Wood Books

After reading a great review of this book I decided to give it a try. I have trouble finding novels that grab my attention and keep my interest, and I was thankful to find that Chasing Tales was fun from the start. I recommend it to any reader who enjoys getting to know the characters. I found myself missing them once I finished the book, and am hoping there will be more work coming from Lanae River-Woods in the future.

Chasing Tales is a true delight! There is a natural cantor to the way the characters are written, making you feel like you are discovering them as you read - similar to meeting a new person and learning about them through shared experiences. The effect is that by the end you feel as though you've made friends of the characters. Also, while the book is easy to read with a story that melts in your mouth, it is not full of brainless fluff. The characters deal with real issues that challenge you and gives you a sense of sinking your teeth into real life.

This excellent first novel by Lanae Rivers-Woods wraps you in from the first chapter with engaging, fully-developed characters, and a fast-moving plot. I was especially impressed that even the side characters in the book had personalities, they weren't just cardboard cut-outs. Several sections tug the heart strings, and the profusion of fine characters gives everyone who reads it someone to relate to. I hated to see this book end and I'm eagerly anticipating the next in the series.

Chasing Warblers was published by University of Texas Press and it received a book design award by Southeastern Library Association in 2000. Book designer: Heidi Haeuser.

While many books on birds are either cumbersome "doorstops" with far too much information (even for the avid) or are comprised of a collection of "only good" photographs that all seem to blend into one at the end of the reading (if you get that far), Bob and Vera's, "Chasing Warblers" is refreshing. Not only are the photographs first class by all standards, but the storyline is original and tight. First off, who gets that close to a Swainson's or a Colima or a Kirtlands, let alone photograph it? Any birder who has even scant knowledge of warblers and their persistant and sometimes frustrating "flutter" can appreaciate their task and acknowledge their success. Second, there is good writing. The story of Bob and Vera's adventures and misadventures from the mountaintops of the Texan deserts to the Pacific forests to the woodlands of Central Park prove exciting and written in colorful coloquial speak. Whether a birder or not - one can appreciate a book that combines truly amazing photos with an entertaining story - a rare entity!! Review by Mark Robert, San Francisco, Ca.

A wonderful book. In addition to great photographs, it is a wonderful story of the adventure taken to obtain the photo's by the photographers.

This book is a great find for harpists interested in early music. The music is written with the lever harp in mind and includes markings for lever changes. The accompanying CD is a great boon in hearing how the music is supposed to sound as well as an aid to pronunciation of the Early English. I highly recommend for harpists interested in historical re-enactment.

This is a great sample of early music set for modern instruments/singers. It is for harp and voice primarily, but can be used for other instrumentation with very little modification. The CD is very good as is the peripheral information in the book.

This Songbook, and especially the CD that accompanies it, make Chaucer a living presence for the contemporary reader and listener. Many of Chaucer's pilgrims define themselves in part by the music they play or sing, and the characters in the stories they tell (even the rooster and chicken in "The Nun's Priest's Tale") express themselves musically. Until Carol Wood put this collection together, and arranged and performed the music for it, no one had made this rich context available. But not only is the work a triumph of musicological scholarship, the playing and singing are lovely quite on their own. Every edition of Chaucer (who wrote a number of poems, or portions of poems, for music) ought to include this CD in a pocket in the jacket!

...in the vessel of an appealing and highly readable narrative. The gentle simplicity of this volume belies the importance of its messages and commentary on the human search for happiness and fulfillment. Its stories resonate with rich human experiences which all have their moral/lesson. A self-help, a consolation, an affirmation - all wrapped up in an entertaining presentation - makes this a must read.

Have just started the book and found that it has touched me deeply. Katrina Wood is a amazing women and writer. I can't wait to finish the book.

A wonderful collection of insightful stories and vignettes; this is a must read book for everyone. It comforts the soul and provides one with a new outlook on the world at large. I look forward to reading more by this talented author. Her writing style reads with ease and beauty, as you will see through her use of descriptive imagery and metaphorical language.

The book came as described, which was new! and in a timely fashion. Service was great, I plan on buying more books through Amazon.

An amazing book with great colorful pictures. It begins from how to prepare histologic sections to the description of the most important tissues, organs and systems of eight species (dog, cat, horse, cow, sheep, goat, pig, and chicken). Before the pictures, the book gives you a very useful and brief chapter introduction. It also has a detailed glossary containing nearly 750 words. A necesary book for a veterinary student. El mejor libro de histologia veterinaria que he visto!

This atlas provides wonderful full color pictures of cells and tissues from several animal groups. The pictures are logically grouped by tissue type with examples from different species being shown together. Many of the sections have brief, but useful introductions. All the pictures are well labeled and have a brief discription of important characteristics of the specific cells or tissue types presented.

It likely to be useful to individuals working in veterinary science, animal science or animal research.

A valuable resource for wood products professionals, distributors and novices. This book has proven to be an important training tool, as well as an indispensable reference resource. As a member of the woodworking industry for the last 18 years, both in Operations and Procurement, I would highly recommend adding this book to your reference library.

If you have a question regarding hardwood plywood, this book has the answers! As a Purchasing Agent for a large cabinet manufacturer I reference this guide on a weekly basis. No doubt it has eliminated confusion countless times in meetings with Project Managers. A must for Architects, Designers and anyone involved in the Sales aspect of the industry.

A Complete Guide To Hardwood Plywood And Face Veneer by wood processing expert Ang Schramm is an indispensable and valued resource specifically written for wood product manufacturers, educators, construction industry experts, and do-it-yourself woodworking project enthusiasts needing details on the nature and manufacture of hardwood plywood and face veneer. From grades and product standards to trouble-shooting common problems such as panel movement, adhesive contamination, and insect infestation, A Complete Guide To Hardwood Plywood And Face Veneer is a practical, all-encompassing, highly recommended reference.

I have almost the complete Taunton series of woodworking books and they are a joy to peruse. Filled with good ideas, tips, tools and what-all.

This collection of books, which is priced substantially lower than bookstores by the way, is really a great wealth of knowledge about woodworking in general. I enjoy woodworking, specifically I'm a carpenter so my days have some variety, but there's only so much you can figure out on your own. You'll learn something just flipping through these books. This collection really gives you a direction to go with your craft and they really help you improve.

Having just taken delivery of this boxed set I can see that my workshop projects will have to wait a while so enjoyable I am finding these books to read!

I was initially looking to purchase only the Andy Rae book to help in some cabinet construction work but having not bought any up-to-date woodworking books for a while I decided to buy the set. Having now briefly gone through all three books I am very pleased with my decision to purchase all.

The Rae book, my book of choice, is exceptionally good with clear easy-to-understand explanations of all the subject matter accompanied by excellent line drawing illustrations back with good colour photos as required. The content layout is also very well organised and importantly the reader doesn't get bogged down in heavy text passages on techniques and the like. Importantly even just a quick skim through the various sections of the book leaves the reader with grasp of the essence of the content.

This is a book which I see myself constantly dipping into and, as the writer states in his introduction, will be kept very close to my workshop!

The Rogowski book on joinery is presented in a similar fashion and recieves another thumbs up although I have to confess that as an amateur carpenter I doubt the need to tackle some of the more ambitious work presented. Nevertheless, I am already rethinking of changing some of the techniques I presently use in favour of those presented by Mr Rogowski.

The Bird book on shaping wood looks like becoming another very useful reference and ideas book that I shall dip into as new and more ambitious projects come along.

All in all I heartily recommend this boxed set to anyone who dabbles in and enjoys woodworking, and wants to learn more from the experts in a easily understandable and practical manner.

Definitely 5 stars to Taunton Press for compiling ths set.

My Boyfriend loved this book. he has been reading since i got it for him. He says that it has the answers that he's been want ing regarding the art of woodbending

I purchased this book as a gift for my husband who works with wood for a hobby. He says it is an excellent book and easy to understand.
I liked the prompt and reliable shipping from Amazon. The book was a birthday gift and arrived well before the time I needed it.

After getting in over my head, I bought three wood bending books: this one (Schleining), Zachary Taylor's "Wood Bender's Handbook" and "Fine Woodworking on Bending Wood." Taylor is slightly more recent, but it omits many pertinent aspects. For example, he doesn't cover milling (cutting) or coopering (low-angle joints) wood as a way to obtain curves, and he gives little attention to some practical aspects, such as drawing plans. Taylor is relatively superficial and focused on making musical instruments. The Fine Woodworking book is spotty (magazine articles from 1975-1984) and covers many advanced topics (e.g. Lapstrake boatbuilding, tapered laminations, violin making). Schleining is by far the best choice for the intermediate-level amateur that needs advice from someone with a lot of practical experience. His sidebars and outlines really help a woodworker make good decisions. He gives extremely helpful details on glueing, jigs, and routing. He shies away from steam-bending, because it gives such variable results, but he finds that it can often be combined profitably with follow-up milling or laminating. He gives superb practical advice on which machine to use in what combination, he has excellent jig plans, and many hard-won safety recommendations. He does not provide project plans (Taylor does for oval boxes, walking sticks, boat ribs, and chair backs). Luthiers will enjoy this book, but also find more detail in the other two.

This collection of horror stories has excellent art and great writing. If you love the old EC Archive comics such as ShockSuspense Stories and Tales From The Crypt, this collection is for you. Great price because you get a lot for the money.

I purchased this book because I was interested in reading "classic" horror/macabre fiction from Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson, as well as newer work from authors with disparate sensibilities, F. Paul Wilson and David Schow. I actually didn't realize this was not a text-based anthology, but a graphic-novel style anthology of short stories, from Doomed magazine.

But what an incredibly lucky accident. The stated goal of Completely Doomed was to bring back the feel of the "creepy" comics like Tales from the Crypt, an effort seen a few years back with Stephen King's "Creepshow." This volume met that goal admirably. The b/w artwork is outstanding, in a Frank Miller vein, with menace in the shadows, and film noir desperation bleeding from every panel. Several artists are involved, and their styles are disparate enough to create real visual interest.

The art is supported by very nice adaptations of the underlying stories, and the narrative drive of "good stories, well told" run through each piece. I loved reading an older story from Bloch with echoes of a Leave it to Beaver world gone mad, juxtaposed with the post-apocalyptic Nosferatism view from Horror's younger crowd. I would call out specific tales, but the truth is, I thought they all worked well when considering the author's era. I particularly enjoyed the early incarnations of motifs that have become classics...evil bugs, voodoo curses, tricky doppelgangers, and old deserted places with strange bespectacled men that you SHOULD NOT VISIT (but do.)

The book ends with a gallery of Doomed magazine covers. Several of these are exquisite, beautiful paintings that rival or surpass Norman Rockwell for detail, motion, and evocation of emotion. If horror short stories are your cup of tea (or maybe more accurately, cup of blood), then you'll enjoy this graphic anthology.

Advisory things: The gore is there, but very consistent with the "creepy comic" genre. It's artfully done, and hidden in shadows for the most part. There is some nudity, but artful and not pornographic. A small dose of implied sex, nothing explicit. (And, of course, because the genre requires it, if you have sex, you die.)

The bronze age of comics is the most overlooked of the various comic book eras. It doesn't have the historical significance of the Golden Age, the panache of The Silver Age's rejuvenation of comic books, or the gritty realism of the Modern Age. But one thing that the Bronze Age could boast, that none of the other eras could, was the great black & white horror magazines of the 70's. Because they were magazines and not comic books, they did not have to be submitted to the dreaded Comics Code Authority, and were able to do stories which would not have been permitted under the code. Magazines like Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella boasted impressive artistic talents, including many veterans of EC Comics: Reed Crandall, Al Williamson, Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, and Johnny Craig. These magazines, along with those put out by Skywald during the same period continue to be enormously popular among collectors and horror fans.

IDW Publishing has certainly channeled the spirit of those great old magazines with Doomed Magazine, a throwback to the 1970's both in style and substance. Completely Doomed is a 240 trade paperback collecting some of the best work from Doomed featuring the work of legendary horror writers Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, David J. Schow, and Paul F. Wilson. Like Creepy and Eerie, Doomed has its own host presiding over the stories and supplying introductions, the lovely Ms. Doomed. Artists contributing to the book include: Eduardo Barreto, Toby Cypress, Mike Hoffman, Nat Jones, Ted McKeever, Tony Salmons, and Ashley Wood. As you page through the book you'll note that all of the artists are working in a style similar to those old mags. The art is all in glorious black and white with very liberal uses of zip-a-tone or screentone, which is almost a lost art among today's comics. I've always enjoyed the uses of zip-a-tone for creating textures and gradients that you don't get with mere pencil and ink.

The first story in the book is Matheson's "Blood Son" adapted by Chris Ryall with art by Ashley Wood. Jules is a strange little boy...a quiet loner whose first word was "Death!" When Jules turns 12 he discovers Bram Stoker's Dracula, and becomes obsessed with it...very obsessed!

Scott Tipton adapts Matheson's story "Crickets" with art by Mike Hoffman. Hal and Jean Galloway are enjoying the last couple of days of their vacation at a lakeside resort when they meet a strange man who claims that crickets talk to him. The crickets call out names to him...the names of the dead!

"Slasher" by F. Paul Wilson is one of those tales with a twist ending in the great EC tradition. A man's daughter is murdered and he is out for revenge. An FBI agent informs him that the killer is an important witness in a federal trial and cannot be touched until SHE testifies. But this man's revenge cannot wait...Great story!

"Cuts" by F. Paul Wilson and Ted McKeever is a grisly tale of retribution when a writer wants revenge on the director who skewered his book when it was adapted into a film.

I've mentioned only a handful of the sixteen stories in the book. Trust me there's not a dud among them. Doomed has virtually channeled the spirit of Creepy and Eerie in this collection.


REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON

I originally picked this book up as an impulse buy, at the checkstand of Central Market in Poulsbo WA. I grabbed it primarily because the author was local (Bainbridge Island) and it had a dog on the cover. After reading it, I was simply in awe. I cannot emphasize enough how much my life was positively affected by the content of this book. I have purchased copies and forwarded them to every member of my family and a number of friends, whom all share my feelings. If you have ever read "The Celestine Prophecy" and really felt you understood what the author was trying to say...then you are going to treasure this book. So powerful that it still evokes tearful but happy sentiments every time I re-read it, and I am amazed that each time I never fail to catch something that I must have missed before...the more I read it , the more I really understand. Buy it, you will not regret your purchase...absolutely!

Cheers,

MJ

This is a very provacative read. I found the wisdom to be insightful, inspiring, clever, thought provoking and witty. In the beginning of the book I found that Dog's owner had some resistance to their new relationship of conversing with eachother which had an impact on me as the reader. I wasn't as open to the information in the beginning but when Dog's owner relaxed into the dialogue with his Dog, I did too. I found the book rich with much depth and character. I think the topics the author covers are at the core of the human experience. Subjects that are known to all of us and often not addressed in our everyday relationships. Many opinions DOG gives seem simplistic and at the same time challenging, or not the normal way most humans think and interact in relationship. After pondering the dialogue and the points brought up such as power, love and death i felt inspired, hopeful and lighter. A greater sense of freedom and understanding of myself and others. I highly recommend this book and applaud John Wood for his courage to be open and share his wisdom. I will be sending it to friends and reading it again.

This was an easy to read book. Written in laymans terms and in a light manner but covering relationships and their complexities. Filled with insightful examples of different ways we communicate and interact with each other. Just a wonderfully smart dog, you will not be able to put it away.