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Compute's Quick & Easy Guide to Harvard Graphics (Quick start and easy reference)
Neil J. Salkind
Manufacturer: Compute
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Binding: Paperback
 Web Graphics
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ASIN: 0874552141 |
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Compute's Quick and Easy Guide to Desktop Publishing (Compute!'s Quick and Easy Guide)
Dan McNeill
Manufacturer: Compute! Publications
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0874551129 |
Book Description
86 charming designs, in varied sizes, ideal for enhancing wearing apparel, cushion covers, table linen, other decorative items. Patterns lend themselves to fabric painting, crewel work, appliqué, wood burning, tole painting, other crafts. Can be applied to any flat surface that absorbs ink. Instructions. Color illustrations on covers.
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Awesome* ! * :).......2000-06-03
it's Awsome ! I would recommend u 2 try it like I did .. :) Have fun :)
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- Completely satisfying thriller
- Good Read
- Intelligent, well written thriller
- Iron Butterfly Stings Like A Bee!
- an ex USMC spy thriller ala James Bond
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Iron Butterfly
Robert Brace
Manufacturer: Jove
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ASIN: 0515141186 |
Book Description
He can make women swoon and terrorists cry. An ex-special ops Marine, Lysander Dalton has been hired by a shadowy D.C. power player to find the purchasers of black market plutonium before they make an A-bomb out of it.
Dalton's got to follow the money. And it takes him from the British Virgin Islands to the Nevada compound of wealthy recluse Xerxes Antullis, who just may be the first individual citizen in history to go nuclear.
Customer Reviews:
Completely satisfying thriller.......2006-06-14
If you've ever read a paperback thriller at the beach or on a plane or on a rainy Sunday, enjoying the action and the fast pace, but wishing that the writing was of a higher standard, or the facts better researched, or the plot a little more believable, then this is the book for you.
The narrative is in the first person, and Lysander Dalton is an easy guy to listen to: he's smart and sophisticated and has a sense of humor - when he's explaining something, you nod your head in understanding. He likes fast cars and good booze and fine women, and has excellent taste in all three.
The story is multi-layered, and when these are revealed, one after the other, toward the end of the story, it's like a magician pulling rabbit after rabbit out of a hat. Never is a sleight of hand revealed - rare in paperback thrillers.
Pretty much anyone will enjoy this novel, but it will particularly please readers looking for something more stylish, more intelligent, and more artfully constructed than the usual book of this type.
Good Read.......2006-06-08
Bought the book to read on an airplane. Found it really nice, despite some possible inconsistencies - like did the fast E-type Jag had a V-12 engine or a straight 6? Baroque worries, I know. But has taut action, a likeable anti-hero, and a few unexpected plot twists. I even ended up liking the evil guy...
Intelligent, well written thriller.......2006-05-12
The main character is an ex-Marin special forces officer. He is recruited by a Washington big shot (who is literally big: 300 lbs) to find some black market plutonium. Kind of James Bond, but without the fancy gadgets. He follows a long and entertaining path with eventually leads to the compound of Xerxes Antullis, a software billionaire living in the middle of the Nevada desert.
The main female character is a very stylish and capable gal.
Great story, and I don't want to give things away, but safe to say you never guess what is happening or what people's motives really are. When the twists are revealed, they don't seem forced: they just fit right in with what came before, you you wonder how you didn't get them yourself.
Very detailed technical descriptions, but these never get in the way of the fast pace and great interaction between characters. Highly recommended; I would love to see a movie made of this book.
Iron Butterfly Stings Like A Bee!.......2006-05-11
Brace's 2nd novel is better than his first - Black Tiger.
However, it still had some of the 1st book's cliches, such as every woman is beautiful and wants the main protag. OK, I'll try to have fun and believe.
Then everything is handed to him. A major muscle car, along with a billionare playboy who lets him stay at his mansion, of course filled with tons of luscious flesh.
Even though all this is kinda hard to swallow, I have to admit, Brace writes it all with vigorous aplomb. It is easy to get caught up in it and have some fun.
But about a little over halfway thru it, I start to get a little bored. Not enough action and adventure. I skimmed the last 1/3 of the novel, feeling it to drag a bit. But most of the novel was a good, decent read. For the most part, Brace sets a good pace, filled with exotic women, cars, and locales.
The only problem is - I personally feel he needs to further it with high-octane action sequences, along with large scale destruction action, to better fit how the rest of the novel feels like. In order to not drag so much at the end.
Overall, if you are looking for the latest, up-to-date James Bond-ish type of read, then this should be your cup of soup.
an ex USMC spy thriller ala James Bond.......2006-04-30
Both of Brace's books open with a bang and get better and more in depth as one reads further. However, in this book, I find it very hard to swallow the premise that our hero, Lysander, ex marine captain, court martialed, etc., would be presented - free - an exotic, antique automobile, presumably worth $15 mil., publicly, with TV cameras rolling, etc. and there is no questioning from any of the media as to just who is this person and why is he getting this very expensive auto? Where are the paparozzi?
Also, why is it that every stunning woman just falls over into his arms and his bed, or wants to end up there. He doesn't seem to be an Adonnis, so just what is his secret? This book kind of takes off on a James Bond type plot line. Why is this reclusive billionaire welcoming Mr. Dalton into his home, not just for an evening and to see the antique car, but for days. Not realistic and very hard to believe.
However, still a very fun read and well worth your time for a few hours good entertainment. I am looking forward to his next book.
Book Description
Options trading is an important and increasingly popular investment tool, stimulating an incredible demand for practical trading guidance. Directionless markets--when the market is not trending up or down--are the most common and also the most difficult to trade. In this guide, based on the author's highly successful seminars and drawing on his decades of experience as an options trader, Saliba provides and in-depth exploration of the most effective tools for these markets. He explains each strategy and covers the key issues and differences. To enhance the practical learning experience, there are numerous exercises, examples, references, and quizzes.
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Cast Iron Butterfly
Ruby Pierrot
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1419658336
Release Date: 2007-02-14 |
Book Description
In Cast Iron Butterfly, Ruby Pierrot helps others examine their own lives as she shares her journey from unhappiness to contentment.
Texas writer and life coach Ruby Pierrot takes readers on the rollercoaster path of her life, from an abusive childhood to rocky marriages to ultimate joy. Richly compassionate and deeply felt, Cast-Iron Butterfly is a memoir that shows how to overcome just about anything life can dish out.
A compilation of three memoirs that were written at different stages in her life, Pierrot shows how a person can change and reinterpret the events of their lives. Pierrot looks back on the early, often crazy times in her life with warmth, compassion, and even laughter. She takes the reader through her unhappy childhood and her disastrous relationships with men. But despite the abuse and torments she suffered, she was able to change and grow through each relationship. One man brought out her ability to play, another helped make her fearless, and still a third helped her find her sexuality. Most importantly, one of these men brought her to rock bottom, which gave her a reason to start recovery work and truly change her life.
From cast-iron nasty person to a softer, more beautiful butterfly (who still retains her iron strength), Pierrot invites the reader along on her remarkable journey to self-acceptance. No matter what has happened, she urges, a person does not have to let the bad times control their lives or their future. Heart wrenching, heartwarming and blisteringly funny, Cast-Iron Butterfly is like an intimate--and unforgettable--conversation between two good friends.
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Powerful story.......2007-08-22
A powerful story of how a woman overcame pain, abuse and addiction in her life. An inspiring read of transformating a life that is full of pain into one that offers freedom and happiness. Chock full of wisdom, a great read for anyone looking to recovery their life from pain and drama; or just improve on a life that is stuck.
Book Description
Over 80 royalty-free designs. Choose from delightful clusters, circlets, and bouquets of roses; rosebuds and individual rose blossoms; butterflies of many different markings; and vignettes and borders. Many of the pages have been designed to be used as an allover pattern from which individual elements can be selected. Instructions included.
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quite nice.......2007-01-25
For goldwork and crewel embroidery, the designs are too small so would need to be enlarged first. So for me the iron-on transfer idea won't be useful. Nice butterflies and flowers though.
Book Description
Enhance wearing apparel, table linen, boxes, and other items with this decorative collection of 21 lovely designs, accompanied by floral accents.
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- Must Read Indeed!
- A Must-Read Bestseller
- Laying It On the Firing Line
- Dancing with Danger, Dreams, and Life
- So, what's this all about anyway?
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The Iron Butterfly
Doris Colmes
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 159129472X |
Book Description
Doris Colmes takes us along on her wild ride through the white-water torrents that shaped the twentieth century. As an active participant, she was personally and deeply involved: From a rich little German Jewish kid, to learning first-hand about American racsim as a young Holocaust refugee in New York's Harlem. Then, on to elite Brookline High, to attempted sexual assault by Dad, to college, to date rape, to back-alley abortion - and (whew!) marriage to a nice Jewish boy from a good family...but it doesn't end here. Some of her adventures were inadvertent (Holocaust, parental abuse), some were fueled by desire. Some hilarious, some sad, some sexy, some scary, some illegal, but all instructive. As the story unfolds, so does the author, both emotionally and spiritually. The lessons learned along the way are passed along to the reader. And particularly now, after 9/11, these lessons are of the utmost importance. They give simple instructions for the survival of this planet that each of us, individually and collectively, can implement.
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Must Read Indeed!.......2005-08-06
Quite simply, this is one of the best books I've read in ages.
Doris Colmes is not a towering figure of the 20th Century. She
didn't hobnob with the Roosevelts, shoot a Kennedy or shoot up with Jimi Hendrix. She didn't give Einstein helpful hints about relativity nor Oppenheimer tips for designing the Bomb. She didn't march alongside Martin Luther King in Selma or scold the poor while ladling out soup alongside Mother Theresa.
What she did do was live private her life so attentively, honestly, and vividly that her report equals those characters' in an important way; in another way it outshines the apocryphies of the towering figures "under" whom we all shared that century, whose stories have been overmagnified into unavoidable hypocrisies.
No hypocrisies for Doris. You get it "warts and all." These are
real people. Nobody's perfect. But everybody's a part of, and forms the milestone events of which Doris was also part, from a childhood of quietly daring the Nazis to dump her into a concentration camp for sitting on a park bench, to a full grown adult, daring enough to dump the cozy life of a pampered millionaire's wife and go find real meaning among the folds and contours of poverty and uncertainty.
Doris relates here story with such a knowledge of human nature that you can see her behind her own words, quietly watching you read. The point the story of her life makes is self-evident on every page: we all count. Every one of us, every day, everything we do. It takes a brilliant soul to relate that message so that it keeps us turning the pages.
I certainly kept turning the pages. In fact, I took the book with
me wherever I went... walking down the street nearly bumping into
people, busy reading. Sometimes uttering about it out loud. I now have a little waiting list of friends lined up to borrow it.
Don't wait for the movie!
A Must-Read Bestseller.......2004-05-22
This book has fascinated me from line one to the last. It is beautifully written; in a style one rarely finds these days. The reader gets a pretty good idea of who the author is and can picture all events quite vividly.
I loved the many details regarding music and political events, but apart from all that, the story of Doris Colmes' life is so unusual, so fascinatingly told that it leaves the reader with great insight into a wonderful personality.
Recounting her past in a very candid way - not even shying away from very personal issues -, Mrs. Colmes gives the reader an account of world events spanning several decades.
This book is a must-read and I hope it will be translated into many other languages, so that a worldwide readership can enjoy it.
Doris Colmes is a great writer and she should write another book soon. This lady still has a lot to say and she says it so well. When do I get to read the next "Doris Colmes"?
Laying It On the Firing Line.......2003-06-10
In this narrative of life, Doris Colmes puts her dignity on the firing line as she relates a tale of culture changes from Hitler and FDR to the Bush and Clinton administrations.
In this work, she has captured not only the flow, but the cultural differences of the pre-war years, through WWII and on to the present.
She begins her remembrances as a child in the Weimar Republic of Germany, past Hitler's election, through the terrified view of a ten-year-old Jewish child watching as the Border Guards temporarily detained her father at the German/Belgian Border during their 1938 escape.
And she takes us on from there.....
Dancing with Danger, Dreams, and Life.......2003-02-27
It's been a long time since a book followed me from the bedroom to the bathroom, to the kitchen to the car, to the waiting room, grocery line, traffic jam. The Iron Butterfly has been my dear companion this past week and now exhibits all signs of well-worn love - folded page corners, underlined passages, crinkled cover. Thank you Doris Colmes for this gift of delectable literature, so finely crafted I felt the ocean caressing my toes and the pointed schoolgirl stares stabbing my soul. I ached for your grief, rejoiced in your cunning strength, shook my head at your gutsy, live-life-to-the-fullest tango. I found myself exhausted, impressed, amazed, cheering, closing my eyes, afraid of your next move, but peeking at the next chapter. Thank you for dancing with words. Thank you for a brilliant performance.
So, what's this all about anyway?.......2003-02-24
The passage is dark but opens into brightness. A butterfly emerges, reflecting an array of impulses and emotions, increasingly shocking.
An innate writing talent - after lingering for decades - virtually exploded and became a book Empress Catherine the Great and prolific writer Anais Nin would have been proud of.
But it is not just a book that incites lust. Colmes narration skills are captivating throughout. Featured are highlights and the dramatic events of her life.
Again and again I kept wondering what did happen inbetween.
Not once did I skip a page.
Not once felt I bored.
Her individuality - she is feisty, spicy and courageously independent - elevate The Iron Butterfly into a spere of fascinating reflections.
Also, her superior language skills stand out, most of all her soul-talks.
Doris Colmes tested freedom far ahead of the sexual revelution.
Her story is illuminating and deserves a place in every library
- in yours, too - if you count yourself among those with a truly free spirit!
So, that's what this is all about? - you ask the author. And, at the end of the book, she will give you her answer: "All this is about all of us, together, taking personal responsibility for ourselves and our planet. Collectively and individually, we create not only who we are, but how we affect one another" ... "And yes, our greatest crime IS indifference!"
Product Description
This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world\'s major cities for "industrial iron and ductile butterfly valves excluding high-pressure types" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world\'s cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.
Product Description
This study covers the world outlook for industrial high-pressure iron butterfly valves with shut-off to full ANSI class ratings across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
Product Description
This study covers the world outlook for industrial iron and ductile butterfly valves excluding high-pressure types across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
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