Ibanez is the most important Japanese guitar brand & this new book tells the story of its electric guitars tracking the fortunes of this impressive br&. At first the guitars were cheap & basic & in the 1970s Ibanez was best known for its copies of leading Gibson instruments including Les Pauls SGs & Explorers. As the Japanese music industry gained maturity & increased quality Ibanez made more assured instruments with original features; & in the late '70s & early '80s it hit new peaks of achievement. The big break came in the late '80s with the arrival of Steve Vai's impressive & spectacular JEM signature models. In recent years the company has continued to provide great modern electric guitars. Ibanez guitarists featured in the book include George Benson Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) Phil Collen (Def Leppard) Allan Holdsworth Pat Metheny Steve Miller Joni Mitchell John Petrucci (Dream Theater) Lee Ritenour Joe Satriani John Scofield Paul Stanley (Kiss) Mick Thompson (Slipknot) Steve Vai & Bob Weir (Grateful Dead). The book is in the tradition of Tony Bacon's best-selling guitar series with a carefully researched story including exclusive interviews with Vai & Satriani a gallery of full-color pictures of famous guitars & players & a reference section detailing production years & specifications of all Ibanez's electric models. ...

The traveller guides series are informative & concise & are aimed at mainstream travelers wanting to discover something a little different on their trip. These indispensable guides offer the perfect blend of culture history practical information mapping photography & listings. ...

Until the sixties Ibiza belonged to the Ibizans & only a few artists poets & writers lived in this paradise. Then the flower-children arrived the hippies & drop-outs. In the last 30 years however mass tourism has taken over & unfortunately destroyed much of the charm of Ibiza & Formentera. But not everything on the islands has been spoiled. Bed & burgerbar building has reached saturation point & a visit to the pine islands (the Pityussae as the Greeks called them) is still worthwhile today. Theres an unending wealth of hidden beauty spots to be discovered & this new edition of the book helps you to find the best of Ibiza & Formentera whether you travel by car bicycle or on foot. ...

This is a guide for all tastes & budgets with a choice of sites not to be missed. Fold-out maps give the reader instant orientation & help visitors to make the best of their stay. The guide also contains details of restaurants bars pubs theatres music venues shops markets hotels...and all the practical advice needed. This is a map & a guide all in one. ...

In 922 AD an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous & astonishingly objective description of Viking customs dress table manners religion & sexual practices as well as the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation. Between the ninth & fourteenth centuries Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely & frequently into the far north crossing territories that now include Russia Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan. Their fascinating accounts describe how the numerous tribes & people they encountered traded furs paid tribute & waged wars. This accessible new translation offers an illuminating insight into the world of the Arab geographers & the medieval lands of the far north. ...

A unique guide to decreasing symptoms of IBS through delicious food Do you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? You're not alone; it is estimated that about 35 million Americans experience the symptoms of IBS. IBS Cookbook For Dummies provides those affected by IBS with easy-to-follow easy-to-understand recipes to create meals using foods & methods that decrease the risk of experiencing the discomfort of symptoms associated with the disorder. Inside you'll find the dietary tips & information you need to decrease your symptoms & discomfort simply by watching what you eat. You'll find more than 100 tasty recipes you can easily make at home. & since individuals with IBS often suffer from various complications-including bowel obstructions sores & ulcers within the intestinal tract & malnutrition or the presence of nutritional deficiencies- IBS Cookbook For Dummies provides a nutritional meal plan that will help alleviate these complications. Presents more than 70 delicious easy-to-make recipes designed to ease the symptoms of IBS Helps you avoid trigger" foods & choose healthier alternatives

Includes:: tips for menu planning including healthy meals & snacks Explains what to eat when traveling & dining out No need to suffer when you have IBS; just get this handy guide to start eating-and feeling-better!"

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The website inbedwithmaradona.com has become a home to some of the most talented writers bloggers artists designers & photographers working with & taking football as their inspiration today. From a humble beginning as a blog to cover Argentina & their manager Diego Maradona at the 2010 World Cup this book covers the first two years & the evolution of IBWM into the site it has now become. Rather than the news based output of most football sites IBWM has a philosophy of letting contributors write the stories they want to on subjects that maybe dont get the coverage they deserve elsewhere making it an eclectic eccentric informative entertaining & unusual body of work all celebrated here in this book. With a revamp in 2011 came the chance for the site to showcase photography design & artwork & expand further making it one of the most influential football websites operating today. With 26 of the best & most important articles from the first two years of the site featuring writers such as Iain Macintosh Jeff Livingstone Ben Shave David Hartrick Andi Thomas & many more as well as artwork & photography from amongst others Stuart Fuller Danny Last Dan Leydon & Steve Welsh as well as a foreword from noted football author & journalist Jonathan Wilson this book is a celebration of a revolution. IBWM welcome to left-field. ...

In The Icarus Deception" Seth Godins most inspiring book he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art. Everyone knows that Icarus father made him wings & told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning & plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldnt want employees to believe that obedience & conformity are the keys to success? But we tend to forget that Icarus was also warned not to fly too low because seawater would ruin the lift in his wings. Flying too low is even more dangerous than flying too high because it feels deceptively safe. The safety zone has moved. Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce & more valuable than ever. So is choosing to do something unpredictable & brave: Make art. Being an artist isnt a genetic disposition or a specific talent. Its an attitude we can all adopt. Its a hunger to seize new ground make connections & work without a map. If you do those things youre an artist no matter what it says on your business card. Godin shows us how its possible & convinces us why its essential. " If Seth Godin didnt exist wed need to invent him". (" Fast Company"). " Seth Godin is a demigod on the web a bestselling author highly sought-after lecturer successful entrepreneur respected pundit & high-profile blogger". (" Forbes"). Seth Godin is the author of thirteen international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about marketing the ways ideas spread leadership & change including " Permission Marketing" "violet Cow" " All Marketers are Liars" The " Dip" & " Tribes". He is the CEO & a very popular lecturer. His blog is the most influential business blog in the world & consistently one of the 100 most popular blogs on any subject." ...

Provides clinical descriptions diagnostic guidelines & codes for all mental & behavioural disorders commonly encountered in clinical psychiatry. The book was developed from chapter V of the Tenth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases & Related Health Problems (ICD-10). The clinical descriptions & diagnostic guidelines were finalized after field testing by over 700 clinicians & researchers in 110 institutes in 40 countries making this book the product of the largest ever research effort designed to improve psychiatric diagnosis. Every effort has been made to define categories whose existence is scientifically justifiable as well as clinically useful. The classification divides disorders into ten groups according to major common themes or descriptive likeness a new feature which makes for increased convenience of use. For each disorder the book provides a full description of the main clinical features & all other important but less specific associated features. Diagnostic guidelines indicate the number balance & duration of symptoms usually required before a confident diagnosis can be made. Inclusion & exclusion criteria are also provided together with conditions to be considered in differential diagnosis. The guidelines are worded so that a degree of flexibility is retained for diagnostic decisions in clinical work particularly in the situation where provisional diagnosis may have to be made before the clinical picture is entirely clear or information is complete... . As befitting a publication of considerable influence the amount of work that went into preparing ICD-10 has been formidable..."
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In Ice" Gillian Clarke turns to the real winters of 2009 & 2010. In their extremity they redefined all the seasons for her. Nature asserted itself & renewed the environment for the imagination. The poem " Polar" is the poets point de repere evoking a polar-bear rug she had as a child & here resurrects in a spirit of personal & ecological longing that becomes a creative act. She lives with the planet its seasons & creatures in a joyful anxious communion. The book also

Includes:: the asked for & commissioned poems & the " Guardian" spreads Clarke has written during her time as National Poet of Wales (2008-2013). She follows in the rich millennium-old Welsh tradition of occasional writing going back to the first-known named British poets Aneirin & Taliesin in the sixth century."

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