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analyzes knots, sets them in their historical introduction, clear photographs, intelligent
context, and encourages their contemporary layout, and concise text make this the best basic
application. And it does all this with warmth, ropework text.
thoroughgoing professionalism, and unfailing
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Maine: International Marine, 2001. Good rigging of entertainment rigging, this book will provide
ideas and practices, set in the context of good you with more technical know-how, elegant
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even a bit of maneuvering technique, to help you Sometimes I just pick it up and start reading
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