Attention First: Let the Dog Worry About Where You Are

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Attention First: Let the Dog Worry About Where You Are
Kamran Alavi
Manufacturer: Authorhouse
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Binding: Paperback

Training | Dogs | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1403397899

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Attention First: Let the Dog Worry About Where You Are
Kamran Alavi
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU4LSU

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Beginner Knowledge

Great book! Excellent for a beginner both in sewing and quilting!

Great Choice.

Quilting 101: A beginners guide to quilting

Perfect for Beginners

Quilting 101: A beginners guide to quilting
Creative Publishing international , and The Editors of Creative Publishing international
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ASIN: 1589231104

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-Shows the basic skills and techniques of quilting.

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Beginner Knowledge.......2007-05-12

So far seems to be a good basic book for the beginner

Great book! Excellent for a beginner both in sewing and quilting!.......2007-03-18

I first bought Sewing 101 by the same publisher and was impressed by the easy-to-read and follow directions as well as the patterns at the end. This book gave me confidence to try different types of project. I highly recommend it!

Great Choice........2007-01-18

I have sewn for years but I have never quilted. I picked up a lot of new tips and techniques from this book. I highly recommend it to any one.

Quilting 101: A beginners guide to quilting.......2007-01-04

This book was helpful on a limited basis, but covered too little to be of value after your first project. If you have a basic knowledge of sewing techniques, much of it is unnecessary.

Perfect for Beginners.......2006-11-28

Got this book for my wife, who hadn't really sewn much before she decided to try quilting. This book walks you through the basics of how to sew, then gives great advice on how to start quilting... washing and ironing the fabric, how to sew large sections to save time, etc. Great book for starters. There are lots of patterns in here, but only one "quilt", the rest are smaller projects to get you started -- so if you're looking for a book with a bunch of quilt patterns, this isn't it. However, this is a great book for anyone just getting into quilting.

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Even in winter, there are apples here, hidden in trees. And when spring comes, there are apples in blossoms. "'Apples here,' calls the farmer in the fall. 'Jonagolds, Empires, Crispins--all kinds of apples.'" Wih beautiful, realistic paintings and spare text, Will Hubbell captures the change of the seasons, the excitement of apple-picking time, and familiar scenes of apples in our daily lives.

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A Year of Apple Seasons...........2005-02-01

Its nice to have material for my 6 year old and 3 year old that introduces them to new concepts at their level. Both children could relate to the gentle, pleasant people in the drawings and walked with them through the apple trees in the winter with their hidden buds, through the blooms in spring, the summer and finally picking time --the fall! There are many facts in the back of the book which I enjoyed but went over the heads of my little ones.

simple & lovely.......2002-10-14

This book was written up in our local (Rochester, NY) paper as part of a review of new children's books by local authors/illustrators.

Apple orchards are abundant here, are I liked the idea of a book explaining in a simple manner how an apple grows. Living in the suburbs, our son wouldn't have any direct knowledge of where food comes from, and we want to make sure he understands everyone's connection to farms and the earth.

He's only 2-1/2, younger than the recommended age for this book, but he really liked it.

In early spring, a farmer holds a branch for a young child to see. "There are apples here," waiting to grow within each tiny, swelling bud on the tree. Each illustration takes us further along in the cycle of the apples from bud to dinner table: blossoms ("waiting for bees"); picking the fruit; enjoying it as applesauce on Hanukkah latkes or whole apples given as gifts in Christmas stockings; making pies.

Each 2-page spread shows children and sometimes adults examining an apple tree in an orchard, and later, picking the apples and selling them at the public farm market. We're shown families at home, cooking and eating the apples.

The very back of the book has a 2-page spread of text with detailed information about apples, some of it scientific and some, just fun. My son is too young for this part, but it would be very interesting for older children whose curiosity was piqued by the book.

The illustrations are wonderful. Beautiful and bright, they're realistic and eye-catching. Most important to me were the different races of children represented. People of all colors are shown, enjoying the richness of this bounty. I read in the review that the illustrator kept the faces of local growers, their children, and grandchildren in his head as he illustrated it.

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Great Book! You Should Read It!.......1999-04-29

5th grader, Colette Murphy is concerned about her neighbor, Marsha having a boy/girl 11th birthday party. She is even more worried when her best friend, Sarah, is excited about it. What should Colette do?

An American icon: some things just say "America," like baseball, apple pie and ... franchises. Here are 5 big ways franchising has affected our nation.(Franchise 500[R]): An article from: Entrepreneur

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An American icon: some things just say "America," like baseball, apple pie and ... franchises. Here are 5 big ways franchising has affected our nation.(Franchise 500[R]): An article from: Entrepreneur
April Y. Pennington
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This digital document is an article from Entrepreneur, published by Entrepreneur Media, Inc. on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2281 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: An American icon: some things just say "America," like baseball, apple pie and ... franchises. Here are 5 big ways franchising has affected our nation.(Franchise 500[R])
Author: April Y. Pennington
Publication: Entrepreneur (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Page: 76(7)

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Apple season is here: Liz Meeks ensures us that despite the shocking 'Easter Freeze,' Henderson County does have apples, amongst other delights, for us ... local): An article from: New Life Journal

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Apple season is here: Liz Meeks ensures us that despite the shocking 'Easter Freeze,' Henderson County does have apples, amongst other delights, for us ... local): An article from: New Life Journal
Liz Meeks
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000WE2HSW
Release Date: 2007-09-24

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This digital document is an article from New Life Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1140 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: Apple season is here: Liz Meeks ensures us that despite the shocking 'Easter Freeze,' Henderson County does have apples, amongst other delights, for us all to enjoy.(buy local)
Author: Liz Meeks
Publication: New Life Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Page: 29(3)

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Commandment: thou shalt not covet that iPod.(The View from Here)(Apple iPod)(Product/Service Evaluation): An article from: Mississippi Business Journal

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Commandment: thou shalt not covet that iPod.(The View from Here)(Apple iPod)(Product/Service Evaluation): An article from: Mississippi Business Journal
Jim Laird
Manufacturer: Venture Publications
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Binding: Digital

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iPods | Digital Music | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on September 8, 2003. The length of the article is 597 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: Commandment: thou shalt not covet that iPod.(The View from Here)(Apple iPod)(Product/Service Evaluation)
Author: Jim Laird
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 8, 2003
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 25 Issue: 36 Page: 5(1)

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Read this book!
A good book for kid and adult
I loved this book
Here Today
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Here Today (Apple Signature Edition)
Ann Matthews Martin
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1417695609

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Read this book!.......2007-05-15

Here Today, by Ann M. Martin, is about an average eleven year old girl, Ellie Dingman, and how she struggles to keep her life "under control." She doesn't like to call any attention to herself. She struggles in school, trying not to be beat up by "the sparrows." She struggles at home, with her two younger siblings. And she struggles when it comes to dealing with everybody else who makes fun of her for living on Witch Tree Lane, the weirdest street in town. Ellie's mother, Doris Dingman, on the other hand likes to call as much attention to herself as possible. She sings, dances, models clothes, and she wants to be a star. Suddenly, Ellie's life begins to fall apart. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Doris moves to New York City without her family, and "bad things" begin to happen on Witch Tree Lane. After things have finally calmed down, Doris comes home with a surprise big enough to make Ellie think her life couldn't get any worse.
Here Today is an excellent read for fifth grade to middle school level readers. I think this book is great because a lot of kids can actually relate. I love the way Ann M. Martin includes so many different events that could make a child's life so complicated, but so real. She did a great job with this book!

A good book for kid and adult.......2007-01-07

I think this book is much better for adult than kids. Full of emotion. Let me recall my teenage.

I loved this book.......2006-09-22

I thought this book was absolutely beautiful. I am a huge fan of realistic plotlines that are not commonly used. This book, in my opinion, would be great for 9-15 year olds (mostly girls) to read instead of goofy romancy novels or never-ending series about girls who never seem to get older.
Anyway, this book tells the story of a young girl who is struggling with a mother who obviously has no desire to raise her children. It's more than an 11 year old girl taking care of her siblings and watching her mother go. It's about the bonds a mother has with her children. The hardest part of this book is that Doris truly does love her children, and that is the biggest conflict in the book. While it would be a great read for young girls I also found it to be very touching as a college student. I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read historical and realistic fiction.
The story is beautiful and I know this is a book that I will read again and hopefully will be able to use when I teach.

Here Today.......2006-07-12

Ellie Dingman is twelve years old and is starting sixth grade. She has a best named Holly Major. Ellie has a dog named Kiss and two younger siblings: Albert who is about ten years old and Marie who turns eight in the book. Ellie's mom, Doris, wins the Bosetti Beauty at Mr. Bosetti's store. After that President Kennedy is assassinated. Then Doris thinks she can leave her family to try out for auditions. Then when she leaves her family to go to New York City, everything falls apart and Ellie has problems of her own plus she has to take care of her family. Then she runs off to NYC to see Doris without letting her dad know. Her dad comes to get her and she goes home. Doris comes home after that and gets ready to go to Hollywood. Then when Ellie asks Doris why she never calls her mom Doris almost says,"I suppose because I never felt like a mom", but she doesn't say mom. When she cuts herself short she says,"'Mom' is so old fashioned." I think Here Today is a fabulous book because it can happen in real life. It also has a happy, but sad ending.

Here Today Book Review.......2006-06-23

Ann M. Martin graduated from Smiths College with two degrees: one for psychology, and one for children's education. She worked in an elementary school first, where she helped children with problems. This helped her in writing Here Today, for she understood how people with difficulties felt, and the main character in this book had many problems. Ellie's mom leave her and her family to become a star in New York and her classmates bully her. Ellie has to take care of the rest of her family while facing the teasing and bullying from her classmates. I think that this book is very interesting because the main character's reaction to her problems are quite different from the reactions of normal people. For example, if my mom was irresponsible and selfish like Ellie's mom, then I would've had a big argument with her about how she's not responible enough. However, Ellie reacts to her mom's irresponsibility by taking up her mom's responsibilities and becoming a mini mom. Reading a book about someone who has different reactions from the reader helps make the book less predictable, and more interesting.The book is very good because all the things that happen make sense, and the story is very real. For example, Ellie's mom goes to New York because she wants to become famous there, which makes sense, and things like this can happen in real life too, which really helps us imagine how Ellie must feel. Some parts of the story are boring. For example, the part where Ellie and her friends are eating popsicles could be omitted, because it isn't very important, and reading about people eating popsicles is boring too. I recommend this book to people at the age of eight and above who want to read an emotional reality fiction.

New York: if you can make it here ... you can branch anywhere! These are the lessons learned in the recent scramble to enter the Big Apple, where the market ... An article from: Bank Marketing

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New York: if you can make it here ... you can branch anywhere! These are the lessons learned in the recent scramble to enter the Big Apple, where the market ... An article from: Bank Marketing
Deb Stewart
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This digital document is an article from Bank Marketing, published by Bank Marketing Assn. on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3721 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: New York: if you can make it here ... you can branch anywhere! These are the lessons learned in the recent scramble to enter the Big Apple, where the market is both lucrative and competitive. Some of these innovative strategies are spreading to other areas across the nation.(Branches)
Author: Deb Stewart
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Swim different: as Steve jobs, the co-founder and CEO of apple, once said, 'innovation separates the winners from the losers.' Here's 10 companies that ... : An article from: Food Logistics

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Swim different: as Steve jobs, the co-founder and CEO of apple, once said, 'innovation separates the winners from the losers.' Here's 10 companies that ... : An article from: Food Logistics
Carol S. Morganti
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Title: Swim different: as Steve jobs, the co-founder and CEO of apple, once said, 'innovation separates the winners from the losers.' Here's 10 companies that that took an innovative approach to improving their operations.(LOGISTICS INNOVATORS)
Author: Carol S. Morganti
Publication: Food Logistics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 15, 2005
Publisher: Cygnus Business Media
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An overdue thanks

somewhat useful

compared to Siblings without Rivalry

Siblings without Rivalry is so much better

Best Book Out There on Siblings

Loving Each One Best: A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings
Nancy Samalin
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Release Date: 1997-01-06

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All those baby boomers who have embarked on the journey of raising their second and third children have found themselves left in the lurch by existing child care literature. Now child care expert Nancy Samalin, who has earned a reputation for her forgiving and empowering approach to parenting, brings her inspiring outlook to this guide to the pitfalls and rewards of parenting two or more children.

Parents who consider themselves pros after the first child are in for a surprise when the encounter life after the second child is born and beyond. Suddenly their world is an exhausting haze of competing demands, perpetual squabbling, sibling rivalry, complaints of unfairness and "you love him more" (and sometimes you do), unrelenting stress, and a pervasive sense of guilt and inadequacy. Culled from her years of workshops with hundreds of parents, Nancy Samalin shares the trials and joys of parenthood and provides specific advice on steering your way through the parenting rapids. This is a must-read for today's harried parents.

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An overdue thanks.......2006-11-12

The biggest challenge of parenting for me (my husband and I raised four children, close in age) was always the sibling issue -- dealing with squabbles, making sure one child wasn't feeling neglected, avoiding greasing only the squeaky wheel, etc. This book served as a parenting friend for me during those wonderfully challenging years. Samalin provided support, encouragement, and very specific advice (such as responding to a child's desire, not the complaint). She recognized and accepted my occasional anger and gave me ways to deal with it. She injected a light-heartedness that improved my perspective. Most importantly, she helped me become a better mother than I otherwise would have been. So I highly recommend this book to anyone else in the thick of raising a family.

somewhat useful.......2006-03-16

I bought this book after having my second child, and I've enjoyed reading it, but it didn't have quite as many helpful suggestions for helping my toddler adjust to his new sister as I would like. Still, it did provide reassurance that his reaction and my feelings about it were normal. Ithink the book will be more helpful to me as my kids get older.

compared to Siblings without Rivalry.......2005-08-14

I ordered this book along with Siblings without Rivalry and read them both today, reading Loving Each One Best first. My verdict: I love Siblings Without Rivalry better. Both books for the most part offer the same good insights: fair is not equal; equality is impossible anyway; children want to be unique, but not compared or labeled; parent-induced competition should be avoided; intervene thoughtfully and try to get children to ultimately solve the problem themselves; children want to be noticed, listened to, and uniquely appreciated; and many more.
The big quality difference is the examples of dialogue. Despite these insights, LEOB contains dialogue in which one child is compared to another to make him feel better, the other child is put down to make the other feel better, the other child is excluded (through secrets between one child and a parent or by the parent and child griping about what a pain the other one is) to give one child and the parent a bond and feel like "allies."
I noticed that In Siblings Without Rivalry, the parents speak to either encourage the child to continue talking ("oh?") or to communicate that he/she has understood what the child has said ("you'd like it if he'd ask before using your things.") In LEOB, I noticed the parent often stated how the child felt before the child did and it was the child who was left with the one or two word lines:

p.75 Anita: She socked me in the back and I wasn't doing anything!
Marcella: I bet you'd like me to go yell at her.
Anita: Yeah!
Marcella: And you'd like me to punish her severly.
Anita: Yeah!
Marcella: I know. She really makes you mad. Sometimes it's not easy to have a younger sister.

p. 85
Gail: When she [stepsister] is around, which is always, I don't seem to matter.
Frances: (trying to inject humor) Hey, join the club! Simma is very demanding. Five-year-olds can be like that. Listen, can I tell you a secret?
Gail: What?
Frances: Sometimes I too miss the way it used to be when it was just us. You're the only daughter who is all mine, and that makes you extra special. But I would hate for Simma to feel she's not welcome in our home. Maybe you could help me with that.
Gail: Yeah I guess so.
Frances: Great! I'd appreciate your ideas. I'm new at this stepfamily business too.
You certainly couldn't have this dialogue if Simma were adopted. Does extra special mean favorite? And "injecting humor" seemed more like blowing her off.

Try putting "109" (for page 109) into the Search Inside This Book bar for another imbalanced dialogue.

It is also worth knowing, I think, that Siblings without Rivalry is focused solely on sibling relationships whereas LEOB also spends time on, say, how you and your spouse divide up labor.
And while LEOB talks a lot about how hard it is to be the parent of more than one child -which is nice to hear- SWR talks a lot about the perspective of the child which is useful to hear. If you have time for both, go ahead and get both. If you want just one, Siblings Without Rivalry is the better book.

Siblings without Rivalry is so much better.......2005-03-25

I hate to rate this book so low, but for me I could not sit through it. After reading Sibs w/o Rivalry, this book did not seem well organized or written well. The chapters are sort of condesending and not very deep - such as: What to do when you bring them home from the hosptial. Lighten up. It's a really tough job... If you want specific, real and practical tips on making a peaceful household with multiple children and helping your children get along with each other - turn to the other book. This one is just not very good - sorry...

Best Book Out There on Siblings.......2000-04-19

How lucky I was to learn of this book when my second child was a newborn. I've read many good books and articles about sibling relationships, but this is far and away the most practical and insightful guide I have found. Using examples from real families, Ms. Samalin illustrates typical conflicts that arise between siblings and parents. What really sets this book apart from others is that she goes on to suggest, in very specific language, alternate ways to approach these conflicts to defuse them peacefully. Reading this book was like talking to a friend who understands -- and who happens to be an expert in conflict resolution. I now give it to friends as a baby shower gift when they are adding siblings to their families.

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