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As John Swanson states, "A box with a friction fit lid is nice; a box with a threaded lid is extra special." In this book, John takes the reader through every step necessary to create beautiful turned wooden boxes with threaded lids. Accompanying the precise and detailed text are over 250 color photographs, showing every technique and tool used by the author. A box layout table is also provided to ensure that the boxes you turn on your lathe will have the proper proportions between the lid and the base.
Once the box has been turned on the lathe and successfully threaded, instructions for adding a lustrous, durable finish are provided. Also included in this valuable text are gallery photographs featuring many beautiful box designs turned in a variety of woods. This book is a must for every woodturner who has ever wanted to create boxes "with a twist." , 256, 8 1/2" x 11"
Customer Reviews:
The WORST book I have ever purchased!.......2007-02-02
You will not learn from this book, text is minimal. If it information you seek, look elsewhere. You will not be inspired by the turnings, you may be inspired to write a better book. This is a picture book, with only mediocre pictures. This was my most disappointing purchase of 2006. Were the pages not glossy, plasticized, burning it in the wood stove could provide some usefulness.
coffee table book.......2006-04-04
This is a book to put on your coffee table for courious guests to view. It is 90% pictures, with little instruction on cutting threads. Mostly it shows how to make a box. It uses the Bonnie Klien treading machine to actually create the thread with mimimal instruction about that machine. Almost a total waste of time for someone who wants to actually chase threads.
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Meet Sayoko - better known as Slut Girl - a drop-dead beauty that knows what she wants and has the attitude to get it. By sheer chance she meets her benefactor/boyfriend, and this is where the hilarity begins. Satoru is the biggest little mealy-mouthed push over on the planet and Slut Girl takes full advantage of her raging sexuality to use her boyfriend for living space and money.
Customer Reviews:
Hilarious and sizzlin!.......2006-04-27
This manga is a great deal for $22. The babes are hot and it is hilarious, it also really relates to how life can be sometimes, just without a roomate you have for sex.
Erotic and hilarious at the same time........2005-08-15
Back in 2000, I bought the first issue of Slut Girl when the trade paperbacks were being released. It was unlike any other hentai series I'd seen- there was an actual plot and comedy on every page. Aside from that, the characters were just too much. I instantly fell in love with Sayoko and Satoru, and wondered what would happen next. Sadly, the site I ordered the issue from had went out of business, and it was impossible to find the last issues. But, as luck would have it, Amazon actually carries the graphic novel version here. The price is right, and you're getting a good sized book for your money. Presented in black and white, on high-quality paper, Slut Girl is here in its entirety. Though my one small complaint is that it doesn't feature the different covers from the seperate issues. One of the best things about the trade paperbacks were the covers. But I'm sure you can print them out somewhere.
Slut Girl is the story of Sayoko- a woman with money on her mind, but a past full of debts. She can never hold a job for too long, and that's what we find out in the first part of the book. She's fired from her job after setting up a webcam of her boss takin' it to a co-worker. This doesn't go over well with anyone, and she's out of work. We then meet Saruto, a perverted virgin with nothing bus sex on his mind. He comes accross an ad in the paper for body therapy and pleasure. It just so happens that Sayoko is in this business, and is the one that answers his call. When it turns out that it's for a virtual reality body therapy, he is of course disappointed. Sayoko goes ahead and gives him a good time since he was so devestated. She's quite the looker. Unfortunately for him, he's loaded with cash, and she decides to stick around. This leads him into a world of chaos. One by one, old friends and enemies of Sayoko's show up looking for her. Saturo's the one that has to deal with them first, which usually somehow leads to him getting to have sex with them. From debts to running people out of business, Sayoko sure was busy eh? But when it comes down to it, she's got a great mind for business. If she took something seriously for once, she could really make it. One of her old enemies even says this. How will she pay off her debts? Will Saruto manage to keep his sanity in between losing money and having some of the roughest sex imaginable? Of course. He's a lucky guy, and I'm sure a lot of others would agree that they'd like to be in his situation.
Of course, one of the best things about this book is the artwork. Isutoshi does a fantastic job with everything. The bodies of the women look great, and better than some in real life. Even the anatomy "down there" looks admirable. Sad, huh? And check out some of the bodily fluids that are all over the place. But some of the best drawings are in the facial expressions. If I could post pictures from the book on this page, I would. Saurto's face when Sayoko's at his door for the first time is priceless, as are the ones he has whenever he's taking it to one of the girls. Though the comic's in black and white, Isutoshi somehow gets a nice glossy look here and there. Sayoko's lips always have this look to them as if they're shining. Go ahead and call him "just a hentai artist", but the guy's got talent, and I look forward to reading his other series.
Though it's an erotic story, Slut Girl has a lot of heart to it if you read between the lines. Sayoko's loyal to Saruto in the friend sense, and she really likes the kid. And the ending gives you an empty feeling, wondering what happens when it's over. I'm not trying to make it sound depressing, but to care like this for characters in an adult comic is pretty weird. Slut Girl has more character and depth (in more ways than one) than most comic series these days. Who knows, maybe Isutoshi'll start it back up somewhere down the line. But until then, you'll just have to check out this book and enjoy the simplicity and sexualness of it all.
One of the best h-mangas ever released in the US.......2005-08-12
SLUT GIRL, by the mangaka Isutoshi, is a very funny, and sexually energized story. Ask around with anyone familiar with the steamier side of japanese manga, and they will know this series for sure. Isutoshi's art style is great, and his facial expressions are simply hilarious for his characters. A++ review for this graphic novel that combines the 6 original comics. Well worth the $20 for any japanese manga fan looking for some hot & explicit action without anything too extreme. Even my girlfriend thought it was funny!
Book Description
In a successful action adventure script, there are more than just hot pursuits and hotheaded slugfests. This book investigates the screenwriting principles that define the content and style of the most popular film genre.
Customer Reviews:
Misleading and unorganized.......2007-04-18
This book seems to be written by amatures!
It is unorganized, I could not follow the subject that the author is explaining.
It is a research book rather that intended for eduaction.
If you want to write a film, please ignore this book.
If you are a regular movie goer, take it, if you have a spare of 10 $.Probably you will know more about the dynamics of the action film
Don't Waste Your Money.......2003-06-19
The positive reviews here obviously come from Hicks' pals (check out his website). The book is poorly-written, incoherent, and gives no specific (or recognizable) advice on how to write an action film. It is basically a rambling (and very odd)discourse on the history of war movies.
I can highly recommend Tobin, Epstein, Martell, and Walker if you want to learn how to write action--or any other--films.
A lot of fluff.......2002-12-08
Not a lot of substance here. I did not find this book at all useful, a waste of money over all. A lot of talk about nothing specific, writer wonders around willy nilly, and no real how tos. Information such as formatting of action elements, or just how specific you should be when writing action scenes would have been much better served here, but alas, not to be. Books such as Crafty Screenwriting or Screenwriters Bible go much, much further.
Want to understand the Action Adventure Genre? This is it!.......2002-05-03
If you want to understand the Action Adventure Genre, this is THE book. Great models, insights, rules to use or break.
Neill Hicks is a screenwriter who's written scripts that have been made into successful hit movies -- Rumble in The Bronx, First Strike. There are a lot of books on screenwriting written by people who are still trying to see their script go to production, let alone be a hit. This book's wisdom, insight and practial observations and advice shows why Hicks made it.
He has a very nice across genre model of protagonist characteristics which he also mentioned more briefly in his previous book, Screenwriting 101-- another excellent source.
A straightforward, sensible, "user friendly" primer.......2002-04-09
Writing The Action-Adventure Film: The Moment Of Truth by professional screenwriter Neill D. Hicks ("Rumble in the Bronx"; "First Strike") is a straightforward, sensible, "user friendly" primer for creating a solid screenplay specifically for one of the most popular movie genres in America. Individual chapters specifically address issues of characterization, plot structure, pitfalls, and the strengths of the Action-Adventure film genre, as well as what the audience expects when they go to see the latest action movie. If you are contemplating, or already involved in, scripting an Action-Adventure screenplay, then give Neill Hicks' Writing The Action-Adventure Film an immediate and careful reading.
Book Description
The advent of the Internet and the changing face of the recording industry have made an ideal environment for independent record labels. More and more enterprising individuals are striking out on their own, taking talented artists and turning them into hot commodities.
There are many things to consider when forming a record label. Many would-be label heads get so wrapped up in the details that they skip over the very foundation upon which a record company should be built—the contracts that tie it all together.
The Independent Record Label's Plain and Simple Guide to Contracting is a straightforward guide to the basic agreements an independent record label needs to function. Learn what's important when signing an artist, how publishing works, and when to request—or require—a license. Know when to negotiate and when to stand firm. Understand how royalties work. The Independent Record Label's Plain and Simple Guide to Contracting is a valuable addition to any indie label's collection.
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The advent of the Internet and the changing face of the recording industry have made an ideal environment for independent record labels. More and more enterprising individuals are striking out on their own, taking talented artists and turning them into hot commodities.
There are many things to consider when forming a record label. Many would-be label heads get so wrapped up in the details that they skip over the very foundation upon which a record company should be built
Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2006-05-16
The advent of the internet and the ever-changing face of the music industry demand that small record labels and producers change as well. In this e-book you'll find some of the best and detailed descriptions detailing the management and contractual obligations of a small record label. It will help you get through most of the hurdles but it isn't perfect. If you want something better , this time on paperback try "The Music Business: How YOU can make $500,000 "or more" a year in the music industry by Doing it Yourself!" by Ty Cohen, a book that explains even more and opens even more doors .
Book Description
Chess is developing faster now than ever before in history, and the appearance of strong chess computers has changed the way players think. In the past many positions would have been rejected on principle as impossible to defend, and even the best players would shy away from capturing material if it meant that they would have to face a difficult defense. This attitude has changed, and today's top players are not afraid of walking a very fine line in defense. Here's practical advice on various methods of defense, offering readers the chance to test and train with 200 challenging examples. While not for the fainthearted, this book will help the reader greatly improve in this vital part of the game.
Customer Reviews:
Good, but not quite what I expected.......2007-01-09
My background in chess:
2107 FIDE, been playing a little over 4 years
I'm not sure what I expected from this from this book, it sounded like an interesting work and Aagaard hasn't disappointed me with his other titles so I figured I'd give this book a read. There is a relatively short section (less than 50 pages I believe) at the beginning of this book with a section of "defensive techniques" which covers a decent amount of ground. I thought a possible improvement upon this might be taking a few more examples from his own games where he was defending for a long time and explain his thoughts during a few of the critical moments (where he either defended successfully or failed to defend) and how he came to his choices. It seems very often when I'm defending I have to make choices where I believe one is better than the other for various reasons although I'm not quite sure that either is completely satisfactory. Also it seems strange that he doesn't cover stirring up complications directly. Sometimes you might make your position objectively worse, but increase your chances of defending in practice this way.
The bulk of the book is a series of defensive puzzles. These are mostly examples from real games where strong players either found nice defenses or failed to defend (sometimes the examples are from side-variations that were either rejected by the attacker due to a stunning defense or rejected by the defender due to missing a stunning defense). These do compromise a somewhat unique class of chess puzzle that aren't so much "black to play and draw" but more like "black to play and equalize" or "black to play and reach a defensible position", sometimes they're even "black to play and win" in the sense that one side is materially up and needs to stave off mate and sometimes manages to hold onto his material to achieve a winning position. My one criticism to the solutions section which almost seems unfair is that his "How you should have solved it" section with each solution could be expanded upon a little bit in some cases, especially fleshing out the thought process a little more.
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Packed with hundreds of proven strategies that work time and again.
Customer Reviews:
Best resource ever.......2006-10-25
I was given this book in law school, and I highly recommend it to any law school student. The humor dispersed throughout the book provided much appreciated comic relief from the arduous task of job searching. The advice in the book has been incredibly helpful over the years. My resume has always been modeled after the advice in this book, and I have gotten several compliments from employers on this resume. Finally, I credit her wisdom in helping me to obtain the job of my dreams that I plan to keep for the rest of my life.
To illustrate, I graduated in the middle of my class from a law school that wasn't a top 10 school. After graduation, I moved to a state where I knew no one. My first post-graduation interview came out of networking at a fender bender. The nice gentleman who rear-ended me was a bit scared that he had hit a woman who had graduated from law school the previous month. Upon learning that I was not injured, he told me of a college friend whose firm was hiring, and I had an interview the next week. After not getting that job, I began temping for an insurance company. After obtaining a full-time job with the insurance company, one of my supervisors from one of the temp jobs contacted me to let me know of a position with her husband's company. I obtained that position. Although it turned out to be not the job of my dreams, I did meet my husband there. I later returned to another insurance company, and, through the contacts I made at that job, I was able to obtain my current job as a full-time, salaried mediator. Although most courts now mandate mediation, full-time, salaried mediator positions are still a rarity. The advice in this book helped me reach my ultimate career goal just 6 years out of law school.
A must read for every law student.......2006-10-20
The books is well worth the price and provides extremely useful, practical, and insightful advice for getting the job that's right for you. A terrific book.
"Yeah, Rah, Rah!!!".......2006-08-14
My review is "give me a break". This book should have been titled, "Rah, Rah, You can do it, yeaaaaaaaaah!!!"
How many times will the author say that we all should go to our CSO because they love to help us and they are counsellors first and lawyers second? She didn't meet my CSO and didn't mention them in her thank you section. Apparently she only met CSOs who wanted to be guidance counselors from birth and not the failed, bitter lawyers who got a CSO job as a favor.
There are some interesting ideas that could have been boiled down to a few pages. Warning, a lot of those tactics might be effective for a petite, attractive woman but if you try some of it as a man security will escort you out.
Overhyped, warmed over and tired advice.......2006-07-08
Hey Kimm,
The 1980's called and they want their Parachute back.
Let me give all potential readers of this book some REAL advice. DO NOT, under any circumstances, answer ANY of the interview questions as advised in this book. I interview law students and applicants to our firm every week. Upon hearing one of these "cooked" responses, I immediately put that person's resume/application in the "No" file.
Do yourself a favor and answer job interview questions frankly, honestly and with originality. Your sincerity will play far better than the insulting routine this author -- and almost every other career counselor -- proposes.
I don't know what's more pathetic: the fact that people like this are still making money encouraging applicants to "sell themselves like an infomercial" or the fact that other people actually give them money for the drivel they're shoveling.
Great Book.......2006-06-28
I read the reviews here before purchasing this book and decided to go ahead and buy it anyway. First of all, forget her writing style/tone, that "Auntie Kimmbo" stuff and the way she goes on and on about Harvard. You can get over it--that is not a reason to low-ball the book. Second, I do think Walton over-promises a bit, but I see why. Her ideas are really good. Whether or not they are common sense to a person probably depends on that person's background. But as someone who came to law school as an introvert with no connections and very little experience with job searches and interviews, I learned a lot from this book. Some of the ideas she gave had occurred to me on occasion before reading this book (i.e. anybody in law school knows they need to network, but some people--like me--are very uncomfortable with it and don't entirely appreciate its significance) while others are simply the kind of ideas that seem so simple when you read them in this book that they merely *seem* like common sense. You wonder why you didn't think of it before.
To tell you about me some and relate it to this book--I finished my first year at a top 10 law school May 2006 with low grades and no job offers. The school I attend has on-campus interviews in the spring that are mainly for first-year students but also for second-year students...but the spring OCI is mainly used by 1st years. My school is the kind where firms have to see whoever signs up; grades are not used. I sent out resumes to firms, also, but not as many as my classmates were sending out. The cover letters and resumes were pretty general, not attention-getting at all and just boring. There were students at my school who also had unimpressive grades but got jobs while I had what I thought were strong on-campus interviews and one interview at a law firm in my hometown that I also thought went well. I couldn't understand why I kept getting rejected, how other people got their jobs and connections, and how I could attend a top 10 school and finish my 1st year with nothing, to be very honest. I had a lot of misconceptions in my head (mainly that of entitlement based on my school's reputation, particularly in relation to the ranky-dank-ness of my hometown...I thought they should have wanted to snatch me right up), and I now believe that if I'd had Walton's book I wouldn't have had to come back to my hometown, call public interest groups and ask to volunteer over the summer.
I have found that I made countless mistakes that I wouldn't have made had I known about Walton's book, or even had I been to see my Career Services office like she recommends over and over in her book (and, again, I never bothered with them because I believed everyone when they insisted our school's reputation would be enough and that my hometown would jump on a student from a top 10 school). I wouldn't have had to figure out too late that law firms in areas I'm not from care a lot about geography while stumbling through geo-related questions in interviews and then have that confirmed by Walton in her book. One thing I think Walton says several times that I'm not sure about, unless you attend a top law school, is that you can get your dream job regardless of grades. At my school, we get access to a lot of information about what top firms have hired our students with what GPA...and, essentially, firms make a lot of exceptions for *us* despite saying they want "top 10% at top schools." In fact, every firm that says that takes students from my school that are not in the top 10%, or even 20%, and pretty much every other firm that says they want "top students from top schools" goes almost to or right around the 50th percentile. I found out that with my GPA and even lower (I am seriously not in the top 50%), there were several law firms I could have gotten hired by during the summer of 2006 had I read and followed Walton's advice...and I would have known that before had I paid more attention to my Career Services office. But I somewhat doubt the exceptions are just for top schools...I think some firms do have their strict cutoffs, but I also think some firms claim they want top 10% simply to make themselves look more prestigious/selective or even to discourage receiving more resumes to sift through. One of my classmates had actually given me a tip that Walton gives in her book about what to do when you have lower grades than a firm looks for--just go ahead and mention your grades in the interview but put a positive spin on them--and the tip had worked for him several times. I wonder if he had read Walton's book, in retrospect!
When I go for 2nd-year OCI, I will know not to be so passive this time in interviews. Walton teaches you to pick about 5 qualities about yourself that show why firms should hire you, think of experiences and situations you've been in to back those qualities up and then basically tell firms why they should hire you without flat-out saying, "Here's why you should hire me." I never did anything like that...never told firms why they should hire me or about what I can do for them. I never did any networking or took any kind of initiative, and now that I've started networking with lawyers at firms I'm interested in and in the area of law I want to practice, I have actually had those lawyers tell me that I am doing the right thing--that I need to be aggressive and show that I am a go-getter--and that when they think about giving out internships, etc, people who do what I am doing are the first ones they think about and make offers to. Walton basically says as much in her book. And these lawyers, for the most part, have been offering help before I can even get half the questions Walton suggests in her book out my mouth. From the very first lawyer I contacted after reading her book, I got the names and contact information of about five or six other lawyers who work at firms and in the practice area I'm interested in--one being a lawyer who is famous in that practice area and another two being lawyers who work for one of the most famous people/companies in the *world*. Though Walton suggests asking people you network with if they can suggest other people to talk to, I never had the chance to ask that lawyer--she just started GIVING me names and numbers of people I have dreamed of contacting and in positions I have dreamed of working in but had no clue how to get in. All this from only one contact I made.
No, this information might not be ground-breaking, and I could have done this on my own. But Walton gives that kick in the pants some people need and provides explanations for why you need to do the things she suggests. I see why Walton de-emphasizes grades and school--networking and who you know are definitely very powerful. It might not get you over that strict 3.0 GPA minimum your favorite top law firm might have, but you can still get a great--maybe even better--job doing it...and for those who don't really know how, Walton tells you the steps to take when you need contacts and what to say to them. She also tells you how to use those contacts you make in your cover letters so that you will get a response, or at least a serious look. But her book is NOT just all about networking! In general, she just takes all the "common sense" advice and puts it all in one book. I wouldn't necessarily buy the book full-price, but I never do--if you're interested, buy it here or half.com used. But if you're having trouble finding a job and/or are relatively clueless like I was, get this book! I would give 4 & 1/2 stars!
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