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The only reference to all important structural engineering principles and design techniques, this best-selling, internationally renowned handbook is updated for current standard specifications and codes (including the 1994 AASHTO specifications) and the latest design developments. Contributions from structural engineers discuss a broad range of vital topics. Concise, practical and user-friendly, this one-of-a-kind resource gives you not only up-to-the-minute information on the planning, design, and construction of a variety of engineered structures, but also practical examples and detailed descriptions of design procedures.
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"The Book".......2006-11-02
The "Bible" for structural engineers for decades past and present. Updated and a "must have" for the structural design engineer. The place to start when a new problem is encountered.
Useful resource.......2004-03-17
It's a book with many useful information, tables and examples. A really valued reference.
Unit problem.......1999-07-18
This book is quite good but its usability is lost to a great extent because it is not written in Metric units. Also, chapters on computer application are not well written
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The Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook provides the coefficients, tables, charts, and design data required for the design of reinforced masonry structures. This edition improves and expands upon previous editions, complying with the current Uniform Building Code and paralleling the growth of reinforced masonry engineering. Discussions include: · materials · strength of masonry assemblies · loads · lateral forces · reinforcing steel · movement joints · waterproofing masonry structures and products · formulas for reinforced masonry design · retaining walls · and more This comprehensive, useful book serves as an exceptional resource for designers, contractors, builders, and civil engineers involved in reinforced masonry - eliminating repetitious and routine calculations as well as reducing the time for masonry design.
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Give us a sixth edition, please........2004-09-22
Despite the fact that this book was published in 1998 and is based on the 1994 UBC, it is still the best book on masonry design out there for the practicing engineer. As another reviewer notes, it's useless as far as the actual design is ccncerned and it does assume you know a good bit about what you are doing already, but I am at a lost to find a better book for my newbies.
Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook.......2004-05-15
The fatal problem is this book is NOT current to the 97 Uniform Building Code, contrary to the advertised description. It is written for the 94 Code. Therefore, it is useless and dangerous for actual design and permit. This book gives a pretty good tutorial, but asumes the reader to be an engineer already and skips key explanations of the process, showing numbers in formulas without referencing where they came from, what they mean, or what units they are measured in. Too cryptic. The reference data is scattered throughout the book, and often doesn't have a cross-reference, so it took me over an hour to read each page of problem, due to hunt-and-peck for clues. The design examples are fairly good but hard to follow, and the problem questions don't have answers or process to check your work. The subject is so complex that it would be scary to formulate a real life problem. The author left out the seismic factors on foundation design, so the answers are very wrong in earthquake areas. The 97 Code changed greatly from the 94 Code, so you will be struggling to learn erroneous information.
Review of Masonry.......2000-07-28
This book provides a comprehensive explanation detailing the design standards used in masonry. This book is a must have reference guide for those who are in the field of Civil Engineering or design of masonry walls. No C.E. should be without one. It provides a necessary reference just like the AISC Steel Structural Book or any other design code books.
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Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook
Manufacturer: Masonry Inst of Amer
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Attractive lamps, full size patterns!.......2000-07-30
I love this type of stained glass pattern book. All patterns are full size, which is important for 3D projects (enlarging with a photocopier causes distortions which prevents the pieces from fitting perfectly). You know how much glass to buy - it's all indicated. There are photographs of completed projects, for every project. It's fun to try to make an even better lamp that what they show in the book by buying fancier, even textured glass!
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What English village would be complete without a country pub? No other nation has anything quite comparable to these cozy, convivial meeting places that are the heart of English social life. Some pubs have historical connections, others enjoy literary associations, and still more are famous simply for their own sake. Through delightful photographs and personal stories, the diversity of this cherished feature of Britain's rural landscape comes shining through.
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English Country Pubs (Curtis Series)
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English Country Dance Tunes (English Pub Session Series)
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The tunes are suitable for every instrument associated with traditional music, and only 14 notes are required to play them all. They are eminently suitable for playing at country dances, ceilidhs, barn dances and hoe-downs and most have been recorded by notable bands and personalities. After selecting all the common tunes that have their own dance, the emphasis was on choosing a varied selection of genres, time signatures and tune lengths required for a good night s dancing. You ll find Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh and American tunes; there s reels, polkas, hornpipes, single jigs, double jigs, slip jigs and waltzes; also 48 bar tunes and Playford dances for good measure. Only 14 notes are required to play all 101 tunes. Ideal for all traditional musicians.
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English Pubs (Weidenfeld Country Miniatures)
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Timpson's English Country Inns
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A wonderful guide to interesting inns.......2001-02-21
It is really a pity this is out-of-print. This is a great book if you are interested not just in country inns, but in those with a story.
The book is divided into six regions of England. Approximately one hundred inns are described, with two pages and two (color) photographs dedicated to each.
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- Entertaining, humorous, and an easy read that's what this one reader is saying!
- Will help you reminisce about your favorite shows
- About what it says about Three's Company
- Germany jumped the shark when Hitler became Chancellor?
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Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad
Jon Hein
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ASIN: 0525946764
Release Date: 2002-09-12 |
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From the creator of the immensely popular website that coined a catchphrase comes the book that is bound to be the pop-culture sensation of the season.
--Happy Days infamously jumped the shark when Fonzie literally jumped a shark on water skis.
--I Love Lucy jumped the shark when Lucy and Ricky moved to the suburbs.
--The Brady Bunch jumped the shark when Cousin Oliver moved in.
Get it? Not quite? Try these:
Michael Dukakis jumped the shark when he climbed into a tank and put on an oversized helmet. The rock band KISS jumped the shark when they took off the makeup. The Boston Red Sox jumped the shark when they traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees. And poor Kevin Costner jumped the shark, fittingly, with Waterworld.
Jump the Shark is a riotous compendium of the rises--and, more important, the falls--of our most famous contemporary pop icons. From music legends to sports heroes, from talk show hosts to politicians, Jump the Shark is an uproarious catalog of those priceless moments when the magic vanishes, the ratings go south, and the mighty become the fallen. But beware: These shark-infested pages will leave you in stitches and wondering where the insidious fin will pop up next.
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Entertaining, humorous, and an easy read that's what this one reader is saying!.......2006-01-21
Jon Hein's book, "Jump The Shark" is an excellent source of information for just about any movie that you grew up watching. Whether it's "Three's Company," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," or "Family Ties," this book is an excellent reference for those films you enjoyed watching as a child into adulthood. It also includes more recent shows from the 21st century like "Alias."
I rate this book 5 stars because it's well-written, an easy read, and most importantly, not only well-organized, but entertaining!
Buy it today--you'll be glad you did, I know I was!
Will help you reminisce about your favorite shows.......2005-11-26
Enjoyed hearing a cassette version of JUMP
THE SHARK, written and read by Jon Hein . . . if you're
not familiar with the concept, it is the exact moment when
things go bad on a TV show . . . this was first noticed
on THE HAPPY DAYS when Fonzie literally jumped a shark
on water skis . . . the series was never the same afterwards.
Hein expanded the concept to encompass many other
TV shows; in addition, he developed a popular website
to share his ideas.
In JUMP THE SHARK, he also looks at musicians, celebrities,
athletes, and politicians . . . while some of this was interesting,
I enjoyed the TV part most--perhaps because I grew up on many
of the TV shows that he mentions . . . also, reminiscing about TV
can be fun; the same can't be said, for example, when thinking
about Hitler.
Yet I did get several chuckles when thinking about how DALLAS
turned around when a whole year was wiped off the books because
of Bobbie's dream . . . or when BEVERLY HILLS spotted a fin
the year Brenda went abroad . . . now those were incidents
that merited discussion--much of it quite profound, if memory
serves me correctly.
About what it says about Three's Company.......2005-06-07
He claims John Ritter is seen pouring water on Suzanne Somers. Actually it was Joyce DeWitt in the show's opening who pours water on Somers.
Germany jumped the shark when Hitler became Chancellor?.......2004-11-11
I think Jon Hein is taking himself too seriously. It was a cute idea, but this book got written ass-backward. It's padded by little sidebars that might have come from an inflight magazine ("Ten Famous High Schools on TV," "TV Characters with Handicaps," that have nothing whatever to do with the topic. And then, the greatest error, expanding the concept beyond TV shows to sports, politics, world events, and so forth. Here Hein goes wrong more often than not. Sure, we all have our own ideas about success and failure, but he and his crew get dogmatic to their own detriment. Is "Conspiracy Theory" where Mel Gibson jumped the shark or is it one of his better movies? Who's to say, isn't it all a matter of taste?
Too bad, because his original idea and website made us all think and nod and shake with excitement, yes, yes, we cried, finally someone came up with a phrase to express our horror at "a very special episode," "twins being born," "we're moving to Hollywood!" and all the other bad plot lines that happen to wonderful TV series.
Visit the website instead!.......2003-12-29
I decided to be more generous than some of the other reviewers and give this four stars, if only because I am a fan of the site. The book seems to be sloppy and drags in quite a few places. Also, there's too much space given to setting up the "shark" moment; the actual moment when a show/artist/public figure jumped merits little more than a couple of sentences in the last few paragraphs. I can't help but feel this was assembled hastily, perhaps to cash in on the popularity of the site. Also, the straying from television shows, while welcome, quickly becomes dull and rather pointless.
However, I went ahead and gave it five stars because of the intent: documenting the point when celebrities started taking themselves too seriously. In our fame-obsessed culture, it's good to have barometers that measure the moment when a actor or show stops being "normal" and becomes "self-important". So the book itself serves a useful function. The website deals soley with TV, so the book's excursion into other areas is thought-provoking nevermind the absence of a satisfying result. My advice is to seek out the website first (shouldn't be hard to do ;-D), and perhaps skim through this on occasion. Hopefully any subsequent JTS efforts won't come any closer to "jumping the shark" than this one did.
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- Interesting insider account of tabloid reporting
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Poison Pen: The True Confessions of Two Tabloid Reporters
Lysa Moskowitz-Mateu , and
David Lafontaine
Manufacturer: Audio Literature
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Interesting insider account of tabloid reporting.......2004-10-24
A husband-and-wife team (since divorced) of tabloid reporters recount their adventures. Breaking into a hospital for the first photos of Madonna's new baby, interviewing Dana Plato after her arrest, participating in a Gulf War-sized tabloid operation to infiltrate Liz Taylor's wedding. Names are named, and their book is lively and entertaining. Yet one senses the authors are being disingenuous, putting the best spin on their own motives and behavior, while hypocritically distancing themselves from past employers and coworkers. Another case of former tabloid writers biting the hand that fed them. Released in 1996.
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