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The third of US SAILING's popular Keelboat Series, Bareboat Cruising covers the skills and terminology required to plan and execute a successful bareboat charter. A bareboat charter provides you with the opportunity to sail a boat on your own, and offers the thrill of using your sailing skills, exploring new or favorite waters and spending time with family and friends. Bareboat Cruising explains what you need to make your charter a memorable success: planning and provisioning, systems, motorsailing, weather, anchoring, navigation, and safety. Used by sailing schools around the country, Bareboat Cruising is published by the national authority for sailing in the U.S.
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At some point in our lives, we all wish life had come with an instruction manual; a little something to help us navigate the labyrinth of this complex world with a touch of grace and dignity. Is it so much to ask? Luckily for us, Kirsten M. Lagatree has risen to the challenge. Checklists for Life offers 104 lists that can help you with all those nagging little uncertainties, from organizing your closet to choosing a lawyer. "Show me a successful person," asserts Lagatree, "and I'll show you a list-maker.... Lists ensure that the job gets done correctly and completely--and with the added finesse that springs from an uncluttered mind."
Categorized into personal safety, getting organized, stocking up, home maintenance, housework, flowers and plants, social life, correspondence, death, children, moving, travel, health, the law, your money, professional life, your computer, and your car, many of the lists in this book consist, as she points out, of commonsense advice. Others, though, are less obvious. For instance, her advice on extras to pack when you go abroad (electricity converters, adapters, pre-addressed envelopes and Benadryl, just to name a few) and choosing realtors (Do they insist on a buyer/broker contract? Do they use a computer to help find homes?) are clearly the product of experience. While all the lists are highly helpful--the checklist for organizing your workspace alone is worth the price of the book--the best seem to be those for less common events, such as buying and moving to a new home or preparing for court. Lagatree has clearly done her research on these topics and her advice will save you time, money, and a great deal of stress. --Laszlo Simonyi
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A Handbook For An Organized Life
If you've ever wished for a class in Coping 101, or a guide to living more efficiently and with less stress, this book is for you! Over 100 sensible checklists offer quick tips and expert advice to make your life easier at work, at home, and through all of life's ups and downs.
Arranged by subject, from Personal Safety to Home Maintenance to Social Life, these lists will help you know what to ask, what to do, and what to have on hand in any situation.
What to do when your wallet is stolen
How to stock a bar
Questions to ask when hiring a contractor
What to keep in your medicine cabinet
Frequently overlooked tax deductions
How to be friends with your computer
The best and worse places to hide valuables
What to keep in a safe deposit box
Six steps of bare minimum housework
How to organize your file cabinet
How to cure your dying houseplants
Tips for writing an effective complaint letter
Tipping: who and how much
A countdown to moving day
Customer Reviews:
Informative.......2007-06-28
For anyone who is young or inexperienced at everyday life to dos, this book can guide the way! I found it to be extremely informative. It helped me to get my life in order.
put this book in a drawer.......2006-11-04
keep this book. read it a little at a time. some good thoughts but too much to consume in one reading. Wished that I had gotten it from the library (with extensions) than having bought it. Oh, well, I love Amazon.
I RETURNED this book.......2005-10-28
This book is terrible. The lists are disappointingly incomplete and inconsequential. For example:
A list on tipping includes tips for restroom attendants, but it omits tips for valet parking. In my life, I have used valet parking significantly more often than a restroom attendant.
A list of common foreign phrases omits pronunciations. How useful is that? Knowing the spelling of a phrase does one no good during conversation should the pronunciation of a phrase be very different from its spelling.
Basically, if one had been raised by kindly wolves in the forest, and recently dropped into modern society, this book might be marginally useful. But anyone with a modicum of planning or forethought would have outgrown this trite little waste of words and paper by age 10.
I'm a believer.......2005-08-12
Count me as someone who longs to be efficient and organized, but who hasn't quite got the hang of it. Along came Kirsten Lagatree with roadmaps for dozens of real life events, and now, even though I'm not necessarily more organized, I am more prepared to deal with travel needs, house issues and even disasters. Frankly, I hope I never have to deal with much of what she covers in this book, but I'm thrilled that she has taken the time to share this info with us.
This book will go a long way towards helping you pull things together.
Checklists.......2005-08-02
This is a good list; not as many apply to me as I expected, but it is a start.
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Learn How to Live a Joyful Spirit-filled Life! Are you enjoying every day of your life? Or do you tell yourself and others that you will find happiness once you have reached a specific goal or position in life? Jesus came so that we might have and enjoy life. (John 10:10.) Joy is a fruit of the Spirit. If you have not been enjoying your life to the fullest, it is time to begin! In this book, Joyce Meyer combines biblical principles with personal experiences for a powerful teaching on how to enjoy every day on your journey through life. By applying the principles outlined in this book you will learn: -How to make the decision to enjoy life. -How to rid yourself of regret and dread. -How to experience the simplicity of life. -How to find joy during times of waiting. -How to finish your course with joy. -Plus much more! Enjoying life is not based on enjoyable circumstances. It is an attitude of your heart. So learn how to enjoy where you are on the way to where you are going today!
Customer Reviews:
Offers very much Needed Simplicity in a Complicated World.......2007-09-17
Joyce teaches us to laugh at ourselves; she teaches us that it's ok to make mistakes as long as we recognize them and use them to mature our spiritual walk. I love preachers that come down to our level, instead of painting a "higher-than-thou" mentality with impossible standards for us to live up to. My dad once told me that a baby chick starts out with no muscle tone in it's neck. If someone simply cut the egg shell away from the chick and didn't allow it to peck it's way out, it would die. It is in the labor of breaking out of it's shell, that it finds strength.
Carrie Lynn Jones
Author of It All Began... When Jesus Gave Me Sneakers
great book.......2007-09-10
Good advice, given like a friend talking frankly with you. Joyce states it like it is, no pie in the sky perfectionism, no Christianeeze cliches.
She is right on the mark with the advice, references and interpretations. Uses personal experiences to illustrate situations. Helpful book.
You Need To Own This Book!.......2007-07-27
I read the reviews here and decided to get the book from the library. Well I have finished this book and I must say that the author has met me at the very place I am in my life right now. Chapter ll Joy in God's Waiting Room continues to speak to my spirit. Joyce Meyer speaks on so many areas and each one has touched me and showed me things that I did not realize. I thought that Joy was something that came over you or as a result of circumstances but it is not. Joy is a choice and something that God has instilled in each one of us. J.Meyer gives examples of this and she backs up what she says in scripture. If you find that your patience is being challenged (God does this from time to time when He is preparing us for the next level (James 1:2-8) If your attitude is not Godly in your waiting and you feel that your joy is just not there...then you need to do as I did...YOU NEED TO OWN THIS BOOK! Just as God has blessed me to become a licensed RN I know and needed to be reminded that as I am waiting and believing God to open doors for me I have the victory because I am a child of God. I am going to re-read this book and now I can highlight and refer back to this book for continual growth in the area of patience and truly trusting God and knowing that He has everything under control. God Bless You!!!
JOY FOUND AND RESTORED.......2007-07-26
I love this book!!! This is definetley a wonderful read for those looking to enjoy life to the fullest. It has really helped me restore my joy and find new joy. Thank you Joyce Meyer for writing this wonderful book. Alot of the things she went through and the way she lived her life full of seriousness and no time for play is exactly how I was. I can say now that I'm on the road to living my life to fullest of what Christ said that I should live.
Received extremely fast!.......2006-07-31
Very pleased with the fast service, would certainly order from again! Thanks very much!
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-How to find a great (and affordable) Manhattan apartment without paying a broker's fee
-Where to find dozens of great restaurants serving tasty, gut-busting food at a fraction of typical New York prices. Also, learn how to eat for free (or almost free) for an entire week!
-How to do what you're already doing on Saturday night for less moolah, PLUS hundreds of new and exciting things to do in the city - all priced to avoid leaving your wallet with a hangover.
-Where to find those amazing New York bargains you've always heard about but never actually seen.
-How to make $100 in a pinch - without breaking any laws.
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at last - a guidebook for real folk!.......2003-11-03
I came upon this book in a bookstore one afternoon and picked it up intending to browse through it there and leave it behind. I bought it! It has loads of ideas for people like me - a Gen Xer who is NOT an investment banker. It is very specific about the places to go in NY that are free or nearly so and that are of interest to somebody like me - bars, restaurants, museums, parks etc etc. I know the city pretty well but this great little book has fresh ideas and is worth owning.
A welcome and thoroughly "user friendly" resource.......2003-10-10
How To Live Big In Manhattan Without Going Broke is a very handy and practical guide for living well in New York City on a modest budget for those of limited financial means. Invaluable tips concerning the real estate (including a survey of New York neighborhoods); locations that give free food or which offer cheap eats; clubs that admit patrons for free; low-cost/no-cost activities and spectator sports; affordable shopping locations; and a great deal more are packed into the pages of this excellent and highly advisory to living well and staying entertained in one of the most popular sections of "The Big Apple". A welcome and thoroughly "user friendly" resource for native city dwellers, college students, new arrivals, and business/vacationing visitors, How To Live Big In Manhattan Without Going Broke would serve as an excellent template for similar resource guides for other American cities.
Customer Reviews:
Great book for someone with a gambling problem!.......2004-07-23
This book is an incredible look into the darker side of a compulsive gambler. The writer describes in great detail of the devastation caused by the disease of compulsive gambling. If you or a loved one has a potential gambling problem, this is a must read for you so you can see what will happen if your gambling goes on unchecked. Read and take heed.
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Going to Live in France: Your Practical Guide to Life and Work in France (How to)
Alan Hart
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Going Live: Starting and Running a Virtual Reference Service
Steve Coffman
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- Some good info for Brits, but few others
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Going to Live in Greece
Peter Reynolds
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Customer Reviews:
Some good info for Brits, but few others.......2006-03-17
My experience as an American expat moving/living/working in Greece for 10 years motivated me to buy this book in hopes of learning something new. I didn't.
While Mr. Reynolds knows Greece from experience and knowledge of the language, some information is outdated and aimed primarily and specifically toward people from the UK. This book offers a brief overview/introduction that absolute newcomers might find useful, but when tackling employment, retirement, purchasing a home and visa/work permit issues, it will offer you nothing. There are also no website addresses.
The EU has several new members, which means competition is at an all-time high for employment, and immigration laws have been tightened under the new government. Regulations are changing all of the time, but EU citizens such as Mr. Reynolds are not affected by this.
It is also worth noting that this book was written from a man's point of view, and life and work for a woman or a family in Greece are quite different. In short, there is some good information for Brits but much less for the rest of the world.
Some 99 percent of nationalities will still be in the dark after purchasing this 'updated' version, which will unfortunately not help much in real life.
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- An exciting anthology of traveling experiences
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Going Places: True Tales from Young Travelers
Manufacturer: Beyond Words Publishing
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Going Places features young people whose lives and views of the world have been changed by travel. In their own words, these travelers tell what they have discovered about overcoming fear, taking on challenges, and reaching out to people in other countries and cultures. Contributors include Mark Pfetzer, who at 15 was the youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest; Diana Silbergeld, who had visited 16 countries by the age of 12; and Sarah Stillman, who journeyed to Indonesia and interviewed young girls working in Mattel factories producing Barbie dolls. Photographs are included.
Customer Reviews:
An exciting anthology of traveling experiences.......2003-08-09
Compiled by Michelle Roehm McCann, Going Places: True Tales From Young Travelers is an exciting anthology of traveling experiences written by young people, for readers of all ages to enjoy. From the different sides of East Indian culture, to a young woman's struggle to endure a week of boot camp, to a magnificent journey through Europe, and more, Going Places is a stimulating, original collection and very highly recommended reading.
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- Eating the Flowers of Paradise: One Man's Journey Through Ethiopia and Yemen
- Ecology of salt marshes and sand dunes,
- Ecosystems of the Deep Ocean (Ecosystems of the World)Volume 28
- Effects of Resource Distribution on Animal Plant Interactions
- Energy Efficiency Manual: for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, designs and builds, is interested in energy conservation and the environment (Energy Efficiency Manual)
- Environmental Engineering
- Estuarine Nutrient Cycling: The Influence of Primary Producers: The Fate of Nutrients and Biomass (Aquatic Ecology Series)
- Ether God and Devil: Cosmic Superimposition
- Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality
- Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, Second Edition
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