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Surgical Anatomy of the Skin
Published in Hardcover by McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange (1988)
Authors: Stuart J. Salasche, Gerald Bernstein, and Mickey Senkarik
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This book is a piece of art
This is the most detailed, most clear, most organized
facial anatomy book. It covers from skin tension lines,
facial muscles, facial nerves, to skin agin and many more.
Each topic has its own extensive photos and highest quality
illustrations, together with a list of the very helpful
citation, references at the end of each chapter.
I have read this book at least 5 times, and I still
constantly use it as a reference for my computer facial
modeling and animation research work.

Anyway,.. I hope that this book will print at least
100,000 more copies. It's simply a piece of art..!!

Surgical Anatomy of the skin by Dr Stuart Salasche
This a classic. Unfortunately out of print...what a pity. This a book which is timeless and invaluable as anatomy never changes. Perhaps this book should be reprinted again and again .....Dr Salasche is a great master and a superb teacher.....it would suffice to say this book is a classic


Tea Chings: Appreciating the Varietals and Virtues of Fine Tea and Herbs
Published in Hardcover by Newmarket Press (2002)
Authors: Ron Rubin, Stuart Avery Gold, and The Republic of Tea
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Tea chings: a great beginning
Being new to the joy of tea drinking, this was a great introduction. Great chapters on the history of tea, the many varieties, and the basics for brewing a cup. I highly recommend it and their wonderful tea.

The products of the Republic of Tea are as good as this book
Although I haven't totally abandoned my coffee---and my coffee lifestyle---the Republic of Tea's products and mission have brought a growing serenity to my everyday outlook. The sip-by-sip culture centered around the "event" of taking tea has been a release valve for my frenetic pace.

This book helped me appreciate the inner-workings---not just the taste---of tea. I will keep it next to my teapot where it will serve a valuable reference to this ageless beverage.


Teamwork
Published in Paperback by Top Dog Pubns (1997)
Authors: Lydia Kelley, Stew Nordensson, Stuart Gellman, and Scott Ash
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Finally, a dog book for ALL people.
This book truly covers many different ways to train your dog, disabled or not. Easy to read and understand too!

Disabled people CAN train their own dogs!
This book is invaluable if you have a disability, and want to train your own dog in basic obedience. Stew and Lydia explain how to train a dog if you are in a wheelchair, or use crutches.

Even if you have no movement of your limbs, you can train your dog, with equipment that you can get built or buy.

This book is invaluable for anyone who is disabled, and wants to train their own dog.


Telecommunications Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press Law Casebook Series)
Published in Hardcover by Carolina Academic Press (2001)
Authors: Stuart Minor Benjamin, Douglas Lichtman, and Howard A. Shelanski
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well-written and nearly comprehensive
Benjamin, Lichtman, and Shelanski have written an excellent book on U.S. telecommunications law. The book provides a glimpse at the early history of U.S. radio telecommunications and brings the reader up to fairly recent developments. Explanations of the spectrum, arguments of why broadcast media have been regulated (children's tv, indecency, Fairness Doctrine, for example), selected court cases and FCC actions are provided. "Notes and questions" are provided at the end of segments within each chapter and help the reader anticipate issues addressed subsequently. The book is well written and the authors have an enjoyable sense of humor. While the book does give attention to the Internet, readers might want to supplement the book's coverage by reading Sharon Black's "Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age" published in 2002 by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Great Book
This book introduces basic concepts about how the government regulates broadcast television, radio, cable, telephone, and Internet service. It includes easy-to-read discussions and also excerpts of important documents and cases.

The book was written for use in law school classes, but it would be valuable to practicing attorneys as well as to managers at major telecommunications firms, especially those working to understand the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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A Time to Be Born (American Odyssey, No 1)
Published in Paperback by Fleming H Revell Co (1900)
Author: Gilbert Morris
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Great book
I have read up to book number five in the series and i have loved them all. I get wrapped up in all the family. The history is great and the plots are real.

Family Love
I like this book because it is historical fiction. In this book it tells how the three oldest childern of the Stewart family gets jobs and some find love. There is love, romance, family struggle, death, and even a little violence.


Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do (Mathstart)
Published in Library Binding by HarperCollins Children's Books (1996)
Authors: Stuart J. Murphy and Kevin O'Malley
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Perfect for learning basic math
My kindergartner loves this book. We read it every night. She is learning basic addition without even realizing it. I also love that the animals are mostly from Australia including dingos, kangaroos and platypuses.

A great book to pass down or share with friends.

Wonderful illustrations
Charming story with wonderful illustrations. My son loves to count the "too many things to do" items on each page. We also learn about the fun animals of Australia and how they surprise their friend Kangaroo on his birthday.


Travels with Anne
Published in Paperback by Xlibris Corporation (20 October, 2000)
Author: Stuart Anderson
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Heart and Humor
Stuart Anderson's Travels With Anne kept me smiling knowingly all the way through.He describes "interesting" people and unpleasant situations most of us have encountered in terms that make both the people and the situation funny, and therefore, bearable. Though most of the text has to do with the people and the unpredictable foibles of travel, the attention given to the actual locations leave you knowing that Anderson was deeply touched by those places--the Serengeti, Arctic, Denali, and more.

Travels with Anne
It's a lot more fun to endure the trials of someone elses trips than to experience them yourself. Laughing from start to finish makes the stories easy reading. Probably most of us have had our own unfortunate experiences while traveling, but it takes someone with the writing skill of Stuart Anderson to make them so vivid and hilarious. I wonder why anyone would go out of their way to make themselves so uncomfortable. At least I know where not to go on future trips.


The Tricks of the Trade
Published in Hardcover by Routledge (1991)
Authors: Dario Fo, Stuart Hood, and Joe Farrell
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A freeing work from a brilliant actor/scholar.
In this book Dario Fo articulates the relationship between actor and audience in a way only someone who has accepted the physical and mental demands of the acting craft can do. Fo demonstrates he is one part actor, one part scholar, and one part inspired artist. Each page illustrates the line between how an actor acts and their audience cannot be separated from themselves, their society, or from the history of the craft. If nothing else, Fo's joy in performance helps explain why actors remain central to entertainment and to society.

Donald Sutherland praised this book on Charlie Rose 9/10/98
Donald Sutherland praised this book on Charlie Rose 9/10/98Donald Sutherland praised this book on Charlie Rose 9/10/98.

That's good enough for me.

I plan to buy it for my daughter - a fledgling Commedia artist.


The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged
Published in Hardcover by Penguin Books (2000)
Author: Stuart McLean
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Clever enough to be funny, honest enough to be touching
I picked this book up on a whim, having no idea what it was about or who Stuart McLean was. I'm glad I made such a foolish purchase.

This book (which is a collection of short stories) is the third in the Vinyl Cafe series, following the lives of a "simple" family from Toronto; husband Dave, wife Morley, and kids Stephanie and Sam. Dave owns a used record store (the Vinyl Cafe, who's motto is "We may not be big, but we're small"). Morley works in theatre. They have a dog, they have a cat, they have quirky neighbours; they have a normal life.

The book, however, is anything but normal. Instead of simply plodding along, the book gives us strong comedic stories about universal things that uncondescendingly give a message or moral.

"Love Never Ends" is a touching story about a letter Dave receives from the widow of a man who knew growing up. It sounds like weak material, but you'll either be smiling or crying when you finish. "The Fly" sees Dave swallow one after throwing a chain letter away... and doing whatever he can to get it out of him. "Christmas Presents" follows the family through the Christmas season, as they try to make gifts for each other... with varying results.

The best may be "Harrison Ford's Toes", in where Morley finds an old Tamagotchi she was supposed to give Sam for Christmas a few years before. She decides to hide it from Dave when he comes in the room, too ashamed to admit she'd lost it and forgot about it. She pretends to be reading a magazine with Harrison Ford on the cover and makes a silly comment about how perfect Harrison Ford's Toes are. Let's just say that over the next few days, Dave tries his best to get his toes to look better than Mr. Ford's, and that when Morley begins to spend a bit too much time with the Tamagotchi.

I recomend this book to literally anyone who likes to read. It's the kind of book for all of us who've ever tried to toilet train our cat, or has ever had the sprinklers go off during a Christmas pageant, or has ever worried about their son's knitting habit. Go buy it. Enjoy.

Very, very funny
Funniest book I've read since "A Walk in the Woods". Characters are real, situations are believeable and it's just plain fun.


Water - A Science Fantasy
Published in Digital by EBook Press Ltd. ()
Author: Stuart A. Jackson
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I want more of this!
OK, this book is a MUST to read! It grabbed me completely from the first page. I did not remember to eat or sleep before I had finished it. The characters are great, the scenery amazing and the action thrilling. And sex too. I can see this book making a great computer game or a film. I am eagerly waiting for a sequel for this...

Breathtaking Scope
Water is a mind-blowing debut from Stuart Jackson, following the journies of four very different characters. Set on the vast ecological paradise of Novagaia, in orbit around an Earth from which humanity has long since been banished, Tenys, Melie, Flocanalog and Manchester are drawn into a sequence of events that began centuries before as the cetacean creatures of earth evolved sentience, and the power to change the universe.

Water explores many concepts that will be familiar to science fiction afficionados, particularly the continued evolution of sentience and new forms of life, whilst seamlessly blending new perspectives on the roles that technology, particularly nanotechnology, could play in our future.

It is the encounters with the metacetaceans, the powerful inhabitants of Water, that really makes this book stand out from much of the current crop of recycled science fiction. Jackson's unconventional approach to translating the metacetacean's mode of communication, whilst disorienting at first, really serves to remind the reader of the differences in cognition and comprehension between his human and non-human characters. Flocanalog, who is partway between these two worlds, makes the point abundantly clear as he undergoes a long and traumatic removal from his symbiotic shell, in order to make the journey to Novagaia.

In all, Water is a thoroughly enjoyable read that remains thought-provoking without disappearing into the realm of self-indulgence. I will be eagerly awaiting more of the same from Stuart Jackson.


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