Joint Ventures: Business Strategies for Accountants

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A joint ventures is the joining of two or more business entities or persons in order to undertake a specific business venture. Although a joint venture is not a continuing relationship like a partnership, it may be treated as a partnership for income tax purposes. This book explains everything financial management must know and provide when their corporation is entering a joint venture.

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Doing the Business: Boost Your Companies Fortunes (Virgin Business Guides)
David Hall
Manufacturer: Virgin Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0753506807

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How can you boost profits, services and efficiency in your business by using lessons from other entrepreneurs?

Doing the Business is a workbook that entrepreneurs can dip into and use with their teams - giving them the confidence to grow, revitalise, reinvent and lead their businesses. Practical toolkits, tips and checklists, on problems such as system slippage, help you along the way and provide a systematic process supported by case examples for each issue, which inspire people to use the toolkits themselves.

David Hall has taken his programme around the globe, and his book is based on the tacit wisdom of entrepreneurs the world over, particularly in the UK, Australia and the USA. A book for businesspeople by businesspeople, Doing the Busisness is a first in supporting entrepreneurs in a very practical, proven manner.

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This user-friendly guide to acupressure is filled with easy to follow photographs, charts and illustrations. The acupressure meridian system, acupoints and treatment plans are explained in detail along with complete charts showing the location of the points.

Acupresure is a safe, noninvasive and powerful way to participate in your horse's optimal health. This book inlcudes the basics of equine acupressure, plus 15 specific treatments for common equine physical and training conditions.

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GREAT PURCHASE.......2007-07-12

Product was in great condition and very informative. I am looking to buy more books by this author. Great buy and good price for amount of education it brings.

Great Resource.......2007-05-13

This book was a required purchase for a recent home practitioners course in equine Acupressure and Photonic Acupoint Therapy. I find that I am using and refering to charts from this book several times a week. It is a fantastic resource that is easy to read, easy to understands and is very helpful. After major bodywork on a horse recently I showed the book to our equine physiotherapist while we were working out the horse's treatment plan until his next visit to the horse and he thoroughly approved of my proposed treatment plan according to the charts in the book. Not just an endorsement of the quality of the information from myself and the lecturers, but also from our own equine physiotherapist.

Great.......2007-01-10

I bought this book for my girlfriend and she said that if she didn't have it she never would have passed some of her college equine acupressure classes last quarter. If she didn't have this book she said that there was no way that she would have ever gotten certified

Great assistance to energy work.......2005-10-12

A good reference book for those in an equine therapy role.

good introduction.......2004-11-12

This is an interesting and well written book on equine acupressure, and also the only on the market! Very clear and simple explanation on TCM (traditional chinese medicine) and principles behind it all.
On the other hand, the drawings are too vague to actually locate the points on your horse. They tell you to "feel it" but it isn't enough! They give you "recipes" of points for different conditions which can be fun to try but may be disapointing if you expect results. In TCM, there in not a pill or recipe for each disease like in western thinking.
Overall, an excellent introduction to the subject, but makes you hungry for more!

Equine Acupressure, a Working Manual, a Hands-on Approach to Your Horse's Well Being

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Equine Acupressure, a Working Manual, a Hands-on Approach to Your Horse's Well Being

Manufacturer: Tallgrass publishers
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 0964598221

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The Heavy Horse Manual
Nick Rayner , and Keith Chivers
Manufacturer: David & Charles
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The Working Horse Manual

Manufacturer: Farming Press Limited
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How to build a three-horse-power launch engine: With of full set of working drawing and explanatory text

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How to build a three-horse-power launch engine: With of full set of working drawing and explanatory text
E. W Roberts
Manufacturer: The Company
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008C30IE

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Fundamentals of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy teaches the basics of FTIR spectroscopy to those new to the field and serves as an excellent reference for experienced users. This book explains difficult theoretical concepts using diagrams and easy-to-understand language with a minimum of complex mathematics. It contains a unique chapter on spectral data manipulation and a discussion of the 15 pitfalls of quantitative analysis. The comprehensive glossary provides quick and easy access to important FTIR terms.

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Good Start.......1999-12-17

This book is excellent for the person new to the concepts and applications of FTIR spectroscopy. Smith uses clear and concise language that is easy to interpret. Other books about the same subject are very difficult to read, and the language is too technical. This book provides an excellent base to build your knowledge of the subject on. Hats off to Dr. Smith - his book has helped me a lot.

Do not throw away your money!.......1998-08-25

This book use very simplistic explanation of FTIR Spectroscopy. It is oriented on non-technical person with no background in physics. At the same time the terminology used requires that background. Result: confusion and disappointment. Not to mistake an honorable reader, the word "Fundamentals" in the title should be replaced with something like " Introduction.... for technicians".

Developments of a postdispersion system for astronomical infrared observations with Fourier spectrometers and its application in the study of the CO fundamental bands in F, G and K stars (MPE report)

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Developments of a postdispersion system for astronomical infrared observations with Fourier spectrometers and its application in the study of the CO fundamental bands in F, G and K stars (MPE report)
Gunter Wiedemann
Manufacturer: Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik und Asrophysik
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007BLB14

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The integration of classic field-gathered data with new computer models has allowed many new advances in geomorphology, which the 31st Binghamton Millennium Symposium 2000 presents in this latest of the well-known Binghamton book series, the Integration of Computer Modeling and Field Observations in Geomorphology.

Conceptual models have been most commonly inferred from analyses of topography and investigator perspectives derived from fieldwork. The main stumbling blocks to understanding surface
processes, their interactions, temporal changes, and resulting landforms are the difficulty of observation, geological timescales involved, spatial-scale dependencies, and the inability to attribute differences to either process or age. Physically based computer models have thus become essential tools, primarily because of their ability to explore spatial and temporal trends and to determine the sensitivity of physical inputs to change without the difficulties of identification and generalization associated with the complexity of field studies. Thus, the combination of both methods, or the integration of field methods with computer modeling become a very powerful mechanism for robust understanding.

This new book presents topics on fluvial processes of overland and channelized flow in arid, humid, and periglacial areas of high and low relief, as well as work on interlinked biogeographic and geomorphic fluctuations in alpine terrain, and ground penetrating radar of coastal geomorphology. Issues of long-term
evolution of drainage networks are addressed in natural systems, as well as stream-table environments, and terrain analyses characterize surficial and subsurface geomorphic features by using GIS and remote sensing. Botanical and biogeomorphologic controls of landforms are assessed, along with issues
of scientific visualization, cartographic representation, DEMs, spatial analyses, and scale dependencies.

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This book represents the proceedings of a conference held at Kobe
University, that brought together some of the world's leading researchers in the field of
transportation planning and policy.
It contains a compendium of papers representing state-of-the-art research
on topics of competition and regulation and system structure in air and maritime
transportation. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and others who can use it as a starting point for advancing the state of knowledge in important topics of transportation systems management. It can also serve as a textbook for an advanced graduate course in transportation, economics, or public policy as applied to maritime transportation and air transportation. As such it is the first text of its kind.

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Jean-Jacques Semp+- is one of the most successful andbest-loved cartoonists in the world, best known from his cartoons that havegraced the covers and pages of the New Yorker for decades.Semp+- haspublished numerous collections of his work in his native France, but neverbefore have they been translated into English.Phaidon Press is delightedto present the first English translated publication of SUNNY SPELLS byJean-Jacques Semp+-, one of four witty and beautifully illustratedcollections from this notorious and widely adored cartoonist.Originally published in France in 1999, SUNNY SPELLS explores a wide rangeof topics, from troubled relationships and existential crises to officepolitics and doping scandals in the literary world.Semp+-'s cast ofcharacters includes pious churchgoers, amateur painters and lovelornpaleontologists, as well as psychiatrists, actors and football supporters. In the spirit of (celebrity) book clubs, one image portrays three verypleased-looking women inquiring if a bemused salesman could recommend abook that hasn't been picked up by the media,' so that they can set thebook off with the irresistible force known as the word-of-mouth campaign.' Another modern day spoof illustrates two business men departing from arather long lunch, discussing the satisfaction of their meals in comparisonto the rather verbose man they dinned with, adding that they could findall his anecdotes and quotations on the Internet within five minutes.' Propelled by the hustle and bustle of the cityscape into the calming imagesof vacation spots and churches, readers will reach for this collection timeand time again in order to satisfy their travel desires.Semp+-'s work, once just the one-of-a-kind illustrations that appearedbefore our American eyes in delightful yet sporadic moments, can now bebrought home as an enchanting part of every family's library.SUNNYSPELLS, just one volume of four, includes more than 100 illustrations, bothpen and ink, with captions translated by Anthea Bell.Professionals,children, and adults of any age will fall in love with these charmingbooks.

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Green and Green. Follow every detail of Patton's actions during Germany's famous World War II counteroffensive.

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Very Good.......2004-05-10

This book does an ecellent job telling the story of the role of George Patton's Third U.S. Army in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest battle the United States ever took part in. Not only is it very detailed for a somewhat small book, it also covers the German plan of attack and operation very well despite the subject being primarily the reaction of the Third army. A very good work by a notable historian.Recommended to anyone studying the Battle of the Bulge and the Ardennes counter offensive.

Book Review.......2003-05-07

Michael Greenýs ýGeorge Patton and the Battle of the Bulgeý is one creative piece that explains the details of the Battle of the Bulge. Michael Green has been one of the most profound authors on military issues and World War II related books. The book provided in depth information on what Patton and his third army did when the Germans launched a desperate counter-offensive called ýWacht am Rheiný, translated to be Watch the Rhine where the Nazi defenders charged through the Ardennes. Combat maps, quotes from the soldiers, Patton himself and even from accounts of German soldiers gave highlight to strength and weaknesses of both sides of the war. Real photographs and comments from soldiers interviewed at the time, including the American third army, the German Volksgrenadier divisions making Michael Greenýs ýGeorge Patton and the Battle of the Bulgeý a great book for me to read.
Micheal Green is technically one of the most best authors on Patton and World War II related material, with his array of books already published like Patton's Tank Drive: D-Day to Victory and Patton: Operation Cobra and Beyond. All those experience gained from writing these previous books about Patton helped to make ýGeorge Patton and the Battle of the Bulgeý better and more comprehensive. Michaelýs Wife, Gladys also contributed to his works as his co-author and assistant. As we all know, two brains is always better than one.
ýGeorge Patton and the Battle of the Bulgeý is one meticulously crafted book with details to many fine elements of the war many books overlooked. One hundred sixty pages in font 10 San Serif and pictures describing the war that even tells what weapons the soldiers depicted are using.
ýThe most important favor that influenced Hitlerýs decision to attack the Ardennes was the Allied advance across France to the German boarder, between August and September 1944. Hitler Considered this a more pressing danger to Germany than the Soviet advance in the east. The American crew of a .30-calibre (air cooled) machine gun, fires at German positions somewhere in France. National Archivesý
Details like this make this book an easy reading for the short time that I am pressed.
The book is divided into 4 large chapters/sections, Opening moves, The German attack and American reaction, The road to Bastogne, Clearing the Bastogne area. This concept of simplicity helps the reader to be not confused with useless details that ruin many great books and chapter titles with known settings (i.e. The road to Bastogne) help the reader to feel easy with what they already knew. A great book about the war has always been awarded for its simplicity and this one is no other. The first chapter, Opening moves starts out like this:
ýMany historians and writers have suspected that the idea for the German Ardennes counteroffensive of December 16, 1944. (Know to Americans as the Battle of the Bulge) was first conceived in Adolf Hitlerýs mind sometime during the last two weeks of July 1944.ý
Simplicity and word choice made the book a breeze and without much pain to read. Its like one of the shows from the History channel, the book gives its information in descriptive narratives. ýDespite this lack of confidence, Hitler still retained the respect and admiration of the Armyýs rank and file in late 1944 till the end of the war.ý This kind of writing in my opinion is much easier to read than writing with much high frequency words and have to dig through the dictionary to fully understand what the book is about.
Overall reading this book is a success and I enjoyed reading this book very much. Now I have purchased this book and that is one of the signs of my approval of its ý1337nessý. Counted over 190 pictures to help out my reading and that averages out more than one picture per page. Almost a picture book and still provide enough information for me to take the information from the text and process it with efficiency. This book should definitely be published in hardcover and should be a collectorýs must have for Patton enthusiasts.

Superbly written, like always!.......2003-01-13

Michael Green is hands-down the best author I have ever read on this subject. With his array of military books, I just can't seem to get enough of his well-informed and enlightening books. The pictures in this particular book are just astonishing and greatly complement the articulate and intelligent text. Green has once again taken my breath away with this book! I recommend it highly, as I do all of his books. My wife and I both know that they are at the top of my shelf!

Noville Outpost of Bastogne: My Last Battle

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Noville Outpost of Bastogne: My Last Battle
Don Addor
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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ASIN: 1412034000
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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This is the story of one soldier's last fight at the Belgium town of Noville, an outpost of Bastogne. Orders were to hold this crossroads at any cost until the defenses of Bastogne could be strengthened. This book is an infantryman's memory of this terrible battle, including his close calls with death and the story of how he and his partner destroyed a Tiger tank from just a few feet away. It is a bloody tale of a bloody fight. Some of that blood came form PFC Addor when he was hit twice in just a couple of minutes.

Mr. Addor describes his struggle to stay alive while all alone on the foggy battle field, including how he invented a new type of tournequet to keep from bleeding to death, and his unbelievable rescue and escape from surrounded Bastogne. The book also tells of his Army medical treatment and rehabilitation, which included extensive therapy to help him learn to walk on an artifical leg. Mr. Addor also relates several other combat experiences against the Germans during World War II. Praise for Noville Outpost to Bastogne

Your book Noville Outpost to Bastogne is a gem and was a joy to read. Your recall of events was amazing in the depiction of the episodes during your period with the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion. World War II veterans and students of that great period in our history would all benefit from a reading of your story. The detailed descriptions of your injury and the recuperative procedures reveal an inner courage and will serve as a model for other injured GIs, whatever the war, to emulate. As a former high school colleague from the good old days, I admire you for putting your story together and wish you all the best with book sales. Malcolm Lawrence, WWII Veteran, 8th Air Force, 94th Bomb Group

We have a talented author among us. I purchased a book entitled Noville Outpost to Bastogne: My Last Battle, at our club picnic and have had difficulty putting it down as soon as I started reading it. It is written by our own, long-term member, Don Addor. He can be very proud of his fine work. It is about his many battles including the Battle of the Bulge, with the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Division, General Patton's Third Army. The book is well written, extremely interesting and well worth the $20.00 purchase price. I sincerely hope each of you will buy this outstanding book for an added bonus to your personal library. Thanks Don for this very rewarding personal pleasure of reading your fine book. I hope you enjoyed writing it as much as I enjoyed reading it. Peg Rider, ESRAACA "Glass N' Brass" Newsletter, October 2004.

11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 (Unabridged)

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11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 (Unabridged)
Stanley Weintraub
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Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes

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Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes
Walton, Kareem, Anthony Abdul-Jabbar
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World War II: Europe

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Paints a vivid portrait of Carribean women slave life.......2003-11-06

This book is about the role of black women in resistance to slavery in the British Carribean.

The author writes that life in the British Carribean was particularly savage; planters were so busy driving their slaves to make a profit that they didn't have time to formulate any paternalist ideology as happened with slave-owners in the American South. Some of the examples of the evidence presented here is given below.

She notes a large outcry by planters in Trinidad in 1823 when the whipping of female slaves was banned. The planters argued that it was the only effective device for specifically keeping female slaves in line. "One colonial office official stated that female slaves 'more frequently merited punishment than males.'"

She quotes accounts from several planters about the particular insolence of domestic female slaves. Such domestics were often in a worse position than fieldhands for they were under much closer scrutiny of masters and vulnerable to the latter's sexual lecheries and subsequent raging jealousies of the master's wife. Even with benevolent masters as lovers, the slave women would manipulate and steal from them. Such manipulation and stealing by all slaves was seen as evidence of being inherent traits among Africans by people too stupid to comprehend that the slaves might be asserting their own individuality and freedom by this act.

She quotes an account from testimony before the House of Commons in 1790 by one Henry Coor who reported that the owner of a Jamaican plantation where he stayed one night nailed the ear of a domestic slave to a tree post because she had broken a plate. The slave in the morning was found to have wrenched her ear out of this imprisonment and when found was severely whipped. She quotes an account from a Dr. John Williamson who related the story of a slave giving birth after having been confined in the stocks and then dying of a fever.

She quotes accounts from estates owned by two London merchants, Thomas and William King. In one estate she quotes a punishment book that of the 34 slaves punished in the first six months of 1827, 21 were women. She quotes a number of accounts of individual insubordination on an estate of the Kings in what is now Guiana in South America. Even though a slave named Clarrissa had her punishment increased from 12 hours of solitary confinement to 60 hours chained in the stockade, her insubordination did not decrease, writes the author.

She quotes accounts from a liberal planter named Monk Lewis who reported a scene of insubordination at his place where female slaves affected a work slowdown. When an overseer demanded that the women do their duty, one of the latter ran at the former and tried to strangle him. Lewis is quoted on reports of white overseers kicking pregnant black women in their bellies and thereby damaging the child or the mother.

Slave-owners began to enact legislation for their own benefit to ameliorate the harsh treatment of black women, for with slave importation being banned, they were concerned about slave labor not destroying the fertility of women. They also were under pressure from abolitionists. Black women generally received solitary confinement or being chained up in the stocks as opposed to the whippings still delivered on black men. Though the whip on women was still being used. The author quotes an account from a plantation in Grenada in 1823 of a female slave being whipped and again apparently another female being whipped ten years later for destroying sugar canes and "general neglect of duty." She quotes an account from this time of female slave at the plantation of Mrs. Carrie Carmicheal who colored her tongue a different color each check-up to make it seem like she was ill but then her tongue was whipe cleaned to reveal that she had been faking illness to avoid work and she was thus flogged.

She gives accounts of slave women being involved in many rebellions. There is the Jamaican maroon leader Nanny in the 1730's and "Cubah," leader of the slave revolt in Jamaica in 1760. She quotes an account from a rebellion in Surinam in 1730 where 8 of the 11 executed for it were women. Six of the females were "broken alive on the rack" and the other two, youngsters, were decapitated but they had such nerve in facing these atrocities that they "did not utter a sigh." She quotes an account from a male slave under interrogation that the only major uprising on Barbados, which took place in 1816, was formented by a woman She states that from contemporary accounts, women played a big role in the mob actions to protest poor working conditions in St. Kitts in 1834 druing the brief "apprenticeship." She "transition" to emancipation. There were two women in the group of sixteen sentenced for sedition and mutiny in this incident. She quotes an account from an English official during the great uprising of 20,000 slaves in Jamaica in 1831 that women were heavily involved as guides for rebels, as provocateurs to try to cause harm to British forces, and so on.

She gives accounts of how black women were feared because of their knowledge of Obeah herbal formulas that could poison whites and their leadership in African religious ceremonies which could be occasions for plotting rebellion.

She talks alot about the sexual mores of slave women. The planters propagated the notion that black women were inherently inclined towards promiscuity. Contemporary abolitionists agreed that slave women were promiscuous, only arguing that the degradation of slavery made them that way. She goes through an analysis of West African and slave sexual and marriage customs. Many African socities seem to have had a custom of "trial marriage" and divorce was relatively easy to obtain. In marooon communities, according to the author, young women were accorded something like "coming out" parties perhaps similar to those for aristocratic girls in Europe. The author quotes a Barbados parliament report to the House of Commons in 1789 that the black women there were very gentle and virtous. She quotes a Jamaican slave doctor who estimated that black men were no more promiscuous then men in England.....The author concludes that most slave families were monogamous, with strong retention of African extended family structures despite the threat of enforced separation through sales. Polygamy was rather minor and according to accounts, the first wives in such relationships obtained almost equal status with the husbands. She quotes slave-owners accounts of the generous and happy relations among slaves.

She explores the evidence that the low fertility rate among slaves in the West Indies was due to black women killing their babies within nine days after birth or willing their own miscarriage.

The book gets exceedingly slow to read towards the end.....

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Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838
Barbara Bush
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Guide to Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park (Bulletin / Shenandoah Natural History Association)
Henry Heatwole
Manufacturer: Shenandoah Natural History Association
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The Bible on Hiking Shenandoah National Park

Best hiking/touring guide ever written

"THE" Book On Shenandoah National Park!

Perfect of its type

Guide to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive (Bulletin / Shenandoah Natural History Association)
Henry Heatwole
Manufacturer: Shenandoah Pr
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ASIN: 0931606144

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The Bible on Hiking Shenandoah National Park.......2007-04-02

Someone suggested I purchase this book when I started hiking Shenandoah National Park (SNP) over 20 years ago. I've since purchased and been given other hiking guides to the region but none come close to the practicality and readability of this consummate guide. Most importantly, the balance of detail is perfect -- everything of interest from botanical to historical observations are here without getting lost in the woods. The author loves what he is writing about and it comes through. If summitting "Old Rag" is the best hike in the SNP (and I think it is, although the author opts for the trail up Hogcamp Branch), consider this the "Old Rag" of hiking books. You'll need to buy it used but it will be a long time before it goes out of date.

Best hiking/touring guide ever written.......2006-09-03

One of my (many) peculiarities is that I love to read hiking guides, even for places I've never visited and probably never will. They may appear to be dry tabulations of mileages and directions and features, but in all cases the authors' love of the landscape comes out in some small way or another, and it's fun to catch the authors being personal when they're trying to be dry.

But Henry Heatwole's book is different. Whereas other authors try to hide their personalities, and you have to work hard to catch it as it sneaks out, Heatwole allows his personality to flow out easily yet unobtrusively. His love for the landscape of Shenandoah National Park is tangible and contagious. His love for a thoughtful, considered life is a bit harder to find, but it's there as well. Again it is unobtrusive, but this is in some sense a philosophical guide to living a good life as well as a touring guide to the Skyline Drive and a hiking guide to Shenandoah's many trails.

I recommend this book even to those who will never visit Shenandoah.

"THE" Book On Shenandoah National Park!.......2001-12-01

This book is out of print because the author has passed away and there are (unfortunately)disagreements on updates. Today, one would have to buy at least three hiking books, a general park overview book, a park history book and a few maps just to remotely compare to the information included in *this* book!

Mr. Heatwole provides an enjoyable mile-by-mile overview on the park. Containing incredibly detailed information on trails (hikes by milepost, length, estimated hiking time, elevation changes, etc.), park animals, plants, weather, camping, waterfall heights, geology, mountain range names and more, this is THE book on Shenandoah National Park!!

Perfect of its type.......2000-05-01

The late author not only knew and loved the trails of S.N. Park intimately; he had the rare gift of organizing his material for maximum usefulness to the reader. A vast amount of information is in the book, yet none of it superfluous, and it never overwhelms. The author wrote with an understated charm reminiscent of Frost's New England characters. Some of the book's facts are obsolete, but only a very few. The guide is not merely descriptive, but charitably evaluative, thus doubling its unsefulness. Any who love the Park and its trails will surely treasure this book; it has no equal or replacement.

The Best of Shenandoah National Park: A Guide to Trails and the Skyline Drive (Tag-Along Book)

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The Best of Shenandoah National Park: A Guide to Trails and the Skyline Drive (Tag-Along Book)
Russ Manning , and Sondra Jamieson
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GUIDE TO SKYLINE DRIVE AND SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK

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GUIDE TO SKYLINE DRIVE AND SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK
Henry Heatwole
Manufacturer: Shenandoah Natural Hist Assoc
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Guide To Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive

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Guide To Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive
Heatwole Henry
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Illustrated guide to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

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Illustrated guide to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
Darwin Lambert
Manufacturer: Lauck
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Proceedings of a Conference on Third Party Financing. Financing energy efficiency investments directly through "energy service companies" or a "third party" can help overcome impediments to otherwise attractive investments. The application of third party financing has come to cover the entire spectrum of energy efficiency projects. Also, these financing arrangements, whereby the financial and operational resources are provided by an entity other than the energy user and the energy savings themselves pay for the investment, have expanded and become more complex. The conference included discussions on a range of related topics including the principles and main actors the importance of contracts sources of financing the role of education and training the role for governments and utilities in promoting alternative financing and the future market for TPF.

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