Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images
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  • Magic Eye Mania
  • Some good images here, but some duds, too.
  • you will be able to appreciate the power of 'splatter vision' practised by secret service agents, army snipers, fighter pilots!
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  • Nice images, but book is falling apart
Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images
Magic Eye Inc.
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0836270444

Book Description

This paperback treasury is perfect for the insatiable Magic Eye fan. Its proportions are the same as the best-selling Magic Eye hardcover books, the paper is the same high-quality stock, but it contains three times as many images - 88 in all! Magic Eye Gallery is a collection of art from Magic Eye calendars; none of the images have ever appeared in book form before. With a retail price of $12.95, it's a bargain that can't be beat - a 96-page book filled with state-of-the-art Magic Eye images for the same price as the 32-page hardcovers! The same fans who put Magic Eye on the bestseller list will be tripling their pleasure with this striking collection.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Magic Eye Mania.......2007-01-12

This book is packed with more images than any other I own, and more vivid colors. I have a lot of favorite pictures, and I love that there are varying degrees of difficulty and depth so theres something for everyone in this book. My only regret is that I cant frame a couple of them as abstract art on my walls. If your looking for an all inclusive book of Magic Eye visual art, this is definately my top choice and top recommendation.

4 out of 5 stars Some good images here, but some duds, too........2006-12-25

(3.5 stars) I've always been a huge fan of Magic Eye images, and I wanted to find a large collection that might keep several grandchildren busy and having fun during the winter holidays. This collection of 3D images, however, proved to be something of a disappointment. Though there are several hidden pictures that are clear and very professionally done (an image of football players and one of an eagle hunting, for example), about twenty-five percent of the images are either unclear, ill-defined, or uninteresting as subject matter.

Two "glass" images are simply the 3D version of the flat image. Five pages contain "no image" at all. Two mazes appear, but only one can be solved--the other has two dead ends at the beginning. Other questionable images include two jet planes with a target site superimposed, making the picture appear confused, a chariot race in which the chariot is unclear and the driver looks like a triangle; and Saturn with its rings where the bottom half of the planet is so hard to see, that the image look like a ranger's hat. Some images of little interest include those of yin and yang, a tapestry weave, an ugly cone, a cube, a car driven by a wolf, a ball seen through mesh, op art, symbols for male and female, four puzzle pieces, and penguins (not polar bears) in front of an igloo (?!?).

I really enjoy this series, but this selection was not interesting to my audience, who felt that many images were just too much work for an image of little interest. In total, I found fifty-seven of the eighty-eight images to be acceptable to good, and two are excellent. Thirty-one, which I marked in the corner so people could skip them, were inferior and detracted from what could have been a terrific collection. n Mary Whipple

5 out of 5 stars you will be able to appreciate the power of 'splatter vision' practised by secret service agents, army snipers, fighter pilots!.......2006-10-21

Magic Eye Gallery: A Showing Of 88 Images
by N.E. Thing Enterprises

I am pleasantly surprised that this treasury of eighty-eight colourful random-dot stereograms is still around. The publisher is apparently the leading pioneer in this field. I thought the 'craze' had faded towards the end of the nineties.

Personally, I am also fascinated by random-dot stereograms. My first exposure to them happened when I attended the PhotoReading workshop in 1992 & then reading Andrew Kinsman's wonderful book, 'Random Dot Stereograms', about the same time. Besides books, I have also amassed a large collection of posters & post-cards in the same genre.

My personal stance towards random-dot stereograms is that they help to demonstrate the two specific phenomena of human perception i.e. binocular disparity & stereoscopic vision.

Although they are great fun to play with, I find them very educational in understanding - & appreciating - how the brain really works! In actuality, each of your two eye balls take in sensory data independently from each other. To see a random dot stereogram, your two eye balls must work together as a coordinated team to sustain a soft focus (or unfocused gaze). In other words, it takes two eye balls to tango!

For some people, random dot stereograms may be difficult to see (especially during the first attempt) when compared to conventional visual illusions found in 'Can You Believe Your Eyes' & 'Seeing Double' by J Richard Block respectively.

I often notice that many people can see the colourful random dot stereograms more readily than the black & white ones!

For your further visual entertainment, I would like to suggest the following collections, also published by N E Thing Enterprises:

- Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World;
- Magic Eye Vol 2;
- Magic Eye Vol 3;
- Magic Eye: A New Bag of Tricks;

To conclude this review, I can only say that when you can readily see random dot stereograms, irrespective whether they are in colour or black & white, you will be able to understand & appreciate the power of 'splatter vision' practised by secret service agents, army snipers, fighter pilots, martial artists, fast readers, animal hunters & nature observers.

4 out of 5 stars AMAZING.......2005-01-15

This book it TOTTALLY amazing. it has a hidden 3-d image inside a 3-d backaround. I do not even no how they do it without 3-d glasses. It is so easy to use to when you get used to it. later on you will just start starring into random pictures. You may think that is stupid but even though it sounds boring it, you will be sitting down starring at one picture for so long. You will love the stunning 3-d effects. I started getting into this by buying a 3-d spongebob book. It didn't include 3-d glasses so I borroed them. Then I tyhought myswell have some fun wlile I have the 3-d glasses so I searched the internet for pictures that need 3-d glasses. I found so much. Then I learned the cross eyed one. I get that one. Then i learned the parrelell trick. That was o.k. Then I found a wierd site in my search results. It said "magic eye". I looked at it. Then the next day I hatdto give the glasses back. I was sad. I looked at that site again [...] I noticed it did not need 3-d glasses and there was only one image of it instead of 2. I looked into it. I did not believe it at first. I thought it was fake. To see if i was right I printed one out. I looked at the directions. I got fustratted because I couldn't see it(it was saturn). right befor I was about to put it down I saw a big 3-d circle made of stars. Then a ring sorrounded it. I was amazed

4 out of 5 stars Nice images, but book is falling apart.......2005-01-04

The images in the book are cool and there are a lot of them, but sadly the book cannot take much handling-my copy of M.E.G. has about 3 pages that have detattached. I have other 3-d image books and they are hard cover with durable binding, which is very necessary since the book gets a lot of handling when people are trying to see the images especially for the 2 page spreads.
MAGIC EYE GALLERY A SHOWING OF 88 IMAGES - 3D ILLUSIONS BY
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    4 out of 5 stars Shaw's "Closeups in Nature".......2006-07-22

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                  5 out of 5 stars Timeless alternatives to the blare of popular culture.......2003-02-07

                  Examining the period of 1900 through 1955, Freedom To Play: We Made Our Own Fun presents the fond childhood memories of a variety of Canadians, and who learned to entertain themselves with improvised toys and games. From simple sports to crafting one's own radio to going sledding or on a school picnic, these enjoyable pastimes both preserve wonderful memories of the past and offer timeless alternatives to the blare of popular culture entertainment today. Compiled and edited by educator Norah L. Lewis (a member of the Canadian Childhood History Project), Freedom To Play is an original, scholarly, and highly recommended contribution to Canadian History reference collections and Canadian Popular Culture Studies reading lists.
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                      3 out of 5 stars An engaging biography of an American naturalist.......2001-07-06

                      Two traditions exist side by side in the literature of natural history: the scientific tradition, running through Linnaeus and Darwin to the evolutionary biologists of today, and the romantic tradition, passing from Gilbert White to John Burroughs and today's conservation and nature movements. The American naturalist Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1947), the subject of this biography, was one of those rare individuals who was at home in both traditions. In her early years Bailey was active in the crusade against feather hats, and we see her vigorous work "in the trenches" of Smith College and of Washington society. On the scientific side, as sister to C. Hart Merriam and as wife to Vernon Bailey, pioneer figures in the U.S. Biological Survey, Florence Bailey was an explorer of the American West, and her many expeditions provided material not only for her technical Handbook of Birds of the Western United States (1902) and her Birds of New Mexico (1928), but for dozens of travel and life history accounts in the popular press as well. Ample quotations from Bailey's writings give a vivid picture of the early West, and make it easy to understand why her works were appreciated by both professionals and amateurs.

                      The weakness of this biography is that, unlike Bailey, its author is at home only in the romantic tradition. We are told on three occasions, for example, that the scientific method of bird study was to "shoot first and ask questions later," a derogatory characterization Bailey would probably not have made inasmuch as her brother and husband were among the greatest collectors of their generation. Florence Bailey comes through as an admirable figure, but the manner in which her story is told will tend to reinforce the prejudices that members of both the scientific and romantic traditions have toward each other today. [Adapted from my review in Archives of Natural History, 18(3): 415, 1991.]

                      5 out of 5 stars No Woman Tenderfoot: Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneer Natura.......2000-05-23

                      I highly recommend this book. It is a wonderful read about a highly individualistic, inspiring woman who lived a fascinating life. I found it soothing and stimulating at the same time: it made me get up off my duff and get back out into the big outdoors to take another look at birds and the natural world, and it also gave me hope about what we can do as individuals to learn about and protect the environment. Florence helped start the movement to ban the practice of putting birds and bird feathers on women's hats that nearly wiped out many of our bird species around the turn of the century. Her early life in the woods with minimal schooling allowed her to see the world in a less cynical, socially molded way, making it possible for her to become one of the preeminent naturalists of her day. She traveled all over the West camping with her naturalist husband and observing birds so that she could write some of the first field guides for these areas. As a writer and a scientist, I found the author's descriptions of Florence's scientific technique, which relied on intimate observations of birds' daily lives, fascinating. What a role model! I will read this book again whenever I need to replenish my stores of hope and curiousity.

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                        Maurice Burton
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                          Type of Attraction A "new-style" zoo that features cageless animals that roam on plots of land surrounded by moats; guided and self-guided tours. Admission Adults, $8; children ages 3-12, $4 Hours Daily, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. When to go Avoid sweltering summer afternoons. "You'll die here midday in July and August," a zoo employee reports. Come before 10 a.m. or after 3:30 p.m. to beat the worst of the heat. Saturday, predictably enough, is the most crowded day, while Sunday morning is usually a quiet time to see the zoo. Keep in mind, too, that animals are most active early in the morning and late in the day.

                          Wright Brothers and Other Pioneers of Flight
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                            Ole Steen Hansen
                            Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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                            Binding: School & Library Binding

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                            ASIN: 0613591208

                            Creative Ideas for Clay Artists: A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly
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                              Creative Ideas for Clay Artists: A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly

                              Manufacturer: Amer Ceramic Society
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                              Looking for new ideas? This new addition to the Ceramics Monthly Handbooks series is a collection of articles from CM, featuring creative artists and ideas to challenge you and inspire your work. Pottery, sculpture, and finishing techniques are covered. This is a must-read for anyone involved in clay— whether looking for new ideas, new inspiration, or renewed creativity. You will find it here through these talented featured artists and their unique approaches to clay.

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                              The Cult of the Koi
                              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                              • Cult of the Koi
                              • Not much details, outdated
                              • Cult of Koi is the best I have seen!
                              The Cult of the Koi
                              Michugo Tamadachi
                              Manufacturer: TFH Publications
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover

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                              ASIN: 0866224408

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars Cult of the Koi.......2002-07-21

                              Great book! Equally helpful for the novice and experienced Koi lover alike! Great pictures and detailed descriptions.I highly recommend this book.

                              3 out of 5 stars Not much details, outdated.......2002-04-25

                              I don't think this is the best book on Koi. Although it covers all the standard topics (Koi identification, pond building, filtration system, diseasees, etc.), it does not give enough details in each topic. The "Tretra Encyclopedia Book of Koi" is by far the best . I know, it is not available for sale any more, but try to find it in a library. It is well worth the effort and you can save money as well.

                              5 out of 5 stars Cult of Koi is the best I have seen!.......2000-05-16

                              The book is an excellent reference for beginners and experts as well. It gives a great overview of the history of Japanese, Domestic and German Koi. It gives an excellent review of the different types of Koi that have help me a great deal in identification.

                              My local Dianichi and Sankaye Koi dealer also says that their consensus is that Cult of the Koi is by far the best they have ever seen.
                              Cult of the Koi.
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                                Lesney's Matchbox Toy : Regular Wheel Years, 1947-69
                                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                • A must for collectors worldwide
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                                Charlie MacK
                                Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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                                ASIN: 076431193X

                                Book Description

                                A new and most informative book for Matchbox collectors by one of America's foremost authorities. Matchbox toys are possibly the most popular collectible in America. People who grew up with die cast cars as children tend to love the toys as adults. The old toys have become scarce and variations of newer toys continue to fuel a popular passion "own each one." Enthusiasts collect not only the toys, but catalogs, collector buttons, and boxes. Pictures and text cover the major variations of the most popular series of die cast cars made by Lesney Products from 1947 to mid-1969. Included is a revised price guide and a list of organized clubs for collectors.

                                Customer Reviews:

                                5 out of 5 stars A must for collectors worldwide.......2005-10-12

                                I have the Superfast Years book and found it excellent, and now I bought the Regular Wheels years, I think this book it a big help for collector that are starting their first moves about collecting Matchbox toys. The price guide is accurate and there are photos of models includin King Size series, Grey wheels and Special sets. Of course, there are another books from this author that includes mores and better detailed photos, but this is perfect book for the first steps.

                                American Gardens: A Tour of the Nation's Finest Private Gardens
                                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                • Master American Gardening
                                American Gardens: A Tour of the Nation's Finest Private Gardens
                                Peter Loewer
                                Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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                                Customer Reviews:

                                5 out of 5 stars Master American Gardening.......2003-09-11

                                "American Gardens: A Tour of the Nation's Finest Private Gardens," by Peter Loewer brilliantly captures the horticultural genius of master gardeners across the United States. Moreover, the diverse photography on nearly every page of this beautiful book allows it to double as a coffee table selection. But be diligent...because your guests may decide to take it home with them.

                                The author provides an extensive menu of gardens. It includes perennial gardens, rock gardens, woodland gardens, desert gardens, shrub gardens, city townhouse gardens and even rooftop gardens. The gardens also include a broad rande of climates, terrains, styles and sizes. For pure artistry the "Garden of Roses," by Bruce Krasberg in suberban Winnetka, Illinois, a city north of Chicago, on Lake Michigan is a beautiful testimony to our national flower.

                                However, my favorite garden is that of Elsa Bakalar in northwestern Massachusetts, not too far from Brattleboro, Vermont. Her garden is actually a patchwork of individual gardens, pieces here and there that add up to an acre on a property of about five acres that includes a pond, a big meadow, and some woods. Bakalar designed giant beds with blends of color schemes mixed in with natural backgrounds.

                                Still and all, the true value of this book for gardeners is "Part Two: Great Ideas for Your Garden." It includes a section on seasonal specialties, gardens in containers, statuary and ornaments and finally paths and paving. The author also provides an outstanding index of sources of supply from plant societies, regional gardening resources, commerical seed companies and mail order nurseries. And finally the text also has a detailed bibliography. This book would make a great gift for the gardener in the family. Highly recommended.

                                Bert Ruiz

                                Symbols As Power: The Papacy Following the Investiture Contest (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
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                                  Symbols As Power: The Papacy Following the Investiture Contest (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
                                  Mary Stroll
                                  Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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                                  Symbols as Power deals with the period between the end of the Investiture Contest in 1122 and the re-establishment of the Roman Senate in 1143. It was a time of transition when popes had to chart new policies relating to the church and the empire. This study concentrates on information encoded in such media as art, architecture, ecclesiastical furniture, pageantry and liturgy. Combined with written sources it analyzes the ideology and policies of each of the four popes reigning in this period. In some cases they manipulated these media as propaganda, and in others their views were less consciously subsumed in the object or ceremony. Strong currents drew the papacy in opposite directions - back towards its apostolic origins, and forward toward a more secular, imperial papacy. All of the popes but one chose the path leading to papal monarchy at the end of the century. Anaclet II, who lost the battle for recognition as pope in the schism of 1130-1138, identified more with the paleochristian church and its religious orientation. This book illuminates a crucial moment in the papal quest for reform and power in both the ecclesiastical and secular spheres. Not only scholars in the field, but also advanced and graduate students interested in iconography and papal politics will find it provocative and enlightening.

                                  Dance-Based Dance Theory: From Borrowed Models to Dance-Based Experience (New Studies in Aesthetics)
                                  Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                                  • Helpful Review of Literature
                                  • Helpful review of Literature
                                  Dance-Based Dance Theory: From Borrowed Models to Dance-Based Experience (New Studies in Aesthetics)
                                  Judith B. Alter
                                  Manufacturer: Peter Lang Publishing
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Paperback

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                                  ASIN: 0820437050

                                  Customer Reviews:

                                  4 out of 5 stars Helpful Review of Literature.......2000-12-23

                                  Respected UCLA dance pedagogue, Judy Alter has compiled a thoroughly useful review of 20th century dance theory that should find its place as a resource text in Dance Theory courses throughout academia. An overview of important contemporary schools of thought, Alter's book emanates from her belief that Dance theory must come from the experience of Dance rather than from borrowed aesthetic philosophies that do not incorporate the corporeal in their initial musings.

                                  To that end, Dr. Alter's first chapter lays out what could be called a manifesto of belief; a definition of Dance and what she believes is required for the creation of a complete dance-based dance theory. It is here that several paradoxes appear: Art-based aesthetics are seen as inadequate yet Dance as a discipline has fought hard to be considered an Art; theory is essentially derived from Word and Symbol yet Dance is essentially Movement and Body; the vast majority of Dance is participatory and improvisational yet most Dance Theory focuses upon the presentational and choreographic forms.

                                  The following chapters review the basic tenants of various theories and it is here where I have a few quibbles. Alter's analysis of H'Doubler's work focuses solely upon "Dance: A Creative Art Experience", ignoring the evolution that H'Doubler's ideas underwent with the following generations of Dance educators. Alter reveals her bias towards Rudolph Laban's work through her insistence that a complete Dance Theory must include a viable notation system as well as her claim that LMA is not culturally biased because Laban was familiar with many different cultures.

                                  These quibbles aside, Dr. Judith Alter has contributed a very strong entry into a field of study that desperately needs fresh inquiry. The review of literature will work well in undergraduate courses and her call for a truly Dance-based Dance theory raises a standard that Dance must attain to be considered a serious academic discipline.

                                  4 out of 5 stars Helpful review of Literature.......2000-12-23

                                  Respected UCLA dance pedagogue, Judy Alter has compiled a thoroughly useful review of 20th century dance theory that should find its place as a resource text in Dance Theory courses throughout academia. An overview of important contemporary schools of thought, Alter's book emanates from her belief that Dance theory must come from the experience of Dance rather than from borrowed aesthetic philosophies that do not incorporate the corporeal in their initial musings.

                                  To that end, Dr. Alter's first chapter lays out what could be called a manifesto of belief; a definition of Dance and what she believes is required for the creation of a complete dance-based dance theory. It is here that several paradoxes appear: Art-based aesthetics are seen as inadequate yet Dance as a discipline has fought hard to be considered an Art; theory is essentially derived from Word and Symbol yet Dance is essentially Movement and Body; the vast majority of Dance is participatory and improvisational yet most Dance Theory focuses upon the presentational and choreographic forms.

                                  The following chapters review the basic tenants of various theories and it is here where I have a few quibbles. Alter's analysis of H'Doubler's work focuses solely upon "Dance: A Creative Art Experience", ignoring the evolution that H'Doubler's ideas underwent with the following generations of Dance educators. Alter reveals her bias towards Rudolph Laban's work through her insistence that a complete Dance Theory must include a viable notation system as well as her claim that LMA is not culturally biased because Laban was familiar with many different cultures.

                                  These quibbles aside, Dr. Judith Alter has contributed a very strong entry into a field of study that desperately needs fresh inquiry. The review of literature will work well in undergraduate courses and her call for a truly Dance-based Dance theory raises a standard that Dance must attain to be considered a serious academic discipline.

                                  Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 3: 1851-1890, A-C (Australian Dictionary of Biography)
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                                    Douglas Pike
                                    Manufacturer: Melbourne University Publishing
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