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30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

Product Description
Old, origionally published 1942 How to book on inreasing a person's Vocabulary. How to drills and word training

7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking: How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake

Book Description
Drink less, crave less and nip your problem drinking in the bud with the easy Drink/Link Moderate Drinking Program in this book! Drink/Link has helped thousands of drinkers worldwide to control drinking and prevent alcoholism since 1988. Over 80% of the drinkers who have completed this program have either cut their drinking in half or significantly reduced it! No meetings, drugs, belief in a higher power or professional help are required for you to succeed.

First, you learn five healthy drinking guidelines. Then you're given clinically-proven strategies and techniques to help you stay within those guidelines. You'll learn to manage alcohol craving, how to slow down and pace your drinking, pre-plan for drinking occasions, learn from you slips and resolve issues that drive you to drink so they don't lead to binge drinking. Alcohol will become less important to you and you'll automatically drink less.

Drink/Link is the first moderate drinking program registered with the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and has been recognized in many publications, including Time Magazine, ABCNews.com, the New York Post, Esquire and the Scripps Howard News Service.

About The Author
Donna Cornett, founder and director of Drink/Link Moderate Drinking Programs, was in her 30's when grew concerned about her drinking. Even though she was not having any serious problems with alcohol, she was health conscious and thought she was drinking more than she should. But she didn't think her drinking was serious enough to stop altogether.

At the time, a drinker's only options were to continue drinking or to quit and go to AA. She knew there were thousands of drinkers like her - not alcoholic, but problem drinkers at times - who had no program they could turn to that would teach them how to drink sensibly and appropriately. That's when she developed the Drink/Link Moderate Drinking Program - for herself and the millions of problem drinkers just like her.

Cornett earned an M.A. in psychology and holds a California College Teaching Credential in the subject. She has counseled drinkers since 1985 and is also the author of Moderate Drinking - Naturally! Herbs and Vitamins to Control Your Drinking.

A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your...

A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your...

Book Description
The latest book in our highly successful "Discovering Your Ancestors" series, this hands-on guide addresses virtually every aspect of tracing Germanic lineage. Written for beginners, Anderson and Thode cover the basics of genealogy, clearly explaining how to plan, organize and begin searching.

They also discuss the unique challenges associated with Germanic ancestral research and offer proven ways to overcome them - including how to locate and interpret vital and emigration records. In addition, this guide provides a history of Germanic countries and their changing boundaries to help researchers find their villages of origin and determine the events that led their ancestors to emigrate.

From naturalization to name changes, actual case studies of both typical and atypical Germanic genealogies demonstrate how to "solve" a research mystery, and comprehensive listings of Germanic archives, research forms, letter-writing examples and maps will save genealogists hours of additional work.

About The Author
S. Chris Anderson is a certified genealogist, a county archivist, a retired university professor and the author of ten books. He lives in Rockbridge, Ohio. Ernest Thode is the author of Address Book for Germanic Genealogy and two other books. He lives in Washington County, Ohio. Both authors have a combined experience of more than 60 years in Germanic research, and have conducted hundreds of workshops, classes and lectures on genealogy.

A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestors: How to Find and...

Book Description
Do you have a diverse cultural background, with a mixture of different ethnic groups? Uncovering where your ancestors came from as well as how and when they arrived in America can be a challenge. But whether your ancestors arrived in 1900, 1600, or were here to greet the rest, learn methods and sources for researching your ethnic ancestors. Divided into three parts, A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestors will show you how to get started on your search, how to focus your search using profiles of forty-two distinct ethnic groups, including American Indians and African Americans, and how to leave a written legacy of your unique heritage.

A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your...

From Library Journal
In this expansion of their 1998 collaboration, Ireland: A Genealogical Guide, the authors begin with a recap of basic search strategies, such as understanding given names and surnames and options in research depending on whether or not an ancestor's place in Ireland is known. Several chapters are then devoted to resources for locating Irish immigrants in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the British West Indies a vital approach, as many beginners want to "jump the pond" straight to Ireland while ignoring non-Irish sources that can provide valuable data. Coverage of Irish sources such as civil registrations, emigration lists, tax, estate and land records, military records, and cemetery, census, and church data includes the historical significance of the record types and what sort of information can be found within. Other topics covered are Irish place names and administrative divisions, heritage centers, Internet resources, inventories and catalogs, research guides, and society records. Each chapter refers the reader to numerous print sources, web sites, addresses of societies, and repositories and concludes with a suggested reading list. Copious icons and illustrations point out tips and techniques to make one's research more fruitful. An appendix of archives and libraries is also included. Where John Grenham's Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (LJ 5/15/00. 2d ed.) focuses more on identifying specific Irish records by location than general search strategies, this book puts more emphasis on introducing beginners to successful research methods as well as Irish and non-Irish sources. Highly recommended for public libraries; those with the means might purchase extra copies for circulation. The authors are the former publishers of the journal, The Irish at Home and Abroad. Elaine M. Kuhn, Allen Cty. P.L., Ft. Wayne, IN
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description
Family genealogists will find easy step-by-step suggestions for determining an Irish ancestor's place of origin, and advice for researching Irish records in America and on the Emerald Isle itself.

Readers will find a wealth of information, such as:
* the basic strategies of Irish research
* working with home sources
* accessing, making sense of and working with Irish records inside and outside of Ireland
* making the most of Internet resources
* using cemetery records, church records, estate records, military records and more!

A Handbook of Wine - How to Buy, Serve, Store and Drink It

Product Description
Originally published London in 1922. This book on wine is designed as a practical handbook for the reader who wishes the knowledge necessary for him to buy wisely, to store safely, to serve correctly, and to drink with greatest enjoyment. The illustrations are explanatory, not merely decorative. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Adapting American Antiques: How to Find, Restore, Convert, and Use Antiques

After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage Styles

Antique American Tractor and Crawler Value Guide

Product Description
Divided by tractor brand, this valuable reference establishes values for North American farm tractors and crawlers. Following the rating system established among car collectors, this unique guide lists tractors with values in five conditions. Values listed are based on prices actually realized at auctions. Expert collectors compare notes, references, and prices to produce this accurate and invaluable guide.

About The Author
RAndy Leffingwell is an MBI best-selling author whose most recent works are Corvette fifty Years, Mustang Forty Years, and John Deere: A History of the Tractor. He resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Antique and Collectible Buttons: Identification and Values

Book Description
The button, both functional and decorative, can be deservingly considered an art form on a small scale. This book is a dazzling color array of outstanding examples. Thousands of buttons are featured in over 300 color plates. Debra Wisniewski, an avid collector, has chosen the most beautiful and fascinating buttons to represent the vast variety available. They are displayed in this gorgeous hardcover book which provides invaluable information to the collector - complete descriptions, dates, and of course, current values. The realistic price ranges given reflect actual prices paid and considerable discussion with other collectors. All ages, styles and materials are represented in this fascinating reference and value guide. It's a perfect book for anyone who appreciates the art, craft, beauty, and skill apparent in these buttons. 2003 values. REVIEW: In only 168 pages, this book has made a successful collector out of me. It has numerous illustrations, all in color; an orderly method of describing types of buttons and their history; tips on cleaning and displaying them; and addresses of publications, suppliers, and clubs for collectors. Although it is crisply informative, the book also conveys the pleasant, upbeat personality of the writer. -Amazon.com

Antique Brass and Copper Identification and Value Guide

Product Description
This book will help both the buyer and seller make accurate evaluations. Full-color photographs of more than 500 items together with complete descriptions and current values make this an invaluable reference. Lighting implements, fireplace equipment, kitchen items, tools, hardware fixtures, decorative personal objects, and household copper items including entrance foyer, parlor study, kitchen dining room, and bed bath pieces are featured. 2001 values. AUTHORBIO: Mary Frank Gaston's study of antiques began during the mid-1960s when she and her husband lived in New England which is so rich in our nation's history. She has authored many titles, with subjects including Flow Blue China, Blue Willow, English China, Limoges Porcelain, R.S. Prussia, Antique Brass Copper, Knowles, Taylor Knowles China, and Art Deco. Most of her books have seen multiple editions and/or volumes, as her books are extremely popular among collectors. REVIEW: A reader from Frederick, MD says, "I read 'No Dragons On My Quilt' to my daughter about 12 years ago after borrowing it from a library. Of course we ordered our very own copy. Back then we got it in hardback. Our whole family loves the book so much that we tried to order an extra copy for my son a few years ago. We wanted copies for each child to be passed down to their own kids when they were grown. (It's that kind of book.)"

About The Author
Mary Frank Gaston's study of antiques began during the mid-1960s when she and her husband lived in New England which is so rich in our nation's history. Most of her books have seen multiple editions and/or volumes, as her books are extremely popular among collectors.