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True Norwegian Black Metal 5 reviews
Peter Beste
Vice Books, 2008
Beautiful, disturbing--a must have
I'm sure most black metal fans are familiar with Peter Beste's True Norwegian Black Metal. We've seen the selections that are online, and maybe you've been lucky enough to attend one of the shows. I haven't.
Just got the book today after preordering it. It's amazing. The book itself is quite large and impressive. The quality of the paper and binding is good in my opinion. There are ...
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The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook Revised Edition: Featuring More Than 1,200 Kitchen-tested Recipes, ... 103 reviews
America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen, 2006
Gave "test kitchens" as gift....well received!
My mom loved this cookbook when I gave it to her a couple of years ago. I recently gave it to a girlfriend and she loved it too. Now I need to get one for myself.
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Robert Frank: The Americans19 reviews
Steidl/National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008
Que maravilla de libro de fotografía.
Si os gusta la fotografía de reportaje compradlo sin reservas.
No tiene desperdicio, ojalá encuentro más libros de fotógrafos como Robert Frank.
Muy bueno.
Un saludo desde España a todos los hispanos.
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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life 1446 reviews
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
Great Analogy
The book is a quick read and reread. A good reminder of how we MUST flow with change in our lives.
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First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK (First Aid for the USMLE Step 2: Clinical Knowledge) 32 reviews
Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan
McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007
Take Step 2 Early and Use This Book
This is the only book you need for to crush Step 2. Packed with great facts. I read this book twice and did the usmleworld question bank and my score was nearly perfect. Take Step 2 early because residency programs are much, much more interested in your score than before. I saw my score circled and starred on several interviewers sheets. My friend is going into surgery and took his exam ...
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1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations (1000 Series)4 reviews
Dawn DeVries Sokol
Quarry Books, 2008
1000 Artist Journal Pages
This is a truly gorgeous and inspirational book featuring the work of well-known art journalists, as well as worthy newcomers and unknowns. I was pleased to discover several fresh faces; so often in recent art journaling books it's been the same six or seven people featured. The artists' work is presented without editorial comment. The layout is not too crowded, and the color reproduction ...
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The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters (Voices That Matter)105 reviews
Joe McNally
New Riders Press, 2008
"If you want something to look interesting, don't light all of it."
The cover copy of The Moment It Clicks by Joe McNally says that the book has "one foot on the coffee table," and this is fair enough. Joe is a top shooter of the National Geographic, Life Magazine, and editorial assignment ilk. I throughly enjoyed looking through the photos in this book, and reading the stories behind them. I thought Joe's general advice was invariably accurate ("If you want ...
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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Digital Field Guide130 reviews
Charlotte K. Lowrie
Wiley, 2007
Essential Reading
Charlotte K. Lowrie's Field Guide for the Canon XTi now travels in my camera bag wherever I go. It is an easily accesible introductory guide to the world of digital photography with a DSLR.
I found the Canon manuals that came with my camera to be technical in their approach - but the Field Guide takes you by the hand and explains it all like a patient mentor.
I am new to this. But ...
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living 344 reviews
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
Best Buddhism book for westerners and beginners
If you are unfamiliar with Buddhism, then this book is a good place to start. Also, if you believe fully in the scientific method, as I do, but are interested in Buddhism, then again, this is probably the best place to start.
Instead of overwhelming you with a bunch of Buddhist lingo and ideas as some books do, this book is very gentle in introducing Buddhist ideas and philosophy. Written ...
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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)449 reviews
Bryan Peterson
Amphoto Books, 2004
GOOD FIRST BOOK
I'M TAKING MUCH BETTER PICTURES WITH MY NIKON FM2 THANKS TO THIS BOOK. ALSO I CAN NOW SELECT THE BEST LENSES TO USE WITH THE FM2. OH AND I THINK HIS OLD LADY AND KIDS ARE VERY CUTE.
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Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide27 reviews
David D. Busch
Wiley, 2007
Nikon D 80 Digital Field Guide by David D. Busch
This is an excellent instructional book that goes farther then the product book and is much easier to understand.I would recommend this book to anyone with a Nikon D80 digital SLR camera.
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Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers64 reviews
Christopher Grey
Amherst Media, Inc., 2004
Great Instruction Manual
There are only a few books that I find myself going back to reference over and over. This is one of them. Many light placement diagrams with the resultant photo make this an excellent quick reference guide. The author stimulates the reader to attempt new combinations.
My only objection is the use of many white bookends. Those are not staples in most studios. Also, reflectors do not ...
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First Aid for the USMLE Step 3 (First Aid)17 reviews
Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, ...
McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007
Helped me alot!
I used this book as well as several others (i'm guilty of buying TOO many books...)! This book very much helped me with the detail I needed to do very well in areas I didn't remember from Medical School. As a Pediatrics Resident, I highly recommend this book to fill in "the blanks" so to speak.
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Nikon D300 Digital Field Guide21 reviews
J. Dennis Thomas
Wiley, 2008
Perfect companion guide for my new D300
I found this Nikon D300 Digital Field Guide to be a perfect companion to the D300. It's concise, portable and packed full of great advice to help you take great photos.
The first section starts out with the Quick Tour, which gives you a nice overview to get you started. If this isn't your first DSLR you may not find this as helpful as a dSLR rookie would, but it is filled with the right ...
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Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories71 reviews
Glen Johnson
Wiley, 2006
Great Wedding Photography Guide
This is a wonderful book for photographers who are just starting out in the wedding business, and there's a reason this book is rated so highly. The book goes through the entire process a wedding photographer should be thinking through, from planning the shoot, capturing the moment and to the final product. It has great photos and lots of advice on technique and the thought process behind ...
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking929 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell
Little, Brown and Company, 2005
Our Hidden Programming
Malcolm Gladwell is a "gatekeeper." In his book, Blink, he opens the gate to a room of self-discovery - a room that allows the reader, perhaps for the first time, to realize that our actions and judgments often are not as "objective" as we might think. Mr. Gladwell, through a series of examples and stories, explains that we each have our own "programming" - dare I say "prejudices" - about how we ...
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Backstage Pass: Broadway Bares3 reviews
Jerry Mitchell
Universe, 2008
great
had trouble with the first book being damaged and within a day of mentioning it i had another one sent to me
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Cartoon Guide to Statistics53 reviews
Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith
Collins, 1994
excellent.
this is great as a refresher and a road map of what to study in-depth.
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Scrapbook Page Maps: Sketches For Creative Layouts40 reviews
Becky Fleck
Memory Makers, 2008
Fantabulous!!!
If you don't have this book, you need to go on and order it! I don't want to sound like a commercial but this book has enhanced my scrapbooking. I have suffered with a scrapper's block for months and had purchased several scrapbook magazines but I didn't find anything fresh and exciting. This book kicked my scrapbooking back into high gear! I'm scrapping like I've never scrapped before!
I'm ...
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Vanishing Acts: A Novel181 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
Amazing
This is a great book, it is the kind of book you don't want to put down. I like how there are several turns in the book, just when you have made up your mind about a character something new comes along to give you a new perspectve.
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