Prostate Cancer: Understand the Disease and Its Treatment
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Book Overview
Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men. While most commonly diagnosed after age 60, prostate cancer can also occur in men in their forties and fifties.
Like other forms of cancer, this disease affects not only the patient but also his spouse and family. At the time of diagnosis, there are many questions that need to be answered. This book provides a simple, concise, practical guide to help patients understand prostate cancer.
Now in its fifth edition, it has, over the years, become an indispensable reference work. Written by medical specialists, it is an outstanding source of information on the prevention and causes of prostate cancer, its early diagnosis and the treatment options available, including their side effects and complications. This new edition looks at all the new diagnostic tools and treatments that have appeared since the last edition and that are bringing renewed hope to prostate cancer patients.
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Rated 5 starsCreate your own original Celtic knotwork design
This book is for people who would like to be able to design Celtic knotwork for quilling, parchment craft, woodcarving, painting, counted cross-stitch, or needlepoint (to name a few examples). It allows you to design beautiful frames, invitations, carved boxes, greeting cards, pillows--let your imagination run wild! I used this book to design watercolor frames.The author divided up her chapters according to the knotwork...
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Rated 5 starsDetailed and Easy to follow
If you want to learn to draw Celtic knotwork, you need this book. It explains in detail and excellently detailed color diagrams how to plot the points for many different kinds of knotwork. From simple two-strand braids all the way up to interwoven animals, it is simply gorgeous and comeletely easy to understand. I can barely draw a straight line, yet I can use this book to create intricate designs for t-shirts, jewelry,...
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Rated 5 starsA good explanation of how to do complex designs
If you're looking for a good book that explains how to do a variety of celtic knots, from the simple to the complex, this is it. It makes everything clear, even for a beginner. It provides a wide variety of design suggestions, with short, but effective, explanations on how to execute them. I've never done this type of artwork, but was looking for creative design ideas to embellish a dress collar-- this book was all I needed...
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Rated 5 starsAn different construction concept, beautifully illustrated.
Bain is great for inspiration once the basic construction methods are mastered. Meehan is excellent for one familiar with geometric pattern construction. But Sturrock is outstanding for freehand scribblers and those interested in visualizing the development of a Celtic knot. If you are in the market for a first book - try Sturrock. Next is Meehan, then Bain. The reverse order might well scare away a potential Celtic...
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Rated 5 starsThe best book on Celtic knotwork I've read.
Sturrock's process for building celtic knots centers on common patterns inside the knot, like hearts and loops. Using the process she outlines here, it becomes very easy to visualize and construct original knots to fit areas of any size. Besides offering a simpler method of knot visualization, Sturrock also discusses methods of translating knotwork to other forms of craft.
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