Starting Out Right With Your New Dog: A Complete Guide

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Bringing a new puppy or dog into your life can be either one of the most rewarding or one of the most frustrating experiences you will ever have. This complete guide to starting off right with your new canine companion is the perfect place to begin. Award-winning writer and pet expert Susan McCullough tells you exactly what you need to know to make informed decisions that will benefit both you and your new pet.

Inside you'll discover how to:
* Make sure you're ready for a dog.
* Get your home ready for the dog.
* Feed, groom, and exercise your dog.
* Housetrain your pet.

Organized in an easy-to-use question-and-answer format, Starting Out Right With Your New Dog will ensure that you have the expectations and information you need to launch a lifetime of loving canine companionship.

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a must read.......2000-09-21

I had to read this for government, it is worth the time. It goes in depth about books banned; art of love, casndide, dubliners, the handmaid's tale, judge the obscure, lolita, madame bovary, and women in love. The sad fact is that there are millions of book lost by the surpression of a few, with it went our first amendment rights!

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Underdressed (Compact)
Elodie Piveteau
Manufacturer: Fitway Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 2752801505

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Following a completely fictitious scenario that takes in the converted loft of an absent boyfriend, three curvaceous girls play erotic dressing and undressing games in chic, frilly, titillating lingerie. They have a great time; most of it spent wearing bare essentials only, which ensures they will be infallibly appealing...

Objects of Desire: The Eroticism of Touch (Ill) (Ill)

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Objects of Desire: The Eroticism of Touch (Ill) (Ill)
Hans-Jurgen Dopp
Manufacturer: Parkstone Press Ltd
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Since humans first began thinking creatively--as opposed to merely procreatively--about sex, men and women have spiced up their love lives with this and that. Every civilization has come up with its own sex objects and sex toys.

From rudimentarily-fashioned objects to the most exquisite ivory carvings of the Far East, eroticism has found expression in a multitude of different forms all displayed here.

The beauty and craftsmanship of these artistic masterpieces bear striking witness to the powers of generation in every culture throughout history.

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Beloved Bunnies In celebration of Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary, TASCHEN brings you this ultimate Playboy Playmate tribute featuring each and every Playmate of the Month since issue number one. Beginning with Marilyn Monroe herself and including such favorites as Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Jenny McCarthy, this chronological look at the history of Playboy centerfolds includes photos of the Playmates as well as updated personal information about their lives to this day - just enough to spark your memory or pique your interest and surely leaving you yearning for more...

Hugh Marston Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926. The first issue of Playboy magazine, featuring the now-famous calendar photo of Marilyn Monroe, was produced in 1953 on a card table in his South Side apartment. Playboy grew at a phenomenal rate and by the end of the decade, the magazine was selling more than a million copies a month. At the start of the Sixties, Hef began to live out the "Good Life" depicted in the pages of his publication. He hosted a popular syndicated television show called Playboy's Penthouse, purchased the Playboy Mansion, and opened the first Playboy Club on the Near North Side of Chicago. Throughout the Sixties, Hef and Playboy became what Chicago columnist Bob Greene has called "a force of nature." Hef wrote an extended series of editorials titled "The Playboy Philosophy," championing the rights of the individual and challenging the country's heritage of puritan repression. By 1971, when Playboy Enterprises went public, the magazine was selling 7 million copies a month and there were 23 Playboy Clubs, resorts, hotels and casinos with more than 900,000 members worldwide. Hef established a second residence in Los Angeles, which quickly became known as Playboy Mansion West, and in 1975 decided to settle there permanently. In 1980, Hef championed the reconstruction of the Hollywood sign (then in serious disrepair) and was honored with a star on the Hollywood walk of fame for his efforts.

Since the mid-Eighties, daughter Christie Hefner has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Playboy Enterprises, but Hef continues to serve as the magazine's editor-in-chief.

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Great for the collector.......2007-01-10

This book is the definitive collection of all the Playmates since the very begining. For the collector, or even the fan, of all things Playboy this serves as a great guide to all the beautiful women who have graced the pages of the magazine. Not only are the photos stunning, but the short-but-sweet stories of where they are now and what they've been doing since appearing make for enjoyable reading. I've had the pleasure of meeting many of the ladies and getting this book autographed is like getting your yearbook signed...by all beautiful women.

One caveat though: if you've got the previous edition (the 40th) you'll find the only change is the addition of the last ten years of Playmates.

Very Good Book.......2006-11-06

very well shot pictures&tastefully done. Playboy has always had Beautiful Women pose as Centerfolds&this Book does a very Good Job of capturing the best shots. I've always been a fan of Playboy.

All the Playmates in one book..........2006-10-15

This book starts out with pictures of Marilyn Monroe. Every playmate of the month from the fifties to Miss December 2004, have a small paragraph about where they are now or how they got into Playboy. The pictures are beautiful and tasteful.

Once a Playmate, Always a Playmate.......2004-09-29

THE PLAYMATE BOOK is a tastefully presented heavyweight coffee-table edition book which showcases every woman who appeared in PLAYBOY between 1954 (Marilyn Monroe) and 1996 (Victoria Silvstedt). The photographic quality is superb. The history of the magazine is well-documented. The book does skimp on many of the capsule biographies of the 512 beautiful women who grace these pages. The Playmates of the Year, perennial favorites such as Bettie Page and Pamela Anderson, famous Playmates such as Stella Stevens, and Playmates who met infamous ends (Jayne Mansfield, Claudia Jennings and Dorothy Stratten come to mind), are given far more coverage than the average, perhaps fairly so.

THE PLAYMATE BOOK brings humanity to these otherwise often anonymous pin-up girls, many of whom suffered social ostracism (particularly in the early days of the magazine) for daring to bare all, and shows the Playboy Playmates to be an eclectic and interesting group of women with widely divergent lifestyles. Some of their stories are wonderful, some are tragic, some involve jets, yachts and 'beautiful people' while others involve kids and picket fences. There is no one 'definitive' Playmate.

The book's greatest failing is its inability to bring it all together. More than just a "family album" THE PLAYMATE BOOK should be a social history of women over four decades, but sadly does not editorialize even briefly on "what it all means." It's a bad oversight on the part of the editors, and takes away from the finished product.

It's fun to see the evolution of the Centerfold over time, the changing styles, the increasing daring. It's also fun to find your favorite Playmate(s) and discover what she is/was doing (circa 1997). Hopefully, PLAYBOY will update this book periodically, and add new Playmates as they appear.

Excellent Collection of Five Decades of Beautiful Women.......2001-11-25

Finding your dad's stash of "Playboy" magazines is one of the rites of adolescence. Here you find 'em all! Actually, it's just one photograph of each woman who was a Playmate between the first issue and the year this book was published. This is a good collection of photographs of beautiful women. Looking at these pictures, you see why "Playboy" really is a magazine that's done in good taste. The women are presented as examples of beauty, and the brief history that accompanies each woman tells you what they've been up to since. Most of these women explain how "Playboy" changed their lives for the better. And you'll also discover how many famous women have appeared as Playmates, including Janice Pennington, Jenny McCarthy, and Pam Anderson. Keep in mind, though, that the "Playboy" lifestyle isn't for everyone, and this may not be the perfect gift for everyone.

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Chick-lit a la Marquez
Great Fun to Read
It's Only Rock & Roll, But I Like It
This author is a new literary genius of our time
Probably pointless in the grand scheme of things, but FUNNY!

The Collector Collector: A Novel
Tibor Fischer
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Okay, folks, are you ready for a talking bowl? In The Collector Collector author Tibor Fischer has chosen to tell his story from the perspective of an erudite piece of pottery. No mere chachka from Pottery Barn, Fischer's narrator is several hundred years old, has a very long memory, and an astounding command of 5,000 languages. What's more, this bowl has witnessed more human depravity than the Marquis de Sade ever dreamed of: "Things are done in front of me that wouldn't be done in front of pets," it points out. Yet this inanimate object keeps its secrets--until it falls into the hands of Rosa, a London art appraiser with the ability to read the memories of objects and a history that shocks even the usually unflappable urn.

Rosa's sad-sack love life, a kidnapped advice columnist imprisoned in a well, and a kleptomaniac houseguest are just a few of the curve balls Fischer throws into this ribald tale of sex, murder, and frozen iguanas. The Collector Collector will certainly appeal to readers who revel in bad puns, bawdy stories, and wild flights of improbable fancy.

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The Collector Collector takes a conventional boy-meets-girl story and turns it into a brilliant comic romp. The hero of Tibor Fischer's tale is an antique bowl that comes into the possession of a lovelorn, young London art appraiser named Rosa. Rosa's bowl is no ordinary piece of clay, however: it is a ceramic sage, an urn of uncommon erudition that has witnessed all of history's major convulsions--revolutions, famines, massacres, wars--and has survived more than four hundred breakages and three thousand thefts.

By investing his bowl with soul, Fischer give us a hilarious, mantel- eye view of depravity and redemption, sex and lust, burglary and archaeology. "A writer gifted with a formidable imagination" (The Washington Post Book World), Fischer takes us on a thrilling ride from the primitive societies of prehistory to the equally primitive society of present-day London.

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Chick-lit a la Marquez.......2006-01-22

A boastful narrative by a sentient, if autistic, millennia-old piece of pottery with a taste for wordplay, improbable sexual escapades and shape-changing. No, you read all of that right.

The style smacks of Gabriel Garcia Marquez comparing writing chops with Salman Rushdie while trying out for a Bridget Jones Philosophy of Unmarried Life competition.

On the face of it, a bowl that's been around for most of human history encounters Rosa, a human with a facility for imbibing its visions via an osmosis-like effect while in tactile contact with it. The bowl can also absorb Rosa's emotions and memories while selectively feeding her reminiscences about its eventful past. Rosa is seeking love in London but is singularly unsucessful; she has kidnapped an agony aunt columnist and is keeping her imprisoned in a well in the hope of consultation on how to find Mr. Right. Nikki, an adventuress with a taste for sexual escapades, robbery and general immorality foists herself on Rosa as a flatmate. Rosa has a best friend called Lettuce whose chief purpose in life appears to be to indiscriminately eat whatever is in Rosa's kitchen and be impervious to Rosa's insults. Nikki has a guardian angel called Lump, who seems to be a bit of female walking dead, the approximate size and disposition of a Sherman tank. And there is a jar of beetroot pickle that nobody can open.

I'm sorry if this all sounds a bit disjointed and bizarre. That's probably because it is.

Now, Mr Douglas Adams was every bit as inventive and wacky (more so, arguably) in his misnumbered trilogy in five parts (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) but he was never irritating. And he did have a point at the end of all those bizarre quantum goings-on. (Namely, 42.)

Unfortunately, with Mr Fischer, the cleverness with words and the relentless enumeration of past encounters begins to jar (pun unintended) by about the fifth page and you wish the bowl would put a lid on it. There are bizarre reminiscences that serve no purpose other than to highlight Mr Fischer's facility with words. And at the end of all the bizarre ceramic goings-on, there is no point. Probably because a bowl has no point to begin with.

3 stars for some ingenious word usage (particularly, "florida" as a euphemism for human congress.) I'm in a generous mood because of the music I'm listening to.

Great Fun to Read.......2005-01-07

This isn't Nabokov, but Fischer sure knows how to tell an amusing story. The 1st person perspective in this one is fresh and fun. The plot serves more to give the Collector Collector a reason to reminisce than to hold the story together, but the Collector Collector holds it together just fine. The characters are almost cartoonish, but not overly silly.

This is a great book if you're looking for a light, amusing read. I enjoyed it a lot.

It's Only Rock & Roll, But I Like It.......2002-12-24

This book is funny and smart. As others have noted, it isn't War & Peace, or Ulysses, either. More like a very adult, edgy comic book. However, this male-written female perspective on males and other females really rings true (or else the women I work with and to whom I am often invisible have been putting me on all these years). This turned out to be the most fascinating aspect of the book, and I think it is no small achievement.

This author is a new literary genius of our time.......2002-10-30

For those of you looking for a strong central plot, beware. This book does not fall victim to the typical novel outline used by the majority of today's authors. This book is written by a man who has dared to use his intelligence and wit to create a novel that is viciously satirical in its plays on words and odd story lines while simultaneously keeping the reader entranced with its modern edge and style that can only be compared with a bizaare hybrid of Shakespeare and Chuck Palahniuk (writer of "Fight Club"). For all of you who require a bit of a challenge with your recreational reading, this book is both strange and delicious in its approach.

Probably pointless in the grand scheme of things, but FUNNY!.......2002-06-16

When I started this book, I expected it to be along the lines of Under the Frog. It is, yet only slightly. The protagonist, Rosa, is your typical woman. She is simply an art collector and appraiser who comes into a piece of 5,000 year old earthenware. Her simplicity and "goody two shoes" attitude are sharply contrasted with the presence of the nymphomaniac klepto Nikki. This contrast provides the basis for the book as the bowl (who is also the narrator) is given ample opportunity to hearken back to the stories of the bowl's past 5,000 years of life. The stories related are funny as is the interplay between Nikki,Rosa [...].

All in all, a GREAT read. YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!

Hmmmm, what to read next? The Thought Gang.

Happy reading [....]

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Informative Book

Bawdy Bisques And Naughty Novelties: German Bathing Beauties And Their Risqu'e Kin (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Sharon Hope Weintraub
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 076432215X

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Informative Book.......2007-01-12

My husband is a collector. I bought this book for him for Christmas. He has thoroughly enjoyed it and was able to find out what some of his figurines are worth.

He also has bought new figurines at good prices comparing the prices with the book. If you are a collector of figurines in this area, I would recommend this book. (especially if you are an ebayer.

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Erotic antiques
Annette Curtis
Manufacturer: Lyle
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0862481309

Erotic antiques: Or, Love is an antic thing

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Erotic antiques: Or, Love is an antic thing
Harriet Bridgeman
Manufacturer: Lyle Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0902921177

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Garry Shead and the Erotic Muse
Sasha Grishin , and Garry Shead
Manufacturer: Fine Art Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Images of Intercourse
Tina Skinner
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Finished projects are rough and utilitarian-looking

Building for the Lawn and Garden: A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Benchen, Gates, Planters, Swings, Feeders, Tables, and More
John Kelsey , and Ian J. Kirby
Manufacturer: Rodale Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0875967728

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Finished projects are rough and utilitarian-looking.......1999-05-04

If you're a beginning woodworker looking for ideas, this book will be helpful. The instructions are detailed and clear, there are ample photos illustrating the construction, and complete cutting lists are provided.

There are some projects here that give you good woodworking experience. Unfortunately, the finished products are rough-looking and utilitarian. There's nothing in here that you would be proud to show off.

Some of the projects could be cleaned up by adding some finishing techniques such as routing edges on the wood and adding more curves to your cuts. If you have an eye for design, this book will give you the technical know-how to put together outdoor furniture. But if you follow the plans step-by-step, you'll have a backyard full of furniture that looks like it was made by the local troop of Cub Scouts.

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Good book but watch the measurements....

Great book for weekend projects!

Great Projects, Great Book

Building for the Lawn & Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Benches, Gates, Planters, Swings, Feeders, Tables, and More
John Kelsey , and Ian J. Kirby
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0875969895

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You don't need to spend lots of time and money or be highly skilled in woodworking to fill your yard with handsome projects. All you need is this pictorial guide, and you can make dozens of imaginative and practical plans for your deck, patio, lawn, or garden. What's more, you can build everything here -- from picnic tables and potting benches to barbecue gear and landscape enhancements -- with ordinary materials, simple tools, and basic know-how. You'll find complete shopping lists, exploded drawings, and a guide to costs and time needed to complete each project.

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Good book but watch the measurements...........2003-04-28

I really love this book. It shows you step by step with easy to follow instructions how to build each project. However, when I built the rectangular picnic table I found that the measurements given in the book for the legs were wrong. The book says to cut the legs 29". Unless you are Asian and plan and sitting on the ground or floor to eat, these are way to short. I found that 39" was too tall. So I think the correct measurement should be around 35". Anyway, check the measurements for feasibility before you cut your lumber.

Good book overall.

Great book for weekend projects!.......2000-05-22

This is a terrific book for weekend projects-my husband and I built the glider swing in a weekend and it was very easy. We do have lots of previous woodworking experience but could tell that someone with less or no experience would be able to follow the instructions. Since we do have some experience there were a few things we noticed-check your shopping list against your cut list and see what the cheapest way of buying your wood will be. We found that we didn't need a few of the boards we bought (but if you plan on building more of the projects, this is not really a problem!). Also, look at the picture of the finished project and check it against your hardware list. We found that we were missing 4 spring loaded snap rings (the book calls for 4-you will need 8). All things considered, the book is great and has projects that anyone can build! If you were to buy many of these items they would cost you three to four times as much as it does to build them.

Great Projects, Great Book.......2000-02-05

Buying high-quality outdoor furniture a little out of your current budget? Then buy this book, and make it all yourself.

This book has great projects, the designs are easy to follow, and the descriptions take you through the build step by step.

Aside from general home mainenance -- installing a new doorknob, putting up a wall shelf, etc. -- I had never actually built anything until getting this book. In three separate weekends in January I was able to make an Adirondack chair and ottoman, and a arts & crafts looking outdoor endtable to go with it. Plus, by making just those three things, I've already recouped my costs for the tools I needed to buy to build them.

This book has been great for me (a woodworking BEGINNER), and has inspired me to build and learn more about making furniture.

I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is either interested in getting into woodworking, or just wants some good, easy plans for outdoor furniture.

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Lawn and Garden Construction
Robert F. Baudendistel
Manufacturer: Reston Pub Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Online Business Setup, Lazy Marketing Methods, Building Effective Lead Capture Web Pages for Lawn and Garden Services Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
Manufacturer: LTBR, Inc
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Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000TBGQHQ

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The Online Business Setup, Lazy Marketing Methods, Building Effective Lead Capture Web Pages for Lawn and Garden Supplies Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
Manufacturer: LTBR, Inc
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Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000TBILWO

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Repair, Maintian & Store Lawnmowers & Garden Equipment, Includes building a Storage Shed, Diagnose Lawn diseases, Troubleshooting Guide
Richard Nunn
Manufacturer: Creative Homeowner Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NDDCSG

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Building business through education: seminar pays off for pro customers and retailers.(CONTRACTOR SEMINARS): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Shelly Bucksot
Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
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Binding: Digital

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Release Date: 2006-07-14

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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on May 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1266 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Building business through education: seminar pays off for pro customers and retailers.(CONTRACTOR SEMINARS)
Author: Shelly Bucksot
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Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: 188 Issue: 5 Page: 98(2)

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Digging tools.(Lawn & Garden)(Scoops)(Mattocks )(Posthole Diggers and Augers): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing

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Digging tools.(Lawn & Garden)(Scoops)(Mattocks )(Posthole Diggers and Augers): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing

Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 788 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Digging tools.(Lawn & Garden)(Scoops)(Mattocks )(Posthole Diggers and Augers)
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: 187 Issue: 2 Page: 118(4)

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Irrigation. (lawn and garden equipment) (Product Marketing): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing

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Irrigation. (lawn and garden equipment) (Product Marketing): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Ruth Hamburg
Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on November 1, 1991. The length of the article is 539 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Irrigation. (lawn and garden equipment) (Product Marketing)
Author: Ruth Hamburg
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1991
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: v161 Issue: n5 Page: p101(1)

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Lawn and garden products: sales opportunities grow with greening of America. (also includes buying update and merchandising tips) (Product Marketing): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing

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Lawn and garden products: sales opportunities grow with greening of America. (also includes buying update and merchandising tips) (Product Marketing): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Michelle Duval
Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on September 1, 1991. The length of the article is 1081 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lawn and garden products: sales opportunities grow with greening of America. (also includes buying update and merchandising tips) (Product Marketing)
Author: Michelle Duval
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1991
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: v161 Issue: n3 Page: p91(2)

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`History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2` is the second volume of the most explosive and astounding tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by rock solid scientific data. The book is easy and pleasant to read; it is well-illustrated, contains hundreds of charts, graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays. You will be amazed to discover: - That the chronology universally accepted today and taken for granted is simply wrong; - That ALL methods of dating of ancient sources and artefacts known today are erroneous or non-exact; - That there is not a single document that could be reliably dated earlier than the XIth century; The Author refers to the Middle Ages as the Antiquity and proves mutual superimposition of the Second and the Third Roman Empire, both of which become identified as the respective kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Furthermore, he asserts that the famous reform of the Occidental Church in the XI century by Pope Gregory Hildebrand was the reflection of the XII century reforms of Byzantine emperor Andronicus who in his turn identifies with Jesus Christ. The Trojan war counted by Homer happened only as late as of the XIII century A.D. and the great poet actually lived in XIV century A.D. No stone in history of Antiquity is left unturned. Literally. This book is the beginning of a major correction to the chronology we live with.

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Check and see.......2007-06-21

I don't care what other people say of this book. Those affirmig it's fake, they hadn't ever read it. Or have some special reasons to do so. "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see..." This book won't make you feel comfortable. It'll make you feel free. It'll make you feel you're "not the only one" to feel you'd been lied to for centuries.

Suprise! Suprise!.......2007-03-22

Here is a serie of books which turns "the whole world" upside down. I learned a lot of it and I hope that a new book from A.T. Fomenko will follow very quick. A absolute must for everybody who is interested in history or even a little bit from it.

Prescient St Augustine?.......2006-02-05

We can so far divide the New Chronology into the following three parts:

a) The verifiable theory that proves consensual chronology wrong with the aid of astronomy, statistics and mathematics;

b) The new chronology hypothesis based on a new understanding of known historical facts and the most likely logical explanation of the most obvious inconsistencies inherent in the official version of history;

c) The history conjectures, that is experimental historical reconstructions based on assumptions that the authors believe to make sense in the light of their research and linguistic parallels - void of ironclad factual support to date.

Fomenko's theory complies with the most rigid scientific standards as a whole:

It gives a coherent explanation of what we already know.

- It is consistent: independent lines of inquiry all lead to the same conclusion.

- The predictions it makes are confirmed empirically.

Fomenko goes by the following axioms:

- Chronology is the basis of history;

- Human evolution has always been linear, gradual and irreversible;

- The "cyclic" nature of human civilization is a myth, likewise all the gaps, duplicates, "dark ages" and "renaissances" that we know from consensual history;

- The accumulation of geographical knowledge as reflected in cartography is a gradual and irreversible process;

- The chronological distance between a given manuscript and the events described therein is proportional to the amount of distortions it contains;

- There is no "useless" information in authentic ancient sources.

Why the mainstream historians do not shower mathematician Academician Dr.Prof Fomenko with thanks and laurels?

The Russians:

Because Fomenko asserts that there was no such thing as the Tartar and Mongol invasion followed by three centuries of slavery, providing a formidable body of documental evidence to prove his assertion. The so-called "Tartars and Mongols" were the actual ancestors of the modern Russians, living in a bilingual state with Arabic spoken as freely as Russian. The ancient Russian state was governed by a double structure of civil and military authorities. The hordes were actually professional armies with a tradition of lifelong conscription (the recruitment being the so-called "blood tax"). Their "invasions" were punitive operations against the regions that attempted tax evasion. Fomenko proves that Russian history as we know it today is a blatant forgery concocted by a host of German scientists brought to Russia by the usurper dynasty of the Romanovs, whose ascension to the throne was the result of coup d'état, charged with the mission of making their reign look legitimate. Fomenko proves Ivan the Terrible to be a collation of four rulers, no less. They represented the two rival dynasties - the legitimate rulers and the ambitious upstarts. The winner took it all! Over some 30 years of controversy, Russian historians have made a most remarkable transition - they were initially accusing the young mathematician Fomenko of anticommunist dissident activity and attempts to deface the historical legacy of Soviet Russia; nowadays the middle-aged mathematician is accused of adhering to "pro-communist Russian nationalism" and defacing the proud historical legacy of Great Russia.

The Westerners:

Because Fomenko blows consensual Russian history to smithereens, successfully removing a crucial cornerstone from underneath the otherwise impeccable edifice of World History. Fomenko adds insult to injury, wiping out one by one the Ancient Rome (the foundation of Rome in Italy is dated to the XIV century A. D.), the Ancient Greece and its numerous poleis, which he identifies as the mediaeval crusader settlements on the territory of Greece, and the Ancient Egypt (the pyramids of Giza become dated to the XI-XV century A. D. and identified as the royal cemetery of the Global "Mongolian" Empire, no less). The civilization of the Ancient Egypt is irrefutably dated to the XII-XV century A. D. with the aid of the ancient Egyptian horoscopes cut in stone. He was the first one to decipher and date all such horoscopes, coming up with mediaeval dates in every case. English historians rage at the suggestion that the history of Ancient England was de facto a Byzantine import transplanted to the English soil by the fugitive Byzantine nobility. To reward the English historians who consider themselves the true scribes of World History, the cover of the present book portrays Tintoretto's Jesus Christ crucified on the Big Ben.

The Chinese:

Because Fomenko wipes out the Ancient History of China outright. No such thing. Full point. The compilation of the so-called Ancient Chinese History is reliably datable to the XVII-XVIII century only. It is perfectly recognizable as the Ancient European history, reworked and transcribed in hieroglyphs as yet another historical transplantation, this time performed on the Chinese soil by the loving Jesuit hands. The Chinese are the next in line to go berserk. Chinese history is inevitably bound to get both more ancient and more eventful, proportionally to the growing involvement of China in the world affairs. Chinese historians will keep on finding valid proof of prehistoric Chinese spaceflights until the Politburo orders them to shut up.

The Arabs:

Too bad. Islam with all its key figures is datable to XV-XVI century A. D. Arabic historians may find consolation in the crucial historical role of the Ottoman Empire in the XVI-XVII century. The trouble is that this empire was initially a Christian state, with Hagia Sophia identifiable as Temple of Solomon, according to Fomenko! We can only guess if the acquisition of Alexander the Great (a Macedonian and a Christian) as the founder of the Muslim World Empire will make Fomenko's theories more acceptable to the Arabic mainstream. He certainly does not spare any holy cows at all, claiming The Stone of Qa'Aba in Mecca to contain the lost Arch of the Covenant.

The Divinity:

Despite of reiterated statement that his theory is all about chronology and not Religion, Fomenko stirs up a whole condominium of wasp nests. His collection of anathemas, fatwa, and other condemnations from all parties concerned is already considerable. Little wonder, considering that the history of religions à la Fomenko looks as follows: the pre-Christian period (before the XI century and JC), Bacchic Christianity (XI-XII century, before and after JC), JC Christianity (XII-XVI century) and its subsequent mutations into Orthodox Christianity, the Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and so on.

According to Fomenko we know strictly NOTHING about the events that predate the X century A. D.

St Augustin was prescient when he spoke unto us: "be wary of mathematicians, particularly when they speak the truth."

Something of a disappointment.......2005-09-09

After having read the first volume of this expected series of 7 volumes I was triggered by the thesis of these authors that ancient Greek and Roman history did in fact take place in the Middle Ages. So I started studying medieval history of the Middle East - also known as Islamic history - to find out if the opponents of the ancient Greeks and Romans - the Acheamenid Persians, Sassanids, Scythians, Egyptians, etc. - also have their duplicates in medieval history. My search was disappointing: none of the many medieval Islamic dynasties seemed to correspond to the ancient middle eastern rulers.

However, I did find a close correspondence between Herodotus' Persian kings and medieval events:

- the defeat and capture of an Anatolian king - the Lydian Croesus - by the Persian conqueror Cyrus is identical to the defeat and capture of another Anatolian king - sultan Bayezid - by the Asian/Mongol conqueror Tamerlane;
- the Persian conquest of Egypt by the cruel tyrant Cambyses reds almost exactly as the Ottoman conquest of Egypt by Selim the Grim (note the nickname!);
- Darius the Lawgiver of the Persian Empire looks very much alike to Sulayman the Magnificent, the Lawgiver in Islamic history;
- Xerxes, whose main claim to fame is to be defeated by the Greeks at the naval battle of Salamis, looks like Selim II (the Sot) whose main claim to fame is to be defeated by a Spanish-Italian alliance at the naval battle of Lepanto.

I should have expected Fomenko et al. to arrive at similar conclusions, however, they claim that the Persian kings are the alter egos of the Angevin kings of Sicily whose biographies do not contain the exploits of the Persian kings.

The similiarities I indicate lead to the conclusion that Herodotus must have written his Histories at the close of the 16th century. But this is extremely late, given that Herodotus is "the Father of History", so therefore all other "ancient" histories must have been fabricated even later. Yet, the founders of modern chronology - Scaliger and Petavius - laid their foundations also at the close of the 16th century and had the full corpus of ancient histories already at their disposal.

It seems to me that Fomenko has to address these inconsistencies, maybe in the forthcoming 5 volumes?

Another critique of their book is that the correspondencies between different rulers are often based on a superficial comparison of the biographies; upon a more thorough comparison many details appear that do not correspond at all.

Finally, the authors rely heavily on the works of Gregorovius (1821-1891!!) - his medieval histories of Rome and Athens - as the source of medieval history; these works are - at least in the West - hoplessly outdated and have been superceded by more up-to-date works (for instance, Julius Norwich's trilogy on Byzantine history is not even cited).

Romulus courts Helen, Paris founds Rome, Moses goes to Troy.........2005-07-30

If you agree with Fomenko that Roman chronology is basically the foundation of the entire edifice of global chronology; you would also certainly agree that despite its numerous gaps and inconsistencies, Roman history is the best-documented field of ancient history, and thus a reference scale. But how well is the actual date of the Eternal City's foundation known?

Firstly, Rome is supposed to have been founded by the Trojans who had to flee after the fall of Troy. Some claim Rome to have been founded by Aeneas and Ulysses shortly after Troy had fallen; others are of the opinion that there was an entire dynasty that ruled for 500 years between the fall of Troy and the foundation of Rome.

Well, that's just an innocent 500 years long misunderstanding compared with what heretic Fomenko says, asserts, proves in his second volume: Second Roman Empire, Third Roman Empire, Biblical Kingdom of Israel, Biblical Kingdom of Judah, Holy Roman Empire are stories about basically same events, written from different points of view at different times. The underlying events have actually taken place during xii-xv cy. These histories have been written and perfected by multitude of highly talented humanist and clerical writers of xiii-xvi cy disguised as "ancients" with glorious names like Homer, Pluto, Thucydides etc..Chronology 2.0 beta..

Historians are kindly invited to report the bugs.

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A study of ancient Jewish archaeology in the Mediterranean

Building Jewish In The Roman East
Peter Richardson
Manufacturer: Baylor University
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Archaeology has shown the riches of ancient Jewish buildings in Jerusalem, Judea, Galilee, and throughout the Mediterranean. The time is right for a book on ancient Jewish architecture. Building Jewish in the Roman East first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in Galilee, concentrating on the early Roman period, before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations" within Roman society. Finally, Building Jewish in the Roman East explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the material culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, but it succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and thus directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.

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A study of ancient Jewish archaeology in the Mediterranean.......2005-03-07

Building Jewish In The Roman East is a scholarly study of ancient Jewish archaeology in the Mediterranean, particularly in small rural villages in Galileein the early Roman period, the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations", and the rush of construction under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Extensively researched chapters scrutinize tombs, the historical significancd of Biblical events such as Jesus' protest in the Temple Precincts, architectural transitions from synagogues and house churches to purpose-built churches, and much more. An inset selection of color plates rounds out this fascinating, unique, and in-depth examination of historic Jewish architectural designs and motives.

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