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String Explorer. Alfred Publishing presents a new string method by Andrew Dabczynski, Richard Meyer and Bob Phillips. Book 2. ... Read more

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Designed to be a practical hands-on guide for helping management students learn how to use the Internet as a tool for research, finding valuable resources, career planning, and finding a job. The focus is on the practical application of the Internet to business management. Students learn by transferring and applying course objectives to Internet-based learning activities. The book provides learning activities where students apply their knowledge of management to investigate how the Internet can be used as a powerful tool for communication and information access to their field of study. Case studies of real-world business experiences are featured to show students how the Internet can be used to solve problems, and information is provided on navigating the Internet using two premier Internet browsers, Netscape Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. ... Read more

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AUTHOR'S PREFACE

Had the author of the following play written it merely for the purpose of winning for it the universal praise which the journals have lavished upon his romances, and which perhaps transcended their merits, _The Resources of Quinola_ would still have been an excellent literary speculation; but, when he sees himself the object of so much praise and so much condemnation, he has come to the conclusion that it is much more difficult to make successfully a first venture on the stage than in the field of mere literature, and he has armed himself, accordingly, with courage, both for the present and for the future. ... Read more

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Attention Home schoolers. Beautiful and inviting to readers, this book is designed like a musuem tour,giving readers of all ages a visul feast as well as a solid foundation in creation science. From the mysteries of original man and the early earth to studying ancient civilizartions, the book helps readers to: Discover the scientific accuracy of the biblical creation account. Unveil the fundamental fallacies of evolutionistic myths. Build an unshakeable confidence in the reality and power of God's Word. ... Read more

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Realistic truth not theory fiction....
Not only is this book accurate (do the research) but a beautiful book for your coffee table to open the door to "common sense" discussions, something totally lacking in the "evolutionary group".This book has easily provable factoids that are great for teaching your children along with adults to think, not just accept the current evolution rhetoric in every school and TV program being pounded into our minds.Modern technology not only has failed to prove the "theory of evolution" but continues to point to a creator.The logical chance of "natural selection & random mutation" to cause evolution in only one species let along all, goes beyond billions to multi-trillons of years.

Core samples taken from Mt St Helen by the U of W in the late '90s, proved the total inaccuracy of
of historical dating.... three labs were completely differing from each other by millions of years while the actual core samples were laid down & compacted in less then 4 minutes when the mountain blew....OUCH!

On an aside, half the reason for the "conspiracy theory" that men never actually landed on the moon is that they didn't find the proof of an ancient universe but a very young one.....about 60,000 years at most not millions...OUCH!

Mysterys no more
Wonderful book full of information, that is great for any one. Hight quality photos and well flowing text. The only thing I would say is that the language used is a bit large for children most likely to age 10. I often have to re-word things so that my child will underdtand teh verbage. Even with that said, this is a must buy for use as a science companion, espically if home schooling. Or for any one seeking truth about the amazing world in which we live.

CHRISTIANS, PLEASE DON'T BE STUPID!
There are many useful creationist resources out there, but this is not one of them!I picked up this book at my mother-in-law's place, and couldn't believe what I was reading.This is possibly the single worst creationist book in existence. This book is EXACTLY what evolutionists think of when they claim creationism is ridiculous. I am amazed at all the five-star reviews this book is getting. I know those reviews are coming from people who don't care whether the book makes any sense, they just want to feel like they are being faithful. I'm begging you, as a Christian, to not read this book, much less show it to friends. We have embarrassed ourselves enough!Instead take a look at credible creation science resources like AnswersInGenesis.org.If you want to show that Creationism is a real possibility, stay away from this mess!

A stunning presentation of truth and history
No other resource I have seen so well blends the Biblical truth of man's history with visual elements. This is truly a stunning and captivating array of illustrations, charts and photographs stretching from the very creation through ancient civilizations, displaying the handiwork of God. Dennis Petersen brings forth his gifts and scholarship of scripture and science in a unique way that will appeal to any age and satisfy the inner sense of truth. Good science is showcased and false science is exposed. This book has been a foundational and encouraging resource for my own work, The Ninth Generation: Conquering the Giants, one I continue to enjoy.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation
This is a beautiful book that every family with school age children should have and read through with their children so they understand creationism, it's validity and know how to detect lies that will bombard them from school and media. It is laid out in an easy to use and eye appealing format. ... Read more

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A Rich Collection of Authentic Documents, Maps, Journals, Engravings, Treaties, and More‹With Great Teaching Materials‹That Makes History Come Alive
Ready-to-Go History!
Packed with reproducible primary sources‹from a saga verse written by the Vikings to an Aztec Codex illustrating small pox victims‹this collection of authentic documents will capture students' interest in the events and people of the age of European exploration. Teaching materials provide background information, document-based discussion questions, and reproducibles that help kids analyze and evaluate each historical document. ... Read more

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Not At All What I Expected
I expected a lot more from a book that purports to contain primary sources.A lot of the primary sources included have been sugarcoated- especially Columbus' letter home to Luis de Santangel, which in reality contained many more instances of brutality in Columbus' and his crew's actions toward/perceptions of the native people.Primary sources, in my view, are supposed to contain as much as possible the actual documents.I expect the truth from primary sources, not just another editor or author's perspective.Some of these sources are useful, especially as an alternative to textbook accounts, but they're not for the teacher aiming at teaching for social justice. ... Read more

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This photocopiable resource and activity pack for teachers is part of a three-level geography course for pupils in the early years of secondary school. The pack accompanies the second student's book, focusing on the developed world. The series combines a systematic, regional and thematic approach, and encourages students to be active participants in learning. The first book deals with the local environment and the British Isles, and the third looks at the developing world. ... Read more

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(From the Preface)


"Forty years ago John Muir wrote to a friend; "I am hopelessly and
forever a mountaineer. . . . Civilization and fever, and all the
morbidness that has been hooted at me, have not dimmed my glacial
eyes, and I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's
loveliness." How gloriously he fulfilled the promise of his early
manhood! Fame, all unbidden, wore a path to his door, but he always
remained a modest, unspoiled mountaineer. Kindred spirits, the
greatest of his time, sought him out, even in his mountain cabin, and
felt honored by his friendship. Ralph Waldo Emerson urged him to
visit Concord and rest awhile from the strain of his solitary studies
in the Sierra Nevada. But nothing could dislodge him from the glacial
problems of the high Sierra; with passionate interest he kept at his
task. "The grandeur of these forces and their glorious results," he
once wrote, "overpower me and inhabit my whole being. Waking or
sleeping, I have no rest. In dreams I read blurred sheets of glacial
writing, or follow lines of cleavage, or struggle with the
difficulties of some extraordinary rock-form."..."

Published, circa 1913.

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Take a trip to last century's Alaska through Muir's clean,easy-going, enthusiastic prose. He wrote the way he took pictures,with insight, attention, care and genuine feeling. It's a lovely lookinto a beautiful land and its inhabitants the way it used to be, toldin a flowing narrative that is far less rushed than contemporarytravel tales. ... Read more

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Breath taking
I have traveled to Alaska twice, and I simply cannot get enough of the glaciers.I wanted to read this because I had heard that Muir too felt the same that I feel of the glaciers.I was NOT disappointed!His trek to seek out the glaciers reminds me very much of how I would like to seek out each and every glacier.To me climbing the face of a glacier is just a dream, a dream that you can almost live out while reading this book.I felt like I was a part of the glacier crevices or part of the ice flow. I was traveling in the canoe right along with Muir.This was the first book of his that I read, and now I am hooked!!!

Travels With John: Better Than Ever 130 Years Later
Travelling Alaska with John is to see, hear, feel, taste, smell, experience the response of a God-intoxicated man to almost unearthly splendor.Muir's passions were elemental: apprehending the Divine through an understanding of nature, and hence, the protection and preservation of this voice of the sublime.

He travelled to Alaska five times over a 30 year period.This book, only completed a few years before his death, polishes the field notes of his earlier trips and offers almost unedited, his journals from the last journey. Muir's interests begin with geology, specifically how the U-shaped valleys of both Yosemite and the Alaskan fjord-land resulted from glacial actions.Beginning with ice, they include the land, the trees, the waters, the fish, the First Americans living in the harsh beautiful world, the scientists, the missionaries, transportation, food, and in a chapter that cries to be read aloud, Muir's experience of a sunrise like the eighth day of Creation and of the Northern Lights.

One remembers vignettes of one's own travels. So vivid, so immediate are these stories that they become part of your own memories.Raining is it?Experience laying your already soggy sleeping bag down in a bog so wet you strip off and shiver your way through the night, then arise---not like new-made bread---but to wring the water from your clothes and bag and slog on.Thinking of what it would be like to walk across that glacier?Start out early, accompanied by a dog who had more loyalty than brains and got over jagged ice frise-de-cheval points, across crevasses, up treacherous slopes----to get to the other side, and then come back at night, having to encourage the now-alarmed dog to leap those widening chasms, risking your own neck to get the crittur home.

Those going to Alaska could hardly have a better companion.The book is portable and a bargain.And those who travel widely through the frigates of books, like Emily, will find their world enlarged and enobled in the company of this good and brave man who did so much to preserve our wild, beautiful places.

A Visit To Pristine Alaska
"Travels In Alaska" is, essentially, a diary which John Muir kept during his three visits to Southeastern Alaska from 1879-1890.In the course of his travels he describes the Indians, plants, wild life, mountains and glaciers.He is especially interested in his explorations of the glaciers.He provides the reader with an insight into pristine Alaska.His comments about retreating glaciers are of interest given the current claims of man-made global warming.

The reader comes to respect Muir's love of nature and his bravery, as he paddles around ice bergs, camps on glaciers and enters the domains of bears and whales.

The downside of this is that there is very little analysis beyond what he recorded at the time of his journeys. While his observations hold your interest, Muir's writing style adds little to the narrative.This book pales in comparison to Ranch Life & the Hunting Trail by his friend, Theodore Roosevelt (see my Amazon review).

Overall I enjoyed "Travels In Alaska", but have read better nature books.Perhaps a reader more familiar with the Alaskan Panhandle or outdoor adventures would have a greater appreciation with this work.

Muir and Alaska
The beauty of this wonderful reprinting is how it shows John Muir as a person, how it helps us to understand the dynamic and overwhelming beauty of Alaska, and the changes in the people of Alaska.Muir's complete, tireless, and joyful commitment to nature comes through on every page.The book unintentionally provides an excellent portrait of the kind of inexhaustible devotion it takes to change the world as did Muir.The book also provides a stunning portrait of Alaska in the latter part of the 19th Century and allows one to compare the Alaska of those days with Alaska of earlier times and of today.The biggest changes are in the glaciers and in the people.The glaciers have receded dramatically as a natural part of their centuries' long retreat.It is interesting to compare what Muir saw with the experience of Vancouver almost exactly 100 years earlier (ca. 1793).Vancouver could hardly enter Glacier Bay.Muir could enter quite some distance, but the glaciers were still the dominant features.Today, the glaciers have largely receded into deep valleys.Muir encountered people in Alaska living largely as they had for centuries.They were hunters and fishermen and lived in small groups along the shore line.As Jonathan Raban points out in the intricately woven fabric of his sublime book "Passage to Juneau," the people of southeast Alaska considered the sea to be the real environment of their lives while the land was considered dangerous and unknowable.They lived along the shore and knew how to live off and with the sea year round.The lives of the Alaskan people are very different today but greatly influenced by the past.Raban often characterizes Muir's writing as overblown and florid.However, it is a portrait of a man, a maritime land and a people.To do justice to those three, the book had to be what it is - an astonishingly colorful and detailed portrait in words.

Southeast Alaska, Once Upon A Time
John Muir's "Travels In Alaska" is his accouts of his trips to Southeast Alaska in 1879, 1880, and 1890.Southeast Alaska 125 years ago was sparsely settled and poorly explored; Muir's adventurous spirit and enquiring mind led him to investigate the numerous inlets and glaciers in the area, including the magnificent and much-celebrated Glacier Bay.

Muir's simple, muscular prose weaves a fascinating narrative out of descriptions of the people, wildlife, and geology he encounters on his journey, suffused with his endless sense of wonder at the landscapes in which he saw the hand of God.The reader can hardly help but be carried along by Muir's enthusiasm.Muir's descriptions may be most relevant to those traveling Southeast Alaska by cruise ship, for a sense of what the landscape looked like before the population reached today's size and spread. Those not interested in the travel aspects of the book and in numerous descriptions of glaciers may find this book less interesting.

This book is highly recommended to fans of John Muir's writings, and to those planning a trip through Southeast Alaska. ... Read more

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In words and stunning photography, this eloquent book allows you to follow in the footsteps of early explorers. You will see the breathtaking panoramas they saw, and read the actual words they wrote in letters and journals. Wilderness Explored is a stirring testament to all that was-and remains-inspiring about the North American landscape. ... Read more

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He brings the west of Colorado's early 20th century to life
I don't have time to give this the proper review I'd like.However, suffice it to say that this book brought the mining and ranching days in 1930's Colorado to vivid life.The writing is fabulous and doesn't lean too much toward the sentimental side.When things were hard, the author spares no words, and when things were grand, his words are sheer poetry.The author displays a clear joie de vivre about his early adult life out on the range and in the mines.I bought the book in Paradox valley while on a hut-to-hut mountain bike ride through the land of Lavender's youth.Reading it while memories of the landscape remained clear made the book even more of a treat.

Near the end of the book there are add-ons that were tacked on after the initial publication.It's interesting to note a clear change in Lavender's tone in the latter day writing.When he doesn't like something, he spares no words and his voice is more acerbic than it ever sounded in the book's first two-thirds.Much of what he doesn't like I agree with, such as those who hunt and kill for sheer pleasure, and the immense environmental damage done to the lands by humans.It's no surprise that he became a conservationist later in life.

This is one of those rare books that I didn't want to end.

Western history at its best
It's rare to find a book which is both educating and whose pose is so delectable. Upon reading it I felt I had discovered a treasure. For anyone interested in Western history, mining, or cowboying; this book is a must-read and I expect you will consider it a treasure. The characters (I could use no other word) come alive and the humor they used to transcend the toils of their difficult lives rises to the level of their misery. And, there was a lot of misery. David Lavender was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the reasons for his nomination are clear - this is an excellent read.

The new edition doesn't contain any additional writing by the author, but his son and grandson (both David Lavender)add some very interesting perspective along with some welcomed photographs. The book is really a series of short stories, each of which can be read in a sitting. But, I think you will find you will sneak into the next chapter. ... Read more

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This is a terrific resource!
I HIGHLY recommend this to all teachers, including home school parents. This resource includes not only an excellent lesson plan, but also a large, colorful map poster of Lewis & Clark's journey. The background information is interesting as well as informative and the worksheets/activities are simple to do, cover various learning styles, and reinforce the lesson. Well worth the price!
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"When those we love have passed away; when from our lives something has gone out; when with each successive day we miss the presence that has become a part of ourselves, and struggle against the realization that it is with us no more, we begin to live in the past and thank God for the gracious boon of memory. Few of us there are who, having advanced to middle life, have not come to look back on the travelled road of human existence in thought of those who journeyed awhile with us, a part of all our hopes and joyousness, the sharers of all our ambitions and our pleasures, whose mission has been fulfilled and who have left us with the mile-stones of years still seeming to stretch out on the path ahead. It is then that memory comes with its soothing influence, telling us of the happiness that was ours and comforting us with the ever recurring thought of the pleasures of that travelled road. For it is happiness to walk and talk with a brother for forty years, and it is happiness to know that the surety of that brother''s affection, the knowledge of the greatness of his heart and the nobility of his mind, are not for one memory alone but may be publicly attested for admiration and emulation. That it has fallen to me to speak to the world of my brother as I knew him I rejoice. I do not fear that, speaking as a brother, I shall crowd the laurel wreaths upon him, for to this extent he lies in peace already honored; but if I can show him to the world, not as a poet but as a man,--if I may lead men to see more of that goodness, sweetness, and gentleness that were in him, I shall the more bless the memory that has survived. " ... Read more