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26-year-old Claire Reilly is on top of her game as one of the youngest celebrity reporters and editors in the business. At Mod magazine, she is a consummate professional, interviewing dreamy Hollywood hunks and staying on top of every story. Unfortunately, her live-in boyfriend seems intent on setting the worlds record for celibacy, yet she finds herself penning articles like Ten Reasons You Should Have a One-Night Stand. When Claire lands the plum assignment of interviewing Cole Brannon, Hollywoods #1 hottie, she knows better than to mix business with pleasure, but the next morning, she finds herself in Coles bed....without her clothes. After the tabloids pick up the story, Claires life is turned upside down. In struggling to regain her reputation, shell learn a great deal about herself....and that you shouldnt always believe everything you read.

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Laugh Outloud Amusing.......2006-10-24

When Claire Reilly, senior celebrity editor of Mod magazine, is given the assignment to write an article entitled "10 Reasons to Have a One-Night Stand" she thinks it will be the hardest thing she'll have to do. How is someone who can't even get her live-in boyfriend to make love to her for the last 29 days (and counting) supposed to be knowledgeable on such a subject?

A better person for the job would have been her co-worker and best friend, Wendy who was to sexual liberation what Manolo Blahnik was to shoes. A much easier assignment should be her next one...interviewing Cole Brannon the hottest male celebrity. Little does she know it will turn her life up side down.

In an amazingly short space of time, Claire's previously nearly-content existence is tossed into turmoil by her cheating (now ex-) boyfriend and her editor Sidra, the catty leader of Mod's fashion department "Triplets." Sidra has a hot jealous streak toward Claire's career success coming at such an early age. Of course she's also delusional and trying to convince everyone that she and George Clooney had "a thing."

And then there's Cole. His down-home boyish charm strikes an immediate chord in Claire that she's determined to ignore.

She's a professional after all and above getting involved with the celebrities she interviews. According to the tabloids and the mouth of his own publicist he's the closest thing to a modern-day Casanova.

Her opinions and emotional tug-of-war soon take a backseat when she finds her name splashed across the headlines as Cole's latest paramour. Claire is now fighting for her reputation, her livelihood, and possibly more as she finds what it's like to be on the receiving end of the media's rumor mill.

Kristin Harmel is no stranger to the worlds of magazine publishing or celebrity journalism. In her debut novel, How to Sleep with a Movie Star, she takes the knowledge she's garnered through her professional experiences and turns it into a fictional "what if?"

The dialogue and narration alike are sharp, witty, and oftentimes laugh-out-loud amusing. Characters provide three-dimensional entertainment, making them vary from easily relatable to wildly pathetic and even fun-to-hate. While the story is not a completely original one, Harmel gives it a lively and refreshing voice, making it stand out in the crowd.

The Best Read of my year!!!.......2006-08-28

I will not go into details about the contents of the book as I think they are already well documented but from page 1 this book was a page turner. Great storyline, so many moments when you can't stop yourself from laughing out loud. This book hits all the right moments and the ending is a blast. My only complaint is that it did not last longer because as I neared the end I really did not want to finish it as it was just that good. Recommend it and can't wait for this author's next book.

Page Turner.......2006-08-04

I absolutely LOVED this book! I usually read a couple of chapters before bed, but with this book I couldn't put it down! I found myself reading into the wee hours of the night! This book's plot was so unexpected and it was nothing like I thought it was going to be. It has a great twist on the usual "chick lit" type of book. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. This book is a page turner!

So cute!.......2006-07-26

I breezed through this book in 2 days. I really loved it! I usually hate paying 12 bucks for a book I read so fast, but I had no problems with dishing it out for this cute book. Of course it's nothing new, just girl and movie star going thru multiple hurdles to end up together(kinda like the movie Notting Hill). But her writing style was witty and fast paced and it was totally enjoyable. I would get her next book in a heartbeat! Enjoy!!

It's heart was in the right place..........2006-06-28

'HOW TO SLEEP WITH A MOVIE STAR' has all the right ingredients to make it a modern day Cinderella story. The very handsome and exceedingly nice movie star and the cute, up and coming magazine editor who meet at an interview and are immediately drawn to each other. I thought that I was going to love this book when about fifty pages into it, movie star Cole Brannon and journalist Claire Riley first meet and the sparks begin to fly. However, the book took a turn that I wasn't quite expecting, Claire began to push this gorgeous and very sweet movie star away (who in real life would do that???) and her self-esteem seemed to get lower and lower as the book went on. Claire seemed to make a lot of irrational decisions, such as wanting to take back her cheating boyfriend just days after catching him in the act when all the while Cole was clearly pining for her, for no apparent reason. Also there wasn't a whole lot of Cole Brannon in this book, a character that I, for one, really enjoyed.

'HOW TO SLEEP WITH A MOVIE STAR's heart was definitely in the right place but unfortunately it didn't come together in the way that I had hoped. The ending was good, Cole Brannon was a gem, and Claire's best friend Wendy was the kind of friend we all wish we had but the "Cinderella story" I was looking for wasn't quite there. Overall this book gets 3 1/2 stars.

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Sweeney St. George concedes that having lunch in Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery might be a bit macabre. Yet the graveyard fits her interests as an art professor with a specialty in cemetery statuary and mourning jewelry. And although she doesn't yet realize it, this historic burial ground is one of the last places on earth her favorite student, Brad Putnam, scion of a famous Boston family, sees before someone murders him.Because of her expertise, the Boston police ask Sweeney to help them track down the antique jewelry found with Brad's body. Her investigation soon leads to chilling information about the influential Putnams, an earlier death, and Brad's secrets. Complicating everything is her attraction to Brad's rakishly charming older brother Jack. Now, Sweeney St. George is about to walk a dark and dangerous path....where passion can be dangerous and where a killer waits.

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A great second outing.......2006-11-27

The second novel in the Sweeney St. George series provides a very compelling mystery and continues to provide insights into the background of Sweeney - an atypical mystery lead. It also introduces a new character - detective Tim Quinn. He is a great addition to the series with a lot of "issues" to explore in future novels. A wonderful read.

Book about jewelry is a gem.......2006-11-06

It is SO nice (and alas, so rare) to find a "new" mystery author to follow! Taylor's books combine all the ingredients: a strong, likeable, three-dimensional heroine; plots that keep the pages turning; a sense of place and setting; and (an added bonus) fascinating information topics I'd never considered studying.

Consider this one of my rare raves.

Red-haired Sweeney St. George (a great name!) teaches a class on mourning objects at an unnamed Boston area university. One of her graduate seminar students is murdered and pieces of mourning jewelry are found on his person. Are these objects clues to the killer?

Sweeney gets invited to help the police, including a complex officer Quinn with troubles of his own. We get glimpses of Sweeney's own troubled past, which helps her understand the family of the dead man. She digs into historical records and gets tempted by a young man who's very much alive.

My only quibble is the author's references to Sweeney's college teaching career. We get hints that Sweeney's friend helped her get what amounts to an insecure, adjunct teaching position. But even with a friend pulling strings, art history positions are scarce, especially if a professor specializes in arcane areas.

And as a former professor myself, I would urge Sweeney to create more distance between herself and her students. She can't sit on the floor of her office with a male graduate student --- not in the 21st century. She can't intrude on their private lives. And we get only a hint of Sweeney's teaching load, which probably included a section or two of Art History 101 or at the very least, Introduction to American Art.

Minor points. I loved this book. I wasn't a bit tempted to peek ahead and I was sorry to see the end.

Write fast, Ms. Taylor! We need a long series here.

Sweeney St. George investigates the death of one of her students.......2005-10-31

For me the chief charm of Sarah Stewart Taylor's Sweeney St. George is not as an amateur sleuth but as a college art professor with a specialty in cemetery statuary, graveyard iconography, and mourning rituals. Given a choice between being in the room when she reveals the identity of the murderer or taking her Mourning Object seminar, or even Looking at Culture: Art and Social History, sign me up for the latter. I do not have anything close to Taylor's expertise on such things, but I certainly have the interest. So when Sweeney starts explaining the origin of mourning jewelry as it relates to the death of both Queen Victoria's mother and husband as well as the American Civil War I am just fascinated.

However, "Mansions of the Dead" is a murder mystery and not a seminar paper, although the two are linked. Because of her expertise on mourning jewelry Sweeney is asked by the Boston police to look at some pieces found on a dead body. Sweeney obliges but is rocked when she learns that the victim was Brad Putnam, one the students in her seminar. That not only means that this time it is personal, but also that it is political, because Brad is one of "the" Putnams, a Kennedy-like clan in terms of not only their wealth and connections, but also in the way that personal tragedy has touched their family.

The elements that we enjoyed in "O' Artful Death" are once again all present in Taylor's second novel. Sweeney's expertise gives her insights into a murder investigation that leads to an entirely different path of evidence and reasoning than what is being pursued by the police. She has questions, a lot of questions, and this habit of continuing to question the answers she gets to the original questions. There is always a paragraph in one of these novels where Sweeney asks herself a half-dozen questions in a row, which I like, because it means she is getting serious. There is also the vacuum of Sweeney's love life, as she tries to move towards filing the vacuum in her life left by Colm's death, and finds herself drawn to someone who intrigues her but has the downside of being a suspect in the murder at hand.

What is different is that Taylor has made a concerted effort to flesh out the rest of the characters in the story. Everybody in the Putnam clan has a chapter or two in which we get to find out what they are up to away from Sweeney's investigation, and the same applies to some of Sweeney's students and Detective Timothy Quinn, whose home situation is not really germane to this mystery but which may (or may not) portend something down the road for our heroine, assuming that future adventures take place in the greater Boston area and not in other parts of New England (although a friend on the police will certainly not hurt). Some of this is character development and part of it is clues, which means red herrings are involved as well, but clearly Taylor is trying to expand the scope of her storytelling.

Again, "Mansions of the Dead" is not one of those mysteries where you have a chance of figuring out things before the heroine. Taylor lays out all of the clues before you and so when Sweeney makes all of the pieces fit you will know exactly what she is talking about. We know from the start that the mourning jewelry figures in Brad's death, so the big question is "how?" Just keep in mind that the way Taylor writes a mystery is like those logic puzzles you did back in school, where you had to find out who lives in the green house and what the Italian drinks: evidence that eliminates possibilities is as important as evidence that points an incriminating finger. You have to remember that Sweeney St. George is a neophyte when it comes to being an amateur sleuth and part of her charm is that she has not really realized she is a character in a series of mystery novels.

My first book by Sarah Stewart Taylor, but.......2004-11-03

not my last. I think people that enjoy history in a story will really like SST's books. I still have to read the first in this series, but I have a feeling I will like it. Sweeney has a lot of developing to do as a person and I look forward to seeing that happen in future books. The mystery was great, in fact you get 3 mysteries in this book, all nicely tied together.

What the stones reveal........2004-09-19

Sarah Stewart Taylor's Mansions of the Dead, is a very well crafted, insightful novel reflecting the long lost comfort and fascination that earlier generations had with death and the hereafter. She reveals her skill and knowledge of the "death arts" while unwinding a modern day tale of murder and secrets kept by those whose money and social privilege gave occasion to lies, mystery and misfortune. She is skillful at drawing all the essential elements together, revealing the stark reality of murder, commited for reasons not unlike many before and since; power and position. I look forward to her next venture!

WEIRD TALES - Volume 22, number 4 - October Oct 1933: The Pool of the Black One; The Seed of the Sepulcher; The Vampire Master; The Mansion of Unholy Magic; The House of the Worm; The Plutonian Terror; The Black Dead Thing; The Cat Woman; The Festival

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WEIRD TALES - Volume 22, number 4 - October Oct 1933: The Pool of the Black One; The Seed of the Sepulcher; The Vampire Master; The Mansion of Unholy Magic; The House of the Worm; The Plutonian Terror; The Black Dead Thing; The Cat Woman; The Festival
Farnsworth (editor) (Robert E. Howard; Clark Ashton Smith; Hugh Davidson; Seabury Quinn; Mearle Prout; Jack Williamson; Frank Belknap Long; Mary Elizabeth Counselman; Marion Doyle; H. P. Lovecraft) Wright
Manufacturer: Girasol Collectables
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MANSIONS OF THE DEAD
Sarah Stewart Taylor
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
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MANSIONS OF THE DEAD (SWEENEY ST. GEORGE, NO 2)

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MANSIONS OF THE DEAD (SWEENEY ST. GEORGE, NO 2)
SARAH STEWART TAYLOR
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IZ78M0

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I Couldn't Put It Down!.......2006-12-16

I was amazed at the Stonewycke Trilogy and immediately picked up the Stonewycke Legacy after finishing the first trilogy. A very great read! I was totally drawn into the story and stayed up waaaaaay past when I wanted to go to bed because I just had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next! Very deep storyline and wonderful spiritual incites for everyday living!

Awesome!.......2002-12-02

If you like Gilbert Morris historical fiction books, you'll like these even more.
Keeping with family history and God's hand in people lives, this series will take you on a great journey of a Scottish family, with excitement, suspense and a great ending!

The Stonewycke Legacy.......1999-12-30

This is the greatest book I have ever read and would recommend it to anyone with a love of God and history. The Stonewycke Legacy(2) and the Stonewycke Trilogy(1) are spiritually uplifting and really fun adventures. You'll love them!

Shadows over Stonewycke (The Stonewycke Legacy, Book 2)

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This was terrific!
This was terrific!

Shadows over Stonewycke (The Stonewycke Legacy, Book 2)
Michael Phillips , and Judith Pella
Manufacturer: Bethany House Publishers
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ASIN: 1556616325

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The sequel to Stranger at Stonewycke

Allison and Logan Macintyre's marriage had given the promise of a happy future for them and the Stonewycke estate. Yet it was only the beginning of an ongoing journey, as they soon were to discover.

It is shortly before the outbreak of World War II, and Allison and Logan's relationship has fallen on a period of disenchantment. Logan, bounding from job to job, finally gets involved in espionage for the British during the war without Allison's knowledge. Separated for long periods of time, Logan slips into France and becomes a part of the Underground as a double agent while Allison struggles to survive during the German bombings of London.

Will their lives be spared the tragedies of war?

What is a marriage when commitment wavers?

How can good come out of all that happens?

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This was terrific!.......2000-03-26

This book was the best out of the Stonewycke Legacy! The action was fast paced and the charactars enthralling. You can really see how the charactar of Logan and Allison deepen and grow.

This was terrific!.......2000-03-26

This book was the best out of the Stonewycke Legacy! The action was fast paced and the charactars enthralling. You can really see how the charactar of Logan and Allison deepen and grow.

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Shadows Over Stonewycke

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Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0788752723

The Stonewycke Legacy 1-3 By Michael Phillips & Judith Pella; Stranger At Stonewycke; Shadows Over Stonewycke; Treasure of Stonewycke

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The Stonewycke Legacy 1-3 By Michael Phillips & Judith Pella; Stranger At Stonewycke; Shadows Over Stonewycke; Treasure of Stonewycke
Michael Phillips , and Judith Pella
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ASIN: B000WN0CAS

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The Stonewycke Legacy 1-3 By Michael Phillips & Judith Pella; Stranger At Stonewycke; Shadows Over Stonewycke; Treasure of Stonewycke.

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Treasure of Stonewycke (Unabridged)
Pella, Michael, Judith Phillips
Manufacturer: audible.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B000MDH1P2

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Shadows over Stonewycke
Michael; Pella, Judith Phillips
Manufacturer: Bethany House Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000MY0GAS

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This comprehensive and much-needed resource helps health care ethicists to meet the demand of challenges such as managed care, medical technology, and patient activism. Through a review of core principles and a rich selection of cases, practitioners and students will learn to apply ethics in the day-to-day administration of health care organizations. The authors are from the Park Ridge Center, the nationally acclaimed consulting and research firm.

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The host of "Cooking Light" and the former "Galloping Gourmet" shares his secrets for healthy living

Part autobiography, part cookbook, part inspiration, this book shows how to create a healthy lifestyle and a new way of eating. Celebrity chef and world famous nutrition and healthy eating expert Graham Kerr and wife Treena describe their 33-year journey from an indulgent, destructive lifestyle to one that is healthy and healing, a change made necessary by Treena's heart attack and diabetes.

Readers can use a food preference list to include foods they love in the recipes from the Kerr kitchen. There are 300 great-tasting fruit and vegetable recipes, and 180 recipes from Graham Kerr's highly popular public television show, "The Gathering Place."

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In this pioneering study, historian Scott T. Swank reveals the links between the daily life of the Shakers in their planned religious communitites and their artand architecture.

As the Director of Canterbury Shaker Village, the author has had unlimited access to the Village's archives, resources, and grounds, examining papers and artifacts, exploring the 25 remaining buildings, and experiencing the seasons. He has literally been able to walk in the footpaths of the Canterbury Shakers, whose community remained prominent for 200 years. It is one of the oldest, most typical, and most completely preserved of all the Shaker villages, the only community with an intact first-generation meetinghouse and first dwelling house on their original sites. The result of the author's painstaking research and close observation is this perceptive book, filled with discoveries, presentingthe full sweep of Shaker art and architecture in the context of a specific Shaker community in Canterbury, New Hampshire.

Two centuries ago, the Shakers established America's most successful communal societies. They lived in isolated, rural villages, pursuing work and worship in communitieswhere religion, social behavior, and environmental design were constructed as a harmonious whole. These utopian communities were regulated by "gospel order" which assured their members that their disciplined lives were in harmony with God's will. In these spiritual havens, they endeavored to accomplish their founder's twin mandates,"Hands to work, hearts to God."

Shaker designs have endured long after the communities that created them have passed from the American scene. Shaker style, encompassing all elements of art and architecture, has been greatly esteemed for its craftsmanship, sense of proportion, simplicity, and practicality. The author's well researched text, detailed captions, and excerptsfrom diaries and letters bring life to the legacy of Shaker objects as well as to the architecture. He also provides a time line, a bibliography, and notes.

Accompanying the text are 250 illustrations including 150 in color principally by Bill Finney, who has been photographing Canterbury for over twenty years. There are alsohistorical pictures and maps and newly created plans and diagrams.

This insightful book should especially interest collectors, historians, interior designers, and architects, giving readers a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Shakers'artistic legacy.

Other Details:250 illustrations, 150 in full color240 pages10 x 10"Published 1999

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Deceptive marketing.......2000-04-23

I had no idea this book only covers the former Shaker village at Canterbury, New Hampshire. The title and cover of this book indicates a comprehensive treatment of Shaker buildings, not just one village. None of the info available . . . amazon.com indicated the true nature of this book. This is a real problem with buying books sight-unseen from internet booksellers. Nonetheless, this is a good book about Canterbury. But some of the finest Shaker buildings are in Kentucky, and the only buildings still inhabited by modern Shakers are in Maine. All these and more are in Julie Nicoletta's definitive book, "The Architecture of the Shakers." It's also a better price!

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Connecting the spiritual with the temporal
Connecting the spiritual with the temporal
A beautiful book...

Shaker: Life, Work and Art
June Sprigg , and David Larkin
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810982145

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Although only a handful of the Brothers and Sisters of America's unique Shaker community are left, the Shaker legacy lives on in the architecture, furniture, crafts, and inventions they created. Shakers were famous for their unusual way of life, for the excellence and simplicity of their work, and for the dance worship from which they drew their name. A comprehensive and insightful text discusses the origins and beliefs, the work and daily life of these remarkable people, and more than 200 full-color photographs taken especially for this book by Michael Freeman richly illustrate their environment and creativity. More than a book of architecture and design, Shaker: Life, Work and Art is a celebration of this fascinating American society and a tribute to their pursuit of perfection.

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Connecting the spiritual with the temporal.......2003-06-30

June Sprigg's great introduction to the Shakers has happily been reprinted. It is a most beautiful book.

It's rare that something that looks at first glance like a "coffee table book" that should be admired largely for its pictures but that also contains such a thoughtful and illuminating text.

There is no other book that shows as clearly how the Shakers connected practicality and simplicity with elegance and harmony of design. The photographs are subtle, understated but quite lovely to linger over.

It's easy to dismiss the Shakers as a fringe group, and few up us would embrace their doctrine of celibacy. But June Sprigg documents the appeal of their fundamental values: Do all your work as if it was to last for 1,000 years, but live your life as if you knew that the Judgment Day was coming tomorrow. Her ability to articulate this apparent paradox makes this a spiritually moving book.

Buy it as a gift for anyone interested in design, or with a serious interest in religion. And be sure to order two copies--you'll want one yourself.

Connecting the spiritual with the temporal.......2003-06-30

June Sprigg's great introduction to the Shakers has happily been reprinted. It is a most beautiful book.

It's rare that something that looks at first glance like a "coffee table book" that should be admired largely for its pictures but that also contains such a thoughtful and illuminating text.

Buy it as a gift for anyone interested in design, or with a serious interest in religion. And be sure to order two copies--you'll want one yourself.

A beautiful book..........2000-04-06

Shaker: Life, Work and Art is a beautiful book. I first saw acopy several years ago and was disappointed to learn that thehardcover version was out of print. The book has short narrative sections that provide insight into Shaker history, work, and communal and spiritual life. One section captures a "typical" day in the life of the Brethren and Sisters. The enlarged font is easy on the eyes and the top of each narrative page is headed by the famous Shaker wall pegs. The narrative sections are separated by numerous pages of high quality, well-captioned color photographs of Shaker crafts, furniture, and architecture. Lots of beautiful pictures! The Shakers legacy still seems to have a profound impact on our contemporary lives in spite of (or perhaps because of) the simplicity of their work and their unusual communal way of life. Although this book does not present a comprehensive history of the Shakers, it does an admirable job of providing an insight into the lives of these interesting people. This book is deserving of any coffee table and should get a lot of attention in your household. END

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Shaker: Life, Work, And Art
June And David Larkin Sprigg
Manufacturer: David Larkin Book
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JGJ5JM

A Shaker Sister's Drawings: Wild Plants Illustrated by Cora Helena Sarle

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A Shaker Sisterês vision on plants

A Shaker Sister's Drawings: Wild Plants Illustrated by Cora Helena Sarle
Cora Helena Sarle
Manufacturer: Monacelli
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Binding: Hardcover

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A Shaker Sisterês vision on plants.......2000-12-28

Maybe the Shakerês visions of the "spiritual world" shaped Sister Sarleês perception of the "natural world" and therefore influenced her nice, simple, stylized drawings. On stressing the straight stalks and the symmetry of every plant she captures the essence of each species. I like the a little bit naive-looking illustrations very much because of their honesty and purity. The plants are well-arranged on every page, with a certain economy of layout, which fits into the Shaker-philosophy. I think in some way Sister Helenaês spirit lives on in these prettily-drawn illustrations that can please both- flower lovers and botanists.

In the eye of eternity: Shaker life and the work of Shaker hands

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In the eye of eternity: Shaker life and the work of Shaker hands
Theodore Elliot Johnson
Manufacturer: The University of Southern Maine
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ASIN: B0006YXFHU

Shaker : Life, Work, and Art (A David Larkin Book)

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Shaker : Life, Work, and Art (A David Larkin Book)
June; Larkin, David Sprigg
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LPTD84

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SHAKER. Life, Work and Art
June and LARKIN, David SPRIGG
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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ASIN: B000J03OJU

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Shaker: Life, Work, & Art
June & Larkin, David Sprigg
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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A usefull book

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Comprehensive Overview of Period Finishes

Period Finishes and Effects: A Step-By-Step Guide to Decorating Techniques
Judith Miller
Manufacturer: Rizzoli International Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0847825191
Release Date: 2003-04-19

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Paint finishes and effects are now established as an essential component of every decorator's range of skills. Here, for the first time in paperback, is bestselling authors Judith and Martin Miller's fully illustrated practical guide to the secrets of the surface finishes and effects that complement period homes and furniture. Each chapter is illustrated by inspirational photographs showing how different finishes were used in decorative schemes and includes practical step-by-step sequences demonstrating how amateurs can achieve authentic-looking finishes and effects. By focusing on authentic-looking period finishes, this book answers a need that is not fulfilled by any other paint-finish or do-it-yourself manual.

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A usefull book.......2007-01-09

I found the book very well done. There are many techniques that can be used to decorate furnitures and walls and all of them are very well explained. I'll soon try to embellish my house!

I Love This Book!.......2004-06-21

I may be a weekend do-it-yourselfer, but, I love looking through this book for period ideas for my 200+ year old Georgian home.

The photography is beautiful and it's full of ideas and the history of the colors and methods used is fascinating.

Comprehensive Overview of Period Finishes.......2000-04-03

This is an excellent book for the professional designer or decorator looking for a comprehensive catalog of "out of the ordinary" finishes. The finishes reviewed are generally european in heritage, although many were imported to the US during the last 2 centuries. This is not a handbook for the weekend "do-it-yourself" decorator/painter as the finishes illustrated require multiple steps and practice to attain the desired look. The book is an excellent resource when discussing finishes and 'looks'with a professional painter/finisher. Additionally, the photographs are of a fine enough quality to help the reader understand the relationship of the color, technique and texture to the surrounding room. This should help the reader to visually conceive the design before the project execution and thereby minimize 'mistakes'. Enjoy!

PERIOD FINISHES AND EFFECTS -STEP-BY STEP GUIDE TO DECORATING TECHNIQUES

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PERIOD FINISHES AND EFFECTS -STEP-BY STEP GUIDE TO DECORATING TECHNIQUES
Judith and Martin Miller
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QRUZZW

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The First Passive Solar Home Awards

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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000B3FC7W

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The First Passive Solar Home Awards
Franklin Research Center
Manufacturer: Franklin Research Center
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000R3J20Y

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The First Passive Solar Home Awards
U. S. Department of Energy
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
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The First Passive Solar Home Awards (January 1979)
U. S. Department of Energy
Manufacturer: U S Dept of Energy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NCZWU8

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The First Passive Solar Home Awards
Jeffrey and Moore, Margaret Levine
Manufacturer: Philadelphia: Franklin Research
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MPBNZO

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Great photography but not all on the list are deserving!.......2002-10-18

I personally have a hardbound editinon of this book and tresure it as one of the best books of my library if only because of the great photos conatined in it. Otherwise, there is a drop of bitterness regarding the members of the list. Why in God's name are Brigitte Bardot, Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis, Stallone and Schwarzengger included? Also, Richard Burton (#78), Peter O'Toole (#91), Anthony Hopkins (#99), Denzel Washington (#98) and Susan Sarandon (#93) belong much, much higher up in the list than there given ranks. Meryl Streep (#37) belongs in the top five, although the top ten are all but two (Kate Hepburn and Brando) departed legends. Why are not Audrey Hepburn (#21), Judy Garland (#23), De Niro (#34), Buster Keaton (#35) and Jack Nicholson (#17) immediately following the top ten? Miss Hepburn should be in Duke's place of #5, actually Marilyn's place (#4)... Marilyn can have #5 and Duke can be #19 or #20. Miss Shirley MacLaine is also unforgiveably missing from this list as well as Deborah Kerr, Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles and Ray Milland. Even actors from the legendary period are not deserving of being on the list... Bob Hope, Ava Gardner, Warren Beatty (the scum of the earth!) and Rock Hudson. I guess the entire public can't be pleased. In my opinion very few contemporaries should've been allowed to compete with the untouchable talent the legendary performers exuded... only Streep, Pacino, De Niro, Nicholson and Washington are in the class of Hepburn (both Kate and Audrey), Cagney, Burton, O'Toole and Cooper (another who belonged in the top ten... Cary Grant's later career can't compare to his work in the 30s and 40s, making him undeserving of his rank at #6). On the whole, this book as an entertainment is a delight but in terms of talent it is somewhat a disappointment.

A Movie Fan's Delight.......1999-11-01

Every page of this 160 page, hardcover book is filled with black and white and/or full color large photos. Includes: Top 10, Leading Men, Sex Goddesses, Tough Guys, Beauties, Every Guys, Artists, Comedians, Ingenues, Action Heroes, Rebels, Pros. Presents movie posters, and candid shots. Each chapter provides an interesting page highlighting the chapter. A beautiful book worthy of a place in a movie buff's library.

Enjoyed reading, but, not so good reviews of stars by author.......1999-04-11

I really enjoyed this book and the photographs were spectacular. However, the folks who ranked the 'stars' obviously hadn't seen many of the movies the stars were in. For example....#31 Tom Cruise over #78 Richard Burton...oh come on!! Gregory Peck, Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino should most definitely been ranked in the top ten. Frank Sinatra should have been at least #11. How much did #53 Arnold Schwarzenegger pay the authors to include him in this list?!? He's the butt of many comedian's jokes. How on earth did Bruce Willis make this list?? I've been going to movies for 65years and I consider myself a qualified critic and this list dissappointed me.

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