Turner Books

I checked this book out at the PS Library for my daughter, and we both loved this book so much that now I am going to buy them!!! We loved the adventures and all the charatures in the book. We also loved that there are pictures in the book. I'm daughter wants her own so she can color the pictures.

What do you get if you put the mixtape of another person into your HiFi? You will enter a very strange world. Your speakers will shoot emotions through your ears right inside your brain, that will not make sense at first, because you would NEVER put Metallica right next to Robbie Williams, or would you?

I know I would, and I did. On the same Mix Tape you would find more or less everything one can hate or love, and although the Mix seems to be done by accident, one can feel that there has been put a lot of time into arranging that exact order - and that's just what Will Turner's book is. A wild ride through nearly everything one can write and read. One time his narrations will touch you on serious and emotional levels, the next time the pure wit of a sketch will make you laugh.

Turner's debut is fast, clever and well thought through at the same time. You want the literary equivalent of a Mix Tape? Will Turner's Mix Tape it is.

Out of print since 1945, this book is a prize. Not easy to find, this "classic hat book" traces the history of hats and headdress in the Western world starting with "Ancient Egypt" and ending with "United States, 1940-1944." Between are 330 pages, 193 of which are full page illustrations of hats worn by men and women throughout history. A great resource for theater people, names and descriptions are included with the hats pictured on heads.

This is a very engaging book, both as historical fiction and as a romance story. It includes many details about the Western Kentucky area at the time of the Civil War. It also gives many detailed accounts of Shaker life at the time. It includes battle scenes too. The unknown grave at Graham Springs, Harrodsburg is covered in the book. The author is a third generation journalist whose grandfather kept a diary for 52 years documenting life in the state's pioneer days. those writings were edited into a book: Life With Grandfather, in 1981.

This book is much more than a history of the space program from about 1957 to 1975. It includes the inspirational determination for Shepard to fly again and for Slayton to fly even once. I had the pleasure of meeting Alan Shepard and getting his autograph on this book.

The book captures the intensity of the space race. When Shepard saw Sputnik 1 (or, more probably, the upper-level rocket stage also in orbit), he chagrined at the fact that it didn't have "Made in the USA" written on it. Later, the Soviets were sad that the men circling the moon on Christmas Eve 1968 didn't have Russian names.

Some seldom-discussed information is provided in this book. For instance, the US could have orbited a satellite over a year before Sputnik (p. 45). Were it not for an overcautious NASA, Shepard could have beat Gagarin into space by a month (p. 89, 91). The dog, Laika, is said to have lived for several days in space (p. 44). We now know that she died several hours after launch--from an overheated cabin.

The authors discuss the politics behind the space program. For instance, the grounding of Deke Slayton had been for political and not medical reasons, as there was no evidence that Deke's heart irregularity would interfere with space flight. Rather, the fear was that, were Slayton's flight to end in disaster for any reason, his heart condition would automatically be suspected, and those who cleared him for flight would face automatic recrimination. The authors also allege that politics was behind the choice of Houston as the site for the Space Center. Both astronauts also had to contend with politics in the wake of the Apollo 13 near-disaster, notably the call, by some politicians, to cancel all remaining Apollo moon flights. Shepard also realized that, were his Apollo 14 to fail to land on the moon, there most probably would be no further Apollo flights.

One is thrilled by Alan Shepard finding a surgical treatment for his Meniere's syndrome, and getting restored to flight status. Up to that time, he had considered himself an eagle whose wings had been clipped and who had been forced to be a turkey--in more ways than one.

Then, over ten years after his grounding, Deke Slayton got his chance...in a joint US-Soviet flight that would have been equally unimaginable at the time of his grounding.

I love moose and so it would be difficult for me not to like this calendar. Wonderful photos.

First of all, this book is written for people who are familiar with the Torah. Ide moves systematically through each of the five books and analyzes everything from who Moses was, to how the stories were created, to why Moses did certain things. Almost every page is half-covered with footnotes, many of them in Hebrew and Greek.

The book explains how Moses got his name (from the sun-god Ra-moses), how the Moses story was created and used in various cultures and religions, and how or why certain things were added in each book, particularly Numbers and Deuteronomy. Ide reveals the Hebrew leaders as religious zealots who lied to and manipulated their people in order to retain power and continue living like kings off the sacrifices and offerings of their people. He does this, however, quite academically, and these conclusions are easily drawn with the mountains of primary-source evidence Ide lays out.

This was my first experience with Ide, and he's shown himself to be an accomplished researcher, writer, historian and linguist. He regularly quotes original languages, even hieroglyphics. His conclusions seem to be academic, not bias-motivated, which I consider very important in religious studies. This book is a must-read for anyone who is a Christian, Jew or just interested in Judaism.

This book contains excellent background on macrobiotics and the why/why nots of the ingredients used. The recipes are diverse and very good. If you've ever thought that a macrobiotic diet would be boring and flavorless, you really need this book. This is by far my favorite of all the macrobiotic books I've read.

The worldwide ALPCA celebrated it's 50th year with a FULL COLOR commemorative book that documents the history of license plate collecting around the world.

This book contains an illustrated overview of 100 years of license plates- showing one or two color license plates and story for each year 1905 through 2004. Each year through history is somehow reflected in the story of the license plate.

The ALPCA 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition also showcases the history of the association since it's beginning in 1954, and documents the growth of license plate collecting as a hobby in general. Finally, over 250 worldwide members' profiles are included.

Two longtime license plate historians present this coffee-table volume, with all royalties going to ALPCA.

This book has received a tremendous positive response from license plate collectors and historians, since there are few books on the subject.

This small book gives you the principles and the different techniques of moxibustion.
When to use it and more importantly when NOT to use moxibustion.
I had read this book almost a decade ago so I don't remember if it discusses the botanical names of the plants used in making moxa. For e.g., mogusa japonica or artemesia vulgaris etc. For that kind of information get any of Jayasuria's books.