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  Riding the Rails - Inside the...

  Robert D. Krebs

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  A former Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway CEO tells the behind-the-scenes story of the transformation and resurgence of America’s ailing railroads. 
   
  When Robert D. Krebs joined the ranks of Southern Pacific Railroad in 1966, the industry had been in decline for decades, and the future of trains was in peril. Despite these obstacles, Krebs fell in love with the rugged, competitive business of railroads and was determined to overcome its resistance to change and put rail transportation back on track. 
   
  By the age of forty, Krebs was president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and had also served as chief executive of both the Santa Fe Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway companies. Riding the Rails: Inside the Business of America’s Railroads details Krebs’s rise to a position of influence in the recovery of America’s railroads—and offers a unique insider’s view into the boardrooms where executives and businessmen reimagined transportation in the United States.

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  Scenes From The Journey

  Ann Tudor

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  Follow author and narrator Ann Tudor as she moves from one stage of life to the next, looking for the lesson as well as for the beauty of the moment. Her stories are informed by the varied experiences of her life: she has been teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, copy editor, fibre artist, practitioner of the healing arts, pianist, aspiring cellist, and, underlying it all, observer/writer.

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  Kongo Class Battlecruisers

  Steve Wiper

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  The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. The subject of this volume is the Japanese Kongo class, four ships built during the First World War as battlecruisers, but extensively modified and reconstructed between the wars as fast battleships, so that each ship presented a different appearance. They were the chosen escorts for the elite IJN carrier forces, and saw much action during the Pacific War.

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  Excel Japanese Cooking - Get...

  Excel Cooking

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  Learn the culinary art of Japanese cooking.
  
  Konnichiwa!
  
  Japan - what a beautiful country filled with rich history, extraordinary culture, and most of all, exotic food.
  
  If you have ever eaten at a Japanese restaurant, you know just how exquisite the food is. The displays, the flavors, the textures - all like a fresh burst from heaven!
  
  Experiencing Japanese cuisine is not merely another dining experience. It's a journey, a lifestyle, and something that you never forget.
  
  How would you like to create that experience for yourself at home? Whenever you are looking for a new way to cook for your family, why not give Japanese cooking a try?
  
  Now you can with Excel Japanese Cooking, which will give you all the tools and information to get started today. It won't be long before you're whipping up delicious dishes that you never thought you could make!
  
  Here's a sample taste of what you'll get:
  
  Japanese dining culture and etiquette. Knowing these will help you when you are eating out at a Japanese restaurant as well as when you are cooking.
  Craftsmanship for Japanese chefs. There are many specialized kitchen essentials needed for the Japanese chefs that will be covered.
  Essential breakfast basis. The healthy Japanese version of breakfast that will get you going. Plus, the one most complicated recipe not for the faint of heart.
  Follow-up lunch basis. The heartier follow-up meal to the lighter breakfast that will fill you up and energize you to keep going throughout the day.
  Transition dinner basis. The guilt-free side of Japanese cuisine where the items are more varied and appetizing for dinner to end the long day.
  And that's just for starters.
  As you can see, this is not only some list of Japanese recipes thrown together. It's a whole introduction to Japanese cuisine and culture. You'll learn all sorts of things that you never knew before to be well-rounded in the art of Japanese culinary.
  An Author's Republic audio production.

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  Gondola

  Donna Leon

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  Of all the trademarks of Venice-- and there are many, from the gilded Basilica of San Marco to the melancholy Bridge of Sighs-- none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. The internationally acclaimed "American with the Venetian heart," Donna Leon, tells its fascinating story (The Washington Post). First used in medieval Venice as a deftly maneuverable getaway boat, the gondola evolved over the centuries into a floating pleasure palace, bedecked in silk, that facilitated the romantic escapades of the Venetian elite. Today, the gondola wears black-- a gleaming, elegant hue, and is manned by robust gondolieri in black-and-white-striped shirts and straw hats. A tourist favorite, the gondola has never ceased to be a part of authentic Venice. Each boat' s 280 pieces are carefully fashioned in a maestro' s workshop-- though Leon also recounts a tale of an American friend who attempted to make a gondola all on his own. The feat took five years and countless do-overs. But the gondola is a work of art well worth the labor. And once its arched prow pushes off from the dock, the single Venetian at its oar just might break out in a barcarole, a popular Italian boat song..

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  The Glass Artist's Studio...

  Cecilia Cohen

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  The go-to reference that covers the basics of setting up a studio, three popular techniques for creating glass art, and projects that will challenge you. 
   
  The Glass Artist's Studio Handbook offers readers a comprehensive and accessible guide to not only the nuts and bolts of this perennially popular craft but insight into the artisan crafter's lifestyle. Our book offers much, much more than "just projects"—it will fast become the definitive "bible" for all home crafters.  
   
  Many glass art how-to books on the market provide precise patterns and instructions for projects that are fairly traditional in technique, materials and style. Completing a project from those books leaves you with a piece that is ideally identical to what the author created—and to what every other student using the book created. Many books are strong in the basics but do not do enough to challenge us to stretch our imagination, experiment with new styles, and explore materials. Readers want creative challenge and stimulation, and Quarry delivers with this complete glass art curriculum.

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