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This book is a great read whether you want to refinish something or just read about it. The author takes you through a few common situations and shows you the best ways to creat a treasure - sometimes from JUNK! I especially liked the last section - tips for furniture care - very useful information!

Learn from the best and benefit from the author's many years of personal experience. Illustrations are great. You must have this book if you plan to attempt any furniture refinishing and/or repairs.

This is a lovely book. It spends considerable time on the people who built the classic yawl, Bolero. John Nicholas Brown, the original owner, was an interesting man who could afford to build a classic yacht. Ed Kane, the man who restored her, could afford to bring her back from a near derelict condition. Those of us who could not afford such a yacht can enjoy the story because many of the characters in it are not rich men or even sailors. The boat builders, like the nearly blind Norwegian who lofted the lines for the builder, Henry Nevins, make the story more than about a boat. Lofting means laying out the full size lines on an enormous floor to ensure that the drawings, which are by necessity small scale, do not contain any awkward angles or bumps in the hull. As the lofting man, Halvorson, says, the width of a pencil line can become an inch or two in the full size hull. Then there is the man who can tell proper white oak for keels by blowing through a straw against the wood. If the bubbles aren't right it doesn't go in the boat.

I have been sailing over 50 years and have sailed across oceans. I enjoyed this book especially because it spent so much time on details of construction and the story of the design. I recently noticed that there is what looks like a 106 foot replica, also named Bolero, for sale in Monaco. That would be an interesting story. This boat has an appeal far beyond the usual story of a racing yacht. I would not take the time to read about one of the new carbon fiber racing shells that can go 30 knots but have no place to sit down or lie down. This great yacht is sailing again and this is a wonderful story. John Rousmaniere has written another fine book, worthy to sit beside his Bermuda Race book.

John Rousmaniere has written a well-researched history of the initial creation and life to present day of the famous yawl Bolero. He includes a background of the Brown family, Olin and Rod Stephens, Henry Nevins and others. It is well-written in a concise, informative style with many captioned photographs and drawings making a book that can just be picked up and browsed or a good cover-to-cover read.

As a self-confessed boat nut and as one who witnessed Bolero and Baruna racing in San Francisco in the 60's, I came away with a new found appreciation of the detail involved in the design and building of such a yacht as well as the commitment and money required to maintain such a vessel. All-in-all, a thoroughly enjoyable book and one that I'll be happily loaning out to like-minded friends. Highly recommended.

An amazing book for those who examine management practices or organizational leadership. These are useful and practical concepts for many firms. The use of core values as drivers of the firm as captured here are key to many firms' successes. As a former director in a large non profit, I found these concepts applicable to the non profit sector also. I recommend this reading and have recommended to my peers in my PhD business program... Great read by Ms. Devero!

I enjoyed the book. It hits right on target for what the leadership needs to do in a company to maximize returns through pricipals based leadership.

I just received this book, and I am so excited about all the new activities and ideas for my consulting practice. I pride myself on being pretty quick with developing a new game, and this book will reside on top of my desk where I can use it every day to do that. Page up and order it - it is a jewel. We used it for a client within minutes of it coming through the front door. Lecture as a last resort!

Lou Russell, author of "The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook", "Project Management for Trainers", "IT Leadership Alchemy" and "Leadership Training".

This book definitely makes you sympathic to the author and anyone going through this. The author hopes to inspire anyone of any class to make a change for the best. I like the idea this book is short and is used for fast reference - I consider it a companion book. Anyone that is being abuse should read this.

My seven year old grandaughter loves the Jigsaw books. As I was talking to her on the phone she was in the middle of reading the Class Clown. She really wasn't interested in her over seventy year old grandma's talk of class clowns in her past just wanted to tell me how much she as enjoying her book.!

This book holds what seems to be the first plays by soon to be revolutionary artists! These students explode into the art scene like none before them. Each play demonstates their talent in a new-age wave of teenage art. I recomend this book to anyone looking to produce something new and exciting. High schools and colleges would be hailed for staging these one act performances!

Class Dismissed! is easily the best book of poetry I have ever read. It is full of emotion;sadness, relief, fear, and hapiness. It shows how overwhelmed high-schoolers of today are, and the problems they deal with everyday. It brings topics that are often hidden into the light, and discusses them in a blunt and descriptive manner.It is brutally honest, and truly a whorthwhile read.Every parent and teen should read this book.

I think it is a great book

It's has been very difficult trying to find books for my twin 8yr old daughters.

I wanted a series of books with the star character being an African American girl just having fun and doing kid stuff. A book that will make them know that reading is fun. This book does just that and more.

I only wish that there were more of them because I already bought them all.

If you're looking for a great chapter book for an African American girl, then author Valerie Wilson Wesley's series of "Willimena Rules" is it.

Also try, Gloria Rising and Gloria's Way by Ann Cameron.