Bantams for Everyone (Poultry Fanciers' Library)

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Bantams for Everyone (Poultry Fanciers' Library)
H. Easom Smith
Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Quick knits for everyone : b designs for men, women & children (A Bantam minibook)
Joan Rattner Heilman
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
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WHL BANTAM DRAFT PREVIEW; Two leading lights everyone wants Junior clubs would love to land dominant 'Tobans Howden, Inglis.(Sports): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000Q36ADM
Release Date: 2007-05-01

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Title: WHL BANTAM DRAFT PREVIEW; Two leading lights everyone wants Junior clubs would love to land dominant 'Tobans Howden, Inglis.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 28, 2007
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Bantams for Everyone

Manufacturer: Iliffe
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0592081095

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BANTAMS FOR EVERYONE
H. Easom Smith
Manufacturer: Saiga Pub. Co.
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ASIN: B000VBHBI2

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GREAT GOLF STORY

Down Golf's Nostalgia lane

Just A Great History of one of Golf's Turning Points

One of the greatest golf books ever, back in print.

The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year
Curt Sampson
Manufacturer: Villard
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0375753680
Release Date: 2000-10-03

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Was there ever a year in golf like 1960?
        It was the year that the sport and its vivid personalities exploded on the consciousness of the nation, when the past, present, and future of the sport collided. Here was Arnold Palmer, the workingman's hero, "sweating, chain-smoking, shirt-tail flying"; Ben Hogan, the greatest player of the fifties, a perfectionist battling twin demons of age and nerves; and, making his big-time debut, a crew-cut college kid who seemed to have the makings of a champion: twenty-year-old Jack Nicklaus.
        And of course, the rest: Ken Venturi, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Doug Sanders, Gary Player, and the many other colorful characters who chased around a little white ball--and a dream.
        Would Palmer win the mythical Grand Slam of golf? Could Hogan win one more major tournament? Was Nicklaus the real thing? Even more than an intimate portrait of these men and their exciting times, The Eternal Summer is also an entertaining, perceptive, and hypnotically readable exploration of professional golf in America.

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GREAT GOLF STORY.......2005-08-31

If you love golf and its history, this is the book.
Curt Sampson is once again great and meticulous with the details.
He loves the games and its immortal characters.
This is a great golf history book.
The coming about of the greatest rivalry in golf between Palmer and Nicklaus is well detailed here. Ben Hogan, already the greatest golfer of his generation, seemed to be reaching out for his last glory.
It seems that the sport is no longer as elegant as it once was because the characters are no longer as heroic as they once were.
Highly recommended and a very good book to read over and over.

Down Golf's Nostalgia lane.......2001-09-03

Curt Sampson has ably resurrected the magic of golf in 1960, the famous year in which Palmer became King, Nicklaus loomed, and Hogan and Snead made last runs at majors. Reading this tale one is transported back to what seems to us nostalgically as a simpler time. For a golf nut it is so much fun to relive those dramatic events. I would have given this book 5 stars except John Feinstein has demonstrated what a 5-star golf book is really like (The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled). Sampson does not quite write with the same level of detail and insight as Feinstein, and lapses a bit more into the rehashing of familiar stories, but he is still quite good.

Just A Great History of one of Golf's Turning Points.......2001-05-25

Only on the fringe of my teenage years in 1960, Sampson marvelously chronicles this year in golf and society. Society we all know because of the revolution that was gaining momentum.

TV is growing and would play a major role in golf's history as well. Along with three individuals, Hogan, Palmer and Nicklaus.

The "y" in the road is the televised Open at Cherry Creek, when Palmer made the celebrated charge. Hogan tries but comes short, and Nicklaus, not knowing for sure his position, didn't really grind, or he likely would have tied. Palmer wins, the sport grows, and as fate seemed to dictate, the game is on the way to the marvelous heights we now see it occupy.

Reading this wonderful book, it gives one more insight and compassion into those early pioneers who made it what it is. Today's pros seemed so pampered, however, the stress is large and looming larger.

Sampson is articulate writer and delivers great insights: Hagen's saying to Sarazen before the shot heard round the world at Augusta: "Come on, hurry up, I've got a date tonight."; and Gary Player calls up Hogan for some advice on his swing, so Hogan asks, whose clubs do you play? When Player answers Dunlop, Hogan responds, "Ask Mr. Dunlop."

Empathy for those like Sampson who wrote passionately about the game and didn't really make a living, let alone get rich. Loved the story about Bob Drum being snubbed by his paper until they hear Palmer is leading The Open, then cable him to send a story. Upon receipt of telegram, Drum crumbles it into ball, and said: "Hope to hell you get it."

This is a must for any serious golf collection of books on the game.

One of the greatest golf books ever, back in print........2000-10-12

I've read a lot of golf books. This is one of my favorites, and I'm glad to see it's finally back in print--there are a lot of golfers I need to recommend this to. It's more just plain fun to read than almost any one I can name. One of golf's great years, and one of the sport's all-time great cast of characters: Hogan, past his prime at 48 but trying to win one more major; Arnie, the greatest golfer of the 50s, trying to win the Grand Slam; 20-year-old Nicklaus, the chunky college kid; and plenty of other characters, like the irascible Charlie Sifford, the first black player on the tour; the legendary Sam Snead; Chi Chi Rodriguez, who weighed 118 pounds; party animal Doug Sanders; Gary Player, the Man in Black from South Africa; and several others. Reading about these guys is just fascinating, they come alive in this book, and the story of how several of them could have and should have won the Open is one of the best in golf. Sampson has a breezy, highly readable style and has a good sense of humor. I highly recommend this book to any fan of golf.

The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year

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The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year
Curt Sampson
Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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The Eternal Summer Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan In 1960, Golf's Golden Year
Curt Sampson
Manufacturer: Taylor Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000M1PWB4

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Making out? Not so much.......2007-04-21

This book is titled "Making Out in Japanese," but that's not really what it's about. This has the most basic phrases and words that you'll need to get by. I've been studying Japanese for 4 years in school and I've still been able to pull some good information out of this book. It has text written in Romaji (English letters of Japanese words) as well as Japanese kanakanji (with furigana).

This is a great, great book and I recommend it 100% to anyone less than fluent.

***Also, the last section of the book does talk about "romantic" relationships, so I guess the title sort of works ^_^

Interesting and funny but not useful to the beginner.......2007-03-07

If you are reading this review...that is how most reviews start out. But this is a book worht the used or new price. The only thing I warn is that you should be advised...wait...I mean warned that it is geared towards someone who knows jaanese intermediately.

As a beginner to japanese and teaching myself at home in my spare time...I enjoyed it. It will not be that useful to me now sitting in a rural town where there has not been a japanese person evere. but I am digressing. It is good to read through and gives you some knowledge that if you do not use now, you can in the future.

You might ask "so waht?". Well you are rght. This book really is a side track for those who learn languages. It is not osmehting that will teach you much, but it gives you something to waste time on. it's funny and just like the usa. It might work. The cheesy lines in here. Depends on if the guy or girl likes you or not.

The other reviewers who said it worked on their "japanese wife". Are really just trying to sell you their used book. If you think this book is going to get you a japanese mate...I'm sorry to say you are wasting your time. but if you feel like you have the extra few bucks to burn. It could be an interesting way to spend some time.

If you know japanese and want to make some osrt of a phrase expansion mentally. This could be a total waste of time, because in english I have never said any of the things in this book and can't see why anyone would in japanes. It is just too structured and fake.

It is one of those "help you get a japanese mate" books. And it comes out of the early 90s late 80s . A time when people would fall for such dating books.

I actually grew up with ERika geers the author of this book. It is her sense of humor,a nd do not take it seriously. If you are in a good financial position this book can give you some laughs. If you are on a tight budget or younger than 30 don't waste your money...unless you want to.

hey, it's up to you.

Good Luck with your language studies.

Enjoy.

For any Traveler!!.......2007-01-26

Making Out Series Books are the BEST language books that i have ever used. Using the K.I.S.S method (keep, it, simple, stupid) this book makes it easy to learn everyday Japanese quickly. Easy index lets you find what you need to say fast aswell. This book is the only book that is always in my bag. I liked it so much i bought the Chinese version (seriously)!! Great price so if something happens to it you won't break the bank buying a new one.
In a nutshell - If you learn all the phrases in this book, then you will have a very very good understanding of Japanese Language!
Oh Yeah!! Makes a great gift for Japanese people too!! With the Kanji in it Japanese people will be able to read that to say it in english. Which helps out both of you!!!

The missing link in your Japanese conversation ability.......2006-03-23

I strongly recommend this book to the Japanese learner who is somewhat advanced (JLPT level 3 or stronger ability), and who wants to improve their conversation ability. And pick up chicks.

Yes, there are good lines to use on women (or men), and most of them are not out of date slang or anything. Personally, I'm not one of the foreigners in Japan that lurks in the dark corners of bars, but I've found the book extremely helpful in filling in the gaps of my textbook Japanese knowledge. The book doesn't actually focus on cheesy lines for getting a date--there's useful expressions for all walks of daily life.

However, if you are a novice Japanese learner, or have studied less than a year, I really do not recommend picking up the book just yet. The book just has lines that help you start conversations, slang you otherwise wouldn't know, or fill in awkward pauses.

Excellent book, thanks! Helped me meet my wife.........2004-10-12

Hey I liked this book a lot. One of the first ones I bought when I moved to Honolulu, Hawaii back in the early 90's, and it helped me meet my wife, who is from Kobe... (who's still my wife)...

So, the one liners are helpful, and accurate .. of course you need more than just these, but they're a great place to start, and easy to learn. Great format and interesting to read.

Funny writing, clever and interesting..

More Making Out in Japanese, Revised Edition

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How retarded, creepy, and stupid!!!
This is very useful
terrible

More Making Out in Japanese, Revised Edition
Todd Geers , Erika Geers , and Glen McCabe
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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How retarded, creepy, and stupid!!!.......2006-12-07

I'm Japanese girl working on my master's degree in my university in California. Most of American men who like Japanese girls have this ONE.

...Awful.Retarded.Even irredeemably foolish. They are fool. This book is much more FOOL. Makes you guys look more FOOLISH. Every phrases are OUT OF DATE like "Are you from grand-pa or grand-ma generation?". And all love words are creepy or useless. So retarded.

If you use one of those phrases in front of Japanese girl, they would think "YOU FREAK!!".

This is very useful.......2005-07-19

I have been living in Japan for a year and a half now. After showing this book to my Japanese teacher and radom people at the bars, this book is very useful. Maybe 1% of the phrases are out of date, but other than that it is a great source of casual phrases. It is very difficult to find a book that teaches the casual side of Japanese... my teacher is even bent on teaching my the "-masu" or polite way of speaking Japanese. But as anyone who has tried talking to Japanese usind the polite form will realize that it won't get you very far, and it probably earn you some laughs. This book has really helped speak more naturally in the bar setting.

terrible.......2004-12-29

This book is pretty much absolutely useless. It is outdated and not easy to use. Don't waste your money. A lot of the japanese is wrong. You will most likely sound really stupid if you use the expressions in this book. It is a cheap shot to get your money.

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Totally Enjoyable
Entertainment - high, practicality - low
Not for serious learning of Nihongo
Let's be honest. If this is your only book on japanese....
Do you have money to waste?

Making Out in Japanese
Todd Geer , Todd Geers , and Erika Geers
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Totally Enjoyable.......2002-01-12

No way I could learn Japanese, but this book was great! Recommended for anyone that wants to smile and learn something while their at it...

Entertainment - high, practicality - low.......2001-11-22

This book is definitely useless for beginners to Japanese. I bought it while living in Japan, and I showed it to my Japanese teacher. We had a good laugh, but quite frankly, some of the contents are not very practical to the average person. Maybe for people who like to play around, then it's pretty useful, because it has dialogues like 'I'm pregant' 'really? is it mine? when will the stomach start to show?' Entertaining to read, but practicality...well, that depends on what type of person you are! It's interesting to know some of the stuff in the book if you're living in Japan. Many pick up lines too! The 3 stars rating is mainly for its entertaining value.

Not for serious learning of Nihongo.......2001-10-20

But still quite fun. Slang is a bit outdated, but the Japanese I learned in college in 1992-93 is already outdated. Also, slang varies from city to city, and this is only glossed over. Still, I enjoyed this book and it's sequel.

Let's be honest. If this is your only book on japanese...........2001-02-20

... you're in serious trouble.

The book is filled with one liners and naughty phrases, but it's pretty useless in real world situations. I can guarantee a zero-percent success rate if you can't follow up any of these lines with conversational Japanese... if you can't, it looks like you read the line out of some book- which is bad. However, if you already know Japanese, this book is fun to flip through. I'd probably get it as a gag gift for someone who was visiting japan more than anything.

Do you have money to waste?.......2001-02-17

I bought this because I was excited to learn Nippongo, but this really didn't help me at all. The material is outdated and many people don't even use the phrases that are used here. I have showed this to many of my Japanese friends and they tell me that I should not try to learn from this material.

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Making Out in Japanese
T. Geers , and E. Geers
Manufacturer: Kodansha International
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Philipp Franz von Siebold's Ukiyo-E Collection (3 Volume set) Tokyo; One of the finest examples of the Japanese book-making art.

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Philipp Franz von Siebold's Ukiyo-E Collection (3 Volume set) Tokyo; One of the finest examples of the Japanese book-making art.
Leiden National museum of Ethnology
Manufacturer: Kodansha
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SM5WUS

Making some sense out of the Japanese economy (JPRI working paper)

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Making some sense out of the Japanese economy (JPRI working paper)
Edward J Lincoln
Manufacturer: Japan Policy Research Institute
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006SANXK

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* Written by a local expert and designed for visitors and residents alike, this savvy guide delivers the inside scoop on New York City deals, bargains, and freebies
* Shows how to gain free admission to plays, concerts, TV show tapings, and museums (17 are free every day, and almost all are free at least one day a month)
* Explains where to chow down on cheap eats-happy hours, free gourmet samples, half-price meals-plus free haircuts, classes, and much more

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This book will pay for itself!.......2007-08-01

I used this book recently on a weekend trip to visit my friend in Manhattan. Not only did I eat very well for very little money but my foodie friend was shocked that I (the visiter) was showing her these amazing hidden gems! I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to live well on a very low budget.

Great guide to free activities.......2006-11-04

Even though I was going to NYC for just a few days, I found good info
in this book. Inside the cover was a weekly schedule for free entrance
to several museums. This was very handy.

Actually, to get more use from the book, one should be there a little
longer, or, better still, move there. Wonderful advice.

The best things in life are NOT free.......2006-06-21

Sometimes you need to pay for stuff in order to get stuff.

Someone has to make money somewhere. There are great free things, such as a few of the plays - but don't expect broadway.

Getting on the Today show was free.
Central Park was free.
The Staten Island Ferry was free.

Other books give better travel advice than this book and don't limit themselves to just the free things.

Indispensable........2006-06-07

In planning for my first trip to NYC, I was faced with a veritable wall of guide books to pick from at my local library. Because I like to look for the offbeat when travelling, and because, well, I'm poor (hence, the library), this one caught my eye right away.

It had me at hello (or, more accurately, the introduction entitled "The Best Things In Life Are Free"). Wolff's prose has the perfect blend of knowledge and wit to really make the places he's writing about come alive, with solid historical insights where applicable (the sections on Coney Island were quick but fun reads, quite informative for a newbie like me) and plenty of reference materials to help you plan out your days (maps, addresses, phone numbers, hours of operation, etc.). Especially handy are the subway map and free events calendars printed on the inside front/back covers--efficient and helpful on the go.

I knew the real test would come when my host in Brooklyn took a look at it--she's studying museum education and having lived there her whole life, knows many of the nooks & crannies around town. When I started showing her the listings about places like the Forbes Galleries, the original Winnie the Pooh housed at the NY Public Library, and panorama of NYC at the Queens Museum of Art (all free or very cheap), her eyes lit up. And I knew we had a winner on our hands. If it could impress a city slicker like her, no wonder it had impressed a hayseed like me.

If you're looking for a book that can take you off the beaten tourist track, or even if you live in NYC and are looking for some fresh ideas for cheap entertainment, I really can't recommend this highly enough. Good tips, great resource, and a fun read.

best book on NYC.......2006-03-13

this book has lots of inciteful tips that other books don't have. i highly recommmend it for anyone planning on going to NYC, to visit or moving there.

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