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Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-ef ... Read more

Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space in a home. This book helps readers visualize the vast possibilities that exist for this challenging space, and go about the remodeling process in an organized and efficient way. Roger German, a basement remodeling pro, covers every step, from the physically demanding "dirty work" to the rewarding finishing touches. He shows how to deal with a basement's special challenges, such as moisture problems and framing against concrete floors and walls, and gives instructions on pumping water up and out from basement baths and laundry rooms. Minimize

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Finishing a basement is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space and the value of a home. This new edition of a classic bestseller is updated to the latest code. The book includes new information about egress windows and takes readers through the entire remodeling process, showing how to construct new family rooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, workshops, and hobby rooms. Filled with inspiring photos of finished basements, the latest "Build Like a Pro" release is packed with nuts-and-bolts information about wiring, plumbing, windows, and doors, as well as basic construction techniques and the special problems that arise with basement building. This hands-on guide will help homeowners and contractors get the job done right the first time. Minimize

Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-ef ... Read more

Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space in a home. This book helps readers visualize the vast possibilities that exist for this challenging space, and go about the remodeling process in an organized and efficient way. Roger German, a basement remodeling pro, covers every step, from the physically demanding "dirty work" to the rewarding finishing touches. He shows how to deal with a basement's special challenges, such as moisture problems and framing against concrete floors and walls, and gives instructions on pumping water up and out from basement baths and laundry rooms. Minimize

New York City. With a population of almost 19 million peopl ... Read more

New York City. With a population of almost 19 million people, it's easy to remain anonymous - even if you're a serial killer, torturing and murdering beautiful young women.... Minimize

I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries betwe ... Read more

I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries between father and son that people don't talk about.... The father figure comes through consistently, there's a lot of buoyancy, and the son is consistent and fine too." (Robert Bly, author of Iron John) Rosicrucian in the Basement is a book of poems about Dr. Irving M. Sward, born about 100 years ago in Poltava, Russia, into an Orthodox Jewish family. A conservative, rather stern, five-eyelet shoe, white-shirt-and-tie, 9-to-5 pogrom-surviving immigrant, Dr. Sward became a successful Chicago podiatrist. After his wife's death he became a devout Rosicrucian, a member of a society venerating the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's resurrection and redemption and claiming various occult powers. Robert Sward's poems, based on his father's life, capture the tension between a profession where one does something with one's hands - performing surgery on feet, cutting corns, carving arch supports - a trade in a sense, and talking with angels, seeing the two worlds: visible and invisible and how seven-eighths of everything is invisible anyway. "This is a book of poems about a man who works on people's feet for a living, going into a basement on the Jewish North Side of Chicago, lighting incense and candles, and attempting to transform himself using salt, sulfur, lead, mercury and so on as medieval alchemists had done centuries before. Minimize

Finishing a basement is one of the easiest and most cost-ef ... Read more

Finishing a basement is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space and the value of a home. This new edition of a classic bestseller is updated to the latest code. The book includes new information about egress windows and takes readers through the entire remodeling process, showing how to construct new family rooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, workshops, and hobby rooms. Filled with inspiring photos of finished basements, the latest “Build Like a Pro” release is packed with nuts-and-bolts information about wiring, plumbing, windows, and doors, as well as basic construction techniques and the special problems that arise with basement building. This hands-on guide will help homeowners and contractors get the job done right the first time. Minimize

"Jack Masters helps to keep America dry." This Old House M ... Read more

"Jack Masters helps to keep America dry." This Old House Magazine - August 1997 Previously Featured in the New York Times Revised and Expanded 7th Edition 2012 - 2013 The Original Basement Waterproofing Handbook is written for the person with little or no construction experience. Also, Free consulting service is provided for every reader. Not an assistant or hired hand, you speak to me personally with all of your basement waterproofing questions. No charge, no catch, no gimmicks - you call and I answer. I am here to help you. My readers and their basement situations are matters that I take very seriously. I am here to help. This free consulting gives you more value for your money - not just a "how to" book, but one on one help by telephone and e-mail, to explain, clarify, and guide you in ways to make your home livable again, your basement dry once and for all. Costing Estimates Included for Your Project Now Includes All Foundation Types Includes Radon Gas Detection and Control Mold Remediation Procedures are Included Foundation Structural Damage Evaluation and Repair Jack Masters accepts no advertising or compensation of any kind from individuals or companies. Minimize

Once upon a time, equipped with a solid marriage, driven ca ... Read more

Once upon a time, equipped with a solid marriage, driven careers, and a recently finished basement, my husband and I were ready to start a family. Like many 30-something couples, we thought it would be easy. Unfortunately, after nearly 18 months of doing things "the old fashioned way," my husband was diagnosed with a latent birth defect. It rendered us virtually infertile, not to mention devastated and confused. The remarkable thing about confusion is that it can spur knowledge and strength. Infertility did just that for us. We moved forward to try to have a child with the help of science and technology. Before we could blink, we were in the midst of monumental efforts to finance our baby-making venture, ordering medications on the Internet, and undergoing multiple, sometimes risky, and invasive, procedures. We endured it all for a single chance to have a child of our own. Pregnancy Wishes & IVF Dreams: A Story & Lessons About Life, Love, & Infertility is a compelling and insightful look at one couple's struggle with male factor infertility and everything that goes with it. From failed attempts at conception, batteries of fertility tests, and a devastating diagnosis, to IVF/ICSI, other treatments, and ultimately the birth of fraternal twin daughters, Pregnancy Wishes & IVF Dreams offers readers a sense of shared experience through a real-time, personal story. The book also provides first-hand insights, guidance, and quotes covering a range of universal issues including dealing with jealousy, great expectations, doctors, risk, finances, and family. Finally, Pregnancy Wishes comes full circle, leaving readers with twelve, invaluable lessons-learned about life, love, infertility, and numerous questions, and challenges in between. Like an understanding friend, Pregnancy Wishes & IVF Dreams will leave you feelings less alone, and more empowered as you cope with infertility. Minimize

"The Thumbprint Mysteries" series have been carefully writt ... Read more

"The Thumbprint Mysteries" series have been carefully written for young adults and adults at a particular reading level. Each book presents a suspense crime in which the reader must solve one or more mystery murders. Readers follow the clues and draw conclusions about the suspects and events, helped by the characters who are trying to solve the crimes. The mystery genre guarantees enjoyable reading. Teaching notes accompany the three different levels. These include, for each title, a pre-reading activity and synopsis of the plot, followed by vocabulary and skills work. An answer key is provided. Minimize

Dad built a bomb shelter in the backyard, Mom stocked the s ... Read more

Dad built a bomb shelter in the backyard, Mom stocked the survival kit in the basement, and the kids practiced ducking under their desks at school. This was family life in the new era of the A-bomb. This was civil defense. In this provocative work of social and political history, Laura McEnaney takes us into the secretive world of defense planners and the homes of ordinary citizens to explore how postwar civil defense turned the front lawn into the front line. The reliance on atomic weaponry as a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy cast a mushroom cloud over everyday life. American citizens now had to imagine a new kind of war, one in which they were both combatants and targets. It was the Federal Civil Defense Administration's job to encourage citizens to adapt to their nuclear present and future.As McEnaney demonstrates, the creation of a civil defense program produced new dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against internal and external threats. Conflicts arose about the relative responsibilities of state and citizen to fund and implement a home-front security program. The defense establishment's resolution was to popularize and privatize military preparedness. The doctrine of "self-help" defense demanded that citizens become autonomous rather than rely on the federal government for protection. Families would reconstitute themselves as paramilitary units that could quash subversion from within and absorb attack from without.Because it solicited an unprecedented degree of popular involvement, the FCDA offers a unique opportunity to explore how average citizens, community leaders, and elected officials both participated in and resisted the creation of the national security state. Drawing on a wide variety of archival sources, McEnaney uncovers the broad range of responses to this militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age. Her work sheds new light on the important postwar debate about what total military preparedness would actually mean for American society. Minimize

For basements that need more than a fresh coat of paint, th ... Read more

For basements that need more than a fresh coat of paint, the "Basement Design Guide" is a great place to start. This book offers step-by-step instructions on designing and planning the project, as well as practical advice for staying on budget, working within local building codes, choosing low-maintenance materials, and keeping moisture, fire codes, and heating and cooling in mind. Full-color photos throughout the book showcase stylish yet attainable basements complete with the newest design trends, from paneling to lighting to home entertainment systems. Minimize

Fighting about money is the #1 reason for divorce in Americ ... Read more

Fighting about money is the #1 reason for divorce in America. From first-time newlyweds at the start of new careers to people marrying later in life or on their second or third marriage, couples face an overwhelming task when creating and managing a two-income household. Most couples find themselves frustrated when it comes to combining their complex financial histories, and, as a result, both their relationships and bank accounts can suffer.David Bach, nationally renowned financial advisor and author of the bestselling Smart Women Finish Rich, knows that it doesn't have to be this way. After years of first-hand experience working with couples young and old, David Bach reveals that through communication and partnership, planning your finances together can be both fun and easy when you have the right tools. In Smart Couples Finish Rich, David Bach offers couples a step-by-step guide to building and maintaining financial wealth for years to come. Instead of avoiding each other when it comes time to balance the checkbook, you and your partner will learn how to come together and identify your core values and dreams, creating a spending and saving plan that reflects your values as a couple. Packed with easy-to-use tools that will take you from credit-card management to long-term care, each chapter will guide you and your partner as a team toward a more rewarding financial plan based on the same overall financial objectives. The Smart Couples Finish Rich nine-step journey provides every couple with strategies for organization, communication, and smarter spending that you can put into action immediately. This journey reveals:* The Couples' Latte Factor — how to build a million-dollar portfolio on $3.50 a day* How to talk to your partner about money without fighting* How to increase your income by 10 percent in nine weeks* The FinishRich File Folder System — giving yourself a financial clean-up* The 10 biggest mistakes couples can makeA book for couples of all ages and all tax brackets, Smart Couples Finish Rich is the ultimate guide for creating a lifetime of wealth—both personal and financial. Minimize

From sportswear and sweaters to lingerie and couture, knitw ... Read more

From sportswear and sweaters to lingerie and couture, knitwear accounts for most of theapparel we wear. Designing a Knitwear Collection is an all-in-one reference book: in additionto serving as an introduction to knitting, design, and production, it is an ongoing resourcefor working in the industry. Both students and professionals will find inspiration from thegallery of work by knitwear designers on display here from icons such as Chanel, SoniaRykiel, and Missoni to today s hottest practitioners such as Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs,and Alexander McQueen. The book covers the history of the industry, from the earliesthand-knit garments to apparel created with computerized equipment. Students learn thebasics of yarn selection, stitch patterns, and CAD programs, and they can follow detailedinstructions for knitting a sample garment, preparing a design development package, andassembling presentation materials for their own portfolios or for showroom display. Fromconcept through finished creation, Designing a Knitwear Collection is an essential how-to forbuilding a successful knitwear career. Minimize

Free Worldwide Delivery : From a Basement in Seattle : Pape ... Read more

Free Worldwide Delivery : From a Basement in Seattle : Paperback : Akashic Books,U.S. : 9781936070671 : 1936070677 : 27 Jan 2011 : The first book of visually stunning poster art from Pearl Jam's longtime in-house designer. Minimize

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly cr ... Read more

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. His parents are dead, he can't find a job, he drinks too much, and his friends have begun to desert him. Worst of all, he's fallen behind on the mortgage payments for the beautiful home that's belonged to his family for generations. When a stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to rent out his basement for the summer, Charles needs the money too badly to say no. He knows that the stranger must want something more than a basement view. Sure enough, he has a very particular--and bizarre--set of requirements, and Charles tries to satisfy him without getting lured into the strangeness. But he sees an opportunity to understand secrets of the white world, and his summer with a man in his basement turns into a journey into inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. Richly textured and compelling, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT is a new literary pinnacle from an acknowledged American master. Minimize

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or inde ... Read more

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... EZEKIEL 29 THE EGYPTIANS A TYPE 29:1. In the tenth year, In the tenth month, In the twelfth day of the month, the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying.--Chapters 29 to 32 are directed against Egypt. its king and people, and against the surrounding peoples. Egypt was divided into Upper and Lower Egypt, and was known as Mizraim, which meant "Middle Country," and typed organized, entrenched and enthroned middle-course worldliness. The word Egypt means "that binds or oppresses," and signifies the bondage of the Lord's people to the oppressive, enslaving spirit of the world--the spirit that slew our Lord (Rev, 11:8), and has enslaved and slain millions of God's saints. Chapter 29:1-7 represents worldliness as a crocodile, the dragon of Revelation 12:3, etc. 29:2. Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.-- This message is against Satan, the Devil, the king of this present evil world, and against all worldliness. 29:3. Speak, and say, Thus salth the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself -- Jehovah says, I am against thee, Satan (Pharaoh means the sun, the god of the sun worshipper, the Devil), the great wicked dragon, also called Pagan Rome (later Papal Rome), that dwells in the midst of the church denominations (rivers, channels of Truth), and says, "Phe church system is mine own, and I (not God) made it for my own purposes. 29:4. But I will put hooks In thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.--God will bind thy ... Minimize

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly cr ... Read more

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. His parents are dead, he can't find a job, he drinks too much, and his friends have begun to desert him. Worst of all, he's fallen behind on the mortgage payments for the beautiful home that's belonged to his family for generations. When a stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to rent out his basement for the summer, Charles needs the money too badly to say no. He knows that the stranger must want something more than a basement view. Sure enough, he has a very particular--and bizarre--set of requirements, and Charles tries to satisfy him without getting lured into the strangeness. But he sees an opportunity to understand secrets of the white world, and his summer with a man in his basement turns into a journey into inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. Richly textured and compelling, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT is a new literary pinnacle from an acknowledged American master. Minimize

For anyone with eco-friendly ideals as well as a penchant f ... Read more

For anyone with eco-friendly ideals as well as a penchant for high style, Dreaming Green showcases seventeen inspiring homes that are at once luxurious, beautiful, and fashioned inside and out with green materials, design, and details. While renovating their Manhattan brownstone, Lisa Sharkey and LEED-accredited architect Paul Gleicher’s top priority was to create a home that was light on the earth and completely free of the harmful products that are often found in building and decorative supplies. A sophisticated couple who entertain frequently, Sharkey and Gleicher also demanded a home that was beautiful from the basement to the top floor’s sunroom. They sourced stylish and elegant materials, designed small and large spaces for flawless efficiency, and finished the project with responsible yet stunning finds. Dreaming Green features the Sharkey-Gleicher brownstone as well as sixteen other environmentally responsible, impeccably designed residences that will stir readers to reimagine their homes as places that marry responsibility and beauty. From cities and suburbs to the countryside, Dreaming Green showcases places of myriad sizes, shapes, and styles. Each space, with its floors, gorgeous fabrics, nontoxic paints and finishes, wall coverings, furniture, fixtures, use of recycled materials, and other details, is a treasure for the eye and a gift to the earth. What’s more, Sharkey and Gleicher highlight unseen design elements that conserve resources, such as passive heating and cooling methods and ideas for low-impact building and renovation, among other innovations. The spaces on display here prove that saving the earth never needs to compromise comfort and elegance. Make yourself at home and lose yourself in:• An English Tudor–style home in Austin, Texas, that was built from cast earth clay and utilizes a wind-powered energy system. The home is decorated throughout with gorgeous antiquities and salvaged materials. • An upstate New York eco-farmhouse perfectly situated on a hilltop and designed to catch the breezes from the surrounding Berkshire hills. The owner-architect used local craftspeople—none based more than a mile away—to further the “buy local” ideal. • An Ann Arbor, Michigan, “sunhome” built to capture the sun’s rays for maximum heating and lighting. The modern marvel is U-shaped to accommodate an eighty-year-old magnolia growing on the property. • A glamorous southern showplace in Atlanta, Georgia, which the owners christened “Ecomanor.” It hearkens back to the stateliness of an earlier time but is also a model of contemporary energy efficiency and sustainability. Lavishly photographed, Dreaming Green also boasts an invaluable resource section—a boon to anyone embarking on making a green home, renovating a current residence into one, or just dreaming about doing so. Dreaming Green is both a practical guide and a rich source of inspiration. Minimize

With informative text and specially commissioned full-color ... Read more

With informative text and specially commissioned full-color photos, Print and Production Finishes for Packaging shows, at a glance, the different effects that can be created, and the key print and production techniques used to achieve them. Work across all budgets and production/print runs is featured, revealing the skills and techniques that grab the target audience’s attention and sell.   For print and production finishing ideas on everything from boxes, cartons, bottles, tubes, cans, packs, tubs, jars, multi-packs, clamshells, blister packs, CDs or DVDs, gift packs, and a variety of other more unusual or innovative formats, Print and Production Finishes for Packaging is an indispensable ideas sourcebook and practical guide to finishes, surface graphics, detailing, and materials that help make packaging stand out from the crowd—including foil blocking, pigment blocking, thermography, varnishing, laminating, embossing, debossing, die-cutting and laser-cutting; specialist inks, including metallics and fluorescents; different papers stocks and other materials; lenticular printing, and so on. By analyzing the best in the business, this book gives readers a thorough understanding of materials, and of the print and production finishes that can be applied to any job.  Minimize

We all remember our first experience with glazing and how o ... Read more

We all remember our first experience with glazing and how our hopes usually exceeded our skills and knowledge. Glazing plays an important part of ceramic art but can be rather mysterious to both the newcomer and the seasoned professional. While the chemistry may appear to be a bit like alchemy to the uninitiated, an established science and accepted practices provide order and repeatable results.Glazes & Glazing: Finishing Techniques covers many aspects of glazing. Artists share their methods and recipes while providing inspriational stories about their personal experiences in ceramics and how you can find success in your own studio.You'll discover information on glaze formulation; applications such as dipping, pouring, and spraying; firing variations; characteristics of materials; testing; and even crystalline and ash glazing along with more than 100 successful recipes.Whether you're looking for fresh ideas, expanding your palette or exploring new techniques, Glazes & Glazing: Finishing Techniques provides a wealth of information, instruction and inspiration you'll refer to for years to come.In Using Gravity to Enhance a Glaze Surface Kari Radasch maintains that the surface is more than a seductive veneer, and she embraces spontaneous yet purposeful marks to embrace as much information as possible. These marks have a huge impact on the glaze surface, which moves, melts and flows depending on the mass of different glazes she uses.Preparing Wood Ash for Glazes gets anyone started on this exciting and readily available ingredient. Kathy Chamberlain describes the five steps to cleaning wood ash so you'll be prepared the next time you come across a recipe calling for it. Which could be one of the great recipes Mark Issneberg provides in his story about Spraying Wood Ash Glazes.If we could all just get the basics down, we'd be a lot further ahead in achieving the results we wanted. Annie Chrietzberg's Glazing for Success provides many of the tips you need to assure the results you're looking for. From prepping the bisque to treating the drips and runs, her guide is sure to change your glazing from a bust to a triumph.Todd Burns, a philosophy major turned ceramic artist, explores marine iconography on his series of Aegean-inspired forms using an image trasfer technique.Frank James Fisher demonstrates three approaches in Glazing Patterns using direct contact, stencils and transfer.Patrick Horstley, an avid experimenter, shares his Strong, Pure and Matt glazes.Discover the dark-metal finish technique of Rollie Younger and his Boiler Teapots.With Susan Beiner Too Much Is Not Enough as she applies brilliant colors fired from cone 6 to 10.William Sawhill, Sumi von Dassow and William Schran cover the world of crystalline glazes. Sawhill and von Dassow explore high-fire crystals in Crystalline Glazes and Making Crystals Clear respectively, while Schran covers Developing Crystals at Mid Range.Hunt Prothro pours underglazes on a palette to achieve his color mixing then applies them using a variety of techniques.Utilizing strong forms, Jeff Kleckner gets a Ripple Effect by manipulating a glaze to create a surface tension that's easy on the eye.Mary Cay has A Glittering Obsession with the glaze jewels she farms from her kiln.55 pounds of glaze on a pot? Find out how and why Morten Espersen layers so many glazes in his Knowledge in a Jar.John Nance tells the story of Tom and Elaine Coleman, who also share their favorite recipes and techniques.Paul McCoy extensively layers his surfaces with deflocculated slips to get depth and texture.And much, much more! Minimize

This lively, practical text presents a fresh and comprehens ... Read more

This lively, practical text presents a fresh and comprehensive approach to doing qualitative research. The book offers a unique balance of theory and clear-cut choices for customizing every phase of a qualitative study. A scholarly mix of classic and contemporary studies from multiple disciplines provides compelling, field-based examples of the full range of qualitative approaches. Readers learn about adaptive ways of designing studies, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting findings. Key aspects of the researcher's craft are addressed, such as fieldwork options, the five phases of data analysis (with and without using computer-based software), and how to incorporate the researcher's “declarative” and “reflective” selves into a final report. Ideal for graduate-level courses, the text includes:* Discussions of ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, feminist research, and other approaches.* Instructions for creating a study bank to get a new study started.* End-of-chapter exercises and a semester-long, field-based project.* Quick study boxes, research vignettes, sample studies, and a glossary.* Previews for sections within chapters, and chapter recaps.* Discussion of the place of qualitative research among other social science methods, including mixed methods research. Minimize

Asian, enjoys torture... Russian, enjoys abduction... Obses ... Read more

Asian, enjoys torture... Russian, enjoys abduction... Obsession, sexual slavery... Bent woman, Kim Bennett...     Into the Basement is Norm Applegate's first book. It's a graphic thriller about two serial killers who steal women and torture them in the basement.   You'll never walk alone at night in the dark! Ever!   Into the Basement is approximately 69,000 words This book has been formatted for the Kindle   In San Francisco, women are disappearing. Three detectives pull Kim Bennett into the game. The hunt for a killer. She goes missing!   This is a raw dark story of sadistic people that pits Kim's physical and mental agility against one of the fastest rising crimes in America, sexual slavery.   This is an adult story that has been described as "juicy."   Update, Into the Basement was written in 2006. The publisher did a horrendous job. I was disappointed with the release. How could they assign this book to a religious editor? She refused to continue with the novel because of the nature of the story, sexual abduction and abuse. In January of 2010, I got Basement back. It has been re-edited and spruced up. Even to this day some people like enough to give it a 4 or 5 star, others hate it. Enjoy!     Chapter 1: Abduction: Someone was hunting a female. Mean, hardened eyes. She left work on time, routine. Susie Smallwood was the target.   Torture: Then something hit her teeth. Then again. Murder: She was helpless. Bound with gray duct tape across her mouth.     The ebook also contains bonus material: Chapter 1 of Shockwave: which is approximately 79,000 words long, and is specifically formatted for Kindle.   Thriller writer Norm Applegate, author of Into the Basement, introduces us to a new character, Jack Dwyer.   Loner Jack Dwyer. Pretty woman Kelly Paul. Homegrown terrorists use pipe bombs to kill. The cause? They want America back. Violence breeds violence. Never underestimate a loner!   Shockwave by Norm Applegate Pipe Bomb. Hostage. Terror.     Books by Norm Applegate:  Shockwave - Just $.99! First to Die - Just $.99! Blood Bar - Just $.99! Into the Spell - Just $.99! Jumpers (short story)  - Just .99!               Minimize

This lively, practical text presents a fresh and comprehens ... Read more

This lively, practical text presents a fresh and comprehensive approach to doing qualitative research. The book offers a unique balance of theory and clear-cut choices for customizing every phase of a qualitative study. A scholarly mix of classic and contemporary studies from multiple disciplines provides compelling, field-based examples of the full range of qualitative approaches. Readers learn about adaptive ways of designing studies, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting findings. Key aspects of the researcher's craft are addressed, such as fieldwork options, the five phases of data analysis (with and without using computer-based software), and how to incorporate the researcher's “declarative” and “reflective” selves into a final report. Ideal for graduate-level courses, the text includes:* Discussions of ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, feminist research, and other approaches.* Instructions for creating a study bank to get a new study started.* End-of-chapter exercises and a semester-long, field-based project.* Quick study boxes, research vignettes, sample studies, and a glossary.* Previews for sections within chapters, and chapter recaps.* Discussion of the place of qualitative research among other social science methods, including mixed methods research. Minimize