Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs

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A Good Resource for Potential Dog Owners

Well done general canine reference

Excelent resource tool.

Guide to 320 Dog Breeds

excellent overview of breeds and their characteristics

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs
Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Fireside
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0671255274

Book Description

With more than 250,000 copies in print, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs is the best guide available -- whether you need a dog book for general identification or to select the breed that is most suitable for you. With more than 320 breeds of dogs described and illustrated in full color, this book provides quick access to essential information on physical and psychological characteristics and care required. The entries for each breed give details on weight, height, markings, and type of coat, as well as information on personality traits, origins, uses, and care. Each entry also features easy-to-read visual symbols that indicate, for example, whether a breed of dog is good with children or has a tendency to bite, whether a breed is well- suited as a hunting dog or a guard dog, whether the dog needs to be kept outdoors or indoors or can live happily in the city, and much more.

Filled with useful information and illustrated throughout, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs is a valuable reference to the world of canines.

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A Good Resource for Potential Dog Owners.......2002-02-05

I bought this book about 6 years ago and it's still interesting to look at today. It is a good reference for anyone who is interested in getting a dog of a certain breed or a mix of certain breeds. It has personality traits which I found to be very helpful and it has interesting information about origins of certain species, my favorite story being of the Bernese Mountain Dog. It also has general information before breed profiles in the beginning of the book which is helpful has well. This book is reccomended to anyone who's interested in owning a dog.

Well done general canine reference.......2001-10-26

This is a well done, quick & general reference. It provides a high level overview & attempts to note general variances in many of the breeds. It falls a bit short on adequately describing temperaments, which are as critical in chosing a dog as the type, size, coat & color. It's especially beneficial to novice pet owners who are trying to learn about & compare suitable options. The picture quality is generally quite good but dated for some breeds.

Excelent resource tool........2001-07-08

I have been training dogs for six years now and out of all of the breed reference materials that I have used, this is one of the easiest that I have found. Its size makes it easy to carry with me to the office and out in the field. Its pictures are excellent for identification and its provided history on each breed is a great help for understanding each breeds behavior drives in training. In the front it offers a wonderful story as to how dogs as we know them came to be, and a unique look on how man domesticated the dog. This is a book that no dog trainer or dog owner should be without.

Guide to 320 Dog Breeds.......2000-05-02

This volume is about the size of the Audubon field guides and is easy to carry and fairly lightweight. There is a general discussion at the beginning of the book on the history of dogs, the different types, and basically general information including grooming, training etc. The keyword here is general, this information is not breed specific. The book is divided in the sections for Terriers, Working Dogs, Toys, etc. There is an illustration or photograh for each breed with about a paragraph of text on each breed. This text includes origin, description, personality, and uses. It should be noted these are brief general descriptions of the breed. Readers who want extensive information on a specific breed are advised to get a breed specific book. However if this book is taken in the spirit it was written, as a brief identification guide it is more than adequate. For readers who want a general guide with a little more text and larger pictures should consider the Atlas of Dog Breeds, but it should be noted this is a heavy book not easy to carry around and also does not go in to a great deal of depth on each breed. With that being said I would recommend this book as an easy to carry identification guide, affordable, and it would actually be a good book for children and teenagers who are interested in dogs and would like an overview to identifiy breeds and which ones they would like to do further reading and research on.

excellent overview of breeds and their characteristics.......1999-02-26

we have turned to this particular book time after time for our own information as well as when making a recommendation to a friend who is interested in deciding upon a dog to adopt or buy. we have been using this book for over 15 years and have gone through 2 copies of our own as well as having bought it for gifts for others.

5 Books: DOGA - Yoga For Dogs / The Well-Mannered Dog / Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs / Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship / The INTELLIGENCE OF DOGS (Unboxed Set of Teaching, Appreciating, Dogs & Puppys Books)

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5 Books: DOGA - Yoga For Dogs / The Well-Mannered Dog / Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs / Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship / The INTELLIGENCE OF DOGS (Unboxed Set of Teaching, Appreciating, Dogs & Puppys Books)
Jennifer Brilliant , William Berloni , Simon and Schuster , Stanley Coren , The Editors of Pets: Part of the Family , and Bark Editors
Manufacturer: various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WE89SO

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5 Books: DOGA - Yoga For Dogs / The Well-Mannered Dog / Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs / Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship / The INTELLIGENCE OF DOGS (Unboxed Set of Teaching, Appreciating, Dogs & Puppys Books), in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.

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Simon & Schuster's Guide To Dogs
Gino; Edited by Schuler, Elizabeth Meriwether Pugnetti
Manufacturer: Fireside / Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K1S5OC

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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs
Gino Pugnetti
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KH9JEQ

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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs
Gino (Edited By Elizabeth Meriwether Sch Pugnetti
Manufacturer: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NX5X4M

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Algae of the western Great Lakes area,
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Manufacturer: W. C. Brown Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area
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Algae of the western Great Lakes area,: Exclusive of desmids and diatoms (Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bulletin)
G. W Prescott
Manufacturer: Cranbrook Institute of Science
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007DRQ3E

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Evolutionary biologists have produced a solid body of evidence to explain patterns of diversification, both within and among species. Recent textbooks are weighted towards studies of animals, which is surprising given that plants are ideally suited for answering evolutionary questions. This book places the wealth of data that have been collected on plants into the unifying framework of game theory. It is the authors' hope that many students will take on this challenge and help the study of the evolutionary ecology of plants to develop as a mature, predictive science.

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Good, detailed overview of plant reproductive systems.......2007-03-10

This is a decent, well-documented overview of plant reproductive systems, with much supporting theory as to how and why they evolved. The decidedly theoretical approach works well, but the mathematical underpinnings may be difficult for some with a more empirical background. Nevertheless, this book will probably remain the best general introduction to this topic for quite some time.

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The Dynamics program and handbook allows the reader to explore nonlinear dynamics and chaos by the use of illustrated graphics. It is suitable for research and educational needs. This new edition allows the program = to run 3 times faster on the processes that are time consuming. Other major changes include: 1. There will be an add-your-own equation facility. This means it = will be unnecessary to have a compiler. PD and Lyanpunov exponents and Newton method for finding periodic orbits can all be carried out numerically without adding specific code for partial derivatives. 2. The program will support color postscript. 3. New menu system in which the user is prompted by options when a command is chosen. This means that the program is much easier to learn and to remember in comparison to current version. 4. Mouse support is added. 5. The program will be able to use the expanded memory available on modern PC's. This means pictures will be higher resolution. There are also many minor chan ce much of the source code will be available on the web, although some of ges such as zoom facility and help facility.=20 6. Due to limited spa it willr emain on the disk so that the unix users still have to purchase the book. This will allow minor upgrades for Unix users.

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research tool.......2000-01-02

Besides having the capability to produce the most popular "chaos" pictures discovered, this should read program accompanied by book. The more sophisticated the readers knowledge of non-linear dynamics, the more powerful this program becomes. This does not mean the reader needs to know C++ to work it (thank the fractal gods). This set up is a must for beginners in non-linear systems. The learning curve is about 2 hrs. and is easier than most window based applications. While most of the computations and graphs can be done in Mathcad (Matlab etc.), some of the special application functions would be very time comsuming. The best feature for this reader was the "add your own functions for testing" which has a significant file of reader's previous work to be analysed. This app. resides (in the desk top) along with Feedback and Control apps. ODE solvers, and the readers wavelet analysis. (just to show how useful it is).

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'With the publication of Woudhuysen's Arden 3 edition, the magisterial study of the play that will energise a new generation of readers and directors has now arrived.' Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey

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Not one of Shakespeare's best........2005-07-09

The three star rating is rating this book as compared to other Shakespearean plays; if rated against the general run of material out there, it would doubtless rate at least four stars. This is reputed to be one of his earliest works, and it shows. It's still quite good, of course; it's Shakespeare. But compared to his other plays, the language isn't quite as lovely as a fan of Shakespeare tends to expect. Also, the plot is rather trivial and silly (which isn't necessarily unreasonable, given that it's a comedy, but in his later works, even his comedies have more meat to them than this). One thing that this play DOES have going for it is that in the end, love does not automatically conquer all, as it usually does in Shakespearean comedies. It is forced to prove itself, rather than being taken at face value, a novel and much preferred concept to what became his usual take on the matter.

Love's Labors Lost.......2005-02-17

Love's Labors Lost is one of my absolute favorite Shakespeare plays. It's completely hilarious, but still has Shakespeare's amazing way with words. In Love's Labors Lost, the Bard has created a highly amusing tale of men and their problems keeping oaths--especially when women get on the scene.

Four men, the King Navarre, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, take an oath to study in solitude for three years--which means that any of them caught associating with a woman will be guilty of treason. But there's a slight problem with this oath--the Princess of France and her three ladies, Rosaline, Katherine, and Maria, are coming to Navarre's kingdom. Instead of letting them come into the palace, Navarre hosts the Princess in tents outside his walls. When the four men reconvene, they find that they are all in love with one of the four ladies, and, breaking the oath, set out to win the women's hearts.

A great story with a surprising end--not your typical love story. Quite funny, with a few strange twists and turns in the plot, and leaving you to your own devices with the abrupt ending--what does happen next? Completely great all around.

A most helpful edition of a riot of words.......2004-08-03

This merry play is a delight for its language. It has more a situation than a plot. The King has sworn himself and three attendants to three years of fasting, abstinence from women, study, and little sleep. Immediately a princess arrives with her attendants that cause the men to regret their oaths. Letters are written, delivered incorrectly, and a huge final scene with disguises, masks, and a wonderfully strange presentation of some of the nine worthies. All of this provides a structure for a rich play of language that is full of wit and bawdy.

This edition has a lengthy introductory essay that helps understand the issues of the text, the historical context, and performance practice issues. The notes are wonderfully helpful in understanding the text and what choices the editors had to make in presenting it. After the play is an essay just on the text of the play, appendix 2 has additional lines that this edition leaves out of the play, appendix 3 discusses Moth's name.

The issue around Moth is that in Elizabethan times Moth would likely have been pronounced more like Mott than our soft th. And the word mote and moth were roughly interchangeable. The name of the insect and the word for a small particle meant roughly the same thing. It is a nice issue to be aware of and the essay is helpful.

Appendix 4 lists words that are rhymed in this play - often a revelation to the way words were pronounced 400 years ago. Appendix 5 lists the compound words, many of them minted in this play.

All in all, this edition is a happy experience of a very fun play.

witty.......2003-05-05

this is witty play about four guys who vow to sequester themselves for three years in serious study, but who are forced to forswear their vows when four attractive women show up and upset their plans. the humor is mainly in the form of wordplay, as only shakespeare can do, and the verbal jousting between berowne and his lady is especially entertaining, and anticipates the tete-a-tetes between petruchio and katherina in "taming of a shrew" and benedick and beatrice in "much ado about nothing". definitely worth a read, and if you can get it, the bbc television production of LLL is also worth seeing. last of all, i disagree with the other poster who complained of the ending. i thought it was pretty clear that the couples would get together in a year's time. so the ending was implicitly happy. only someone who is accustomed to instant gratification could find fault with it.

Funny, but too lovey-dovey.......1997-07-26

Like most of Shakespeare's comidies, LLL involved a couple of very independent women falling in love with a couple of guys who were in love with them too. It also brought mistaken identities into play and, like A Midsummer Night's Dream, it had a play within the play. The humor was mostly in the form of puns, most of which were hard to understand the first time through. The ending was really bad, though, because the girls didn't get together with the guys like they should have if Shakespeare had planned a happy ending. All-in-all, I would only recommend this play for really serious Shakespearean scholars, as it is almost too dense for us laypeople

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