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Conventions
25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
Barbara Seagram
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Marc Smith
Master Point Press
, 1999
Terrific bridge book on the essential conventions
If you are looking for a bridge book that covers the most common conventions out there in the "bridge world"...this is the book for you. This book covers all the essentials to learn and understand the most popular bridge conventions. It does it in an easy to ...
Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values
Philippe Sands
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2008
A reminder of the banality of evil
In Torture Team, Philippe Sands, professor at University College London and a respected international lawyer, carefully examines how Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, and a team of compliant lawyers consciously set aside international rules constraining ...
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
Jean Fritz
Putnam Juvenile
, 1997
The story of the Constitution Convention for young readers
The point of Jean Fritz's "Shh! We're Writing the Constitution" is that contrary to popular opinion, America had to be dragged kicking and screaming into becoming a new nation. While it is true that Americans were happy to be independent of Great Britain, the colonies ...
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
Doubleday
, 2008
The Dark Side
A must read! Jane Mayer's investigative work is thorough and is an excellent companion to other such compelling works as "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein and "The Limits Of Power" by Andrew M. Bacevitch. Anyone interested in restoring our nation to its rightful place as ...
The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The ...
Thomas Jefferson
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Second Continental Congress
, ...
Wilder Publications
, 2008
The Constitution
I bought this print of the U.S. Constitution at first because my pocket Constitution had almost fallen apart. When I got it in the mail I thought it was very pretty, but I was a little surprised at house large the print was. The print IS very large - so I guess it ...
6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades
Ruth Culham
Teaching Resources
, 2005
Primary Teachers Rejoice!
We asked. We pleaded. We begged, "Pretty pleeease." Ruth Culham responded to our request with great enthusiasm with 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades. And teachers across the globe cheered, "Wahoo!" Finally, a resource book for ...
Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know
Jennifer Van Sijll
Michael Wiese Productions
, 2005
Spectacular
To call me a newbie screenwriter would be to insult newbie screenwriters. I'm a fledgling, nascent, inchoate, and very bad screenwriter. And if you would read the mere one-page script I wrote yesterday, you'd call me some choice names but I daresay 'screenwriter' will ...
Event Planning : The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas, Conferences, ...
Judy Allen
Wiley
, 2000
Packed with Knowledge!
Details, details, details. That's really what successful event planning is all about, and that's the key to this very successful event-planning manual. Author Judy Allen notes, lists, copes with and gives an example of virtually every detail in planning anything from a ...
Miami and the Siege of Chicago (New York Review Books Classics)
Norman Mailer
NYRB Classics
, 2008
VINTAGE MAILER
What is striking about 1968 in that political sense is that Daley of Chicago, a Democrat, is the recipient of more wrath from liberal writers than Richard Nixon. You remember him: The guy who went on to win it all that year, expanded the war, and broke a myriad of laws ...
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics)
Signet Classics
, 2003
The Origin of our Bill of Rights
"The Anti-Federalist Papers" along with the "Federalist Papers" is an excellent way to really learn about how our Constitution came about. Pseudonyms like The Centinel, The Pennsylvania Farmer, John DeWitt, Cato, et.al. set forth the cons against why various ...
Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (Microsoft .NET ...
Krzysztof Cwalina
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Brad Abrams
Addison-Wesley Professional
, 2005
Passionate About Quality?
I don't personally think that all developers will find this book useful. In fact, I have a feeling that some may find it highly useless and disruptive as it is abstract in a sense (one must apply the lessons to each library and scenario independently, taking into ...
The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in America's Largest Protestant Denomination
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
, 2007
Since its inception, controversy has surrounded the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, Southern Baptists' most recent confession of faith. The present volume of essays by Baptist scholars explains that document and includes the full text of all three Baptist Faith and Message statements from the twentieth century (1925, 1963, and 2000) in ...
Meetings, Expositions, Events & Conventions (2nd Edition)
George G. Fenich
Prentice Hall
, 2007
GREAT
Thank you for the book i am sure that i will be using it a lot during school. Thanks for the quick service, also the book looks brand new. :)
Perl Best Practices
Damian Conway
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
, 2005
Best Perl book ever
Not only the best Perl book I've ever read, it's also one of the best programming language books, period. If you've ever programmed C++ or Java, you'll know how revered the likes of Effective C++ and Effective Java are, a series of tips, suggestions, idioms, advice ...
Lesser Feasts And Fasts 2006: The Proper for The, Together With the Fixed Holy Days : Conforming to General ...
Church Publishing
Church Publishing
, 2006
Amazing Volume!
This book should be in every Episcopalian's library. The resources it provides for parishes and for personal devotions are exceptional. The updated Church Kalendar has some great new additions, including a few noted Roman Catholic (esp. St. Ignatius of Loyola - July ...
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