A Guide to Successful Employment for Individuals With Autism

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This book is exactly what the title says it is........1998-06-15

This book discusses what needs to be done to ensure success in the workplace. Including a hands-on working assessment; providing structure all day; one on one training. It explains what must be considered; what does, or can the person do; what do they enjoy doing; do well; what is available to work at; what behavioural problems exist; what motivates the person; what kind of support will be needed. A much-welcome book on a subject about which good information is very scarce.

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Written to help school board members, administrators, parents, and other community residents involved in the privatization debate, this volume maintains a useful balance of scholarship and craft. It provides both theory and practice, presenting practical information to guide those who must deal with policy and procedural issues related to privatizing one or more school district functions.

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Congratulations, fellow lesbo!You have just been invited to join the award-winning, nationally acclaimed theater troupe as they move from the stage to the page. With all their wit intact, they declare, "You can use this book to make you laugh, to make your friends cry, to upset your parents, to educate the uninformed, or as a coming-out tool." Exploring every aspect of lesbian life, they cover:
-- Early indications that the straight life is not your style -- from unusual encounters with Barbie to the proclivity to participate in every high school sport
-- Helpful do's and don'ts for coming out at family dinners, at weddings, and at board meetings
-- The language of lesbianism -- in an uninhibited "dyketionary"
-- How to achieve"lesbian style, " the ultimate standard in American lifestyles today
-- Seduction, sex. and other tips on finding and keeping the perfect partner

Definitely proving that "laughing well is the best revenge" (Los Angeles Times), here is the most refreshing, most revealing and raunchiest reference book ever to come out of the closet.

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Lesbian Humor at it's Best.......1998-12-15

This Book is Hillarious! It is sure to make all crowds laugh. Whether you need to find out how to play the lesbian board game "Coming Out on Top" or find out which type of Gay Girl you are...this is the book for you. The five lesbian brothers aren't afraid to make fun of the straight world or afraid to make fun of the gay world and all of it's stereotypes. A must read for the lesbian who needs a few laughs!

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Clearest, best book for the beginner or amateur. Discusses simple repairs, raising dropped notes, tuning by easy method of flattened 5ths. No previous skills needed. Includes 4 illustrations.

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Piano Tuning Review.......2007-01-19

I just bought a player piano for my wife. I know nothing about playing or tuning them. This book gives a basic understanding about music, then about tuning. I was hoping for something a bit simpler, but it gives alot of required background to do a proper job.

Interesting.......2005-08-08

I don't have it in front of me, but I believe this book was actually first published in 1877. It's somewhat of a scholarly work. I enjoy reading the old English. I'm sure it was used in many piano tuning guilds.

Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding, Second Edition : for the Professional, the Student, and the Hobbyist (Paperback) by Arthur Reblitz is a more current book that covers tuning pianos in depth.

But this one's a gem. Obviously, or it wouldn't still be around over 100 years after it was written.

You can really do it! Learn how to tune a piano.......2001-09-10

This book is ancient, I think from the early 20th century, but still holds true and is an excellent and straight forward resource. As a pianist, it has been a revelation to understand how it is done, and even more fun to actually achieve a reasonable tuning myself (with a little help from my professional piano tuning friend.. OK, so I cheated a little...!). Highly recommended. To make life a little easier, I recommend getting a quality electronic (chromatic) tuner to tune the middle octave, after that use the octaves and 5ths to do the rest.
Full marks to Dover - again. They provide a great collection of classics on music, especially piano related stuff. I think I have perhaps 5-6 books by this publisher.

So THAT'S how they do it!.......2000-08-11

I first read this book in 1973, after which I tuned--and tempered--a piano. What a kick! The book is old, but so are vibrations. I found the math to be un-necessary unless I chose to follow the author's logic or "play" with the figures. I recently re-read the book because I had forgotten the ideas behind "just" and "compromise" temperament. I found what I wanted, then continued to re-read the whole book again--though I skimmed over parts I remembered.

If you want to become a piano tuner, you should either apprentice with one, or take a mail-order course offered in a detective magazine. If you want to know how it's done--and might like to try tuning your old upright for the sheer joy of it--this is your book--but don't touch grandma's Steinway, okay?

Dover publishes a lot of old books, many of which have reverted to "public domain" and don't require royalty payments. That's no sin, and it's clearly reflected in their prices. As Will Shakespeare might say, "There are still a few old books worth reading." Thanks, Dover.

A few good ideas, but outdated and misleading.......1999-12-30

This probably was a good book in 1907, but too much has changed for it to be valuable now. The author's repeated references to square pianos, "international" vs. "concert" tuning frequencies, and tuning to C-517.3 are comically antiquated.

I appreciate a mathematical approach to tuning, but the discussions in chapters 8-14 are a clumsy attempt to explain concepts that someone with a decent mathematics and music background can easily calculate -- that the ratio between adjacent notes is the 12th root of 2; and that chord, interval, and beat relationships can be derived from that ratio. A modern calculator makes much of this book completely pointless.

The author's math sequences are cumbersome, and his conclusions are sometimes wrong. His beat frequency calculations are not always correct. The beat frequency of his C-128 to G-191.78 combination should be .44 Hz., not .66 as he calculates. A simpler and more correct way to calculate the beat frequency of a 5th interval is to subtract the 2nd harmonic (2 X 191.78) of the higher string from the 3rd harmonic of the lower (3 X 128).

The discussion on where/how to place mutes is helpful, as are the points about taking proper steps to ensure the validity of piano hardware before tuning. Also, the method of setting temperament by 5th and octave steps is useful.

In summary, if you have enough math and music experience to see through the dated material, the cumbersome derivations, and the false conclusions, this book gives a few helpful tips. I would not recommend it to most tuning amateurs, however.

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Piano Tuning. A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs
J. Cree Fischer
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs
Jerry Cree; Fischer, J. Cree Fischer
Manufacturer: Dover Pubns
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A Gathering of Wonders: Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of *Natural* History
Joseph Wallace
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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Founded in 1869 and opened to the public in 1877, the American Museum of Natural History has been both a much-beloved New York institution and an important center of international scientific research in many fields--notably, paleontology, herpetology, ornithology, entomology, botany, and anthropology. The museum's eminence in these and other areas has come from many sources, from generous patrons to death-defying field researchers and patient laboratory workers. It continues to grow, writes Joseph Wallace in this close-up view of the work of the museum and its staff, as the AMNH involves itself in such matters as the conservation of Komodo dragons, the genetic study of unisex lizards, the surprisingly controversial classification (or, better, reclassification) of the world's birds, and the cataloguing of artifacts of lost species and cultures.

As visitors tour the halls of the museum, taking in images of Siberian shamans and Texas dinosaurs and countless other wonders, they will find many of these points mentioned in the placards that accompany each exhibit. Joseph Wallace's book can be thought of as a set of learned, highly readable footnotes to these placards--a fine companion for a tour, to be sure, but also a lively survey of the many sciences that enter into that great institution's work. --Gregory McNamee

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Since it was founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has stood as one of the world's greatest repositories of scientific information and investigation.This delightful book takes us behind the exhibits and shows us some of the great researchers and fabulous objects from the Museum's past and present, including:* the famous Oviraptor eggs unearthed in the Gobi desert. * the stunning new Hall of Biodiversity, whose trees hold 411,000 model leaves * the 563-carat Star of India sapphire and the 632-carat Patricia emerald * Katharine Burden's hunt for the Komodo dragon : "Woman Huntress Revolts Against Playing Safe---Kills Huge 'Malay Dragon' " * the epic saga of the huge blue whale modelThis book offers a backstage tour through the halls and history of the Museum, venturing into ornithology, invertebrates, zoology, entomology, herpetology, and other disciplines. Museum-goers will find their enjoyment enhanced by the wonderful anecdotes and insights, and armchair travelers will find the back-scenes tour enriching and enlightening.AUTHORBIO: JOSEPH WALLACE has written numerous books on science and natural history. An adventurer at heart, he has been menaced by leopards in the midst of African game parks, canoed through rainforests, and even stumbled upon the wreck of a World War II fighter jet in Papua, New Guinea during the course of his career as a writer.He lives with his family in New York state.

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Very Interesting, Especially...........2000-08-15

This is a very interesting book, especially if, as most New Yorkers, the book's author included, you spent a lot of time at the Natural History Museum as a kid. Who would know of all the goings on there over the decades if someone didn't take the time to research it and get it all out there for you? The best thing about the book it that its an easy read-- nothing is dived into too deeply and the book moves fairly quickly from one story to another, each very different. The museum obviously must have many stories; for instance I noticed there was no reference to the famous Vladimir Nabokov who worked there, and the scientists at AMNH who finished his fascinating work on butterflies-- told in an entire, intriguing, book "Nabokov's Blues" only this year. But there are good sections on other celebrities connected to the museum, Margaret Mead, Roy Chapman Andrews etc. and many more recent or, accept to scientists, more obscure scientists and explorers. Thus, the book appears to have been somewhat selective in its topics, but a big history undoubtedly dictated this. Another good thing about the book its that it weds themes to stories; you get your share of conservation and other required awarenesses here. If the Natural History museum has always fascinated you, you'll enjoy this book. Re the museums history, keep in mind the Nabokov's Blues story above and, for kids, the writings for youth done by Roy Chapman Andrews-- Quest in the Desert; Quest for the Snow Leopard. These are classics and also full of memorabilia about the museum.

Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum (Materializing Culture)

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Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum (Materializing Culture)
Sharon Macdonald
Manufacturer: Berg Publishers
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What goes on behind closed doors at museums? How are decisions about exhibitions made and who, or what, really makes them? Why are certain objects and styles of display chosen whilst others are rejected, and what factors influence how museum exhibitions are produced and experienced?

This book answers these searching questions by giving a privileged look ‘behind the scenes’ at the Science Museum in London. By tracking the history of a particular exhibition, Macdonald takes the reader into the world of the museum curator and shows in vivid detail how exhibitions are created and how public culture is produced. She reveals why exhibitions do not always reflect their makers’ original intentions and why visitors take home particular interpretations. Beyond this ‘local’ context, however, the book also provides broad and far-reaching insights into how national and global political shifts influence the creation of public knowledge through exhibitions.

Leapin' lizards: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition on scaly lizards and snakes.(life sciences)(Interview) : An article from: SuperScience

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Leapin' lizards: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition on scaly lizards and snakes.(life sciences)(Interview) : An article from: SuperScience
Jeanna Bryner
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from SuperScience, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1323 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: Leapin' lizards: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition on scaly lizards and snakes.(life sciences)(Interview)
Author: Jeanna Bryner
Publication: SuperScience (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 17 Issue: 8 Page: 12(4)

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Scaly surprises: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition to learn about scaly lizards and snakes.(LIFE REPTILES): An article from: Science World

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Scaly surprises: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition to learn about scaly lizards and snakes.(LIFE REPTILES): An article from: Science World
Jeanna Bryner
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This digital document is an article from Science World, published by Thomson Gale on May 8, 2006. The length of the article is 1545 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: Scaly surprises: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition to learn about scaly lizards and snakes.(LIFE REPTILES)
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Strategic Ideas in the Nimzo

Some good information, but not so good binding...

Badly written Nimzo primer

Where ALL Nimzo-Indian players need to start.

Not the first place to start

Mastering the Nimzo-Indian: With the Read and Play Method
Tony Kosten
Manufacturer: Batsford
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0713483830

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The Nimzo-Indian is one of the game's most important openings, popular at every level. This superb manual utilizes the "Read and Play" method to explain typical plans and themes, rather than diving into dense reference material.

Intermediate

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Strategic Ideas in the Nimzo.......2005-11-16

This book covers all the basic strategic ideas in the Nimzo, and the best plans and ideas behind each varation. This book relies on strategy and high level thinking instead of memorization of lines and lines of the hottest theory. It is a good place to start to understand the strategy. However, one game per strategic motif is not sufficent to understand the objectives. It would have been helpful if there were another additional 21 annotated games with explanation.

Some good information, but not so good binding..........2005-07-31

Kosten is one of the few chess authors I actually enjoy reading. He usually presents quality work with original ideas and analysis. This book has some good explanations about the positional themes within the Nimzo, but it is not meant as reference work or as a place to fill out your repertoire. Of course, it IS a nice place to start if you want to understand why theory develops the way it does it certain lines. Basically, what are the two sides fighting for within the pertinent lines. From a pedogogical standpoint, I would recommend it to players under 2000 who want to explore the ideas behind the Nimzo rather than trying to memorize the moves or basic themes.
However, as another reviewer mentioned, the binding on this book is bad. The pages will slowly (but surely) fall out as time goes on. And no, I haven't read it 20 times or something. Also, if you try to lie it flat (so you use your hands to move pieces on a board), you'll find that the binding cracks under even slight pressure. It might seem weird to some of you, but I would not recommend buying this book because it is so poorly manufactured. It is frustrating.
However, if you see it in a library or can borrow from a friend (who won't freak out if some pages go AWOL) then go for it. Understanding structure and how to plan based on it is one of the biggest differences between strong and weak players. This book can help you play the Nimzo better once your theoretical knowledge runs out.

Badly written Nimzo primer.......2002-03-19

This is an exceedingly lame book that feels like it was cranked out quickly. It truly is not worthy to carry the "Mastering ... with the Read and Play Method" books. There is no comparison, for instance, between this book and Mastering the Kings's indian Defense by Bellin and Ponzetto. The high price of this just makes it more ridiculous. I had come to expect more from Tony Kosten. This one is a lame-o.

Where ALL Nimzo-Indian players need to start........1999-06-23

This book is an excellent starting point for learning the Nimzo-Indian. You learn all the basic ideas, such as pawn structure, weaknesses (such as c4 for white, repeatedly mentioned as one of White's weaknesses in many lines), certain tactical ideas that appear in certain pawn structures, weaknesses you must watch out for in your own camp, etc. Also has an annotated game at the end of each chapter. I would highly recommend reading this book first, and only after that, read a book that has a good number of annotated games, such as "New Ideas In The Nimzo-Indian Defense", also by Kosten.

Not the first place to start.......1999-04-22

Not a bad effort, and instructive in terms of general strategies and pawn structure (which appears to be the aim of the "Mastering" series.) However, as an intermediate player trying to learn the opening, I felt that it was lacking in terms of nuts and bolts. A book like John Emms's "Easy Guide to the Nimzo-Indian" would be a better place to start.

MASTERING THE NIMZO-INDIAN WITH THE READ AND PLAY METHOD

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MASTERING THE NIMZO-INDIAN WITH THE READ AND PLAY METHOD

Manufacturer: BT Batsford ltd. London
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ASIN: B000IAI1MQ

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Get a practical introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 libraries (ADO.NET 2.0) that communicate, access, sort, and interact with data from .NET-connected applications. Includes coverage of XML data and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

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Awesome book - great detail.......2007-02-23

This book does a great job at explaining each concept it covers. I started the book with many misconceptions of disconnected data and other ADO.NET items. The book has many great code examples that are kept short and to the point. I definitely recommend this book to my team and anyone else wanting a stronger understanding of how to effectively use ADO.NET. Some of the performance tips it provides will suprise you.

Breath of fresh air.......2007-01-07

I normally buy Wrox books and up until .NET I was very happy with them, but their .NET books (ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET particularly) were poorly organized with massive numbers of errors in them. I wanted an ADO.NET book but the customer reviews of the Wrox title were poor so I kept looking and found this book that has much better reviews. I'd not bought a Microsoft Press book recently because I didn't like the last one I tried so this was an act of faith for me.

I have to say, thought, that this book is an order of magnitude better than the recent Wrox books I have bought. I don't know if the single author approach simply results in a better book or if the particular author (David Sceppa) can take the credit. Either way, I think Wrox needs to stop publishing books with multiple authors.

The problem with ADO.NET is that everything is intermingled and it's hard to discuss, say, DataSets without mentioning DataTables or DataAdapters. David (or someone) say down and very carefully figured out the sequence to explain stuff with the minimum of forward referencing. This means there are only a few unresolved references I have to hold in my brain at a time for which I am very grateful. On the down-side, this means there is some repetition as he discusses the same class relationship from different perspectives in different chapters. At first I found this annoying until I realized that this was actually making my life as the reader much easier.

I have yet to find a single error and the sample code in particalar seems to be error free which is in stark contrast to the Wrox .NET books. The samples themselves are compact and clean and writen in both VB and C# which is a handy way for a VB programmer like me to learn a little C# on the cheap. I certainly never found myself thinking 'The purpose of this sample is to add 10 unncecessary pages to this book' unlike other books *cough*XML Bible*cough*.

I'm only about one third of the way through right now but I am very impressed.

I really hope someone from Wrox reads this because I'd like the old Wrox back that published great technical books.

Absolutely superb.......2006-10-06

I am a huge ADO.NET nut and David's first book was absolutely priceless. After his last book, he set a very high bar that was going to be hard to meet, yet that's exactly what he did.

Pros:

- He discusses every facet of the ADO.NET library and does it well
- He doesn't shy away from difficult topics and in particular, goes straight at them in his Advanced Update section
- Excellent flow
- Won't leave you hanging if you don't know the 1.x framework but doesn't bog itself down in it either.
- Stellar writing style. David is interesting and always keeps you wanting to read more. He's concise, to the point yet does both without ever leaving you wanting for more.

CONS
-Calling this a con is probably a bit unfair but if there's one thing I didn't like was the coverage to TableAdapters. This has nothing to do with Sceppa's coverage and everything to do with the objects themselves. Since I never use them I have a bias against them. With that said, I doubt you could do a Core Reference without covering them so this doesn't really count.

The specific areas that this book really does a great job in is Transactions, Advanced Updates and client side data manipulation. Items like the syntax for DataTable.Select are covered in such stellar detail there's probably no situation that you will be unprepared for. Transactions are another complex area and this section alone makes the book worth its price. Advanced updates are a must in any ADO.NET book and history repeated itself here.

Pure Gold plain and simple.

Very good, but not as good as his former book.......2006-10-04

I was just a tad bit disappointed because his former book was so helpful to me because he was showing examples exactly in a manner in which I needed them. This book is still very helpful, don't get me wrong.

Those who develop WinForm apps and who use Access will find it less helpful than his other books because he works mostly with SQL whereas before he was dealing a lot with OLE. (Mostly they have the same commands, however, it is a mistake to assume everyone uses SQL Server. Not every programmer is a web developer, some develop WinForms. I like SQL Server, but in most small apps for what I do it is highly unnecessary.

Also, some of the new features in ADO.NET such as the TableAdapter is really for beginners, and it uses tons of memory. But heh, that is just my opinion.

Still I like David Sceppa, in fact he is probably the best when it comes to ADO.NET

Accessing a Database from the .NET Environment.......2006-09-30

This book is intended for people writing data access code in a Microsoft .NET application. ADO (Active Data Object) .NET is a set of libraries within the Microsoft .NET framework that helps you to communicate with various data sources from .NET applications.

The newest version of ADO.NET which comes with Visual Studio 2005 is the first major release that does not introduce a new object model. This implies that the fundamental technology is reaching a point of stability in spite of several problems that users are requesting such as better support for XML.

Most of the illustrations in the book use the SQL Server Express Edition which is free, and redistributable. As such, it is helpful if you have at least a bit of knowledge about programming in SQL. The more work you can get done in SQL, the faster your application will run. I would recommend the purchase of an additional book on T-SQL, the specific version of the SQL language used with SQL Server. This book is more concerned with connecting to your database with a program that you might write.

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