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New Bushnell XGC+ Golf GPS Rangefinder Product Review

Bushnell XGC+ Golf GPS Rangefinder

• GPS golf rangefinder equipped with accurate SiRFstar III GPS chip
• Automatically calculates distance to front, center, and back of the green
• High-resolution 2.2-inch color screen with full-color custom mapping
• Preloaded with 16,000-plus North American golf courses
• Legal for tournament play; measures 2.15 x 3.85 x 0.75 inches (W x H x D)

GOLF GPS READY TO PLAY RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX2.2″ COLOR SCREENLARGE HIGH-RESOLUTION SUNLIGHT READABLE SCREENCUSTOM COLOR MAPS SHOW HOLE LAYOUT16000 PRE-LOADED COURSESDISTANCE TO ANY POINT ON THE HOLEAUTO COURSE RECOGNITIONACCURATE SHOT DISTANCE FEATURE;SCOREKEEPING & STATISTICS CAPABILITIESEASY-TO-USE INTERFACEDURABLE & RAIN PROOFUP TO 16 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFERECHARGEABLE LI-ION BATTERY INCLUDES POWER CORD ADAPTER USB SYNC CABLE STORAGE POUCH BELT CLIP & QUICKSTART GUIDEDIM: 3.85″L X .75″W X 2.15″H1 YEAR WARRANTYUPC : 029757368355Shipping Dimensions : 6.00in X 5.50in X 2.75inEstimated Shipping Weight : 12.8Take your golf game to the next level with the Bushnell XGC+ GPS rangefinder. Ideal for golfers who want to improve their shot making and course management, the XGC+ is equipped with a SiRFstarIII GPS chip that calculates the distance to any point on the hole.

The rangefinder automatically displays the distance to the front, center, and back of the green from your current location.

As a result, you can quickly learn the distance to the pin, the left dogleg, the sand trap just short of the green, and the tree that’s just waiting to vacuum up your approach shot. The powerful rangefinder displays the information on a high-resolution 2.2-inch color screen, with full-color custom mapping. This gives you a vivid “down the fairway” perspective for easier and better course management. Best of all, the XGC+ is preloaded with more than 16,000 North American golf courses ready to use right out of the box. No membership fee is required to use the XGC+, and no course downloads are necessary to get started.

Among the specific rangefinder features are automatic course recognition and automatic hole advance, which make it easy to transition from course to course and hole to hole; an intuitive user interface; an accurate shot distance feature; options for score-keeping and statistics; and a durable rainproof housing. Legal for tournament play, the XGC+’s lithium-ion battery runs for up to 16 hours per charge.

The rangefinder–which measures 2.15 by 3.85 by 0.75 inches (W x H x D)–comes with a power cord/adapter, a USB sync cable, a storage pouch, a belt clip, and a quick-start guide. The bundle carries a one-year warranty.

About Bushnell
Bushnell has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for more than 50 years. The company’s guiding principle is to provide the highest quality, most reliable, and most affordable sports optics products on the market. Bushnell product lines enhance the enjoyment of every outdoor pursuit, including nature study, hunting, fishing, birding, and stargazing. Indoors, the company’s binoculars bring the audience closer to the action in fast-moving sports or the fine arts at theaters and concerts.

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Complete What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character Product Review

What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

The New York Times bestseller: sequel to “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”—funny, poignant, instructive.

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. “What Do You Care What Other People Think?” is Feynman’s last literary legacy, which he prepared as he struggled with cancer. Among its many tales—some funny, others intensely moving—we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen. A thoughtful companion volume to the earlier Surely You Are Joking Mr. Feynman!. Perhaps the most intriguing parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of science and policy colliding in the presidential commission to determine the cause of the Challenger space shuttle explosion; and the scientific sleuthing behind his famously elegant O-ring-in-ice-water demonstration. Not as rollicking as his other memoirs, but in some ways more profound.

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Latest Franklin Speaking Merriam Webster Spanish English Dictionary (BES-2100) Review

Franklin Speaking Merriam Webster Spanish English Dictionary (BES-2100)

• Speaks 5,000,000 Spanish English Translations
• Speaks 4,800 common phrases
• 240,000 word English Dictionary
• Advanced Verb Conjugations
• Phonetic Spell Correction

Whether you’re a student, professional or first-time traveler, this speaking Spanish-English Dictionary helps you learn English and Spanish words quickly and easily. Perfectly sized so you can slip it into your pocket or bookbag, yet powerful enough to provide 5 million translations to build your vocabulary – and 4,800 recorded phrases to perfect your pronunciation. Create your own personal word lists and dictionary entries by connecting the device to your PC or Mac, via the enclosed USB cable, download your entries – and take it with you on the go! Phonetic Spell Correction fixes your misspelled entries. It even has scalable fonts and adjustable volume control to ensure you’ll see and hear every syllable. Demo included for step-by-step instructions.

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Complete The Dangerous Book for Boys Review

The Dangerous Book for Boys

The bestselling book for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is.

In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun—building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world’s best paper airplanes.

The completely revised American Edition includes:

The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
Timers and Tripwires
Baseball’s “Most Valuable Players”
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg
Spies-Codes and Ciphers
Making a Go-Cart
Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary
Girls
Cloud Formations
The States of the U.S.
Mountains of the U.S.
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Common US Trees
Timeline of American History

Equal parts droll and gorgeous nostalgia book and heartfelt plea for a renewed sense of adventure in the lives of boys and men, Conn and Hal Iggulden’s The Dangerous Book for Boys became a mammoth bestseller in the United Kingdom in 2006. Adapted, in moderation, for American customs in this edition (cricket is gone, rugby remains; conkers are out, Navajo Code Talkers in), The Dangerous Book is a guide book for dads as well as their sons, as a reminder of lore and technique that have not yet been completely lost to the digital age. Recall the adventures of Scott of the Antarctic and the Battle of the Somme, relearn how to palm a coin, tan a skin, and, most charmingly, wrap a package in brown paper and string. The book’s ambitions are both modest and winningly optimistic: you get the sense that by learning how to place a splint or write in invisible ink, a boy might be prepared for anything, even girls (which warrant a small but wise chapter of their own).

Inside The Dangerous Book for Boys

Figure 8 Knot

Sheet Bend Knot

The Battle of Waterloo

Questions for Conn Iggulden

Conn and Hal Iggulden are two brothers who have not forgotten what it was like to be boys. Conn taught for many years before becoming one of the most admired and popular young historical novelists with his Emperor series, based on the life of Julius Caesar, and his newly embarked series on Genghis Khan, while Hal is a theater director. We asked Conn about their collaboration.

Amazon.com: It’s difficult to describe what a phenomenon The Dangerous Book for Boys was in the UK last year. When I would check the bestseller list on our sister site, Amazon.co.uk, there would be, along with your book, which spent much of the year at the top of the list, a half-dozen apparent knockoff books of similar boy knowledge. Clearly, you tapped into something big. What do you think it was?

Iggulden: In a word, fathers. I am one myself and I think we’ve become aware that the whole “health and safety” overprotective culture isn’t doing our sons any favors. Boys need to learn about risk. They need to fall off things occasionally, or–and this is the important bit–they’ll take worse risks on their own. If we do away with challenging playgrounds and cancel school trips for fear of being sued, we don’t end up with safer boys–we end up with them walking on train tracks. In the long run, it’s not safe at all to keep our boys in the house with a Playstation. It’s not good for their health or their safety.

You only have to push a boy on a swing to see how much enjoys the thrill of danger. It’s hard-wired. Remove any opportunity to test his courage and they’ll find ways to test themselves that will be seriously dangerous for everyone around them. I think of it like playing the lottery–someone has to say “Look, you won’t win–and your children won’t be hurt. Relax. It won’t be you.”

I think that’s the core of the book’s success. It isn’t just a collection of things to do. The heroic stories alone are something we haven’t had for too long. It isn’t about climbing Everest, but it is an attitude, a philosophy for fathers and sons. Our institutions are too wrapped up in terror over being sued–so we have to do things with them ourselves. This book isn’t a bad place to start.

As for knockoff books–great. They’ll give my son something to read that doesn’t involve him learning a dull moral lesson of some kind–just enjoying an adventure or learning skills and crafts so that he has a feeling of competence and confidence–just as we have.

Amazon.com: You made some changes for the U.S. edition, and I for one am sorry that you have removed the section on conkers, if only because it’s such a lovely and mysterious word. What are (or what is) conkers?

Iggulden: Horse chestnuts strung on a shoelace and knocked against one another until they shatter. In the entire history of the world, no one has ever been hurt by a conker, but it’s still been banned by some British schools, just in case. Another school banned paper airplanes. Honestly, it’s enough to make you weep, if I did that sort of thing, which I try not to. Reading Jane Austen is still allowed, however.

Amazon.com: What knowledge did you decide was important to add for American boys? I notice in both editions you have an excellent and useful section on table football, as played with coins. Is paper football strictly an American pastime? I’m not sure I could have gotten through the fourth grade without it.

Iggulden: I like knowing the details of battles, so Gettysburg and the Alamo had to go in, along with the Gettysburg address, stickball, state capitals, U.S. mountains, American trees, insects, U.S. historical timelines, and a lot of others. Navajo code talkers of WWII is a great chapter. It probably helps that I am a huge fan of America. It was only while rewriting for the U.S. that I realized how many positive references there already are. You have NASA and NASA trumps almost anything.

As for paper football, ever since I thought of putting the book together, people keep saying things like “You have rockets in there, yes? Everyone loves rockets!” Paper football is the first American one, but there will be many others. No book in the world is long enough to put them all in–unless we do a sequel, of course.

Amazon.com: Do you think The Dangerous Book for Boys is being read by actual boys, or only by nostalgic adults? Have you seen boys getting up from their Xboxes to go outside and perform first aid or tan animal skins or build go-carts?

Iggulden: I’ve had a lot of emails and letters from boys who loved the book–as well as fathers. I’ve had responses from kids as young as ten and an old man of 87, who pointed out a problem with the shadow stick that we’ve since changed. The thing to remember is that we may be older and more cynical every year, but boys simply aren’t. If they are given the chance to make a go-cart with their dad, they jump at it. Mine did. Nothing gives me more pleasure than to know the book is being used with fathers and sons together, trying things out. Nothing is more valuable to a boy than time with his dad, learning something fun–or something difficult. That’s part of the attitude too. If it’s hard, you don’t make it easy, you grab it by the throat and hang on for as long as it takes.

The book is often bought by fathers, of course. Their sons don’t know Scott of the Antarctic is a great adventure story. How could they if it isn’t taught any more? Good, heroic stories don’t appear much in modern school curriculums–and then we wonder why boys don’t seem interested.

Amazon.com: And finally, on to the important questions: Should Pluto still be a planet? And what was the best dinosaur?

Iggulden: Pluto is a planet. I know there are scientists who say it isn’t, but it’s big enough to be round and it has a moon, for crying out loud. Of course it’s a planet. Give it ten years and they’ll be agreeing with me again.

As for the best dinosaur, it depends what you mean by best. For sheer perfection, it probably has to be the shark and the crocodile. Modern ones are smaller but their record for sheer survival is pretty impressive. I only hope humanity can do as well. The only thing that will stop us is worrying too much.

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Complete Make a Fortune Promoting Other People’s Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich Product Review

Make a Fortune Promoting Other People’s Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich

“It took me years to discover many of the techniques she spells out in her book. I wish it had been available when I started.”

-Allan Gardyne, AssociatePrograms.com

The definitive guide to planning and managing a successful online affiliate business!

Make a Fortune Promoting Other People’s Stuff Online is your hands-on guide to starting your own profitable affiliate marketing business quickly, easily, and inexpensively. Leading affiliate marketing authority Rosalind Gardner gives you a proven five-step plan for identifying a niche with a huge market, choosing products to promote, and selling the benefits effectively. You’ll see how to:

• Navigate the different affiliate programs, from commissioned-based “click-through” programs to CPM impressions to flat-fee referral
• Identify the products and programs that are profitable-and the ones to avoid
• Ask the right questions before you join an affiliate program
• Research, understand, and sell to your niche market
• Negotiate for a higher percentage on your commission
• Stay on top of developments in the industry

Packed with time- and money-saving techniques-including twelve ways to drive traffic to your website at no cost-this comprehensive guide is all you need to make big profits as an affiliate marketer!

Rosalind Gardner is the creator of several successful online businesses and the author of the bestselling Super Affiliate Handbook. Her website is NetProfitsToday.com.

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Honest What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. First Look

What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time.

Starting from the premise that successful students are not necessarily any more brilliant than their less successful peers, but have simply mastered the art of efficient learning, Adam Robinson introduces high school and college students to an innovative approach that can help them achieve top grades while discovering the joy of true learning. Line drawings.

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How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)

• ISBN13: 9780671212094
• Condition: New
• Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.

You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them — from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author’s message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

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Latest Metroid: Other M Review

Metroid: Other M

• Metroid – Other M takes the best elements of 1st-person and 3rd-person gaming to create a seamless blend between game play, story-telling and dynamic cinematography, that feels like a movie you can control; you can hold the Wii Remote controller sideways while navigating and battling in 3rd-person; however, at any moment, you can switch immediately to Wii Remote pointer controls to examine and explore the environments in 1st-person perspective
• Metroid fans know more about Samus’ suits and weapons than they do about what drives her; that’s about to change, the story begins immediately following the events of Super Metroid, when a baby Metroid gave its life to protect Samus, with voice acting and a rich story, you will learn the engaging back-story of Samus as she weaves through an action-packed adventure aboard the Bottle Ship, a decommissioned space facility; as she hurtles into this new adventure, Samus will encounter her first men
• The development of Metroid – Other M is an exciting collaboration between Nintendo’s Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja; Sakamoto was the director of Super Metroid in 1994; Team Ninja is the renowned action developer of Ninja Gaiden. Metroid – Other M pairs Sakamoto’s expert level design and exploratory focus of the classic Metroid series with Team Ninja’s signature stylish, no-holds-barred action

Metroid Franchise’s Heroine Gets Personal. For decades, Samus Aran has been known as one of the first female protagonists in video games and one of the most enigmatic. Having traded her haunted past for the solitary life of a bounty hunter, Samus finally tells her own tale in this revealing, personal story of her failings, her flaws and ultimately her motivation. Metroid: Other M is an unprecedented collaboration that blends the slick, action-packed production of the world-renowned Team Ninja development team with the game design talents of the creators of the original Metroid. Metroid: Other M is a dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling and the best in interactive entertainment.

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Complete LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Pet Pals Product Review

LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Pet Pals

• Pick and pamper your very own puppy as you both prepare for the dog show!
• Follow the words as you walk your puppy and earn money for goodies.
• Help your dog win rewards at the Fling and Fetch Competition by solving early mathematics problems.
• Feed, bathe and dress up your furry friend as you make cuddles count.
• Teaches numbers, mathematics, reading skills, writing skills and following directions.

This will help you to learn important reading and math skills as you feed, groom and care for your puppy, take it for walks, play catch, and more. Then show what you know in the big dog show and win “money” by showing off your smarts. Kids will learn phonics skills, counting, letter writing and responsibility. For use with the Leapster Learning System or Leapster TV Learning System, this is sold separately.

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Complete Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence Review

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence

Business leaders who maintain that emotions are best kept out of the work environment do so at their organization’s peril. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman’s theories on emotional intelligence (EI) have radically altered common understanding of what “being smart” entails, and in Primal Leadership, he and his coauthors present the case for cultivating emotionally intelligent leaders. Since the actions of the leader apparently account for up to 70 percent of employees’ perception of the climate of their organization, Goleman and his team emphasize the importance of developing what they term “resonant leadership.” Focusing on the four domains of emotional intelligence–self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management–they explore what contributes to and detracts from resonant leadership, and how the development of these four EI competencies spawns different leadership styles. The best leaders maintain a style repertoire, switching easily between “visionary,” “coaching,” “affiliative,” and “democratic,” and making rare use of less effective “pace-setting” and “commanding” styles. The authors’ discussion of these methods is informed by research on the workplace climates engendered by the leadership styles of more than 3,870 executives. Indeed, the experiences of leaders in a wide range of work environments lend real-life examples to much of the advice Goleman et al. offer, from developing the motivation to change and creating an improvement plan based on learning rather than performance outcomes, to experimenting with new behaviors and nurturing supportive relationships that encourage change and growth. The book’s final section takes the personal process of developing resonant leadership and applies it to the entire organizational culture. –S. Ketchum

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Honest Puerto Rico Product Review

Puerto Rico

• 3 to 5 Player Game
• 90 Minutes to play
• High quality farming and economic themed board game
• Great for game nights

Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder’ Which roles will you play in the new world’ Will you own the most prosperous plantations’ Will you build the most valuable buildings’ You have but one goal: achieve the greatest prosperity and highest level of respect. Andreas Seyfarth is the author of Puerto Rico. It is for 3 to 5 players. Length of a typical game is 90-150 minutes.

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