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Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme

21 reviews
Robert K. Wysocki

Wiley, 2006

Good Book for a beginner
If you are a practicing project manager, you may not find this book very useful. If you are new to Project Management (or planning to move to Project Management), then this book can help a lot. This book in my opinion is a text book (and a very good one). Book covers critical aspects of Project Management and explains planning and scheduling in an easy-to-understand fashion. I found the examples ...

Complete Traditional Recipe Book

1 review
Sarah Edington

National Trust, 2007

Complete Traditional Recipe Book
Love this book- many fine recipes. Only problems I found was the need for a food glossary, as many items contained in the book are not found in the US. (i.e.) Golden Syrup, blood pudding, ratafia biscuits. I was able to go online and search most of these out though, so it was ok, and really interesting to hunt ingredients down. The color photos are wonderful, and it is a high quality book, ...

Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets: Completely Revised and Updated

18 reviews
Jim Tolpin

Taunton, 2006

BTKC-BUY THIS BOOK
Definitely the best money I have spent on a cabinet book. Tolpin really provides a LOT of valuable information that can be used for DECADES to come. From what I gather through my readings, Tolpin is a traditionalist / purist at heart, but, he understands the necessity to produce time and resource efficient designs. He provides instruction on both sides of the spectrum: Fast and Effective ...

How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household

23 reviews
Blu Greenberg

Jason Aronson, 1997

Thorough resource
Mrs. Greenberg is really an incredible woman; she finds time to write, lecture, run a traditional household, and to be the co-founder and first president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, as well as serving on the boards of many other noble organisations and magazines. In this classic tome she gives detailed and thoughtful insights and instructions into how to live a traditional life and ...

Traditional Oil Painting: Advanced Techniques and Concepts from the Renaissance to the Present

17 reviews
Virgil Elliott

Watson-Guptill, 2007

Excellent Reference Book
This is not a "how-to" book; it is an excellent reference book to keep within reach when you are working. The older books are so obscure, so difficult to try to understand (I am thinking of the Doerner book in particular) and based on speculation about the techniques and materials used by the masters of the past. Mr. Elliott has kept abreast of discoveries by conservators in the major museums ...

Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb

13 reviews
Stephen Mouzon, Susan Henderson

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

Invaluable Resource
I am not an architect, but I am a city planner and frequently work with architects and draft zoning codes which govern architecture. To me, this book is worth the money simply for the "lexicon" at the beginning which describes and illustrates the key elements of traditional building construction. No other book I have used provides these descriptions in such a readily understandable way. Most ...

The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 4 (Traditional Bowyer's Bible)
Jim Hamm

The Lyons Press, 2008

The fourth volume in the immensely successful Traditional Bowyer's Bible series, this is a compendium of expert articles on traditional techniques of making wooden bows and arrows.

Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Improving Health and Longevity with Native Nutrition

8 reviews
Ronald F. Schmid

Healing Arts Press, 1997

Changing a (new) life
I first read this book in 1987, when it was initially published. I'd picked it up in a bookstore on Fifth Avenue (that's how well I remember the occasion, 16 years later), started to read, and couldn't put it down. So I bought what for me then was an expensive book and finished it that night. It was difficult to know who to admire more after after I'd completed it, Ron Schmid, who so lucidly ...

Traditional Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

3 reviews
Madeleine Orban-Szontagh

Dover Publications, 1989

great for embroidery
Very useful for my simple goldwork embroidery designs. Some need enlargement and others need to remove some of the lines not needed for goldwork. Could also work with crewel embroidery although I haven't done that yet.

Great Traditional Style

1 review
Shelley Stewart

Meredith Books, 2006

A gorgeous book!
Beautiful book. Absolutely gorgeous pictures. I poured through it to get ideas for window treatments in our new traditional-style home. Very inspirational.

Traditional Dutch Tiles Designs (Agile Rabbit Editions)

Pepin Press, 2002

This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, ...

An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols

7 reviews
J. C. Cooper

Thames & Hudson, 1987

An excellent resource
An excellent resource on symbolism. Very comprehensive in presenting information from many traditions and cultures. Includes wonderful illustrations and photos that serve to enrich the information provided. As well as being informative, it provides the reader with much to think about and deepen his/her understanding of symbols. Indispensible in my library.

2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

8 reviews
H. Roessing

Dover Publications, 1991

Great Resource for Designers
This book is chock full of great Victorian design. It has cartouches (ornamental borders), patterns, single filligree elements, and the best part is that they are all royalty free. You will need to scan the elements and clean them up a bit, but this book is a fantastic resource for the "flourish" trend that is going on in graphic design right now. Highly recommended.

The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails: A How-to Handbook for Builders and Owners

1 review
David Nichols

Breakaway Books, 2006

A good general resource for the small traditional sailboater
I like this book for its enoyable writing style and practical information on the rigging of traditional small wooden boats. The various sails documented are the lovely and functional products of centuries of European and American boating tradition, and what is good in life should stay that way, and the author assists this process with his contribution to the subject. Indeed, what better way to ...

The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification

4 reviews
Matthew Wood

North Atlantic Books, 2004

Herbal Remedies from the Old Ways
Matthew Fox has brought the Old Ways of Herbal Medicine to our modern world. This book speaks in a language I can understand. His descriptions of the underlying imbalances within the tissue that results in symptoms made such an impression on me. He lists signs which we all can identify in our illness. The book gives a description of the plants that can favorably affect these tissue states. ...

Traditional Acupuncture: The Law of the Five Elements

5 reviews
Dianne M. Connelly

Traditional Acupuncture Institute, Incorporat, 1994

This is a beautiful book
I gave Dianne Connelly's book on the Five Elements to my mother, an artist, because it clearly describes the art of Chinese medicine. It lifts the veil from the mysteries of a healing tradition that expresses a deep respect for nature and wellness. The British school of acupuncture often looks deeper than quick-fix Chinese medicine by reaching for the source of imbalance.. It is well worth ...

Digital Art Studio: Techniques for Combining Inkjet Printing with Traditional Art Materials

48 reviews
Karin Schminke, Dorothy Simpson Krause, ...

Watson-Guptill, 2004

Unique Ways of Diplaying your Images
This is the best book if your looking for that edge when diplaying your images. I have all these wonderful images but really coudl'nt get them into a gallery, I have already been offered a place in a gallery because of this book. There are so many ways to diplay here. Getting through your printer is easy, I found finding the polyproylene in Australia was a little hard but the net is good for ...

Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Authoritative and Comprehensive Guide

1 review
Henry C. Lu

Basic Health Publications, 2005

Good intro to Chinese Dietetics, and more.
I like the simplicity of style in this book. Also I notice is well research into the traditional ways of China. You can learn food cures almost for every symptom you now, or if you prefer to learn Chinese diagnosis, go to the Treatment of Common Diseases chapter. There is a chapter on Tai Chi, that explains each exercise and its benefits. Keep it close, this is no novel, you can read and discard. ...

Beyond Traditional Job Development: The Art of Creating Opportunity

4 reviews
Denise Bissonnette

M. Wright, 1994

Step out of the box and help customers create opportunity!
Bissonnette's book and cassettes are a resource that I use frequently in my role as job developer. Although she targets job-hunters with disabilities, Bissonnette's "employment proposal" can be used by any job-seekers - adults, students, dislocated workers, and career-changers. These approaches are solid, easily implemented, effective, and empowering for my customers; lots of information, ...

Practical Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine

5 reviews
Tietao Deng

Churchill Livingstone, 1999

A TCM Diagnostic Dream -come -true!
As a practicing acupuncturist of 12 years and teacher of this artful medicine, I found this book invaluable for both practioners and students of TCM. The wealth of information on examination methods(i.e.: tongue,pulse,abdomen,almost every aspect of facial diagnosis), 10 questions, and more was impressive! The author gives more than enough information to discern what pattern(s)are present and ...

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