Go Fish: Fishing Journal

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Hailed as "the Audubon of the fishing world" by the New York Times for his debut book of watercolor portraits of trout, James Prosek is both a fisherman and author. STC is proud to present a new journal featuring several of Prosek's never-before-published watercolor paintings; Go Fish: Fishing Journal is a fly-fishing record-keeper that includes space for notes about the weather, equipment used, and specifics about the type of fish caught, and features 26 portraits of trout.

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great!.......2007-01-18

Great book at a great price. The book was hard to find and I was very pleased to find it at Amazon.com. I ordered it very late in the Christmas shopping season and was delighted at the service and speedy delivery!

Manufacturers go trolling for tuna buyers.: An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal

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Manufacturers go trolling for tuna buyers.: An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal
Frank Green
Manufacturer: Westfair Communications, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on June 25, 2001. The length of the article is 746 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Manufacturers go trolling for tuna buyers.
Author: Frank Green
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 25, 2001
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 40 Issue: 26 Page: 9

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Names can be decieving..........1999-02-26

--Please read my,(Cobalt) previous reviews of the earlier volumes--

-- I know that the theme of volume 5 is "sports action", but I think that American readers should know that there is nothing akin to basketball or football in this book,(not that it's a bad idea *hint*). -- Perhaps the translators should have replaced "sports" with "props", which is basically what you will find here. -- In volume 5, the models interact with boxes, balls, ropes, and the like... You will find many interesting new poses based on these new additions and the book is quite good.

Just don't expect to illustrate the big game...

Cobalt

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From the author of The Gallery of Regrettable Food comes a horrifying-yet-hysterical book dedicated to the expert parenting advice from previous generations. Each glossy page includes vintage print ads and photos accompanied by James Lilek's mean comments. But then, what other response is possible, when faced with cough syrup advertisement with a happy child exclaiming, "A cough syrup good enough to eat with ice cream"!

General categories include "Clothing and Accessories" (including a pattern to make a headband that binds protruding ears to babies' heads), "Bowels" (featuring an ad with the text, "If he spanks me again, I'm going to run away from home"), and "The Good Old Days", which offers several detailed options for creating a home delivery center. In every chapter, Lilek's comments are the equivalent of cracks from your most sarcastic friend.

For any new parent who's tired of modern advice books, or expecting parents in need of a touch of humor amidst the stress of pregnancy, look no further. Every page has a laugh, and every page will remind the reader that sooner or later, almost all parenting advice will end up having the same worth as what's included here. Jill Lightner

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Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater!

Ahhhh, the 1940s and ’50s . . . a time when parents everywhere strove for the American Dream—manicured lawns, a shiny car in the driveway, and perfect children playing in the yard. Raising kids was simpler back then, or was it?

In Mommy Knows Worst, you’ll be treated to a visual feast of past parenting neuroses—as well as insight into why concerned moms and dads were driven to buy “delicious” baby laxatives, douse their baby in oil and put him in the sun, and strap Junior into a car seat that bore a strange resemblance to scrap metal. If you’re a baby boomer who lived through this childhood torture, well, we’re sorry. But if humor really is the best medicine (rather than bicarbonate of curd and mustard plaster, as was previously recommended for childhood ailments), then Mommy Knows Worst is cheaper than therapy.

Photographs, advertisements, magazine articles, and government-issue parenting guides, which seemed so helpful in their day, are given a whole new slant by the master of the genre, James Lileks. Mommy Knows Worst is a rollicking tribute to old-fashioned parenting that gives us a whole new reason not to forget our past—it’s hilarious!

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Momma and Grandma knew best,or maybe not??...........2007-09-14

I own the author's other book (called "Interior Degrecations") and that book made me chuckle, so I wanted to see what this book was like. I found this book on sale, and I think I laughed even louder when I read this one by Lileks.
Basically, Lileks found a varity of advertisements from various magazines and newspapers from around 1905 to the late 1960's. Then he reproduced them in this book (very nicely) and finally, he added his own humorous takes on each and every ad.
Lileks' sense of humor can be hard to take, if you are thin skinned, but if you like a sense of humor that is a bit over the edge, then you will appreciate Lileks' humor. Some people may have been offended, but I was not because I understood what he was trying to show & say.
This book is not meant to be taken seriously.
Lileks stuck to the topic 100%. In other words, as the book's title and sub-title stated,this book pokes fun at the home-remedies and the "grandma & momma-knows-best" advice that many of us may have heard throughout our lives. Maybe an 18 year old may not have heard of any of these "practical hints", but if the reader has been around for at least 30 years, the remedies will bring back memories of the past, and keep you on the floor laughing. I have shared this book with other 30+ year old persons and they laughed along with me.
If you can find this book on sale, as I did, it may not be a bad buy for you, because in my opinion, we all need to lighten up at times and laugh at ourselves (and at our Mom's advice that was past down from genration to generation).

Nice for what it is.......2007-08-03

This book is fun and a makes a nice gift for any baby boomer you know. Good laughs.

only Ok.......2007-07-16

I bought this book thinking if I peed my pants reading "The Gallery of Regrettable Food" I'd love this, but I didn't care for it and I love baby books of ALL kinds. Maybe you will enjoy more that me.

Improve your favorite mom's breastmilk!.......2007-07-13

James Lileks is one of the best humorists out there. His books always bring me to tears of joy, and since new research shows that a mother's laughter improves the quality of her breastmilk, Mommy Knows Worst is a fantastic gift for a new mom. My daughter is 2 months old, and I have read this book repeatedly since she was born, and I always crack up. I have tried to read parts of it aloud to my husband, but I start laughing too hard and can't speak or breathe so I have to hand him the book to finish the page. Lileks' other books -- The Gallery of Regrettable Foodand Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s-- are likewise hilarious! (The Gallery of Regrettable Food is a great gift for a new bride, as long as she understands the irony!)

Laugh out-loud funny.......2007-05-28

I skimmed through this one in a bookstore, and found myself laughing uproariously at every other page.

It wasn't as good as Gallery of Regrettable Food, but still worthwhile.

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Inaccurate and Misleading

Intersting with great images....but could've used a good editing and fact check

a very poor effort

I Haven't Missed The Oscars For More Than 37 Years!

An outstanding keepsake edition documenting the Academy Awards' high points

The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History
Gail Kinn , and Jim Piazza
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The best book ever on the Oscars® is finally available in paperback—updated to include the 2006 winners, losers, behind-the-scenes stories, fashions, and more.

Rushed to press immediately following the 2006 Awards ceremony, this photo-packed celebration of 78 years of Oscar is the most up-to-date reference available, including every juicy detail and an array of unforgettable images from the latest prize-winning films. As before, every Oscar year from the very beginning in 1927 through the present is fully documented in words and pictures—every nominee and winner in every category, and even some of those artists who were undeservedly passed over. Expert commentary, facts, gossip, and ceremony highlights are included on every page, along with quotes from speeches and a look at “Oscar style” through the decades. Finally available in a compact and affordable paperback, the updated edition still features more than 500 beautifully reproduced photographs in color and black-and-white.

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Inaccurate and Misleading.......2007-04-02

There are so many errors of various kinds in this book that it really is difficult to list them all! I've read a number of books about the Oscars over the years and I've been an avid follower and trivia buff of all things Oscar since the 60s, but I've never read a book about the Academy Awards that was as sloppy, inaccurate and error-ridden as this one! This book has many glaring and blatant errors - the mind reels! Obviously the authors didn't bother proofreading and checking the facts. To those unfamiliar with Oscar history (and Oscar trivia) who are reading this book for the first time, they will be misled since everything's presented as fact and truth in this terribly written book. I'm glad I bought an inexpensive copy since buying it full price would have been an even bigger waste of money. If you want to know anything about the Oscars, BUY ANY OTHER BOOK BUT THIS ONE!

Intersting with great images....but could've used a good editing and fact check.......2007-02-03

There are so many mistakes in here...read the reviews for a highlight reel. I'll point out another one not listed: at the end of each year, there are lists of the nominees with the winner highlighted in yellow. Michael Caine nomination for 'Alfie' in highlighted depite the fact he lost.

a very poor effort.......2006-11-20

This book is not only poorly edited and proofread, as a previous reviewer said, it is INCREDIBLY poorly edited and proofread. Also, it is not well written. Some entries are very sparase--it seems that the writers know nothing of the movie being honored, or the actor or actress winning the trophy, or the role for which they are winning. Did these writers even bother to see "A Passage to India"? You wouldn't know it from their discussion of Peggy Ashcroft's best supporting actress win. They wonder at Dianne Wiest forgetting to thank Woody Allen when she won her first Oscar for "Hannah and Her Sisters" remarking that Wiest was a frequent star of Allen's movies--but "Hannah" was her first movie with Allen. A lot of similar nonsense throughout the book, but it seems to get worse as we get closer to the present, and the carelessness becomes more and more enfuritating.

I Haven't Missed The Oscars For More Than 37 Years!.......2006-09-22

Since my Junior High School years, I've been an avid fan of Oscar night, and the whole history of the Academy Awards and its winners. I guess I'll always love movies, and the allure of Hollywood, having lived in L.A. all my life, and being an aspiring actor in my younger years. In High School as a hobby, I and my best friend and fellow drama student, use to bet who could pick the most winners from each category every year. There is something about Oscar night, and all the glamour that goes with it, that keeps me glued to the set every year; first to hear the nominations, then the big ceremomy to announce the winners. And this book is up-to-date; from the very first winners of 1927, to 2005 and the surprise of "Crash" taking Best Picture honors (my personal favorite). If you enjoy films, and specificly The Academy Awards as much as I do, then you'll love this book.

I relate each years winners and nominees, to historic events and lifestyles of the times. Sort of an insight into what was going on then.

An outstanding keepsake edition documenting the Academy Awards' high points.......2006-08-18

If film, actors and the Academy Awards are of interest, THE ACADEMY AWARDS: THE COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL HISTORY must be part of any serious home or public lending collection. It's been revised and updated here and offers behind the scenes and documented film history - nearly eighty years of it - complete with black and white and color photos throughout. Color sidebars of rich information include 'best of' roundups by year, and profile each actor or actresses' achievements. An outstanding keepsake edition documenting the Academy Awards' high points.

Diane C. Donovan
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The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History
Gail Kinn; Jim Piazza
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History.
Gail & PIAZZA, Jim KINN
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In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has helped establish the study of music theory as a serious academic pursuit, and his articles on Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and the twelve-tone system constitute a seminal body of research. But Babbitt is first and last a composer, whose works are, in Mead's words, "truly music to be heard." With Mead as a guide, we discover the strong emotional and expressive charge of Babbitt's music that is inextricably entwined with its structure.

Babbitt is a twelve-tone composer, unabashedly so, and it is precisely his profound understanding of Arnold Schoenberg's epochal insight that gives Babbitt's music its special quality. By examining the underlying principles of twelve-tone composition, Mead allows us to appreciate Babbitt's music on its own terms, as a richly varied yet unified body of work. In achieving this purpose, he provides an excellent introduction to twelve-tone music in general. Without relying on professional jargon, he lucidly and succinctly explains Babbitt's complexities. A catalog of compositions, a discography, and a bibliography complete a book that will interest performers, music theorists, and music historians, as well as other readers who are enthusiastic or curious about contemporary musical works.

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comprehensive, on great theoretical musical eudaemonia.......2001-09-14

As we gaze over the vast edifice of dodecaphonic music this side of the Atlantic we find a number of profound creations, Stefan Wolpe, Ralph Shapey, Donald Martino, Charles Wuorinen, Ezra Simms, and of course Milton Babbitt. There is a premonition, a harbinger which had marked Babbitt's life, being the first American to welcome Arnold Schoenberg as he arrived from exile,escaping the darkest pages of European history with the then popularity of the fascists in Europe and some cults within the USA,as Father Cooglan, and then Senator McCarthy and Roy Cohn's dithyrambic Purges of left minded American workers.
Andrew Mead does an admirable job, tracing the vast diapasonal musical creations of Babbitt.
Mead admirably divides Babbitt's creativity into useful periods, ones marked with a penchant for theoretical discursis,an elan for the pure structural and durational devices his inventive mind had. It all begins with Schoenberg's evolutionary 12 Tone language,which Babbitt had devloped into further functional divisions of the almost Kabballah like power of the number 12. His Composition for Four Instruments, Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello was a primary achievement, although rhythmically tthis period was marked by a persistent provincialism of the parameter of rhythm.It wasb't until the Second String Quartet where such tactile parametric freedoms begin to reveal themselves in an effulgence language.. With the Third creative period Mead identifies here the years 1961 to 1980 we impart ourselves in stil greater expansive dimensions. A number of piano solo works distinguish this period, the "Post-Partitions", and a work I deeply admire the rather modest 'Sextets', for Violin and Piano from 1966,and a revistation of the genre in "Joy of more Sextets" from the displaying the hexachordal-like encysted divisions between both contrasting instruments. There the genre,of Violin and Piano,which emanates from the 19th Century Sonata, was truly redefined discovering newer contexts, within the predictable structure of duet. Babbitt had also developed theories which now aimed to consolidate the vagaries of the infinite permutations and combinatorial mixtures of the 12 tones,his More Phonemena was a summation piece. I am still thrilled by the Piano Concerto a work in the Eighties, where now we see a freer utilizsation of some of these theoretical achievements. He still maintained this penchant for discovering differing contexts for predictable musical genres,and interestingly pursued interesting combinations as the various 'Soli e Duettini', as the one for two acoustic guitars.

First Rate!.......2001-05-18

I have always admired Milton Babbitt's work, not least for the subtle beauties of his often misunderstood music -- misunderstood only by those who are not up to the challenge of this demanding, olympean music! Andrew Mead's Introduction is exactly what it claims to be, an introduction--but then how could it be otherwise, considering the vast scope of Babbitt's astounding technique--and a very clear and well written one at that. Most important, Mead clarifies the musical responses and exigencies which brought about this impressive technique in very readable english. The bibliography at the end of the book is also excellent, listing some very important articles in the study of twelve tone music theory. Also recommended is Milton Babbitt's own, very readable, "Words About Music".

An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.: An article from: Notes

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An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.: An article from: Notes
Edward Harsh
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on March 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1793 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.
Author: Edward Harsh
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1996
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v52 Issue: n3 Page: p787(4)

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

Don't change what isn't broken

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This guide is crap, buy the Original Snake Eater guide

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Official Strategy Guide (Bradygames Official Stratgy Guides)
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BradyGames’ Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.......2007-05-09

The guide was missing some stuff that it said it had. It was supposed to have maps of where to find the kerotans, but didn't. It didn't even talk about most of the hidden stuff in detail. I was disappointed.

Don't change what isn't broken.......2006-10-30

Thier were too many changes & additions to this game. The controls were very sketchy as was the terrain. The first two games were much better & had far more detailed level.

Don't Bother.......2006-04-22

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The original Strategy Guide had everything you would ever want or need. This seems to be a continuation guide. It gives you the secrets that weren't previously in the official guide... but the secrets that are in the official guide aren't included here. The walkthrough is pretty much the same, just a bit more compressed. The maps, and info presented in the main walkthrough is virtually the same.

There are several things that I wish would've been included in this guide. Truly, this guide should've been an expansion of the original one. For one, they took out the Kerotan locations (though they actually do mention the reward for finding them all). The original guide was 224 pages, and this one is 160. In this case, the numbers don't lie. You won't get nearly as much information from this guide as you would the original. No indepth look on camos or face paint. This includes the new camos you can find in this game.

They have maps for online mode and all, but I find that this is the only plus the guide has really got. New secrets get a mention, but not much of an explanation.

Worst of all? No walkthrough for the original Metal Gear or for Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. This is unforgiveable. Without a walkthrough for these two games, the guide only further becomes useless. If you want a walkthrough for Snake Eater, you might as well get the original guide. All the extra content isn't explore enough in this guide. Maps for online mode don't make a fantastic guide. A basic walkthrough also doesn't make a fantastic guide. We're interested in the new content as well as the old. And while it does a fairly good job in the original walkthrough (it's basically the same, word for word), it's compressed to fit in the pages. Also, there's no help about CQC. If you're someone who never played Snake Eater and so you invested in Subsistence, this guide isn't going to help you adjust to CQC.

So in short, you might as well get the original guide. It doesn't have the coverage of Online mode or most of the new extras, but you're really not getting that by investing in this guide either.

This guide is crap, buy the Original Snake Eater guide.......2006-04-01

This guide is complete crap. Don't waste your money on this guide unless you want online maps. BUY THE ORIGINAL SNAKE EATER GUIDE. This guide does not cover details on the camo, face paints, weapons, CQC (close quarters combat), or show the locations of the kerotans.

Waste of Money.......2006-03-22

This guide was a total waste of money. The walk through is ok, but not nearly as good as the original guide. Also, they don't even cover much of the new content. The only monkey levels covered are in the original guide, not the extra. There is no kerotan map, no explaination of what the camo does, only a half page of secrets. There is no walk through of the original metal gears, and the dual mode guide is not worth the price. There are a lot of maps that have no key so you don't even know what all of the icons mean. The online guide is good, but this guide should only be bought as a supplement to the original. Not worth the price by any means though.

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