Whitman Coin Collecting: Starter Set
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  • Not how it looks.
Whitman Coin Collecting: Starter Set
Whitman Coin Products , and Whitman Coin Products
Manufacturer: Whitman Coin Products
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1582380708

Book Description

An all-new deluxe coin kit with all the products necessary to begin and enjoy collecting coins. Contains: 1 copy of the new book The Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting, 1 Jefferson No. 2 folder, 1 Lincoln No. 3 folder, 1 hobby magnifier, 1 cent coin tube, and 1 nickel coin tube.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Not how it looks........2007-02-05

Don't pay any attention to the photo of the box. If you want the book, this is the kit for you, but if you really want supplies, go elsewhere. It is very limited, and not at all what the pictures shows.
The Whitman Coin Guide to Coin Collecting
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  • The Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting
The Whitman Coin Guide to Coin Collecting
Kenneth E. Bressett
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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ASIN: 0307480089

Book Description

How to get started, how to care for your collection, grading techniques and standards, coin prices and values, commemorative and special coins, counterfeit and altered coins-by the former president of the American Numismatic Association. Aimed at the newcomer to coin collecting, each chapter explains the different aspects of coin collecting as a hobby.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting.......2000-05-05

I have always liked coins. I have always regarded them as little pieces of art. However, I usually just put the ones I decided to collect in a bag or a drawer. I purchased The Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting because I wanted to start getting serious about coin collecting.

As someone looking for good basic information, I found this book a jewel. It contains the basic information any coin collector needs, particularly information about how to find and properly store coins, the history of coins, and how coins are graded or valued. In fact, although I was already starting to get serious about my coin collection (minor as it is), the book was so interesting, particularly when it discusses how coins themselves are truly history, that it really intensified my interest. I have spent a fair amount now on buying proper equipment and materials to store the coins I already had and have even begun visiting a local coin shop to purchase more coins.

I highly recommend this book to anyone with any interest at all in coins. Because of the historical significance of coins, it would also be interesting for anyone with an interest in history.
Whitman Insider Guide Smart Coin Collecting (Whitman Guidebook)
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    The Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting (A Beginner's Guide to the World of Coins)
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      Whitman Insider Guide Collecting State Quarters and Related Coins (Whitman Insider Guide)
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        A Guide Book of United States Coins- 10th Edition- 1957 "Red Book"
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          Product Description

          1957- A Guide Book of United States Coins- Fully Illustrated, Catalog and Price List- 1616 to Date by R.S. Yeoman. (Editors- 1956)
          The Whitman Coin Guide to Coin Collecting
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            How To Draw Celtic Knotwork: A Practical Handbook
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            "...shows how a relatively simple series of `formulas' can be applied, rather like a new language, to enable the reader to create knotwork patterns very quickly...opens new doors for the serious artist interested in learning the language of Celtic knotwork."--Recreating History. 192 pages, 2,026 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 9 1/2.

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            2 out of 5 stars it's selling something.......2005-08-05

            Contrary to it's title this book is in no way a practical handbook. At first glance when you read through the introduction and part one, the instructions it gives sound easy to follow and it makes it seem as though all this requires is a grid and some mindless drawing of lines. But it turns out that it is the exact opposite. There are numerous rules to remember and different combinations that aren't allowed to be near eachother and the border area is where he really loses you, the structure of the border changes the rules for the entire knot all of which must be memorized unless you want to end up with a jumble of loose ends. It would be enough to say that it sounds quite viable in theory but is completely inviable in practice. I believe the main goal of this book was to sell the computer program that was developed by the author

            4 out of 5 stars Related Software.......2003-09-20

            If you are interested in the accomapnying software for Andy Sloss' book, search "Proscribe." I found it there.

            4 out of 5 stars Software available for purchase online.......2001-01-25

            Just got this book. Looks to be avery good manual, with lots of technical detail.

            However, the 191 page book has about 100 pages in the middle devoted to somewhat superfluous examples of line intersections.

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            5 out of 5 stars A simple method to describe how Celtic knotwork is drawn........1998-10-19

            This book helped me create my own program for creating PostScript knotwork designs, presenting the structure of the knotwork in a simple, regular manner. END

            4 out of 5 stars A good and interesting book........1997-10-09

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            Craft of Drawing: A Handbook of Materials and Techniques
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              This is the complete guide to artists' techniques and materials, perfect for both the beginner and more advanced artist.

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              4 out of 5 stars very good.......2001-10-30

              One of the best books about art techniques

              i got here the brazilian translation of and old or diferent cover version, most of thoose books you buy for 5 or 6 bucks
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              And that book teaches about everykind of art technique.
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                The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century
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                The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century
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                Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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                Book Description

                "The art historian after Erwin Panofsky and Ernst Gombrich is not only participating in an activity of great intellectual excitement; he is raising and exploring issues which lie very much at the centre of psychology, of the sciences and of history itself. Svetlana Alpers's study of 17th-century Dutch painting is a splendid example of this excitement and of the centrality of art history among current disciples. Professor Alpers puts forward a vividly argued thesis. There is, she says, a truly fundamental dichotomy between the art of the Italian Renaissance and that of the Dutch masters. . . . Italian art is the primary expression of a 'textual culture,' this is to say of a culture which seeks emblematic, allegorical or philosophical meanings in a serious painting. Alberti, Vasari and the many other theoreticians of the Italian Renaissance teach us to 'read' a painting, and to read it in depth so as to elicit and construe its several levels of signification. The world of Dutch art, by the contrast, arises from and enacts a truly 'visual culture.' It serves and energises a system of values in which meaning is not 'read' but 'seen,' in which new knowledge is visually recorded."—George Steiner, Sunday Times

                "There is no doubt that thanks to Alpers's highly original book the study of the Dutch masters of the seventeenth century will be thoroughly reformed and rejuvenated. . . . She herself has the verve, the knowledge, and the sensitivity to make us see familiar sights in a new light."—E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars The Art of Describing.......2001-06-11

                An analysis of the 17th century Dutch preoccupation with vision, the discovery and use of the microscope, lenses, optical devises, the study of the retina and how we see, new ideas of perspective and a discussion of the work of noted scholars of the day, as Keppler and Huygens. A fascinating discussion of Vermeer painting exactly what he saw while Rembrandt painting "the invisible human depths." A very fine study designed to help us think and see.

                4 out of 5 stars a piece of creative scholarship.......2001-03-23

                While not for those looking for a coffee table book (or a list of catalogue entries with glossy photos), this work remains interesting and creative. Alpers is one of those scholars interested in the "period eye," studying epistimological habits and visual strategies in 17th C. Netherlands. She covers issues thematically, with chapters dedicated to issues surrounding cartography, optical devices, etc. A nice work.

                5 out of 5 stars brilliant ground-breaking book already a classic.......1998-07-18

                Alpers' brilliant 1984 study teaches us how Dutch artists of the seventeenth century "saw" in contrast with with their Italian counterparts. Already one of the most frequently cited books on Dutch art, this ground-breaking work should be read by anyone with an interest in visual representation.

                1 out of 5 stars dreadfully dull and lifeless.......1998-06-19

                the author took a fascinating topic and destroyed it by writing in a convoluted, unintelligible fashion--a lot of artistic claptrap, unfortunately--it's like witnessing a stream of consciousness acid trip at the Rikjsmuseum
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                  ASIN: B000OOYCI8

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                    The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies
                    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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                    Porn is more mainstream than ever witness recent bestsellers by Jenna Jameson, Traci Lords, The Vivid Girls, and Pamela Anderson. Continuing this fine tradition is The Big Book of Porn a friendly, funny celebration of adult movies. Chapters include:

                    - Know Your Classics: The 25 most important adult films.
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                    Best of all, The Big Book of Porn is illustrated with classic posters, stills, and production shots from the smutty '70s to the present day. Provocative, authoritative, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Big Book of Porn is a proud celebration of history's most scandalous art form.

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars A thorough and fun examination of porn history.......2007-08-05

                    The Big Book of Porn lives up to its subtitle--it is a penetrating look at the world of dirty movies. It is a glossy, high-quality paperback with screenshots, actor portraits, vintage advertising posters, and glittery sidebars. Publisher Quirk Books has been known to release some wacky joke books in the past, but this thorough examination of a hobby with more viewers than sporting events (yes, it's true) is well worth the $20 cover price and a place on your history/anthropology bookshelf.

                    The book opens with a timeline of the invention of still and motion pictures, the ratings administered by the MPAA, the history of obscenity rulings by the Supreme Court, and the evolution of the stag film, peep show, dirty movie theater, and home video. The author is thorough in his examination of history, from the printing press to dime store novels to VHS to the Internet and on to...virtual reality? Grahams-Smith alleges that all the high-falutin' academic research in virtual reality is founded in a desire to invent the Holy Grail of porn. He decries our prudishness about "wardrobe malfunctions" and celebrates the mainstream influence of Madonna, men's magazine Maxim, and the rise of S&M-inspired fashion.

                    For anyone looking to advance their porn education, the author has a list of 20 all-time classics (Taboo, The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Insatiable, Alice in Wonderland, and more). The list explores the cultural and cinematic significance of each entry. Other lists include five modern classics and the two weirdest classics of all time (my lips are sealed, so pick up the book to find out the titles). The top list of leading ladies is impenetrable (who can argue with Annette Haven at #1?). Sidebars explore the magic formula for determining your porn name, the classic crossover actors, the international perspective, 20 sacred porn movie rules, and who's who in upcoming stars. Includes a glossary.

                    5 out of 5 stars Page Turner.......2007-01-10

                    This is a great book written in a humorous and witty style. It will entertain you as well as educate you. It reveals a lot of real names of porn actors and actresses. Also, it is packed, and I mean packed with pictures. This book is a page turner, and hard (no pun intended) to put down. I would highly recommend.

                    4 out of 5 stars If Cliff's Notes gave a crash course on porn..........2006-04-05

                    Remember when you used to ride the bus to school and there was that one tough kid who sat in the back seat who was wise beyond his years?
                    He was the go-to guy when you wanted to know about where to buy fireworks, what beer tasted like, and most importantly: what does "S-E-X" mean? You could ask him anything, and though he may chide you a bit, you'll get your answers.

                    Author Seth Grahame-Smith is THAT guy.

                    The Big Book of Porn has the answers to all those questions you were too lazy to search the internet to find, and too embarassed to ask your friends at the poker game. With a sharp and humorous slant to his writing, Grahame-Smith plows through the decades to make the Big Book of Porn an overview that's not only informative, but laugh out loud funny.

                    The Big Book of Porn isn't the end-all, be-all for the history of porn, but if you want a crash course in what was, is, and will be, it's a must-read primer. Before you know it, you'll be the tough kid everyone is coming to for answers.

                    5 out of 5 stars I met my wife reading this book!.......2006-02-07

                    There she was, sitting just beyond the creamer
                    counter at Starbucks and she was reading the exact same page!?!
                    It was kismet. We clicked immediately.

                    I'm a porn history buff, but I had never known
                    some of these amazing facts and true stories!
                    Natalie loves the pictures and the do-it-yourself section.

                    The book is written with a great deal of humor, having
                    some fun with what is - too often - a very drab topic.
                    Great interviews, brilliant insights by the author,
                    and excellent descriptions consistantly make this
                    book an everyday read for this critic.

                    One word of advice though:
                    DO NOT BORROW THIS BOOK FROM A FRIEND.
                    Go out there and buy your own! It's a better idea!

                    Oh...and by "clicked"? I meant had sex with each other.
                    Big Book of Porn
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                      Seth Grahame-Smith
                      Manufacturer: CHRONICLE BOOKS (HI
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                      ASIN: B000K7FARQ
                      Big Book of Porn 8pk
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                        Seth Grahame-Smith
                        Manufacturer: Quirk Books
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                        ASIN: 1594740410

                        Indian musical traditions: An aesthetic study of the gharanas in Hindustani music
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                          Vamana Hari Desapande
                          Manufacturer: Popular Prakashan
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                          Binding: Hardcover

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                          ASIN: 0861321448

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                          Reprint of a classic work on Indian music, Hindustani style. By a leading musicologist and scholar

                          All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed...: Mary at the Millennium
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                            All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed...: Mary at the Millennium
                            Jim McManus
                            Manufacturer: Crossroad Classic
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                            ASIN: 0824517873

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                            Who is Mary in history and faith, and what does she mean to a generation at the dawn of the third millennium? Here are some answers for Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
                            Faith for All Generations
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                              Faith for All Generations
                              Robert Flood
                              Manufacturer: Accent Books
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                              The Way of All Flesh (Victorian Fiction : Novels of Faith and Doubt)
                              Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                              • Scathing depiction of Victorian values
                              • A fine depiction of the changin' times
                              • it's a grower...
                              • An evening spent with Butler is an evening well-spent
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                              The Way of All Flesh (Victorian Fiction : Novels of Faith and Doubt)
                              Samuel Butler
                              Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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                              Written between 1873 and 1884 but not published until 1903, a year after Butler's death, his marvelously uninhibited satire savages Victorian bourgeois values as personified by multiple generations of the Pontifex family. A thinly veiled account of his own upbringing in the bosom of a God-fearing Christian family, Butler's scathingly funny depiction of the self-righteous hypocrisy underlying nineteenth-century domestic life was hailed by George Bernard Shaw as "one of the summits of human achievement."

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                              4 out of 5 stars Scathing depiction of Victorian values.......2006-11-14

                              A slow, difficult read yet not without merit. At times scathing at others jocular yet always insightful.

                              The tale is of one Ernest Pontifex and 4 generations of his family beginning with his great-grandfather told by a family friend, Overton.

                              The reader is exposed to the hypocrisy of Victorian values inevitably consequential in the development of our protagonist and his overbearing bible thumping father.

                              Butler describes the twisted growth of the Pontifex family tree; one limb overshadowing the next letting it shrivel in darkness. One wonders whether the tree was planted outside the Munster residence.

                              At times I couldn't help but hate Ernest's father and reel in disbelief in Ernests' naivety. These conflicting emotions make the book enjoyable.

                              4 out of 5 stars A fine depiction of the changin' times.......2006-07-28

                              There is nothing remarkable about the literary style of Butler's book; it reads like a million and a half other 19th century British novels. What distinguishes "The Way of All Flesh", however, is its honest and at times funny portrayal of Victorian society. With great wit, Butler's narrator, Overton, and main character, Ernest, expose the stuffy, staid, hypermannered, insipid Victorian middle-class mindset.

                              What is especially nice is that Butler doesn't take too many cheap shots. The characters here are very well-drawn. Ernest's father, Theobald, though clearly representing all that Butler seeks to skewer, is enough of a three-dimensional foil that I could feel some sympathy for the poor old man. (He's not evil incarnate, just a sorry product of his time.) The same goes for the rest of the supporting cast. I like the narrator's voice; it's distinctive and wry enough to be unique, but not so intrusive as to distract from the plot.

                              Parts of the novel are funny; parts seem to drag. I don't know that I liked the end of the novel--everything seems tied together a little too perfectly; but an explanation may be found in the fact that Butler did not edit this portion of the novel before his death.

                              This is a solid book. Give it a shot.

                              4 out of 5 stars it's a grower..........2006-06-18

                              it's a grower. it took me a long time to summon the patience to read further than the 50th page or so. it took far too long to get on with the story. when it did though, i begun to really enjoy the book. the characters are excellently portrayed, especially ernests parents. in my humble opinion, it is very well written. my only criticizm is the tendency of the narrator to go off on tangents, mainly at the beginning of the book

                              5 out of 5 stars An evening spent with Butler is an evening well-spent.......2006-01-22

                              A rich, intelligent, historically informative masterpiece that tells the modern reader about the concerns, delusions, pretensions and prejudices of Englishmen of the 1700s and 1800s.

                              Much more than just a novel, this work offers Butler's opinions upon philosophy, child-rearing and religion. The events of the novel serve to illustrate and reinforce the points made. It is a hybrid, a novel/essay, and rare at that. More essayists should spice up their arguments by dressing them with vivid characters and a decent plot, as Butler has.

                              Rich in wit, satire, sarcasm, humor, insight, and not without flashes of bitterness and anger.

                              If you read only a hundred books in your lifetime, this would not be such a bad choice for the eightieth or eighty-first. Towers above most novels that cover this long period in history (some hundred years or so, spanning four or more generations).

                              5 out of 5 stars The Definitive Book About Dysfunctional Families.......2005-11-20

                              It has been frequently observed that those who write history define it, and so it is with this wonderful novel which is, in large part, Butler's autobiography. Reviewers speak of it as having blown the lid off Victorian society; in fact, it is timeless, ruthlessly dissecting the behavior of several generations of an abusive family where the only rule is "Every man for himself." Those who grew up in that kind of family will find it truthful and insightful, those who grew up in happy families will be perplexed.

                              As some of the other reviews indicate, this is a book that is likely to offend conventional, especially fundamentalist, Christians. Butler's father was an ordained Anglican priest and he himself came close to being one (opting instead to run a sheep station in New Zealand for five years, an experience upon which he based "Erewhon"). Butler excoriates the hypocrisy and cant of that profession while questioning the Church's key doctrines.

                              If you can, purchase an edition with Theodore Dreiser's introduction.

                              Make no mistake, this is a great book. It is, with good reason, #12 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 Best Novels.
                              The pentecostal faith;: Answer to all generations (LIFE Bible College Alumni Lectureship)
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                                Roy H Hicks
                                Manufacturer: Word of Faith Fellowship
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Unknown Binding

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                                Introduction To Radio: Production and Programming
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                                  Introduction To Radio: Production and Programming
                                  Michael H Adams , and Kimberley K Massey
                                  Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Hardcover

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                                  ASIN: 0697153541

                                  Book Description

                                  Introduction to Radio: Production and Programming lays the groundwork early with a thorough introduction to basic terms and equipment. Students are then walked, step-by-step, through the production and programming processes. Once students have a "feel" for the systems, Adams and Massey explain why a radio station selects a specific programming format and then explains how to produce that programming.

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