Freshwater Aquariums in Your Life

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Freshwater Aquariums for the Novice or Experienced Aquarist, Freshwater Aquariums in Your Life covers setting up the tank, the ideal fish to keep in your community aquarium and how to keep your fish and aquarium in top condition through good care and regular maintenance. The practical, easy-to-use information tells you what you need to know so you can spend more time enjoying your aquarium. Freshwater Aquariums in Your Life includes a special chapter on the best and worst fish to keep in your aquarium. Beautiful professional photos take you into the world of the aquarium and its creatures. The info-packed sidebars and fun facts make caring for your aquarium easy and rewarding.

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Much better then the first two.....

Strawberry Shortcake excellent book for collectibles

the cream of strawberry shortcake

Waste of Money

the cream of strawberry shortcake collectables

The Cream of Strawberry Shortcake Collectibles (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Jan Lindenberger , and Jennifer Bowles
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764308122

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Strawberry Shortcake is an ideal, a philosophy of life that may be looked down upon smugly by collectors of supposedly more "sophisticated" dolls. But Strawberry's charm is in her very lack of sophistication, her refusal to be forced into the grown-up shoes of somebody else's idea of fashion and desirability. Here are hundreds of items that spread the wonderful outlook of one of the "berry" sweetest dolls ever into the hearts and homes of little girls through the 1980s. As they grow up, many girls have continued to treasure this memorabilia that celebrates friendship, kindness, and goodwill, and these items are now resurfacing on the collectors' market--arts and crafts, personal care, porcelain, kitchen items, and much more. This conveniently-sized guide with up-to-date pricing information will help you on your search to learn more about the darling philosophy of Strawberry Shortcake!

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Much better then the first two............2007-03-04

Well, she's getting there. This book contains a great background section and tribute to the doll collector who has been providing all the information and items shown in the books photos (Jennifer of Strawberry Shortcake Central). Dolls, minis, and toys are not included in this collector's rendition. Instead, Schiffler focuses on pretty much every other SSC item that was created. I thought this book was amazing and didn't realize how many other creations there were bearing the Strawberry Shortcake logo and theme; everything from clock radios, purses, ornaments, the many books and comic books, furniture, and much more.

Strawberry Shortcake excellent book for collectibles.......2003-04-06

... *** This is an excellent book for the serious Strawberry Shortcake collector of ornaments, musicals, jewelry & hair accessories, books, puzzles, cards & gift wrap, party supplies and more. There were 3 Strawberry Shortcake books produced, there is one for dolls called "More Strawberry Shortcake" if you are looking for doll information. This book has 'no' doll information but was not intended to, it is called the "Cream" of Strawberry Shortcake because it is the cream of the crop when it comes to these special items. This book does in fact have many rare items in it, I have been a serious collector for years and use this book as a great guide for ebay almost daily. Would very highly recommend it if you are interested in those type of items that I listed above would be in it. It has wonderful photos of these highly collectible items. Good luck with your collecting!

the cream of strawberry shortcake.......2002-01-10

i think the book was very helpful to me on the prices
and the pictures. this way i have an idea of there is out there to collect yet

Waste of Money.......2001-01-05

This book is a waste of money. Not all dolls are pictured. The pictures which are included are usually wrong (Party Pleaser pet with non-PP doll). It's a collector's nightmare. There are pictures of a lot of non-doll items, but not too many rare items. Anyone just getting into SSC collecting can gain more knowledge by checking out the auction sites.

the cream of strawberry shortcake collectables.......2000-01-10

i guess i thought it would have collecting dolls info- wrong - no help to a doll collector. will keep searching for doll info.

Product Description

Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet, by Norma Lehmeier Hartie, is an indispensable reference book for anyone who cares about their health and well being and for the future of the planet. Hartie concisely covers a wide range of subjects and includes a comprehensive listing of advisory organizations, product and service resources. Part I of the book, Banish the Ugly from Your Life, is a blueprint for green, sustainable living. Discover how to replace toxic and unsustainable products from household cleaners to food (including recipes) to furniture to personal care products with safe, eco-friendly ones. Hartie is the tough but motivational Life Coach in her approach to cleaning, removing clutter and on organizing the home or office. Part II, Bring in the Beautiful to Create a Harmonious Environment and Self, includes a chapter on Earth-based spirituality and a fascinating look at the Four Elements (Earth, Fire, Air and Water) and the Medicine Wheel. The core of Hartie s philosophy blossoms in Chapter Seven, Applying Harmonious AdjustmentsTM: Using Feng Shui and Other Techniques for Powerful Results. Unlike other Feng Shui authors, Hartie has experience as a designer and her skills are apparent in this chapter and the following two. She has combined principles of Feng Shui, the Four Elements, color, energy, Vastu, and good design principles that create a unique and eclectic approach to home decorating. Finally, Hartie provides guidance on how to manifest personal or professional desires. In Part III, Putting the Pieces Together, Hartie skillfully integrates the many subjects of the book into a unified and cohesive whole. At its cover price of $19.95, Harmonious Environment is a value alone for the comprehensive green living product suppliers in the Resources section. What makes this book so truly ambitious, however, is what lies beneath the surface. In a sense, this book is only marginal

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Transform Your Home into a Peaceful Sanctuary.......2007-04-10

"The energy from flowers is so bright and strong that they can be put anywhere in the home and they will enhance your life." ~ pg. 217

Norma Lehmeier Hartie is a design consultant and Harmonious Adjustment practitioner who enjoys gardening and cooking. She created the practice of Harmonious Adjustments to give her clients the chance to reconnect with nature and to manifest their personal and professional dreams. Through her book she introduces ideas for detoxing and decluttering your home environment.

If you want a happier, healthier lifestyle that is more in harmony with nature, then Norma Lehmeier Hartie's book has a world of information to make this possible. She can help you:

Remove toxic products from your home and garage
Clean and organize your home
Buy environmentally friendly cleaning products
Organize your home for more peace and harmony
Find healthy personal care products
Grow plants that help to control pollution - A list of the Fifty Best Houseplants
Find the best choices in flooring
Figure out how to recycle larger items like a refrigerator
Cook more safely and use kitchen scraps for your garden
Formulate a plan to keep your house clean
Organize every room in the house
Decorate with Confidence

Reading through the list of harmful products gives you an idea of the ingredients to avoid in cleaners and how they can affect your health. For an antibacterial spray, the author suggests water and essential oils and for cleaning silver she also suggests more natural solutions like baking soda and vinegar. Using Borax and water is less dangerous than chlorine bleach fumes and you may want to try this in your shower. You may enjoy products by Seventh Generation.

Chapter three felt a little out of my personal range of expertise, although we know that thoughts can affect our environment and life and can move our life in a positive or negative direction. This chapter deals more with spiritual practices. Chapter 6 also delves into a deeper connection with nature, personality types and elemental powers. The list of Yin and Yang is helpful to create a balance of the two in your home. An entire chapter is also dedicated to plants, gemstones and crystals.

"If you are the average American woman, you expose yourself to over two hundred synthetic chemicals that are found in the products you use as you prepare yourself for the day. These products do not simply sit on your skin; approximately sixty percent of these ingredients get absorbed into your bloodstream." ~ pg. 91

Chapter four is especially informative and essential if you are trying to be healthier and want to find organic alternatives to products filled with synthetic chemicals. Why should you avoid petroleum and talc? Why is there lead in hair dye?

The section on an Eco-Friendly Kitchen is interesting and the chapter on natural and organic foods also gives ideas on how to save time in the kitchen. A few recipes are included:

Vegetarian Pasta Primavera
Fajitas
Risotto with Scallops or Shrimp
Lemon Rice
Grilled Vegetables

An extensive list of resources and a very handy index complete this well-researched and extremely helpful book. If you enjoy Feng Shui or decorating and organizing your home, there is a lot to enjoy and you may find the information in this book can also help with fatigue, anxiety and sleeping problems.

~The Rebecca Review

Detox Your Life.......2007-04-04

No matter what your goals are, this book has the starting point for you. Learn how to make your life less toxic and get a better relationship with Mother Earth.

Declutter, paint and detoxify.......2007-04-02

Using the principles of Feng Shui, you can create a harmonious home environment with this book as a guide.

Author Lehmeier-Hartie has you choose colors, elements and design based on your birthday. If you suffer from problems feeling disorganized or headachey at home, it could be your home is not organized properly or the flow of energy is impeded.

The author extends this tranquility to finding the right job and the right mate. Whether or not it is the alignment of elements in the home, focusing on clearing clutter in your life can only have positive effects. A very pretty book.

Life-changing ideas.......2007-02-02

Worried about what your family is being exposed to? Are you hoping to increase your wealth or find love this year? Trying to decide on the best color to paint your walls? If you answered "yes!" to any of these questions, then Harmonious Environment is a must read.

The goal of this book is to create positive energy both in your home and your life and to be kinder to the earth. Hertie is a design consultant, chef, gardener, and healer. She shares her professional and personal experiences with the readers, i.e., homemade earth-friendly cleaning products, tasty recipes for carnivores and vegetarians, etc. She recommends that after reading this book, you apply the process in the following order:

1. Remove toxic products from your home and garage
2. Clean, declutter, clear and organize your home
3. Buy/use environmentally friendly products
4. Learn how to use place objects (furniture, mirrors, etc.) to manifest change in your life

The relationship between people and the Earth is an important part of Harmonious Environments. To remind ourselves of this interconnection, Hertie recommends bringing the natural world into your home. Some ways to do this include displaying rocks and minerals and using houseplants as pollution busters.

Hertie uses Harmonious Adjustments (TM) that combines "the best principles of Feng Shui, the application of the Four Elements based on your birth date, color, Vastu, energy work and good design." I've read a few Feng Shui books in the past, but the author's clear instructions and enthusiasm has given me the confidence to actually try this at home.

I liked how the author reminded me to use this book as a guideline but to also trust my intuition. Do what looks and feels right for you. I also liked how the Resource section listed all the suppliers, organizations and further readings mentioned throughout the book.

Even if you aren't interested in Feng Shui, this book has valuable information about becoming an informed consumer and living a more eco-friendly life.

Armchair Interviews says read Harmonious Environment and get ready to change your life!

Fantastic book with tons of information.......2007-01-18

I got this wonderful book as we are moving our place of business, and wanted to make smart choices. From the first page, Ms. Lehmeier-Hartie shares her expertise in an organized, thoughtful way. The day after I got the book, I negotiated a much more logical and healthier ventilation system, and the section on colors was far and away the most organized and logical explanation I have ever seen.

Some aspects of our project are beyond our control, but I became a much more active participant. We anxiously await our new space, and know that the suggestions made here will add to the beauty and functionality of our space. I wish I could have rated this 10 stars!

Asian Elements: Natural Balance in Eastern Design

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Simply fabulous book!
Just Eye Candy
Beautiful and inspiring

Asian Elements: Natural Balance in Eastern Design
Jane Edwards
Manufacturer: Soma Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1579590187

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Asian Elements offers a rich sampling of Asian themes and styles from homes in Sri Lanka, Bali, Hong Kong, and beyond. The perfect choice for devotees of the austere oriental aesthetic, its presentation is divided along the lines of the five elements: earth (gardens, clay, stone), air (space, light, flow), fire (kitchens, metal, glass), water (bathrooms, waterside homes), and wood (furniture, textiles). Is it beautiful? Yes. Is it useful? Well... that depends. Categorizing the material by element is a very photogenic concept, and the book presents a sumptuous assortment of oriental textures and accents. A double-page spread shows items made from wood: bamboo stalks, a staircase, a pair of Japanese geta (clogs), writing scrolls, the bark of a tree--all photographed with warmth and simplicity. While it will provide hours of dewy daydreaming, this may be one book that doesn't make the journey from coffee table to work table when you're making plans to decorate your home. --Jhana Bach

Book Description

An Asian aesthetic has taken root in the West. Asian interiors extol the use of natural materials, and exude a sense of harmony and balance in tune with today's softened minimalism. This sourcebook of authentic Asian styles from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bali, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, and southern India breaks a way from traditional interior design books. It is divided according to the five elements: AIR examines the use of space, light, and indoor/outdoor architecture; EARTH explores Asian gardens, including Japanese Zen gardens, and materials like clay, stone, terra-cotta, and concrete; WATER looks at bathrooms, waterside homes, and water gardens; FIRE focuses on kitchens and materials transformed by fire: metal, glass, and ceramics; WOOD contains furniture, textiles, and wood-related materials from bamboo to rattan.

Customer Reviews:

Simply fabulous book!.......2002-04-09

Wonderfully illustrated book and serves as an excellent source of inspiration Buy this book!

Just Eye Candy.......2000-03-12

I was hoping that this book would go a lot deeper into the ideas behind the 5 elements in Asian design thinking. The pictures are nice, but the text, the reasoning and emotional value behind the elements is surface and sparse.

Beautiful and inspiring.......2000-01-22

The photos are gorgeous. They do an excellent job of incorporating a variety of Asian cultures into one book.

Feng Shui: Man-Ho Kwok With Joanne O'Brien ("Elements of ... " Series)

Average customer rating:

Good Information, Boring to Read

Feng Shui: Man-Ho Kwok With Joanne O'Brien ("Elements of ... " Series)
Kwok Man Ho
Manufacturer: Element Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The explosion of interest in Feng Shui in the West is fairly recent but Feng Shui has been practiced throughout China and the East for over 4,000 years. Now this art of balanced living has particular relevance for us, as we are increasingly looking for harmony with our environment. By making subtle changes to our surroundings, Feng Shui shows how we can improve our health, relationships and prosperity.

Customer Reviews:

Good Information, Boring to Read.......2000-03-09

I chose this book to read with very high expectations. Once getting about half way through it I realized it was more like a textbook than anything else. It was very dense with information and was lightened up a little with several stories, but overall it was quite long and drawn on. If you are really looking to use and apply Feng Shui in your life then this really isn't the book for you unless you have the endurance to read it about three times through. It does convince you that this way of life does improve yours, but actually improving your life it does not do. Overall, I would recomend looking more into the subject, but I don't think this is the book to do so with.

The Elements of Feng Shui (Elements of ...)

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Loved it!

The Elements of Feng Shui (Elements of ...)
Joanne O'Brien , and Kwok Man Ho
Manufacturer: Element Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1852302208

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Loved it!.......2002-07-24

This is a great book for people new to Feng Shui! it is my Favorite!

Feng Shui and the 5-Element Kitchen (Vitality Cooking Series) (Vitality Cooking)

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Feng Shui and the 5-Element Kitchen (Vitality Cooking Series) (Vitality Cooking)
Ilse Maria Fahrnow , Jorgen Heinrion Fahrnow , and Gunther Sator
Manufacturer: Silverback Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1930603355

Book Description

This unique cookbook combines the doctrine of Feng Shui with the 5-element nutrition theory. Both ideas, originally from China, offer a holistic cooking and eating approach for better health and happiness.

The first third of the book offers an overview of the Feng Shui theory of enhancing the free flow of "chi" in the kitchen. The right arrangement of furniture, harmonious colors, and materials are some of the important elements.

The remaining chapters feature recipes divided according to the 5 elements - wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. An emphasis is placed on balancing the yin and yang of food, seasons, and more.

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5 FENG SHUI Books - 1) Feng Shui for Dummies / 2) Feng Shui: Arranging Your Home Change Your Life / 3) Feng Shui (Elements of Series) / 4) The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui / 5) KISS Guide to Feng Shui
Lillian Too , David Daniel Kennedy , Kwok Man Ho , Kirsten Lagatree , and Stephen Skinner
Manufacturer: various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VUOVT0

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5 FENG SHUI Books - 1) Feng Shui for Dummies / 2) Feng Shui: Arranging Your Home Change Your Life / 3) Feng Shui (Elemnts of Series) / 4) The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui / 5) KISS Guide to Feng Shui, in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.

Do-It-Yourself Feng Shui: Take Charge of Your Destiny! (Element of the Extraordinary)

Average customer rating:

Great for beginners!
Feng Shui for Kids
The best feng shui book I have read, for ANY age
This is your first step
fueng shiu - interesnting and important

Do-It-Yourself Feng Shui: Take Charge of Your Destiny! (Element of the Extraordinary)
Ying Wu , and Wu Yin
Manufacturer: Element Books Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1901881350

Customer Reviews:

Great for beginners!.......2002-03-17

If you want an introduction to Feng Shui, this book is
fantastic. It explains everything is a very simple language (it's like a story told by a little boy). Very clear and easy.
A great place to start!

Feng Shui for Kids.......2001-10-17

A very kiddie approach to Feng Shui. A very broad basic overview of Feng Shui in simple terms, but definitely kid oriented. Nothing really practical here.

The best feng shui book I have read, for ANY age.......1999-09-12

It pretends to be for kids, but this book has a clearer, more sensible, and more concise handle on feng shui than anything else I have read. With great cartoons that illustrate the important points, and explanations that show exactly WHY feng shui has all these strange rules, it is an excellent book. Heartily recommended for anyone interested in feng shui, from ages eight to eighty!

This is your first step.......1999-08-06

Yes, this is your first step in the feng shui's world, it's very easy to understand but you'll looking for more...sure!

fueng shiu - interesnting and important.......1999-05-29

I work at Comunications company , have 2 child , and i need hep from fueng shiu

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THE ELEMENTS OF FENG SHUI
JOANNE O\'BRIEN
Manufacturer: ELEMENT
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Elements of Feng Shui

Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Elements of Feng Shui
Man Ho Kwok
Manufacturer: BARNES & NOBLE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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