Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement
  • Informative and easy read
  • A must for every horse lover!
  • A must buy for the serious horseman
Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement
Susan E. Harris
Manufacturer: Howell Book House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764587889

Book Description

See how your horse moves and become a better rider!

Horses are born to move—a 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.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement.......2007-09-14

This book is very complete with information and diagrams for all parts of the horse and how they move. Well written and a great resource to refer back to. Lots of detail on muscle groups and what they do. If you are interested in bio-mechanics, this works! I do lots of ground work with dressage horses and rehab for injured and arthritic horses. This resource is particularly helpful for me.

5 out of 5 stars Informative and easy read.......2007-04-18

I would recommend this book to anyone looking to fully understand the basic gaits, movement and conformation of the horse. There is information on the natural gaits of the horse and how a rider can enhance or hinder the horse's movement and balance. The format will assist both novices and advanced equestrians. It is written in easy-to-understand language. The information is also very accessible simply by browsing through the illustrations. This book would be a great addition to any horse enthusiast's library.

5 out of 5 stars A must for every horse lover!.......1999-05-06

Yes, Ms. Harris did the sketches. Her sketches really capture the movement of the horse and enables you to breakdown the gaits and jumping actions to see what is really happening. Utterly fascinating!

5 out of 5 stars A must buy for the serious horseman.......1999-03-18

An excellent presentation of the elements of balance in the horse's movement at various gaits. The illustrations (Did Ms Harris do them?) are grand and support the text very well. It is an excellent resource.

Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin
Maggie Campbell Pedersen
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Binding: Hardcover

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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.

A comprehensive list of materials is included and each is presented with details of its origin, availability and conservation status, examples of, and a brief history of, their use. Organics fit together because of their origins, because they are constantly used together, have similar histories and were the earliest gem materials used.

200 color images are included for ease of reference and identification, allowing you to identify this material by sight, avoiding the usual gemological tests which ruin them.

Organics occur in modern and antique jewelry, in decorative items and in some furniture, and this book draws all the information together to provide the first complete overview of the subject.

* A unique reference book comprehensively documenting organic materials
* Highly illustrated color filled book for ease of reference
* Learn the background and how to identify organic material

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Too Good to Write a Review!.......2004-09-01

OK - I've had this book for months! I keep intending to write a review but I keep re-reading the book. Every time I pick up the book and think I'll write about one aspect, I find something else that I'd like to focus on. Reviews are supposed to be short and helpful. For a serious gemologist, this book has enough scientific details (including tests for identification) to help one identify genuine natural-based gem materials and how to identify the imitations. For the jeweler or jewelry collector, this book provides historical and cultural information on the use of natural gem materials. For the photography buff, this book's photos are fine examples of close-up photography. This is a MUST for any serious gemologist/jewelry collector.

You Bet Your Tomatoes: Fun Facts, Tall Tales, and a Handful of Useful Gardening Tips
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • the Realm of Existentialism
  • Who knew growing tomatoes could be funny?
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Mike McGrath
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
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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 Show

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the Realm of Existentialism.......2005-04-23

You Bet Your Tomatoes! by Mike McGrath is the only how-to grow-tons-of-quality-tomatoes one will ever need. It is the only 'mater book I have and my 'maters are the envy of the neighborhood -- Not bad, since I've only been gardening for a couple of years, as a hobby.

McGrath starts off with a basic question: Why am I Doing This Instead of Enjoying my Summer??? then proceeds to give the reader plenty of logical reasons like "Tomatoes are easier to grow than watermelons..." and "Most other summer endeavors have a much higher risk of death and/or dismemberment." Yes, the god of all-things-humorous seems to reign in this book!

Chapter 1 -- Picking Your Tomatoes (Do all these things have funny, rude, or mysterious names?)
this chapter contains the names of all the top tomatoes, Determinate or Indeterminate, Hybrid or Open-Pollinated, Days to Maturity, Comments. A must-have reference!
Chapter 2 -- The Joy of Germination (Or, Killing your own tomatoes from seed)
Chapter 3 - The Art of Tomato Planting (You want me to BURY them? You MONSTER!!)
Chapter 4 - Staking and Caging (No, not "or," "AND!" Got it?! "Staking AND Caging"!!!)

The little drawings of all the 'mater-babies are absolutely precious! My favorite is the 'mater-baby sitting in a stroller with a pacifier in its mouth.

Chapter 5 - Food, Water and Basic Keeping-Alive Skills (Ooops---you mean I shouldn't have watered them each and every day?)
Chapter 6 - Pest Control... (Am I the only creature around here NOT eating my tomatoes???)
Chapter 7 - Dealing with Disease (Can't we just take them to the hospital?)

Did I mention all that neighbor-envy your are going to bask in -- growing those big, beautiful 'maters. Better than sunshine, to be sure. :) --Katharena Eiermann, 2005, the Realm of Existentialism -- Presidential Hopeful

5 out of 5 stars Who knew growing tomatoes could be funny?.......2002-06-10

If you want to read a funny book on how to grow beautiful tomatoes, then You Bet Your Tomatoes is right up your alley. Mike
McGrath (NPR host of the gardening radio show, "You Bet Your Tomatoes") not only shows you quick ways to keep your tomato plants happy and thriving, but he tells some funny stories and bizarre factoids along the way. In fact, I why wonder this book isn't also sold in the humor section at the bookstore?

Oxford Family Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Single-Volume Reference for Home, School and Office
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • addictive to the curious-minded of any age
  • A very readable encyclopedia
  • Compact, colorful, comprehensive
Oxford Family Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Single-Volume Reference for Home, School and Office
Oxford University Press
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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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:

5 out of 5 stars addictive to the curious-minded of any age.......1999-06-05

This encyclopedia is fantastic. Even though it has around 750 pages, it lies flat at any page. Every page has one or more color drawings, photos, maps, and/or diagrams. I bought this book b/c I'm a freelance educational writer, and I frequently need short bits of factual info. to use in creating exercises for students and lessons. This is perfect for that use. Also, do you remember the Friends episode in which Joey buys the "V" encyclopedia but can't afford the whole set, so he only knows about things that start with "V"? Well, THIS is the book he needed: it covers A-Z, and it costs less! If you like facts and trivia or if you have little "holes" where you're supposed to know something, you'll love this book. It's worth the money.

5 out of 5 stars A very readable encyclopedia.......1998-10-06

This is a beautiful one-volume encyclopedia for children (grades 4 and up) and their parents. Its coverage is probably not as extensive as the one-volume Cambridge Encyclopedia or Columbia Encyclopedia; but the Family Encyclopedia is a much more attractive reference book for younger readers because of its clean layout, its easy-to-read typeface (on bright white paper), and especially its numerous color illustrations, including faithful reproductions of Madonna, Clint Eastwood, etc. Definitely recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Compact, colorful, comprehensive.......1998-02-11

At 768 pages and crammed with colorful maps and illustrations, the ÒFamily EncyclopediaÓ offers snippets of information in more than 13,000 entires in a format that is ideal for a home office. Call it a super-dictionary, the format is ideal for those of us of which to put to rest a particularly pesky questionable bit of trivia but without access to a set of encyclopedias. The "Family Encylopedia" can supply answers to a host of questions. It shows a diagram of how a Digital Audio Tape records sound, reveals Joan Crawford's real name (Lucille Fay le Sueur), and describes the properties of rudidium (which, as we all remember from high school chemistry, is the silver-white metallic element of the alkali metals).
Ancient Feng Shui's Ultimate Secrets For Home and Office
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A guide which blends feng shui home and office arrangements with insights on systems and personal aspects for maximum well-being
  • Feng Shui is great for your life
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Ancient Feng Shui's Ultimate Secrets For Home and Office
Gisi Stupp
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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.

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5 out of 5 stars A guide which blends feng shui home and office arrangements with insights on systems and personal aspects for maximum well-being.......2006-01-06

Deserving of ongoing recommendation for any interested in positive life changes is Gisi Stupp's Ancient Feng Shui's Ultimate Secrets For Home And Office, a guide which blends feng shui home and office arrangements with insights on systems and personal aspects for maximum well-being. Author Stupp operates Feng Shui services in California: she's been consulting on the topic for years and here offers in-depth blueprints, diagrams, charts as well as theory and insights: everything needed for an applied understanding rather than just overviews.

5 out of 5 stars Feng Shui is great for your life.......2005-04-05

This book does what it says it will do for you, specifically make it easy for you to figure out with a compass your own measurements. Equipped with this, the interpretation falls into place and one's life can change positively! Great idea to share the inner workings of the real Feng Shui, can't wait for more in the future / Dave Reynolds

5 out of 5 stars Feng Shui review.......2005-04-03

Thank you very much for making this so simple. I am a real novice at this but your book makes me look like an expert. Thanks again. Gary

5 out of 5 stars Barbara's review.......2005-04-03

Dear Gisi,

What a great book! I have read several others and I find yours to be the most user friendly and most interesting. It has helped me in redecorating my house. Best of luck in all of your endeavors! Barbara H. Rogers

5 out of 5 stars Great Help.......2005-03-26

Gisi's book helped me in my home purchase and decorating. Her book is clear and easy to understand. I recommend it to anyone who wishes to introduce Feng Shui to their surroundings.
Ultimate Home Office Survival Guide (Peterson's Ultimate Guides)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A great resource for the at-home worker
  • This book is available now; we just got it. 4/1/98
Ultimate Home Office Survival Guide (Peterson's Ultimate Guides)
Baker & Baker
Manufacturer: Peterson's
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4 out of 5 stars A great resource for the at-home worker.......1999-11-04

I found this book to be extremely helpful in setting up my business at home. Solid advise, through and through.

5 out of 5 stars This book is available now; we just got it. 4/1/98.......1998-04-09

Great book. Very complete. The absolutely best book on home business we've found! Top notch advice and thousands of references on the CD.
Home Sweet Office: The Ultimate Out-Of-Office Experience : Working Your Company Job from Home
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • How-to book for becoming a telecommuter
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Jeff Meade
Manufacturer: Petersons
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4 out of 5 stars How-to book for becoming a telecommuter.......1997-10-31

Meade, Jeff. 1993. Home Sweet Office. Princteon, NJ: Peterson's.

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.
The Ultimate Home Office
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Slick but some good ideas
The Ultimate Home Office
Time-Life Books
Manufacturer: Time-Life Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0783549482

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3 out of 5 stars Slick but some good ideas.......1999-02-26

I liked the illustrations in this book, however, the text tended to state the obvious. A better take on the home office--Ergonomic Living, which is well researced and up to date.
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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
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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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        ASIN: B000V4FGRW

        Product Description

        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.
        Ultimate Home Office
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          Ultimate Home Office

          Manufacturer: Consumer Guide
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Digital

          GeneralGeneral | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Computers & Internet | PDF (printable) | Formats | e-Docs | Formats | Books
          ASIN: B0002K79RA
          Release Date: 2003-06-16

          Book Description

          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
          The Ultimate Generate Extra Cash, Success Principles and Biz Networking for Home Office Equipment Web Biz 3 Course + Resource Guide
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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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