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3-D Home Kit: All You Need to Construct a Model of Your Own Home or Addition (with Booklet "Architecture & ...
Adventure Publications
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Dan Reif
Gardeners' Guide
, 1998
An Excellent Teaching Tool
This kit does a difficult task admirably ? it offers novice designers a clear and understandable path through the complex processes of house design and paper model-building. As a K-12 design educator who uses 3-d Home Kits with my middle school (math and engineering) ...
Women and Men: Cultural Constructs of Gender (4th Edition) (MySearchLab Series 15% off)
Nancy Bonvillain
Prentice Hall
, 2006
A cross-cultural study of gender roles and relationships, this book presents a synthesis of a wide range of ethnographic and historical data concerning the roles of women and men in wide range of different kinds of societies--with a focus on both material conditions and ideological valuations that affect and reflect cultural models of gender. ...
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality
Joseph Chilton Pearce
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Thom Hartmann
Park Street Press
, 2002
A treatise on how we maneuver around the constraints of our own reality construction project.
This book was required reading on the military strategy reading list at the Military Officer's finishing school: the National War College at Fort McNair, in Washington, D.C. One could have also gotten a clue that this was an important book without knowing this fact -- ...
Literacy: Helping Children Construct Meaning
J. David Cooper
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Nancy D. Kiger
Wadsworth Publishing
, 2005
A textbook that's easily accessible to all!
"Literacy: Helping Children Construct Meaning" is a book that is for the educator and layman alike, written in readable prose that is never overwhelming and always enlightening for anyone concerned with children's literacy. The book presents information that is ...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Power of the Enneagram (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
M. Ed., Herb Pearce
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Ph.D., Karen K. Brees
Alpha
, 2007
Compelling
Simple, accessible, useful, compelling and, at the same time sophisticated. Unlike many, this guide values every fixation, sees what is profound and essential in each of the nine. Where others seem to view 4, 5 and 9 as weak--each in its own way; 6 as periferal with ...
Trout Rigs & Methods: What You Need to Know to Construct Rigs that Work for All Types of Trout Flies & the ...
Dave Hughes
Stackpole Books
, 2007
STEPS UP YOUR FLY FISHING GAME!
I found this work to be what I was seeking: Specific, clear tips with details on situations I encounter fly fishing water that is special. The kind that you know hold great trout but you are unsure of how to get the fly into without a mess or disaster. Not for ...
Theory of Personality: The Psychology of Personal Constructs (The Norton Library)
George A. Kelly
W. W. Norton & Company
, 1963
Constructive Alternativism
Kelly's personality theory is based on an underlying philosophical position which he called "constructive alternativism" (3). According to this view, "We assume that all of our present interpretations of the universe are subject to revision or replacement" (15). Kelly ...
Narrative Therapy in Practice: The Archaeology of Hope (Jossey-Bass Psychology Series)
Jossey-Bass
, 1996
A revelation.
There are so many books on therapy that reiterate old ideas or advance faddish approaches: this is NOT one of them. The authors develop a new way of assisting clients in overcoming problems in their lives using insights from social construction. The approach is ...
Illustrated Cabinetmaking: How to Design and Construct Furniture That Works
Bill Hylton
Fox Chapel Publishing
, 2008
Excellent reference book and project ideas.
Like most hobby woodworkers I've got stacks of magazines and books around the house, the garage (shop) and the "office"; this book always seems to be floating around the top. I'm constantly refering to it anytime I even think about a new project. My biggest complaint ...
Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning
J. David Cooper
,
Nancy D. Kiger
Wadsworth Publishing
, 2008
A leading seller for K-8 literacy programs, this extremely popular reading methods text has a simple goal: to provide aspiring teachers with the tools to help every student learn to read and write. Now titled Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning, this edition continues to provide preservice and in-service teachers with the information, ...
Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design Fundamentals
Antoine E. Naaman
Mcgraw-Hill College
, 1982
Best Book on Prestressed Concrete
This is the long awaited second edition to his 1st edition from 1982. It's not as clean and concise as his first edition, but it is now the best book on prestressed concrete on the market. It is accurate and thorough. It covers the theory, more rigorous approaches ...
The Energy Construct: Achieving a Clean, Domestic, and Economical Energy Future
Ben Cipiti
BookSurge Publishing
, 2007
Plan of Action Timeline for Individuals and Government
In answering what we as a society can do and what we as individuals can do, "The Energy Construct" lays out an evaluation of all current and developing energy sources and further ofers a plan based on what I consider to be the most important issues for Americans, the ...
Design of Prestressed Concrete
Arthur H. Nilson
Wiley
, 1987
Excellent Book
Professor Nilson has done an excellent job in covering the fundamentals of prestressed concrete. I wish for a new edition in line with the latest ACI 318, as certain requirements have changed since 1987. Also, an expanded coverage of PCI or AASHTO standard beams, ...
How Cities Work : Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken
Alex Marshall
University of Texas Press
, 2001
Maybe I'm confused, but...
I give this book five stars. It's a good resource for refuting the New Urbanist horse pucky, and I've seen those ideas crash and burn exactly as he describes. He is dead on with his defense of suburbia and mocking of the pinky raised urban elitist. Liberal ...
Ukulele Design and Construction: A comprehenisve guide to construct a Hawaiian Ukulele For Any Woodworker
D. Henry Wickham
Trafford Publishing
, 2004
Good info for a luthier
This was a birthday gift for my husband who is an amature luthier. He says this book was very helpful for getting his 1st Uke done right. I scored a 100 for a good present (hard to do with him)
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