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I really was very close to an emotional mental/physical breakdown at some points during my dissertation & this book let me know that no matter how alone I felt, I was not alone. Other people actually DID know what I was going through. Good use of humor too. Read BEFORE you embark on this last step, it will help to prepare you. Remember the "P" in PhD is for perseverance.

Simply amazing! Think of a job, any job! This book will tell you what it entails. A must have for those not sure what they want to do in life!

If I were a Castaway, forget painting a face on some stinking volley ball, I WANT MY "Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised Dictionary of Occupational Titles"!

This is a great book for those who would like to add a 'twist' to the regular sewing style. I ended up buying one for each of my three sisters also.

This book is one of the best presents my son has ever received. I enjoy reading it almost as much as the kids. The illustrations are wonderful and imaginative. Thank you Mr. Penney from William and Thomas.

During World War II the War and Navy Departments published an extensive series of pamphlets for use individually by military personnel on a wide variety of subjects. One subset of pamphlets are basically travel guides with a military/World War II twist.

Here is a list of the countries (or areas) that I have confirmed as of this moment: Great Britain, France, Italy, North Africa, West Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Hawaii, India, China, Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea and Solomon Islands, Panama, Burma, Northern Ireland, Syria, Germany, Iran, New Caledonia, and Egypt. I am sure that there are more and I am very interested in just learning about them (not to mention reading and obtaining a copy for myself).

Initially (1942) the pamphlets were titles "A Short Guide to...." Later the names were changed to "A Pocket Guide to...." To further complicate the series, sometimes the article adjective was used and sometimes it was not. In at least one case, the Short Guide version was used on the cover, but Pocket Guide was used on the title page.

From this introduction, it might seem that the guides were poorly done. In fact they were quite well done from a prose, art, typography, and manufacturing (two colors) point of view. The text is very interesting. Quite obviously the booklets were intended for use by military personnel travelling to the respective country or area.
The booklets therefore include appropriate geographical, cultural, monetary information, a local language guide and other information that would be of use to them and would be useful to tourists today. Additionally, the booklets include political and military information. This information is of particular interest because it is from a decidedly United States 1942-1944 point of view. That is what makes them of particular interest to me.
The guides vary in length from 48 to about 80 pages. One notable feature is the quality of the art used to illustrate the pamphlets. It is uniformly good. The center spread is a map of the country or area. The pamphlets themselves are undated but most have a date and job number from the Government Printing Office on the last page. Both the date and number are useful in studying the pamphlets.

I enjoy reading all of the pamphlets and am working on finding all of them or at least developing a list of all of them.

The Pocket Guide To Great Britain is possibly the first title published. It was published with at least 1942 and 1943 dates. It is shorter than many of the pamphlets at 37 pages.

Pocket guides were published for military personnel long after World War II. In fact they may still be published, but my own interest ends with the World War II period so for the time being I do not have much information about the later issues.

Finally, some local unofficial guides were published for areas that did not rate the real deal.

During World War II the War and Navy Departments published an extensive series of pamphlets for use individually by military personnel on a wide variety of subjects. One subset of pamphlets are basically travel guides with a military/World War II twist.

Here is a list of the countries (or areas) that I have confirmed as of this moment: Great Britain, France, Italy, North Africa, West Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Hawaii, India, China, Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea and Solomon Islands, Panama, Burma, Northern Ireland, Syria, Germany, Iran, New Caledonia, and Egypt. I am sure that there are more and I am very interested in just learning about them (not to mention reading and obtaining a copy for myself). You can contact me at FredSchwan at Yahoo dot com [I am not sure that I am allowed to insert this request, but still, I would like to hear from you.]

Initially (1942) the pamphlets were titles "A Short Guide to...." Later the names were changed to "A Pocket Guide to...." To further complicate the series, sometimes the article adjective was used and sometimes it was not. In at least one case, the Short Guide version was used on the cover, but Pocket Guide was used on the title page.

From this introduction, it might seem that the guides were poorly done. In fact they were quite well done from a prose, art, typography, and manufacturing (two colors) point of view. The text is very interesting. Quite obviously the booklets were intended for use by military personnel travelling to the respective country or area.
The booklets therefore include appropriate geographical, cultural, monetary information, a local language guide and other information that would be of use to them and would be useful to tourists today. Additionally, the booklets include political and military information. This information is of particular interest because it is from a decidedly United States 1942-1944 point of view. That is what makes them of particular interest to me.
The guides vary in length from 48 to about 80 pages. One notable feature is the quality of the art used to illustrate the pamphlets. It is uniformly good. The center spread is a map of the country or area. The pamphlets themselves are undated but most have a date and job number from the Government Printing Office on the last page. Both the date and number are useful in studying the pamphlets.

I enjoy reading all of the pamphlets and am working on finding all of them or at least developing a list of all of them.

The Syrian guide is one of the earlier guides with a 1942 date (a later, second edition/printing is also possible) and with the early title: A Short Guide to Syria. It is longer than many of the pamphlets at 62 pages.

Pocket guides were published for military personnel long after World War II. In fact they may still be published, but my own interest ends with the World War II period so for the time being I do not have much information about the later issues.

Finally, some local unofficial guides were published for areas that did not rate the real deal.

The book is wonderful. It shows detailed technichues for making laces with a sewing machine, which could be adapted to digitizing your own designs and laces for embroidery machine.

This was perfect for my business. I've always been interested in doing contract work with the government, but never knew how to get started. This book jumped right into the steps to get your business ready to bid on government contracts. GREAT!

Even functions like a workbook to help you store your necessary information as you go!

I have looked at no less than 25 sniper books in my job and I have found this book to cover all areas in great detail. A very good book.

This is truly the most thorough publication I have found about emergency department social work. It covers just about every situation that could come up in the ER and how to handle it. It is very useful and I highly recommend it. Even though it is over ten years old, it still deserves a spot on the bookshelf. Healthcare is changing, but the core principles of social work in the emergency department remain constant. It is worth the effort to find this book. I am so glad I found this book when I was an undergraduate because it has become a book that I constantly refer back to us as I continue on my career path!