Invaluable information for anyone interested in the age-old lure of archery.

    Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way--by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people--it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors.Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang.With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test-communicating fluently with native speakers.

    This edition is out of print, and is being replaced by the fourth edition, retail price 18.95, ISBN 0981570178

    The most practical, comprehensive book on finishing ever published, this guide offers advice for troubleshooting, distinguishing different products, and suggestions for creating beautiful finishes.

    Includes full-scale patterns for collars, cuffs, plackets, and pockets, and complete instructions for developing custom-fit shirt patterns.

    Now, the wisdom of nine books—including The Power of Positive Thinking—can be found within these pages. Timeless in their message, invaluable in the course of daily life, Dr. Peale’s classic books provide inspiration when you most need it and lead the way to a fuller, happier, more satisfying life. With a new introduction by Dr. Peale, Positive Thinking Every Day will help make your every day the best it can possibly be.

    This volume answers questions such as: Should I use low- or high-flanged hubs for touring * Should I spoke crossed-four or crossed-three? Are radially spoked wheels stiffer than crossed-four? * How can I build a 32-spoke crossed-two wheel? * Should I use butted or straight sookes? * Does tying and soldering give a rough ride?Based on years of experience, the author has divided the book into three parts. Part One, Theory, explains how wheels respond to loads. It discusses the merits of various designs and components, and explains what causes failures. Part Two, Practice, gives a step-by-step guide for building front and rear wheels and wheels with different patterns and numbers of spokes. Part Three, Data, contains test results and formulas for computing spoke lengths and other wheel dimensions.

    When Stein realized what her intensive efforts at making a garden had done, she set out to "ungarden". Her book interweaves an account of her efforts with an explanation of the ecology of gardens. Illustrations.

    There is a wealth of information included as well as projects with patterns and color photographs on nearly every page of the book.

    Patricia Wells' Trattoria now feeds America's passion for Italian food with 150 authentic recipes. Savor a Fresh Artichoke Omelet, succulent Lamb Braised in White Wine, Garlic, and Hot Peppers, a hearty portion of Lasagne with Basil, Garlic, and Tomato Sauce, or a luscious Fragrant Orange and Lemon Cake, and much more. This essential cookbook of Italian trattorias presents a full range of homemade recipes for antipasti, soups, dried and fresh pastas, polenta, seafood, poultry, and meat, with special chapters on breads, pizzas, and desserts. Come explore the heart and soul of Italian cooking in Patricia Wells' Trattoria.

    It won the James Beard Award, inspired a television show, and has sold over 100,000 copies. All of the original mouth-watering recipes remain, now supplemented by many new recipes carefully crafted by master-chef Marcel Desaulniers. All preparations and ingredients are included with full-color photographs, allowing mere mortals to create chocolate masterpieces such as the eponymous Death by Chocolate, Chocolate Temptation, and Chocolate Dementia.

    The illuminating essays in Galen Rowell's Vision are grouped into four chapters covering the fundamental aspects of the art of adventure photography as practiced by one of its masters: "Goals," transforming dreams into realities through personal vision; "Preparations," pushing the limits of equipment, film, and technique; "Journeys," merging visions with realities; and "Realizations," communicating one's worldview through photography. Throughout, Rowell includes examples of some of his most memorable images and relates fascinating anecdotes from his extraordinary photographic career.

    Stressing the importance of understanding livestock behavior, Temple Grandin shows you how to develop a respectful working relationship with your animals to promote their health and productivity. With detailed construction plans for animal-friendly facilities of all sizes and dozens of low-stress methods for moving your livestock on pastures, padlocks, and feedlot pens, this guide has everything you need to know to create a comfortable atmosphere for thriving, happy livestock.

    Students can gain deeper insights (with explanations and insights) of the philosophy of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements theory. Also included are guidelines for breating, directing the mind, aligning the body and developing Qi (Chi).

    A faithful teacher of millions, it has stood the test of time and is still, today, one of the best tools available for learning what it means to be a Christian. This study guide to the Catechism includes 129 questions and answers, along with clear exposition and questions for review, further study, and discussion.

    This complete guide to understanding and improving the soil shows how to begin the process with easy-to-find organic materials. Includes testing soil, making compost, what plants to grow where, container gardening, how to tailor soil to fit the needs of individual plants, and much more. 75 illustrations.

    From the author of Dreambody - a pioneering method of using crisis as a dynamic opportunity for accessing our inner world, confronting our fears, and catalyzing self-discovery.

    Handbook for experienced climbers covers all the physical and psychological aspects of climbing training.

    They show readers how to achieve these dramatic benefits, and how to find and evaluate the doula.

    More than 800 hand tools, power tools, and their accessories in color with clear instructions.

    Included in the book are sections on the woodwinds, brass, the rhythm section and the string section. A recording is included to follow along with the printed scores.

    In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them.Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. Whittaker starts at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussions and serve as models for beginning knappers.Written for a wide amateur and professional audience, Flintknapping will be essential for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis.

    This is a topic that has grown in importance since the introduction of desktop publishing, because new computer technology and graphics software have created a greater public awareness of and access to the application of fonts and letterforms.

    This delightful custom, be it a Proper Tea or a Very Nearly Tea, is a pleasant way to appease the appetite and lift the spirit.Collected in this charming book are recipes for such teatime specialties as scones, sandwiches, cakes, crumpets, cookies, biscuits, jams, and more. Young bakers and seasoned cooks alike will find something tempting here. And the goodies produced will please those who like a Little Smackerel in the afternoon - and the company of Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin, and the other beloved residents of the Hundred Acre Wood.

    Taking a topic a week, Finley shows how to parlay dysfunctional qualities into power and success. Illus.

    Illustrated with nearly 200 updated illustrations, photos and examples, this updated edition offers exhaustive information on contributing weather and climate factors, snowpack analysis, the newest transceiver search techniques, and preventative and protective measures, including avalanche zoning and control.

    Takes you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. Includes graded exercises, illustrated tips, plus standard notation and tablature.

    But not any more. With the publication of this book the East comes to the West in a lucidly adapted form, fully color illustrated and filled with a soft-seriousness of meditation techniques adapted over thousands of years. Meditation is still a relative stranger to the West in its true essence. We still tend to "think" of it as some sort of contemplation. But true meditation is "not-thinking" and not thinking is an unfamiliar state to the Westerner. Instead of meditating one hour a day, with this book we can learn to be in a constant state of meditation and sample results which are quite beyond expectations.

    Including everything from the basic positions of the feet to exercises for the most advanced grades, the Step-By-Step Ballet Class is an essential companion for everyone who is learning ballet. It gives a comprehensive selection of exercises taken from each of the examination grades, giving clear step-by-step illustrations and explanatory text, as well as checklists of important points to remember. Topics such as how to find a good ballet school, dressing for dance and taking an examination are also included.

    Each and every day people take new jobs, get married, have children, and graduate; others make smaller but still significant new beginnings by rekindling friendships, mending arguments, or simply making a choice to change their outlook on life. In Your Psychic Pathway to New Beginnings, renowned intuitive and spiritual healer Sonia Choquette offers her wisdom and teachings in a book perfect for anyone seeking to make a spiritual fresh start.

    Only in this way can students free themselves from the constraints of tradition and find their own imaginative paths. However, it is vital that students first have a solid grasp of classical perspective before they can think about adapting it creatively.In presenting the principles of perspective drawing, Mr. Watson devotes a chapter each to step-by-step discussions of such topics as the picture plane, foreshortening and convergence, the circle, the cone, three-point perspective, universal perspective, figures in perspective, and much more. To illustrate his points he offers expert analysis of the works of such leading illustrators as John Atherton, V. Bobri, R. M. Chapin, Jr., Albert Dorne, Robert Fawcett, Constantin Guys, W. N. Hudson, Carl Roberts, Ben Stahl, and Aldren A. Watson, as well as drawings by Pieter de Hooch and Paul Cézanne. The result is a ground-breaking study that artists, illustrators, and draftsmen will find invaluable in learning to create works with convincing perspective.Ernest W. Watson taught at Pratt Institute for over 20 years, co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of the magazine American Artist, and co-founded the prestigious art publishing house of Watson-Guptill.

    This guide tells you everything you need to know, including recommendations for which ones to grow and botanical descriptions of the most popular types. The authors are pepper experts and offer all of their tips and techniques for choosing good seed, starting your plants out right, and planting your garden with companion plants that are good to eat with peppers - such as tomatoes, onions, corn, basil, oregano, and garlic.Easy step-by-step instructions, a list of seed sources, and a glossary of terms will help the gardening novice, and there are full details on harvesting the pods; drying and roasting peppers; and making festive ristras (hanging strands of red peppers). Whether you are an avid gardener or a chile pepper lover wanting to grow your favorites, The Pepper Garden will be your guide to successful pepper gardening.

    We've analyzed thousands of loaves to determine what works, and why. Our universal recipes have been tested to work in every make and model, and our research continues--a claim no other book can make!Ever make Saffron bread in your bread maker? How about Cottage Dill? In addtion to unique breads, we'll tell you how to make sticky buns, calzone, croutons, flavored butters and spreads. Full-page color photos, spatter-resistant pages and lay-open design join with an easy, understandable narrative to make Electric Bread as user friendly as the push-button bread machines themselves.

    From the life history and propagation, to the explanation of predators and parasites, the author shares his personal experiences with this non-aggressive bee. You will find all the information you need to capture and raise these docile bees at home.

    When Albert Sack's Fine Points of Furniture: Early American--Good, Better, Best was published in 1950, it established a new standard for evaluating American antiques. In his new book, Sack applies this standard to furniture pieces that have appeared on the market in more recent years. Full color and black-and-white photographs.

    

    This has become the standard book on decorative paint finishes.

    Today’s generation of family and professional caregivers faces new decisions and challenges, as well as previously unavailable options. This thoroughly revised and updated 2009 edition of The Complete Eldercare Planner equips you with reliable, up-to-the-minute information to help you plan and manage caring for your loved ones.Comprehensive and detailed, sensitive and realistic, practical and accessible, the 2009 edition provides even more tips on prioritizing and organizing caregiving tasks, balancing work and family responsibilities, and navigating the complex maze of eldercare services. In addition to an expanded index of Internet resources and access to downloadable forms of key documents, you’ll find indispensable checklists, worksheets, step-by-step action plans, lists of questions to ask, low-cost and free alternative resources, and The Document Locator™. This new edition covers:•Getting started on creating a long-term care plan•Finding help, especially if you live far away•Managing the financial aspects•Talking to elders about sensitive subjects•Senior housing–move or stay put?•Managing medications•And many other topics of vital interest to anyone caring for an elder

    This invaluable resource tells how to use nutrition, minerals, massage, herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, and psychic healing for optimal health.Meticulously researched.Fully illustrated.Comprehensive guide to holistic healing methods.Extensive resource directory.Effective ways to reduce veterinary costs.

    This collection of three hundred vegan, high-carbohydrate, virtually fat-free recipes offers a well-balanced, mouthwatering mix of fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains to help you lose weight, reverse illness, and do right by the environment. Inspired by dishes from around the world, the recipes use familiar ingredients and rely on simple and consistent preparation methods. You will also find: ·        An explanation of the groundbreaking McDougall Program and its nutritionally based approach to health    ·        Easy-to-prepare recipes for nondairy drinks, dressings, and sauces that aren’t based on oil·        Ten simple steps to make a lighter version of your favorite recipes·        An updated “McDougall-Okayed Packaged and Canned Products” list to help you shop with confidenceFood is our most powerful medicine. And with this revolutionary program, the fat-free way to healthier eating has never been easier—or more delicious.

    

    You'll find complete instruction for and demonstration of techniques such as crosshatching, stippling, texture and value contrasts, as well as the use of contour, parallel and scribble lines. All of theses techniques are illustrated throughout by the author's striking works. You'll find chapters detailing:Houses and Buildings using freehand and architectural styles, learn to detail barns, houses and cityscapes.Animals draw realistic animals by focusing on anatomy, facial features and hair texture.The Plant Kingdom learn to sketch plants, flowers, leaves and trees - from an individual flower to an entire forest.Faces and Figures sketch realistic, dynamic figures and capture varying moods.Birds learn to draw lifelike feathers, eyes, bills and feet.Waterscapes capture the reflections of a quiet brook and the spray of crashing surf.

    Stephen Kosslyn offers step-by-step guidelines for creating graphs that convey data in clear and attractive ways. This is also a "why it works" book. Kosslyn, a noted psychologist, bases his recommendations on extensive research into how the brain perceives and processes visual information. As he demonstrates, an awareness of the connections between the eye and the mind can make all the difference when creating or reading graphs. In Elements of Graph Design, Kosslyn helps you determine the appropriate format for a graph based on the data to be presented and your purpose in presenting it. He then focuses on the nuts and bolts of graph construction - the framework, the labels, the use of color and texture. Dozens of examples of effective and ineffective graphs are described and dissected in light of what is known about human visual perception. The result: easy-to-follow, unambiguous graphs that virtually anyone can understand immediately. Elements of Graph Design is for anyone who creates graphs, whether by computer or by pencil and paper. It is for anyone who relies on graphs in school work, presentations, or business reports. It is for anyone who wants a better understanding of the graphs used by newspapers and magazines, politicians, and advertisers (Kosslyn includes a chapter on how graphs can be used to misrepresent data). Finally it is for anyone interested in the mechanics of perception, memory, and cognition that come into play not just when we read graphs, but in any visual encounter.

    This visual dictionary of color mixes saves time and frustrations by showing artists exactly what colors to mix to get the exact color they want.

    "Godly passion is a supernatural gift of God," he writes. "When you have a strong relationship with your mate's soul, the relationship with his or her body becomes something fantastic!" Yandian's practical wisdom on relationships, the story of his own troubled marriage that was restored, and his exceptional insights into sex and the Bible will stimulate both husband and wife to become One Flesh--best friends and passionate lovers.

    Written by Dan Bolin, author of How to Be Your Daughter’s Daddy, and Ken Sutterfield, this book will show you how to be the parent your little guy needs most.

    Mix and match more than 30 patchwork techniques and fabric manipulations to create a jazzy, one-of-a-kind jacket, or use Judy's five ready-made combinations.

    The authors, all experts in SM play, dispel the stereotypes and myths about sadomasochism with this introduction to a hitherto hidden world of human expression. Safe Edge is a pan-sexual book structured to answer the questions a novice might have as he or she begins to explore safer SM play, and those of experienced players as they try new ways to play. It provides an understanding of how SM play can be a positive, safe, and healthy expression of sexual fantasies. "SM is wondering what the other executives would say (or think), if they knew about the welts and sticky panties under your Oh-so-conservative suit. SM is putting your boyfriend into a French maid outfit to serve lunch to you and your women's lib girlfriends. SM is the humiliation of discovering that your new slave knows far more about SM than you, ...and has far more experience. SM is the thrill you get when someone at the party asks you to try on handcuffs, '...just to see how it feels.' SM is about the tiny pair of gold handcuffs on your Chanel dress when you go to the opera. SM is being taken downstairs and noticing that it's been soundproofed. SM is hearing people who know nothing about SM say how bad it is, and you want to giggle because they're so serious. SM is the quiet typist by day, dominatrix by night. SM is hurting the one you love, ...just right." The authors provide an introduction and reference to: coming out into safer SM; consent and trust; SM spirituality: the mind and body, and how they relate to SM; endorphins; adult toys; and, above all, safety. Each section presents a particular aspect of SM, so that one can read the book right through, as though taking a course, or one can read each section as a reference. An extensive index, glossary, and bibliography make the book extremely easy to pick up again to remind oneself of the safety aspects of an evening's play. On The Safe Edge, written by Toronto author Trevor Jacques, with Dr. Dale, Michael Hamilton, and Sniffer, is an unprecedented manual and reference text to the safe, exotic, and erotic practices of a literate, well-organized, and international subculture. It became a Canadian best seller in its first few months of publication. On The Safe Edge is currently in its fifth printing! On The Safe Edge is a result of volunteer work by the AIDS Committee of Toronto Safer SM Education Project. It is used as the course reference book for SM seminars as far afield as Toronto, London, and San Francisco, and it has been used as a reference for SM safety pamphlets world-wide. Safe Edge was also used by the U.K. National Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty) for their case before the European Court of Human Rights in the Spanner case.

    The result makes both an entertaining browse and a comprehensive reference. 2,500 illustrations.

    This guide includes methods for renovating a home to increase its value, plus suggestions for sprucing up older homes, ways to decrease your costs of heating and cooling, and more. 200 illustrations. 20 photos.

    350 illustrations; charts and how to features.

    Field-tested and imaginatively illustrated, it has become a standard in the sculler's library. CONTENTS: Fundamentals: Preparing to Row * On the Water at Last * Watermanship * Putting it all Together BEYOND FUNDAMENTALS: Refining Your Rowing Skills * Technical Troubleshooting * Injury Troubleshooting * Drills * From Sculls to Sweeps * Equipment and Rigging * The Geometry of Rowing * Non-Boat Equipment * Rowing in Facsimile MASTERY: Learning Stabilities * Four Scullers * Perspectives

    The author explores the culinary and nutritional delights in rice, buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, teff, and other hearty grains and offers 100 whole-grain main courses and recipes. Line drawings.