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Excellent reading - excellent value.......2006-05-21

The books is written in a easy to follow style,no-nonsense,and contains both academical info about avalanches and practical , hot tips. A lot of valuable information is packed up in this book. The book is also copiously illustrated with both photos and graphical drawings to reinforce the knowledge contained in the text.
All in all, it's a book that everybody which deals in mountain sports , or professionaly work in avalanche exposed terrains should read this book.

Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain. .......2006-03-14

The Best Avalanche book I have ever read. I would recommend to pros and novices alike.

The best of my avalanche books.......2005-05-31

I own 6 of the most popular books on avalanche safety; this is by far the best. The core information needed to assess avalanche risk is given in some detail but the explanations are presented in "everyday" terms and are quite easy to understand. None-the-less,Tremper never talks down to his readers and the full level of complexity inherent in the subject matter is maintained. This is simply a very well written book by an author who appearantly is able to write well naturally. He would probably do very well writing about any subject.

A great intro to avalanche safety!.......2005-02-04

This book is comprehensive and very thorough. Even though it's the first book I've read on avalanche safety and do not have much experience in winter mountain travel I found this book very easy to read and comprehend. Some parts are repetitive and I wish I could skip them but I'm afraid I might miss an important point. The last chapter on human mentality is very insightful and perhaps it sets this book apart from others.

The best I've read.......2004-01-09

This is an excellent, highly enjoyable introductory book to avalanche safety. Tremper nicely balances technical detail with readability far better than any avy book I've seen. With its copious figures and pictures, it's almost impossible to get bogged down in the middle chapters and abandon the effort. Additionally, his chapter discussing the influence of human nature on avalanche accidents is unique and highly insightful. This is a wonderful first book that will inspire many readers to pursue further avalanche training, and hopefully save lives.

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Guide UAE

Little Bits of Everything

Wonderful photography and useful information

Spectrum Guide to the United Arab Emirates (Spectrum Guides)

Manufacturer: Interlink Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1566564263

Book Description

The UAE, composed of the seven states of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain, have made the desert bloom-for the benefit of both citizen and tourist.

Parks, golf courses, and racecourses stand in lush and verdant contrast to the desert sand, while gardens ablaze with tropical color enrich the wide, tree-lined roads and avenues of the Emirates' twenty-first century cities. Yet just outside civilization, the ancient sands of the Arabian Desert lure the visitor. With a detailed section on the economy, Spectrum Guide to the United Arab Emirates is the first comprehensive and visitor-friendly guide to this modern grouping of states. It is an essential companion for business travelers and tourists alike.

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Guide UAE.......2006-03-19

It is a very good guide for those who have never visit the UAE.

Little Bits of Everything.......2001-03-03

Although a fine overall introduction to the U.A.E., the work understandably bogs down in the more traditional tourist centers of Dubai and Abu Dabhi. Since the city of Al Ain has grown so substantially so quickly, perhaps the lack of current information is forgiveable. Compared to other guides, this is still among the best. Fine photos and maps.

Wonderful photography and useful information.......1999-03-19

This is a terrific book for the tourist. The photography was excellent and the information was logically organized.

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Illus. in black-and-white. At Coach Grizzmeyer's summer camp, the girls are on one side of the lake and the boys are on the other. But they manage to get together...more than the Coach would like!

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Camp Grizzmeyer.......2001-07-17

The cubs decide to go to a brand knew camp called camp grizzmeyer. They have vision of a great camp with cozy cabins and tasty food, after the hour hike in the woods they come and find themselves in a swamp, worst of all they are keeping the girls and the boys seperate. How can the cubs make this summer fun?

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The story behind the bottle, First Big Crush is Eric Arnold's wild account of his year immersing himself in all things wine...and somehow not winding up in rehab.

Never having held a meaningful job for very long (and getting fired from most of them), Eric Arnold heads to New Zealand -- to Allan Scott Wines -- seeking adventure and hoping to learn a little bit about wine. What could be better than working outside in the fresh air and drinking wine all day? Before he knows it, he is dirty, wet, cold, and at the mercy of a tank of wine that just might explode and take him with it. So begin Eric's adventures in the world of wine. He gets sunburned, sore, and drunk -- and then does it all over again the next day.

First Big Crush is a story that is as outrageous as it is compelling. Here are tales of first pressings, pruning, and tasting competitions. There are also rowdy nights at the local pub, girls, meat pies, girls, rugby, and tales of hunting wild pig. Along the way, each step of the winemaking process is explained in a way that humans can actually understand. Almost against his will, Eric becomes an expert.

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Tasty!.......2007-10-17

Very entertaining look into the world of wine making. The story is fun and you feel you are right there along with the author. It was so hard to put down, I finished reading it within 2 days.

Buy This Book!.......2007-10-10

As a fellow devotee of Bacchus/Dionysius I can speak with authority on this young man's grasp of the subject matter. Without a doubt the funniest wine book I've come across. I laughed out loud several times when perhaps I shouldn't. Like, in the jury room as i awaited certain dismissal from some petit crime or another... Anyway, drink along with the writer and taste the subtle and/or not so subtle differences between say, Spy Valley, Palliser, and Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc. An excellent report from an imbedded journalist of the wine wars. Bravo!
The Cyber Sommelier

Kudos from AWineStory.com Marisa D'Vari.......2007-10-05

So you've seen the film Sideways and know how geeky wine aficionados can get about their favorite grape. Hey, you've been there too after a few glasses of Pinot Noir or Cabernet Sauvignon. Once upon a time you felt pretty slick about your wine savvy, but now you're curious to learn more. How is wine made, anyway? What happens during the harvest? Are grapes stomped, Lucille Ball style, by humans standing in a large wooden cask, or is it a mechanical process?

Duly motivated, you zip off to the store and find dozens of books detailing how wine is made. Yet after skimming the dry, dense, detailed paragraphs that remind you of your high school chemistry textbook, your eyes glaze over.

Enter Eric Arnold, whose new book, First Big Crush, is a colorful, laugh-out-loud funny account of his tenure during a New Zealand grape harvest, filled with wacky real-life characters. Of course, I should have figured as much. The first time I saw Arnold, on a WineSpectator.com video clip, he was cleaning the interior of a wine tank, gangly jean-covered legs waving in the air. This guy, I thought, is up for anything.

What first brings Arnold, then an unemployed editor, to Alan Scott Wines in New Zealand is the prospect of getting paid to lazily drink wine in the sun. Very quickly, Arnold discovers winemaking is real work, and dangerous at that. One day, he shows up for his assigned task without boots, expecting to simply push a button. To his surprise, he's expected to kick a half-ton container of grapes, and nearly loses a toe. Instead of sympathizing, Arnold's New Zealand colleagues taunt him, asking why he's walking like a girl.

Arnold's first-person voice is candid and bold, his literary style so lively you won't feel you're reading text as much as you are experiencing the harvest at Arnold's side. In one scene, he is told to walk through the rows of grape vines with a bucket and randomly grab fistfuls of grapes. What activity could possibly be more repetitive and boring? Arnold must have thought long and hard about how to make the process of grabbing grapes colorful and descriptive for the reader, for here is how he chronicles it: "Essentially, you're simulating the world of a machine harvester, which doesn't discriminate, ripping everything off like it just got out of prison and the vine is the dress on a twenty-dollar whore."

In the course of these hilarious 245 pages, you also learn a great deal about Arnold and his twenty-something, slightly slacker-esque, and very male way of viewing the world. For instance, when discussing his relationship with a French girlfriend, he writes, "I'm afraid this isn't the part where I tell you that she took me back to France and taught me everything there is to know about Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. She had so little interest in food and wine - plus she didn't smoke and she shaved her armpits - that they must have kicked her out of France for not being French enough."

First Big Crush is a highly entertaining but solid primer about the wine making process, told from the vantage point of a likable and very direct narrator. If you've ever wondered how wines are judged in competition, or what factors influence the pricing of wine, you'll see the process through Arnold's eyes. And if you ever fantasized about what it is like to work the harvest but didn't want to get wet and dirty, you can get the vicarious experience right here.

Excellent read, from Marisa D'Vari of AWineStory.com.......2007-09-07

The Berenstain Bears and Queenie's Crazy Crush (BBears Big Chapter Books(TM))

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CREEPY
Fighting For Love

The Berenstain Bears and Queenie's Crazy Crush (BBears Big Chapter Books(TM))
Stan Berenstain
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0679987452
Release Date: 1997-12-08

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Look out! Too-Tall's on a rampage! The town bully's girlfriend has a crush on someone else, and Too-Tall is questioning every cub in sight. That's because no one but Queenie herself knows who that someone else it. It's only a matter of time, of course, until Too-Tall finds out. But when he does, he's in for the surprise of his life!

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CREEPY.......2007-02-09

My daughter brought this home from the library at school. It's creepy. I'm sorry -- but I've always considered the berenstain bears safe for kids. However, this book talks about a bully gang and a girl who has a crush on a male teacher and invites him over without her parents' permission. I was reading this to my daughter, who brought it home from the school library, and had to stop! What the heck! It was awful and inappropriate. Find another book.

Fighting For Love.......2004-06-11

Very funny book. Too-tall is jealous of Mr. Smock and Too-tall tries to make him feel bad in front of Queenie. Will Too-tal get Queenie's love back? Can't tell ya. Get this book and find out for yourself.

The Big Crush (The Girls of Canby Hall #8)

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The Big Crush (The Girls of Canby Hall #8)
Emily Chase
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000K0BBLW

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The Big Crush (The Girls of Canby Hall 8)
Emily Chase
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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ASIN: 0590400851

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Heavy Equipment - Giant Machines that crush-cut-dig-dredge-drill-excavate-grade-haul-pave-pulverize-pump-push-roll-stack-thresh-and transport big things
Erik Bruun , and Buzzy Keith
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ASIN: 1579126421

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My Heart 2 Heart Big Crush Book
Linda Campbell Franklin
Manufacturer: Fine Print Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1892951134

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stacey's crush
Cool!
great book
great book!!
A great and must read book!

Stacey's Big Crush (Baby-Sitters Club)
Ann M. Martin
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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Binding: Paperback

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stacey's crush.......2006-01-01

Stacey has a crush on his math teacher. she tries to work harder and she is the teaher's pet. When there is a dance, she turned down Sam's offer with them.

Cool!.......2005-07-16

In this book, Stacey has a crush on her twenty two year old teacher. She worked hard in math and even gave him a beautiful poem. She turned down Kristy's brother Sam who wanted to go with her to the Spring Dance. Instead, she wanted to go with the teacher. But the teacher said he was too old for Stacey.

great book.......2004-07-17

Stacey's student math teacher is a hunk and Stacey is in luv. To impress him, she worked twice as hard in math(her favourite subject) and got perfect grades and his approval, she would help him after class with organizing the classroom and at one point he dropped her off to a BSC meeting cause she was running late and she took those as signs that he was interested in her. She was so hopeful that she had written a beautiful poem for him and gave it to him but after that he started distancing himself from her and when she confronted him saying that she liked him, she burst into tears. She even turned down Kristy's brother Sam when he asked her to the Spring Dance because she was so sure she would go with her teacher, she went with her friends and had a couple fast dances with her teacher but then when she tried asking him to have a slow dance, he told her that she's a great girl but she's a student and he's way too old for her, and that he sees her nothing more than a brilliant student and great person, but in a nice way and stacey felt heartbroken. I can completely relate to her feelings of thinking she had a chance with him although it was very unlikely to happen. The way the book was written descriptively makes you feel like you are there with Stacey and could relate to her.

great book!!.......2003-07-27

this book was extremely well written! Ann M Martin really went into detail and description about the setting and about stacey's feelings of love towards her student math teacher Wes. If you're in middle school and are crushing on someone, you can truly relate to stacey.

A great and must read book!.......2000-01-17

A really good book! Keep up the good work, Ms. Martin!

The season is spring, and wedding bells ring! At least, that's the thing that's on Stacey's mind. When a student teacher arrives at Stoneybrook Middle School and is going to be Stacey's subsitute math teacher, Stacey can't pay attention in class! Wes is cute, but he's 22! But then Stacey realizes that not every romance will work. Read this book!

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A Good Book!

Stacey's Big Crush (The Baby-Sitters Club, #65)

Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0590925954

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A Good Book!.......2005-12-06

Stacey has a twenty two year old teacher in math and she has a crush on him. Stacey is beginning to be a teacher's pet in math, and he likes her! When there was a party, she turned down Sam's offer in the dance to be with him instead Stacey chose the teacher. Butthe teacher was very older than Stacey.

Stacey's Big Crush/Maid Mary Anne/Dawn's Big Move/Jessi & the Bad Baby-Sitter: Books 65-68

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It was ok........

Stacey's Big Crush/Maid Mary Anne/Dawn's Big Move/Jessi & the Bad Baby-Sitter: Books 65-68
Ann Matthews Martin
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0590667181

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It was ok...............1998-11-15

It was ok.....i thought it was okay but not very realistic. If you like those kind of books than i would recommend it.

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