Signs Books

Humorous and easy to read, this book is true. It's cute and a little naive, all the information is important to take seriously though. I gave it to my boyfriend just to help him have an idea what kind of person he should not be like. He was reading and laughing. Hopefully he took it seriously enough to believe it.

The author's clearly had an array of good -- and bad -- dating experiences. The book zeroes in on some universal truths, but her appreciation of men comes through. Let's hope there's a companion book ("Vital Signs: A Man's Guide...") in the works!

hey wait a minute. i think i know some of those guys! ms. crugnola seems to have her finger on the pulse of the dating world.

this is a look at the hilarious realities of dating and relationships. funny yet not so far fetched...

i laughed til my pulse was racing.

I first read "Vital Signs" while doing something that many men spend much time doing...waiting for a woman to get ready, despite the fact that I showed up right on time. I was met with a half-prepared date, who showed me to her TV, gave me the clicker, and expected me to be transfixed for the obligatory half-hour or so of waiting.

However, this Tuesday night there were no good games on, so I picked up "Vital Signs" in order to get an insight into the mind of this woman that entrusted me with her clicker.

My initial reaction was that this would be one of those "Men always let us down, so let's write a book to bond with whom we are, and to bash them for being whom they are". It turned out to be anything but. The author seemed to genuinely like men, for all of our faults, but managed to provide her readers with "age-old" wisdom wrapped in non-preachy witticisms. I decided to get myself a copy the next day.

I found that while I walked dangerously like some of the "trouble" guys mentioned in the book, I admired the writer for telling women like it is in some respects, "if the signs of trouble are there, deal with them head on, and get out if the going looks rocky". I can't tell you how many of my "chick-buddies" I've preached this to, only to have them shut me out, and do what they want anyway. The author avoids my first inclination to preach, and just reminds the reader of the pitfalls of ignoring "vital signs", whether good or bad. I've recommended the book to a number of friends, one of whom immediately left a voicemail to thank me for being so "enlightened".

I don't know what electricity has to do with any of this, but I recommend taking a look at Vital Signs, for a laugh, and friendly advice.

Lisa Crugnola's Vital Signs, is not only hysterically funny, it is also incredibly insightful to the realities of dating in today's world. The book covers everything from what physical postures and gestures can indicate to the everday concerns we encounter. Lisa's illustrations are expressive and comical. This book is a delightful little treasure every woman should have!

I'm soooo happy that I bought this book! It's a very thorough combination of a library of signs we can use to communicate with infants, beautiful music to use with the signs, and a lot of VERY GOOD ideas for crafts to accompany the related topic. The author was right, "Roll the Ball" is a HIT in any small child class. The book also has an index of related sources, websites and ect for signing for children. Though this book is designed for "babies" I think it's also good for toddlers (or the almost walking age). I mentioned this book on a discussion for small children and the discussion about the book is REALLY picking up!

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I am very excited about this book as I am a music teacher always looking for new things. Although I haven't yet incorporated this in my classes I cannot wait to start as the ideas in this book has given me renewed enthusiasm and I feel energised again.

This book and the music CD is a staple at our house. My daughter has loved all the music since she was under 1, and now she is 2 and still asks to listen to it. My daughter started signing at 7 months and knew more than 25 signs at a year old.... and I owe it all to the Sing and Sign program. It is fantastic! You can't go wrong with this book... especially since it also has a great music CD to listen to anytime.

I am a music therapist in Kansas City and also a mom to a 3 year old and 1 year old. This book gets as much use in the classroom as it does at home!

I teach special needs children ages 3-12 and I have used this book and the accompanying recording in all my classes. Several teachers have purchased the book themselves! My own children love the songs and and the signs. I get frequent requests at school and at home for the Baby Sing and Sign!

I was lucky enough to take this author's class with my son in KC. After a few months of signing to him, he began signing nonstop around age 11 months. It helped immensely to reduce his frustration (and mine!) in communicating his needs and wants. He learned new signs quickly and his vocabulary/recognition of new objects grew immensely in the months to follow. Now that he is 2, his verbal skills are highly advanced (he speaks very clearly and can compose complex sentences), and I firmly believe this is due to the strong language base he started with the signing programs.

The songs and games in this book are still some of his favorites! Glad to see this great resource is available to parents everywhere! Thanks Anne!

This book is a much needed guide to bird sign and tracks. It complements Elbroch's guide to Animal sign. It is well written and informative.

This is a guide to identifying bird families or individual species by clues they leave behind of their presence. The title may appear, at first glance, to be a typo. It is not. As the authors explain on the first page: "Sign refers to all the possible signs of their passing: sign of feeding, gathering material for nesting, the nests or cavity holes themselves, pellets, droppings, feathers lost during molt, or kill sites."

This book appears to be packed with too much information for a beginner to digest. But its actually quite good for anyone who is interested in birds and would use such a book more than once or twice. The information is organized by types of sign - tracks, feathers, feeding signs, droppings, nests and roosts, etc., rather than by species. This allows you to read about whichever subject you're interested in and to take in the basics behind, say, interpreting signs of feeding, rather than getting bogged down by details specific to a certain species.

Due to the nature of the topic, the squeamish may not enjoy all the pictures. However, the pictures are certainly not as gruesome as they could have been.

In the introduction, one of the authors writes: "real tracking is bigger than one lifetime. Tracking, as our ancestors knew it, was a body of knowledge handed down from generation to generation. Each person added to this knowledge..." The authors clearly see themselves as a continuation if this process, referring to and giving credit to other excellent books, such a Rezendes' "Tracking and the Art of Seeing".

To my knowledge, this is the only book like this specific to birds. I feel this would be an excellent gift idea for that hard-to-buy-for bird watcher.

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Collaborative written by Mark Elbroch and Elanor Marks, Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide To North American Species is a gorgeous birder's guide filled cover to cover with full-color photography on thick, glossy, sturdy paper. From bird trails and feathers to pellets and nest, bird signs of every shap, size and format are presented, described, and lavishly illustrated. Portable, authoritative, and "user friendly", Bird Tracks & Sings is very highly recommended for North American birdwatchers and aspiring ornithologists of all ages and skill levels.

I really got excited when I saw this reviewed in National Wildlife magazine. I often see bird tracks or even a nest when out walking but didn't know how to translate that into useful information. This book clues me in on the bird that matches those signs.
The author, a renowned tracker, spent 14 months, 12 hours a day studying bird tracks, scats, nests, feeding signs and roosts plus collected information from museums for this book.
Users of this guide may also want to try:
-Flattened Fauna: A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streeets and Highways
-Scats and Tracks of the Southeast (also guides for other areas)
-A Field Guide to Desert Holes
-A Key-Guide to Mammal Skulls and Lower Jaws
-That Gunk on Your Car (insects)
Bird lovers now have another tool to identify birds.

Call me cynical but in the last twenty years I have seen field guide publishers recylce the same old info over and over again, just adding a new tabulature or color photos. The text is minimal and always leaves me wanting more.

Not so with this book! Mark and Eleanor have created something that goes well beyond any field guide currently on the market concerning birds! This stuff is new and never before seen except for experienced birders in the field. It is easy to use, fun to use and it will help anyone learn more about birds, their habits and sign. The photography is stunning as well.

I cannot over-recommend this book. Go get it, now!

Ricardo Sierra

Janice Reals Ellig is one of the most well regarded career experts in the industry, and this book provides sensible, practical and actionable advice for anyone wishing to take control of their career. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to find out how to take advantage of opportunites, navigate out of difficult situations and work toward career objectives.

"Be the CEO of your career", recommends Janice Reals Ellig in her book Driving the Career Highway. Co-authored with Bill Morin, Janice presents a thoughtful, logical, down to earth approach to managing your career. Indeed, by the time you finish this book, you will managing your life as she also addresses the issue of work-life balance. Throughout the book, Janice and Bill include exercises to assist. Rather than leaving the reader to pick out the points to address, they include charts and tables for completion so that no area is left without contemplation. I had the opportunity to meet Janice recently and told her then that I wish such a book had existed when I was 20. For readers considering this book, I recommend it heartily and again express the same sentiments: if only I had read it at the start of my career!

Organizations have changed, and as a result so have careers. This is a valuable road map of the new career highways.

This book is a terrific, well-organized resource that engages and allows you look at your career with a fresh perspective. The charts and self-exams fuel true contemplation, reflection and scrutiny of your career achievements and disappointments. Janice Reals Ellig and William Morin outline current conditions that can help or impede your progress and provide ideas and solutions on how to achieve your career goals, all in an easy, enjoyable format. I highly recommend this book to anyone contemplating a career move or contemplating why not to make a career move.

I give this book a AAA rating. It is a much needed book for the challenges of moving up the corporate ladder in the 21 Century. Working hard is necessary but not sufficient to continuous progress. Read it and enhance your possibilities - amazing that situation you find yourself in is more universal than you thought. Better yet, there are solutions. Consider it your career GPS.

Love this little book - I've had it for a couple of years and once in a while "rediscover" it. And every time, it sends me off to the art closet looking for collage stuff and my totally tattered Nat Geos.

Lenore makes it look so easy! Her postcards are festive, amusing, deep and yet simple. I haven't yet made anything to compare to her little gems but then who could? By using 3 x 5 cardstock as collage support, I have learned the beauty and challenge of working very small.

I really like knowing that her art-cards went thru the USPS and were all delivered in such beautiful shape. I imagine postal workers stopping and gasping when they were privileged to find one in their care. In many cases, the stamp and even the postmark become part of the design. Love this book!!!

"Tawney's postcards are rich, dynamic things. They develop a range of difficult themes--childhood, female sexuality, spirituality--in subtle ways. They can be treasured both for their hermetism and their wide cultural embrace. They can be read as treatises or valentines"--Holland Cotter, Art Critic, New York Times

Having been a fan of Tawney's for years I was delighted to discover this publication. It is just beautiful and so inspiring.

and anyone else for that matter. Her postcards are wild! Plus the book itself is REALLY nice quality, with thick creamy stock the postcards almost jump off the pages! If you like Nick Bantock, you'll love the postcard art of Lenore Tawney.

This book is so incredible. From an artist's point of view it is pure eye candy. Every page is art. Every page is stimulating. Every page is a new adventure. Colour and reproductions are so perfect, they look real. If you love assemblage art, nostalgia, exquisite and elegant collage, buy this small book, it's just gorgeous - a tip though - don't ever lend it! Di, Brisbane, Australia

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to know the mind of God and draw closer to Him. If you want to see revival in your church, home, community, at work, etc.; read this book. David Herzog has written a book that will encourage and inspire you to jump the next level in your walk with God.

Great 40 day devotional/study guide for a daily devotion when you don't have a lot of time. Goes great along with the book.

This book is awesome. You must get this book. I recommend this book to anyone. If you want to experience the presence of God, read this book. This book is filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. David Herzog is a Great Man of God who is allowing God to use Him to do a great Work in the Kingdom.

With all the education man has achieved he's still miserable. How we need God in our lives. Our young people are searching through drugs and the occult trying to find that missing ingrediant in their lives. God's Glory fills the void!

Churches are going "through-the-motions" of a service and people still leave without what they came for. The GLORY FILLS THE VOID!

The GLORY is God's presence! And we need to understand how to react when God shows up.

Good book about the wave of revival that is going to take place in our nation. Some of the things we will experience are familiar, but many things will be brand-new. We are getting ready to reap the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever seen, and it will happen because of the outpouring of the Spirit.

My 2 1/2 year old son hasn't mastered the English language yet so we're teaching him sign language, which he has picked up on wonderfully. This book is great with wonderful pictures and how to diagrams. He loves this book and it's easy to understand.

I TRUELY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. IT IS A HANDY QUICK REFERENCE BOOK TO KEEP IN YOUR VEHICLE ALONG WITH THE LITTLE ONE AS i DO WHEN ME AND MY GRADSON TAKE A DRIVE, WHETHER IT B TO THE STORE , PARK OR LONG DISTANCE TRIP. IT'S A HANDY GREAT LITTLE BOOK.

The children in my classroom are learning ASL from me. I have many books and books/cds or videos about it. This book is great because children can look at and get the infomation without the sign, it can be read and use as a normal picture book. There are pictures of each item and next to it the sign for it. So they can learn about it on there own without a teacher always having to say "this is the sign for dog". Also they are signs for every day things which I think helped bring interest to the students in my young preschool classroom. There are better books out there for teaching ASL but this book is a great one to have that can be use as a non ASL book and ASL alike. I liked it so much I have gotten it for family members to use with their children.

Use this book (alone or in conjunction with a book like "Baby Signs") to communicate with your baby long before they can speak. We started signing when my son was 8 mos old. He learned the signs very quickly and being able to make us understood what he wanted eliminated temper tantrums almost immediately - until he was 2 that is! When he started to talk, he continued signing for a while but then stopped using them on his own. I HIGHLY recommend signing with ALL babies - regardless of whether or not they have developmental issues.

Cheerful picture with illustrations. Highly recommended. My daughter love this book.

I call this the Book of Forgiveness and now teach a workshop dedicated to teaching its principles. As a therapist, bla, de, bla de bla, I came up short in understanding relationships, particularly my own. I hate paradigms and boxes but this book provides a new way of thinking about people that helps them understand themsleves and others and why they fall into the same relationship over and over again.

I bought this book four years ago. It is now being held together by a rubberband. Everytime I discover someones Moon I'm astonished, the only person's moon I hve trouble figuring is my own. Every few months I have to read it to see if I really understand it, but with almost everyone else I got them pegged. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

I was at a party, when a friend cracked open this book. One by one, we each calculated our moon signs (which none of us had even heard of before). chart was super easy to read. And we were all almost in tears, over how acurate the descriptions were. Each description is only 2-3 pages, but soooo right on.

I'm suspicious of astrology, so i read some other descriptions and they were not me at all. So, i feel pretty confident that it is not just worded so everyone can relate.

I bought this book after reading all of the five-star hoopla that was already posted on it. Granted, considering that the authors are using only the sun and the moon, the descriptions are pretty good. But, with only the sun and the moon, the accuracy is going to be limited. This book is a good "party" book and has the potential to get others interested in learning about astrology utilizing a superficial approach. However, if one is truly interested in learning more about astrology, this is not the book to buy. These authors are obviously gifted astrologers--as well as writers. I see they recently put out a short "beginners" book (click on authors' names on the left side of the screen). I hope they are planning to write beyond that. They've got great potential.

Contents summary: Interprets all 144 combinations of Sun and Moon sign in the birth chart separately (420pp). Introduction, including discussion of the Sun, Moon and the elements (46pp). Tables of precise Sun and Moon sign change times, and time zone corrections (96pp).

Charles Harvey, a leading astrological scholar of the later 20th century, died a couple of years ago aged not far from 60, but left behind this modern masterpiece of properly researched basic natal astrology, which originates in the study of real people and draws as much detail out of each of the 144 Sun/Moon combinations as could be hoped for. The interpretations are each substantial in length but concise and packed with observational detail, building very significantly on Grant Lewi's pioneering treatment of the combinations from the 1940s. They inevitably round people up and sometimes typecast the extreme manifestations of each combination a little over-assuredly. They are of course subject to the modifying influence of non-Sun/Moon sign factors in the birth chart, but they come as close as they can given their scope. Indispensable reference book.

This book has a nice variety of vintage signs. It is great to see the original color of the neon since I am restoring an old Pegasus that came off a Mobil gas station.

The author appears knowledgeable and it is difficult to find books on this subject. It is fun to read the short discriptions of the histories of the signs and anecdotes from other collectors.

Anyone who grew up with neon signs would enjoy this book.

I just recieved this book as a gift and I love it. The book is filled with color photos of neon from around the country, and includes a fair amount of info on each sign. I was unaware this book exsisted until i recieved it, but it was a pleasant surprise. This book is a must have for vintage enthusiests, and fans of neon in general.

Properly titled VINTAGE NEON (as shown on the cover) this book contains incredible photos and narrative of these beautiful works of art. Fans of "Americana" will especially enjoy this fading slice of American Roadside Life.

Mr. Davidson's expertise in both the technical and artistic creation of neon is more spectacular than the lights themselves. Although expensive, this book is by far the most authoritative glimpse the craft and its appreciation than any other volume ever written. In the vernacular of the modern generation, it is 'tubular'. Almost every conceivable manner of neon is included; businesses include car showrooms, shoe stores, butcher shops, bakeries, motels, drive-ins (both theatrical and eatery), and in abundance, restaurants. Locations include many havens of neon distribution, such as the author's beloved Philadelphia, Route 66, California, and a much overlooked plethora of vivid glamour, Vancouver British Columbia (Canada). This volume is absolutely enchanting for anyone who has ever spent a night in a lodging illuminated on the exterior by a tint of pink, green, yellow, or blue. Of the 200 books in my personal 'Roadside Library', this is my favorite. Anyone who treasures illumination will consider "VINTAGE NEON" enlightening.

A tribute to the forgotten signmakers of the 1920's through the present. Lots of color pictures contributed by neon sign enthusiasts from around the country. Expensive, but if you like old signs, this book will make you happy.

Highly valuable and important for any serious astrologer, or for anyone interested in Vedic mythology. Prash Trivedi is a very subtle and observant astrologer, and each Nakshatra becomes its "own universe" in this book, and is given thorough, searching attention and detailed treatment. I use this book for every reading and refer to it frequently.

this is the best book i have found on nakshatras of the several out there. prash trivedi and veno(illustrator and editor) have provided great inspired intuitive insight into the 27 mansions and how they apply to character and action. the lavish color illustrations are truly magnificent and exploratory and the text can be read over and over. i refer to the book every day regarding position of moon and other planets and what they are doing (to us, to each other). for jyotish interpretation, not tropical. most excellent.

The 27 Celestial Portals by Prash Trivedi is an extensive treaty on the Nakshatras, or, the Constellations. Its content is so comprehensive and illuminating that one can easily spend months to read, absorb, digest, and apply the learned information to natal as well as mundane astrology. Almost every sentence is enlightening and could be a predictive gem; for instance, in the Mula Nakshatra chapter, Trivedi states that "Most prominent generals and military leaders have important planets placed in Mula." I decided to test this theory and just look up the chart of a famous general that I have heard of - retired General Wesley Clark. Sure enough, both his Sun and Mercury are placed in Mula!

To really understand the true meaning and functioning of these ancient cosmic transmitters known as Nakshatras, one has to start from the beginning, including deciphering of the name, symbol, ruling deity, and nature and functioning. All of which have been generously included and clearly explained in 23 sections that also contain necessary information such as mode of functioning, caste, gender, body parts and humor, direction, padas (this might be the only book in English that has detailed information on Nakshatra padas), professions, places, guna (essence) and tattwa (element), gana (type), auspicious and inauspicious activities, esoteric, etc.

In addition to the exhaustive material presented, the book incorporates stunning color illustrations of each Nakshatra by the talented Veno. These color images combine every aspect of the Nakshatras into a "picture that's worth a thousand words."

The writing style is clear and contemporary, without using much archaic expressions and complicated presentation as many Indian authors tend to do. The typeset is very pleasant and easy to read, which has been greatly augmented by the double spacing and crisp printing albeit font size is not exceptionally large.

Minor suggestions (which do not detract from the book's five-star quality) include incorporating a subject index, glossary (different astrologers could give different meaning for certain terms), and perhaps redeeming qualities (if any) of adverse Nakshatras.

The bottom line is this book is a must-have if you really want to know about Nakshatras. Though the book is more comprehensible to the advanced Jyotisha, beginning students can also find gems throughout the book. And we owe a great deal to the author for generously revealing these treasured ancient secrets to us.

This book takes a very different look at the nakshatras, one that is far more extensive but less balanced than interpretations found in the more popular books by Hart de Fuow and Dennis Harness.

In many ways, this book is more accurate. Trivedi calls a spade a spade. If he feels a nakshatra almost always manifests negatively (Ashlesha and Purva Bhadrapada, for example) he unapologetically tells it that way, and doesn't really try to provide a more positive assessment. This makes the book less useful for those who must counsel people born under those signs, or those who are born under those stars themselves.

The book heavily emphasizes caste, professions, esoteric meaning, auspicious and inauspicious activities. On the one hand, this can be frustrating for the novice who is solely interested in the meaning of each nakshatra, and how each planet manifests in each of the padas (no Vedic book currently on the market has really done an in-depth exploration of how every planet manifests in every sign or pada).

On the other hand, this book is meant to be used on multiple levels. When Trivedi writes in the afterword that the esoteric sections are "signboards pointing toward unknown levels which nakshatras encode", he wasn't kidding. Applications for the esoteric side of each nakshatra could fill a second book. Essentially, the esoteric sections of each chapter amount to a collection of good hints, and there is a rather impressionistic feel to much of his writing in general. There is also the sense that the author's choice of material is intended to cover all the bases - the reader will need to do some work to figure out underlying connections on their own.

Despite these weaknesses, the book gets five stars because it is a seminal work. Its probably a good idea to read this book and re-read it, and then read it a third time. More ideas become clear each time you take another look due to the impressionistic nature of the writing. A novice who reads this book and takes an extensive set of notes may absorb more information about the nakshatras than many of the folks who have written exams for Jyotish certification courses.

This book is excellent, I was very surprised and did not expect it to be that great. However, it is very thorough and has changed my style of chart interpretation.

I also highly recommend Prash's Lunar Nodes book