Nick Engler's Woodworking Wisdom

Nick Engler's Woodworking Wisdom

Author: Nick Engler

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762101795

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An indispensable, authoritative manual on everything you'll ever need to know about woodworking tools, techniques, design, and materials. It provides the amateur woodworker with the skills and tricks a master brings to a project.


Joining Wood

Joining Wood

Author: Reader's Digest Editors

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762102013

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Possibly the most important task and the most confusing in woodworking is joinery -- attaching one board to another. This book simplifies this complex subject, showing how master woodworkers produce strong, durable designs.


Workbenches and Shop Furniture

Workbenches and Shop Furniture

Author: Nick Engler

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762102235

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A professional woodworker takes a keen look at different workbench designs and shows how to install vises and other accessories to the best advantage. 163 photos. 115 two-color illustrations Shows different kinds of workbenches, discusses vises, dogs, stops, hold-downs, tool stands, tool chests, cabinets and wood storage, and suggests four projects.


Nick Engler's Woodworking Wisdom

Nick Engler's Woodworking Wisdom

Author: Nick Engler

Publisher: Rodale Press

Published: 1958-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780875969909

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From Nick Engler comes this indispensable, authoritative manual on everything you'll ever need to know about the tools, techniques, design, and materials in your woodshop. Includes complete plans for more than 50 timesaving jigs and fixtures, a full-color display of 55 furniture woods both finished and raw, and more than 40 reference charts and troubleshooting guides.


Everyday Aesthetics

Everyday Aesthetics

Author: Katya Mandoki

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 131713849X

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Katya Mandoki advances in this book the thesis that it is not only possible but crucial to open up the field of aesthetics (traditionally confined to the study of art and beauty) toward the richness and complexity of everyday life. She argues that in every process of communication, whether face to face or through the media, fashion, and political propaganda, there is always an excess beyond the informative and functional value of a message. This excess is the aesthetic. Following Huizinga's view of play as an ingredient of any social environment, Mandoki explores how various cultural practices are in fact forms of playing since, for the author, aesthetics and play are Siamese twins. One of the unique contributions of this book is the elaboration and application of a semiotic model for the simultaneous analysis of social interactions in the four registers, namely visual, auditory, verbal and body language, to detect the aesthetic strategies deployed in specific situations. She argues that since the presentation of the self is targeted towards participants' sensibilities, aesthetics plays a key role in these modes of exchange. Consequently, the author updates important debates in this field to clear the way for a socio-aesthetic inquiry through contexts such as the family, school, medical, artistic or religious traditions from which social identities emerge.


Country Furniture

Country Furniture

Author: Aldren A. Watson

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2005-11-29

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780393327779

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An introduction to country woodworking traditions provides sample workshop designs, practical advice on tools and equipment, and an overview of woodworking methods that illustrates the step-by-step process of furniture design from a historical perspective. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.


Bronchial Asthma

Bronchial Asthma

Author: M. Eric Gershwin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-04-15

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1592591272

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"They asked if the sneezles came after the wheezles, or if the first sneezle came first. " It has been nearly 25 years since the first edition of this textbook was published. During that time, we have witnessed an enormous improvement in the understanding of the basic pathophysiology of asthma and, more importantly, better treatment options. However, and with regret, the incidence and prevalence of asthma during this 25 year period increased significantly. Recent studies from the NIH highlight this point and illustrate that despite improved care and diagnosis, mortality continues to rise. In fact, asthma remains the most common chronic childhood illness and is among the most common chronic adult diseases. Despite improved medications, increased awareness, and a better understanding of the pathophysiology of this disease, mortality and morbidity continue to rise. Both international and national consensus positions have been published that offer guidance on treatment approaches. The importance of the primary care physician and provider cannot be overestimated in the appropriate diagnosis and management of this disease. The management options in asthma are changing rapidly with the advent of new drugs and approaches. The recent introduction of the leukotriene inhibitors has added an entirely new class of anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of asthma. The potential of even newer approaches, including cellular modulation of the asthma patient with specific anti-IgE antibodies, opens up exciting possible treatments.