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Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement
Susan E. Harris Manufacturer: Howell Book House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764587889 |
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See how your horse moves and become a better rider!Horses are born to movea foal can walk, trot and gallop within hours of birth. But not all horses move equally well, and the way a horse moves can have a real impact on how you ride. In this unique book, Susan Harris presents more than 300 eye-opening drawings that show you exactly how horses move. She illustrates movements common to all horses, pinpoints movement problems, reveals how a human in the saddle affects a horse's movement and helps you become a better, more accomplished rider.
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Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement.......2007-09-14
Informative and easy read.......2007-04-18
A must for every horse lover!.......1999-05-06
A must buy for the serious horseman.......1999-03-18
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Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin
Maggie Campbell Pedersen Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0750658525 |
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The materials covered in the book include Amber and Copal; Jet; Ivory; Bone; Antler; Rhino horn; Horn; Tortoiseshell; Pearl; Shell; Coral, and other materials of plant and animal origin that have been used as gem or ornamental material. The book describes how to recognize them and how to distinguish them from the materials most commonly used to imitate them, for example plastic.Customer Reviews:
Too Good to Write a Review!.......2004-09-01
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You Bet Your Tomatoes: Fun Facts, Tall Tales, and a Handful of Useful Gardening Tips
Mike McGrath Manufacturer: Rodale Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0875968708 |
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"What great tomato-growing ideas! I've been 'container gardening' my Big Boys in old abandoned refrigerators in the front yard for years now, but next season, I'll take Mike's advice and trellis them up the side of our double-wide!"--Martha Slewart, Martha Slewart's Lying"Did I write this book? So many of the jokes just seem so....familiar."--Garrison Keelover, A Prairie Home Tomato"Aren't these things poisonous to eat?"--Thomas Jefferson, farmer and framer"Forget basketball! I'm retiring again to grow heirloom tomatoes! Now, what kind of shoes am I gonna need . . . ?"--Michael Jardin, tall guy"This is just the kind of 'hidden message' book I expect from you left-leaning, liberal-compost-applying, communal gardening, card-carrying organic types! Well, you don't fool me one bit-- enticing the youth of America to experiment with PINK tomatoes! RED fruits! Arkansas TRAVELER-- or is that Arkansas FELLOW TRAVELERS??? I'm sticking with my red, white, and blue potatoes!"--Rush ToJudgement, The Rush ToJudgement ShowCustomer Reviews:
the Realm of Existentialism.......2005-04-23
Who knew growing tomatoes could be funny?.......2002-06-10
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Oxford Family Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Single-Volume Reference for Home, School and Office
Oxford University Press Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 019521367X |
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Settle those Jeopardy battles, do homework, or use this lovely encyclopedia to look up that pesky fact your brain refuses to retrieve. Illustrated with the usual high Oxford quality, clearly written, and loaded with special biography and topic features (including 3,000 biographical profiles), The Family Encyclopedia is a one-volume wonder. Kids ages 8 and older will like its size and heft--just enough to feel substantial, but never daunting.Book Description
Your five-year-old daughter is watching a squirrel out the kitchen window and she asks you, "Is it true that some squirrels can fly? That they have wings?" (Problem: you'd like to show her a flying squirrel on your CD-ROM encyclopedia, but your son is playing computer games with his friends.) You are watching the world gymnastics championship on TV and the winner is an athelete from Belarus, and you're suddenly curious about that country. (Problem: your expensive multivolume encyclopedia is now long in the tooth, and while it has lots of information on the Soviet Union, it doesn't even mention Belarus). At a dinner party, someone mentions chaos theory and you joke that that's the theory you use to organize your tool box--but you do wish you knew what chaos theory really was. (Problem: your top-of-the-line dictionary mentions chaos theory not at all.) Half the battle to be an intelligent person (and to lead your children in that direction) is to be curious about the world and to ask questions; the other half is knowing where to find the right answers. And one of the best places to find answers is a good home encyclopedia. Now, with Oxford's Family Encyclopedia, you have the most up-to-date, affordable, convenient, and appealing one-volume encyclopedia on the market--and the first such encyclopedia designed specifically for family use. Here is, first of all, the kind of readable but authoritative reference work for which Oxford is justly acclaimed, offering over 15,000 alphabetically arranged entries that put a world of information at your fingertips. There are numerous biographical entries--well over 3,000 in all--that cover artists, writers, and composers; military, political, and world leaders; religious and business figures; scientists and inventors, and much more. Readers will find concise entries on geographical places--from mountains, rivers, and seas to cities, regions, and nations (each nation entry includes a special box with map, flag, and information on the country's history, economy, geographical makeup, and political system). Science is perhaps the biggest category covered, encompassing physics, astronomy, chemistry, the environment, mathematics, the life sciences--including many entries on animals, plants, and minerals--plus hundreds of entries on technology (inventions, machine parts, and so on). There are literary terms, artistic movements, architectural styles, musical periods. Religion and mythology, medicine and health, sports and entertainment, politics and the law. Virtually any topic you would want information on you will find here. Moreover, the Encyclopedia is packed with 1,500 color illustrations, far more color pictures than any other one-volume encyclopedia on the market, creating an eye-catching page-layout that stimulates the mind. It is the first such encyclopedia to rival CD-ROM encyclopedias for graphic quality. And these illustrations are not merely decorative. Each features a caption that either explains the picture or provides additional information on the topic. An illustration for geological faults, for instance, not only depicts tear faults, reverse faults, Horst faults, and rift faults, but also explains how each fault is formed. And the illustration accompanying the entry on the fig, far from the typical "diagram of plant parts," illustrates instead the symbiotic relationship the fig tree has with the fig wasp, revealing how the tree and insect need each other to reproduce. This colorful format will appeal especially to children, whether you are using the book to show a kindergartner what a flying squirrel looks like, or whether a middle or high school student uses it to look up information on Belarus. Other one-volume encyclopedias available offer small black-and-white illustrations every second or third page, a format that can be daunting to younger readers, who cringe at page after page of type without relief. The Encyclopedia's appealing pages will engage young minds--and re-educate them about what a reference book can be. Attractive and informative, the volume also offers ease of convenience. Big, multi-volume encyclopedias are unwieldy, both for children to use and for families to shelve. And CD-ROM encyclopedias must be used on the computer, which is not always in the family room. The Encyclopedia is easy to keep in a convenient place--on a desk, on the kitchen counter, on the home entertainment center. When a reference volume sits within an arm's reach, people are more likely to use it. And finally, at forty-five dollars, the Encyclopedia is a great bargain. Indeed, it is so inexpensive that families who already have multivolume or CD encyclopedias will want to purchase the Encyclopedia as a second, ready reference work. Wide-ranging, authoritative, portable, affordable, and beautifully illustrated, Oxford's Family Encyclopedia will be the mainstay of your home library. When your curiosity is aroused and you have a question about the world around you, it will be the place you look to find the answer.Customer Reviews:
addictive to the curious-minded of any age.......1999-06-05
A very readable encyclopedia.......1998-10-06
Compact, colorful, comprehensive.......1998-02-11
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Ancient Feng Shui's Ultimate Secrets For Home and Office
Gisi Stupp Manufacturer: We Publish Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1929841124 |
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This book is the ancient secret method of Feng Shui that produces results with a practical step-by-step guide of how to do your own assessment without complex calculations. Generate health, wealth, love and happiness and discover your personal elemental energies in your environment an how they interact with each other.Customer Reviews:
A guide which blends feng shui home and office arrangements with insights on systems and personal aspects for maximum well-being.......2006-01-06
Feng Shui is great for your life.......2005-04-05
Feng Shui review.......2005-04-03
Barbara's review.......2005-04-03
Great Help.......2005-03-26
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Ultimate Home Office Survival Guide (Peterson's Ultimate Guides)
Baker & Baker Manufacturer: Peterson's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0768900077 |
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A great resource for the at-home worker.......1999-11-04
This book is available now; we just got it. 4/1/98.......1998-04-09
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Home Sweet Office: The Ultimate Out-Of-Office Experience : Working Your Company Job from Home
Jeff Meade Manufacturer: Petersons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 156079240X |
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How-to book for becoming a telecommuter.......1997-10-31
This is a self-proclaimed "how to" book intended for a general audience interested in learning more about becoming telecommuters. Meade attempts to motivate readers to take the company initiative by convincing employers that telecommuting is a beneficial alternative for both employer and employee.
Meade's tone is light and humorous while covering a lot of territory. Benefits he discusses include time flexibility and freedom, coziness (there's no place like home!), informality, less interruptions, and no commute. However, he doesn't discount the pitfalls, such as choas caused at home, loneliness, the inability to separate work space from personal space, and professional jeopardy (out of sight, out of mind).
Using many personal testimonials of telecommuters, Meade takes the prospective commuter through the process of becoming a telecommuter. First, he asks the reader to take a test to see if he has the kind of personality or job type that is compatible with telecommuting. The next step is convincing the boss. This is where his argument falters. It is hard to imagine a low level data entry clerk approaching her boss about telecommuting if she may not even be allowed to take off five minutes early for lunch. However, his tips for convincing the boss (more productivity, less absenteeism, less overhead) as well as negotiating techniques are well written and comprehensive. One subsection is entitled "Six effective tactics for overcoming bosses' resistance". These include defining flexibility and productivity as employer benefits, developing a work contract ("managers feel more secure if everything is spelled out in a memo"), and using information about competitor's telecommuting programs.
It was amusing to read his review of hardware and peripherals.. Although this book was written only four years ago, most of the groundbreaking computer equipment he touts as "musts" are already completely outdated. He recommends the 486 to the 286, although the price is a little prohibitive...Meade also discusses other office equipment needed: fax machines, copiers, and telephones equipped with voice mail. The telecommuter, Meade warns, must negotiate upfront what office equipment will be supplied by the company and what must be supplied by the individual.
Other issues Meade addresses are the legal ramifications such as workman's compensation, zoning restrictions that prohibit working at home, and taxes. The IRS, according to Meade, is very narrow in its allowances for home office deductions if the individual is actually the employee of a company and not a self-employed consultant.
He also discusses the problems associated with perceptions of work and home and stresses the importance of keeping these two spheres as separate as possible. Frequent evaluation is necessary, expecially if the telecommuter is tempted to work long hours because the office is just in the next room.
Although Meade's style is redundant and his "if I can, you can, too" attitude beomes a little tedious, I believe this book is a useful tool for the person with the right personality, right job, and right boss to become a telecommuter. More important, it illuminates many of the reasons that telecommuting is taking a while to catch on.
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The Ultimate Home Office
Time-Life Books Manufacturer: Time-Life Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0783549482 |
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Slick but some good ideas.......1999-02-26
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Ultimate Home Office SC
Time-Life Books Manufacturer: Little Brown and Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0783552882 |
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The Ultimate Home Office Survival Guide (The Only Guide For Both Entrepreneurs and At-Home Workers) (Bonus CD-ROM)
Sunny Baker , and Kim Baker Manufacturer: Peterson's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OU2E3M |
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Do you have the discipline, organization, temperament, and expertise to succeed? If you're a home based corporate employee, will being away from the office make you less visible for promotions? If you're an entrepreneur, are you prepared for the isolation and daunting financial and legal risks? These issues and more are covered in depth. Advice on whether working at home is right for you; Details on how to set up your office space and choose the right equipment; Analysis of the latest computer and telephone technology; Lessons on marketing, advertising and promotion; Tips on how to handle your taxes and legal issues; Help with establishing rules for family, friends and children; Guidelines for establishing discipline and time-management skills. BONUS CD-ROM: It's packed with information for the home office worker and includes printable forms and checklists to use in your business, lists of home-based business opportunities, a sample business plan, the exclusive work-from-home glossary, links to web sites of interest and much more.
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The Ultimate Home Office Survival Guide - The Only Guide For Both Entrepreneurs and At-Home Workers (Bonus CD-ROM)
Sunny Baker , and Kim Baker Manufacturer: Peterson's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000V4FGRW |
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work from home? No morning commute or grueling 9 to 5 routine. No office politics or endless meetings. Greater productivity with fewer interruptions. There's a lot more to a successful home office experience than that, and this book will help you determine whether the life of an entrepreneur or home-based corporate employee is for you. Just some of the topics covered: 1) Advice on whether working at home is right for you. 2) Details on how to set up your office space and choose the right equipment. 3) Lessons on marketing, advertising and promotion. 4) Tips on how to handle your taxes and legal issues. 5) Guidelines for establishing discipline and time-management skills. BONUS CD-ROM: It's packed with information for the home office worker and includes printable forms and checklists to use in your business; Lists of home based business opportunities; A sample business plan, and more.
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Ultimate Home Office
Manufacturer: Consumer Guide ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0002K79RA Release Date: 2003-06-16 |
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Shopping for home office equipment can be overwhelming, and trying to choose the right printer, software, and accessories to enhance your productivity can even be more daunting. That's why Consumer Guide has put its expertise to work to create the Ultimate Home Office. In this guide, our team of experts will help you- determine the appropriate price range for home office equipment
- decide which computer is best for you
- understand how to select office equipment that meets your needs
- make educated buying decisions when shopping for the accessories you'll want or need
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The Ultimate Generate Extra Cash, Success Principles and Biz Networking for Home Office Equipment Web Biz 3 Course + Resource Guide
Mark Z Miller Manufacturer: LTBR, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PF78UU |
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