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The Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, All 1,250 Square Feet or ...
Don Metz
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Catherine Tredway
, ...
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004
Drawings - not pictures
The book have a lot of good ideaas for how to draw / design houses. There is a lack of pictures of the actual solutions, in order to give a good idea of how the the solutions actually work. Jan T.
Ageless Memory: Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young - Foolproof Methods for People Over 50
Harry Lorayne
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2008
ageless help for memory
a marvelous and fun book by Harry Lorayne. I would recommend it for everone. All ages will take something good and beneficial from this book and in many cases it is potentially life changing. Thanks Harry
Country Wisdom & Know-How
The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004
Wisdom Is In Its Pages
If you want a great book to help you simplify your life and begin to wean you and your family off the rampant consumerism of today, THIS IS IT. I actually bought it a couple of years ago, but with today's oil crunch and people trying to save money and produce more, ...
A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations--and How You Can ...
Michael Driscoll
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004
great astronomy 101 for the middle school and older child
The subtitle of the book is the Story of the Stars, Planets and Constellations -- and How You Can Find Them in the Sky. It should read The Stars, The Planets, the Astronomers, the Universe and Everything. The books has definitions, factoids, readable text, stories, ...
Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama
Steve Dougherty
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007
The Audacity of Hope
This is MUST reading for all Americans and will give the reader a thorough understanding of the Barack Obama the media is trying to convince us we know nothing about. He lays himself bare -- his life, his beliefs, his thoughts, his ambitions and his plans for a better ...
Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time
Ken Bloom
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Frank Vlastnik
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2008
What About a Sequel?
While praising this book's really extraordinary collection of rare photographs, many of the Amazon reviewers seem hung up on the selection of shows. One almost feels that they expect books to reflect their personal taste, whereas books naturally reflect the taste of ...
Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List 2008: The Bestselling Price Guide in America- 40th Anniversary ...
Ralph and Terry Kovel
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Terry Kovel
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007
kovel's 2008 price list is INVALUABLE
The Kovel's book is by far the most detailed, entertaining and informative price book I have ever owned. It helps us sellers and buyers and on line shoppers understand real-time market values. I like that it is based on ACTUAL prices. ( after all things are really only ...
Story of the Orchestra : Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote ...
Robert T. Levine
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2000
Highly Entertaining and Educational
I was looking for resources to help make teaching about classical music and composers to primary grade children more entertaining and I found what I needed all wrapped up in this book and CD combination. Part I of the book concerns composers and is separated into ...
Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques
Jacques Pépin
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2001
Not for beginners
This is not a book for beginners. This is a book for people who have some chops, but who want a reference manual. Ignore everybody who complains about the photos: they will never produce meal after meal. They are too busy complaining. This is a master-work.
365 Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials
E. Richard Churchill
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Louis V. Loeschnig
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997
Really simple
I've picked up many books which claim to demonstrate science with "everyday materials." Most times the "everyday materials" are not something I keep on hand. Like cheesecloth. Who keeps cheesecloth on hand? But the demonstrations in this book really are simple and ...
The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses and Historians.
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007
great documentary on the making of the a-bomb and its aftermath
I am a babyboomer, born in 1947 after World War II was over. But my father had worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground during World War II and entered the nuclear filed after the war becoming a reactor theorist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. So the Manhattan ...
Leonardo's Notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005
Leonardo Up Close & Personal
As an Art History professor, I am very impressed with Leonardo's Notebooks. This oversized book contains Leonardo da Vinci's detailed sketches, many of which are new to me. In addition, this book provides commentary written by the artist himself on his theories, ...
Get Ready For Pre-K: 270 Interactive Activities and 2.270 Illustrations That Make Learning Fun!
Jane Carole
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006
Great price for a great workbook!
I bought this book for my 4-year-old son to help introduce him to writing letters. It has been a ton of help. The book has a lot of other activities in it too, and he has had a blast working through all of them. I can see his self-esteem growing as he completes each ...
The Official Scrabble Brand Word-Finder: The Ultimate Playing Companion to America's Favorite Word Game
Robert W. Schachner
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2000
Very difficult to use
This book is pretty much useless. It is poorly organized, and the method of building words is obscure. A good scrabble dictionary is much more useful.
Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007
Big book, little print: lots of survival info
I spend my summers working for a Boy Scout camp, so I figured this would be a handy reference when I picked it up. And indeed it is! It's a thorough and detailed account of every little survival or outdoor skill you could possible want to know without writing a thesis ...
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