The Last Word" column, where readers send in their questions and other readers answer. So here you can find out things from why the sky is blue to why ice cubes have little bubbles toward the middle to why fingertips wrinkle when they've been in water too long. I was particularly interested to learn that hot water really does freeze faster than cold water (and why), something I had regarded as an urban legend. Interesting reading and probably a great bathroom book.

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EPCRA CFRs Made Easy explains the complex, form-intensive reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA, also known as SARA Title III) and guides you through the EPCRA compliance process detailed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs). Written for organizations and facilities that store chemicals on-site, this reference contains EPCRA and EPCRA-related material from other chemical safety statutes, programs, and agencies, including CFR Titles 29 and 40, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Response System, and the 2001 TRI Lead Rule.

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