Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics

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This book describes how to create a residential landscape plan drawing for presentation. Clearly written and highly illustrative, it takes advantage of tips and techniques that many designers have learned over the years. It serves as a resource for ideas, illustrates the use of symbols and textures, and also includes a section on the use of computer software in landscape drawing. Topics include presentation graphics, tools for accurate plan drawing, line drawing, good lettering, symbol drawing and symbol category descriptions, defining the ground plane (turf, hardscapes, mulch, and groundcover), plan drawing, color techniques, section-elevation drawing, and computer graphics and landscape drawing software. For residential landscape designers and architects.

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First time landscape designers.......2007-05-07

This book is ideal for people starting out in the landscape design area.
It has helpful drawings and ideas.
It lets one know the basic instruments one needs to get started.

prfect book .......2007-03-10

i think this the most usfel book for designers to use not only the beginers but olso for the professionals.

not enough.......2006-11-06

hi chaps, the book it is not too bad it shows you everething about how to design, plans elevations etc... but i bought the book because I was interested in graphic symbols and the wasn't enough so I return the book.
Even tough a good book for a person how is looking the get in the stage of learning the process of drawing.

I too only wish I had gotten book sooner.......2004-10-26

This book is great. I am a junior landscape architecture major, and my introductory classes skipped over the important basic details. Even though I've caught onto the basic skills over time, this book is a great reference and I'm still finding new things. This book is very easy to follow and a has a few pages of colored pages so that you can see his marker and colored pencil examples. I would most definitely recommend this book!!

Great Book!.......2004-05-31

Great book, this guy knows what he's talking about.

Great design graphics. Great information. All in one easy to read text.

Rock on Tony.

Did I say this book is great?

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Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics
Trident Technical College Tony Bertauski
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHMN4A

Book Description

Over 100 designs from a rare and important early 20th-century portfolio: Bunte Verglasungen. Organic, curvilinear motifs in muted tones of brown, blue, pink, purple, green, yellow, and other colors, are perfectly suited to flowing representations of birds, animals, geometrics, foliage, and flowers.

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Inspiring.......2007-01-09

This collection of windows has inspired my creative juices. I have already
used the book to design sidelights and rakehead windows for my front entrance.

Art Nouveau at it's splendid best!.......2004-09-03

Although the designs in this book may not be for the beginning stained glass artist, the color combinations and whimsy incorporated in them will most certainly get your creative juices flowing! I spent several hours just thinking of how I might take just small segments of some of these masterpieces of glasswork to create my own projects. Although Art Nouveau as a whole "look" may be too much for some people, there are certain aspects of these works that are timeless and would fit with nearly any other design genre. Great book for any artisan or craftsperson in search of marvelous design ideas.

Stunning!.......2003-02-18

I absolutely love this book. It's definitely not for beginning stained glass crafters, though - lots of curves and intricacies. I'm looking forward to when I have the expertise to use some of the patterns.

There are 30 pages of some of the best art nouveau patterns I have ever seen. I've already used one of the patterns to create a needlepoint pattern, and I plan on using many more. Even better than I anticipated!

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the gardens of russell page.......2001-02-17

No words to describe this genius!.How as a landscape gardener,could I have taken ten years to discover his works!!.He is obviously and sadly unknown for his contribution to timeless gardening.This is the "Bible" of landscape gardening,and he is the Van Gogh of gardeners.How can such a valuble and essential book be unavailable!?

Russell Page - An unsung hero.......2001-02-03

I hadn't even heard of Russell page until I perchanced upon this book in my local bookstore some 5 years ago. I was moved to tears by some of the photographs, and that doesn't happen easily to me. The man was a genius, clear and simple, and his designs reached out and spoke to me in a way very few designers ever have. In my own landscapes, I have been immensely influenced by Russell Page, both through this wonderful book, and his own 'Education of a gardener'. This book is superbly illustrated with colour photographs throughout. The photography is excellent, and the written descriptions are well penned, informative, decriptive but not too long-winded. My copy of this book would be on my list of my top ten material possessions.

Italian Gardens: From Petrarch to Russell Page

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Italian Gardens: From Petrarch to Russell Page
Helena Attlee
Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0711226474

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In this ravishing new book, illustrated with con- temporary paintings, drawings and prints as well as photographs of the gardens today, Helena Attlee tells their story. She starts with Petrarch - stil looking to medieval chronicles for advice on how and when to plant - and goes on to the Renaissance and those first gardens to emerge from architects'

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Education of a Gardener
Russell Page
Manufacturer: Harvill Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1860460429
Release Date: 2003-02-19

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This is a classic memoir by one of the most famous landscape gardeners of the 20th century which describes the author’s training and the development of his many celebrated gardens. Russell Page was born in 1906 and studied art at the Slade School in London before a love of plants drew him to garden design. In his career he designed gardens all over the world, from Leeds Castle in Kent to the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Garden at the Pepsi Cola Headquarters in New York, as well as in France, his home for many years. The Education of a Gardener is a fascinating portrait of a master of his craft and has proved an inspirational book for many gardeners since its first publication in 1962. Written in clear and elegant prose, it is illustrated with a substantial number of photographs, including, in this edition, hitherto unpublished pictures from Page’s files.

Elizabeth and Her German Garden [With 16 full-page illustrations in color]

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Elizabeth and Her German Garden [With 16 full-page illustrations in color]
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim Russell
Manufacturer: The MacMillan Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MXM23S

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The Gardens of Russell Page
Russell] Schinz, Marina and Gabrielle van Zuylen [Page
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KV901O

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Gardens of Russell Page.
MARINA SCHNIZ
Manufacturer: See notes
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RQQ54W

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Fun and quick.

Like a long talk with a friend

Ain't that the truth!

So when is the sequel coming out?

An enjoyable read

So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
Sara Nelson
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0425198197
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Book Description

Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and enough infectious enthusiasm to make a passionate reader out of anybody.

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Fun and quick........2007-05-14

I had a good time with this book. I think the author says a lot of good things about reading in general. I didn't enjoy every single chapter, but what is great about a book like this, is it is quick, and if you don't enjoy one chapter, you will enjoy another.

Like a long talk with a friend.......2007-04-15

This book is about Sara Nelson's commitment to read a book a week for a year- and then write about it. It's not necessarily a book of "reviews" as much as a review of how the book affected her life that week. It's about memories of her past, hopes and dreams for the future, and events that are currently happening in her life.
I really enjoyed this book. In fact, I couldn't put it down! (Which I didn't expect when I first started reading this book). Like others have said, it expanded my list of books to read. I feel that this book really taught me that I don't HAVE to read a certain way. I can read a book I normally wouldn't, or NOT read a book I normally would. I need to give older books a chance- and not stick so much to the mainstream fiction.
I recommend this book for anyone who needs a break from the "mainstream"; for anyone who needs to step back and re-evaluate how and why they read.

Ain't that the truth!.......2006-07-10

I will admit that I bought this book for the title alone ~~ So Many Books, So Little Time. And that is the truth. I never realized that it was a memoir because when I bought it, I was not going through any nonfiction phase at all. Now that I am, and this book hits home. Finally, there is someone else out there that haven't read McCullough's classic, "John Adams" ~~ which has been on my TBR pile since last summer when I pilfered it from my father's bookcases.

Nelson writes with wit, humor and depth as she tells her goal of reading 52 books a year, one for each week. While she didn't tell the reader much about the books she did read, she did share a lot of funny and entertaining thoughts about different books, the authors, the publishing world and life itself. She writes on how sometimes the book just pick her and how sometimes, she can't even finish a book. She raves about her favorite and she's very polite when she doesn't like something. She shares a lot of insight with the reader and while it wasn't what I expected, it was definitely a good read ~~ a fast read too as I couldn't wait to see what else she would write.

She claims to be a reader that doesn't like to read the top bestseller fiction and even takes books along with her on vacations to impress other people. At least she's honest. Thanks to her, I now have more titles to look for when I go rummaging through garage sales and rummage sales.

It is a fun read ~~ and one that every serious (meaning like her, you have four different books all throughout the house and one in the glove box of your car in case you need something to read ... and even taking four books on a trip so you won't run out of reading material!) reader should read because she/he will find her/himself in those pages. Who hasn't packed a lot of books on vacation, intending to read them only to never open up a page? Who hasn't had insomnia and would turn on the light at 3 a.m., just to read something or even stay up all night just to finish a book? This author could be writing about me! Oh wait. She's writing about herself and that is just as fun to read!

So it's true, not enough time to read all these yummy books out there but hey, this one is a great start for those who need something different to read!

7-9-06

So when is the sequel coming out?.......2006-06-12

I truly enjoyed this personal, interesting, and easily relatable account of a life lived with one's head in a book. Nelson's writing is peaceful and quiet, but compelling, and I enjoyed hearing about the ways in which her reading life intersected with her everyday life. This book doesn't have reviews so much as a flowing commentary on how whatever book she was reading impacted her, made her think, brought up old memories and feelings...

I felt like I was with a friend, for sure.

An enjoyable read.......2006-03-13

This is a fun to read, breezy memoir of Nelson's reading over the course of the year. In the year, we see her obsess over some books, while struggling mightily over others. She talks about how certain books have become beacons in her life, reminding her of times good and bad. Finally, we get to hear someone actually vocalize the obsessive-compulsive way that voracious readers approach books.

I found that Nelson had a very fun way of telling her story. Even though she was a bit intense about this undertaking, her earnestness never went overboard. I thoroughly enjoyed reading her tale, and will look for other books by her in the future.

SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME: A YEAR OF PASSIONATE READING.

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SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME: A YEAR OF PASSIONATE READING.
Sara. Nelson
Manufacturer: Hodder
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0733618502

So Many Trees, So Little Time (Grimm Pocket Books)

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So Many Trees, So Little Time (Grimm Pocket Books)
Mike Peters
Manufacturer: Ravette Publishing Ltd
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Binding: Paperback

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So Many Books, So Little Time 6-copy counter
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Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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Shelby Cheever V is a spoiled brat. He is also the richest kid in the country. Actually, make that the universe. Bored with his all-the-amusements-money-can-buy life, he decides on a bit of interstellar action, Shelby-style. But it turns out life on a starship is not all fun and games. As part of a crew, Shelby has a few things to learn. Like, how to follow orders instead of simply giving orders. Can Shelby learn how to cooperate with his crewmates?He may not have a choice. When Shelby becomes the target of a hostage-for-ransom scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.

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Another Good Homage to the Heyday of the Coming of Age Science Fiction Tale.......2007-07-14

Set more than century later in the same universe as *Higher Education*, the first Jupiter Novel, *The Billion Dollar Boy* is the second installment in this series of tales patterned after the coming of age stories of Heinlein and his generation.

In *Higher Education*, "rejects" from the failing education system and the itinerant labor force known as the "pool" were recruited by an off-world mining concern that gave them a proper education and trained them to work at mining operations in the Asteroid Belt. Now, more than a hundred years later, mining has expanded - with a little help of the instantaneous transportation network known as the node - to the Kuiper Belt and to the Messina Dust Cloud more than 27 light years from our solar system.

Shelby Cheever, an overweight, spoiled, rich brat and teenage son of one of the wealthiest men on the planet, is bored. He is waited on hand and foot by a core of servants that hate him, but are grateful for the steady work outside of the pool. His mother dotes on him and he has everything he wants. But, he is still bored. So, he convinces his mother to take him on a space cruise to the Asteroid Belt.

Drunk on alcohol and his own sense of self-importance, Shelby impatiently forgoes the services of a trained guide and ventures into the node network alone expecting to be delivered to the Kuiper Belt for a proper tour of this far off sector of the solar system. Instead, after a gut-wrenching transition through non-normal space, the node network drops him into open space in the Messina Dust Cloud. Fortunately for Shelby, the Harvest Moon, a mining ship extracting rare, stable transuranic elements from the cloud, is nearby and he is rescued before he could drift off into the cloud.

Shelby of course demands to be returned to his cruise and his mother at once, but the crew of the Harvest Moon - an extended family of adults and teenagers - has no time to go back to the node as they are working the currents of the dust cloud and won't return until the hold is full. Left with no options, Shelby grudgingly tries to make himself useful as he is expected to do by the captain (and mother of the clan); thus begins Shelby's transformation into manhood.

In the spirit of the now classic coming of age adventure science fiction tales of Heinlein and his generation, *The Billion Dollar Boy* continues to explore the themes related to what is becoming of the human species in these loosely related stories of our coming future.

Solid if unspectacular.......2003-05-17

Shelby Cheever is the kind of kid that everyone, at one point or another, has run into and wished they hadn't. Adapted from a story by Rudyard Kipling and now reprinted for a juvenile crowd by Starscape Books, "Billion-Dollar Boy" is solid if unamazing SF journey.

It's the future, when Earth is impoverished except for a tiny number of corporate big-shots. And Cheever heir Shelby has everything a boy could want and more: insane amounts of money, a staff to wait hand and foot on him, and a dimbulb mother who lacks the brains to tell him "no" sometimes. In short, he's spoiled rotten. And when he wants to take a space cruise, his mum says yes. Unfortunately, Shelby gets drunk on the voyage, and decides to take a small jaunt OUTSIDE the spaceship -- where he gets literally lost in space.

Fortunately, he's picked up by a mining vessel. Unfortunately (depending on your viewpoint) the family on board has never heard of the Cheevers, and they certainly don't believe that he's wealthier than all the miners put together. So for the first time, Shelby is forced to use his brain and his body, and pitch in on actual work. That would be fine -- until someone recognizes him, and plans a ransom demand to his father.

Like "Putting Up Roots," this book is not an amazing, groundbreaking piece of SF, but it's readable for both adults and kids. It has a pretty simple, straightforward plot: Go from A to B, where C will happen. And Sheffield does a good job of shifting Shelby from a bratty, overweight, obnoxious teenage boy to someone resourceful, skilled, and if not smart, then at least trying to be. The writing is fairly ordinary, with some good descriptions of life on a gritty mining ship.

This novel is far from flawless, though. One of the biggest problems is the technobabble that the characters launch into, or the idea that Shelby's smart "salt of the earth" dad would marry an idiot socialite and let his son run wild. Or, for that matter, how there could be a mere few hundred rich elite on Earth; why this is so is never explained, since that sort of scenario wouldn't last long.

Shelby is a pleasant oasis in a sea of kid characters who either know it all, or are just plain annoying. He's meant to be annoying, and the means by which he STOPS being annoying is what makes him interesting. Grace is a pretty good character, although I had trouble figuring out if she was a love interest or not. Most of the supporting characters are okay, not stellar, except for the dryly amusing Logan (a robot).

Despite the odd implausible points, "Billion-Dollar Boy" is a solid enough read, with a very flawed lead and a solid, action-filled story. Nice job.

Previously published as...?.......2001-02-25

There was a not missing fromm thje copyright page: "This boook was previously published in slightly diofferent form under the title _Captins Couragous_ by R Kipling" This is a reteelign of the Kipling book with the most minor of changes to set it in space, even to the point of calling the smaller spaceships 'Dorys' and retainign many other terms and elemets which made sense in their original settign and don't here. Changing one character from male to female introduced a mild romatic sub-plot, and moving the festival scen from the end to the middle of the voyage was interesting, as was the added cloak&dagger sub-plot, but the original is still better.

A great story and a great lesson.......2000-07-27

Where "Higher Education" failed, this book succeeded! "Higher Education" had a great story line, some great observations about society and our education system, and it had some great science. However, it failed in providing a good role model for the teens it was trying to reach. The characters were profane and sexually crude throughout "Higher Education". This book provided a good role model and included all of the good things "Higher Education" had to offer. A great read for all ages!

Great........1999-03-05

***High adventures, fast paced, and thoroughly enjoyable! Perfect for young readers, as well as, for adults. I highly recommend this one.***

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Billion Dollar Boy
Charles Sheffield
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Keith Farnsworth
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Release Date: 2006-07-06

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The author describes uniform and detective duties in London, emigration to Canada and working for Pinkertons. He was British Columbia\'s first Consumer Affairs Officer as Consumerism peaked in the seventies.

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The Billion Dollar Boy
Charles Sheffield
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