The working dog conditioning and training manual developed by the U.S. military--from simple commands to border security to complex actions, such as those performed by the dog Cairo in the raid that killed Osama Bin laden.
Nelson Mandela: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works covers his life and works. The extensive A to Z section includes over a hundred entries. The bibliography provides a comprehensive list of publications concerning his life and work.
If the thing which naturalists call nature has an external reality, it can, at the very most, be a work of art, not an artist; it can be a design, not a designer; a set of decrees, not an issuer of decrees; a set of the lawgiver; a creation and operation of the universe, not a lawgiver; a created veil before Gods Dignity, not a creator; something ......
A nasty insult (is there any other kind?) can be offensive and infuriating, but we've all had those moments when we've employed one or just wished we had come up with the perfect nasty thing to say. Even better, having the perfect comeback to one of these rude remarks brings us all the personal satisfaction in the world. The Nastiest Things Ever ......
A compendium of indispensable and inspiring quotes for people during any season of their lives.... The Most Inspiring Things Ever Said is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world's most celebrated-and sometimes anonymous-minds. From business figures, coaches and other sports figures, religious and spiritual leaders, educators, political ......
Milk cans, milk churns, or milk pails have been used for centuries which is why they are some of the most photographed of all farmyard objects. Here, for the first time, the diversity in size, shape and design of milk cans is presented in a comprehensive and full-color publication. The iconic shape of the typical milk can has inspired toymakers, ......
This volume is designed to place in context the passionate controversies and emotional attachments of the two billion people who live, study, work, love, and die in the Middle East and South Asia.
Michelangelo: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works covers his life and works. The extensive A to Z section includes hundreds of entries. The bibliography provides a comprehensive list of publications concerning his life and work.
A very entertaining collection of timeless quotations from Mark Twain, along with more than 100 photos. The 19th-centurey American writer, humorist, public speaker, and publisher wrote hundreds of short stories, and his best-known novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, still read more than 130 years later.
Maine Lingo was first compiled in 1975, when TV, radio, and other leveling media had begun to seriously erode regional speech distinctions, and this dictionary will furnish anyone interested in Maine or regional dialects with the terminologies of regular folks, from lobstermen...
When the singing is over and the talking starts, that's when the true, unvarnished wisdom of rock 'n' roll comes out. Built on first-hand experience, the gorgeous, illustrated Little Book of Rock 'n' Roll Wisdom offers the wise words of stars past and present on a variety of topics like love, breakups, rebellion, success, feeling good, being ......
The Little Book of Country Music Wisdom offers the wise, unvarnished words of country stars past and present on a variety of topics like love, family, fun, work, health, heartache and even death to offer the full, big-picture view of country wisdom. Country music wisdom can be uplifting, funny, or hopeful, and sometimes it's deadly serious, but ......
Leading authorities describe established and emerging methodologies, review the types of questions they are suited to address, and identify standards for quality. Key issues in research design are accessibly discussed.
An Unrecognized Genius of the American Industrial Revolution
New Englander Leonard Bailey was one of the inventive geniuses of the American Industrial Revolution. His designs and patented inventions solved problems with woodworking planes that had plagued craftsmen for centuries. His planes allowed woodworkers to transition from the age of wooden carpenter's planes to modern, metallic, fully adjustable ......
The John Ford Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to one of the greatest directors in American cinema. In addition to highlighting all of the films, entries in this volume include studios, shooting locations, and key personnel associated with Ford's movies-from stuntmen like Yakima Canutt to iconic actors like John Wayne.
Covering 60 years of materials, this bibliography cites translations, studies, and other writings, which represent Iraq's national literature, including recent works of numerous Iraqi writers living in Western exile. The volume serves as a guide to three interrelated data: o Translations that have appeared since 1950, as books or as individual ......
Through the light of the Quran, I saw that both for myself and everyone else this world is a temporary market place set up on the road for the passers-by to shop in, a guest-house which every day filled and emptied...O respected elderly men and women who feel their old age as I do! We are leaving; there is no use in deceiving ourselves. Even if we ......
Washington attracts millions of visitors with its ability to match the dram of history and its blend of culture, art, historic preservation, and rich international diversity. This guide takes the readers on historical tours based on periods of history.
