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This collection of "exploded guns" (line drawings showing each piece of a disassembled gun) is the perfect aid to anyone looking to identify and order replacement parts, or take a gun apart for cleaning and simple repair. 975 line drawings of disassembled guns are presented, with parts identified by number and a key to those numbers.
In addition to the detailed, easy-to-understand drawings of long guns and handguns of all types (single-shot, lever action, semi-automatic, bolt action, double, manually-operated repeater, slide action and revolvers) the book also features a resource section containing contact information for buying gun parts and supplies. This book is sure to become a must-have for gunsmiths, shooters and law enforcement officials.
-Detailed line drawings of 975 "exploded" (disassembled) guns -Contains a special resource section on gun parts and suppliers
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Not As Many as it seems.......2007-05-29
I was a bit disappointed with this volume. Probably should have paid more attention to the description. I assumed that there would be an exploded view of each gun I own-and wanted to buy. This would then serve as "do all" reference for componentry. Not quite--lot's of drawings but not some of the more common Taurus revolvers among others. Some of the drawings are also a bit difficult to see/read numbers part shapes etc..Not a bad investment-just not a great investment. Excellent paperweight!!
Decent, but lacking much, and contains some usless ones.......2006-10-16
This is a pretty great book, it's layout and design is very simple and straightforward, and if you're strictly into traditional handguns, and traditional rifles I.E: hunting and target shooting, then this book is probably fine for you, however there are some serious issues with what it lacks, particularly in terms of military weapons, and some newer guns. I will be right to the point and just list all of the guns which this book does not contain, but really should have, they are (in no particular order): AK74, Dragunov SVD, RPK, M60, Hi-point guns, Kel-Tec guns, Kahr guns, AR-18, Barrett guns, Saiga shotguns, Saiga rifles, Tikka rifles, Blaser rifles, HK G-36, HK MP5-K, IMI Tavor, FN Five-seveN, FN Police rifle, Makarov pistol, Springfield XD, Beretta CX4 storm, Beretta PX4 storm, Taurus 24/7, Taurus Tracker, HK UMP, and Suomi M-31. This is just some of the guns which I could not find in the book, and granted, while some of the guns are fairly new (coming out in 2004), many of these I was shocked were not in the book, like no Saiga rifles or shotguns, no AK74, no Dragunov, no HI-points, no Kel-Tecs, no Makarov. And other little things like how things are listed is sometimes frustrating, like the AK47 is listed under "Mitchell arms"??? And there aren't many diagrams for the moderns typical AR-15, just the original Colt style M16. I guess the major problem is that while it lacks many military and otherwise typical guns, at the sametime this book devotes many pages to totally useless, obscure, and obsolete guns which many people have never heard of. SO it isn't that there is not enough space for all these guns which aren't in the book, there are just several guns in the book which don't need to be there, and should be replaced with those which aren't in it. Like they have a diagram for the Wilkinson "Linda" which is a Tec-9 look-alike, I mean come on, how many people have a freakin Wilkinson "Linda", definitely far fewer than those who have Saigas, Kel Tecs, Hi Points, or even Barrett .50 cal rifles.
A MUST HAVE!!!!!.......2005-10-07
I can only say, if you are in the business, it's like having a larger "Gun Parts" book. I have only found one other reference better. This is a MUST HAVE. I use it all the time. If you can work from exploded views, this is for YOU!
A fascinating and highly practical resource for serious firearm enthusiasts.......2005-09-04
The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Gun Drawings: 975 Isometric Views is a visual reference book especially for collectors, gunsmiths and hobbyists. Featuring detailed, black-and-white diagrams of the many complex pieces in a gun, which labels each piece and shows how each piece fits with the others, The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Gun Drawings reveals at a glance how hundreds of different handguns, shotguns, and rifles are put together. Very little text is present in The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Gun Drawings, a massive volume devoted almost entirely to the diagrams themselves, with a complete directory of firearms trade resources and a selected shooting sports bibliography. A fascinating and highly practical resource for serious firearm enthusiasts.
A fascinating and highly practical resource for serious firearm enthusiasts.......2005-09-04
The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Gun Drawings: 975 Isometric Views is a visual reference book especially for collectors, gunsmiths and hobbyists. Featuring detailed, black-and-white diagrams of the many complex pieces in a gun, which labels each piece and shows how each piece fits with the others, The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Gun Drawings reveals at a glance how hundreds of different handguns, shotguns, and rifles are put together. Very little text is present in The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Gun Drawings, a massive volume devoted almost entirely to the diagrams themselves, with a complete directory of firearms trade resources and a selected shooting sports bibliography. A fascinating and highly practical resource for serious firearm enthusiasts.
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The design of the kayak comes from the Eskimos of Southwestern Greenland, with dimension-sawn wood substituted for a frame of carved driftwood and bones, and canvas substituted for animal skins. The building techniques are simple but elegant, incorporating modern adhesives to reduce the number of screw fastenings and the degree of precision required, while still creating a strong, light boat. Ordinary shop tools and locally available woods will suffice. The two kayaks shown under construction in this book's many photos and drawings--a 17-footer and an 18-footer--were built from the same lines and offsets (included in the book). Putz shows how to scale the boat up or down to any size using a pocket calculator. He also shows how to cover the boat with fiberglass rather than canvas if desired.
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This is the 6th edition of The Hidden Places of the Peak District and Derbyshire and has been completely redesigned to include a new cover and new page layouts. The Hidden Places of The Peak District and Derbyshire is printed in full colour and includes detailed directional maps, eye catching photographs and is packed with places to eat, drink and stay. Derbyshire is an area famous for its remarkable landscapes including the remarkably stunning 'Peak District National Park', the very first of Britain's National Parks. The Peak District covers an area of around 540 square miles and is a region of high moorland and towering plateaux that rise 2088 feet above sea level. Move slightly South into the Derbyshire Dales, and the area becomes less wild and isolated than the remote high Summits of the Peak District. It is in this region where the two main rivers, the Wye and the Derwent flow, once heavily populated with industrial shipping traffic and along its banks are where many of the towns and villages are situated. Derbyshire has a real mix of scenic delights a county blessed with beautiful eye-catching villages and towns, and also a county that possesses a very interesting industrial and cultural heritage, due to the close proximity of large industrial conurbations such as Derby.
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Walk the Peak District
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This book is the updated 7th edition of the definitive trail guide to Th Los Padres National Forest, stretching from Carmel Valley to the San Luis Obispo County line. The book contains 14 road trips and 37 hiking trails. In each case it provides detailed information as to distance, vertical rise, and points of interest. It is accompanied by a large pull-out map. The book contains separate sections for The Ventana Wilderness and The Silver Peak Wilderness. All trail descriptions have been hiked and updated since the 6th edition.
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What a trail guide should be.......2006-01-10
This is exactly what a trail guide should be. So many guidebooks limit themselves to describing a few featured hikes, assuming that the reader is not capable of building his/her own itinerary. This book exhaustively describes the roads, trails, and camp sites of the Ventana Wilderness, complete with information on mileage, elevation, and the availability of water. It is a trail guide rather than a list of hikes. It is a "must-have" for any serious hiker who wants to explore the Ventana Wilderness.
As Arthur Simon mentioned, you should also refer to the Ventana Wilderness Alliance website (www.ventanawild.org) for up-to-date information on trail conditions, since the trails in this area are notoriously ill-maintained.
The best guide to a beautiful and undervisited area.......2004-08-28
The Ventana and Silver Peak wilderness areas near Big Sur California are very special places. This is the best trail guide available. Also, check out the Ventana Wilderness Alliance at http://www.ventanawild.org/ for up to date trail reports and news. Happy Trails!
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Black Dog
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A neat little psychological thriller in the Barbara Vine tradition, debut novelist Stephen Booth's smart, spare suspense story introduces Detective Constable Ben Cooper, an up-and-coming English policeman who fears he'll never be able to fill the shoes of his father, a police sergeant who died a hero's death on the job in Ben's own precinct. Diane Fry, Ben's new partner, is an ambitious woman who's just been transferred to the Edendale force. She's jealous of Ben's familiarity with the locals, who won't tell her anything but treat Ben like a beloved son. The pair is teamed up to investigate the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl whose parents, like Fry, are outsiders. The old man who finds Laura Vernon's body is an enigmatic, close-mouthed man who obviously knows more than he's telling, but even Ben can't budge Harry Dickinson from his determination to keep the real story of what happened in the dark woods of England's brooding Peak District to himself. Laura's father is anxious to pin the crime on a local boy who may have had sexual designs on her and who's conveniently gone missing. But the search for the killer turns up the dark secrets of the Vernons as well as a number of other suspects who keep Ben and Diane guessing until the last page of this well-written, carefully paced, and deeply atmospheric novel. A strong first showing from a writer worth watching, with a protagonist who'd be good company in a return engagement. --Jane Adams
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Every once in a while a new writer comes along with the voice, the passion, the originality, and the humanity to become a star. Such a writer is Stephen Booth, whose debut suspense novel Black Dog is already a bestseller in Britain.
It's a long, hot summer in Northern England's Peak District, where police helicopters darken blue skies and drown out the sound of birdsong. Fifteen-year-old Laura Vernon, smart, sexy, and the keeper of many secrets, is missing. Possibly she has run off to London. Possibly she's dead. The police search, the wealthy parents wait by the phone. Detective Constable Ben Cooper quietly dreads the worst.
When retired miner Harry Dickinson and his black Labrador find the body lying in the woods, Harry's strangely obstinate refusal to cooperate with the investigation raises more than a few eyebrows.
What about the parents? Graham Vernon is a man who knows all about secrets. What are he and his glamorous wife holding back?
Ben Cooper, who lives with a personal tragedy and who has known the villagers all his life, finds himself uneasily teamed with an ambitious newcomer, Detective Constable Diane Fry, who has her own secrets. As Ben and Diane begin a complicated dance of suspicion, attraction, and frustration, they discover that to understand the present, they must also understand the past. Loyalty, betrayal, friendship, family -- what do they mean, and what happens when loyalties clash?
In the tradition of Reginald Hill, Minette Walters, Barbara Vine, and Peter Robinson, this richly textured, evocative, stylish novel marks the auspicious debut of a major crime-writing talent.
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It's a long, hot summer in Northern England's Peak District, where police helicopters darken blue skies and drown out the sound of birdsong. Fifteen-year-old Laura Vernon, smart, sexy, and the keeper of many secrets, is missing. Possibly she has run off to London. Possibly she's dead. The police search, the wealthy parents wait by the phone. Detective Constable Ben Cooper quietly dreads the worst. When retired miner Harry Dickinson and his black Labrador find the body lying in the woods, Harry's strangely obstinate refusal to cooperate with the investigation raises more than a few eyebrows. What about the parents? Graham Vernon is a man who knows all about secrets. What are he and his glamorous wife holding back? Ben Cooper, who lives with a personal tragedy and who has known the villagers all his life, finds himself uneasily teamed with an ambitious newcomer, Detective Constable Diane Fry, who has her own secrets. As Ben and Diane begin a complicated dance of suspicion, attraction, and frustration, they discover that to understand the present, they must also understand the past. Loyalty, betrayal, friendship, family -- what do they mean, and what happens when loyalties clash? In the tradition of Reginald Hill, Minette Walters, Barbara Vine, and Peter Robinson, this richly textured, evocative, stylish novel marks the auspicious debut of a major crime-writing talent.
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First Book in the Series.......2007-08-24
A newspaper and magazine journalist for over 25 years, Stephen Booth was born in the English Pennine town of Burnley. He was brought up on the coast at Blackpool, where he began his career in journalism by editing his school magazine and wrote his first 'novel' at the age of 13.
Laura Vernon is an intelligent, vivacious young teenager, but now she is missing in the peak District. The local police mount a full-scale search operation, but it is not them who finally find her. Harry Dickinson, a retired lead miner is the man who finally finds the body and for some reason known only to him he seems bent on obstructing the police investigation.
Even her parents are holding something back. What could be more important for them than finding the murderer of their daughter. Ben Cooper, a young Detective constable has the known the villagers all his life, but his feelings on the case are brought into question by the arrival of Diane Fry, an ambitious DC from another division . . .
Blah.......2006-02-05
I enjoy psychological suspense/crime novels quite a bit-when they're done well. The problem is that often they aren't, and instead, wallow in the most ridiculous, improbable rationales for human behavior. This is yet another fat tome in which the author carefully (and very slowly) peels back the layers of people's "hidden lives" to reveal deep dark secrets from the past-all of which are central to unraveling the crime. Of course, the story takes place in a claustrophobic small town, so that there are lots of "connections" between characters which the reader must also come gradually to understand. I've read this kind of story far too many times, and Booth brings nothing particularly new or interesting to the table.
The setting is the Derbyshire Peak District, and the protagonists are local copper Ben Cooper, and newly transferred DC Diane Fry. Their relationship is ostensibly at the core of things, but it's so herky-jerky and weighed down with baggage that it's more bad soap opera than anything. While I'm certainly no fan of the standard story arc in which two crimestoppers meet and proceed to form a romantic relationship over the course of the story, I was often left at a loss by the arbitrariness of Cooper and Fry's scenes. Their backstories certainly explain away some of their outbursts and emotional see-sawing, but it never feels organic. A particularly egregious example of this is a sequence when Cooper gets drunk and Fry gets him out of resulting jam and they end up at her apartment. This plays out so completely contrary to how the characters have been constructed that I realized they are both simply annoying and I didn't particularly care what happened to their careers or personal lives.
In any event, the crime they investigate is the disappearance and killing of a 15-year-old local girl. Almost every element feels borrowed from other stories: the rich "new" family who is kept at a distance by the locals, the cagey locals who need a little TLC to open up, the old people who are consistently underestimated, the cocky and annoying teenagers, the ice-queen black belt cop, upper-crust sexual shenanigans, the little rich nymphet, and so on... Despite some hamfisted red herrings, the reader is given enough clues to suss out the killer about halfway in. There are some nice parts showing how Cooper's local knowledge gives him some good insights, but these are too few to rescue things.
It also has to be said that the book has a rather horror-movie view toward female sexuality. It's either predatory, troublesome, or unsatisfying, and basically every time it comes up, the consequences are entirely negative. Plus, there's a bizarre statement by one of the cops in the book along the lines of "we all know there are far more false rape reports than actual rapes", to which another cop agrees. Huh? The Columbia Journalism Review ran an article about a decade ago pointing out that the statistics on this are very hard to come by and extremely unreliable, but in the U.S., the incidence of recanted rape allegations ranges from 2-25% (the FBI says 8%) of filed reports. If one adds in the large numbers of unreported rape, the line in the book can be seen to be clearly wrong -- and even injurious.
Great start, poor finish.......2004-05-18
I am a big fan of British mysteries and really thought this one would go somewhere but I was mistaken. I sure miss the Morse series. Is British law enforcement this bad in real life? So politically correct? I guess liberal/labor government has really caused a change over there. The book started so well but then seemed to wander and not really go anywhere with the main characters. Get on with it! Ben Cooper starts out as a perfect lead character but then the author turns him into a dysfunctional wimp with the usual male stereotypical faults- concerns for his mommy, alcohol abuse, the inability to communicate and deal with his feelings, and the need for a woman to bail him out/protect him in the situations he has gotten himself into. He comes across as a mommas boy or a stupid plod. The female lead- Diane Fry is even worse. She is a cold, distant, career seeking maniac of a woman that has little in life besides her stupid karate- whatever- and cutting remarks. She cannot carry on a conversation without some form of insult or macho remark shooting out of her mouth. Difficult childhood? Who cares! Get over it! The dialogue between the two was terrible and by the end of the long book- too long- I was ready to toss it. I won't bother reading another in this series. It will take 10 books to get a relationship going with the main characters. Let's hope that they do not make a television series from these books.
dont be misled by all the great reviews..........2003-06-01
....becuase this is not an absolutely fantastic wonderful excellent book, as you might imagine when you read good review upon good review. indeed, just because it has many great reviews doesn't mean its any more of a great book than if it only had one great review... To be honest, i'm probably not getting my point across. Basically, what I'm saying is, this book is worth ive stars, because it is very, very good, but do not expect anything absolutely brilliant and awe-inspiring that concludes with a fanfare and a firework display. Because a plethora of good reviews is very misleading.
This is a very good British police procedural (in my mind, it's a sort of cross between Reginald Hill and Peter Robinson, and is what every Elizabeth George novel wants to be), sure to appeal to ANYONE who loves that kind of mystery, because you're unlikely to find many writers able to do it better. Stephen Booth is clearly an exciting new talent.
The basic plot goes something like this: There's a missing teenage girl, smart, very attractive. Her body does, eventually, turn up, found by an old man walking his dog. Parents claim she was paragon of virtue, other mutterings say otherwise. Local policeman Ben Cooper, knows village intimately, finds himself thrust into the investigation, up against a seeming wall of secrets and lies and darkness. Add to that the friction caused by the introduction of another officer, Diane Fry, from another division, into the local force, and Cooper finds himself in a very tough case that will effect him personally as well as professionally.
It's written excellently. It's intelligent, occasionally humourous, and while the plot is not always flash-bang exciting, the style is easy to read and keeps you turning the pages (indeed, it did so to such an extent that I finished the book in a mere two days). Another remarkable aspect of the book is the atmosphere, and the description of the landscape. The Peak District, where the novel is set, takes on a very dark and sinister shroud, and seems almost to pulse beneath the story.
The characters are also good (although not excellent, just good). Especially interesting is Booth's depiction and development of the various relationships and bonds of people within the story. Cooper and Fry are beginning to take on a fascinating relationship (sexual tension almost beginning to champ at the bit). The relationship between the three elderly friends is drawn EXCELLENTLY, and is possibly even one of my favourite things about this novel. Booth exmaination of friendship and loyalty and bonds and how far we will go for our friends is excellent.
However, while this book is very good in very many ways, it is by no means perfect. To be honest, at the 400 page point, it began to feel a little drawn out, and only was saved from becoming "a little boring" by the numerous twists and turns which occur through the entire story. Still, I feel it was a little too long. Also, many things were captured very well, there was something about this book which just makes me think "well, the plot itself wasn't all that inspiring". There were aspects of it that were, certainly, but the bigger picture could be improved slightly. But, this is a first novel, so I'm sure it will be.
So, I reccomend Black Dog to all fans of the Police Procedural and crime genre. I'm certainly looking orward to reading his next book, to see how Stephen Booth develops from here.
Disappointed Despite Good Reviews.......2002-03-22
Although the reviews for this debut police procedural were glowing, I found myself disappointed. The author does a great job setting the scene and the local characters are believable. The dialog was also crisp and realistic. However, I could not connect with his protagonists. They both had so many hidden psychological traumas that it detracted from the main story. I found myself skimming the chapters devoted to them in favor of getting through the story! I was actually relieved when I reached the end.
I don't think I will read the follow-up.
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Not in-depth enough.......2005-09-26
I have been so favorably impressed by Insight Compact Guides to cities-- including Dublin and Edinburgh-- that I had high expectations for this one. But I was surprised to find that it didn't offer much more depth of coverage than the sections on the Peak District of the better guides to England or Britain as a whole (including Lonely Planet and the Rough Guide). Particularly disappointing were the assumption that users would be touring by car and the shortage of maps (one map covered most of the driving tours, with minimal detail).
To be more specific, I stayed in Bakewell, the headquarters of the Peak District National Park and walking distance to both Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. There was no layout map of this important town, nor any information on walks in the vicinity or the (remarkably good) bus network in the area. There was no box or special section to give extra coverage of Chatsworth, clearly one of the region's four- or five-star sights. Coverage of Buxton, the other place I stayed, was somewhat better; it included the book's only town map.
Users of the book seeking a car tour of the whole region might find it more satisfactory. But I think most could make do with general guides to England and more targeted local materials, such as walking maps, which are readily available in tourist offices when one arrives in the area.
Don't go to the magnificant Peak District without it!.......1999-07-07
Rely on this handy little book as you travel to one of the UK's most scenic areas. We return year after year to our favorite 400 year old B&B nestled in the heart of the Peak District,and this Guide has helped us discover many interesting out of the way places. It provides just the kind of pertinent background information that makes it a "must read" if England is in your travel plans. And, it's almost small enough to fit in your passport case!
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The Peak District (Leisure Guides)
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The books in this series provide full A-Z gazetteers of information on some of the most beautiful areas in Britain and present ten walks and two car tours, plus information for cyclists. A small atlas is included to assist with travelling. The guide includes a weekend itinerary from Friday night to Sunday afternoon, and describes the customs, traditions, history, and legends of the area, as well a providing a checklist of places to visit and shop with addresses and telephone numbers.
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ASIN: 0749535121 |
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Explore the beauty of the Peak District with this slim-line pocket-sized walking guide with a range of walks to suit the casual walker and the hiker. Thirty walks are fully annotated with places to visit on the way, with each one highlighting a particular feature, including wildlife, history, and the countryside. Ten extensions are provided also to reveal shortcuts or more challenging possibilites. There are also 10 non-mapped routes that provide simple linear walks such as nature trails or canal towpaths.
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AA Leisure Guide Peak District (Leisure Guide series)
AA Publishing
Manufacturer: Aa Publishing
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Binding: Spiral-bound
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ASIN: 0749550198 |
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This new travel series from Britain's largest travel publisher offers national coverage of the best-loved and most popular places to visit in England, Scotland, and Wales. Each includes 10 walks, three bicycle rides, and two car tours for rural areas, national parks, heritage coastline, and areas of outstanding natural beauty—all fully mapped. These guides detail the best places to visit in the area and listing pages provide reviews of pubs and tea shops, plus information on where to shop, local specialties, activities, events, and festivals. The fold-back-flat spiral binding makes using these guides easy and perfect for taking on the road.
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Archaeology Walks in the Peak District
Ali Cooper
Manufacturer: Sigma Leisure
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ASIN: 1850587078 |
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Bakewell and the White Peak (Images of England)
Peter Tuffrey
Manufacturer: Tempus Publishing, Limited
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ASIN: 0752430424 |
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This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.
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- got lice, get book
- Easy to read matter of fact solution to frustrating problem
- The National Pediculosis Association pans LiceBuster book
- A great resource for lice-weary parents!
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The Lice-Buster Book: What to Do When Your Child Comes Home with Head Lice
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Ashley Copeland Griggs
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ASIN: 0446672491 |
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got lice, get book.......2003-11-29
After a harrowing ordeal of relentless combing and spending big bucks on commercial products, i broke down and bought this book. since following the olive oil regime, my kids have been lice and nit free, while to date, my neighbor is still nitpicking and washing bedding. Good humor, good advice. Buy it, use it and urge your school nurse to read it.
Easy to read matter of fact solution to frustrating problem.......1998-09-18
I found this book to be very helpful in outling the process for eliminating headlice. The section describing the life cycle of lice from nit to mature, egg-producing louse was very helpful in making clear why nit picking and reapplication of treatment is necessary. My children have had lice 4 times and each time have been able to clear up the problem before it got out of hand. Daily manual nit picking (not relying on nit combs) I have found is the only way to produce a successful result.
The only concern I have with the book is the advise to leave the treatment on the hair longer than the manufacturer's recommendation of 10 minutes. When using such potent chemicals, I think it is wise to follow the manufacturer's instructions carefully and not overdo. Longer is not necessarily better and may actually be harmful.
The National Pediculosis Association pans LiceBuster book.......1998-01-07
The National Pediculosis Association critiqued this book, giving it two thumbs down. The book contradicts its own directives and authorizes the use of chemicals in ways that fly in the face of approved indications by the Food and Drug Administration. Such misuse of pesticidal products can pose health risks to children. References are made to scientists David Taplin and Terri Meinking to falsely imply their approval of the contents of the book. The National Pediculosis Association has requested that this book be pulled from the market. It is the NPA's opinion that the misinformation imparted by this book has added to the unnecessary confusion surrounding this public health problem. The NPA has also received many complaints about the book from school nurses.
A great resource for lice-weary parents!.......1997-02-26
I have found this book to be very helpful in combating head lice. There is not a great deal of hard information out there, and that makes lice eradication so frustrating! Another thing that I like about this book is its calm, reassuring attitude: You WILL live through this, and you will conquer! A necessity for parents of school-age kids
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