A great place to start
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I purchased this item for my brother-in-law, who was recently divorced after many years of marriage.  These rules helped him find some footing and work toward establishing the new normal that had become his family life.  The 10 commandments the author lists are solid guidelines that provide a plan to follow when trying to establish a family dynamic composed of oneself, children, and a now ex-spouse.  I would highly recommend for anyone taking those first terrifying steps into the world of divorced parenting, these rules will help alleviate some of the anxiety that comes with the transition.
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If you feel a sense of 'what now' in your life, a yearning for some new meaning, this is a great place to start. The book is, as it says, a practical guide, and covers all the traditional and some of the more mysterious aspects to spirituality, helping to make sense of it all. A very interesting read.
1269018
For beginners to advanced - this is a great resource.
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I found this book very helpful for me in setting up my woodshop for the first time.  It is well organized, easy to read, and I find that as my range of skills increase, I go back to it again and again looking for new ideas.  It offers both in price and function, a wide variety of examples of workbenches, shop layouts, storage alternatives, and shop equipment.  I found the many pictures throughout the book, enlightening, interesting, and instructive.  If you are just getting started and don't have a good idea on where to begin, this book is a great choice and an excellent value.
477648
A great way to get started with Lightroom. I really appreciated the way he tells what's really useful vs. what isn't worth spending your time on. If you prefer videos or reading, they have you covered either way.
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For those wanting to jump into the foray of zombie fiction writing, this is a great place to start. The author very easily outlines the main points you will want to tackle in writing such a story and goes on to give two various types of stories that you can look into using as the basis for your own zombie opus. He also gives multiple examples of classic and contemporary stories and outlines why they are unique and timeless. From there, the sky is the limit. Expand on his examples or take a path of your own making. The choice is yours. A quick read (it took me around 40 minutes to cruise through) that will set you on your way to becoming the zombie fiction writer you always knew you had the potential to be.
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This book is a great place to start if you have never built a web site before. You can have your own free web site up and running in a short period of time. This book explains how to use several free site builder programs and also gives you instructions on using HTML. Well worth buying even if you just need a refresher.
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This book is a great introduction to a vast topic , and it is helpful to get a general outline
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This is a good place to start if you are trying your has and at a first to first dozen or so BUSINESS plan Michael Colwell must be a good guy because he is sharing  a lot of knowledge here. Thank you.
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This book is an excellent introduction, which is what it is meant to be. For the record, I have a degree in physics and have worked on a number of robotics projects, but my background in mechanical pursuits is pieced together from various places - so, I picked this up at the library because it looked interesting and I wanted to see what I had missed along the way.

The overview is good, and I feel like the book gives you just enough knowledge to start experimenting (which is where you will really learn, anyway). There are some good example projects to get your mental gears turning (sorry for the pun) and the various resources referenced are invaluable.

The one thing I would've liked to see: A chapter or book level summary that presents a snapshot of the information you're likely to reference. There are a couple of tables (the one comparing CAD packages, for instance) but I think the book could benefit from more - on the covers, or in an appendix for instance. I'm thinking specifically of a list (maybe comparison?) of all the numerous resources mentioned, or a collection of the basic equations that were used. What I'd really love is something that could be photocopied and put up in the workshop for quick reference.

That said, useful book, it does what it sets out to do and is aimed well at the target audience. Even if you've been in the biz for a while, there might be a couple of resources in there that you haven't used before, or maybe an idea that makes you think about something in a new way.
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Gets to the point and by the end you will have something you can us.  Highly recommended starting place for newbies.
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I think that this would be an excellent starting place for anyone who is wanting to try watercolors as a hobby.  Gerald Woods has provided a good overview of techniques, material, information and examples for composition, and the text is very clear and easy to follow.  The exercises in the last part of the book are very helpful.  In these exercises, three artists each does a watercolor from a photo - the reader is then able to observe step-by-step the approach that each artist uses in doing their painting and then the author provides a critique of each artist's finished product.  This allows the reader to see that watercolors can be done in so many different styles and there is not necessarilly only one correct way to do a painting, as these examples will clearly illustrate.  Although I have not mastered all of the tecniques illustrated in this book, it is great to see how they are used even if I am not yet using them in my paintings.  I have become somewhat successful in selling my paintings and I am now having prints made of my better stuff.  If I were to only have one reference book on hand this would be that book.
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This book contains a really nice overview of many topics for anyone starting out on the path of self-sufficiency.  It doesn't go into great detail about any of them but gives a newbie a starting point to begin a more self-sufficient lifestyle and has a decent source of website and book recommendations for further research. It is inspirational for those thinking self-sufficiency is a nice little dream and nothing more.

The author includes diagrams in the very beginning which clearly illustrate how those with even 1/10th of an acre can grow a fair amount of food for a small family.  There are also diagrams for 1/4 acre, 1/2 an acre and so on.  Unfortunately for me, I can't use the diagrams as written because my house and land are plotted out differently and aren't fully usable but with some tinkering I hope to figure things out.  At the very least I will know what should items should be planted next to each other.

With a little more land you can keep chickens, rabbits, hogs, even more veggies and some fruit trees.  Once you decide what you want to do with your land you'll want to do further research into topics such as animal husbandry, canning, husking grains, sanitizing your tools, etc.  This isn't a keeper for me because it doesn't give enough information about anything to justify me keeping a copy around but it's a great intro. to homesteading.
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If you're interested in Redshift, rooting for it to succeed as a viable enterprise data warehouse, but worried about being an early adopter, this is the place to start. If you want to get a second opinion on the product, this is definitely a good place to start. It's like sitting down with an experienced developer and getting all his color commentary on the capabilities, limitations, pluses, and minuses of the system. You still need Amazon's (excellent) docs and guides. The author doesn't rehash a lot of the free and extensive content found there. Instead, he offers suggestions, considerations, examples, and a few of his own experiences. Very helpful.

The Kindle formatting was fine.
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If you are at all interested in how the mind works and what is going on behind the scenes in the thought process, then this is a very good place to start. Ms. Fine takes you on an excursion into the various emotions and convictions that shape our lives in a digestible way that is informative yet not unduly clinical.  Her style is friendly and smooth and does a nice job of piquing your curiosity to delve even deeper.  If you are already a student of this field of interest, you may find the book a little too tame, but for the novice, you will be drawn in quickly with this book.
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Dr. Kreeft provides an excellent introduction here in this anthology of of Aquinas' work. The way it is laid out works very well - Aquinas' writings appear first - then Dr. Kreeft's helpful remarks on the text are footnoted at the bottom of the page. No page flipping is necessary to get his comments - and they don't get in the way with reading the primary text either.
The book begins with a glossary of terms needed to comprehend Aquinas' thought. Unless you are familiar with these terms, you should really take the time to learn them before embarking on the rest of the book.
This book is a very good introduction and reference for Aqunias' thought. For absolute beginners with no background at all in Aristotelian philosophy however, you will probably want to first read Mortimer J. Adler's "Aristotle for Everybody" before tackling this book.
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This workbook focuses on recognition and conceptualizing numbers, letters, counting, colors and basic shapes.  It's quite a lot of information that doesn't even really broach the actual application side of the equation.

I found this to be an engaging primer to introduce concepts.  This is a great place to start.  Instead of writing or learning to hold a pencil, this book focuses on the recognition of different shapes and symbols.  Rather than breaking out a writing instrument, your young learner will trace shapes and numbers before they attempt to draw them.  I feel this is a natural and rewarding way to engage young learners in the task of learning and recognizing rather than becoming mired down in the technicalities and motor function of writing and tracing.

This is a big primer that dedicates about the same amount of time to each letter, number, shape and color.  Double sided in full color.  Brightly illustrated to ensure that it appeals to the youngest users.