Morphological Basis of Human Reproductive Function

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Imagine that you're walking on the moon.

What is it like?
For thousands of years people looked up at the moon and wondered about it. Now we know what the moon is like. There is no air on the moon and nothing grows, but there are towering mountains and deep craters--and much more!

Colder than the desert, the hotter than the desert, the moon is an amazing place to explore.

Customer Reviews:

One Step.......2003-05-10

I got this book for the little boy I nanny for. We always read it. He loves it as well as outer space. If yours loves life from out of this world, go buy it. he/she will love it

Travel to the Moon.......2001-02-24

What child does not want to be an astronaut when they grow up? Traveling in space, walking on the moon: How amazing! This book allows children to explore their curiosity and excitement about the moon. It is well illustrated and the narration is interesting and keeps their attention. They are learning, yet it is fun. It is unique because the story is supplemented with short teaching times referring the child to the pictures on the page. (Even I learned a few things about the moon.) My son has always wanted to ride in a space ship... Now he wants to live on the moon! "It is so cool," he said. I highly recomend this book.

Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like: *To Walk on the Moon*To Be Gored by a Bull*To Survive an Avalanche *To Swallow Swords*To Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel*To Be Shot in the Head*To Win the L

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Now that I know what it feels like;maybe I'll avoid it.
Enjoyed it so much, bought 5 more to give to friends!
Brilliant!
Betcha can't read just one!
If this is your idea of humor, you're definitely sick

Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like: *To Walk on the Moon*To Be Gored by a Bull*To Survive an Avalanche *To Swallow Swords*To Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel*To Be Shot in the Head*To Win the L

Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0609809768
Release Date: 2003-09-23

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Have you ever wondered what it feels like:

to be stuck in a tornado?

“[It] is exactly the feel of a freight train approaching—that low, ever-louder howl and the shuddering ground.”

to participate in an orgy?

“And all the while, the thought that keeps going through your mind (and through the cab ride home, and into breakfast the next day): ‘I’m at an orgy! I’m at an orgy!’”

to have a severe stutter?

“The thing is, there’s a disconnect thing between my mind and my tongue. My mind’s processing a thousand words a minute, and the tongue is only squeezing out ten or twelve.”

to be a mob hitman?

“It’s nerve-racking. Don’t let anyone tell you any different. Anybody who’s any good at this is concentrating with every nerve in their body, trying to get it done right and trying not to get caught.”

to be 105 years old?

“I was born in 1897 and I’ve seen a lot in the world. I’ve seen everything there is to see. You look back and tell yourself, ‘What have I been doing all these years?’”

If these tidbits whet your appetite for real, first-person accounts of some of life’s most exhilarating, harrowing, or downright strange experiences, then you’ll be sucked in by Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like. Collected by the ever-curious editors of Esquire magazine, here are more than fifty gripping tales—straight from the mouths of the people who’ve lived them.

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Now that I know what it feels like;maybe I'll avoid it........2006-10-19

We all know about the kinds of things you'll find in this little book.Fortunately,most of us have not actually experienced them....at least not yet.
Being gored by a bull,shot in the head,caught in a volcano,attacked by a Grizzly bear,attacked by Killer bees,do Heroin,be an Albino,be really short,change from a man to a woman,live to 105,go on a hunger strike,get hit by lightning, be buried in an avalance and survive; along with over 40 more experiences are all described by people who actually experienced them.I think the one that surprised me most was the enjoyable experience with death and return. Then ,the person who told of this experience was a spiritual consultant ;could there be a conflict of interest here? We'll all get to experience this one sometime, but I doubt if anyone is in a big hurry! Being a man,I guess I'll have to take the woman's word for how it feels to give birth.
I would, however, like to try the experience of winning a Lottery;not for the money,mind you ,just the experience. If you believe that,maybe you'll believe I'd like to experience an exorcism.
A fun book to kill an hour or so.

Enjoyed it so much, bought 5 more to give to friends!.......2006-06-25

Everything all the previous reviews said were true of my reading experience, "Bon Bon Journalism", with the exception of "If this is your idea of humor, you're definitely sick, June 27, 2004 Reviewer: A reader".

If "A reader" thinks the book is "sick" then maybe they read a couple of the accounts just after eating: Which one would know by reading the title that you would not read them right before or right after a meal if you're you have a sensitive stomach. (Same idea if you like Medical Miracle, ER, X-files, Law&Order - You probably don't eat your dinner watching those shows.)

It is catogorized in Humour, and I did find this book in the Humour section of a Barnes and Noble, but it's not likely that many people would have come across this engaging little book, including me, if it had been catagorized differently.

I bought 5 more of these books, and everyone that received the book thought it was just as fun too.

Brilliant!.......2004-10-13

The author starts from the clever premise of asking people to describe interesting situations--being struck by lightning, being in a tornado, being shot in the head--and they tell him how it feels and he tells us! It's a quick read but don't let the ease of reading fool you--the book actually teaches us more of what it means to be human, and finally we learn of the bond that links us all, no matter what our experiences.

Betcha can't read just one!.......2004-07-02

This is what I call bon-bon journalism. The pieces are all under a thousand words, some are under three hundred. They are pithy, quickly sketched and to the point, written in the first person as told to some of the writers at Esquire. I call it bon-bon journalism because the book is like a box of chocolates: you pop one into your mouth and then another and before you know it you've read the whole thing!

There are sixty-one of these little tales taken from the pages of the magazine. I wouldn't be able to pick a best one, but I liked Buzz Aldrin's reprise of what it feels like to walk on the moon: "powdery dust...the sky velvety black...surreal..." Naturally he was super focused on the task and aware that "if we made a mistake, we would regret it for quite a while."

I also liked "Going over Niagara Falls in a Barrel." It was a lot more high tech than you'd think. It took them almost a year and a half to construct the barrel. "Geoffrey Petkovich, 39, self-employed" who did it with a pal got roughed up a bit. His mouthpiece "got driven, hard" into his gums. He had two cans of beer and a pack of smokes in the barrel and two hours worth of oxygen in tanks in case the barrel sank.

Good too was "What It Feels Like to Have an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder." This guy, "Craig Strobeck, 24, actor" has to take two and a half hour showers. He runs out of hot water but doesn't stop. He has to clean every inch of his body about a thousand times. Sometimes he has to get back in the shower because one area just doesn't feel clean enough.

I was surprised to learn that when giving birth all that pushing that you have to do not only pushes the baby out, but also empties the bowels, etc. leaving a clean up detail that I never heard about before. But the endorphin rush is tremendous, so says "Dee McManamy, 43, housewife."

You get the picture. I think this would be a perfect book to take on a cross country flight, just enough light reading to keep you distracted, but you might want to skip the "What It Feels Like to Be in a Plane Crash." Then again "Ellen Hassman, 55, retired advertising executive" walked away from the detached section of the plane's tail while more than thirty other people died...

As a writer, I admired the crisp way the pieces were edited: tell the story and stop.

If this is your idea of humor, you're definitely sick.......2004-06-28

I saw this book in the humor section of a bookstore. The first "chapter" talks about what it feels like to be struck by lightning. My sister was killed by lightning, so obviously I don't see any humor in that. Other "chapters" talk about being shot in the head, being gored by a bull and having leprosy. Do people find these things to be funny? There might be a place for this book in a bookstore (and on Amazon), but the humor section is not the place.

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The Moon
Willard J. Jacobson
Manufacturer: American Book Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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What Is the Moon? (I Like Space!)
Carmen Bredeson
Manufacturer: Enslow Elementary
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0766029468

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What The Moon Is Like
Branley
Manufacturer: THOMAS Y CROWELL COMPANY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JGJZDI

What the Moon Is Like, Revised Edition (A Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Book)

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What the Moon Is Like, Revised Edition (A Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Book)
Franklyn M. Branley
Manufacturer: Harper Trophy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V7MJKQ

Chambers of secret: have you ever wondered what it would be like to discover a secret passageway? If you had a secret room, what would you do with it? ... secret places.: An article from: New Moon

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Chambers of secret: have you ever wondered what it would be like to discover a secret passageway? If you had a secret room, what would you do with it? ... secret places.: An article from: New Moon
Melissa Kil
Manufacturer: New Moon Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from New Moon, published by New Moon Publishing on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 525 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Chambers of secret: have you ever wondered what it would be like to discover a secret passageway? If you had a secret room, what would you do with it? Not all the good secrets are in books and movies. Lots of them are real! Let's sneak into some top secret places.
Author: Melissa Kil
Publication: New Moon (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: New Moon Publishing
Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Page: 30(3)

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Check it out: dear readers: bat, kick, 'and run your way through these great resources about girls and women in sports. Love, Luna.(A Hero For Daisy, Game ... Sports)(Review): An article from: New Moon

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Check it out: dear readers: bat, kick, 'and run your way through these great resources about girls and women in sports. Love, Luna.(A Hero For Daisy, Game ... Sports)(Review): An article from: New Moon

Manufacturer: New Moon Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from New Moon, published by New Moon Publishing on November 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1838 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Check it out: dear readers: bat, kick, 'and run your way through these great resources about girls and women in sports. Love, Luna.(A Hero For Daisy, Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?, Throw Like a Girl: A Revolution in Women's Sports)(Review)
Publication: New Moon (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2001
Publisher: New Moon Publishing
Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Page: 24(1)

Article Type: Movie Review

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Family album: like people, families come in all shapes and sizes. We asked you what makes your family especially yours, and here's what you had to say!: An article from: New Moon

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Family album: like people, families come in all shapes and sizes. We asked you what makes your family especially yours, and here's what you had to say!: An article from: New Moon

Manufacturer: New Moon Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from New Moon, published by New Moon Publishing on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1039 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Family album: like people, families come in all shapes and sizes. We asked you what makes your family especially yours, and here's what you had to say!
Publication: New Moon (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: New Moon Publishing
Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Page: 28(3)

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When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie at Old Venice, Pt. Loma Palace remains top pick. (What's on the Menu).(Old Venice Restaurant)(Restaurant ... An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie at Old Venice, Pt. Loma Palace remains top pick. (What's on the Menu).(Old Venice Restaurant)(Restaurant ... An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Jack White
Manufacturer: CBJ, L.P.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008DGMKG
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on May 5, 2003. The length of the article is 696 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie at Old Venice, Pt. Loma Palace remains top pick. (What's on the Menu).(Old Venice Restaurant)(Restaurant Review)
Author: Jack White
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 5, 2003
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: 24 Issue: 18 Page: 32(1)

Article Type: Restaurant Review

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An indispensable resource for scientists and engineers concerned with high vacuum technology

Vacuum technology has evolved significantly over the past thirty years and is now indispensable to various fields of scientific research as well as the medical technology, food processing, aerospace, and electronics industries.

Foundations of Vacuum Science and Technology offers a comprehensive survey of the physical and chemical principles underlying the production, measurement, and use of high vacuums. It also provides a valuable critical survey of important developments that have occurred in the field over the past several decades.

Comprising contributions from many of the world's leading specialists in vacuum techniques, Foundations of Vacuum Science and Technology:
* Reviews the laws of kinetics, the principles of gas flow over a wide range of pressures, and the behaviors of both compressible and turbulent flows
* Features exhaustive coverage of vacuum pump technology, including liquid ring pumps, dry pumps, turbo pumps, getter pumps, and cryo pumps
* Describes leak detectors used in industry
* Examines all types of pressure measurement techniques, including the latest quadrupole mass spectrometer techniques for partial pressure analysis
* Explores the state of the art in calibration and standards.

Customer Reviews:

Good Introduction to Vacuum System.......2000-09-21

I have used this book as an undergraduate and graduate student. This is a great book that takes you from the basics to the more advanced technologies. A must have for a lab.

Foundations of Vacuum Science and Technology.......2000-04-14

This is a very useful book for the people who is interested in Vacuum technoloyies.

Topics and Methods in Condensed Matter Theory: From Basic Quantum Mechanics to the Frontiers of Research

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Topics and Methods in Condensed Matter Theory: From Basic Quantum Mechanics to the Frontiers of Research
Michele Cini
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3540707263

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This book provides material for courses in theoretical physics for undergraduate and graduate students specializing in condensed matter, including experimentalists who want a thorough theoretical background; the advanced part should be of interest to research workers too. A good first course in quantum mechanics is assumed. Here a variety of many-body phenomena in condensed matter are discussed, with special attention paid to the understanding of strong correlation effects. This requires a variety of theoretical tools (diagram expansions, groups, recursion methods and more). The text, which arose naturally from teaching, is eminently readable and the mathematical treatments are explained in enough detail to be followed easily. Proofs of all the relevant theorems are provided, but the main emphasis is always on the physical meaning or applicability of the results. Many examples are provided for illustration and also serve as worked problems.

Topics in the Theory of Solid Materials (Series in Material Science and Engineering)

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Topics in the Theory of Solid Materials (Series in Material Science and Engineering)
J.M. Vail
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0750307293

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Topics in the Theory of Solid Materials provides a clear and rigorous introduction to a wide selection of topics in solid materials, overlapping traditional courses in both condensed matter physics and materials science and engineering. It introduces both the continuum properties of matter, traditionally the realm of materials science courses, and the quantum mechanical properties that are usually more emphasized in solid state physics courses, and integrates them in a manner that will be of use to students of either subject. The book spans a range of basic and more advanced topics, including stress and strain, wave propagation, thermal properties, surface waves, polarons, phonons, point defects, magnetism, and charge density waves. Topics in the Theory of Solid Materials is eminently suitable for graduates and final-year undergraduates in physics, materials science, and engineering, as well as more advanced researchers in academia and industry studying solid materials.

Solutions Manual for Electrical Properties of Materials, Sixth Edition

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Solutions Manual for Electrical Properties of Materials, Sixth Edition
L. Solymar , and L. B. Au
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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This manual contains detailed solutions to all the problems contained in the sixth edition of Electrical Properties of Materials by L. Solymar and D. Walsh (1998). For convenience the problems are also reprinted in this volume. It will be invaluable both to instructors and lecturers who have adopted the text and to the students themselves.

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If The Stiletto Fits... (Harlequin Flipside)
Wendy Etherington
Manufacturer: Harlequin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0373442033

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