When you finish reading this book, you?ll understand just what you need to do to build a terrific boat. A boat that is lightweight, forever appealing to the eye, a boat that doesn?t leak and doesn?t require much in the way of upkeep. And, because the book is clearly written and heavily illustrated with hundreds of drawings and hundreds of photographs, this lovely boat will look as though your stock in trade is indeed that of ?boatbuilder?. How is this truly possible? The devil is in the details. Boat carpenter John Brooks is a picky guy--a trait you want in your teacher: he's a builder who abhors bits of epoxy messing-up a nice long clean planking line. He's going to show you so many techniques for ?getting it right? your head will almost spin. From his unique building jig and clamping system to his masking techniques, you?re on your way to the land of craftsmanship. Several years from now when your out for your thousandth row and you lean forward on the oars pausing to just look at the boat, we?ll bet you?ll still smile at the sight. John knows your attention to detail in the building stage will pay-off in spades for years and years to come, and that line-up of planks, the way it all fits makes the difference. Read the book, use the index to quickly find all those bits of information, and sharpen your tools because you?ve just sharpened your mind. John Brooks spends his summers teaching boatbuilding, and his winters building boats. Co-authoring the book is John's wife Ruth Ann Hill, who when not helping to build boats, is plying her writer trade. You'll benefit from her ability to clearly and concisely convert the physical building processes into words.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 36, Publishers: Royal Yachting Association, Author: Royal Yachting Association, ISBN-13: 9781905104109, Date of issue: 2005
The ship's logbook has been a maritime tradition since ancient times. It is used to document the voyages and movement of the vessel and events that take place on board related to safe navigation and the well being of the crew and cargo. Designed for sailor
On the surface, choosing the correct propeller for a particular boat seems simple. But one factor affects another, which then affects another factor, leading many boaters to believe that propeller selection depends more on black magic than logic.All the questions are answered in this complete reference, the first of its kind. This clear, easy-to-use handbook for all small boats is written not for Ph.D.s seeking the latest wrinkle in high-tech propeller design, but as a practical aid for the average mechanic, engineer, boatbuilder, fleet operator, serious yachtsman, or naval architect.
Sam Devlin has elevated stitch-and-glue boatbuilding to an artform, and his designs have attracted the attention of backyard builders across the country. Whether it's a 7-foot dinghy or a 40-foot power cruiser, this book shares the wisdom of Sam's 16 years of experience designing, building, and helping others build small sail- and powerboats.
A how-to guide for building the generation of quick and easy boats. It shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats. It explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more.
Iain Oughtred is the well-known designer of elegant glued-lapstrake plywood boats, including the Acorn Skiffs, Gray Seal, Caledonia Yawl, Whilly Boat, and more. We have been offering his detailed boatbuilding plans for years, so the book was a natural fit. And, you may have noticed many of his designs in WoodenBoat magazine's Launchings column. With the book in hand, and a set of his plans, you can hardly go wrong. Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual is encompassing enough to guide you through any lapstrake (aka Clinker) boatbuilding project. It covers tools and materials needed, lining off, setting up the building jig, planking, interior work, and fitting out. There are hundreds of drawings, hundreds of photos, and it's dosed liberally with Iain's pragmatic experience.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 64, Publishers: Fernhurst Books Limited, Author: Tim Davison,Steve Judkins, ISBN-13: 9781912621453, Date of issue: 2022
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 1408, Publishers: McGraw-Hill Education, Author: Peter Raven,George Johnson,Kenneth Mason,Jonathan Losos,Tod Duncan, ISBN-13: 9781265128845, Date of issue: 2022
"This superb book does for fungi what Audubon did for birds and Freud for the psyche," wrote the "New Haven Register," "Time Magazine" called it "Fascinating" in a lead review. The little-known kingdom of fungi is revealed as never before or since-from the potato blight to the hallucinogenic mushroom, the bread mold that produced penicillin and the prized truffle. "Mushrooms, Molds, and Miracles" proves that a book about fungi can be compulsively readable. Sales soared the moment it reached the bookstores, and it has become a classic. Hard to put down, it is exciting from beginning to end.
This book aims to further build capacity in the conservation community to use drones for conservation and inspire others to adapt emerging technologies for conservation.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 306, Publishers: Northern Bee Books, Author: R O B Manley, ISBN-13: 9781908904249, Date of issue: 2012
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 304, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Pete Dunne,Kevin T. Karlson, ISBN-13: 9780691220956, Date of issue: 2024
Best-selling guide for over 25 years and an essential companion for students taking biology courses of any level, this six page guide is a must-have for reference throughout science courses as a serious study tool and quick refresher for the core concepts, terms, diagrams, cycles and stages in the study of life. Author, scientist, and university biology professor Randy Brooks, PhD has streamlined the complicated subject of biology by selecting the need-to-know answers that will boost test scores and grades in science. At this price and durably laminated to last a lifetime this guide has improved student confidence and success for over 25 years. 6 page laminated guide includes: Basic Concepts Evolution Cytology: The Study of Cells Energy & Life Cell Transportation Cell Reproduction Organismal Reproduction & Meiosis Genetics & Mendel Molecular Genetics Population Genetics
Life is all around us, abundant and diverse, it is extraordinary. But what does it actually mean to be alive? Nobel prize-winner Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In this book, he takes up the challenge of defining li
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 656, Publishers: University of Chicago Press, Author: Tim Halliday, ISBN-13: 9780226844268, Date of issue: 2025
Comprendre et maîtriser l'immunologie, grâce à des fiches associant des rappels de cours et des exercices d'application. Cet ouvrage présente une synthèse actuelle de l'enseignement d'immunologie niveau L2 et L3. Les fiches, constituées de résumés de cours, d'énoncés d'exercices et de corrigés détaillés, donnent les bases essentielles que l'étudiant doit maitriser pour réussir son examen (ou concours). Chaque fiche propose les grands concepts et leurs applications :- l’essentiel à savoir, notions théoriques fondamentales illustrées d'exemples,- des conseils méthodo,- des mises en pratique, avec exercices et corrigés,- des QCM corrigés.- des compléments numériques constitués d'exercices en ligne.La nouvelle édition aborde de nouveaux sujets autour de la vaccination (vaccins à ARNm, dérivés de vecteurs viraux) et quelques techniques immunologiques (sérothérapie, méthodologies de la détection notamment).
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 264, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Kate Clancy, ISBN-13: 9780691191317, Date of issue: 2023
"A much-needed resource for those serious about biblical studies." --Mark M. Yarbrough, president, Dallas Theological Seminary The Bible has long been dismissed as a book of myths, legends, fairy tales, and propaganda. Yet when we examine the a
Caryll Houselander (1901-54), an English Catholic laywoman, artist, and visionary, was driven by a strong identification with the poor that enabled her in fresh and insightful ways, to proclaim the 'Christing of the World.' Wright interweaves texts and images into an intimate encounter with a fascinating woman, a 'divine eccentric,' and a gifted reader of souls.
"The writer of this book gathered most of the material for this book directly from his personal talks with Swami Yoganandaji himself, as well as from personal talks with Yoganandaji's childhood companion Satyanandaji and Swamiji's relatives, friends and st
The Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics provides a detailed look at the life of the Virgin Mother from the Immaculate Conception until her Assumption. Compiled by reference librarian and Franciscan, Raphael Brown, in 1951, this work brings toge
Language: Spanish, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 304, Publishers: Miño y Dávila Editores, Author: de Bingen (alemana),Hildegarda, ISBN-13: 9788416467075, Date of issue: 2015
2017 Independent Press Awards, Winner: Biography (General) 2017 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, Third Place: Spirituality (Soft Cover) In 1963, following twenty-three years of hard labor and abuse in Russian prison camps, W
Throughout the decades, one title that continues to appear on best-seller lists is Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. This timeless book remains a seminal work in the field of Eastern religion -- the definitive introduction to the science and philosophy of yoga meditation that draws more readers with each passing year. All our editions of the Autobiography include extensive material added by the author after the first edition was published, including a final chapter on the closing years of his life. Also included are numerous high-quality photographs and a complete subject index.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 262, Publishers: St Augustine's Press, Author: Richard O. P. Peddicord, ISBN-13: 9781587317644, Date of issue: 2015
Die aktuelle Biografie des Vierzehnten Dalai Lama ermöglicht einen intimen Einblick in die bewegte Lebensgeschichte des spirituellen Oberhaupts der Tibeter. Verfasst von seinem Sekretär Tenzin Geyche Tethong, zeichnet der mit rund vierhundert bisher unveröffentlichten Fotografien, Interviews und persönlichen Erinnerungen aufwendig gestaltete Bildband das denkwürdige Porträt einer der eindrucksvollsten Persönlichkeiten unserer Zeit. Tethong schildert das dramatische Leben des inzwischen sechsundachtzigjährigen Dalai Lama, der im Alter von zwei Jahren als Wiedergeburt seines Vorgängers aufgefunden wurde, als Fünfzehnjähriger der Großmacht China entgegentreten musste und seit über sechzig Jahren seine Heimat Tibet nicht wiedergesehen hat. Ergänzt werden die zeitgeschichtlichen Dokumente durch Abbildungen von Wandgemälden und Buchillustrationen, die die historische Stellung der Dalai Lamas veranschaulichen.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer that Augustine wrote as an autobiography sometime after his conversion, to confess his sins and procl
Many in the West are aware of the great sages of India - Mahatma Trailanga Swami and his direct disciple, the great woman ascetic Shankari Mataji. But unfortunately not much information is available on the lives of these august personages. This book is our
Lotus-Born is the fabulous story of the mystic, master scholar, and outrageous yogi, Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born, who grew up an adopted prince, was banished, burned at the stake in a neighbouring kingdom, and continued miraculously unscathed, wandering through cemetries, dancing on corpses, and proceeded to live more than five hundred years. He is regarded by many Tibetans as a real, historical figure, the founder of Buddhism in Tibet where he subjugated demons and taught the Buddha's teachings.
Amazing true life adventures with the Ascended Masters, who appeared to the author often in physical form and instructed him in the use of the great laws of life, especially the use of the I AM. The author chronicles his adventures, tests, trials and initiations in the real world, which are often humorous and poignant. His service under the master Saint Germain took him from the movie business in Hollywood to meetings involving the inception of the European Common Market. It has been compared to a western, Autobiography of a Yogi, but with a focus on bringing spirituality and mastery into daily life. A message for today.
Cette étude constitue une version revue, corrigée et augmentée du « Panorama critique de la littérature tchadienne » publié par le Centre Al-Mouna en 2003. Il s'agit, pour l'enseignant de littérature francophone, de combler un vide. Il n'y a, en effet, pas de traces de la production littéraire du Tchad dans le grand nombre des anthologies et des revues spécialisées. Pourtant, des écrivains crédibles existent. Voici une présentation de tout ce qui a été écrit par les Tchadiens et qui relève de la littérature, pour produire un répertoire afin de faire connaître la production littéraire du Tchad.
Ces différentes réflexions passent en revue les possibilités de relecture, de restructuration et de sauvegarde du patrimoine oral africain, dans une perspective multi et interculturelle. Une attention particulière est accordée aux genres de la littérature orale africaine et aux exégèses y afférentes, aux jeux de langage, à la performance et aux rencontres entre l'oralité et l'écriture.
En La frontera de cristal Carlos Fuente es el mismo narrador de susmejores libros: agresivo, vital, poderoso. Encuentra todos los ángulos posibles en una historia, con una variante insospechada: lacomicidad.Esta es una novela relatada en nueve cuentos que transcurre, de un lado y del otro, en las proximidades de la raya fronterizaentre México y Estados Unidos. Más allá de lo inevitable, que suelevenir en forma de discriminación, violencia y desamparo, lospersonajes que habitan estas páginas encuentran material para lossue?os y energía para el humor, así sea tan solo porque saben que lavida también llega a una frontera.Rese?a:«Le conocí tres veces, y en todas cambió mi vida. Él me convirtió enescritor.»Jorge Volpi
Con definiciones sencillas e ilustraciones claras y llamativas, Cómofunciona la psicología hace que resulte fácil comprender losmecanismos del cerebro y nos muestra lo que sucede cuando las cosas se complican, con información sobre trastornos como la ansiedad y laparanoia, además de una serie de explicaciones al respecto de lasdistintas terapias que se utilizan para tratarlas, desde lacognitivo-conductual hasta el psicoanálisis, las terapias de grupo ylas artísticas. Explore la mente humana y descubra la ciencia que seoculta detrás del modo en que pensamos y actuamos, tanto nosotros como la gente de nuestro entorno, en un amplio abanico de situacionescotidianas con esta nueva guía visual de psicología aplicada. Condefiniciones sencillas e ilustraciones claras y llamativas, Cómofunciona la psicología hace que resulte fácil comprender losmecanismos del cerebro y nos muestra lo que sucede cuando las cosas se complican, con información sobre trastornos como la ansiedad y laparanoia, además de una serie de explicaciones al respecto de lasdistintas terapias que se utilizan para tratarlas, desde lacognitivo-conductual hasta el psicoanálisis, las terapias de grupo ylas artísticas. Clara y fácil de entender tanto para estudiantes comopara lectores con un interés más general, esta obra explora losdiversos planteamientos que utilizan los psicólogos para estudiar lamanera que tienen las personas de pensar y de comportarse, como elconductismo, la psicología cognitiva y el humanismo. También nosmuestra el modo en que dichos planteamientos se pueden aplicar a lassituaciones de la vida cotidiana con ejemplos que van desde el entorno laboral hasta el campo de los deportes, desde los tribunales hastalas aulas. Averigüe por qué la psicología desempeña un enorme papel en toda nuestra vida y llegue a comprender mejor qué es lo que influyeen nuestra conducta, en nuestros pensamientos y sentimientos y en losde los demás, en toda una variedad de entornos y escenarios.
A chilling compilation of some of Edgar Allen Poe's best-loved stories, edited by Vincent Price and Chandler Brossard and with an introduction by Vincent Price, including: "The Black Cat - The Fall of the House of Usher - The Masque of the Red Death - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - The Premature Burial - Ms. Found in a Bottle - A Tale of the Ragged Mountains - The Sphinx - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Gold-Bug - The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether - The Man That Was Used Up - The Balloon Hoax - A Descent Into the Maelstrom - The Purloined Letter - The Pit and The Pendulum - The Cask of Amontillado"
Unless you aspire to perfection--to be, in short, a Cordon Bleu--you do not have to be born with a chef's hat on your head to become a good cook. All you need is to love to cook, pay close attention to details, form the habit of being precise, an
