The Frugal Gourmet keeps the Feast: Past, Present, and Future; Recipes And Stories that Explain how the Ancient Table May be celebrated in our time and How Food functions as Theological Talk in The Bible

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The Frugal Gourmet keeps the Feast: Past, Present, and Future; Recipes And Stories that Explain how the Ancient Table May be celebrated in our time and How Food functions as Theological Talk in The Bible
Jeff Smith
Manufacturer: William Morrow
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBJUUS

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Fascinating, warm and delightful...

This is a history book more than a recipe book.

The Frugal Gourmet Keeps the Feast: Past Present and Future
Jeff Smith
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0688115683

Customer Reviews:

Fascinating, warm and delightful..........2001-07-13

...is how this so-much-more-than a cookbook cookbook reads. Beyond tasty recipes, I found Smith's reintroduction of the concept of meals a true inspiration. His lively Biblical interpretations, witty lines, and tender family annecdotes are truly enjoyable but not cloying. All readers, cooks or not, can benefit from and enjoy Smith's insight into the historical and metaphysical elements of sustenance.

This is a history book more than a recipe book........2000-01-07

Jeff Smith gives some incredible instruction on food history and what feasting means to humanity before he ever gets to the recipes in this book. I love how he moves from past to present. Food is so very social and this man communicates well how important a sense of community and dining are linked. Makes me yearn for more extended family meals that have significance. The way I think about entertaining is altered after reading this book. Give yourself some time, sit down with a cup of tea, and give this book a good read. It is much more than a collection of recipes.

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Dated content and lacking in focus.......1999-02-06

Like many of Gun Digest's titles, this book appears to collect a series of previously published articles that do not have a clear, progressive relationship. I am not a gunsmith, but was hoping to learn about the basics of shotgun functioning. This book was either much too simple -- outlining differences between SxS, O/U, and Autos -- or way too complex -- converting an old rifle barrel into a sleeve for a pump gun. Worst of all, the references to popular models are so dated (maybe 20 years) that they're almost useless. If "Gunsmithing" weren't in the title, I might feel differently; but Brister would still be the superior book on gun dynamics.

The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly, Pt. V: Shotguns (2nd Edition)

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This is a keeper!
Good Shotgun reading
The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly
"magnum" opus

The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly, Pt. V: Shotguns (2nd Edition)
J. B. Wood
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873494008

Book Description

Shotgun owners will learn to carefully and successfully disassemble and reassemble popular shotguns for routine maintenance, cleaning, and barrel changing by using this indispensable updated reference. Wood's book series on firearms disassembly and reassembly, the only series available, has been an essential and comprehensive reference for firearms enthusiasts for many years.

A total of 59 popular shotgun models are reviewed, including thirteen additional models since the last edition. More than 250 shotgun variants that are mechanically similar to those pictured are also covered.

Includes field stripping basics and a thorough explanation of all key take down and reassembly steps for each model. Each step is clearly photographed and includes easy to understand instructions. An index allows readers to quickly find specific models and cross reference mechanically similar variants.

• Covers assembly/disassembly of 59 popular shotgun models, plus more than 250 mechanically similar variants
• Lists field stripping basics and key take down and reassembly steps
• More than 1,500 large, clear photos and illustrations accompany the detailed instructions

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Amazon Book Purchase.......2007-05-24

A good little book with a lot of information at a very good price.

This is a keeper!.......2006-03-26

This book along with, "The Gun Digest Book of Exploded Gun Drawings" was given as a gift to my son who, with his brother, is a novice hunter, with a beginning interest in gunsmithing. They have acquired a number of shot guns and rifles and found this book matched their needs exactly. They found this book fascinating and were so excited. Clear, helpful, detailed and would appear to be valuable for both the beginner and serious firearm enthusiasts. They have put it to practical use - so easy to use! These books have not been relegated to the library or reference shelf yet and as reluctant as I am to say it, they remain in the bathroom, so are read and reviewed almost daily and I don't see that changing anytime soon. They can't say enough good things about the book -
THIS IS A KEEPER!

Good Shotgun reading.......2005-10-07

Yet another good reading for the beginner, or for someone who specifically onws one of the shotguns in the book. As I have said in another review, I would like to see Gun Digest publish another volume with newer production shotguns in addition to this book. All in all, very good, worth reading.

The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly.......2005-09-25

This reference book contained the information I was looking for and will be a book that I can rely on for many years. The only problem I found was that some pages were almost to dark to see breakdown components. A better breakdown sequence would be helpful. All in all the book was helpful and I was able to realize the problem I was having in reassembling a Winchester Automatic 12ga, shotgun.

"magnum" opus.......2004-10-18

There are a LOT of shotguns described in this book. If you need a bench reference on how to disassemble a BROAD variety of guns this is the book for you. A non-gunsmith myself, I would have prefered something with more tips/tricks or theory that would allow more expression for my own mechanical aptitudes, hopefully resulting in the better functioning of my shotgun. This is not the book for the discussion of why your gun does not feed consistently, nor why you use so many barrel seals. Instead this is more of a no frills, paint by the numbers, race through taking apart and putting together a myriad number of dissimilar models (with an index of other guns that are similar, or variants) that cover the entire spectrum of shotgunnery. I gave it five stars because the pictures are quite clear and if you are stuck half way through the reassembly of an unusual shotgun, your answer may well be in here.

The Gun Digest Book of Exploded Long Gun Drawings

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The Gun Digest Book of Exploded Long Gun Drawings

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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873491475

The Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices: Rifles, Pistols & Shotguns (Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices)

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Well Worth Money Spent

The Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices: Rifles, Pistols & Shotguns (Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices)

Manufacturer: Gun Digest Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0896893243

Book Description

-Fills firearm collecting hobbyist's need for a portable and value-priced reference

-Appeals to beginning collectors by providing essential pricing information for less, leaving more money to spend on guns

The Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices offers collectors and shooters extensive listings and pricing, in a portable guide. Firearm enthusiasts will benefit from this unique reference's emphasis on the most actively collected firearms and widely available models.

Readers will discover:

-50,000+ prices for assessing purchases and current collections

-Easy-to-use format useful in scouting future purchases at estate sales and shows

-The same expertise of large-size references in an affordable and handy guide.

This book is a must-have tool for firearms collectors.

Customer Reviews:

Well Worth Money Spent.......2006-08-01

I did not know what to expect, but I wanted to sell my late husband's guns and the book really helped alot and gave me some insight on prices.

The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly: Part V : Shotguns

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An Indespensable Tool!
Not easy to use.
I had to have this book for work otherwise I wouldn't
If you can't field strip it, you shouldn't own it.

The Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly: Part V : Shotguns
J. B. Wood
Manufacturer: DBI Books Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873491246

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The increasing cost of gunsmithing services has caused enthusiasts to perform minor repairs, refinishing, and deep cleaning on their own firearms. This updated edition shows how to easily diassemble and reassemble centerfire rifles and the correct tools needed. Sixty-six popular guns are taken apart and individually photographed. The cross reference index identifies more than 400 similar or identical rifle patterns that also follow these disassembly and reassembly directions. It covers the Argentine Mauser to Marlin Model 9 to Russian AK-47 to US M-1 Garand to Winchester Model 1894.

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Review of Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly.......2007-01-29

This book is very good at step-by step instructions. The pictures are well taken of the actual part you are working on. There could be more model numbers to go over, but the ones they have are very good. The author is exerienced in gun repair and it shows up in the "tip" portion of every model. I think a list of specialty tools would benifit the author in this book, since each model of firearm needs at least one special tool. Not all, but most. Listing those would benifit the less experienced gunsmith. Thank you

An Indespensable Tool!.......2003-03-30

This book and all the others in the series are invaluable to the professional gunsmith, firearms hobbiest, or the casual gun owner who just likes to "see how things work" but can't always quite remember whether this little spring went in here, or over there.

Not easy to use........2003-02-15

This book is an excellent guide for disassembly. It is worthless as a guide for reassembly. There are no step-by-step instructions for reassembling a firearm. At best, the book assumes that reassembly is the reversal of the steps involved in disassembly. This is not necessarily so. I would not recommend this book to a hobbyist.

I had to have this book for work otherwise I wouldn't.......2002-12-30

Since I am a Gunsmith and deal with a variety of firearms I bought this book for disassembly/assembly instructions.

This book is almost 23 years old and in sore need of updating. It does not even cover the new S&W auto pistols, Glock series of Handguns, or the Heckler & Koch (HK) MP 5 submachine gun. All of these are in wide use by law enforcement. Further the Mossberg 500/590 isn't cover either. Duh! It is the only shotgun to pass the mil spec test and is in wide use by cops.

Unless you just have to have it for work wait for an updated version that covers firearms developed and in use by law enforcement in the last 23 years

If you can't field strip it, you shouldn't own it........2002-11-09

If you cannot field strip a weapon you really have no business owning it. I bought the volume on automatic pistols and I was not disappointed. For most of my life I was a revolver man and I stayed away from automatics because I didn't understand them- and I was convinved that they were unreliable. When I bought my first Model 1911 (which has NEVER jammed on me) it didn't have a field manual, so I bought this book. It didn't take long before I was field stripping and reassembling blind-folded. I feel confident that I could do the same with any automatic even loosely based on John Browning's designs. I might have trouble with German designs like the Luger or Broom handle Mauser, but after studying this book I feel sure that I could eventually master them too.

Gun Digest (28th Anniversary 1974 Deluxe Edition)

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Gun Digest (28th Anniversary 1974 Deluxe Edition)

Manufacturer: Digest Books, Inc. Northfield, Ill.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0695803956

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Articles by gun experts, Product evaluations, field tests, technical data

The Gun Digest Book of Sporting Shotguns

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You cannot judge a book by its cover, or title for that matter.

The Gun Digest Book of Sporting Shotguns

Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0896891739

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This sure-fire hit is tailored to the specific needs and interests of shotgun hunters, shooters and enthusiasts. Gun Digest(r) Book of Sporting Shotguns offers a range of articles covering today's hottest shooting topics, and a fully up-to-date catalog of currently available shotguns and accessories.

Sixteen in-depth articles will aid shooters and hunters in improving their performance, covering topics such as: tips and tactics for dampening recoil; why sporting clays are worth the effort; patterning shotguns for waterfowl; turkey and upland birds; hunting optics; non-toxic loads; do-it-yourself shotgun makeovers; shooting schools and more. The catalog section offers information on the shotguns and accessories currently on the market, with pricing. No shotgun enthusiast should go without this essential reference, with the most comprehensive information available.

-Sixteen in-depth articles covering today's hottest sporting shotguns -Complete catalog section on available sporting shotguns and accessories

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You cannot judge a book by its cover, or title for that matter........2006-08-25

I would have rated this book lower but there is no option to do so.

"-Sixteen in-depth articles covering today's hottest sporting shotguns -Complete catalog section on available sporting shotguns and accessories". Right.

This book is NOT a review of sporting shotguns as the title and description would lead you to believe. It is a series of nine (not sixteen) stories written by M.D. Johnson about incidents in his shooting life. He devotes an entire chapter to "why the 16 gauge isn't dead." He waxes long about the shotgun he received as a child and still uses.

The digest section is nothing more than a list of shotguns with the manufacturers description. Even that is flawed. Several pages are reprints of the same information. Corrected pages are stuffed in the book.

If you are looking for a "Book of Sporting Shotguns offers a range of articles covering today's hottest shooting topics, and a fully up-to-date catalog of currently available shotguns and accessories." My advice is to keep looking.

Gun Digest 1965 (19th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) the Shooter's Encyclopedia: handguns, rifles, shotguns, and Accessories

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Gun Digest 1965 (19th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) the Shooter's Encyclopedia: handguns, rifles, shotguns, and Accessories
John T. (editor) Amber
Manufacturer: Gun Digest Company
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Binding: Paperback
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THE GUN DIGEST 2nd Annual Edition: Authentic Guide to American and Foreign Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, and Accessories

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THE GUN DIGEST 2nd Annual Edition: Authentic Guide to American and Foreign Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, and Accessories
Charles R. [editor] & Milton P. Klein [publisher] Jacobs
Manufacturer: Paul, Richmond & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KAFAA0

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Tons of Info
Limited M16 information
A big disappointment with little real info
Not as concrete as the previous edition but still ok to read
I didn't buy this book for political opinion

The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons

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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873491394

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Helps you understand today's variety small-unit military weapons, more available with increased Homeland Security efforts.

Increased use of evolving weaponry by law enforcement is bringing it into mainstream America.

Loaded with new photos, more gun test results, specifications, and additional hard to find application data, this edition of Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons provides extensive coverage of the weapons America's soldiers and law enforcement agencies are armed with. Realistic details about the latest in assault weapons, trends and exclusive performance reports for the latest in: rifles, submachine guns, crew-served machine guns, combat shotguns and more are covered in this comprehensive guide.

Customer Reviews:

Tons of Info.......2002-07-11

This book has almost all the right things to be a hit. It has tons of pictures, gun tests, gun specifications, and hard to find information about guns never built. You can read it once and be amazed and then you can still pick it up and learn more. you can never stop learning from it. The reason I gave it four stars, though, is because of its lack in amount of guns. I understand it is the fifth installment in a series, so I can't wait for the sixth!

Limited M16 information.......2002-04-26

As a builder and collector of AR-15's, I purchased this book in the hopes of getting some new info on the military versions of the rifle. The cover of the book certainly caught my eye, and perhaps that was the intention. However, I found myself getting a bit "depressed" as page after page of non-M16 info was thumbed through. Finally, after reaching nearly the end, there was one story on the M4 Carbine. It was just enough to make me keep the book. That's more than I can say about a few other books I also ordered.

A big disappointment with little real info.......2001-08-22

I was really disappointed with this book. It was more of a outlet for the authors to brag about themselves and complain about their ugly guns that were never excepted and produced by the military.

When you think "assault weapon" you think AR15, AK47, AK74, FAL, right?

There was almost ZERO info on the FAL. How can you right a book on assault weapons and not dedicate pages to the arm of the free world, the assault weapon used by over 90 countries?

There was little info on the AR or AK too. No real shooting techniques, cleaning ideas, or model info.

If you are interested in reading about the authors home made guns and a UGLY 22 cal. machine gun, this book is for you.

If you want valuable info on real assault weapons and there many variations look somewhere else.

Not as concrete as the previous edition but still ok to read.......2001-01-30

The author seems to like German firearms and hate Russian AKs. A lot more guns are covered in this latest edition, but the objective descriptions on many of the guns are less detailed when compared to the previous edition.

I didn't buy this book for political opinion.......2000-07-27

I really like books on guns and guns themselves but I was really disappointed with the ham-handed editorializing in this supposedly objective review of the world's assault rifles. I thought guns were inert but after reading this book you'll see that Soviet Bloc weapons were the evil tools of the commies. Thus only begrudging praise is given to what is by any standard the BEST assault rifle ever made- the AK-47 and its ilk. We learn that the Red Army put Ppsh41's into the hands of housewives at the Battle of Stalingrad because "international atheistic socialism" didn't respect the divinity of women. I don't know which of the two genius' who wrote this book researched that little factoid but I believe it is based on the early defense of one of Stalingrad's factory works by female workers which astounded and depressed the Germans. Why aren't German WW2 guns are called the tools of the "international fascist murderers". Its depressing to still have to deal with Cold War misinformation. Having to wade through the authors' political baggage made this a tedious read, although the illustrations and technical info is good.

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