Saturday 19 March 2011

The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River



The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River
Robert A. Sauder | 2009-08-15 00:00:00 | University of Nevada Press | 296 | Native American
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The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment and Settlement along the Lower Colorado River presents a meticulously researched historical account of the Yuma Reclamation Project (authorized in 1904), one of the first federal irrigation projects in the Western United States. Chapters scrutinize in depth the myriad obstacles encountered just to get the program started, its impact, and its legacy up to the modern day. A thoughtful analysis of economic and social as well as environmental factors of the time, The Yuma Reclamation Project is sufficiently thorough to satisfy professional scholars yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Highly recommended.

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A Concise Course in Advanced Level Statistics: With Worked Examples



A Concise Course in Advanced Level Statistics: With Worked Examples
Nelson Thornes | 2001-01-01 00:00:00 | Nelson Thornes | 704 | Mathematics
This title is fully revised and updated for complete coverage of statistics at Advanced Level. The use of a second color highlights key areas and formula. Summaries are included to provide consolidation of learning and understanding. Further practice sections of questions are offered for thorough exam preparation and practice. New ICT support for this key area is provided throughout
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Assessment Center
Christof Obermann | 2006-11-30 00:00:00 | Gabler, Betriebswirt.-Vlg | 471 | Subjects

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The Blue Place



The Blue Place
Nicola Griffith | 1999-06-01 00:00:00 | Harper Perennial | 320 | Lesbian
A police lieutenant with the elite "Red Dogs" until she retired at twenty-nine , Aud Torvigen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the color of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway into the failed marriage between a Scandinavian diplomat and an American businessman, she now makes Atlanta her home, luxuriating in the lush heat and brashness of the New South. She glides easily between the world of silken elegance and that of sleaze and sudden savagery, equally at home in both; functional, deadly, and temporarily quiescent, like a folded razor.

On a humid April evening between storms, out walking just to stay sharp, she turns a corner and collides with a running woman, Catching the scent of clean, rain-soaked hair, Aud nods and silently tells the stranger Today, you are lucky, and moves on--when behind her house explodes, incinerating its sole occupant, a renowned art historian. When Aud turns back, the woman is gone.

But Julia Lyons-Bennet will return seeking Aud's help and pr

A police lieutenant with the elite "Red Dogs" until she retired at twenty-nine , Aud Torvigen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the color of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway into the failed marriage between a Scandinavian diplomat and an American businessman, she now makes Atlanta her home, luxuriating in the lush heat and brashness of the New South. She glides easily between the world of silken elegance and that of sleaze and sudden savagery, equally at home in both; functional, deadly, and temporarily quiescent, like a folded razor.

On a humid April evening between storms, out walking just to stay sharp, she turns a corner and collides with a running woman, Catching the scent of clean, rain-soaked hair, Aud nods and silently tells the stranger Today, you are lucky, and moves on--when behind her house explodes, incinerating its sole occupant, a renowned art historian. When Aud turns back, the woman is gone.

But Julia Lyons-Bennet will return seeking Aud's help and pr
Science fiction writer Nicola Griffith, winner of the Nebula and Tiptree Awards, proves that good writing transcends genre. The Blue Place is a spare, cold suspense thriller--Norwegian noir--with the kind of strong, enigmatic characters that made Griffith's Slow River such a great read. Aud Torvingen is a former cop, martial artist, and Scandinavian to the core. She stalks powerfully through the streets of Atlanta and the fjords of Norway in search of an art thief and killer. At first, she frightens us a bit, because she insistently imagines how easy it would be to kill almost everyone she meets. Having descended more than once into that dark, cold psychic realm wherein violence provides primal pleasure, Aud is constantly wary of her fellow human beings. But our fear turns to fascination as she finds herself falling in love with Julia, a smart, beautiful art dealer mixed up in the crime, and getting closer to finding the center of the danger in the icy north.

As in Slow River and Ammonite, Griffith's attention is often on the bodies of her characters--their awareness of skin and muscle, sinew and bone suffuses the action. Griffith closely scrutinizes their deeper inner workings, their emotions and logic, as well. The story is tense and gripping, as a good thriller should be, but the best part of The Blue Place is Aud's fascinatingly familiar search for self. --Therese Littleton
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I enjoyed this book. Unfortunately I read the sequel 'Always' before I read this one so I was aware of the ending beforehand. Too bad this book wasn't written with the depth 'Always' was but still it was interesting, particularly how the main character Aud discussed her Norwegian roots through troll symbology. Aud is a rock for a reason notwithstanding her emotionally isolated upbringing.
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I have read The Blue Place several times and will probably read it several times more. The main character, Aud, was fascinating, strong and sexy. Because I enjoyed the book so much, I bought more books by Nicola Griffith. I've enjoyed them all - but truly loved The Blue Place and Aud. I would be thrilled to see this book made into a movie and I know loads of other women who would love to see the same. If you want a great read with a fantastic female lead character, The Blue Place is the book for you.
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I have now read all three of the Aud Torvingen books and they are engaging from beginning to end. Griffith uses words like a paintbrush and language like a sword. I can easily visualize what is happening (even when I don't particularly want to)and I feel pain Aud, because her pain is so real. It's nice to see books about a lesbian main character where the sexuality doesn't overpower the personalities of the people inhabiting the book.
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Nicola Griffith's The Blue Place sucked me in and never let go. The imagery of a simple walk, the descriptions of what would be otherwise unpalatable violence, every sentence is a gem in it's own right. Aud is magnificent; a rich, engaging character. She works so hard for perfection that I found myself loving her for her flaws. As characters go, Aud was decidedly one of the best I have met in a long time. I was less engaged with Julia, her love interest. This may be because the story is told in a first person narrative and I think that Aud herself was emotionally detached so even while she was falling in love, she was critical & analytical.

I also really enjoyed how matter of fact the lesbian themes were addressed in the book. Aud is gay, Julia is gay. There is no angst or need to beat the reader over the head with it. As a gay woman, I have read a great deal of lesbian litereatue and I found Griffith's approach refreshing.

I've read "The Blue Place" several times now and each time I read the first page, I am hooked; unable to put it down because the images come to me so clearly.

My only criticism of Nicola Griffith is that she's not written more.
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The Blue Place begins strongly, with beautiful prose from an author with an obviously strong command of the language and a unique voice. From there, however, it rapidly flatlines.



The main character, Aud Torvingen, is a lesbian ex-policewoman from Norway now working as a bodyguard and self defense instructor in Atlanta. I mention the character's sexuality because she is appears to be some sort of idealized Nordic fantasy: tall, strong, beautiful, wealthy, stylish and deadly to the point of absurdity. She comes across as some sort of lesbian version of James Bond; able to go anywhere, do anything, conquer anything and bed anyone, all of it effortlessly and very little of it believably.



A particularly stark example of this occurs in the first half of the book when one character tells another how he met Aud: They were skydiving, and his parachute didn't open. Aud saw what was happening, cut her own chute, dived to catch up to him, wrapped her legs around his torso and pulled the ripchord of the reserve chute, setting them both down safely. But only after staring him in the eyes and telling him to "feel it" - "it" apparently being the rush of a near-death experience.



Uh... right.



The language of the novel is exceptional. Unfortunately, the plot isn't particularly gripping despite the promise of its premise, and worse, the characters are two-dimensional, unrealistic, cartoonish, and in Aud's case, so arrogant and self-impressed that it is difficult to care about or root for her. Considering that Aud is the protagonist, that's a shortcoming the book can't overcome.



PS.

The author attempts to add depth and realism to her character by having her talk about her martial arts training and techniques, but there are several glaring inaccuracies (e.g. the idea that bones in the nose can be driven into the brain to kill a person - see http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=511 for a quick explanation) that will be easily picked up by anyone who has studied martial arts in depth that it only serves to undermine the credibility of both the character and the author.

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Investor and Industry Perspectives on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers



Investor and Industry Perspectives on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers
Angela A. Hung | 2008-03-25 00:00:00 | RAND Corporation | 228 | Investing
In theory, financial professionals are relatively distinct: A broker-dealer conducts transactions in securities on behalf of itself and others; and an investment adviser provides advice to others regarding securities. Different laws regulate each type of professional, but boundaries have blurred. This report examines current business practices and investor understanding of each type.

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The Klutz Book of Knots



The Klutz Book of Knots
John Cassidy | 1990-01-01 00:00:00 | Klutz Press Inc., U.S. | 24 | Do It Yourself
How To Tie the World's 24 Most Useful Hitches, Tips, Wraps, and Knots.

Don't just read this book...
You are holding in your hands a fully illustrated step-by-step guide to the tying of the world's 24 most useful knots. Carefully selected from a total of over 4,000, these are the All-Stars, the knots you need in the daily battle with the self-untying shoe lace, the dirt-level clothesline, the pop-up trunk lid and the rest of the modern everyday forces of chaos.

But The Klutz Book of Knots is more than just a written guide. It's also a tool, meant to be used as well as read. Each of the board pages is specially die-cut so that the knots can be practiced directly next to their illustrations. It is, in short, a book you can really get wrapped up in.

23 pages, spiral hardcover, Klutz

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The ABC of knots - a must have for everyone.

23 basic knots and one rope trick in a wonderful little book that tells you everything you need to know about knots in your daily life. Think you know already? Read this book and think again. The book's die-cut pages are made of cardboard and two pieces of rope are included so you can follow the clear and concise instructions on the opposite page to find your way around. Text and illustrations are very well done, giving a good value for your money.
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Caledonia



Caledonia
Letitia Coyne | 2006-01-01 00:00:00 | Letitia Coyne | 169 | Fiction
By AD83 the Romans in Caledonia held a line of glen-blocking forts, (now known as the Gask Ridge forts, from Glasgow to Perth) and the three active legions, XXth, IXth and IInd, were split along this defensive line.
Calgacus was one of a number of first century Pictish barons; part of a landed class in northern Celt society with access to slaves, money, men and arms. He fixed on the plan to unify the Caledonian Celtic tribes against Rome, beginning with the tribes of the Forth-Clyde area.
After a crushing defeat at a fort along the Roman line, Calgacus tried the following year to bring in all the Pictish tribes, and rallied an army of perhaps sixty thousand men (and women) for the Battle of Mons Graupius.
Once Calgacus' lover, Eirbrin has been sent north to her family lands on the Gleann Mor above Inbhir Nis. Fanatical dedication to the fight to free Caledonia from Rome has been her only way to deal with the deep and disabling shames of her past.
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Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows



Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows
| 2005-11-30 00:00:00 | | 0 | Computer Hardware


A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0789736950 ISBN-13: 9780789736956

 

 

Fans of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, your call has been answered. Scott Mueller, author of the best-selling Upgrading and Repairing PCs, is now bringing you an equally in-depth guide to Windows troubleshooting. Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows explains how Windows works and how to fix it when things go wrong. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Installation Managing security Optimizing performance Recovering data Configuring settings and the registry Protecting Windows from viruses and spyware Scott also includes references to helpful tools and scripting commands for maximum system controls. A DVD is included that provides you with additional resources and unique how-to video that brings Scott right to you. Find out how to make Windows work with you and not against you with Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows.



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I work as an IT Assistant. I ordered this book because I also have Upgrading and Repairing PC's by this same author. I have already had a few chances to use the excellent advice, and help inside this book. I am very happy with my purchase!

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Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Wondows (2nd edition)
I found the book up to date and well researched. The nice illustrations are are a big help.

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Good book
Windows is covered very well in this book. The DVD is great too, especially the section on how to slipstream updates and drivers into the XP installation process.

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Great Book
This has got to be one of the best books I have read on Windows. If you really want to get into the nitty gritty of your operating system then this is the one for you. Scott Mueller writes in clear and precise language that you can understand, and gives steps on how to not only repair but to upgrade Windows. It also comes with a DVD that covers Vista's SP 1, can't ask for anymore than that. It is truly an awesome read.

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Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows (2nd Edition) (Upgrading and Repairing)
Customers BEWARE!!! If you intend on purchasing this Book from Amazon and intend on ordering the HARDBACK Edition, then I suggest that you go to your local Book Store instead of purchasing it from Amazon! I had to order this Book TWICE through Amazon and in EACH instance I informed Amazon that I wanted the HARDBACK Edition! What I ended up receiving however was the PAPERBACK Edition, BOTH TIMES! Even the receipt that I received from Amazon with my Order indicated that it was supposed to be a HARDBACK Edition! Apparently Amazon is either hiring High-School Drop-Outs who CANNOT READ or they are like most large companies and they are hiring immigrants who have just arrived into the United States and do not understand the English Language very well! This is NOT the first time that I have run into problems with ordering from Amazon but I can assure you that it will be my LAST!


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The Godfather [Audio]



The Godfather [Audio]
Mario Puzo | 2001-01-01 00:00:00 | Brilliance Audio Unabridged | 0 | Audio Books
The story of Don Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia family, inspired some of the most successful movies ever. It is in Mario Puzo's The Godfather that Corleone first appears. As Corleone's desperate struggle to control the Mafia underworld unfolds, so does the story of his family. The novel is full of exquisitely detailed characters who, despite leading unconventional lifestyles within a notorious crime family, experience the triumphs and failures of the human condition. Filled with the requisite valor, love, and rancor of a great epic, The Godfather is the definitive gangster novel.
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Qigong Empowerment: A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist and Wushu Energy Cultivation



Qigong Empowerment: A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist and Wushu Energy Cultivation
Shou-Yu Liang,Wen-Ching Wu | 1996-12-01 00:00:00 | Way of the Dragon Publishing, The | 348 | Alternative Medicine
Qigong Empowerment is the most unique and complete volume ever written in the English language on Qigong (Chi Kung), the attainment of energy. It is a volume that you can refer to over and over again for all your energy studies. This book includes all the major energy training schools in ancient China: 1. Medical Qigong theories and training methods to strengthen the organs and to rejuvenate overall health. 2. Taoist Qigong cultivation and training outline, from the basic to the most profound methods, to foster Essence, Qi, and Spirit. 3. Buddhist Qigong empowering methods to develop the Esoteric Abilities of the Body, Speech, and Mind. 4. Emitting, Absorbing, and Healing Qigong to develop your healing ability. 5. Wushu (martial arts) Iron Shirt, Iron Palm, Iron Fist Qigong for developing your ultimate physical potential.

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Gandhi's Pilgrimage Of Faith: From Darkness To Light



Gandhi's Pilgrimage Of Faith: From Darkness To Light
UMA MAJMUDAR | 2005-07-30 00:00:00 | State University of New York Press | 280 | Religion Other
Gandhi was able to truly live into his own adage to "be the change you want to see in the world," repeatedly risking his life. Such personal sacrifice seems like an archaic notion. Still, the optimist in me finished this book dearly hoping that other true leaders will appear. And Gandhi's life challenged me to strive for my "highest self" to dominate my weak self some of the time so as to be some small part of the change I want to see in the world.
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The Waite Group's Windows 98 How-To (How-to Series)



The Waite Group's Windows 98 How-To (How-to Series)
Keith Powell,Larry Harris | 1998-12-24 00:00:00 | Sams | 888 | Windows OS
The Waite Group's Windows 98 How-To is a definitive Windows 98 problem-solver that provides practical workarounds for power users and computer professionals. The techniques demonstrated will allow users to troubleshoot problems and enhance Windows 98 performance with ease. Topics include How To: Install and customize Windows 98 Tap into Windows 98's Internet capabilities and resolve browser and Web issues Maintain and tune Windows 98 with system tools Install and configure various hardware devices Maximize multimedia capabilities Use Windows 98 on a laptop and resolve remote access issues Network Windows 98
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This is a great book. The author very clearly explains each topic in a consise, correct, and clear manner. He walks you through even the most difficult of "undocumented" features of Win98, even when you need to make changes to the Registry. Great book for all users; be they introductory all the way thru to the most advanced Win98 system administrators. This is the book that Microsoft should have written themselves!

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Government Debts and Financial Markets in Europe (Financial History)



Government Debts and Financial Markets in Europe (Financial History)
Fausto Piola Caselli | 2008-01-31 00:00:00 | Pickering & Chatto Publishers | 338 | Economics
Studying the history of public debt represents a fascinating means to investigate the role of public finances in the making of European states both at a national and regional level. "Government Debts and Financial Markets" brings together essays by leading historians of economic and financial history. It illuminates the relationships between government indebtedness and the development of financial markets in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the late twentieth century.

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Valentine's Resolve



Valentine's Resolve
E.E. Knight | 2008-07-01 00:00:00 | Roc | 368 | Fiction Other
Product Description: After three years of exile from humanity’s war against the Kurians, David Valentine returns to battle. The Lifeweavers, Earth’s allies in the conflict, have mostly vanished, but those that remain are held captive by an overlord known as the Seattle Kurian. To free them, Valentine must convince the legendary resistance fighter known as the Marshal to join his cause. But the Marshal is something of an overlord himself…
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The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation



The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation
Prof. Paul W. MacAvoy | 2001-02-01 00:00:00 | Yale University Press | 160 | Economics
Over the past six decades federal regulatory agencies have attempted different strategies to regulate the natural gas industry in the United States. All have been unsuccessful, resulting in nationwide gas shortages or massive gas surpluses and costing the nation scores of billions of dollars. In addition, partial deregulation has led the regulatory agency to become more involved in controlling individual transactions among gas producers, distributors, and consumers.

In this important book, Paul MacAvoy demonstrates that no affected group has gained from these experiments in public control and that all participants would gain from complete deregulation. Although losses have declined with partial deregulation in recent years, current regulatory practices still limit the growth of supply through the transmission system. MacAvoy's history of the regulation of natural gas is a cautionary tale for other natural resource or network industries that are regulated or are about to be regulated.

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Idioms for Everyday Use - Student Book



Idioms for Everyday Use - Student Book
Milada Broukal | 2001-02-09 00:00:00 | English as a Second Language | 112 | Education
Over 230 commonly used idioms are introduced in reading selections, dialogues, and activities. Their presentation helps learners incorporate common expressions into their everyday speech. Appealing illustrations keep students engaged as they explore idioms related to topics such as colors, geography, food, and time.
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I tutor English as a Second Language, especially Accent Reduction in Dallas, TX, [...]



I have been using this book for 3 years. I usually use this book for students to practice speaking English and put into action what they have learned for speaking English more clearly and being understood in English.



The book has 20 units. Each unit covers a group of idioms all loosely related to a particular theme. For example, one unit covers some idioms that are related to colors, parts of the body, or weather, etc. The unit starts with a short story. The story includes several idioms in context. The context helps the student understand the meaning of the idiom.



After the short story, there is another section that lists each idiom with an example sentence, again giving context to help explain the basic meaning of the idiom. Then there are several exercises to help the student learn the meaning and usage of the idiom.



The only drawback is minor. A few of the exercises where the student is supposed to find an error in the way the idiom is presented are actually correct. This only happens in 2 or 3 places.



All in all, I like the book. It helps understanding of idioms as well as help facilitate conversations with students.




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I've been teaching English as a Second language and as a Foreign language for several years now and have looked over hundreds of textbooks.



For what this books aims to do, it accomplishes perfectly. Each unit introduces the set of idioms to be learned in a kind of story, which creates a context for the idioms. The students then are to guess the meaning of some of the idioms by talking together. This makes for a great warm-up.



Next the idioms are presented with their definitions. This is the time for the teacher to go over the meanings and check any unfamiliar vocabulary.



After that section, the same idioms are presented in a concept-check section. For example, "Nora has a big test tomorrow and hasn't studied. Is she on pins and needles? Why or why not?" This discussion section is invaluable in solidifying the students' understanding of the idioms.



After that section, the students are to fill in the blanks with the best word. Since idioms must be used word-for-word in order to sound natural, this is great practice. For example, "She's so smart. She's ___ sharp as ___ tack."

or They worked hard so they finished the project ___ no time flat."



Next, the students are presented with a selection of idioms used in sample conversations. I have them go over the conversations and try to work on their pronunciation as they do so. After that (and this is my favorite part) the students are to work in pairs and create their own conversation, using three idioms from the unit.



Finally, once the students have performed their dialogs for the class and have been given feedback, there is a set of discussion questions as a cool-down.



Each lesson can easily fill a 90-minute class. If you only have an hour then you can skip the story at the beginning and the discussion questions at the end.



I can't recommend this book enough, as I have never had a class fall flat while using it. One caveat, though. Some of the units are harder than others: some are suitable for intermediate + while others are more for upper-intermediate +. I tried teaching lower-intermediate students a lesson once and, while it was interesting, it took too long to get through the material and in the end I regretted aiming too high. Lessons could be adapted for lower levels if you were to teach half of the idioms presented one class and the other half the next class.
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I tutor privately and have been teaching ESL for more than 10 years. I've tried other idiom books but have given up on them because their definitions, examples, and exercises are off the mark and/or more confusing than the idioms themselves. Ms. Broukal has done an outstanding job of presenting idioms in easily understood terms with simple but clear example paragraphs and sentences. The supporting exercises are excellent. I use the book with all of my students, and I've given it as a gift to several of my non-native-English-speaking friends. I highly recommend this book.



Ms. Broukal, if you read this, how about writing volume 2?
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I have spent years and years trying to find ways to have my son who is learning disabled to learn with out thinking he is and to strengthen the absoluted gifted younger sister who has strong language arts. My son is so literal when I said to him at a younger age, it is raining cats and dogs he went to the window to look. In our area, the kids are taught way above grade level and the method of writing employed is called the 6 plus traits of writing. The strongest emaphaisis is placed on writing a strory or paper that a person can touch, feel and experience. It is not to be a paper of my summer was fun. I took classes in art. I went to a fun day camp and we sailed. I took swim lessons and did a back flip. We went to Tahoe and went to the beach and we took a raft ride down the truckee. My summer was great. Boring! So the book we reviewed a little at a time and this is what my daugter wrote" with some more help of a little at a time studying idioms to understand others in conversation and to help to describe and to understand the idioms that if taken literaly are scary and make no sense. So they say pick on part of summer. Hers. After waiting for so long, for what seemed to be the as long as it takes a beauetiful Oak Tree to grow, the Trukee River was so perfect for Rafting it brouht tears of joy to my mom's eyes. Rafting on the truckee is like calling a cat a Lion. The River is so smooth, like the fur of a plush cat but with claws of the branches on the side and a few rocks to bounce off of and have fun like a ball in a pin ball machine,

It was important to my mom for us to go on the river after years of disppointment of the droughts and her illness preventing her from taking us and my dad not interested. We fought over the oars, and my mom wanted to float and bounce off the rocks, reminding us of our favorite river raft ride at California Adventure. Then, when just floating, and my brother, his friend and I were fiighting like cats and dogs oer the oars, although my mom says alot of cats and dogs don't fight, we got stuck in the branches and the rocks on the side. My mom laughed and thought of the fun of bouncing and wanted to stop to swim. We did and although we were not so willing at first my brothers friend was having so much fun we got in. My mom was right. We had a blast and she knew, she told us later that we could swim and laugh or row hard and finish the finish line. Swimming and laughing was her decision and she came and joined us. We splashed and then splashed the complaining Malia, the person to help my mom, and now she even laughed, It was so fun.

My mom called us back to the boat and now we did not like this and yet then again we wanted to cross the finish line in record time. My mom wanted to enjoy the stillness but our nanny with us took an oar determined to get to the end, so again the push, and the next thing we knew she was falling off the boat her legs in the air and moving back and forth like a happy dogs tail wagging. Not so happy.

My mom, stopped wanting to be stuck and yet she said to stay calm, and do what she said. She was like a nice sergeant in the army but her fatiques were a wet bathing suit and her troops were three complaining kids, two of which were very silly boys. We knew she meant what she said and she only yelled at Malia who was in shock and although a small cut she said, my mom ordered her, with strength of voice and calmining to get to the edge, put up her leg and to do what she said. Later the men said this was good as she was in shock. I am not sure what shock means but my mom never toild her due to the shock she had to have 20 stitches in the inside of the wound and eight on the surface. My mom got the boat ashore and told us to not move and to listen. We goofed offf.

The bloood scared us, we were to get out of the boat and pull it aground and not to move and then the men came. They bandaged Malia, we were to wave down the bus with the oar to get to our car and my mom was crying as she did not want to leave Malia. I fought her for the oar and stood in the area where the bus was to pull over. She said all would be Ok, and yet when she yelled at us to move back so not to be hit by the resucue bus, I was glad for my mom to swicth like night to day, so fast as if like a camera flash going off, to the manager of safety. I never turned over anything so fast. At the hospital, Malia was in first, then us, my mom in her bathing suit as were we, My mom is ill, and it shows when she is in a bathing suit so they wanted my mom to change. No way for my mom, my brother started shaking bad, like a scared animal with chattering teeth and his eyes as big as an owls. His wet bathing suit in the cold hospital turned like ice. Bradley started to shake and between joking to keep a smile on Malia and scrambling for warm blankets and the doctors coming she changed us and had my brother and his friend in the car with down blankets and the heat on, she left me in the waiting room with two police officers who volunterered, the medical staff and she ran to drive my brother around with the car heat to get him warm. I asked my mom how to spell it, hypothermia. The beds of heat did not work. I asked for sweets and the police man said he has some at the station. I began to realize that this was not about me. I was being selfish.

My mom came back for me, worried to leave me and then when a baby with the flu came in she checked on a baby she did not know but worried about and when the baby was said to have the flu she kept us from the hospital so we did not spend another vacation sick. She is never to be in a hospital due to germs and did not care. She ran back and forth to check on Malia and then us. I left the car, not suppose to, and heard the doctor tell her to change and to leave the hospital. The police offficer said I was lucky to have a mom who wanted the best for me and to know my orders were the best and handed my mom a card and said to call he if she needed help with the kids. He gave me the look.

I still complained,I wanted chips and { got the look from my mom. . You know the look. The look of love and concern, she wanted to me to have my forbidden fruit and at the same time she looked like she never cared if I ate again. Moms can give you the most strange looks, always of love, always of care, and the eyes who say everything, spoke loud and I heard. The balance of four people, she still in her bathing suit, running back and forth and then when we were waiting to get Malia, she said lets have some fun. We went in front of the hospital and each one of us got to design our own "Fred Estaire' Dance and we laughed and had fun as we danced to each others cration. My brother is the sillist but his dances are fun. My mom led. This is my mom, still willing to dance and entertain her kids, now dry and warm and hungry but we were not patient. I learned that night that my mom has us do the Fred Estaire Dance to laugh and have fun but if she doen't do it she will as she jokes from the Madagadgar song lose it, lose it, lose it. and she never does.

Driving thru the crowds on the 3rd for the fireworks and begging for us to be quiet. Why? For our safety, as people walking out in front of the car. Arguing with an in shock woman we were not staying and she challenged us to a contest. Not one word for ten mininutes. She begged, then to a contest and was joking as we crossed the state border we would never make it not to say as we always scream out, like clock work, "we just crossed the border" We made the ten minutes and then I called out we just crossed the border. My mom laughed so hard.

My mom is night and day. From Rock and Roll and fun to the manager of health and safety. After driving us home, Malia to bed, racing to the restaurant for food to go and instead of getting mad we were dancing the YMCA dance to the music from the bar she joined us insisting to stay out of the way and out of the bar. Finally cuddled in bed, I complained we never got to the end of the river. She told me what is my summer, that is some cases the end is important to reach, in others if that is the only focus you have, to win and to finish, you will never experience the joy of floating, of just being, of taking in the moment, of giving thanks for iit instead of rushing through the experience or beauty of just being. I learned the winners of life don't always finish first, but enjoy how ever much they do. I learned that if the plan is to do this and then something else appears that it is great to switch sometimes as long as you do not hurt anouthers feelings. We celebrated the Fourth of July the next day, Independence Day and I learned to cherish my freedom respecting the rights of others. I jumped up to leave the beach she has struggled to find a place for us to see and she just wanted to sit and listen to the lake lap ashore and later leaarned that to rush in crowds and to sit and enjoy is better than fighting crowds. My summer was learning to be grateful for the moment, to think of others, to listen, to care, and when the situation calls for it you calmly take care of the others first and then yourself and that to complain, to find all that is wrong not only ruins your time but the time of others and is selfish. I learned how I lost so much of my summer by making it a race to do so much. The things I rushed, I often put myself in danger and other times I wasted my time by being stuck and not wanting to try something new or bt y caring what others thought.

I love to dance and yet I was a fish out of water dancing with my mom to a band to a song I love. Why. We were the only ones. Later that night a man came up to my mom and said how much he enjoyed her and I, her grand-daugter dancing to rock and roll. He was about 70 and said how sad it was parents never danced with their kids, He said the biggest joy was to see the grandparents still teaching the enjoyment of life. My mom thanked him, never saying she is my mom. I aksed her why she did not correct him and she said "for what" to make him feel bad that I look older than I am and had my kids later than some, It was a great compliment.

I had forgotten that it was the first fourth of July for my mom without my Dad in 19 years, I so angry, I don't miss him and she does. So when we got back I went to my day camp. I did not go last year as I has to many complaints from the year before. I listened for safety, was happy we we late as I got more time in the pool and sat in the waiting line and counted the different types of trees. What I did this summer is not important but what i learned is and what we did that night says it all We played a new game, and again i focused on the score and Malia did not like the rules and Matthew left the game when he thought he was losing and in the end, when it was time to add up the score, my mom tore up the score cards and said "that was fun" . Go to bed, you have camp tomorrow. Years from now I will not remember the art I did or the movie I saw but I will never foget my mom tearing up the score sheet. We are going to play a game tomorrow and we are going to paint the driveway. We pick a song eacch night to dance to and although it is hard right now I can make my summer beter or worse. I choose better. I am not in a hurry. School doesnt start until August sometime.

My mom says we are all allowed to be sad, to have feelings and to talk about them but to give another the power to stop us in our tracks is not acceptable. She bought a plate, a hula pie plate from a restaurant. We went there. It was the first place my dad took her 19 years ago when they dated in Tahoe, was the restaurant they discussed and decided to have start having babies 6 months after marrying and she and my dad went to all their other restaurants in Hawaii on their honeymoon and she never thought she could walk in the door. IT was the only place to feed her kids, She had fun, We went back another time. She was sad, and the lesson, make new memories, never loose the old. and enjoy today. This was my summer. The summer my mom taught me the lessons of liffe. She said it was Ok to forget some. I won't. They are chisled in me like a knife into a tree. What did I do this summer. Does it matter. No.
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Research shows that vocabulary and idioms are better learned when they differ. Noticing is higher. Similar idioms in this book are clumped together making it difficult for language learners to separate the meaning and uses.

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Essays on Henry Sidgwick



Essays on Henry Sidgwick
Bart Schultz | 2002-05-02 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 440 | History of Ideas
The dominant moral philosophy of nineteenth century Britain was utilitarianism, beginning with Bentham and ending with Sidgwick. Though once overshadowed by his immediate predecessors in that tradition (especially John Stuart Mill), Sidgwick is now regarded as a figure of great importance in the history of moral philosophy. Indeed his masterpiece, The Methods of Ethics (1874) has been described by John Rawls as the "most philosophically profound" of the classical utilitarian works. In this volume a distinguished group of philosophers reassesses the full range of Sidgwick's work, not simply his ethical theory, but also his contributions as a historian of philosophy, a political theorist, and a reformer.
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well this impressive collection highlights the Schultz work on Sidgwick. In fact it is much more readable than the almost unbearable long biography(we need a life to read it and since there are schneewind book...) that he write about the guy.

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The Jacobson Radical of Group Algebras (North-Holland Mathematics Studies)



The Jacobson Radical of Group Algebras (North-Holland Mathematics Studies)
G. Karpilovsky | 1987-04-15 00:00:00 | North Holland | 532 | Mathematics
Let G be a finite group and let F be a field. It is well known that linear representations of G over F can be interpreted as modules over the group algebra FG. Thus the investigation of ring-theoretic structure of the Jacobson radical J(FG) of FG is of fundamental importance. During the last two decades the subject has been pursued by a number of researchers and many interesting results have been obtained. This volume examines these results.

The main body of the theory is presented, giving the central ideas, the basic results and the fundamental methods. It is assumed that the reader has had the equivalent of a standard first-year graduate algebra course, thus familiarity with basic ring-theoretic and group-theoretic concepts and an understanding of elementary properties of modules, tensor products and fields. A chapter on algebraic preliminaries is included, providing a survey of topics needed later in the book. There is a fairly large bibliography of works which are either directly relevant to the text or offer supplementary material of interest.



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The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century



The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century
Allen J. Scott,Edward W. Soja | 1998-04-09 00:00:00 | University of California Press | 483 | Social Sciences
Los Angeles has grown from a scattered collection of towns and villages to one of the largest megacities in the world. The editors of THE CITY have assembled a variety of essays examining the built environment and human dynamics of this extraordinary modern city, emphasizing the dramatic changes that have occurred since 1960. 58 illustrations.
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Although I don't like living in big cities I am fascinated with them. The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century is a collection of essays on the history and culture of Los Angeles.



The City is one of the most serious books I've read in ages. It was nice to exercise the old brain cells again. Topics covered include a brief history of the city, it's architecture, urbanism, transportation policy, loss of agriculture, metropolitan space, urban art, industrial development, racial issues, and homelessness.



My favorite essay in the book is "The Evolution of Transportation Policy in Los Angeles: Images of Past Policies and Future Prospects." It covers the on-going competition between mass transit (rail and bus) and the automobile. At the time that the book was published, Los Angeles had just completed its first round of subway and light rail construction. Since then the Pasadena Gold Line has opened. While the rail lines aren't back to what they once were there is more careful (although bureaucratic) oversight to the system. This essay explains the flaws of the previous rail system and it proposes ways to avoid those problems in the future.
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This is a broad collection of readings that exposes the roots of what is now postmodern urban theory as seen by most of the major thinkers of the LA School. It is an intellectual contemporary of Soja's Thirdspace, and predates Michael Dear's "Postmodern Urbanism" by two years.

This was one of the first coherent statements of purpose from LA School, and as should be expected from a nascient effort it is a bit scattered and not very convincing for the reader who is not aware of the ontologic project that motivated the collection. In short, this volume was a concerted response to the reassertion of cultural materialism led by David Harvey and others against the wave of postmodern theory that swept urban studies following the publication of Soja's "Postmodern Geographies" in 1989.

For those who find Keno Capitalism an interesting metaphor for the city I strongly suggest "From Chicago to LA" (Dear 2002, Sage,)which is a much more mature statement from some of the same authors and a much stronger collection.

I give this book high marks more for its value in tracing the intellectual geneology of the authors and for its importance as a respose to David Harvey's critique of Postmodern Theory than for any of the articles in particular.
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The City starts with admirable intentions in its attempts to identify the major problems currently besetting Los Angeles. To a wide-eyed USC urban theory grad student, this collection of essays succeeds, replete as it is with jargon such as "post-fordist economies" and such. However, to any other reader, the writing style seems to be an attempt at making the book inaccesible to anyone without a Masters degree. If the writers wished to be read only by academics, then they should state that aim on the cover. Despite the "urban planners symposium synopsis" feel of The City, several valuable points are made. Most notable was the interesting explanations of the dangers of the current hour-glass economy and the subsequent creation of first-world and third-world cities within a city. In addition, the multi-aspect historical essays exploring the growth of the cities (I especially enjoyed the "L.A. as a design product" piece) were interesting and even occasionally enjoyable. However, the essays, in their self-described (and laudable) and not entirely succesful attempts at approaching urban theory from multi-disciplinary viewpoints, became somewhat redundant (not necessarily a bad thing considering the density of the stuff) in trying to force a tie-in to each other. Finally, the authors clearly mark their territory as knee-jerk liberals with their conclusions regarding the so-called LA 4 as "angry young men in search of social justice and making a point by beating Reginald Denny to a bloody pulp." As a former and soon to return resident of Los Angeles, I felt that such an apologist point of view is sorely out of touch with the realities of the place. Their points on racial and social injustice in the city are well-taken, but this sort of racialist pandering is absurd. If you can keep your eyes from glazing over while reading this, there are some valuable conclusions here which make The City worth reading. But be prepared to wade through a morass of academi! c dribble on the way.

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CT of the Airways (Contemporary Medical Imaging)



CT of the Airways (Contemporary Medical Imaging)
Phillip M. Boiselle,David Lynch | 2008-02-25 00:00:00 | Humana Press | 408 | Allergies

This book provides an authoritative resource on the art of CT in the diagnosis and monitoring of pulmonary disease.  Exploiting recent technological advances in MDCT and 3-D rendering, CT of the Airways contains over 350 high impact figures illustrating relevant findings of necessity to the radiologist.  The full spectrum of pulmonary diseases of the large and small airways is covered, including stenoses, neoplasms, bronchiectasis, asthma, infectious diseases, and smoking-related illnesses.  Additional chapters address the clinical applications of CT in children.  Throughout, the various modalities of CT scanning are discussed in the context of specific disease states, providing key insights to optimize imaging technique and proficiency.

A vital reference for the radiologist, this book will also be of great utility to pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, pulmonary pathologists, and others involved in the care of patients with airway disease.  The collaborative effort of expert authors from around the globe, CT of the Airways distinguishes itself with its practical approach to state-of-the-art imaging modalities and forward thinking evaluation of emerging techniques.



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Statistical Shape Analysis



Statistical Shape Analysis
I. L. Dryden, Kanti V. Mardia | 1998-01-01 00:00:00 | Wiley | 376 | Mathematics
Statistical Shape Analysis involves methods for the geometrical study of random objects where location, rotation and scale information can be removed. The book lays the foundations of the subject discussing key ideas and the very latest developments, as well as offering practical guidance and comparisons of techniques. There is a vast range of applications of shape analysis and the authors introduce the field to statisticians and applied researchers through important examples and data analysis in Biology, Medicine and Image Analysis. The text primarily concentrates on landmark data key points of correspondence located on each object. Careful consideration of the similarity invariances requires methods appropriate for non-Euclidean data analysis. In particular, multivariate statistical procedures cannot be applied directly, but can be adapted in certain instances. The book begins with introductory material on shape, size and coordinate systems. Planar Procrustes analysis is then discussed to highlight the main components of shape analysis. The shape space and general Procrustes methods are introduced, probability distributions for shape are described and statistical inference is discussed. Some deformation methods for shape change are also given and a special chapter is devoted to shape in image analysis. Finally, various alternative procedures including landmark-free methods are critically discussed and compared. Definitions and important results are highlighted throughout to assist the reader in learning about this new, exciting and important area.
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Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport



Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport
William J. Baker | 2007-04-15 00:00:00 | Harvard University Press | 336 | 20th Century

The spectacle of modern sport displays all the latest commercial and technological innovations, yet age-old religious concerns still thrive at the stadium. Coaches lead pre-game and post-game prayers, athletes give God the credit for home runs and touchdowns, and fans wave signs with biblical quotations and allusions. Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. Playing with God traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.

Early religious opposition to competitive sport focused on the immoderate enthusiasm of players and spectators, the betting on scores, and the preference for playing field over church on Sunday. Disapproval gradually gave way to acceptance when "wholesome recreation" for young men in crowded cities and soldiers in faraway fields became a national priority. Protestants led in the readjustment of attitudes toward sport; Catholics, Jews, Mormons, and Muslims followed. The Irish at Notre Dame, outstanding Jews in baseball, Black Muslims in the boxing ring, and born-again athletes at Liberty University represent the numerous negotiations and compromises producing the unique American mixture of religion and sport.

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The author does outstanding research on the history of sports and how it has been interwoven within the structure of religion. I read every word. As a retired minister and pastoral counselor I was astonished as to how much sports and religion are competitive yet are parallel and both are interwoven into our modern faith and belief systems. I have a son who is an Offensive Coordinator in a local high school and I give it to him for his birthday. It's a great gift. I recommended it last Christmas to a friend to give to their father who enjoys sports and has everything. I also recommended it to my attorney to give to his law partner.



A great book thank you "Billy"





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A Beginner's Guide to Charting Financial Markets: A Practical Introduction to Technical Analysis for Investors



A Beginner's Guide to Charting Financial Markets: A Practical Introduction to Technical Analysis for Investors
Michael Kahn | 2008-02-01 00:00:00 | Harriman House | 142 | Finance
This book is about arming investors with one simple tool that will enhance the investment decision-making process - the chart. It is not the Holy Grail and even if applied exactly as offered there is no guarantee that the reader will be successful. But owning a high quality hammer is no guarantee that the user will build a beautiful house. The hammer is a tool and in most cases the user will still need other tools - and knowledge - to build that house. What this book will do is give the reader the basics needed to look at a chart and get a feel for what the market or individual stock is doing. It will cover only the nuts and bolts of chart analysis, barely touching upon the next level concepts and definitely leaving the whiz-bang stuff well alone.


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Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework



Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework
| 2005-07-08 00:00:00 | | 0 | Spring


The Spring Framework is a major open source application development framework that makes Java/J2EE(TM) development easier and more productive. This book shows you not only what Spring can do but why, explaining its functionality and motivation to help you use all parts of the framework to develop successful applications.

You will be guided through all the Spring features and see how they form a coherent whole. In turn, this will help you understand the rationale for Spring's approach, when to use Spring, and how to follow best practices. All this is illustrated with a complete sample application. When you finish the book, you will be well equipped to use Spring effectively in everything from simple Web applications to complex enterprise applications.

What you will learn from this book
* The core Inversion of Control container and the concept of Dependency Injection
* Spring's Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) framework and why AOP is important in J2EE development
* How to use Spring's programmatic and declarative transaction management services effectively
* Ways to access data using Spring's JDBC functionality, iBATIS SQL Maps, Hibernate, and other O/R mapping frameworks
* Spring services for accessing and implementing EJBs
* Spring's remoting framework

Who this book is for

This book is for Java/J2EE architects and developers who want to gain a deeper knowledge of the Spring Framework and use it effectively.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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not very much intresting
bought this book long back,

kind of boarting book,

its standard kind tricks has written there

although you can try it, but its boaring too





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May be a challenge for a beginner
I think this is a book you would use as a reference for getting deeper into the understanding of concepts and being aware of the options for configuration and implemention of various aspects of the framework. But you would need to already understand the basics of Spring.


If you want a Spring tutorial that will help you start building Spring applications from basic concepts, especially if you are a beginner, you may struggle with this book. You get explanation of concepts and code snippets, but you may need to read other books and online articles that are written more in a tutorial style.

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Can't really say
I lent it to a guy on my development team, and now I can't seem to get it back. He must like it. (!)


One thing I really appreciated was the comparative tables showing benefits and tradeoffs of using the different web frameworks with Spring. The book does seem a bit shallow for the number of topics presented -- should have been a couple thousand pages to cover everything I'd like to know.

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Wasted my time
Very incomplete information and examples, the missing pieces being crucial. Overall, poorly and inaccurately written. The authors jump into details before giving the reader the context into which the details should fit. The examples are three-line snippets that fail miserable in showing how to put all the pieces together. Lots of features covered in very short sections that never explain how to use the framework to build a system from beginning to end. Only confused me and wasted my time. I'm at the point of giving up on Spring.

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A waste of treeware
This book is TERRIBLE! Almost as bad as the Spring manual itself which doesn't surprise me because it was written by the same people.


Some examples give good detail but they are VERY hard to follow. For most things that I want to do, there is little or no examples.


For example, there is no mention of Acegi taglibs.


If you want a better book, try the Manning `Spring In Action` book. I have that one too and it is much, much better.


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Linking Picture Books to Standards



Linking Picture Books to Standards
Brenda S. Copeland,Patricia A. Messner | 2003-10-30 00:00:00 | Libraries Unlimited | 184 | Educational
This practical handbook provides more than 30 ready-to-use lesson plans that connect picture books to the national language arts standards set forth by NCTE and IRA. Designed for the primary grades, all lessons have been classroom tested and come with dozens of reproducible patterns and worksheets.

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