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I've been using the August to August Calendars for several years now. Its great - not only has your week spread out across two pages, but includes ares for note taking and keeping track of your finances. The very back has a section for addresses & phone numbers. Very useful. My mom wants one too - wish they made a January to January for the rest of us.
P.S. its made out of recycled paper too!

Riversleigh is a major World Heritage listed fossil site, primarily discovered in the late 1970s in Queensland, Australia. Since the first discoveries an abundance of prehistoric Australian fauna dating from 25 million years ago to the present has been recovered, preserved in limestone sediments and ancient caves, which testify to a formerly lush rainforest climate prevalent as Australia drifted north from Antarctica. It is unfortunate that most of Australia's present day, rather unique animals are in fact, just a remnant of what once was, when formerly higher rainfall spanned much of the continent. Many lineages and individual species, represented by the abundance recovered at Riversleigh, are now extinct and forgotten, except of course by a few enthusiastic palaeontologists, as described in this book. Readers will be surprised and delighted at the peculiar forms and fantastic colour illustrations and reconstructions presented in this book, and what things can be learnt of their extinction over time, as Australia drifted north.

Exquisitely illustrated, with on-site field notes and diagrams should keep the enthusiastic amateur fossil hunter entertained. An abundance of technical notes, photographs of real specimens and colour reconstructions, many of which uphold Australia's reputation for the unusual and/or the alternative, in terms of evolutionary development. Evolutionary experiments abound with examples which include 'thingadonta' (nobody really knows what it is), several species of marsupial lion, Tasmanian 'wolf' (thylacine) ancestors, flesh-eating kangaroos, several failed lines of kangaroos, several platypus ancestors, giant marsupials such as Diprotodon-the world's largest, a giant wombat, koala ancestors, numerous bats, possums, and creepy critters of all types, are presented. No primates unfortunately, and no bears or dogs, but it is interesting how some of these vacant evolutionary niches were filled by marsupial alternatives-especially in the case of the 'Tasmanian wolf', and the carnivorous marsupial 'lion'. And it is interesting to speculate what kind of alternative type of 'marsupial primate' may have (could still!) have arisen. An upright 'hominid'-like marsupial, wandering the Australian plains-who knows if Australian rainforests hadn't have all but disappeared.

The book puts the various animals and lineages into perspective, describing the changes of climate and habitat loss over the last 25 million years as Australia's climate became drier as the continent drifted north. Many lineages were/are in slow decline before the arrival of the aborigines and Europeans, as Australia's rainforests progressively shrank.

The colour illustrations and landscape reconstructions are a major feature, and they are outstanding. This book is highly recommended for the enthusiastic fossil hunter, or for those just curious in Australian animals and palaeontology in general.

I found this volume (one of eight) helpful in getting me started in redefining my business. It covers how do get a grip on where things are currently, as well as lay a pathway to where you want to go in the future.

This book is nothing short of a life saver!! It tells in great, UNDERSTANDABLE, detail on how to set labor rates and parts prices, as well as how to figure and understand key profit indicators. With this information you can not only get a handle on what is right and what is wrong, but also communicate with your banker and accountant.
This is the third book (I think) in an eight book series, and even though it stands alone, I found it helpful to read the volumes leading to it.

This volume (one of eight) is about customer relations, what it truly is, how to measure it, and what our real roll, as service providers, is.
I found it helpful in redefining what I need to do to keep my current clients, and win new ones.

A unique self-help reference book for the AfterLife. Describes one hundred thirty-one Bardo Stations to assist the AfterLife Voyager in selecting rebirth -- an accurate method of intentional reincarnation.

Here is what some folks have had to say about this book:

"The only book you'll ever need in the Afterlife." -- Nadija Szram, B.Ed., Spec.Ed.

"Who would have thought there were Cheats, Codes and Strategies for the Afterlife." -- Claude Needham, Ph.D

"I can't wait to get into the Bardos to try this stuff out." -- Christiane Wolters, M.D.

"Takes the guesswork out of higher rebirth." -- Nancy Christie, B.M., M.M.

"The owner's manual for the soul." -- Jewel McInroy, M.S.W.

"Changed my death forever." -- Wayne Hoyle, B.S.E.E.

"I hope I can find this book in my next life." -- Ann Victoria Hopcroft, B.A., J.D.

"Assumed my dreams were my own until I read about them in this book." -- Rose Gander, M.D.V.,D.D.

"The chill of recognition." -- Iven Lourie, M.F.A., author/editor

"Mortuaries should put a copy of this book in every coffin." -- Lee Perry, M.S.

"A book to die for." -- Richard Hart, Ph.D.

"Best book on the subject ever published." -- Patricia Elizabeth, D.D.

Santa brought this book this year and it's awesome! It's funny how the mad hatter goes around stealing hats from the residents of Gotham City so he can steal a precious stone. Batman figures out why he wants all the hats and comes in at the last minute to save the day. If you have a child who needs encouragement to read, be sure to get this series. They're all really cute and cool books, sure to provide extra encouragement to read. Great book, highly recommend!

It would be easy to make the case that Gen. Ambrose Burnside had his best day of the Civil War (1861-1865) on November 29, 1863 in Knoxville at the Battle of Fort Sanders. It would be equally easy to make the case that Gen. James Longstreet had his worst day there (except for that terrible day at the Battle of the Wilderness in May, 1864 where a "friendly fire" minie ball struck him in the throat, exiting from his right shoulder, severing several nerves in his arm).

After the Chickamauga Campaign (August-September, 1863), General Braxton Bragg, commanding the Confederate forces around Chattanooga, felt that chasing General Ambrose Burnside from Knoxville back to Kentucky would ease the pressure on him at Chattanooga. On November 14, Bragg dispatched an expeditionary force to Knoxville under Longstreet with his 12,000 infantrymen and General Joe Wheeler's 5,000 cavalrymen. Burnside had about 23,000 troops in East Tennessee, of which 14,000 were stationed at Knoxville.

On the same day, November 14, Burnside rushed southwest from Knoxville to evacuate his Federal troops from Loudon, believing Longstreet would outnumber him and overwhelm his Knoxville fortifications. Both generals felt that the first to reach Campbell's Station on the Kingston Road would block or capture the other. In a rather brilliant maneuver, Burnside's federals met the Confederates there on November 16. Burnside's main column arrived at Noon and Longstreet's lead units 15 minutes later.

Reeves' book has the details but, briefly, at nightfall that day Burnside, expecting more attacks at daylight, successfully pulled his troops back and into the formidable defenses at Knoxville. The Federals had lost 318 killed and wounded of the 5000 engaged and the Confederates 174 killed and wounded. But the Confederates suffered as much by losing the race to Knoxville.

That loss set the stage for the Siege of Knoxville and the eventual defeat they suffered on November 29 when the Confederates made their dawn attack on Fort Sanders where Gen. Orlando Poe had engineered almost impregnable defenses. (Yes, that's the same Orlando Poe who would serve on the Lighthouse Board and engineer the giant locks at Sault San Marie on the Great Lakes later in his career.)

In 20 minutes the battle of Ft. Sanders was finished. In those few minutes Longstreet had lost over 800 men, Burnside only 13. Longstreet took a few days to assemble his wounded and retreated through Strawberry Plains and Mossy Creek (present day Jefferson City) to Russellville, where he spent two miserably cold months before he proceeded back to the battlefields of Virginia. The Union army controlled Knoxville for the remainder or the war. The armies had stripped East Tennessee of its foodstuffs and livestock. Guerrilla warfare, hunger, and deprivation marked the period.

Reeves has supplied details of a chapter in the story that had been largely missing-- the details of the Battle of Campbell Station with an excellent text, imposing color paintings of the battle scenes, including Paul Long's outstanding painting, Orlando Poe's detailed maps of the overall ring of defenses around Knoxville, and excellent maps of the scene of the two major battles (Campbell Station and Ft. Sanders).

The book is 8-1/2" x 11" in size with a transcription of an article that appeared in the December 7, 1863 issue of the New-York Daily Tribune, as well the Siege of Knoxville, the Battles of Chattanooga and Chickamauga, and other action. The book is well edited and produced without typos that distract this reader when they occur.

By profession Charles A. Reeves is a cartographer. Real students of the battles should Google "Reeves Maps" and purchase the 17x22" version of Poe's map of Knoxville and its defenses (Map #164) and a detailed Ft. Sanders map (Map #253). They are the type of period War Department maps that permit real study of the battles. This Reeves' book and his maps are highly recommended.

J.C. (Jim) Tumblin, Past-President
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable

this is a great novel about the American Civil War. Powerful and authentic, it deal with many issues that were present during the war. The characters are fully realized, and the situations gripping.

What is incomprehensible is how the publisher allowed it to sink without a trace. This could have been a big seller, if not a best-seller, and is the kind of book that should be taught in our schools.

If you are looking for an overview of the corpsmans' experiences this book will provide a good snapshot. It covers the experiences of a Medic in the Pacific, on D-Day, in the CBI theater, and in fleet.