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In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue, cabin-shaped bottle. Letitia dreams of marriage and children; Mary hopes to be a painter; Eleanor aspires to help those in need as a social worker; Adora longs to be a Broadway actress. Four girls, four dreams, and four futures sealed in a cobalt blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local news reporter Brendan Delaney stumbles upon the bottle, discovering the most meaningful story of her career and possibly the meaning missing from her own life.
Customer Reviews:
Addictive writer.......2007-08-01
This is the first stokes book I ever read, after reading it, I was hooked I bought and read everything (novels) she has written, and I am awaiting her next one. If you are new to her works start here and you'll be hooked too.
Friends forever.......2007-06-18
This books hold your attention all the way through. It's a look at what real friendship is about and should be. You feel so good reading the book and know that life can be real. Makes you want to go back in time with your good friends and put a note in a "blue bottle" and see how it ends.
Great read.
Great book!.......2005-11-11
I decided to purchase this book because it was highly recommended by a dear friend. We were traveling to North Carolina to see our new granddaughter and I cannot leave home without a good book! While searching through my stash of unread books, I noticed that Ms. Stokes lives in Asheville, North Carolina, which made "The Blue Bottle Club" a perfect choice for my traveling companion. I was not disappointed! I enjoyed this book so much that I have read four more of her books and look forward to continuing through her collection. Do not stop with "The Blue Bottle Club"! Continue with "Circle of Grace", "The Amber Photograph" and my favorite "The Amethyst Heart".
New Genre of Christian Fiction.......2005-11-04
This was the worse book I've ever read. It is a poor excuse for a book really - with weak character development, poor grammer and no real plot. Just an excuse to promote Ms. Stokes' religious views - while criticizing other religions. Is that really what Jesus would do? The conversation with the cat is the ultimate in inane literature.
Most male characters were evil. And four of the five main characters never married and seemed unusually attracted to other women. It made me wonder if there is a new genre of Christian Fiction.
great fiction for everyone.......2005-10-26
This book is this month's TCW (today's christian woman) book club selection. After reading it, you can go to their website and post messages about it. The author will be answering questions from time to time.
This is one of my favorite novels of all time. It only took me about 3 days to finish. I was hooked and loaned it to a friend who also adored it. I gave it to my aunt as a Christmas gift.
It is about a young women reporter who stumbles upon a blue glass bottle while doing a report on an old house that was about to be demolished. Inside the bottle are the wishes made in the 1930's or 40's (sorry i don't remember, it's been 3 years since I read it) by 4 teen girl friends. The reporter tracks them down in order to interview them and do a story. She winds up becoming friends with them. She learns a great deal and her life is changed for the better. She sees that they have something she is missing.
This book I think would appeal to both Christians and non (it is in no way preachy) and people(especially females) between 16 and 100. Enjoy! Hope you will join the online discussion!
Book Description
In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local news reporter Brendan Delaney stumbles upon the bottle, discovering the most meaningful story of her career and possibly the meaning missing from her own life.
Customer Reviews:
An enjoyable read.......2007-02-01
I liked this book very much. It was a lite and easy book to read. The characters were enjoyable as were their stories. It is very faith based and some of the characters turn their back on God for awhile during their lifetimes, then finding thier way back to Him. I found myself liking the women and wanting to know their life stories. I would recommend this book for a night when you put on your PJ's and curl up on the couch with a cup of hot tea or hot chocolate.
Too heavy handed for me.......2006-08-14
When I started this book, I really, really wanted to like it. It was given to me by my aunts during the quilt bee this year (during their blue plate special luncheon) and the story sounded very interesting--four friends in the attic placing their dreams to the care of a blue bottle hidden up there. In reality, some of the elements of the story really are very good--the re-visioning of the fateful Christmas Day 1929 from each girl's perspective, the agony of dreams lost and new dreams found, the falling out of touch with old friends and reconnecting through a very unlikely source, the sentimentality that links us into a story. However, the story did not work for me for two reasons--God was too almighty and the prose was so preachy I felt like I was sitting in the back pew as an unbeliever.
I usually like reading stories that have a sense of mystery and awesome power. I don't really mind if the power is the Christian God or a similar being who acts to help us clueless humans along in our life-story. But what I do find hard to swallow is the God that Stokes used in this novel--he was just too convenient a plot device to hurry the characters out of their messes. For example when pregnant Adora faints from hunger and fatigue, it is God who places her in the arms of the caring Grace who helps her raise her son borne out of wedlock. And I really don't want to sound like an "unbeliever" in my criticism of the book, but I do want to emphasize that the spirituality in this book was too heavy handed and was too much of a plot device for my enjoyment.
Now, onto the prose. When I took creative writing, my professor intoned again and again, "Show, don't tell." If I want to talk about the fact that John has disgraced himself, I don't say "John has disgraced himself," I show his emotional turmoil, the friends who leave him because of his actions, the misery he feels because he sees that his actions put himself and others in a bad situation. Stokes TELLS us about every single detail of every single activity and spends 342 pages TELLING the reader about the spirit moving the characters rather than showing it. I was very impatient reading the book because I wanted to sit down with Stokes and explain how she would have a much more compelling work if she had taken some time to edit out the telling and do more showing, but then I realized that she's written and published something like 12 books, so maybe my creating writing professor didn't know what he was talking about.
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In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. Our dreams for the future, they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue, cabin-shaped bottle. Letitia dreams of marriage and children; Mary hopes to be a painter; Eleanor aspires to help those in need as a social worker; Adora longs to be a Broadway actress. Four girls, four dreams, and four futures sealed in a cobalt blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local news reporter Brendan Delaney stumbles upon the bottle, discovering the most meaningful story of her career and possibly the meaning missing from her own life.
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The Blue Bottle Club
Penelope J. Stokes
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The Blue Bottle Club
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The is the enthralling story of four strong women who follow their dreams even when life throws a wrench into their plans. They learn that God can bright beauty out of sorrow and joy out of pain.
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A Novel (The Blue Bottle Club)
Penelope Stokes
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In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue, cabin-shaped bottle. Letitia dreams of marriage and children; Mary hopes to be a painter; Eleanor aspires to help those in need as a social worker; Adora longs to be a Broadway actress. Four girls, four dreams, and four futures sealed in a cobalt blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local news reporter Brendan Delaney stumbles upon the bottle, discovering the most meaningful story of her career and possibly the meaning missing from her own life.
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During a kachina ceremony at the Tano Pueblo, the antics of a dancing koshare fill the air with tension. Moments later, the clown is found bludgeoned to death, in the same manner a reservation schoolteacher was killed only days before.
Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believe that answers lie in the sacred clown's final cryptic message to the Tano people. But to decipher it, the two Navajo policemen may have to delve into closely guarded tribal secrets -- on a sinister trail of blood that links a runaway, a holy artifact, corrupt Indian traders, and a pair of dead bodies.
Performed by Gil Silverbird
Enhanced CD: CD features an interactive program which can be viewed on your computer, including: a photo galary, an author Q&A and a 35 years of excellence timeline.
Customer Reviews:
Thought Provoking.......2007-03-09
Hillerman shows how our point of reference colors what we see and hear and how we respond. For instance, clowns may be admonishing rather than entertaining. This one leaves you paying closer attention to your actions and how they may be viewed. Oh, there is a mystery to solve, but I got more wrapped up in the Indian Culture and the contrasts.
Abridge and miss the ambience.......2005-05-20
Great novel however I would not waste time with an abridgment unless you are strapped for time as you miss the ambience.
This time we confront a different Pueblo People the Hopi. In the Hopi there are sect or Koshari societies; they do not practice curing; they are concerned with fertility and growth. Their religion is more personal than public and clans are most important.
Along With a new people we are treated to a piece of history; The Spanish had a tradition of The Canes of Office here. Governors and lieutenant governors and the like were issued a cane as a symbol of office. Ten years after the Gadsden purchase. The Indians stayed neutral curing the Civil War. So President Abraham Lincoln has some canes made of black ebony and crowned with silver inscribed with his signature, "A. Lincoln." These where given the nineteen different pueblos, each cane had the pueblo name on it.
Tony Hillerman spins his magic once more in this story of missing people and a death that may be related or religion and again maybe just down right greed. Chee and Leaphorn bust work together to find meaning and reason. In the Hillerman tradition all the clues are laid out in the open allowing you to bet them to the conclusion if you can.
Good companion book for this story is "American Indians of the Southwest" by Berth P. Dutton
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When Cath Herrick awakens from a coma after a tragic car accident, she must rebuild her shattered life. People and places, faces and names from her memory were calling her back from the silent rage of heartbreak. Set in the years following World War II, this moving sequel to The House on Honeysuckle Lane is a compelling story of faith, mercy, and the power of love to heal wounded hearts.
Heartland Memories is a series about the ties that bind the Reed and Herrick families to the house on Honeysuckle Lane, the town of Willowbrook, and to each other. It recreates the life and times of the 1930s through the 1960s and takes readers back to a simpler life in America's heartland.
Customer Reviews:
Awesome sequel!.......2002-11-15
This book was just as exciting and touching as the first book, The House on Honeysuckle Lane. I laughed and cried while reading it. It presented the characters in a real and touching way, and it also displayed God's true love in a way that excited me.
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This year, six million Americans--most of them women--will go to their doctors, complaining of an illness they have no name for. The majority will be turned away or treated for depression; the few who persist will go to an average of four doctors before they receive the correct diagnosis: fibromyalgia. In their earlier Making Sense of Fibromyalgia, noted medical writer Janice Wallace and Dr. Daniel Wallace, a leading expert on this disorder, provided a comprehensive guide--for both patients and professionals--to this little known and poorly understood syndrome. Now, in All About Fibromyalgia, the Wallaces provide a thoroughly revised and updated version of that highly successful volume, incorporating a wealth of new information. This edition provides the current understanding of the disease as well as the latest drug treatments--all laid out in clear and accessible language. As in the previous volume, the authors provide a detailed, yet clear explanation of the disease. Fibromyalgia, they explain, is a form of chronic neuromuscular pain, a pain-amplification syndrome brought on by abnormal interactions between hormones, the immune system, neurotransmitters, and the autonomic nervous system. Sometimes the syndrome occurs spontaneously; in most cases, the authors write, it is associated with trauma, stress, such conditions as lupus and hypothyroidism, and over forty microbes, from hepatitis to Epstein-Barr to Lyme disease. Drawing on actual cases to illustrate their points, the authors help break through the isolation that patients often feel when doctors misdiagnose or simply ignore their symptoms. All About Fibromyalgia addresses a desperate need for information on this disease and offers reassurance to patients and their families.
Customer Reviews:
Buy this book!.......2006-04-29
Dr. Wallace is a life saver and one of the most well respected Rhuematology doctors in the country! I was undiagnosed for 3 years and had gone to 10 doctors when I finally went to Dr. Wallace He actually listened to me, thoroughly tested me and finally diagnosed me. He got me into a comprehensive pain management program and I'm now out of my wheelchair. I've read this book cover to cover and keep it as a reference tool. I can't say enough about it. Buy it!
Good Science.......2003-03-20
I was fortunate enough to find this book right after I was diagnosed. It explained everything I wanted to know, and more. Each chapter or section begins with a literary quotation that brings the subject into focus. The second section is heavily scientific, and the author even recommends skipping it and reading it later. I found the second section well written, but complex. It requires several readings. Each chapter of the book ends with a "Summing Up" paragraph (especially helpful in the scientific section)that helps you remember what you just read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what is happening inside his/her body. However, it is not the best choice for someone who just wants to feel better without understanding the biology behind this complex syndrome.
Packed with lots of information.......2002-10-22
"All About Fibromyalgia" is a great book! I have read half a dozen books about Fibromyalgia (several in my possession), and this book is the most informative of them all. It has more technical information than the others I've read, which helps me understand the mysteries of Fibromyalgia even more. I wish I had read this book first.
All About Firbomyalgia.......2002-09-21
This is an excellent book detailing the symptoms, causes, and research information. It is not the best one to give to supportive friends and family. Too lengthy and statistics might be overwhelming making it hard to hold their attention.
I am finding it very helpful for myself. It helps explain some of the research and possible help available.
Read This Book.......2002-07-04
I own a dozen books on fibro. This is the one I use repeatedly, having memorized its predecessor, "Making Sense of Fibromyalgia".
This is an "owner's guide" to a body with FMS. If you have been diagnosed with it, suspect you have it, or know someone who has it, read this book. It will dispel all sorts of stereotypes and acquaint you with the origins, diagnosis, treatments for FMS, and their probable outcomes. If you love someone with FMS, you will understand that person a great deal better once you've read this.
If you don't know who Dr. Daniel Wallace is, and you have any interest in autoimmune disorders or FMS, MCTD, UCTD and other connective tissue issues, you ought to. Take a quick glance through his bibliography, or ask his patients. He's one of the best rheumatologists in practice, and his books, including this one and its predecessors on FMS, "The Lupus Book," and the comprehensive textbook, "Dubois'Lupus" are the definitive sources on their subjects.
Written as Dr. Wallace practices (I am among his patients) in a careful and caring way, without patronization, this book will give information and hope to anyone who suffers from this difficult and multivalent disease.
Customer Reviews:
Review.......2006-03-10
I think the authors captured the essence of the region well. There are however some russian recipies mixed in, but that understandable as Uzbekistan was part of the Soviet Union and the mix of cultures occured.
Fabulous recipes - book binding terrible.......2002-10-25
I found this book wonderful for two reasons - exotic yet undaunting recipes (delicious!); plus the fascinating background cultural information. I agree with the other readers - Hippocrene did a terrible job with the binding - cheap and falling apart! Nevertheless I strongly recommend this book - it is a culinary and cultural masterpiece regarding a cuisine little known in North America. Lynn Visson - Great Job!
Great Recipes, Lousy Binding.......2002-10-24
Due to the course of world events, Central Asia has been in the news a great deal lately, but the cuisine and culture of this region remains a mystery to most people in North America. This book makes the food of this region accessible to the English speaking world. Uzbek cooking bears an intriguing mixture of influences: The Middle East, Russia, India, and China have all influenced the cuisine. The recipes in this book are excellent and easy to prepare. We enjoyed the Lamb Plov, served with flatbread and the pomegranate and white radish salad. One negative, though: I must agree with Djonn from Toronto that the binding of this book is of very poor quality: ours fell apart on the first use!
Wonderful, delicious recipes........2001-12-12
Growing up Bukharan in 1970's North America, I have had a difficult time explaining to people where I'm from etc. Thank goodness someone has finally taken an interest in and published a book about my favourite aspect of my culture . . . Food!
In terms of the actual recipes, this is a very good book. They all turn out as they should and are fairly authentic (which is rare in any cookbook). My only caveats have to do with the book iself:
1) It is poorly bound. My copy fell apart after about 2 months.
2) There are no photographs accompanying any of the recipes. This is a shame considering that most people are unfamiliar with this cuisine and wouldn't know how it's supposed to turn out or what the ideal presentation should be.
3) The index (is bad).
However, after all this I still urge you to buy this book. Why? Because the recipes are easy to follow, nutritious, filling and delicious. (And of course, exotic.) Also, if you're interested in the history of this fabled land of the Silk Road, you'll find this a well written & researched book that you could curl up with as well as cook from.
Solomat!
Thank you, Lynn Visson.
This is a delightful introduction to an exotic cuisine.......1999-02-18
Uzbek cooking may be unfamiliar to many Americans, but it is simple to prepare, exotically spicy, and healthy to boot. This cookbook gives an excellent introduction to Uzbek cuisine through recipes that emphasize basic techniques of Uzbek cooking, such as pilafs, soups, dumplings, etc. I have not been disappointed with one recipe from this book. My only complaint is that the cookbook was too short!
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Sweet and Spicy Alaska Spot Prawns Autumn Pear Salad with Gorgonzola and Spiced Pecans Chicken Breast Stuffed with Wild Mushrooms and Smoked Gouda Bread Pudding with Butter Bourbon SauceIs this a menu from one of North America's great restaurants? Yes and no. It's actually a menu from four of North America's great restaurants, some of which whisk you along at speeds upward of eighty miles per hour. This enticing meal, just right for crisp fall weather and featuring the great foods of North America, comes straight from the dining car menus of four of the greatest trains traveling the rails today: The Midnight Sun Express, which travels through Alaska between Anchorage and Fairbanks (the prawns); The Belle Vista, which often takes diners through the Montana Rockies (the pear salad); The Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, which gives diners views of the Seattle skyline (the chicken breast); and My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, which travels the old Bardstown line and passes by the Jim Beam distillery (the bread pudding).All across America, as trains speed through mountain passes, wend their way along the shores of crystal-clear lakes, and roll across blistering deserts, riders are enjoying some of the best that the North American table has to offer. Complete with serious wine lists, crisp table linens, heavy silverware, fine china, gleaming crystal, and impeccable service, these dining cars bring the age-old romance of dining well on a train into the twenty-first century.Riders on the Napa Valley Wine Train can feast on California crab stacks, smoked Sonoma range chicken, and cregrave;me brulee, sip the local vintage and watch while small towns like Yountville roll by. Those waking up on the luxurious American Orient Express can watch everything from the autumn foliage of New England to the sun-basted Pacific Ocean surf pass by while enjoying fluffy omelets, freshly brewed coffee, pastries, and fruit juice.James D. Porterfield, author of the now-classic Dining by Rail, takes readers into the kitchens and dining rooms of the great trains and rail cars, both public and private, to discover the secrets of the great railroad chefs. He talks to them about how they prepare meals that would be the envy of a conventional restaurant while working in a kitchen one-half or one-third the size.Featuring more than two hundred recipes and just as many behind-the-scenes stories, James D. Porterfield's From the Dining Car brings the food of the great trains from the dining car to your dining room table. All aboard!
Customer Reviews:
Great Foodie and Railroad buff interest. Buy It........2006-07-16
`From the Dining Car' is the second railway dining book from railway historian and culinary writer, James D. Porterfield, who is a regular contributor to the magazine of railroad faves, `Railfan and Railroad'.
Looking into this book confirms my suspicions that it is more a book for railway groupies than it is for foodies, although both groups will find much to interest them. The very best thing about the book is that it deals with modern railway cooking and dining rather than the cuisine of bygone days on the rails. One may guess that the author's first book, `Dining By Rail' covered this material.
For those of you who have never eaten in a railway dining car, I strongly encourage you to shake any analogies to airline food from your minds. This is an entirely different animal indeed. It has much more in common with ocean liner and cruise ship dining, which, in turn, is very similar to some of the best resort dining. And, as someone who has dined both on the grand old dames of the Cunard line and on the Orient Express (yes, the real one from Vienna to Paris, the one James Bond rode in `From Russia With Love'), I can assure you that you enter a whole new realm of dining experience on trains and large ships. It is almost like taking the pleasure of travelling and squareing it by multiplying it with the luxury of a ready at hand gourmet dining room.
One big surprise is that this experience still exists in the United States. A second surprise is that the primary venues for eating by rail are not on the Amtrak tourist lines (as seen in `Silver Streak'), but in four other genres of eating by rail.
The first alternative is private luxury trains which are the landlocked equivalent of cruise ships.
The second is privately chartered rail cars, the railroad version of the chartered bus trip, which happens to bring its own restaurant along for the ride.
The third are `dinner trains' which may the the railroad version of restaurants on the top of tall buildings, placed their primarily for the view.
The fourth is trains owned by businesses. The most logical of these are owned by railroads in order that company executives can inspect their lines and stations while actually using those facilities.
The author does a yearly column in `Railfan and Railroad' on railroad dining, but there is no mention that this material is taken from those columns. Rather, most of the material was provided by modern railroad chefs in recipes sent to the author, who then worked them over so that they would be doable by a home cook. The author does say that the confines of a railroad kitchen bring to mind similarities with a home kitchen, but after reading Bill Buford's `Heat' on Mario Batalli's kitchen in Babbo, I strongly suspect that the railroad kitchen is still much more similar to the stationary restaurant kitchen than it is to your Pullman kitchen at home.
The primary appeal of the book for both railheads and foodies seems to be the opportunity the book gives to entertain with the railroad theme whereby you can certify that all your dishes came from authentic `meals on rails'. The book provides two approaches. All recipes are organized in the text itself by source. Thus, all recipes from Railcruise America, operating out of St. Louis are in one chpater. Alternately, there is an excellent cross reference at the back of the book which lists all dishes by type or principle ingredient, in categories such as Breakfast Items, Appetizers, Soups and Stews, Salads and Salad Dressings, Beef, Game (only one recipe), Poultry, Lamb, Pork, Sandwiches, Vegetables, Sauces, and Desserts.
While this book has a great special interest, it may not be a perfect replacement for a first class general cookbook such as Mark Bittman's `How to Cook Everything' or James Beard's `American Cookery'. Some of the very early recipes, for example, include ingredients which are either expensive or difficult to find such as foie gras, lobster, caviar, and crème fraiche (and that's all in one recipe). There are, however, perfectly simple recipes such as Amtrak's grilled cheese sandwich, proving the author's point that the railroad culinary team had to be ready for anything.
This is a really nice special interest book. I missed seeing a good diagram of the insides of a railroad kitchen, but there are plenty of reasonably good pics of same for you to get the idea. And, a great idea source for a really different kind of vacation.
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Greatest American Cars
Manufacturer: Colin Gower
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Binding: Hardcover
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Very rare 1900-2000's greatest american cars. heavily illustrated, beautiful condition
Customer Reviews:
All about Cars.......2007-08-23
Wonderful! 752 pages of American cars, chapters include 1900 and go to 2000.
A coffee table book for the most discerning car collectors.
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Hershey World's Greatest Antique Car Event (Great American Motoring Event)
Rich Taylor
Manufacturer: David Bull Publishing
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Filled with vivid full-color photography, little-known facts, and amusing insider anecdotes, Hershey captures all the elements that make up this annual automotive extravaganza. Its cast of characters include owners of antique cars and trucks, parts vendors who specialize in obscure parts, and the dedicated tinkerers who are searching for those parts to complete their restoration.
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Greatest American Cars
Mike Mueller
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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The American automobile has become a symbol of the enduring strength of this country - a symbol of freedom, reliability and power. Enthusiasts will love this pictorial history of the great American auto industry with hundreds of spectacular full-color photos and detailed coverage of nearly 350 milestone models, from the legendary Model A Ford to the innovative 2005 Chevrolet SSR. Readers get a look at turn-of-the-century models, as well as the best sport and luxury cars this celebrated industry produced in the past 105 years.
Each car is shown in a large scale, full-color photo, with an article detailing the conception of the car, historical information, options, and selling points. Full technical specifications include engine size, displacement and horsepower, as well as transmission, induction, body style, number of seats, weight, base price, and production numbers - providing the detailed information enthusiasts need, along with the spectacular color photos they crave. Greatest American Cars offers a unique slice of American history, as reflected by one of the country's most important and enduring products.
-Covers nearly 350 of the most popular and innovative cars produced in the U.S. -Brilliant full color photography -Each car documented with a detailed article, options and full technical specifications
Customer Reviews:
Great book but do not agree with some opinions expressed.......2005-12-26
Wonderful gift for the auto enthusiest such as myself, but some of the vehicles pictured were far from the greatest IE, 97' Ford Taurus and the Edsel.
Also upon reading this I spotted a couple spelling errors.
and in my opinion the author missed some Great cars of the 80's such as the last of the olds 442's and the buick Grand National.
And apparently makes such International Harvester and Jeep are apparently not "Great" enough for this book. But the author goes on to say how great the uglier 1988 Ford Thunder Bird and again over looks such 70's & 80's classics such as the olds Calais,78' Pontiac Trans AM, the Chevy Monza Spyder, Chevy Vega, and the chevy LUV, author also forgot americas best selling small pickup the chevrolet S-10 and rare classics such as the GMC Typhoon and Syclone
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Save every one of those precious and fleeting babyhood moments in a scrapbook that will become a treasured family keepsake and a joy to look through again and again. The multitude of designs presented in these bright and lively pages are simply dazzling. If the pictures can tell the story, let them speak in a simple yet beautiful layout: one heartwarming example has two images of a newborn alone and one with the beaming mother embracing her infant. A handwritten card with a tiny safety pin and miniature bottle attached completes the sweet effect. Or go wilder, adding buttons and ribbons, a mixture of patterns, heritage laces and trims, girly-girl adornments, and a little bit of everything, from scrabble letters to decorative charms.
Customer Reviews:
Great if you take MOSTLY Black and White Photos.......2007-10-04
I purchased this book because of the reviews . . . none of which mentioned that she uses MOSTLY black and white photographs in her layouts! As ALL sacrapbookers have been taught, black and white photo layouts are done VERY differently then Color photo layouts! I was dissapointed even though I picked up a few GREAT tips!
If you do ONLY or Mostly Black and White Photography and like simple layouts this is the book for you!
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From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert on HGTV’s Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, shares the do-it-yourself strategies that have enabled his clients and fans to transform their apartments into well-organized, beautiful places that suit their style and budget.
Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat common problems, eliminate clutter, and revamp even the tiniest space. Here is an eight-step process that includes:
A therapeutic questionnaire to help you get in touch with your personal taste and diagnose your home’s physical, emotional, and energy flow issues
A prescription with recommendations for each room based on your needs and lifestyle–including tips on how to use color, lighting, and accessories
A treatment plan, including regular maintenance schedules to ensure the ongoing health of your space
Illustrations of floor plans and decorative examples that allow you to visualize concepts before you begin
With surprising ease and without elaborate professional help, Apartment Therapy will help you clear a path through disorder and indecision–to reveal a home you’ll love.
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Excellent help for a hopeless case.......2007-03-30
This book helped (and is still helping) me to turn my house from a disaster area into a lovely home that reflects my lifestyle, tastes and interests. It's not a decorating manual - if you expect to see glossy photos, colour recipes or "in" and "out" lists, you won't find them here. Instead, the author presents eight do-able steps, to be done in eight weeks, to healing your living space in every area and finding truly workable solutions to problems that drag down your home and by extension, your life. While the title of the book is "Apartment Therapy", this program works equally well for houses.
Buy this book!.......2007-02-06
This book is so fun to read and so motivating. It gets you to look at your home differently and gets you working in little ways to make it what you really want. It is great at getting you to organize your stuff. It is hard to decide whether to finish the chapter or start putting things in the outbox, or the out basement as I call it. The blog is so interesting and helpful. Anytime I am wondering what I should do or what might be in the realm of possibility, I just go out and see what others have already figured out on the blog. It is a great resource for places to buy things or to see photos of what others have done.I have already cleaned out three closets, painted, and reconstructed those closets to glorious results. I began working on redoing my kitchen on my own, it is going well, the kitchen does not look the same. This book really got me organized and thinking until I just have to do it. Seriously buy this book.
Great Book!!.......2006-12-17
This book is helping me transform my apartment and the steps are attainable. I love it.
This Book Will Make You a Believer!.......2006-10-29
Much more than a mere decorating book, this book will change the way you view home organization. It actually changed the way I look at my home.
Really helps.......2006-08-06
Unlike a lot of other books about design and interior spaces, this one doesn't give you photos and examples of what you can do with the space... it really helps you evaluate what it is you feel/have with your living space and steps to take to make it into the space you feel better living in. It's as insightful into your self as it is where you live.
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Intense how-to book filled with photo sequences and supporting text explaining the best techniques for the preparation and application of custom paint to cars and motorcycles.
Customer Reviews:
must have for painting.......2007-05-23
Great foundation to learn the right habits and methods to do a quality paint job. Well written and great photos.
Painting techniques.......2007-01-19
Very very good manual, will be purchasing more books by John,
Thank you
Noel C
Excellent book for beginers!!!!.......2005-10-02
This book is really detailed out to everything from the setup of your equipment to spraying kandies!!
good knowledge for starting out on a project.
advanced custom painting techniques.......2005-08-06
this was a very helpful and useful book that helped advance me to a higher level of painting !
Thankyou !
Fantastic..........2004-01-01
This is a great book for people who want to learn about show car custom painting. I like the fact how much the book talks about spray booth setup and safety issue. Personally, I would like to see more about the spray gun technology section as well. I need a little more depth about different guns features and capabilities. Jon did mention a few of the guns but not detail enough, as least for me. I also like how the book take you through the entire painting process step by step from body work to lay down the final coat. It's amazing how much is involve. One more section I was hoping to see is how to paint the under carriage for normal day to day driving cars. It would be nice to see how to prep and paint rust proof coating. I guess that might be out of the scoop for the subject of this book. All in all, I do like this book very much.
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Advanced Custom Painting Techniques - Spanish Language Edition
Jon Kosmoski
Manufacturer: Wolfgang Publications, Inc.
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For the first time the work of legendary painter Jon Kosmoski has been translated into Spanish for the growing Spanish-speaking market. Advanced Custom Painting Techniques has over 350 photos by well-known photographer Tim Remus, bringing to life Jon's explanations of panel preparation, gun control, kandy application, use of color-change materials, new metallic basecoats, and how to design and tape-out complex layouts. Whether your painting projects ride on two wheels or four, this how-to book from Jon Kosmoski is sure to answer your questions. Four start-to-finish sequences take you into Jon's shop and illustrate each step in the process.
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The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man
Gabriel Miller
Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi
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This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on December 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1161 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man. (Book Reviews). (book review)
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Date: December 22, 2001
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Volume: 27
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