Author: United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
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Category : Pack transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: K'wan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250102634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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Diamonds and Pearl each try to claw their way to the top of the New York street scene, and back to each other.

Author: Allan and Paulette Macfarlan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157717
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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What's the difference between a square knot and a granny knot? What kinds of knots do fishermen use? How do you make a rope ladder? A tourniquet? What's the best way to secure a boat to its mooring, or pitch a tent? How do you tie stretcher knots? These questions and many others are answered in Allan and Paulette Macfarlan's encyclopedic work on the practical art of knot tying. Knowing how to tie a variety of useful and reliable knots is a necessity for weekend sailors and campers: it's a passport to safety and success. Rock climbing, horseback riding, and other outdoor activities also inspire the enthusiast to pursue the requisite knots. In unusually clear illustrations rendered by artist Paulette Macfarlan, accompanied by precise written instructions, the authors of this book explain how to tie hundreds of knots, including basic knots, stopper knots and hitches, toggled knots, knots for joining two ends of rope, hitches and knots for typing ropes to things, whipping, seizings, loop knots, horsey knots and hitches, decorative knots, lashing, and splicing. Practical applications are also discussed: rappelling, raft building, tracking a canoe or small boat, heaving line, log rolling, making a travois, and rope tent-frames, beds, and bunks. In addition to discussing the practical side of knot tying, the Macfarlans cover the entertaining end of the craft: knots and ropes in history and literature, knot mystery and magic in ancient and contemporary times, and games, tricks, and stunts with ropes and knots. Nearly every aspect of knot tying is represented in this comprehensive and concise reference work. Boaters, campers, boy scouts, and others interested in practical or decorative knots will want to add this volume to their bookshelves.

Author: United States Quartermaster General of the Army
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 984

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Author: R. Buckminster Fuller
Publisher: Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
ISBN: 0020653204
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 916

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Synergetics, according to E. J. Applewhite, was Fuller's name for the geometry he advanced based on the patterns of energy that he saw in nature. For Fuller, geometry was a laboratory science with the touch and feel of physical models--not rules out of a textbook. It gains its validity not from classic abstractions but from the results of individual physical experience. Description by the Buckminster Fuller Institute, courtesy of The Estate of Buckminster Fuller

Author: Fay E. Ward
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486146235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Want to know how to throw a half-diamond hitch and wild a branding iron? Interested in the recipe for S. B. stew? This authoritative manual by an old-time cowboy explains it all. 600 black-and-white illustrations.

Author: United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
Publisher:
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Category : Pack transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1052

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Author: Ed Gorman
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429974370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 898

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The best suspense and mystery from around the world, including stories by such greats as Carol Anne Davis, Robert S. Levinson, Rhys Bowen, Joyce Carol Oates, and more. Editors Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg have scoured the world to present the biggest and most consistently entertaining collection of crime and suspense stories from across the globe. Their first-rate picks are a diverse and exciting mix of stories by big names, award winners, and fresh voices. The 2003 anthology features the year's Edgar Award-winning stories, Silver Dagger Award-winning stories from the U.K., and spine-tingling tales from writers who might soon win those awards themselves. This volume is a feast of more than thirty gripping tales from bestselling authors. This is the anthology of choice for every fan of suspense fiction whether they love cozies, hardboiled, or any shade in between. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.