Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If...: 2006 Wall Calendar

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A Laugh A Minute.......2006-02-25

A wonderful book in which we can see ourselves and perhaps family members. Highly recommend to others.

Slightly Disappointed........2006-01-30

The calendar is funny, but not as funny as last year's. Seems like their running out of material.

Text only.......2006-01-27

I bought this calendar because of the great picture on the box. I was deeply disappointed to find that the actual calendar has no such images--just a one-line text statement every day. I won't buy another one from Jeff.

Book Description

atrick F. McManus's wry wit has made him an American classic, his trademark outdoorsman's humor endearing him not only to fellow wilderness enthusiasts but to anyone who enjoys a good laugh. In his newest collection of hilarious essays, he ponders the strange allure of the RV, a thirtieth-century hunting trip, the art of wrestling toads, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart hunters, the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish that gets away, and what happens when a bear named Pooky decides to hibernate in the attic. Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the clever insights of Garrison Keillor with his own keen sense of the absurd, McManus brilliantly captures the funny and strange in our everyday existence, while managing to evoke a childlike wonder at the natural world.

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A voice from the past.......2006-11-13

McManus brings a view of a life style that was common in rural areas of the west and the Appalachian mountains of the east. In my youth, I experienced a lot of Appalachian adventures very similar to those of which he writes. His characters are very similar to the ones that I knew. Your ribs hurt by the time you finish his story.

The funniest author ever does it again!.......2006-11-03

This book is hilarious! It is a collection of short stories that can make even the most serious readers laugh out loud. Seriously! And not just smile or snicker, but LAUGH! I cannot reccomend this book highly enough.

Amazon, we'll need more than five stars for this one!

any patrick mcmanus book.......2005-10-22

As a middle school reading teacher, with 35 years of experience, I can tell you that this is the one author I recommed for reluctant readers, especially boys. I discovered this author when our second son decided he didn't like to read. Well, he didn't read much but he loved Outdoor Life and the books by Mr. McManus.
I would encourage parents and teachers to read these books and find the attraction these will have on boys of middle school age.
ascott
west virginia

Laughing out loud.......2005-09-19

This book makes you laugh out loud even when you are having the bluest day. Good medicine for what ails you.

Review Bear in the Attic.......2005-08-31

A warmly entertaining cd which kept all the restless people happy on a 1200 mile drive...including adults, children and a small dog. Patrick McManus stories are always funny but we'd never purchased a cd before. The reader on the cd did an excellent job with character voice intonations and they "sounded" like I had imagined they would. Wonderful for all...perhaps best to those who have some hunting experience in the their background but not necessary to enjoy his witty tales. Absolutely recommended for long trips when everything begins to sound alike (or when grumpiness begins to descend upon the car)...play this cd and laugh out loud...which make earn you a few strange looks if you happen to be using headphones (as I did for a few sections)... BUY IT!!!!

Spend a Day With Bear (Bear In The Big Blue House)

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Missing Pieces
Great idea, poor construction
bears book

Spend a Day With Bear (Bear In The Big Blue House)
Catherine Daly-Weir , and Catherine Daley
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
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Binding: Board book

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Missing Pieces.......2003-01-10

This is one of my 4-year-old's favorite books, but she stopped reading it when we lost the 5 press-out figures. We don't know how to replace them other than to track down another copy of the book. Also, the storage bin on the last page does not work for the tokens. Great concept, but maybe next time the play pieces could snap on so we don't lose them.

Great idea, poor construction.......2000-08-03

My three year old and my 16 month old both love Bear and were excited to get this book! The pieces however are way too flimsy and too difficult to place into the slots in the book. If the book had been constructed a little differently, it would have been far more enjoyable.

bears book.......2000-05-31

This is my 22 month olds favorite book. The only problem is that the play pieces are to thin, causing them to tear slightly when she plays with them to roughly. They can easily be repaired with tape.

Attic Dolls: The Creation and Design of Artist's Dolls (Milner Craft Series)

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Attic Dolls: The Creation and Design of Artist's Dolls (Milner Craft Series)
Linda Carroll
Manufacturer: Sally Milner Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The Bear in the Attic
Patrick F. McManus
Manufacturer: Recorded Books
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Binding: Audio Cassette
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The Berenstain Bears and the Attic Treasure

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The Berenstain Bears and the Attic Treasure
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Manufacturer: Berenstain Bears Enterprises, Inc.
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Stan & Jan Berenstain
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The Berenstain Bears and the attic treasure (The Berenstain bears family time books)

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The Berenstain Bears and the attic treasure (The Berenstain bears family time books)
Stan Berenstain
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The Berenstain Bears and the Attic Treasure (The Berenstain Bears)

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The Berenstain Bears and the Attic Treasure (The Berenstain Bears)

Manufacturer: GT PUBLISHING
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000CSOXSA

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This is a typical Berenstain Bears book about the family exploring the treasures in the attic.

The Berenstain Bears the Attic Treasure and the Substitute Teacher (Super Sound Package Series)

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The Berenstain Bears the Attic Treasure and the Substitute Teacher (Super Sound Package Series)
Stan Berenstain
Manufacturer: GT Publishing Corporation
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Oxfam, the Unloved Bear (Attic Toys)
Margaret Stuart Barry
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Uncovering the real story of Batman, from the events that have shaped the Dark Knight to the friends and foes who know only half the truth, Batman Begins: The Visual Guide is the ultimate book for any fans of this extraordinary hero.

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Great Batman Begins book!.......2005-08-29

This is a very good book. If you are familiar with the Star Wars Visual Guides then you will love this book! Though its more of a storybook then the Star Wars guides but this is awesome. It has really neat pictures from the movie all in color and many great pictures of the characters. I would love more books like this that studies on feature films! If you love the Batman Begins film and/or Batman in general then I strongly recommend this book!

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The Collected Lute Music of John Dowland

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Binding: Paperback

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The Collected Lute Music
John; Poulton, Diana & Lam, Basil, Eds. Dowland
Manufacturer: Faber Music
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Binding: Paperback
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Crosswords Puzzles in Large Type #17 (Crossword Puzzles in Large Type)
Charles Preston
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
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Binding: Paperback

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Simon & Schuster Large Type Crosswords Treasury #1

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So puzzlers can strain their brains-not their eyes.

This collection features 60 new puzzles that are as challenging to solve as they are easy to see.

SIMON & SCHUSTER'S LARGE TYPE CROSSWORDS SERIES #17: FORTY ALL-NEW PUZZLES! (S&s Large Type Crossword)

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SIMON & SCHUSTER'S LARGE TYPE CROSSWORDS SERIES #17: FORTY ALL-NEW PUZZLES! (S&s Large Type Crossword)
Eugene T. Maleska
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0671872192

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Large Type Crosswords 17
Charles Preston
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MATTHEW SIMMONS

It may be later than twilight in the desert

An important analysis, but too long by half

Lots of Food for Thought

Well written & excellent analysis

Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
Matthew R. Simmons
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production operations. He uncovers a story about Saudi Arabia’s troubled oil industry, not to mention its political and societal instability, which differs sharply from the globally accepted Saudi version. It’s a story that is provocative and disturbing, based on undeniable facts, but until now never told in its entirety. Twilight in the Desert answers all readers’ questions about Saudi oil and production industries with keen examination instead of unsubstantiated posturing, and takes its place as one of the most important books of this still-young century.

Customer Reviews:

MATTHEW SIMMONS.......2007-07-28

Peak oil. That's the 100B$ question?
Technical analysis shows as that oil is in a bull market...
If this book is right 200$ oil is not science fiction, but rather reality.
Is that the end of oil or just another milestone
in the neverending story of oil bull and bear markets.
The future will tell...

It may be later than twilight in the desert.......2007-06-08

I heard so much about this book that I started to not buy it, thinking I knew what it said. I'm very glad I read it. I spent 30 years in the oil patch and I have to say that I think the author knows what he's talking about. He makes a very good case for Saudi Arabia's oil production being on the verge of a steep decline. For more on getting ready for very expensive oil see The Long Emergency.The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

An important analysis, but too long by half.......2007-05-24

Saudi Arabia's economic foundations are increasingly fragile despite the run-up in oil prices during the past three years, driven in part by the disastrous invasion of Iraq. Simmons' work points to a looming problem - that Saudi Arabia has vastly overstated the country's oil reserves and production capacity. He gives sound technical analysis drawn from opinions of independent oil experts.

While it is an important book, the author could have covered the same ground in about half the 464 pages that he used.

For a succinct, fictionalized account of the types of non-economic problems besetting the Saudi regime and the future stability of oil markets, you might take a look at SAUDI MATCH POINT, published recently and available online from Blacksmith Books.

Lots of Food for Thought.......2007-05-10

Some have called Simmons a doomsayer. Others a prophet. With so many reviews of this book already posted, this one will be a bulleted list of some of Simmons' most salient points:

-The last big oil fields were found in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and most are in the middle east. This small part of the world produces most of the planet's oil. With little prospect of new oil discoveries, this is the 'twilight' phenomenon of the book's title.

-The U.S. is too dependent on foreign oil. This is not new. But even if we wanted to be self sufficient, our energy infrastructure is terribly outdated. Our average drilling rigs are 25 years old, and human drillers need 10 years of training--and we're not doing a good job of training new ones.

-Bottom line: we've used too much oil and paid too little for it during the past 50 years, while we've let our global energy infrastructure get too old. Now we all (China, Russia, Europe, and the U.S. in particular) need to work together to undo 50 years of mistakes.

That's Simmons' book in brief. It's thought provoking, although certainly many consider its arguments debatable. Despite one's position on available global oil supply (as well as global warming), in its most lucid and impassioned moments 'Twilight in the Desert' is a stirring call to action.

Well written & excellent analysis.......2007-04-29

Simmons presents a phenomenal analysis of Saudi Arabia's oil production (both their production claims & reality). In it, he presents the history of Saudi Aramco, walking you step by step through the production analysis, injecting definitions of key terms and technology primers along the way. This book presents a skeptic's view of the Saudi claims, and presents much research to back up his skepticism. One thing to note is that he never comes out and says that the Saudis are actually lying about production, but rather, suggests (rightly so), that they are not forthcoming about the reality of their situation, almost goading them into making public their production information.

I only have two minor complaints. First is that the reader is skewed into believing that the Saudis *cannot* substantially increase their production. This may be true, but the better claim would be to show that to do so would require substantial investments. Also, he never acknowledges that if the price of oil were to skyrocket, that market forced would make it quickly fall to a more reasonable level. Simmons is a financial analyst, and anyone who believes in market theory should acknowledge this, especially in a work this comprehensive.

Overall, this book will teach you more about how oil production actually occurs than anything short of a geology textbook, and presents an insight into the whole industry that is nothing short of a tour de force.

Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

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Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
Matthew R. Simmons
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NSGLUW

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