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Constitutional Criminal Procedure: An Examination of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and Related Areas (Law School Casebook Series)
Published in Hardcover by Aspen Law & Business (March, 1995)
Authors: Ronald J. Allen, Richard B. Kuhns, and William J. Stuntz
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Easy to Read, Easy to Follow
Clearly the Easiest Text in Law School. The author explains the law and applies it. The facts of each case makes the rule of law easy to understand. It is important for the reader to keep track of the direction the cases are headed. Also keep track of "bright line" or "case by case" rules. The only supplement you need for this class is the current newspaper headline! Brief each case, and mind your facts!


Diseases of Swine
Published in Hardcover by Iowa State University Press (November, 1994)
Authors: Barbara E. Straw, William L. Mengeline, Allen Leman, David Taylor, and Sylvie D'Allaire
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The Comprehensive Guide to Hog Health & Care
This is a must-have book for all professional hog farmers! It contains full detailed descriptions on anatomy, and very helpful step-by-step guides and checklists on swine care. Virtually all known pig diseases are comprehensively covered, including history, diagnosis and treatment. Pictures and diagrams make it easy to understand, especially for non-veterinarians.


Elvis
Published in Hardcover by AAA (May, 1997)
Authors: William Allen, David Gibbon, and Nicola Dent
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Excellant book
This is a first rate book to place on your coffee table. Hundreds of beautiful photos and a biography on Elvis life are packed into this book. Make sure to buy this - includes info from his birth to death and even after.


Florida Quilts
Published in Hardcover by University Press of Florida (October, 1992)
Author: Charlotte Allen Williams
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Reccomended by the accidental quilter
This is a hardcopy of The Florida Quilt Heritage Project. It IS NOT a how to quilt manual, rather a volume that traces Florida quilts and their makers through the history of the state. It begins with the quilts of early America and ends in 1988. The color plates are lovely and particularly clear for photographs taken before the advent of the digital age. There are black and white vintage photos of early quiltmakers scattered throughout the book. I bought this book for my personal library because I wanted to see how quiltmaking in Florida changed over this period of time.


Gordon Conway: Fashioning a New Woman (American Studies Series)
Published in Hardcover by Univ of Texas Press (October, 1997)
Authors: Raye Virginia Allen and William H. Goetzmann
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An informative and interesting look at a cultural icon.
This is an indepth look into the life and times of a woman who was immensely talented. It is written by an author who obviously takes great pride in her subject and is quite thourough in her presentation of her subject. It would be a fascinating A&E special.


Green Phoenix : Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (February, 2001)
Author: William Allen
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Deforestation? How about rainforest restoration!?!
How often have you've heard the tales of gloom and doom regarding the deforestation of the tropics? Undoubtedly, the numbers are grim and the outlook for many forests is not good. This is why this story, wonderfully told by William Allen, a science writer at the ST. LOUIS DISPATCH, is particularly refreshing and guardedly optimistic.

Allen craftily weaves anecdote with history, real people with events to present a story that tells how a relatively small park in NW Costa Rica (Guanacaste National Park) developed into the Guanacaste Conservation Area, some 10 times larger than its original size. But the story is not limited to the success in creating a larger park. Rather, the author depicts the efforts of a determined group of Costa Rican and foreign scientists (led by Daniel Janzen) as they attempt to reverse the effects of deforestation and actually bring a substantial area back to some semblance of its original state.

The story delves quite a bit into Janzen's personality and raises the issue of a foreigner's role in a project such as this. Would it succeed without him? Just what would it take to restore non-virgin forest? Is this an idea that might work elsewhere? Just a few of the intriguing questions dealt with in this book.

I particularly enjoyed the beginning of each chapter, where the author introduces an anecdote upon which the rest of chapter usually builds. The anecdotal information is highly entertaining of itself, and when used as metafor, it is easier to remember the larger points made.

If you're into eco-whatever, this is great stuff...

paul e.


How to Raise and Train Pigeons
Published in Paperback by Wilshire Book Co (January, 1987)
Author: William H., Jr. Allen
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Great for anyone interested in pigeons!
How to raise and train pigeons is a wonderful, informative book that is great for the beginner. It has tons of color photos and plenty to read about. There are many topics mentioned, such as breeding, feeding, and maintaining the health of your birds. It is easy to understand and well written. I would recomend this book to advanced pigeon keepers as well as beginners just learning what it's all about.


Mechanical Desktop 4.0 Power Pack Tools - Instructor Version
Published in Spiral-bound by Technical Learningware Company,Inc. (12 November, 1999)
Authors: Richard Allen, William Kane, and Richard Banthin
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Its about time.
Finally, a Power Pack book. I had searched far and wide but I was not able to find a book that could serve my needs for Mechanical Desktop. Then I found this Power Pack book and it is great. It has a friendly format and it will definately come in handy for the next class that I have to teach.


Mindfield: New & Selected Poems
Published in Hardcover by Thunder's Mouth Press (December, 1997)
Authors: Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg
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An American original
Mindfield is an expansive retrospective of poems by one Gregorio Anuzio Corso. This guy is one of the original Beats. He was part of the original seven of Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs, Huncke, Holmes, Cassidy and Corso. Corso wrote an excellent collection called Gasoline which is generously represented in this book. This volume also includes poems from Corsos books for New Directions. Poems like Bomb and Marriage are Beat classics. Long Live Man should be retitled Long Live Corso! Corso never attained the level of noteriety of Ginsberg, Kerouac or Burroughs but there is work in this collection that will really make you wonder why. Shorter poems like Italian Extravaganza and I Am 25 really hit the spot. (amazingly Corso can still pull off I Am 25 at readings even as he reaches the age of 70) This is American poetry by an American original. It would be great to see Corso garner the recognizion that he has so long deserved.


Halfmoons and Dwarf Parrots
Published in Paperback by TFH Publications (January, 1900)
Author: William Allen
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