The Thrips, or Thysanoptera of Illinois

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The Thrips, or Thysanoptera of Illinois
Lewis J. Stannard
Manufacturer: Urbana, Il: Illinois Natural History Survey, 1968
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000EGUXI

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The thrips,: Or Thysanoptera, of Illinois (Illinois. Natural History Survey. Bulletin)
Lewis J Stannard
Manufacturer: State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006C3KD6

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So Many Fish, and it's only the second season!

Fish On!!

Fish Happy New Yorker

Overly articulate, but maybe that's a good thing!

This book covers it all!

Steelhead & Salmon Drift-Fishing Secrets
Timothy Kusherets
Manufacturer: Frank Amato Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1571883002

Book Description

This comprehensive book goes way beyond the basics of drift-fishing techniques to include marine biology, ichthyology, meteorology, and physics as they apply to fish and fishing. Kusherets covers; species identification and anatomy; gear; set-ups; reading water; different drifting styles and techniques; understanding fish; spotting fish; troubleshooting; using the Internet; filleting your catch; extensive glossary; and more. The unique, yet down-to-earth advice in this book will bring more fish to your line.

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So Many Fish, and it's only the second season!.......2006-08-06

Thank you! Your book saved me a lot of time and money. I'm new to the sport and two seasons of catching some fish and wow I can't believe the difference.
The fish handling in your book opened my eyes, and to my friends, and we leave the nets at home. Thanks again for the education lesson! It is truly worth all your efforts.

Fish On!!.......2006-02-15

I love to fish. The thrill of getting a fish on is like none other. I picked this book up accidentally, so to speak, from my local sporting goods store for the sole purpose of learning how to filet a fish. The clerk said "try this one"( Meaning Timothy's book). So my next salmon fishing trip, I learned how to filet. great easy method. Then I started reading more and found that this guy really knows how to catch fish. I was really amazed at the scientific approach to weather conditions, temperature, how to read the river and presentation or " offering" to the fish. A total wealth of excellent information. Great book.

Fish Happy New Yorker.......2006-01-07

I've read many fishing books, but this one surprised me. There are many great pictures and all of them have great illustrative points, but seeing the author in so many of them really gave me the confidence in what he was saying and doing. You can actually see him doing all the scientific fishing and that to me is valuable. This is the best fishing book I've ever heard of!
I learn things every time I read it. I'd like to think I'm a great fisherman, but when I get stuck on something I just crack the book and BOOM, there's the answer!

A fan of Mr. Kusherets

Overly articulate, but maybe that's a good thing!.......2005-12-03

Steelhead & Salmon Drift-Fishing secrets provides a wealth of information about Steelhead and Salmon fishing and I would highly recommend it to anyone seeking to get involved in this particular area of sport fishing. Of immense value are the photographs and tips on reading water, as well as the detailed anatomy of the various fish and tips on hitting the river at the right time when fish are biting.

While specific in certain areas, it is also very general in others which is inconsistent with the thesis of the book, i.e. Kushrets does not speak in depth about any particular region although he makes it clear he is from the Northwest U.S. One thing that may turn off the novice angler is for most of the book he speaks to the reader in a very authoritative "this is how you fish" style, more like a college professor than an enthusiastic weekend warrior. Explaining things in a simple, straight forward and friendly way is not Kushrets' writing style.

I would not go so far as to say that this is 'the definitive steelhead resource' it could have definitely contained more information; you can read it in an evening. Nonetheless the author knows his stuff and will impart you with some serious knowledge on how some of the best anglers are getting it done in the world of Steelheading.

This book covers it all!.......2004-11-09

This book is great for both the experienced angler and those new
to steelheading. Mr. Kusherets' writing style is inviting and the book is
well illustrated. From advice on equipment selection, to an illustrated
tutorial on reading holding water, to advanced tips and techniques, to new perspectives on the sport, this book covers it all - Nicely done!

Book Description

This revolutionary new dictionary is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to Japanese in a completely new way. It covers all the vocabulary learners will need in their first years of study and gives unique guidance to the grammar and usage of the language. This dictionary is created specifically for beginners: colour headwords and translations; no confusing abbreviations; warning symbols show potential problem areas. There are thousands of example phrases drawn from real-life situations. Japanese script is used throughout. Includes a guide to how to write Japanese characters. Full guidance on the pronunciation of Japanese is given. Word patterns and constructions from language areas such as dates, and telling time are grouped together to show similarities and differences.

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Great for Daily Use.......2006-02-22

Electronic dictionaries are really good for look up rare Japanese words. However, try searching for 'pants' in an electronic dictionary. You come up with 99 million entries. Same with the thick dictionaries like the Kodansha's. This is really nice because it usually gives just one or two words so you know what to use. Very useful for homework and writing essays.

Very useful.......2005-03-09

I am a new leaner of japanese study by my own and i find this dictionary very helpful. I gives you explainations and meaning of the respective katakana and hiragana word.

There's only 2 things that I was expecting but it was not delivered in this edition, well its starters edition.
1. There isnt kanji list but there's kanji associated with almost all words.
2. There's not pronouciation help with the words, you can check the hiragana and katakana list at the back but you need to turn front and back for it. They should have
"ai" meaning, explaination, kanji writing, pronouciation

But overall, it's a good guide for learners. worth buying. :)

A vocabulary, not a dictionary.......2004-12-31

If you're trying to write Japanese for a pen pal, translating Japanese from your textbook, or studying Japanese alone and need a vocabulary, this book will be invaluable. Hiragana and katakana are used exclusively for the Japanese words; kanji spellings are added alongside when needed, which is even better than furigana because the hiragana alone will help you remember the actual pronunication. The book is loaded with helpful guides along many of the words to help you better understand English and Japanese meanings and homonyms and not confuse them. Overall, I would recommend it for any student.

This dictionary's only fault is from lack of a large vocabulary; if you're at the point where want that, you'll have to buy a full dictionary without the helpers.

The starter.......2003-04-01

If you're a beginner in Japanese language, this is your first dictionary.
Okay, no romanji. But if you're afraid of kana why are you trying to learn Japanese?
Go ahead, forget romanji and dive deeply in this beautiful language

Not very useful.......2002-12-26

This book is very limited. It is too basic and leaves out many important words. It is difficult to study Japanese when many of the words in my text book can't be found in this dictionary. Also, many of the entries from Japanese to English are vague and don't give a clear explanation of the word.

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The Starter Oxford Japanese Dictionary
Jonathan /editor Bunt
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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One can't blame James Frey for making stuff up...
well written & tender
A tribute to a troubled man
One man's searching and fearless moral inventory of himself
Oddly Detached and Devoid of Emotion

Blue Days, Black Nights: A Memoir
Ron Nyswaner
Manufacturer: Advocate Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1555839193

Book Description

"Hilarious . . . uncompromising."-The New York Times

"Searing."-Publishers Weekly

"Nyswaner nails the memoir form . . . lush in content."-Entertainment Weekly

In the years immediately following his Academy Award nomination for Philadelphia, screenwriter Ron Nyswaner fell through the rabbit hole. This gripping, intimate, and darkly comic memoir chronicles this period in his life, a -period where a raging drug addiction collided with an obsessive and almost fatal love affair.

Ron Nyswaner's screenplays include Mrs. Soffel, Swing Shift (uncredited), Gross Anatomy, Love Hurts, Philadelphia, and the Showtime film Soldier's Girl. His adaptation of The Painted Veil goes into production next year with Edward Norton and director Caroline Link.

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One can't blame James Frey for making stuff up..........2006-02-05

...because addiction is basically boring to all but the addict, and all addictions are pretty much the same. So are all hustlers, at least when they're hustling. Which doesn't leave Ron Nyswaner much to work with. So we get the FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY!!! (The guy's an Oscar nominee; excuse me if I don't weep too much for him.) And the LONELINESS!!! And the SELF-MUTILATION!!! And the SHADY CHARACTERS!!! and the BOASTING DISGUISED AS CONFESSING!!! (He didn't just insult his agent's top client while under the influence; we must know that it was BETTE MIDLER, and that LIBERACE was there, too.) And all of it smothered with SELF-IMPORTANCE like so much schlag. Meanwhile, Johann, the hustler, remains such a caricature of macho detachment that we have a hard time feeling for him, or believing that Nyswaner feels for him -- especially as, until it's too late, Nyswaner misses that the kid is an addict who could use some real, here-and-now help from an older, well-to-do, well-connected American. (Johann is an undocumented immigrant; Nyswaner seems not to want to know any of the difficulties attendant on this.) In the end, the greatest amount of caring and savvy that Nyswaner shows is in planning Johann's funeral. But, having discharged my impatience with the same old self-centered story, I must say that Nyswaner writes extremely well, with a screenwriter's gift for keeping things clear and keeping things moving. One is certainly caught up, but one is also disappointed with the shallow interactions and the self-dramatizing leading to no great revelations. No wonder James Frey decided to spice up his memoir. On the evidence of "Blue Days, Black Nights," I would pretty much say one has to.

well written & tender.......2006-01-03

it's too bad that this book has gone largely unnoticed, as I am the first person to write a review in 3 months, while a book like A Million Little Pieces (a lie fron page 1 onward) flies off the shelves.
Nyswaner is a talented writer, and I look forward to his future work. Although my experiences with addiction do not mirror the authors, I did relate alot to his insecurities, and certain othger things. He could have elaborated on somethings, but in all, it was a worthwhile, entertaining, and thought provoking read.--just what a book is suppossed to do.

A tribute to a troubled man.......2005-10-13

Nyswaner's memoir purports to be the tale of his depressed (blue) days, from which he seeks escape with alcohol and drugs, culminating in rock-bottom blackout (black) nights. It's an intriguing hook because Nyswaner has been highly successful as the screenwriter for Philadelpia and other award-winning movies, so of course we'd love to read about his rock-bottom days, right? The book isn't really about Nyswaner's self-destruction, though--it is a tribute to the teetotaling larger-than-life male prostitute who comes into Nyswaner's life for less than a year. This book is the tale of Nyswaner's friendship with a man he pays for sex, sex which he can only have when he is strung out on drugs. The book's prologue opens with the hustler's death, so from the minute we enter Nyswaner's life, we know their time is limited.

As a reader, I was touched by Nyswaner's addiction, his search for himself, his continual attempts to find happiness through chemicals, and his devotion to the hustler Johann. There's a beautiful story in here, even if Nyswaner's relationship with Johann was mostly one-sided. Highly recommended.

One man's searching and fearless moral inventory of himself.......2005-03-25

These memoirs by a talented screenwriter sometimes read like an implausible and unsellable film script. Nyswaner is so honest about his personal tragedies, disappointments, and shortcomings, it is hard to believe this self-awareness was so hard-won. He has the humble wisdom of someone who has managed to find grace in some of life's most graceless circumstances. His success as a film writer is back-story. How he as a small-town boy from a working class western Pennsylvania family achieved this success is not really explained. This is really the story of his descent into a personal hell of alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, self-loathing, and suicidal despair...and of his eventual recovery. If his recovery is not exactly phoenix-like, it will strike readers who have been through similar experiences as authentic. Nyswaner is, after all, an accomplished writer. He is no sloganeer or New Age spiritual salesman. His story ends not with blissful optimism, but on a note of cautious but grounded hope.

At the heart of his life's story is his journey toward love. And key to what he learns about this powerful human experience is his relationship with a prostitute he knew as Johann. BLUE DAYS, BLACK NIGHTS begins with Nyswaner's account of Johann's funeral, so it is not "spoiling the plot" to say Johann dies tragically and prematurely and that his death is a pivotal moment in Nyswaner's journey. Nyswaner does not glamorize or vilify Johann's life as a prostitute, nor does he describe it in patronizing terms. It may be hard for some readers to believe that what Nyswaner felt for Johann could accurately be described as love. And it's clear that Nyswaner himself shares in such incredulousness. The biggest question Nyswaner seems to ask (and I believe successfully answers) is, Can love exist in relationships that are not completely honest? Nyswaner seems to be saying that imperfect love perfectly accessed opens a person's heart to deeper and more authentic levels of love. It is through facing the death and loss of Johann that Nyswaner is able to find the love he needs to care for his aging and dying parents and rebuild his damaged life.

All this is to say, BLUE DAYS, BLACK NIGHTS has much to teach not just people who've been damaged by drugs and sex addiction, but also anyone who has ever failed to be completely honest with himself. It's a profoundly moving story, one I'm sure I'll read again and continue to learn from.

Oddly Detached and Devoid of Emotion.......2005-02-25

Ron Nyswaner does a great job with imagery in his autobiography -you can almost see the sunset on a crisp Fall day in Upstate New York or feel the chill of Hungary. Unfortunately, this attention to detail does not always translate to his life experiences. After perfunctory descriptions of the seedy world of male prostitutes and West Hollywood Drug Dealers, Mr. Nyswaner continues to be victimized by Johann (real name Tomas) and sinks into a world of indulgent self-pity. Mr. Nyswaner mentions being "tortured" by failing to sell a screenplay but he is so high on methamphetamine most of the time that I'm surprised he could sit still and write. We also get nary a detail of Mr. Nyswaner's recovery. But I do give him points for his honesty and guts in writing freely about his life as a gay man. It's too bad that even after reading this book, I know next to nothing about this man.

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