Author: Richard Denis Johnson
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764307560
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
To collectors of modern military uniforms, Vietnam era tigerstripe combat fatigues have always been a much sought after commodity. The pattern itself, in all of its classic forms, is both exotic and unique and carries with it an immediate, esthetic sense of the full drama of that not to distant Southeast Asian conflict. There exists however, surrounding this one camouflage pattern numerous misconceptions. Tiger Patterns analyzes to the most minute degree, the finite variances which defined the many original, Vietnam era tigerstripe patterns and uniform cuts and establishes dependable identification techniques and practices, whether your particular interests area as a historian, veteran, modeler, or collector and enthusiast. AUTHOR:
Tiger Patterns
Author: Richard Denis Johnson
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764307560
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
To collectors of modern military uniforms, Vietnam era tigerstripe combat fatigues have always been a much sought after commodity. The pattern itself, in all of its classic forms, is both exotic and unique and carries with it an immediate, esthetic sense of the full drama of that not to distant Southeast Asian conflict. There exists however, surrounding this one camouflage pattern numerous misconceptions. Tiger Patterns analyzes to the most minute degree, the finite variances which defined the many original, Vietnam era tigerstripe patterns and uniform cuts and establishes dependable identification techniques and practices, whether your particular interests area as a historian, veteran, modeler, or collector and enthusiast. AUTHOR:
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764307560
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
To collectors of modern military uniforms, Vietnam era tigerstripe combat fatigues have always been a much sought after commodity. The pattern itself, in all of its classic forms, is both exotic and unique and carries with it an immediate, esthetic sense of the full drama of that not to distant Southeast Asian conflict. There exists however, surrounding this one camouflage pattern numerous misconceptions. Tiger Patterns analyzes to the most minute degree, the finite variances which defined the many original, Vietnam era tigerstripe patterns and uniform cuts and establishes dependable identification techniques and practices, whether your particular interests area as a historian, veteran, modeler, or collector and enthusiast. AUTHOR:
Twentieth-Century Pattern Design
Author: Lesley Jackson
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568987125
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"Twentieth-Century Pattern Design combines photographs - including many newly published images - with soundly researched text, creating an essential resource for enthusiasts and historians of modern design. The book also serves as a creative sourcebook for students and designers, inspiring new flights of fancy in pattern design."--Jacket.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568987125
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"Twentieth-Century Pattern Design combines photographs - including many newly published images - with soundly researched text, creating an essential resource for enthusiasts and historians of modern design. The book also serves as a creative sourcebook for students and designers, inspiring new flights of fancy in pattern design."--Jacket.
Patterns in the Jungle
Author: Joyce Markovics
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1627243941
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Deep in a jungle, a colorful, striped snake slithers on the ground. The stripes on its skin make an alternating pattern: black, yellow, red, black, yellow, red. Black dots on a tree frog’s legs form a pattern of circles. A snail’s shell goes round and round, making a spiral pattern. There are patterns to be found all around the jungle. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in the jungle. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1627243941
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Deep in a jungle, a colorful, striped snake slithers on the ground. The stripes on its skin make an alternating pattern: black, yellow, red, black, yellow, red. Black dots on a tree frog’s legs form a pattern of circles. A snail’s shell goes round and round, making a spiral pattern. There are patterns to be found all around the jungle. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in the jungle. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.
The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide
Author: F. Lynghaug
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 9780760334997
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The only official guidebook to horse breed standards and conformation in North America, with breed history and information on gait and distinctive traits, temperament, colors, and variations.
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 9780760334997
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The only official guidebook to horse breed standards and conformation in North America, with breed history and information on gait and distinctive traits, temperament, colors, and variations.
Tigers
Author: Christina Wilsdon
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836891034
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Tigers, fierce and powerful creatures, are becoming more rare. Learn all about these amazing animals how they play, hunt, raise their families, and find out how we can help protect these big cats for future generations.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836891034
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Tigers, fierce and powerful creatures, are becoming more rare. Learn all about these amazing animals how they play, hunt, raise their families, and find out how we can help protect these big cats for future generations.
Riding the Tiger
Author: John Seidensticker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521648356
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Beauty, grace and power make the tiger one of the world's most loved animals, yet it is precisely these qualities that have been its downfall. Poaching for skins and body parts, loss of habitat and prey and conflicts between people and wild tigers have caused catastrophic declines in tiger numbers throughout their range. If wild tigers are to survive through the next century, we must act now. Riding the Tiger is a comprehensive, scientific and eminently readable account of the problems and possible solutions of securing a future for wild tigers. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, it is written by leading conservationists working throughout Asia. It is a vital information resource for tiger conservationists in the field, necessary reading for serious students of carnivore conservation and conservation biologists in general, and an accessible overview of tiger conservation for general readers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521648356
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Beauty, grace and power make the tiger one of the world's most loved animals, yet it is precisely these qualities that have been its downfall. Poaching for skins and body parts, loss of habitat and prey and conflicts between people and wild tigers have caused catastrophic declines in tiger numbers throughout their range. If wild tigers are to survive through the next century, we must act now. Riding the Tiger is a comprehensive, scientific and eminently readable account of the problems and possible solutions of securing a future for wild tigers. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, it is written by leading conservationists working throughout Asia. It is a vital information resource for tiger conservationists in the field, necessary reading for serious students of carnivore conservation and conservation biologists in general, and an accessible overview of tiger conservation for general readers.
The Complete Book of Shaolin
Author: Kiew Kit, Wong
Publisher: Cosmos Internet (Publishing Division)
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Shaolin Kungfu has been considered by many as the best martial art in the world. But kungfu is just one of the three treasures of Shaolin, the other two being chi kung and Zen. For the first time ever, this inspiring book, written by an internationally acclaimed Shaolin Grandmaster, brings to you the crystallization of Shaolin wisdom and practice spanning many centuries. Its scope and depth is amazing, touching on, among many other things, poetry and enlightenment. Yet it is written in a language easy to understand. Profound concepts and difficult techniques are explained systematically with many illustrations. The book includes: * The background and scope of kungfu. * Form and combat applications. * Principles and methods of force training. * Energy training and mind training. * Secrets of the masters. * Traditional Chinese weapons. * Maintaining one’s health and vitality and the healing of so-called incurable diseases. * Interesting stories and legends of Shaolin. * Zen and spiritual development.
Publisher: Cosmos Internet (Publishing Division)
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Shaolin Kungfu has been considered by many as the best martial art in the world. But kungfu is just one of the three treasures of Shaolin, the other two being chi kung and Zen. For the first time ever, this inspiring book, written by an internationally acclaimed Shaolin Grandmaster, brings to you the crystallization of Shaolin wisdom and practice spanning many centuries. Its scope and depth is amazing, touching on, among many other things, poetry and enlightenment. Yet it is written in a language easy to understand. Profound concepts and difficult techniques are explained systematically with many illustrations. The book includes: * The background and scope of kungfu. * Form and combat applications. * Principles and methods of force training. * Energy training and mind training. * Secrets of the masters. * Traditional Chinese weapons. * Maintaining one’s health and vitality and the healing of so-called incurable diseases. * Interesting stories and legends of Shaolin. * Zen and spiritual development.
Java Design Patterns
Author: Vaskaran Sarcar
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1484240782
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Get hands-on experience implementing 26 of the most common design patterns using Java and Eclipse. In addition to Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns, you will also learn about alternative design patterns, and understand the criticisms of design patterns with an overview of anti-patterns. For each pattern you will see at least one real-world scenario, a computer-world example, and a complete implementation including output. This book has three parts. The first part covers 23 Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns. The second part includes three alternative design patterns. The third part presents criticisms of design patterns with an overview of anti-patterns. You will work through easy-to-follow examples to understand the concepts in depth and you will have a collection of programs to port over to your own projects. A Q&A session is included in each chapter and covers the pros and cons of each pattern. The last chapter presents FAQs about the design patterns. The step-by-step approach of the book helps you apply your skills to learn other patterns on your own, and to be familiar with the latest version of Java and Eclipse. What You'll Learn Work with each of the design patterns Implement design patterns in real-world applications Choose from alternative design patterns by comparing their pros and cons Use the Eclipse IDE to write code and generate output Read the in-depth Q&A session in each chapter with pros and cons for each design pattern Who This Book Is For Software developers, architects, and programmers
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1484240782
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Get hands-on experience implementing 26 of the most common design patterns using Java and Eclipse. In addition to Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns, you will also learn about alternative design patterns, and understand the criticisms of design patterns with an overview of anti-patterns. For each pattern you will see at least one real-world scenario, a computer-world example, and a complete implementation including output. This book has three parts. The first part covers 23 Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns. The second part includes three alternative design patterns. The third part presents criticisms of design patterns with an overview of anti-patterns. You will work through easy-to-follow examples to understand the concepts in depth and you will have a collection of programs to port over to your own projects. A Q&A session is included in each chapter and covers the pros and cons of each pattern. The last chapter presents FAQs about the design patterns. The step-by-step approach of the book helps you apply your skills to learn other patterns on your own, and to be familiar with the latest version of Java and Eclipse. What You'll Learn Work with each of the design patterns Implement design patterns in real-world applications Choose from alternative design patterns by comparing their pros and cons Use the Eclipse IDE to write code and generate output Read the in-depth Q&A session in each chapter with pros and cons for each design pattern Who This Book Is For Software developers, architects, and programmers
Animal Patterns
Author: Nathan Olson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736867283
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Simple text and color photographs introduce different kinds of animal patterns"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736867283
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Simple text and color photographs introduce different kinds of animal patterns"--Provided by publisher.
Panda and Tiger
Author: Nancee McClure
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN: 0787730580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
These easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Your students are sure to love the panda and tiger theme, and the finished products can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN: 0787730580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
These easy step-by-step projects teach scissor skills, visual-motor skills, grouping, ordering and spatial relationships. Your students are sure to love the panda and tiger theme, and the finished products can be used for take-homes, bulletin boards, mobiles, gifts and more!