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3 reviews
Glenford J. Myers

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1978

Well written. Easily read. The best. A must read.
I read this book 20 years ago and I am still recommending it. WE NEED A REPRINTING!

VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics 3rd Ed (Miscellaneous/Catalogs)

7 reviews
W. Gellert

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1994

Excellent basis for a comprehensive education in MATHEMATICS
This is THE book that I use with my home schooled children for MATHEMATICS. It is well written and has clear and comprehensive coverage. Start at page one and go through the text in order. Highly recommended, and I hope that we will see it back in print soon.

McGuffey Readers Set W/Bell

24 reviews
McGuffey

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1978

Teach Your Kids to Read Early
With all the reviews here, there isn't a need for another one lauding this series of readers. Our experience might prove helpful to some. Our oldest daughter completed reading the McGuffey Primer when she was three years and eight months old. She finished reading the First Eclectic Reader a couple of weeks before she turned four! [From there on she read at will and we didn't keep track of ...

Design and Layout of Foodservice Facilities

3 reviews
John C. Birchfield

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1988

Very helpful text.
I like the fact that this book discusses how to make the design and layout of a facility function in its favor. As I read it, it continues to remind me that a lot of thought has to be put into the environment of the facility and people within various specialties must be integrated to make everything work smoothly.

Color Drawing: A Marker/Colored-Pencil Approach for Architects, Landscape Architects, Interior and Graphic ...

20 reviews
Michael E. Doyle

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1993

Outstanding Resource
This is the standard for rendering in architecture and interior design as far as I am concerned. It will most definitely become a required textbook for my classes in visual presentation in the years to come. Doyle takes you step-by-step into the process of rendering with marker, color pencil, and pastels. But he doesn't just spoon feed you the recipe for each material rendering, he presents ...

All Sweaters in Every Gauge

3 reviews
Barbara Goldstein

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1984

The PERFECT book for crocheted or knitted sweaters.
This is an amazing book. You can truly crochet or knit any sweater with any yarn in any gauge successfully with this book. A real bonus book for those 'yarn-aholics' out there who love to collect yarns, then decide they need to make something out of all that yarn. :-)

Encyclopedia of Computer Science

6 reviews

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976

The wait is finally over
Two words for you - David Hemmindinger - Can this man edit or what? Was Very excited about the release of this book, excellent reference material. I think Dinger needs to write a book of his own next! I know I'll read it.

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

17 reviews
Francis D.k. Ching

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1995

Ching's books are great!
This book is really good for architecture students. I do not use the book every day, but when I need it, it proves very usefull. All books from this author that I purchased are really good so far. This one has a lot of details drawings which are great.

Plaster Mold and Model Making

4 reviews
Chaney

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1978

I Think This Book Is Great.
I think this book is a great book for several reasons and I can't understand why they discontinued it. I teach a class in ceramic mold making which is what this book is about. I gained quite a bit of knowledge from this book and highly recommend it to my students if they can find a copy to beg, borrow, or steal. I consider it one of the foremost authorities on the subject. And although it was ...

Dictionary of Food Ingredients

3 reviews
Robert S. Igoe

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983

Excellent reference
Excellent reference for anyone working in the food industry or anyone who wants to understand the ingredients on their food labels. Easy to read, items are listed alphabetically as you would expect from a dictionary, but another useful section of the book also includes informational overviews of food ingredient categories such as sweetners, colorings, emulsifiers,etc.. Definitely something ...

Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines, Examples, and References

2 reviews
Underground Space Center, Minnesota Energy Agency

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979

About this book:
Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines Examples, and References- Universty Of Minnesota ~ ISBN: 0442288212 318 pages, well done, many examples and styles of sheltered and underground designs. Fabulous technical guide to earth sheltered (underground) housing. Chapters include site planning, architectural design, energy use, structural design, waterproofing and insulation, building ...

Cerebral Palsy: The Child and Young Person

2 reviews
L. Cogher

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1992

Expensive, but worth it
This book, written in England, provides an outstanding description of the development of children and teenagers with cerebral palsy. The authors described the emotional, neurological, social, and motor control issues in a very clear and succinct way. I found this book to be more helpful in explaning developmental issues than several American reference books which are much longer than this ...

Air Pollution Engineering Manual (Environmental Engineering)

2 reviews
Anthony J. Buonicore

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1992

One of the most useful tools for Environmental Engineers
This book has the most extense inventory, sector by sector, of data related to processes, emissions and control techniques. Therefore, we have here a major supply of guidelines and useful information for our work in our everyday struggle to "play doctors" with our own planet.

Moisture Control Handbook: Principles and Practices for Residential and Small Commercial Buildings (Building ...

3 reviews
Joseph W. Lstiburek, John Carmody

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1993

An excellent practical reference
This is an excellent introductory overview of practical problems and solutions relating to moisture control in buildings. The diagrams are outstanding! The emphasis is on moisture problems and solutions in low-rise framed buildings. My only disappointment is that the underlying physics are not described and that predictive techniques are not presented. An excellent reference book for ...

The Interior Design Business Handbook

3 reviews
Mary V. Knackstedt

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1992

The interior design handbook
Clear, well written, with astute comments about the business side of this interesting profession. This lady knows what she is talking about, having been in this area of consulting for many years. You can tell her expertise easily by reading this book! A must for all interior designers.

The Becoming a Chef Journal

2 reviews
Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1996

What a wonderful way to stay creatively inspired
If you loved the bood "Becoming a Chef" (and how could you not!), you will love having this journal on hand to record your growth as a culinary artist. Yes, it is primarily a blank book on which to record your thoughts, but it prompts you with pages to write about your food memories, major moments in your professional and creative development, restaurant reviews and experiences, etc. It ...

Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones

2 reviews
Joel E. Arem

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1987

although the rest are very fine, this is still the best
It is a real shame that this book is presently out-of-print, I borrowed it from the local library some 5 years ago, and to this date have yet to see anything better in this genre. The technical data about precious stones - such as dispersion, types of refraction, specific gravity, types of cutting, and so on - are well covered, with specific commentaries on individual stones presented in ...

Editing Your Newsletter

3 reviews
Mark Beach

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983

Anyone who edits a newsletter ought to read this book.
Mark Beach understands that editing a newsletter is a process, not a goal in itself. He encourages people to assess their audience -- their real audience -- and adjust their content to meet that need. It's a great hands-on manual. I have the 1988 edition; I'm sure the newer version updates all the latest electronic doo-dads (they're great). But the key is recognizing who you are writing for ...

Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising: Antique, Period, and Modern

3 reviews
Anna M. Miller

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1989

"The Nuts & Bolts" of Appraisal Practice!
Anna Miller, in her recently updated version (9-99) of "The Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising", gives a novice or a professional some expert information in this edition. The concepts and principles section alone is worth the price of the book, but her book also covers everthing from making the "correct identification" to tips on the appraisal document itself. Also included is ...

Analysis of Messy Data

2 reviews
Milliken

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

first in a series of books by these authors on messy data
Messy data is data that does fit into the structure to be directly analyzed by the standard methods. In the case of linear models based on designed experiments this can be due to missing data or unbalanced data. The authors do a fabulous job of laying out the various situations that involve methods for handling such problems. By separating the material into three volumes the authors can ...

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