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Mary Engelbreit has gathered her favorite Christmas poetry, short stories, quotes, and carols together in this treasury to produce a beautiful keepsake collection. It includes classic Christmas literature and songs as well as little-known works and is illustrated with Mary's famous holiday images as well as new drawings. It is a must-have holiday treasury for families.
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A Treasured Keepsake.......2002-12-03
I'm a grandmother and I would recommend this book to anybody who loves Christmas and what it stands for. A treasured keepsake. Wonderful stories to read your children, Poems, food for thought, a few stories could be used for programs in church etc. It's an enjoyable read and I wouldn't part with it.The pictures are beautiful and I can't say enough. It was even nicer than I had expected. Love it!
A Treasury Indeed!.......2001-11-18
This book's gilt-edged pages, charming colorful illustrations and classic Christmas treats including among many, O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi" and the nostalgic holiday song, "Over the River and Through the Woods" make for merry family holiday pleasure. Splendid! This book is called a treasury for good reason.
Great gift!.......1999-12-23
What a beautiful book - and a great gift idea! I saw this at the bookstore a few weeks ago and loved it. I ordered it as a gift for a friend out of state off of amazon.com and was pleasantly surprised when 2nd day air and the book came to less than the cost of the book at the bookstore. Add this book to your Christmas collection!
Pictures and content are absolutely beautiful........1999-01-21
This is a book to be passed on from generation to generation. The illustrations are exquisite, and the poetry and stories and vignettes are extremely well chosen.
Believe in the Magic of a "ME" Christmas.......1999-01-03
This is a great collection of Christmas stories, songs and other treasures. All of them are beautifully illustrated by Mary Engelbreit.
If you love Christmas and Mary Engelbreit this book must be in your collection.
You'll love it!
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America's Cup 1851-1992
Michael Levitt
Manufacturer: Longstreet Press
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This book is the official record of America's Cup XXVIII & the Louis Vuitton Cup. Large leather bound book with glossy color pages comes in protective box.
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The Story of America's Cup 1851-1992
Ranulf Rayner
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Beautiful 2.......2003-05-31
Tim Thompson and Ranulf Rayner continue with Thompson's famous format but now updated to 1992 to include that year's successful defence by the high technology of Bill Koch's America 3 syndicate against Italy's El Moro de Venencias challenge in the all new International Americas Cup Class yatchs.
The reason for these new boats is also explained and included is partially the reason why... The famous 1988 rogue challenge by New Zealand businessman, Michael Fay and his massive white monoloth, KZ1. Dennis Connor rose to the challenge with his famous hi-tech multihull, Stars And Stripes and the lawyers took over from there.
The 1992 event was the most lavish ever has money ruled the waves and the more boats one had the better chances of winning would be.
Eventually comonsense prevailed and the two boat rule introduced, and we are left with the event we have today.
Book Description
This best-selling standard reference resource offers up-to-date information on fiction and nonfiction picture books for children. Comprehensive and easy to use, it consists of a subject guide, a bibliographic guide, and title and illustrator indexes. This 7th edition adds more than 4,000 titles published since 2001. An introduction discusses the history and amazing growth of English-language picture books. A to Zoo is useful for both reader's advisory and collection building. The convenient indexes facilitate searches by title, author, and illustrator, as well as by subject, allowing quick responses to library user needs. With this latest updated volume, A to Zoo continues to provide librarians with a singular source for collection building, program development, and responding to patrons requests for picture books, from the classics to the latest publications.
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A to Zoo.......2001-09-07
Teachers, Children's Libarians, this is a must have book for your reference!
Whether you only know the author, title, illustrator, or subject this book will assist. There is even a bibliographic guide to detail the subject headings of a book. Easy to use, and the greatest tool for planning theme related book activites for children.
Well worth the investment as it is a never ending resource.
A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books.......2000-06-16
The purpose of this book is to assist teachers, librarians, and parents to select the correct (picture)book for their ideal situation. This resource book would help anyone locate any book which fits their unique need quickly thus saving precious time. By arranging the publication into five parts the books are extremely easy to locate. A valuable resouce which may be used by teachers, librarians, or parents. Adorable illustions are used with each new letter of the alphabet. It is the only comprehensive guide of its kind on picture books. The book contains 18,000 titles catalogued under more that 1,000 subjects.
selecting children's literature.......2000-05-19
This book categorizes thousands of children's books (pre-k through 2nd grade) for easy selection of books to meet your needs/interests. Look under almost any topic and find relevant children's picture books. It is particularly helpful for elementary teachers and librarians.
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the baby zoo.......2007-03-22
This book is about baby animals and what there called when there young like a fawn, a pup, a foal, and a kitten.
I liked this book because I love animals and there young are so cute. This book reminds me of when I feed a baby deer which is called a fawn.
I give this book a five star score that's a perfect score I recommend this book to my family and friend's.
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How a Zoo Works (Dinosaur Information Series)
"Althea"
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- How to make a miniature zoo
- I like this Book alot
- a useful guide to keeping your own inexpensive miniature zoo
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How to Make a Miniature Zoo
Vinson Brown
Manufacturer: Tab Books
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How to make a miniature zoo.......2000-02-04
This book is great. I read this book recently and decided to make a miniature zoo. The books step by step instructions on building and managing are great. Everyone should read this book.
I like this Book alot.......1999-12-13
This is a great book. You should defiantly read it. It inspired me to try to make a miniature zoo.
a useful guide to keeping your own inexpensive miniature zoo.......1997-01-23
Do you love animals? Do you have a bit of extra time and are willing to sacrifice some elbow grease? Then you will enjoy this book. It is a comprehensive guide to keeping a small zoo in your boring backyard or in that old, empty room. If you choose to make your own miniature zoo, you won't regret it! It will provide many hours of interest and activity. If you choose not to build a zoo, you will still have earned valuable knowledge that can be used to keep an injured animal temporarily, if the need arises
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Sci Tech Libraries Serving Zoological Gardens
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Now in its 15th edition, this classic movie reference, formerly known as The Filmgoer's Companion, has informed and delighted film fans for more than thirty years. Opinionated, witty, and packed with more information per square inch than any other film guide, Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies is as wonderfully unclassifiable as it is impossible to put down.
Who's Who remains a treasure trove of information on who's who and what's what in the movies. Its more than 12,000 entries illuminate the stars of yesterday and today as well as the bit players and character actors, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, composers, and all the other talent involved in making movies. You'll find sections on movie sequels, series, and remakes; themes and genres; technical terms; studios and production companies; cinema around the world; year-by-year listings of Oscar winners and other major awards; and a brief history of the movies from Chaplin to Carrey, Garbo to Kidman, Capra to Cameron.
This updated edition features hundreds of new entries and offers scores of "quotable quotes," ranging from the revealing to the revolting; in addition to being exceedingly entertaining, they add a human dimension missing from every other guide to film facts and figures. Upholding the outstanding tradition of Leslie Halliwell, editor John Walker delivers the lively humor and keen insight that have always been the hallmarks of Halliwell's.
Customer Reviews:
Not up to date.......2007-09-11
I looked at this latest edition of Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies and was very suprised to discover that
the entry on Janet Leigh made no mention of her death. Since Janet Leigh died in October, 2004 and this edition was published in May, 2006 the expertise of the contributors is, in my opinion, very suspect.
One can only assume that the book contains many other errors or omissions.
Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies.......2007-08-25
An excellent compendium of Who's Who in the movies, entertaingly edited by John Walker. A couple of names I would like to have seen in the listings are Peggy Evans, who starred with Dirk Bogarde in THE BLUE LAMP,
and Pearl Argyle, dancer/actress. Maybe in the next edition !
Halliwell's who's who in the movies.......2007-05-14
An very complete information souce on the people who are and were in the movies.
A must for everyone who needs information.
Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies.......2007-01-18
Great reference, but a little unwieldy. Big and heavy for a paperback.
THE QUALITY IS IN DECLINE!.......2006-06-04
I first purchased "Halliwell'Filmgoers Companion" in 1965 and loved it right off.Mr.Leslie Halliwell write with wit and deep love of films,especially those from the "classic period",his "reviews" of Brute Force and Of Mice and Men(among others)lead me to get hooked into these two films,his writings on John Ford were insightful.Since Mr.Halliwell's death in 1989,with Mr.Walker taking over as editor the quality has steadily declined.The best part of the book are those that retained from Mr.Halliwell's writings.Over the years I have purchased Mr.Halliwell's edition every two years(or so)when a new edition was published,since his death I usually skip an edition before buying a new version.Depite its overall quality decline it is still the movie encyclopedia around.
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Whitney: The Greatest Hits
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Greatest Hits
Whitney Cdmsim 764571 Houston
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In a world ravaged by conflict, age-old enemies struggle to rebuild society amid a tenuous peace sparked by flares of violence as threats new and old clash in an endless conflict. Get to know the setting for Blizzard Entertainment's best-selling online game World of Warcraft as never before, in this lavish full-color hardcover guide to the world of peoples of Azeroth.
More than just a setting guide, World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game translates the hugely popular computer game setting into a pen-and-paper roleplaying game. Published under the Open Game License, it features complete rules for play that are 100% compatible with revised 3rd Edition rules and the d20 System. Everything you need is now in one book — from character generation to 10 races and 12 core classes, from extensive technological creation rules to a wide variety of spells, from combat rules to details on generating settlements and cities! Also compatible with existing Warcraft RPG game material.
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It could've been awesome..........2007-05-05
I have very mixed feelings about this setting. (Which is definitely more of a setting than a system.) I, personally, would have liked a brand new system that allows for a more precise translation of the MMORPG to a tabletop paper and pencil game. I'll start with the positives:
It's great to have a system that can easily integrate into my existing D&D 3.5 game. The addition of new classes such as tinker, hunter, shaman, and scout are a great addition. Also, you have new variants on existing classes like paladin, warlock, druid, and rogue, just to name a few. I personally enjoy this version of the paladin over D&D's version. It's also nice to have new playable races like tauren and the foresaken. It's not completely compatible. I wouldn't advise mixing feats without some good old PC/DM consulting time. The game itself has a very strong D&D feel with everyone doing more damage. The weapons section feels like a new playground that you visit for the first time. From firearms to tauren totems, it's a nice selection.
However, there's a lot that could have been done differently. When I play the WoW rpg, I feel like I'm playing D&D...mainly because I am. A new system should've been written for a vastly different type of game. There are a bunch of things that I think should have been added.
1) Armor. In the MMO, you get a bunch of different pieces of armor. Chest, shoulder, wrist, hands, legs, feet, head and back. In this game you buy a whole set. It completely thwarts the idea of adding in any tier armor, or armor sets that are found in the game.
2) Level 1 - 20. In D&D, leveling is a big deal. In WoW, leveling should be easy and frequent. That's one of the main elements to the game that gives it its feel. They really should've made it either 1 - 60 or 1 - 70.
3) Class Translations. Some classes are done really well, like warrior, hunter, paladin and tinker. However, shaman, warlock and druid are horribly done. One of the main elements of shaman is totems. Shaman have tons of totems that all have their use and would easily translate to a PnP rpg. In the rpg, they have 3 totems. On top of that, they are a subset of the healer class (a really convoluted system) and shouldn't have been dealt with in the way it was. Almost none of the spells have been done really well. Since I know the D&D system extremely well, I can see them just adjusting certain things to make it kind of resemble the spells from the game. As for warlock, the MMO focus them in damage over time and demon summoning. In the rpg, they have 0 damage over time spells and they do have the demon summoning abilities (poorly might I add) but they don't have the stats for the things you can summon. Also, in the MMO, you have specific demons you can summon, but in this game you can summon anything that falls under general guidelines. I haven't sat down and studied druid, but from what I read, it's not well done either. Also, in the MMO, races have specific classes they can go into. (ex: Human's can be warrior, rogue, mage, warlock, priest and paladin.) In this game, you can have any race be any class. It's nice, but again, not like the game.
4) Talents. This is a major MAJOR factor in the MMO. This is one thing that could be considered the backbone of the MMO. This is not even present in this game.
There's more, but those are the main problems. I also have not been a fan of any of the supplement books. They tend to add more lore than rules and extra options. If you're a huge WoW fan, you're going to get this if you like D&D. If you don't play the MMO, this isn't the place to start. If you like the MMO, but not PnP rgps, try the board game or the trading card game. Those are well done.
Overall, I do have to admit that I enjoy playing this on occation and I am glad that I purchased it.
Very good.......2007-02-07
Some thing are over powered but other one are amazing, D&D 3.5 is a step behind this rulebook.
Mistaken Identity.......2007-01-11
As any WOW fan would know it is an online world full of advantture and role playing. The world is complex and difficult to learn for a newbie. So a book on how to navigate this complex world, full of hints and tips would be very helpful. Even at the heavey price of this book! Well this book with its hardcover and hundreds of pages of information does not have anything in it about the online role playing. It is printed as a optional boardgame for people who prefer playinga dundeons and dragons scenerio. This book is very misleading in its content and worthless to the online gamming fan.
Not the Video Game but Worth the Effort!.......2007-01-10
Unlike the World of Warcraft on-line MMO, this "pen-and-paper" RPG allows for greater flexibility in role-playing and sheds new light on the serious adventurer in Azeroth. If you enjoy Dungeons & Dragons, Role Master, or any of the other "old-school" RPGs, then you're certain to enjoy this adaptation of the popular video game.
The system is fairly easy to learn and is apparently widely used with other RPGs. It does not mimic the MMO's race / class system but this is a boon, allowing players greater input into the development of their characters. Azeroth is not set in stone (or even in binary and glitchy patches) but becomes a dyamic, living place where anything can happen. (Hey, why not let the Night Elves forge a treaty with the Taurens? Killing off the undead or the gnomes becomes an option, as well-- or the dwarves-- or the humans-- or whomever.)
If you enjoy RPGs and you like the cult-classic MMO of the same name, you're sure to find this book a valuable resource and a pleasure in itself.
A Must have for WoW and RPG fans........2006-11-10
This has to be one of the most extensive books for any roleplaying game. If you are a fan of WoW or Warcraft, this book has alot of information of background information. If you are a D20 fan, it introduces some interesting options for your gaming group. In short there is nothing you can not do with this book.
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Warcraft Alliance Players Guide .......2006-11-10
The book has a great range of new character directions, from expanding the ones that are already existant to complete new prestige classes,(i.e. Savagekin and Ursa totemic)The book contains great story lines and together with the history of the races of the Alliance it provides a big content to a new campaign hosted in the world of Azeroth. For the experiences players it is a great addition, certainly for the ones that like just a tad more diversity then the main world of warcraft rpg book already has to offer.
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Violence on Television: Distribution, Form, Context, and Themes (Lea's Communication Series)
Barrie Gunter ,
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Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum
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Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting excessive quantities of violence, to the point where it is virtually impossible for viewers to avoid it.
This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken, funded by the broadcasting industry. The study was carried out at the same time as similar industry-sponsored research was being conducted in the United States, and one chapter compares findings from Britain and the U.S.A.
The book concludes that it is misleading to accuse all broadcasters of presenting excessive quantities of violence in their schedules. This does not deny that problematic portrayals were found. But the most gory, horrific and graphic scenes of violence were generally contained within broadcasts available on a subscription basis or in programs shown at times when few children were expected to be watching. This factual analysis proves that broadcasters were meeting their obligations under their national regulatory codes of practice.
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