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Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Dover Publications, 1981
Tasty read with some *very* Elizabeth Zimmerman designs
I've had this book in my collection for many years. A self-taught knitter, I am not overly intimidated if a pattern is a bit sketchy or without the *pithy* details. Alas, this is my favorite EZ (Elizabeth Zimmerman) book. Why? She captures the essence of living life ...
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Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition)
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Dover Publications, 1999
Happy to recover recipe
I did find some loss recipes that I used over 40 years ago. My family missed eating them and they were delighted when I sent them some of the canned food. I discovered that I will need to can more because what I sent didn't last them two weeks. I sent them all 2 pints ...
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Mystical Mandala Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Book)
Alberta Hutchinson
Dover Publications, 2007
Turns out to be my favorite! Here's why...
Friends gave me some art markers as a gift recently, and I quickly became addicted to designs like these. I've searched hundreds of similar products and have "test driven" about 15 of them now. This book turns out to be my favorite. I don't love EVERY design in the ...
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
Walt Whitman
Dover Publications, 2007
What More Can Be Said?
It's difficult to think of something appropriate to say about a man who spent his life trying to express the panorama of humanity through the lense of his own heart. From a drop of blood to the grandeur of a shipyard or a continent, he takes all readers on a journey ...
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Favorite Jane Austen Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion (Dover Thrift Editions)
Jane Austen
Dover Publications, 1997
excellent!
I recieved my book on time and in perfect conditions just like it was said and also at a great price!! I bought Favorite Jane Austen Novels, which are 3 books and all for about $11.00!!
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First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book (Beginners' Guides)
Dover Publications, 1988
Entertaining as well as instructional
This "First Spanish Reader" is well structured and contains stories that are lively and entertaining in their own right for the student who wants to move up from beginner toward intermediate Spanish. The text starts out with indicative and slowly introduces preterite ...
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The Elements of Style: The Original Edition
William Strunk
Dover Publications, 2006
Simple, Yet Completely Necessary
I've had writing friends say that The Elements of Style is just too basic, too old-fashioned to be relied upon. As a writer who uses this book constantly, I say not so. Strunk offers up 52 pages of essential information for the writer in all of us. There are no endless ...
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The Art of War (Shambhala Classics)
Sun Tzu
Dover Publications, 2002
Not just for generals
This is a book of strategy for psychological warfare--it helps you tackle the battles you face every day. One of the biggest themes is how to win a fight *before* it actually starts. If only our current government and military leaders had followed the wisdom of "The ...
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Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Easy Phrase)
Dover Publications, 1994
A very helpful and easy to carry book
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R29CMZL71HPGPQ In a nutshell this is a very helpful book that I used when traveling to Mexico. It is light and compact but full of Spanish vocabulary words.
Besides giving you a video review of Easy spanish Phrase ...
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1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides)
Seymour Resnick
Dover Publications, 1996
One of the quickest and most economical ways to build your vocabulary
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2308CASLRE9TL This book has helped me expand my vocabulary really quickly. Watch my video to find out how.
I am also listing what I consider some of the most useful tools for learning Spanish which I think you will ...
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Human Anatomy Coloring Book (Colouring Books)
Margaret Matt, Joe Ziemian
Dover Publications, 1982
Good quality, good price
This children's easy learning technique applied to adults is a great way of learning the anatomy, even if you are in the middle of med school.
And coloring is so much fun. A must for children and adults.
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Candide (Dover Thrift Editions)
Voltaire
Dover Publications, 1991
Best of all Worlds
From an optimist point of view, this book is simply in supportive of Leibniz's Best of all Possible Worlds theory. However, this book is a Voltaire's satire to Leibniz's theory. It is comical and gruesome but in the end, you learn to deal and live peacefully. You do ...
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Jane Eyre (Dover Thrift Editions)
Charlotte Brontė
Dover Publications, 2003
Wonderful!
Jane Eyre is never a disappointment. Bronte really can touch your heart with the struggles of the main character. A woman in the post-modern era could have easily been in the same situation. Bronte put forth a completely time-less quality in this book. If you have the ...
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Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dover Publications, 1993
Broad-minded and radical thoughts
This book has a collection of some of Emerson's best essays including "Self-Reliance" which is probably his most popular work. The underlying theme of all of them is essentially the same: "individuality." He advocated trusting and following one's own instincts and ...
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Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
Dover Publications, 2002
This book is fantastic!
This little book though short in lenght packs a condensed form of life wisdom. Some of the insight Rilke writes to his friend are priceless. Rilke penetrates to the essence of a wide range issues from religious to material never preaching but more like asking his ...
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