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This workbook presents a highly successful, national job-search program with an approach to career development.The Five O'Clock Club job search philosophy educates its members about the entire hiring process and takes the reader from the initial stages of preparing a job search campaign to the final stages of the job search process, whereby members learn how to turn job interviews into offers, and how to negotiate the best possible employment package.Special features of the workbook include assessment exercises, target selection and measurement, resume case studies, campaign planning worksheets, and two-minute pitch development. ... Read more

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The Five O'Clock Club Job Search Workbook
I have been a career coach for over 20 years and have seem most job search materials available. Kate Wendleton has, without a doubt, the best Marketing approach out there. From her 3 phases of the job search to the 3 phases' of networking she shows the reader how to develop an organized and personalized approach. ... Read more

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Have you ever tried squeezing in a next-to-the-last play, before a field goal kick, and time expired before you could kick? Or have you tried kicking and missed, from too far away, when you had time to get closer? Squeezing in a next-to-the-last play, while protecting time for a last play, is one of a football coach s most difficult tasks and the one with the most potential for criticism. You need a system for approaching a moving clock, multiple variables, necessary barriers, ever-changing relativities, and demanded decisions. You need a system with structures, reference points, procedures, and warnings. You need a system for thinking ahead. The Complete Handbook of Clock Management describes such a system in detail. Topics covered include: Introducing the challenge, figuring time, playing fast, assembling weapons, using the intentional incomplete pass, the spike, using time-outs, distinguishing between procedures and decisions, clarifying objectives, squeezing in next-to-the-last plays, using up excess time before scoring, letting your opponent score a TD, using clock offense in a wind, deciding on kicking a FG or going for a TD, deciding on punting or going for a first down, deciding on an extra point in final seconds, trying for two points, taking a safety, keeping the clock moving, preparing the quarterback, practicing, playing clock defense, and sustaining progress. ... Read more

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The Magnum Opus of Football Clock Management
Homer Smith is well known and respected as an offensive guru and innovative thinker.What he has given coaches with "The Complete Handbook of Clock Management," however, may be the single most important work he has ever written on the great game of football.

Coach Smith lays out his system of clock managment for coaches at all levels.Although he assumes that playcalling will be done from a press box, his methods are applicable to every level of the game, from youth football to the NFL.

Every facet of clock management, whether behind or ahead, is covered in detail. His systematic approach to the problem involves taking stock, choosing tools, and getting the difficult job of clock management done right.

Highest recommendation. ... Read more

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'Cluck O' Clock' is a tell-the-time book with a difference. It recounts a day in the life of a group of chickens - each with individual and distinct personalities - as they full their lives with food, exercise, visiting - and waiting for the fox. ... Read more

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A book that will capture your little one's attention
"Cluck O'Clock" is the current favorite of my 3-year old, who loves the rhythm of the story and the detailed pictures.This is one of the very few books I can read forty times over without wishing I could hide it.The pictures are adorable and clever, the story will amuse you both, and there's even a bit of suspense that my toddler finds fun - especially since all ends well when the "villain", a fox called Olga, is turned away from the henhouse by a brave rooster.An all-around fun book for when your little one is ready to move beyond the simplicity and short length of board books.
I also highly recommend the author's other book, "Our Twitchy". ... Read more

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First published in 1953, this authoritative work, which was based on a lifetime's practical experience, has been in continuous demand and is recognized as a classic work on the subject. Its great strength lies in the descriptions and principles of watch and clock construction in an easy-to-follow manner. The book opens with a description of the various tools and materials essential for good work; details are then given concerning the construction and repair of the various types of movement, trains, motion work and gearing, the various forms of escapement, keyless mechanisms, balances and balance springs, pendulums, striking and repeating mechanisms, calendars, chronograph work and chronometers. The subject of cleaning is given careful consideration, while filing and turning, the two most important operations in watch and clock making, are given special attention. The construction of specialist tools for repair work, many of which were designed by the author, is explained in some detail and illustrated by working drawings. In addition, an appendix lists the various causes of failure and bad time-keeping. ... Read more

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A Gem of a book for"old school" watchmaking techniques
If you want to make a handmade watch or clock, this book is a Gold mine of information. Covers making watches and clocks from a European perspective using European methods. It seems to me that it leans a little more towards watchmaking than clock making. Old enough to be a good repository of simple old style techniques but still new enough to be easily understood. Loads of clear illustrations on almost every page will leave you thinking "So that's how they did it" time and time again. I am a watch and clock repairman and Of my collection of over 150 Clock and watch books, This is in my top five favorite books.

Another must-have for watchmakers
I said it in the title.

If you can get this book- and you are any kind of craftsman- you will love it.I wated a month or so- and it was worth the wait. ... Read more

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Mastering the Job Interview is for every job hunter who wants to ace the interview.It will help the job seeker to turn the job interview into a job offer.It shows the reader how to maximize a salary offer through smart negotiation.It will show the reader how to highlight their strengths and gain more power in the job interview and is complete with tips to start out on the right foot in a new position. ... Read more

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I got the job, thanks to this book!!!!!!!!!!!
This book helped me land the job I wanted, right out of the box.It taught me how to be prepared, and really helped me realize that one of the most important things about interviewing is what you do after the interview.The follow up is extremely vital if you really want the job.The samples and advice in this book are extremely helpful!!!!!

A Must Have
This book is certainly worth its weight in gold.Kate Wendleton may have written her best guide with this one.The information about researching industries and companies before and after interviews is explained in no nonsense language.By being prepared like that one can certainly eliminate competiting interviewers as well as competing thoughts.Insight is also given for those who are looking to do consulting.

I was actually disappointed the book came to an end.There seems to be so much more Kate Wendleton has to offer on this subject.Five Stars.....Try more like 10! ... Read more

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"Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." In Nature's Clocks, Macdougall tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. By examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating--the best known of these methods--and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, Macdougall unwraps the last century's advances, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors such as "Lucy," the timing of the dinosaurs' extinction, and the precise ages of tiny mineral grains that date from the beginning of the earth's history. In lively and accessible prose, he describes how the science of geochronology has developed and flourished. Relating these advances through the stories of the scientists themselves--James Hutton, William Smith, Arthur Holmes, Ernest Rutherford, Willard Libby, and Clair Patterson--Macdougall shows how they used ingenuity and inspiration to construct one of modern science's most significant accomplishments: a timescale for the earth's evolution and human prehistory. ... Read more

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Simply brilliant
Nature's Clocks is about the history of dating the age of the earth, from Newton to Kelvin to Marie Curie and many other scientists who made important contributions to this subject. Though McDougall also lightly touches on other dating methods like tree rings, the bulk of the book deals with radiometric dating and carbon-14 dating and how it relates to geology, archaeology etc.

What makes this book an absolute gem are two things. Firstly, McDougall has interesting anecdotes about lots of discoveries and the scientists who discovered them - this really makes the subject come alive. Secondly, he makes difficult topics like radiometric dating accessible in layman-friendly terms, and in great detail.

Highly recommended to anyone interested in how the earth is dated.

Absolutely fantastic introduction to ways that scientists determine the ages of things
We've all certainly read or heard of newspaper or magazine articles describing a new kind of fossil, maybe a dinosaur, and the article almost always includes a reference to the age of that fossil.

If you have ever wondered how scientists determine the ages of things then this is the book for you.

McDougall does a superb job of presenting and discussing the highly technical field of radiometric dating in a way that allows scientists and non-scientists alike to enjoy the ride.MacDougall hooked me in the first chapter...OK...imagine this, hikers are traversing a glacier and they come across what looks like a mummified(?) person with half of its body exposed to the air and the other half frozen into the glacier itself.The hikers don't know what to make of this situation.When the find is described and broadcast paleontologists descend on the site and discover an ancient human frozen into the ice, extremely well preserved, but now partially exposed to the elements.Questions soon arise: Who was this individual? How did s/he become frozen in the ice?When did s/he die?The stage is now set for MacDougall to explain how scientists determine the ages of things.

MacDougall does a masterful job of presenting scientifically complex ideas in clear, concise, and extremely readable prose.Not only that, but he pulls it off in a way that just about anyone can follow along and make sense of what there is to know about radiometric and other methods of determing the absolute ages of things.

I particularly enjoyed the historical context MacDougall provides when he introduces a new topic or method.For example, he starts by describing the discovery of radioactivity and progresses through early relatively inexact dating methods to the much more reliable and precise modern methods used today. And, since this book was publishd in 2008 he is able to include even cutting-edge methods.

The book is of particular interest to me since I teach a college-level course in the nature of science, and course topics include the origin and age of the universe, the origin and age of the earth, and the evolutionary origins of the human body.While I already had a general understanding of radiometric dating, this book opened my eyes to the simplicity and complexity of methods used in the past and today to the work it takes to determine the ages of things.

If you have ever wondered how scientists concluded that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old, or how they determine the ages of rocks, fossils, or pretty much anything else, then this book is for you.

MacDougall amazingly manages to address this topic in a comfortable 238 pp. of text, followed by some appendicies, and a glossary of terms, just in case you need to check something out.

This is a five-star read all the way!As soon as I finished I was sending out emails to colleagues telling them of my lucky find!

Thanks Doug!You've done a brilliant job!

Human Ingenuity At Work
This excellent book provides an overview of how things or events from the past can be dated - from when the earth formed to events in human history. As the author points out, although much of the distant past can be dated in a relative way, i.e., by classifying events in the order in which they occurred, the determination of actual ages has received an incredible boost through the use of radioactive isotopes of certain elements. The author weaves this fascinating tale very well - from the discovery of radioactivity, through the discovery of its use in dating ancient artifacts to refining the age of the earth and the timing of milestones in human evolution. The individuals who did the early pioneering work, as well as those who currently strive for greater precision and refinement in this field, play prominent roles in this gripping story which clearly illustrates how science works. The writing style is clear, friendly, authoritative, very engaging and quite accessible. This book appears to have been aimed at broad readership; specialized terminology is well explained when first used in the main text and a glossary of technical terms can be found at the back of the book. But also, an appendix is included that concentrates on some of the mathematical formulas involved, for those who are more mathematically/technically inclined. Consequently, this book can be enjoyed by anyone, although science buffs may consider it a particularly special treat.

How geoloists and archaeologists date rocks, fossils, and artefacts
The main focus of this book is on how objects can be dated using measurements of radioactive isotopes and their products, that is the elements and isotopes that form after radioactive decay.
The author begins with a brief discussion of ideas about the earth's duration before the advent of dating techniques using radioactive isotopes.Here he discusses the duration of the earth as inferred from the Bible, the influence of James Hutton in moving scientific opinion towards a longer time scale, William Smith's use of fossils to come to a relative (that is, the order in which rocks were formed, but not when they were formed) dating of sedimentary rocks, and the conflict in the later half of the 19th century between geologists' belief in a long earth history and the physicist Lord Kelvin's model of a relatively short (20 million years in some versions of the model) duration for the earth.
With the discovery of radioactivity, in the early 20th century it became apparent that radioactive decay could be used a sort of clock. The physicist Ernest Rutherford was one of the first to attempt to estimate geological time scales using radioactive decay.TheBritish geologist Arthur Holmes in his early workwas one of the first geologist's to use the decay of uranium to lead to estimate geological time scales. These early efforts were hampered by the lack of understanding that different isotopes of the same element exist, and that there can be more than one radioactive isotope of an element.
As understanding of the complexity of the problem increased, more accurate methods resulted.Claire Patterson, at the University of Chicago and later at Caltech, came up with the roughly 4.55 billion year estimate of the duration of the earth's existence in the 1950s using the uranium to lead decay series, after much difficulty in eliminating laboratory contamination of lead from leaded gasoline.Starting in the 1940s at the University of Chicago, Libby and his graduate students developed carbon 14 dating, which is suitable for dating objects that contain carbon from roughly the last 50,000 years and is therefore useful for archaeologists, and for geologists who study ice ages.One thing I was interested to learn is that the carbon 14 method is the only one that involves the actual counting of radioactive decay; the other methods, such as uranium to lead or potasssium argon, actually require the measurement of the "parent" element and isotope (such as uranium) and the "daughter" element and isotope (such as lead) with a mass spectrometer, because radioactive decay is too slow for practical counting from small samples of these isotopes.
Each radioactive method is suitable for different time spans,The uranium lead method is suitable for very long (billions, hundreds of millios of years) time spans, the potsssium argon method for intermediate (in a geological sense!) time spans, and carbon 14 for the last 50,000 years or so.Because carbon 14 is produced at varying rates over time in the upper atmosphere (from the interaction of cosmic radiation with molecules in the air), to improve its accuracyit is calibrated with (mainly) tree ring data.The calibration at the moment goes back about 26,000 years.
Recent developments have allowed for collecting information from smaller samples, such as individual crystals of zircon,
I found the book easy to read.The author includes two appendices with some discussion of the mathematics of radioactive decay, a chart of the geological time scale, and the periodic table of the chemical elements. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The measurement of time was one of man's earliest obsessions, and the desire for ever greater precision in time-keeping has inspired generations in the fields of mathematics and science. Equally, each advance has produced accompanying works of great craftsmanship that have turned objects of sober function into things of outstanding beauty. Eric Bruton traces the path of this development from the simple shepherd's dial made of clay, through the rush of horological activity that followed the invention of the pendulum in the mid-seventeenth century, to the perfection escapement developments that form the basic principles of the complex electronic circuitry of our clocks and watches today. Combining specially commissioned line drawings, magnificent colour illustrations and a lucid, authoritative text, this book offers the reader a wonderful catalogue of man's achievement in the fields of science and art. ... Read more

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Time time time, see what's become of me
Arg. Concept books.They're dangerous dealings.A concept book is meant to have a single purpose: to inform.If they amuse, that's nice, but it's not why they were invented.And because you need a good author to make a basic concept easy and understandable to kids, a lot of topics go unanswered on library and bookstore shelves.Until this moment in time, if someone had walked up to my reference desk and asked, "Do you have a good easy concept book about time zones," they would have gotten a front row seat to the show that is my gaping fish-like mouth.As it happens, even adults don't have many books to choose from when it comes to discussing that particular topic.It's just a concept that doesn't get a whole lot of play, even though parents traveling with children, or who have family far away, need a way of explaining to their kids why time isn't the same time all around the world.Cynthia Jaynes Omololu's "When It's Six o'Clock in San Francisco" fills a need, and does a jolly good job of it too.

It is six o'clock in San Francisco and Jared has just woken up to drink his cocoa for the day.As he does this, it's nine o'clock in Montreal, and Genevieve and her father are taking a slippery sliding way to school that neither of them expected.As they do that, it's eleven o'clock in Santiago, and so on.With each new time zone the reader is introduced to new characters and new storylines.Whether they're scoring goals in London, asking for a last drink of water in Sydney or tearing up over spicy food in Lahore, everyone around the world is doing something different.Backmatter shows the different zones on a map with information on how they work.

Omololu opts for a story to help kids understand time zones.This works as a series of short tales, but has resulted in some cataloging confusions.For example, because the Library of Congress designated this a work of fiction, we shelve this story in our picture book section.Personally, I think it would do just fine in the non-fiction section as well.After all, that's where we put our "The Magic School Bus" concept books, and it doesn't seem to confuse anyone all that much.I'd love to slot this in the 808.838762 section sometime.That's the librarian in me.

Now at the end of this book is a two-page factual section that shows a map of the world, the time zones, and text explaining how seasons, distance, and the tilt and spin of the Earth affect these zones.It's a little wordy, so it's probably best to read it to those older kids studying up on the same subject.Little kids, on the other hand, will benefit from seeing on the map where each city is, and figuring out its time from that.Expect to do a lot of backing and forthing between the stories and the map as a result. It got me to thinking that a small map of the world with each new city and time zone at the bottom of the pages wouldn't have been out of place.If the map appeared with a colored bar for each zone, kids would better be able to understand that when it's one time here, it's another time there.The clocks at the bottom of the page do cover this to some extent, but I feel that a continuous map would have been cool too.

Randy DuBurke makes for an interesting complement to Omololu's text.Because this is a book written for a younger crowd, the publisher could have paired this story with a more cartoonish artist.DuBurke, in contrast, has opted for a realistic bent.Storylines are broken up into panels, with a text up above.Sometimes the storylines demand a two-page spread to end the story.Sometimes all you get are three or four panels.It's almost like a graphic novel in this way, but I feel like speech bubbles would be completely wrong for a layout like this.Best to just look as them like scenes from short films.

I did find myself wondering if kids would find the vast array of characters that exist without connection disjointed.You leap from one narrative to another pretty fast here.I was glad to see that the storyline of Jared in San Francisco works out.That gives the book a kind of conclusion that it needed.The book might lend itself to a fun writing assignment, actually.You could tell your kids to choose one of the stories in this book and write a conclusion for it.Will Nkosi in Cape Town buy the washing powder his mother wants like she told him to, or will he blow it all on CDs?Will Keilana in Honolulu convince her mother to let her stay up, or will she lose this battle and be forced back to bed?There are a lot of options here.A lot of options.

Even grown-ups shouldn't feel smug when it comes to understanding time zones.For example, what happens when some of the world experiences daylight savings?What then?As I mentioned before, books on the subject are few and far between (though, interestingly, there's another one by David Adler slated to come out in 2010).You're lucky if you can find something coherent on the subject, let alone engaging.Omololu has covered her bases all the way through the story, saying exactly what date it takes place (February 19th and 20th) and how the aforementioned daylight savings affects various zones.Added to DuBurke's images, it's a creative take on a difficult-to-teach concept.One of those books you'll add to your collection out of necessity, as well as for the fun of it.

Ages 4-9.

Love this book!
I love this book! Bought it for all my nephews, neices and friends. A good multicultural resource for children who want to learn about times zones and for parents who want their kids to catch a glimpse into cultures from around the world.

2 thumbs up!
Great read and beautiful illustrations.By tying the concept of time zones to the relative cultures, the author brings life to a sometimes difficult to understand idea.

Well done!I'm looking forward to sharing this book with all of my out of state neices and nephews!

World Geography for kids!
I cannot resist a new picture book title if it brings up World Geography! The kids loved this one before I could lay my hands on it.

Follow times zones and see what kids are doing all around the world when it's 6 o'clock in San Francisco! A final page explains the concept of times zones with maps and illustrations.

Great Book for Classrooms and Familes
WHEN IT'S SIX O'CLOCK IN SAN FRANCISCO does a terrific job of showing young readers what time zones are. The geographic and mathematical concepts in this book would be a welcome addition to any elementary school classroom, but the biggest surprise to readers may be the lyrical language. Few math picture books can captivate the readers with such beautiful writing and illustrations. WHEN IT'S SIX O'CLOCK IN SAN FRANCISCO is an outstanding choice for reading aloud in the classroom, home, or library. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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A fascinating look into the past
If you love clocks, or would just enjoy a peek into the early 19th century, you will enjoy this book.Chauncey Jerome was a major player in the early days of Amercian clock making and knew most of the other early players.He led a roller coaster life from poverty to wealth and (with the "help" of P.T. Barnum) back to poverty.It is an easy read written in a conversational voice--well worth the few hours it will take to read through it. ... Read more

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Designing and Building A Grandfather Clock
The book was received as described.The service was fast and I would purchase from this vendor again. ... Read more

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Chronicles the true story behind four 1988 Texas murders carried out at the behest of a dead self-proclaimed Mormon prophet, who left his sixty children a list of people he wanted killed. Reprint. K. ... Read more

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All I can say is WOW!
I am so glad that I decided to read this book. I can't blieve that there are people who use religion to justify criminal behavior. I stumbled on this family by accident, after reading "Favorite Wife" by one of Verlan LeBarons' ten wives. After that, I read another book by his 2nd wife as well. Both wives mentioned their brother-in-law, Ervil Lebaron and how he killed his brother. Both books were very interesting but they were just the tip of the iceberg. I was interested in the polygamy aspect, but I never expected to learn as much as I learned from reading this book. The LeBaron family is so SCARY that I can't believe that I never heard of them until now. I have to warn you, some of the incidents are very disturbing to read. I still can't believe that this is a true story.

The 4 O'Clocl Murders
Good Book to read.. Was in really good shape.Got it fairly quick from the seller..
Very Pleased!!

4pm--june 27,1988---4 murders
BIZARRE portrait of aFLDS Mormon crime family.

This is a true crime book at its best.
The Investigative author Scott Anderson did a fine job.

These 4 executions took place in 3 different areas in
Texas June 27,1988-- 4pm. Duane Chynoweth (31)
and his daughter Jenny (8), Mark Chynoweth (35)
and Eddie Marston.

The only one you should WEEPfor is JENNY....SHE
WAS THE ONLY INNOCENT. They shot her in the face.

The others had killed many times for Ervil LeBaron.

This book is about the killing spree Ervil's children &
other cult members went on after his deathin 1981.
Ervil started the killings in 1971 and they would go on
until 1991.

It is a very interesting book.This is an old 1993 book.
Out of print. The onlyplace you are going to be able to
find it is Amazon.

Order now....don't' miss out.

Oh Brother !
I sure wish Amazon would allow us to give zeros, this lousy book deserves one. What could have been a really outstanding study in religious psychopathy and criminal insanity,turned out to be a mishmash of personal opinions, urban myths, half-truths and flat out falsehoods. After reading Anderson's misinformation about the LDS Church, Joseph Smith (who did not form the Danites, he abolished them), Brigham Young, who never demanded a Blood Atonement, nor did he murder his "religious and business" competitors, and other nonsense that generally comes from the fringy born-again cults, I then doubted I could believe anything else the man wrote. It's just a terrible book, not even interesting and Anderson, who's known as one of the modern hack journalists who goes for sensation rather than facts, is just an embarassment. The sad thing is there are a lot of people who will believe this idiocy and continue the myths and falsehoods. If by chance you do decide to waste money and read it, I challenge you to double check what he's writing. And keep this in mind, after pointing out how insane the entire LeBaron clan was, his entire basis for facts come from a never seen letter from the obviously insane great-grandfather. There's no documentation of anything Anderson says of significance, we just have to take this hacks word for it.

The "Mormon Manson"
Mr. LeBaron was dubbed the "Mormon Manson". This study is fascinating insofar as it reveals that within a sect often misunderstood & viewed as "extreme" by mainstream America, there lurk even less understood factions. LeBaron felt that the modern Mormon church was betraying it's pure origins, that he had inherited a messianic right by birth to redress the situation, & that bloodshed alone was the means to accomplish this. He executed rivals such as Ruland Ahlred, & set about on a crime spree that went on for many years. This is a page turner, intriguing regardless of if you have any particular interest in Mormonism or not. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ... Read more

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Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements
The two volume book with prices is a very well written book with great photographs to study the various Seth Thomas clocks and other items manufactured by Seth Thomas.The book is a great addition to any clock book collection.The book provides a history as well as information concerning Seth Thomas and the seth Thomas Clock company.The price guide provides insight to the value of clocks in the book and is helpful to collectors for understanding availability and the scarce clocks. ... Read more

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