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If you love facts!
Nice weather, isn't it?" So goes a typical Minnesota greeting--and if the weather isn't NICE, weather comments are still foremost in our greeting.

If you love to watch, think, talk about or curse the weather, the Minnesota Weather Almanac will give you a better understanding of the range of our weather.

"Cold enough for you?"

If you like tidbits like: "What is the record for consecutive days of temperatures never rising above freezing (32F) in the Twin Cities (p. 85), the choices are 18, 42 and 66. Gads, the answer is 66 days, from December 19, 1977 to February 12, 1978. As they said in the Grumpy Old Men movie --- Brrrrrrrrrr.

Whether you are a weather novice or a junkie, this book has it all. Author climatologist Mark Seely is also a Minnesota Public Radio commentator. He has organized the information by seasons, and gives you enough facts and figures for many family dinners or long car rides. It includes quizzes, historical weather pictures, and definitions (what is a wind ripple? p.69).

Some of the granddaddy of storms are listed like: Out of the more than 1400 Minnesota tornadoes (from 1920-2005), how many have been classified as F-5s, with wind speeds more than 261 miles per hour? Choices: 7, 15 or 32. Answer is 7 and the most recent was in Chandler in Murray County, June 16, 1992.

Armchair Interviews says: Minnesota Weather Almanac is a great book for people who love facts, making this an idea gift for dad or granddad, as men seem to revel in spouting facts, right?




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This book teaches developers how to go full-throttle with Delphi, no matter which version they're using. Approximately 50 percent of the book's material applies to Delphi for Windows (the current, 16-bit version) while the other 50 percent deals with Delphi32 (the new 32-bit version for Windows 95 and Windows NT). Each chapter focuses on a particular area of Delphi development, such as making Windows Application Program Interface (API) calls: using OCXs: creating dynamic link libraries; designing components; building client/server applications; creating databases, and more. ... Read more

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Best Delphi book written
The book is written for the developer by experienced people who did not use worthless examples.The examples are what is required in real world programming.The book is excellent to learn from and also to use as a reference even though Delphi 2 was the latest release at the time of publication.I have used this as a reference in the majority of cases.I have been using Delphi for over 6 years now for desktop development.

One of the BEST books on understanding and using DELPHI
'Delphi in Depth' is the best book I have found on understanding Delphi.I have 14 books on Delphi and this book is a must have, for anyone serious about learning and using Delphi.It is useful for both the novice and expert programmer.The explainations and CD examples are simple and direct, showing you HOW, but also explaining in plain english WHY and WHEN to use properties and methods. ... Read more

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The undisputed rulers of Mythic Europe are the nobility - those high-born who are bound together by sacred vows of loyalty, are supported by the land, and provide support to the Church. Lesser nobles compete for the favor of those superior to them, while great nobles seek the loyalty of those beneath them. When not distracted by the politics of landholding and of war, they hunt the mundane and magical beasts of the forests and host extravagant feasts. For the nobles of Mythic Europe are first and foremost knights in shining armor.

This book contains complete rules and background for the nobility of Mythic Europe, ranging from the details of their lands to their entertainments, political struggles, and dealings with the Order of Hermes. And, of course, it presents special rules for combat, whether at a tournament or during a desperate siege. It also describes the hard lives of the peasants, who make the rich existence of the nobility possible by providing the food at their feasts, the labor for their buildings, and the soldiers in their armies. ... Read more

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Well written, badly layed out
Lords of Men is a good supplement for the Ars Magica roleplaying game. It contains a lot of good information on medeaval nobility and some solid game mechanics for creating and developing noble characters. Better still, the game mechanics here build on existing rules, rather then introducing new rules, making is easy to incorporate this supplement into an existing saga. Overall, Lords of Men is almost an excellent product.

Unfortunately, the book is poorly laid out. It has no real introduction and the first chapter jumps directly into details and rules which don't make a lot of sense unless you either know a lot about the middle ages or have already read the later chapters. Only after reading the whole book does everything become clear. I think the book would have been better served is the chapters had been presented in a different order.

That said, if you're running an Ars Magica game that includes or deals with noble characters (and how can you not?) it really is worth picking up. ... Read more

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In the interwar period art revealed itself as part of the social and ideological order. The work of art became a point of intersection for the modern, unstable and ambiguous world. Works of art produced in these decades reflect a range of discourses on power and subjectivity. They contribute to the foundation of the post-war development of aesthetic pluralism and point out the socially conditioned framings of the Fine Arts. During the last decades, research in the field of interwar art has reworked and reconceptualised existing notions on the period. This book offers four new approaches which also contribute to reflections on methodological questions regarding the changes in the disciple of Art History since the early 1970s. The articles discuss topics such as Le Corbusier's connection with the French fascist movement, the position of women in the avant garde movement, Giorgio de Chirico's play with kitsch and avant garde practices, and the semiotics of the surrealist image. ... Read more

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A Christian comic book anthology, Proverbs & Parables features short vignettes based around the proverbs of Solomon and the parables of Christ. Over sixty artists participated in this anthology, reflecting a very wide range of art styles and genres -- from "grim & gritty" to "funny animals". This book is a visual celebration of the words of the wise, and the wisdom of God's Word. ... Read more

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Tying to make the boring into the palatable
What to do if you're trying to make something as stupid and boring as the bible into something that a poor gullible child will accept? This is the problem faced by the authors, and they do a half-way decent job of presenting bible idiocy as something partly entertaining as a comic book. Should be useful for gullible, brainwashed parents attempting to produce gullible, brainwashed children. Start them with Santa, and if they believe that, move on to the bible in comic book form.

Bible comics
Great idea with uneven results.Some superb art in places, but not always as an appropriate counterpoint to the accompanying Scriptures.The parts that do succeed are worth the cover price alone.

Both Entertaining and Meaningful
This collection is remarkable for the fact that so many artists in the comic book industry turn out to be Christians.Passages from Proverbs and the Parables of Christ have been taken directly from the Bible andillustrated in styles running the gamut from mediocre to brilliant.I'veseen a number of these artists before.Some of the work in thiscompilation represents the best efforts of some; yet with others, it seemsmore like work that has beenslapped-together-for-free.I recommend thisbook because it is refreshing to see so many artists working together toproduce it.However, some of the interpretations of scripture arecontrived and should be read in their original context, and not merely inthis volume. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Paulo Roberto Junges, Jesper Olsen, Claus Jensen, Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lyle Yorks, Mark Strudal, Stefan Schmidt, Steven Lustü, Jørgen Nielsen, Jéferson Lima de Menezes, Paris Nakajima-Farran, Brian Flies, Ulrik Balling, Rasmus Green, Carsten V. Jensen, Peter Bonde, Allan Hansen, Karsten Johansen. Excerpt:Allan Hansen (born 21 April 1956) is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who most notably played professionally for German team Hamburger SV , with whom he won the 1983 German Bundesliga and European Cup trophies. He played 16 matches and scored three goals for the Denmark national football team , and was named 1977 and 1981 Danish Player of the Year . Clubs Honours Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Brian Flies Brian Flies (born 29 August 1969) is a Danish retired footballer , who played as a goalkeeper . Flies was a member of the Denmark under-21 national team squad at the 1992 Olympic tournament, though he did not play any games. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Carsten Vagn Jensen , colloquially known as Carsten V. Jensen , (born February 28, 1963) is a Danish former professional football player, and current director of sport in F.C. Copenhagen . He started his career with Næstved IF in 1983. He went on to play for Herfølge BK and B 1903 . He moved to Brøndby IF , where he won the 1990 and 1991 Danish championships . When Jensen wasn't selected by Brøndby manager Morten Olsen for the 1991 UEFA Cup semi-finals against Italian club AS Roma , the disappointed Jensen moved back to Næstved IF. In 1993, he was brought to F.C. Copenhagen, Brøndby's arch rivals. F.C. Copenhagen reached the 1995 Danish Cup final, where Jensen was named man of the match as the club won 5-0 against Akademisk Boldklub . He ended h... ... Read more

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Chapters: Oussama Mellouli, Pál Joensen, Larsen Jensen, Erik Vendt, Martyn Forde, Mark Andrews. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Oussama "Ous" Mellouli (Arabic: ; born February 16, 1984) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately. Oussama Mellouli became the 1500 m freestyle World champion at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships with a winning time of 14'37"28, second best performance of all times. Mellouli is the gold medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2008 Olympics. Mellouli tested positive in a 2006 drug test, after which his performances in the 2007 World Championships were nullified. Born in Tunis, Mellouli left Tunisia at the age of 15 to study at the College of Rampart in Marseilles, France. After his graduation, he continued his studies at the University of Southern California and swam for the USC Trojans. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He first established himself on the world scene at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain with a bronze-medal performance in the 400m Individual Medley. He further distinguished himself at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis, USA where he won the first international-level gold medal in swimming for Tunisia, in the 400 IM. At the 2004 Short Course Worlds he also garnered a silver medal in the 200 IM. At the 2004 Olympics he finished 5th in the 400 IM, setting the African Record in the process. He bettered that mark with his bronze-medal swim in the 400 IM event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. He also won the bron...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4671246 ... Read more