The Essential Rabbit (The Essential Guides)

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92 pages, paperback, 6 1/2" x 8". All you need to know about selecting, feeding, housing and caring for your pet's health. Special features include professional color photos, helpful sidebars and lists and expert tips.

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Good Rabbit Care Book, Great Pictures!.......2003-10-18

THE ESSENTIAL RABBIT is a relatively recent addition to rabbit care books. It contains all of the basic information about rabbit care and has more of a focus on keeping rabbits indoors which is helpful. The author paid great attention to the organization and layout of the book which makes the book easy to use. While other rabbit books such as WHY DOES MY RABBIT by Anne McBride and THE HOUSE RABBIT HANDBOOK contain more in depth information, this book would be wonderful to use with children. It is well organized and easy to read, so parents and children can use the book together.

There is one strength of this book over most of the other rabbit care books which may be a major reason why I purchased the book. I am an amateur photographer and this book has some of the best photographs of rabbits. It will give the reader plenty of ideas for photographing pets. I find it is simply a pleasure to rummage through the pages from time to time.

Provides basics, but not much on behaviors.......2003-05-24

This book covers how to take good care of a rabbit, but it doesn't say much about rabbit behaviors or instincts. It doesn't explain circling, spraying, nipping, digging, and other common rabbit behaviors.
The book primarily describes how to take care of a pet rabbit, and that information is thorough and well written. It is written simply enough for a child age 8+ to understand.

The Essential Rabbit.......2002-05-14

I bought this book when I was just geeting started with raising rabbits as pets with 4-H. It is a very good book for anyone who has pet rabbits especaily the younger crowd. This book gives you lots of info and ideas about and for you and your rabbit in a short book. It has alot of topics and pictures. This is a book that would be good in your library when starting out with rabbits.

2nd favorite book for new rabbit owners!.......2002-01-20

My 1st favorite is The House Rabbit Society Handbook :)
I bought this book at the same time I bought my 2 baby lop-eared bunnies, Monticello and Jefferson. They are my babies and make me unbelievably happy! I never knew rabbits could be so entertaining, loving, and intelligent! This book was a life saver - I knew nothing about my new pets until I read it. I was especially grateful for the chapter on diseases. By advice of the book, I took my bunnies to the vet for a physical. I found that they had 2 common rabbit diseases that needed antibiotics. My vet called the pet store where I got them to warn them that all their bunnies had this illness - she probably saved 30 bunnies, including my babies - all thanks to the book! I went right home and read all about the illnesses. They are very healthy bunnies today :)

The Essential Rabbit (An Essential Book!).......2000-12-13

As a first time rabbit owner, I found this book very helpful. It contains information on rabbits that you wouldn't even think about asking! This is a great book with a lot of useful information about selecting a rabbit, caring for your rabbit, the different breeds, and even little rabbit facts!

The Essential Guinea Pig (The Essential Guides)

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Good item!!
Highly Recommended by a Guinea Pig Rescue
As the title suggests..this is the essential guide...
This is THE Book

The Essential Guinea Pig (The Essential Guides)

Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0876053304

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Good item!!.......2007-06-17

This book really helped get us prepared for our new lil buddy!!

Highly Recommended by a Guinea Pig Rescue.......2005-11-01

A must read for any current or potential guinea pig owner! We (the TX Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue) recommend this book to all our new guinea pig adopters.
It covers most aspects of Guinea Pig care, including caging + diet. This would be a good book for Guinea Pig novices.

As the title suggests..this is the essential guide..........2001-12-29

My niece gave my daughter her guinea pig when she was moving. I have to admit, I was not too happy with the rodent at first. I am more of a dog/cat type of person..but soon this little furry creature stole my heart. I bought this book for her to learn how to take care of the guinea pig. It has EVERYTHING you need to know about them. I have looked at several books like this in book stores, but found this one on-line and took a chance that it had all the info that we needed. It gives a history of the animals, different breeds, and all of the care instructions that you need to have a happy healthy guinea...plus it gives other resources to follow up with, which has been extrememly helpful. If you are a new guinea pig owner, this book is a must have!

This is THE Book.......2000-06-12

This Book Gives So much Good information On Guinea Pigs. They Are really fasinating creatures, you not regreat buying this book! I enjoyed reading all the little facts on guinea pigs. This is one of the best books on guinea pigs there is out there!

The Essential Hamster (Essential (Howell))

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Repetitive manual.
great book
An Excellent Hamster Book
A helpful book
Perfect for beginners

The Essential Hamster (Essential (Howell))

Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1582450765

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Repetitive manual........2004-07-15

The Essential Hamster is practically complete redundancy of Barron's Complete Manual on Hamsters. Though excellent in detail, helpful information, and photographs, this is a waste of money if you already own other manuals on this pet. Typical of this type of book, it covers: Feeding, keeping your pet healthy, behavior, medical issues, and the homecoming preparation tips after purchasing a new hamster. There is absolutely nothing new and interesting added to the "Essential" series. If you own it, fine. However, if you seek detailed, new, interesting, and superior all around material, purchase the Barron's Complete Manual on hamsters instead of this.

great book.......2003-04-27

It was a great book but there should have been a section on breeding your hamster but it did give the info you need to keep you hamster healthy.

An Excellent Hamster Book.......2002-03-19

I have owned hamsters for over a year now and have read quite a few books and websites about the cute little pets. In the last few months I have become bored with the same old stuff in all the books - most, however, have adorable pictures that make up for it, but nevertheless I hoped to find one with new information. Then - behold! - I picked up this book. A very attractive, well-made and well-written book, it is filled with new, interesting and useful info. I actually learned something from "The Hamster: An Owner's Guide to a Happy, Healthy Pet"! On almost every page there is a wonderful color photo of a hamster (or, in some cases, hamsterS). I would reccommend this book to first-time hamster owners as well as the more experienced kind who are looking for new, complete information.

A helpful book.......2002-01-29

If you are interested in becoming familiar with and keeping hamsters as pets, then this is a good book. Released in 1997, it was written by Betsy Sikora Siino and is 126 pages. There are ten chapters along with informative sidebars throughout. Examples of information are physical characteristics, housing, feeding, and health. Besides a color drawing that outlines the external features of a hamster, the rest of the guide contains nice color photos. I recommend this book.

Perfect for beginners.......2001-10-21

This Book is great for the beginner hamster owner.it has chapters on the origins of the hamster, buying your hamster and its home, feeding, handling, and playing with your hamster. It covers all the basics to owning a hamster.It has a very good section on illnesses and how to handle them a section most begginer books really lack in.overall it is the best basic hamster care book I have found on the market.

The Essential Ferret (Essential (Howell))

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"A bonanza of ferrets!"
A Ferrety Good Book for Begining Ferret Owners ^_^
A Ferrety Good Book for Begining Ferret Owners ^_^
Great Book to Start You Out With The New Ferret
An "Essential" rip-off of "The Ferret" by M. Shefferman

The Essential Ferret (Essential (Howell))

Manufacturer: Howell Book House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Loaded with Information
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ASIN: 1582450781

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The Essential Guides have all the facts that the new or experienced pet owner needs for a successful relationship with his or her pet. Packed with interesting sidebars, the books discuss the special characteristics of the pet; bringing your new pet home; the optimal way to feed your pet; and how to properly groom your pet. Also included are comprehensive chapters on health care and how to train your pet like an expert. The many vibrant and descriptive photos in the Essential Guides are taken by a professional photographer, and each book contains perforated fact cards with lots of helpful care tips. Consulting Editor Ian Dunbar, Ph.D., MRCVS, is the founder and an ongoing member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.

Customer Reviews:

"A bonanza of ferrets!".......2003-06-03

In all my years of ferret farming never have i, or my ferret, been so satisfied with a good bedtime story as 'The Essential Ferret'. Although the Ancestory isnt quite correct as Brian pointed out, it is a thoroughly engaging read and personally i rate it alongside 'Middlemarch' and 'Crime and Punishment'. Brian is my ferret. If i was to give one criticism, it would be the lack of exciting ferret fun filled photos. Although a ferret in a photo aint no real ferret, its still mighty exciting to gaze at. 'The Essential Ferret' is somewhat reminiscant of 'The Secret Weasel' by Deborah Dingos in that it also is a book. Strange considering weasels and ferrets are so similar also! This masterpiece is truely...essential.

A Ferrety Good Book for Begining Ferret Owners ^_^.......2000-10-20

This was a really good book with good facts and great pictures.Its a great book for people thinking about getting a ferret or reserching on their new ferret.It has the basics as well as the fun and intresting thigs such as Ancestry,Getting to know Your Ferret,and colors of the Ferret. I recomend this book to begining ferret owners of all ages!!!

A Ferrety Good Book for Begining Ferret Owners ^_^.......2000-10-20

This was a really good book with good facts and great pictures.Its a great book for people thinking about getting a ferret or reseching on their new ferret.It has the basics as well as the fun and intresting thigs such as Ancestry,Getting to know Your Ferret,and colors of the Ferret. I recomend this book to begining ferret owners of all ages!!!

Great Book to Start You Out With The New Ferret.......2000-07-08

This book was highly informative and I am a veteran ferret owner and consider myself knowledgeable. It's not a complete Bible on ferrets or ferret owning, but if you only choose one book, let this be it. :)

An "Essential" rip-off of "The Ferret" by M. Shefferman.......1999-12-08

Betsy Siino's book is an edited-down copy of "The Ferret: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet" by Mary Shefferman. I can find NO new material in this book; indeed, except for the removal of parts (i.e. "editing"), it is word-for-word the same. The use of a new title and the publication under an editor's name (Siino) is a shallow and greedy attempt to confuse the consumer and steal their money by suggesting they are purchasing a new book about ferrets from a new author. The lack of clear reference to the original author, Mary Shefferman, is unethical and repugnant (although apparently legal). While I highly recommend Shefferman's book, I suggest that people refuse to purchase this volume--not because of the content--but because of the unethical marketing strategy. How would you feel if someone took YOUR book, edited out parts, stripped off your name, then published it under an editor's name? The only motivation I can find for this is pure greed. Please, if you want a book on ferrets, buy a different title. Boycott this book.

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Essential Hamster

Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1582560765

Mutagenicity and DNA repair of glycidamide-induced adducts in mammalian cells [An article from: Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis]

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Mutagenicity and DNA repair of glycidamide-induced adducts in mammalian cells [An article from: Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis]
F. Johansson , T. Lundell , P. Rydberg , K. Erixon , and J
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR4M0U

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This digital document is a journal article from Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Glycidamide (GA)-induced mutagenesis in mammalian cells is not very well understood. Here, we investigated mutagenicity and DNA repair of GA-induced adducts utilizing Chinese hamster cell lines deficient in base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER) or homologous recombination (HR) in comparison to parent wild-type cells. We used the DRAG assay in order to map pathways involved in the repair of GA-induced DNA lesions. This assay utilizes the principle that a DNA repair deficient cell line is expected to be affected in growth and/or survival more than a repair proficient cell. A significant induction of mutations by GA was detected in the hprt locus of wild-type cells but not in BER deficient cells. Cells deficient in HR or BER were three or five times, respectively, more sensitive to GA in terms of growth inhibition than were wild-type cells. The results obtained on the rate of incisions in BER and NER suggest that lesions induced by GA are repaired by short patch BER rather than long patch BER or NER. Furthermore, a large proportion of the GA-induced lesions gave rise to strand breaks that are repaired by a mechanism not involving PARP. It is suggested that these strand breaks, which might be the results from alkylation of the backbone phosphate, are misrepaired by HR during replication thereby leading to a clastogenic rather than a mutagenic pathway. The type of lesion responsible for the mutagenic effect of GA cannot be concluded from the results presented in this study.

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Be Careful about old Version

Instrument Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam (Oral Exam Guide series)
Michael D. Hayes
Manufacturer: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
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ASIN: 1560274867

Book Description

For pilot certification and flight review, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires oral as well as written exams for pilot certification. An Instrument Rating can be added to the Private Pilot or Commercial Pilot Rating and requires special training. This guide provides the most consistent questions asked of an Instrument Pilot applicant in the instrument competancy check. Immediately following each question is a reference to the specific information source from which the answer may be derived. Questions are divided into four sections with many subtopics: flight planning, departure, en route, and arrival. This edition has been updated to reflect important FAA regulatory, procedural, and training changes.

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Be Careful about old Version.......2007-01-10

Be careful! Amazon sent me the year old version! Do NOT use it. I got a current version from a pilot shop and sent the old one back. Amazon gave me a full refund.

If you get the correct version it is invaluable! I passed.

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Gardens of New Orleans: Exquisite Excess

Gorgeous photos and more

For lovers of gardening- it captures the heart & imagination

excellent resource

Can't wait to start on my own "New Orleans" garden

Gardens of New Orleans: Exquisite Excess
Lake Douglas , and Jeannette Hardy
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Fragrant. Lush. Seductive. Can these words describe any city other than New Orleans? With new plant life bursting from every cranny and ancient cypress trees, the gardens here present many unusual combinations of freshness and decay. Gardens of New Orleans has captured this magnificence in full glory, with page after page of beautifully green photographs.

Authors Lake Douglas and Jeannette Hardy include historical sketches, maps, and photographs that provide an informative introduction to the city. The outdoor French Market photographs show piles of fruit you can almost taste, even if the picture is in sepia tones. The section on public spaces follows, bringing glossy color photos of charming statuary and enormous live oaks that are memorable both for their size and grace. The final chapter is filled with close-up shots of many private gardens in the city, and show off the best New Orleans has to offer: peaceful balconies, bright flowers, antique ornaments, and artfully trimmed hedges. The lovely Ursiline convent is included in this section, with its glowing white statues and peaceful paths for meditation.

In every case, photographer Richard Sexton has captured the remarkable light as it filters through the trees. His close-ups clearly show the vines and sprouts popping up between bricks and under older plants, while his landscapes showcase both the heavy greenery and the well-known cast-iron decorations on houses, fences, and furniture. Whether you're a New Orleans native or simply love impossibly green gardens, this lovely book will bring the rich flavor of this charming city to your living room. --Jill Lightner

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New Orleans is a gardener's paradise. Fragrant ginger and night-blooming jessamine scent the air. Nary a crack in the cement or divot in the wall is free from rogue ferns, mosses, or draping greenery. For generations, residents from wildly varied cultures and sensibilities have been at work creating magnificent gardens throughout the city. New Orleans Gardens explores this rich history and tours public gardens, as well as opens the doors to lovingly tended private balcony, patio, and mansion grounds. Interviews discuss the environmental and cultural forces that shaped the gardens. In photography as sumptuous as his acclaimed New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence, Richard Sexton vividly illustrates the many traditions interwoven in this bewitching city's landscape heritage.

Customer Reviews:

Gardens of New Orleans: Exquisite Excess.......2007-04-28

New Orleans is a sultry, seductive city whose gardens reflect a rich history. Decadent nineteenth-Century buildings and courtyards provide an exquisite backdrop for exotic profligate vegetation. These serve as inspiration for all garden enthusiasts.

Beginning with A Brief History, that may not be brief enough; - the book stolidly drags the reader on through endless bayous of pages that recount the minutiae of the French settlers, Native Americans, African Slaves, German and Swiss farmers.

Subsequently, it combines the cities latest horticultural overlay of recent Southeast Asian immigrants depicted at vegetable markets with mounds of cut mint. Then, it offers impassive photos of the Warehouse Arts District, and dilapidated fence structures of no particular aesthetic merit, interest, or relevance.

The few published photos available to the buyer are quite nice. Nonetheless, the book itself, offers little more in the way of exotic balcony gardens, or lush French Quarter design to inspire ardent gardeners. This pre-Katrina effort adroitly circumvents all that is attractive, interesting, vibrant or comely within the city. It plods along with sluggish text, mostly unremarkable photography, and seemingly indifferent editing.

Gorgeous photos and more.......2005-10-03

Not only is the photography lush and gorgeous, but I also love the way this book has chapters on a variety of New Orleans gardens. There are examples of hidden courtyards and terraces as well as public parks and Garden District homes. There's even a comprehensive section on the history of the city. I treasure this book all the more given the recent tragic events with the hurricanes.

For lovers of gardening- it captures the heart & imagination.......2004-03-16

I was fortunate enough to find this book in a wonderful little garden shop tucked away inside the French Quarter of New Orleans. If you've never visited and seen their charming style and beauty first hand, this book is filled with superb photographs that come to life, with a wealth of great information about the homes and gardens you really will feel like you're there. For any lover of gardening, New Orleans simply transcends conventional time and space, capturing all of the senses and inspiring the heart and the imagination like no place else in the world. . .from the petite cottages to the elaborate plantations, there is garden for every home and every occassion! Tres-magnifique!!!

excellent resource.......2003-11-07

I am fortunate enough to have Lake Douglas as an instructor. He has forgotten more about landscape architecture than most people will ever know. I love going to his class because he has a genuine passion for the subject and almost limitless knowledge. Buy this book. You won't be disappointed.

Can't wait to start on my own "New Orleans" garden.......2001-07-28

I bought this book hoping to get some ideas on how to make my backyard into a New Orleans garden oasis and this book delivered. Not only is it a helpful resource for gardeners (it has a chart of commonly used plants in New Orleans gardens), but it also is nice to just leaf through and look at the pictures. My only gripe is that there weren't enough gardens featured.

Gardens of New Orleans: Exquisite Excess

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Gardens of New Orleans: Exquisite Excess
Lake Douglas
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N646XI

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Reflections on computer aids to design and architecture

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ASIN: 0884053059

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Reflections on Computer AIDS to Design and Architecture
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Binding: Textbook Binding
ASIN: 0442803052

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