Laminated Designs in Wood: Techniques, Patterns, Projects
This book is so complete with jigs that are necessary to do the exact cutting required for good results that some woodworkers may not appreciate it. It has all the formulae to calculate the amount of lumber required for a project. If the woodworker has the patience to read this book and follow the design instruction, then experiment with different widths and numbers of the laminates, the possibilities are unending. Clarence Rannefeld, the author, has tried to introduce us to a whole new field in woodworking.
The Everything Alternative Careers Book: Leave the Office Behind and Embark on a New Adventure
The writer describes a variety of unique and creative careers. He discusses the pros and cons of these jobs and what you need to do to get them. As hack writing goes, this guy has flashes of impish insight and wicked wit within the mostly pedestrian prose. It was probably written quickly under deadline pressure for a small amount of money. However, the author succeeds in fulfilling the mandate for a book of this kind. It is what it claims to be, no more, no less: an informative, how-to guide.
Maya Angelou (Bloom's Major Poets)A literature of black women's courage and experience is at the heart of Angelou's writing.
This title, Maya Angelou, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Maya Angelou through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Maya Angelou, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
The author, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University and the author of three books has observed Chinese popular culture for 30 years. His book may seem too long for a work that focuses only on the ten years in China since the 1989 Tiananmen mass protest movement, but it has a swift and lively pace. Barm?'s thesisAthat popular culture has developed ways for people to express dissatisfaction without attacking the governmentAis substantiated through his analyses of music, comic books, television shows, ad jingles, screen savers, and T-shirts.
Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Japanese Garden Trees
There is a lot of information out there on bonsai but I have always been more interested in the Japanese garden trees and until this book there has been very little information out there on how to care for and prune Japanese garden trees and shrubs. As far as I know the author even translated/invented the English name for them, "Niwaki" for which there previously was none.
