Sin Killer : The Berrybender Narrative, Book 1

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Thanks largely to Sin Killer's gallery of colorful personalities, McMurtry keeps most of the action firmly in the realm of fish-out-of-water farce. One such character is the independent and opinionated eldest daughter Tasmin, who, frustrated by her family's conventions, escapes the steamer, whereupon she meets and falls in love with Jim Snow, a.k.a. Sin Killer. Snow, an Indian killer raised by natives, is a stoical, God-fearing man who won't tolerate blasphemy. With prose that flows as naturally as the Missouri, McMurtry weaves together a large cast and vast setting into a thoroughly exciting, hilarious adventure novel. Though Sin Killer focuses on a love story and contains plenty of realistic violence, McMurtry's efficient voice and matter-of-fact perspective leaves little room for tragedy or sentimentality, instead emphasizing high comedy. This is wonderful storytelling from a narrator in perfect agreement with his subject. Sin Killer should please McMurtry's many fans, who now have much to look forward to. --Ross Doll

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the first leg of an epic journey through the early American frontier, introducing a pioneer family the likes of which you will never forget.

It is 1830, and the Berrybender family -- rich, aristocratic, English, and hopelessly out of place -- is on its way up the Missouri River to see the untamed West as it begins to open up. With irascible determination -- and a great deal of outright chaos -- the party experiences both the awesome majesty and brutal savagery of the unexplored land, from buffalo stampedes and natural disasters to Indian raids and encounters with frontiersmen and trappers, explorers, pioneers, and one part-time preacher known as "the Sin Killer." Packed with breathtaking adventure, charming romance, and a sense of humor stretching clear over the horizon, Sin Killer is a truly unique view of the West that could only come from the boundless skill and imagination of Larry McMurtry.

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Larry McMurtry Dead Or Missing.......2007-06-06

This silly book could not possibly have been written by the genius of Lonesome Dove, so Larry McMurtry must be dead or missing in the wilderness, perhaps stuffed inside some frozen dead buffalo on the prairie in a blizzard , trapped by the frozen hide. Or hiding, maybe. I read the first book, hoping it would Start at some point and Go somewhere, but it never did. This is the silliest, dumbest, most surreal book purporting to be about something actual, that I've ever read and contains some of the most annoying, egregious, and insulting characters ever created. This book must be a spoof on spoofs of the J. F. Cooper genre, is all I can conclude. I will not bother reading the rest of this "series," it is irredeemable! Mr. Larry McMurtry must be found---No Author Left Behind!

Masterful Messiness, Not For Ninnies Like Me.......2007-05-09

If you're going to read the Berrybender Narratives, start with this one and go no further. My dad gave me the books with the warning that I shouldn't get invested in the characters, meaning that there would be plenty of meaningless dying. The first book is striking in its portrayal of a brutal war for control of the West; the intersection of Indian, British and young American cultures; and a tough-but-literate heroine (beautiful, of course). The naturalism is present but unfulfilling compared to that of such authors as Jim Harrison or Peter Mathiessen. The story is compelling, and there are moments of hilarity. But as much as I hate--for karmic reasons--to complain, I was upset by the violence. These books should come with a warning label, especially the last of the series. Perhaps if I possessed a fancy literature degree I could express it better, but McMurtry intentionally skewered some conventions of character development and seemed to speed up the fatality rate as he went along. I say read the Master and Commander series instead. It'll take a year, but you'll be the wiser for it.

Silly Brits in the Old West.......2006-11-20

Sin Killer is an odd book that combines comedy with rather stark and sometimes graphic violence. I would not exactly call it a dark comedy; it's more like farcical humor interspersed with violence. It's a combination that does not quite add up to a coherent whole. I actually found it more bizarre than funny. The title character has the qualities almost mandatory for a Western hero -strong, silent, fearless, a loner. Jim Snow is called the "Sin Killer" because he is also a kind of religious fanatic. The main story is a romance between him and Tasmin, a young English girl who is part of a large family, the Berrybenders, who are traveling down the Missouri River "on a whim," as it is described. It is actually the whim of the clan's patriarch, Lord Berrybender, a rather absurd caricature of a wealthy English aristocrat.

The initial meeting between Tasmin and Jim is striking, as it is kind of a microcosm of the entire novel. Tasmin is fascinated by the taciturn stranger who quickly demonstrates his prowess at practical tasks such as hunting and building a fire. Yet when Tasmin makes an offhanded remark about religion that offends Jim, he gives her a hard slap in the face. Tasmin pretty much takes this in stride; in fact, it seems, if anything, to increase her attraction for the man. McMurtry must realize that he is, with this scene, directly challenging the sensibilities of the modern reader. We are tempted to, on the one hand, dismiss Jim Snow as a ruffian, a religious zealot and someone who has little respect for women. By the same token, we can question Tasmin's judgement at not immediately walking away from such a man. Yet we are challenged to put aside these modern, liberal notions and accept the possibility that Jim has something to offer the intelligent but insulated and spoiled Tasmin. This reveals a portion of McMurtry's serious agenda, that underlies the silliness. The Berrybenders are basically a buffoonish lot, completely ill-suited to the rough realities of the New World. In Sin Killer, the traditional values of Westerns, courage, self-sufficiency, practicality-- are given extra power by being contrasted with the effete British aristocracy (as well as some other Europeans, mainly French, who don't fare much better).

McMurtry is quite renowned as a writer of Westerns. Although this is the first of his novels that I've read, I can appreciate his knowledge of the land and history and his ability to tell a story. The events unfold slowly, and minor characters, as well as details of the landscape are given almost equal time as the hero and heroine. Yet I still could not quite buy into the worldview McMurtry is putting forth here. I understand that the Berrybenders are supposed to be out of place here; that is the main gimmick of the story. Yet this almost sitcom-like premise just doesn't mix with many of the novel's events, which include cruelty, torture and the struggle for survival. I think one problem is that Jim Snow is such a typically stoic, Western-type hero that he doesn't provide a good balance with the outlandish Berrybenders. Jim Snow is not funny at all; there does not seem to be any attempt to make him amusing. So when he is contrasted with a family that is like something out of Monty Python, it's like mixing up two different stories. Usually, the hero of a Western is pitted against an evil bad buy who is his counterpart. Here, the hero is pitted against a kind of symbolic order personified by the absurd Berrybenders (only Tasmin is not absurd, because she is sensible enough to recognize Jim's greatness). To me, it's not quite a fair contest. To create a balance, Jim Snow would have to be an absurd character in his own way, and he simply is not. Another thing that's annoying about Sin Killer is that it ends abruptly. I knew it was part of a series, but even so, it could have been a little more self-contained instead of ending like a TV series that continues next week. I read somewhere that McMurtry had the goal of writing an "anti-Western." I'm afraid he is just too fond of stereotypical Western heros such as Jim Snow to succeed at such a task. What we have instead is a slightly off-center traditional Western, but one that steadfastly upholds the rules of the genre.

The Western as Farce?.......2006-10-18

Larry McMurtry is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Western "Lonesome Dove" and the TV miniseries based on it. Here, he revisits the genre in a rather farcical form. The saga starts in 1832, as the massive and massively wealthy English Lord Berrybender leads his extended family up the Missouri River on a hunting expedition via steamboat. The overly large cast of characters includes his long-suffering wife and six of their children, his mistress, fifteen servants, various exotic pets, a number of local guides and retainers (among them Lewis & Clark's Quebecois guide Toussaint Charbonneau, noted Western painter George Catlin, and a Polish master hunter), as well as three Indian chieftains.

The heroine of the book is the eldest Berrybender daughter, Tamsin, a fairly smart, headstrong, fearless, and of course, beautiful, teenager. When she gets separated from the steamboat (a plot device that occurs over and over throughout the story), she meets a local trapper, the titular "Sin Killer" (aka Jim Snow). Jim is wise in the ways of the land, known the various native tribes in the area, and very keen on the Bible. Naturally, in a rollicking romp such as this, opposites must attract, and before long, the duo are engaged (mostly so that Tamsin can upset her father).

There's barely time to register their "love", as the book zigs and zags willy-nilly in pursuit of entertaining story threads. The result is that most episodes are robbed of any dramatic meaning or importance as McMurtry races on to the next melodramatic scene. A related large problem is that the book's tone see-saws between slapstick comedy and ultraviolence. (One episode manages to combine both at once, as a drunk character stumbles down some stairs and breaks their neck.) On the one hand, there are gruesome killings and several rapes, and on the other, there are elements like the running gag that one of the children hasn't been seen for months. This illustrates yet another central flaw, the characters are so thinly developed and/or stereotypical that one is hard-pressed to care about them regardless of how much sex, violence, or gags McMurtry places their way. It's no coincidence that the most compelling character is Tamsin's youngest sister, a clever little girl who doesn't suffer fools and whose acid tongue spares no one. The best scenes in the book involve her berating her kinsfolk.

Towards the end, I started to realize that there was no way McMurtry was going to be able to wrap things up in the final thirty pages. That's when I discovered that the book wasn't a stand alone novel; it's merely the first in a four-book series! The other three are Wandering Hill, By Sorrow River, Folly and Glory, and are set in the Yellowstone, the Rio Grande, and the Brazos, respectively. While there are some entertaining scenes here and there, this first entry is so poorly conceived that I can't imagine trudging onward with this ship of fools for a further thousand pages!

Unpleasant Prairie shenanigans!.......2006-09-12

Well, I am a big fan of the McMurtry oeuvre and some of his signature elements are here in this book series. He has a certain style that is unmistakeable--and in this case he seems to be trying to parody himself. There was enough to hook me to read this, and in a pinch read the second book, but there were times I was skimming portions of this book.

The main things to dislike were that the characters were mostly selfish and upleasant. It was hard to find anyone to like. The plot was not very interesting. It left me feeling unsatisfied.

Sin Killer - The Berrybender Narratives, Book 1

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Sin Killer - The Berrybender Narratives, Book 1
Larry Mcmurtry
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Book 1)

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Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Book 1)

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Larry McMurtry's Sin Killer is a wildly entertaining ride through the untamed Great Plains. The first installment of a proposed tetralogy, The Berrybender Narratives, Sin Killer follows the adventures of the Berrybenders, a large, noble English family traveling the Missouri River in 1832. This deeply self-absorbed and spoiled family leaves England for the unknown of the American West, based solely on a "whim" and Lord Berrybender's desire to "shoot different animals from those he shot at home." The novel joins the family as they make their way toward Yellowstone aboard a luxury steamer, accompanied by a motley assemblage of servants, guides, and natives. Along the way, this "floating Europe" and its bickering, stubborn passengers encounter constant adversity, including warring natives, hellacious weather, accidental deaths, and kidnappings. Thanks largely to Sin Killer 's gallery of colorful personalities, McMurtry keeps most of the action firmly in the realm of fish-out-of-water farce. One such character is the independent and opinionated eldest daughter Tasmin, who, frustrated by her family's conventions, escapes the steamer, whereupon she meets and falls in love with Jim Snow, a.k.a. Sin Killer. Snow, an Indian killer raised by natives, is a stoical, God-fearing man who won't tolerate blasphemy. With prose that flows as naturally as the Missouri, McMurtry weaves together a large cast and vast setting into a thoroughly exciting, hilarious adventure novel. Though Sin Killer focuses on a love story and contains plenty of realistic violence, McMurtry's efficient voice and matter-of-fact perspective leaves little room for tragedy or sentimentality, instead emphasizing high comedy. This is wonderful storytelling from a narrator in perfect agreement with his subject. Sin Killer should please McMurtry's many fans, who now have much to look forward to.

Sin Killer Large Print (The Berrybender Narratives, Book 1)

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Sin Killer Large Print (The Berrybender Narratives, Book 1)
larry Mcmurtry
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Curl Up & Enjoy!

A visit with old friends again

strong village who-done-it
Mrs. Malory and Death By Water (Sheila Malory Mysteries)
Hazel Holt
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Release Date: 2003-01-07

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Mrs. Malory is given the unenviable task of sorting through her dear departed friend Leonora's voluminous estate. Death by polluted water seems an unfitting end for a former investigative journalist whose life was the stuff of novels. But as questions about the will arise and strangers come out of the past, Mrs. Malory begins to doubt that the cause of the pollution-or Leonora's death-were due to natural causes.

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Curl Up & Enjoy!.......2003-08-04

Sheila Malory has her suspicions when her old friend Leonora dies suddenly from drinking contaminated water. Leonora's death benefits too many people at just the right time. Even Sheila benefits, if you can call it that, when she inherits all of Leonora's books and papers. Who has time for that when she has her own "big event" to prepare for? But Leonora's death seems too convenient and Sheila Malory can't help but investigate.

Sheila Malory's adventures are always fun to read. Death by Water has a few flaws--clues turn up when conveniently needed and the ending didn't satisfy me--but you can't help but like Mrs. Malory.

Also recommended--Dorothy Martin series by Jeanne Dams and the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton.

A visit with old friends again.......2003-05-19

Once again, Holt does not let us down. She could write a book with no mystery at all, and still keep us interested!

strong village who-done-it.......2003-01-18

Leonora Stavely was one of the first female journalist who became known by taking daring chances in all the hot spots of the world. Now, nearing eighty she has retired to a small cottage living the life of an eccentric recluse. She doesn't see very many people and is more than happy living with her animals for companionship. One of the few people who she stays in touch with her is Sheila Mallory who she has known since she was a child.

When Lenora dies, E. Coli is found in her bloodstream and the Environmental Agency said that there was something that got into the water supply. When Sheila looks closely at the stream that is allegedly the source of the contamination she sees no dead animals or vegetation. Knowing that her friend was getting ready to write her memoirs, Sheila strongly believes her friend was murdered. She just has to find a way to find out who and then try to prove it, no easy task since Leonora had plenty of enemies who would have benefited from her death.

Fans of British cozies will definitely want to read Mrs. Mallory AND DEATH BY WATER. The latest installment in this long running series is full of surprising twists and shocking turns. In trying to solve the who-done-it, Sheila gives the reader some fascinating insights into village life in England. Hazel Holt always has a fascinating story to tell and she does it very well.

Harriet Klausner

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This leadership fable penetrates the deeper issues involved in achieving maximum positive impact in work and life. Through an entertaining dramatic dialogue, a fading Prince and his three most trusted Courtiers debate the central challenges facing the Princes heir in leading himself toward a bright future of truly significant accomplishment.

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Absolute Impact is a leadership fable that explores the deeper issues involved in achieving significant positive impact in work and life. Through an entertaining dramatic dialogue, four unique characters -- each with a distinctly different perspective -- debate the central challenges to personal leadership. Drawing on the wisdom of the ages and supported by the science of human nature, the fable's approach moves from concept to application, past explanation to demonstration. Complete with discovery exercises and evaluative tools, Absolute Impact unveils the timeless keys to accomplishing your life's greatest work.

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Seminal Work.......2004-01-08

Most books that talk about leadership are either practical (about practices) or philosophical (about principles). The author quickly makes the point that focusing on the techniques of others won't work, because every person is unique. In other words, simply doing Arnold Schwarzenegger's workout routine won't lead you to becoming Mr. Olympia, because genetic programming enters the equation. Having said that, the author has bridged the gap by offering self-directed strategies. May is definitely a modern day business philosopher, but has obviously worked with enough individuals that he is able to drill down into the real world methods. Read closely, and you'll see that every concept has an application offered. This is especially noticeable in the final chapter, on ambition, where each character states a future vision that uniquely draws on their talents and intents which is then translated into meta goals, then big projects, and finally ground level strategies. What is fascinating is that although all four aspirations are different, I found myself compelled by parts of each. They are beautifully written, and anyone considering themselves a leader could go to school here on how to paint a vivid picture of the future that is truly inspiring.

If you're a student of philosophy, science, sociology and psychology, you'll see that what he's done brilliantly is to take a basically Platonic/Socratic platform, updated it with modern science (ala Pinker and Calvin et al) and blended it with classical and modern socio-psychological studies (from Tocqueville to Spranger to Seligman). The breadth is actually pretty astounding; he covers issues that could easily consume three books.

To say the least, this is a primarily intellectual treatment of the deepest questions we all face at one time or another.

Required Reading.......2003-12-17

I liked this book because it made me think about my work and my life. Several times I had to stop, rest the book on my lap, reread a passage, and reflect on the messages and how they applied to me. There is a central question which drives the discussion, and it's a very deep and personal one, one that has everything to do with making a difference in the world. I like the dialogue format, and the book reads almost like a screenplay. The exercises in the back of the book are helpful in getting your arms around the concepts and actually putting them into play in your life. Above all, the book is inspiring!

No Pills or Cheese Here!.......2003-11-01

My faith in the business writing profession is momentarily restored! I was getting pretty sick of the hundred page superficial big type fables getting churned out by the Blanchards and Johnsons of the world. Absolute Impact is a fable, but it has as much depth as anything I've picked up in the serious literature, history, or biography sections. I found myself agreeing with some of the characters, disagreeing with others. In other words, the book will engage you; it might make you think, or make you mad, but it will wake you up. So if you're an airplane reader, don't buy the book. If you need a one word review, try "inspiring." This book will get criticized for being too hard to read, but in all honesty, it's not. To be fair, May probably goes a little overboard on the vocabulary, but he offers a "strange words" section to help those who may not have done so well on their SAT verbal. In addition, all of the major points are called out in the margins. This is a beautifully laid out book, designed to be referred to again and again. My only real criticism is that I wish it was a hard cover.

Tough But A Keeper.......2003-10-31

This book is not for everyone. If you like short reads and silver bullets that don't work, spend your money elsewhere. But if you're looking for an intellectually rich blend of philosophy, self discovery, and application in the context of personal leadership and written as a robust debate, look no further. May's well-written fable starts with a simple enough premise that personal leadership is about being able to say you've made the most of your life, your time, your talents. Through the voices of a dying Prince and his three Courtiers, he progresses to offer three simple (but not simplistic) self-directed challenges that when pursued together provide a powerful pathway to achieving positive impact and achievement. From there, he dives ever deeper in pursuit of the "how," which is perhaps the best part of the book. Most books offer recipes, plenty of whats and whys, but fall short on the how. As you read further, the material gets tougher. But when all is said and done, this book belongs next to Plato's Republic and Machiavelli's Prince. Required reading for the leadership set!

A Book for Readers.......2003-10-31

Finally, a self-help leadership-oriented book that doesn't talk down, that isn't written at the 5th grade level, that isn't a study of what others do, and actually offers more than one point of view. This book is configured the right way, with one central question driving a well-thought out and obviously thoroughly researched debate. You'll need to take your time with Absolute Impact, because the territory is deep and personal. The messages are universal and timely.The tools in the back are terrific, and worthy of a year's study.

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in response to another review

Enough with the anecdotes!

Healing Yourself with Foot Reflexology

Healing Yourself with Foot Reflexology
Mildred Carter , and Tammy Weber
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in response to another review.......2006-05-16

I am writing this in response to Davids review of this book. I found his review infuriating! I am a student of reflexology and am working toward licensure. Reflexology IS NOT about finding one spot on your foot and pressing it to make all your pain go away. Treating sciatica is not mearly pressing one point but treating chronic area reflex, low back/hip/knee reflex, lumbar, sacrum, diaphram and solar plexus reflex areas. Just wanted to put in my two cents just in case anyone decided to not purchase this book because of his review. I do not in any way mean to invalidate the way he felt about it...just doesn't mean that the book is not worth buying for someone who understands the process.

P.S. I haven't purchased the book yet, but my teacher has worked with Mildred and highly recommends it...just thought I would see what others had to say and was moved to write this. (I only put five stars because I had to put something.)

Enough with the anecdotes!.......2002-04-28

This book is somewhat infuriating. It offers the promise of showing you ways of relieving tension through foot reflexology, but the layout of the book makes it impossible to apply any of the information. Let's say you have some lower back pain? Might there be a reflex you could rub to find some relief? Sure! Could you find it in this book? Maybe. The sections are far too spread out, and there are far too many cutesy little anecdotes in which the author describes her personal success as a reflexologist.

A better way to design the book would be the following: show a specific reflex's location on the foot in a clear diagram. Then describe HOW to stimulate the reflex, and WHY? With the current layout, you're forced to flip back and forth between sections and chapters. If I'm giving someone a foot massage, I should be able to keep the book on one page and identify the reflex that I'm rubbing, and, without turning the page, see a diagram detailing HOW to rub it.

Very poor design. But if you don't actually intend to use the information in the book, and just want a manual that'll sit on your shelf, this is the book for you!

Healing Yourself with Foot Reflexology.......2000-06-12

This is a fantastic book! Within a few days after I obtained the book I was able to use the information in it to help a friend overcome severe shoulder pain and poor circulation by massaging the reflexes in her feet. The information in the book was detailed enough to allow me to find her reflex points, massage away crystal deposits at the exact location described in the book and provide relief, even though I had never done anything like this before. It's hard to believe that something this simple could be so effective. I also like the fact that the book adequately emphasizes the point that reflexology is never intended to replace your doctor. As the book states, reflexology is merely a "scientific technique of applying pressure to reflexes that have a definite effect on the normal functioning of all parts of the body." It helps to speed up the natural healing processes in the body. I think everyone could benefit from having a copy of this book at home because the principles of reflexology are practical, they work, they are simple and it doesn't cost anything to put in into practice.

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someone who knows good food when they eat it.......2000-05-11

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Color Your Home: More than 65,000 at-a-glance Room Combinations

Decorating Idea Book (Idea Books)

Perfect Palettes for Painting Rooms: Plus Complete Decorating Guidelines

ASIN: 1554070325

Book Description

A practical guide to using color successfully.

The power of color is its ability to influence mood, create atmosphere, and enhance perception. As a result, one of the most effective ways to transform any room is by changing its color. Which colors to use is the challenge.

The Color Scheme Bible is a practical, yet inspiring reference for those who want to take advantage of different colors without clashing. It contains 150 color scheme ideas for home decorators and interior designers.

The book explains how to choose colors that will complement each other for a subdued effect, and which colors and combinations will energize the room.

Topics covered include:

How color creates ambiance and atmosphere
Using color to give a small room the illusion of space and depth
How to create the feeling of warmth and light with color
Distinctive color schemes inspired by nature, art, travel and even a favorite possession.

The book also includes a variety of color combination palettes that can be used with different materials for refreshingly original color schemes.

The Color Scheme Bible is an essential handbook for home decorators and interior designers.

Customer Reviews:

My New Home Decorating Bible.......2007-08-22

I bought several books trying to help me get my home decorated in my style, but not really knowing my style. I have never really had enough money to decorate a home before so after 10 + years of marriage, I wanted this home to show a bit of my personality. This was the key ingredient I needed to spark my imagination. The color combinations really do have emotions that are triggered and helped me to find the right colors for the moods I want in my home.

One fair warning, after reading this, you may end up wanting to go with colored trim. We are learning quick, changing your trim color is either time consuming (if you are a diy) or expensive (if you hire it done). But so far it has been worth it; the colors really play off each other. Even one of the painters I had give me a bid wants a copy of Color Scheme Bible.

The other decorating books will end up more of coffee table items for looking, but not very helpful. You can't copy someone else's style when you know you have your own. It just helps to have something to spark that style, and since I didn't have a treasured fabric or plate or something that designers like to use, I had to use this Bible.

My English written book came with several pages in German, though. Hopefully, they have resolved that problem. But I wasn't willing to part with it long enough to return it and wait for a new one to be sent, it has been a well used resource for my new home.

Great Inspiration.......2007-06-14

This book has a lot of ideas and inspiration about colours. Some schemes are daring, but all of them seems an professional work!

Colour combination chart in spiral book form with hard cover.......2007-06-08

A book that is more for carrying around when colour schemes are being planned. It is small in size. Each page has an imaginative and inspiring title that distinguishes one combination of colour from another. It does not have many interior design photographic examples of the combinations suggested. It is like a palette with suggestions.

just one little thing I didn't like.......2007-04-13

The color combinations are nice, but the photographs do not represent
all different kinds of design styles, only one, simple and sparse. Most people don't live in homes that are so plain, so it is impossible to know how these colors would look in more expensive "designer" spaces.

Just what I needed!.......2007-03-01

I love color and I was always working to try to find color schemes for rooms in our home and often ended up finding that I'd picked something that felt lifeless or didn't fit us. This book is just exactly what I was looking for! I stumbled across it in the library when we moved to our most recent residence. What a find! The authors include dozens of potential palettes along with information about the mood, potential executions and inspirations behind the choices they offer. This is now my secret decorating weapon. For the first time, I feel like a grown-up when I set up a home!

Customer Reviews:

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!.......1998-03-04

I was stuck in the airport waiting for a flight. I picked up King's book and was hysterical laughing outloud!! It kept me entertained throughout!!! I highly recommend it. It's entertaining, cleverly written, and fast moving!

Once You Pick It Up- You Won"t Put It Down!!!!!.......1998-02-26

Alan King has had such an interesting life which he shares with his readers! The book is a Winner!

Name-Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King

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Name-Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King
Alan with Chase, Chris King
Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000IN32SQ

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