Book Description
Following her modern classic and worldwide bestseller A Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan's long-awaited second novel is a tale of self-enlightenment about aboriginal twins separated at birth and the searchfor roots that reunites them from opposite sides of the globe. Message from Forever is an incredibly moving story in which the power of purity, acceptance, and openness transcends injustice and degradation, directing is to live our lives in accordance with ageless values and simple wisdom.
10 Messages of Aboriginal Wisdom You Will Explore In Message From Forever
- Express Your Individual Creativity
- Realize That You Are Accountable
- Before Birth You Agreed to Help Others
- Mature Emotionally
- Entertain
- Be a Steward of Your Energy
- Indulge in Music
- Strive to Achieve Wisdom
- Learn Self-Discipline
- Observe Without Judging
Customer Reviews:
Give it a rest.......2007-08-02
Does Ms Morgan judge Australia because she is too ashamed to look at her own history? Surely such lessons could have been learned with the Native Peoples of America, or even with the African Americans who were taken as slaves? Does she feel justified to look down her nose at others while ignoring her own historical heritage? Shame shame Ms Morgan. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Only a non-Australian who had never even bothered to visit this country would get anything worthwhile out of this rubbish.
Mutant Message.......2006-05-28
The style and story of this book was intense and a major eye-opener for me. I found the answer for a problem I had been grappling with for some time. So, I would say this book is wonderful...no matter how the author came to aquire her knowledge of spiritual matters. I don't care if the story is "true" or not. It is deeply touching and meaningful.
THIS BOOK IS A FAKE !!! PLEASE READ ..........2005-08-02
This book along with MM's first work is a fake. Listed below is a time-line indicating this authors recent admission. Please do not buy this book and support anyone that would exploit indigenous people. MM is a disgusting human being.
Just "google" the topic if you have any doubts.
1996 Morgan apologises to the Aboriginals - book support retracted
January 26: A delegation of 8 Aboriginal Elders leave for the United States to defend their religion and culture and to block the move by Hollywood executives at United Artists to turn Marlo Morgan's claims into a major motion picture [9, 26]. Morgan sold the film rights for U$1.8 million [11].
January 31: The elders receive an apology. "Morgan admitted for the first time to the eight elders that her work was fiction and a fabrication" [5, 26]. She said: "I would like to say that I'm terribly sorry and my sincere, my sincere apologies to any Australian Aboriginal person if I have offended them in any way." [10]
Dr. John Stanton (Berndt Museum of Anthropology, WA) "said the book contained misleading and damaging information about Aboriginal people" [5]. He was not sure, he said, "whether the damage the book had done to the overseas image of Aboriginal culture, which was complex, diverse and vibrant, could be ever undone." Morgan promised a written apology, which she actually never produced [6].
March 4: Burnum Burnum retracts support for Marlo Morgan [7] in a letter to the Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation [8].
1997 Aboriginals protest during lectures in Japan
March 25: Eggington calls for "Mutant Message" and the books of two other authors to be taken from all Australian bookshelves and destroyed [14].
April 7: Dumbartung coordinates protest against Morgan's lectures in Japan. Eggington and a Bardi Elder travel there, give press conferences and appear painted and with didgeridoo and boomerangs at two venues. Morgan comments that "they represent all that is bad, and I represent all that is good". Eggington and the elders leave Japan on April 21st [26].
August 18: Burnum Burnum dies [8].
In this year another interview is published in the Golden Age (New Age magazine). Lorraine Mafi Williams, "a traditional teacher and custodian of Aboriginal culture and wisdom" talks about whether the journey was authentic and how the Aboriginal community reacted: "I honestly don't think this woman ever took a walk with anyone except perhaps as a tourist on a tour into the outback." [20]
1998 Morgan publishes a second book
June 1: Harper Collins publish "Message From Forever, A Novel of Aboriginal Wisdom", by Morgan, which she claims "is really written by Aboriginal friends telling me to please do this".
October: phenomeNEWS conducts an interview with Marlo Morgan [16] in which she claims to "have gone back periodically" to the tribe she claimed to have travelled with in the first book. Despite all the uproar there has already been up to that time, phenomeNEWS claim they "were unaware of the controversy surrounding Ms. Morgan and her book" when they did the interview...
1999 Aboriginals outraged again
January: Morgan seems not to have learned from the experiences with "Mutant Message". Her new book again outrages the Aboriginals in Australia. Morgan describes a woman giving birth, but "that is private women's business. For someone to (describe a birth) is insulting and offending to people and their cultural beliefs," says Ms Jo Willmot, chairwoman of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta board of management [13].
May: Film producer Michael Taylor is said to have "entered into agreements for the production of 'Messenger', based on the best seller Mutant Message Down Under" [15].
Who has fear to read the book?.......2005-05-14
When reading the book I can't judge about historical correctness of it. But it's very interesting that this bad review from "an Aboriginal Woman" is not signed with a name, but "a reader".
A review like this I would assume is written by one of the descendents of those white people who were (are) so sure to do the right things with the Aborigines in the past.
Or:
A review like this I assume is written by one who is not willing to accept that there is another way of life and that very basic rules of our "civilized" society might be wrong.
There is one thing to be sure: Those, who accept the message of the book, those will be the last to blame anybody for their opposite opinion. So, why not critizing openly?
a message for all.......2004-01-16
We are all taught to believe and behave a certain way and as we grow older those beleifs are challenged by outside influences. This book gives us a chance to remember and relearn what we know is right. Their wisdom of life is well shared in this book. It is a book all should read
Book Description
Following her modern classic and worldwide bestseller Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan's long-awaited new novel is a tale of self-enlightenment about aboriginal twins separated at birth and the search for roots that reunites them form opposite sides of the globe.
Once more Morgan unveils the inspiring aboriginal worldview while pointedly exposing the plight of an ancient race rapidly becoming extinct as a result of more than two hundred years of systematic discrimination.
Message from Forever follows the lives of Australian aboriginal twins who were taken form their young mother by Christian missionaries. The baby boy is sent to a huge sheep ranch, where he grows up with little adult supervision and random affection. On his own, Geoff develops his talent as an artist, producing work at a level well beyond his five years. The boy is adopted by an American minister and is raised in New England with little sense of who he is or of his cultural heritage. His sister is given only the first name Beatrice by the nuns at an Australian orphanage, where she encounters continual racism and experiences shattering looses for the first eighteen years of her life.
Upon reaching adulthood, Beatrice leaves the orphanage to work at a boardinghouse. Beatrice hungers to know more about her ancestral roots. She walks away from her life in the city to strike out into the northern desert nation, where she goes on a walkabout with a small band of Aborigines.
Geoff does not fare so well in America. As a teen, he runs away from home and slips into a life of crime, alcohol, and alienation. His addictions destroy him, and he finds himself on Death Row with little sense of how he got there. After decades of learning about people in the Outback, Beatrice leaves her nomadic life to become a "runner between both worlds." She returns to the Mutant world as a political activist fighting for aboriginal rights of citizens arrested and convicted of crimes in foreign countries, as well as a champion of the rights of adults who were taken from their native culture as children. Her life's work bring her into contact with her lost brother, though neither is aware of their relationship.
Beatrice gives Geoff the "message from forever," which outlines aboriginal philosophy and principles of good living, along with an offer to return to Australia. As we read the message with Geoff, we are challenged to stretch our concepts of identity, spirituality, and openness transcends injustice and degradation, directing us to live our lives in accordance with ageless values and simple wisdom.
Customer Reviews:
Not what I expected.......2005-12-03
I'm interested in Australia and the Aboriginals, so when I saw this book I read it. Boy, was I disappointed...
It's not badly written and I haven't read her other book, so I can't compare them, but the whole second part of the book also struck me (like some other reviewers) as a new-age message... Which is something I can only digest in really small portions, so I fully admit that I skipped pieces of the second part !
Another thing that bothered me about the book, was the fact that I was not emotionally involved with the characters. There were little bits of stories, but no real connection between them, or at least it didn't feel that way to me. Beatrices youth was written so detached ! I've read children's book about orphanages that gave me a lot more emotion. The whole puppy story was sad, of course, but for me there was no emotion in the writing...
Marlo Morgan accuses the Europeans of preaching, but she does the same thing. Of course they did a lot of damage to the Aboriginals when the came to Australia, I'm not denying that, but using that to sell books and make money (after the aboriginals protested against her book, she publicly admitted that her first book was fiction and a fabrication) it feels to me she is doing a lot of damage to the aboriginals herself !
A gripping, moving and compelling story.......2005-02-08
In so many ways Australia is a world apart. It's literally on the other side of the world. Their seasons are the opposite of ours. They speak that crazy Aussie English. But we have a lot in common too. We are both former British colonies founded mainly by people England wanted to be rid of. And when those settlers arrived in both places, they annihilated the dark skinned "savage" natives. When actual genocide had its limits, the settlers engaged in wholesale social, cultural and religious genocide in the name of "civilizing" and "Christianizing" the "savages". It's an indelible stain that both nations can never wash away.
This is the fictional account of an Aboriginal set of twins. Shortly after birth, this brother and sister were permanently robbed of the essentials that all children need to grow and thrive--loving parents, a family, personal identity, love, acceptance, and a nurturing culture and society. As a mother, I wept when I read this book. Even though this is fiction, I wept with the knowledge that what happened to Beatrice and Geoff happened to tens of thousands of Aboriginal Australians over several decades. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about others.
Sad, Painful, Uplifting, Flawed.......2002-08-11
A young Australian aborigine woman gives birth to twins somewhere in the wilderness. It is a time when the aboriginal culture is rapidly being decimated by well-meaning but oppressive whites. The little girl is shipped off to a cruel Catholic boarding school. The little boy is shuffled here and there but eventually ends up in America, with an adoptive family who treat him with unbelievable insensitivity. Ultimately he finds himself imprisoned on death row.
The struggles of the two children are portrayed with clear, lucid prose in the first half of the book, a tale of great sadness and pain. In the second half, Beatrice, the girl, runs off in search of her ancestral roots, and finds The Real People, a handful of aboriginies who still live in the bush and are trying to maintain the old ways. Unfortunately this part of the book is not believable. The characters are one-dimensional, too, too good; and their coversation consists of long speeches full of new age jargon. The language they use is totally out of character with the simple people they are supposed to be. The author describes a utopian society of people with great wisdom and psychic powers, set against the cruel, intolerant and bigoted white society.
At the conclusion of the book, brother and sister are reunited, at least make contact, and she leaves him with a document that tries to summarize all the wisdom she has learned from the Real People.
In fact, some of it is good. The author has some wisdom to share and it is indeed uplifting. But it is not written in a believable and coherent way. Does any of this really come from Australian aboriginal culture? Or is this Celestine Prophecy Down Under? Hard to say. The presentation is just too one-sided, too slanted, to be really convincing.
TOTAL FICTION! Needs a zero star rating!.......1999-12-06
The "Message" of this book is new-age nonsense not wisdom from the aboriginal people of Australia. It's an example of further exploitation and misrepresentation of native people. Save your money!
A most thought provoking story that can change your thinking.......1999-07-28
I came across this book accidently when on vacation and found it to so riveting that I could not put it down until finished. I have told others who would appreciate Marlo's openness to the experiences that unfolded to her. How fortunate she followed...what else could she have done! She was called!
Customer Reviews:
Big disappointment!.......2003-09-23
I love Jo Goodman's books. Her steadfast heart/reckless heart triology is absolutely the best of the best. Perhaps I expected too much. At any rate this wasn't vintage Goodman. The characters
of "mary" and "ryder" are likeable enough as are the surrounding characters but the story line is dull and way over the top in descriptiveness. There's no reason for Ryder's behaviour (keeping mary in a cave/ marrying her, etc.......). I think it was just a quick attempt to finish the series off. The writer herself says she hadn't planned on a story about this sister. Hope you enjoy it more than I did.......
Jo Goodman Can't Be Beat.......1999-05-26
Jo Goodman is truly gifted. I LOVE her heroines -- they're strong, often outspoken, intelligent, independent, capable and competent. I'm a die-hard fan of contemporary romance but Ms. Goodman has turned me into a lover of historicals. If you start the series, I promise you won't rest until you've read the first four.
PERFECT ENDING FOR THE DENNEHY SISTER'S SERIES.......1999-04-26
This was a great read. Although my favorite was Wild Sweet Ectasy (the first in the series), this tied up the loose ends perfectly. I felt Mary needed a special person in her life and Ryder fit the bill. A great romance and storyline between the two. It's hard to beat Jo Goodman's writing.
Dennehy Sisters series is a MUST READ!.......1998-06-23
I started this series backwards, by reading this book first. Wild Sweet Extacy is the first book and you should start there. I'm reviewing this one because I loved this most most. What kind of man would cause a nun to turn her back on the cloth?? I call that some kind of man.
Book Description
THE INCAL: THE EPIC JOURNEY continues the adventure of John DiFool, a low-class detective in a degenerate world who finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient artifact called The Incal. Now, he travels across the cosmos with his pet concrete bird, Deepo, and the universes greatest warrior, the Metabaron, racing against time to keep The Great Darkness from unleashing destruction upon infinite galaxies. In this volume, he has the ultimate cosmic encounter with the entity ORH, who presents DiFool with the wildest opportunity a human has ever been given.
Book Description
A world-claiming theology of the church draws on ancient and modern thoughts. The author focuses on how the church can grow to become in reality "God's missionary people.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting Yet Curious Perspectives.......2006-04-02
Charles van Engen is a leading missiologist. In keeping with the subtitle of his book: "Rethinking the Purpose of the Local Church", he briefly sets ecclesiology and missiology in historical and contemporary perspective, then introduces "a new perspective".
He refers to his view of missions as a "radically new way of affirming the congregation's missionary nature" -- a break with the past twenty centuries of ecclesiology and missiology. While the received definition of missions is "spreading the message of His salvation to the world" (Fleming 1990:296), Van Engen defines this as "to spread throughout the world the knowledge of the rule of the King". Further, in the received view, the justified yet imperfect Church might be said to move continually upward toward God. In Van Engen's view, it moves continually forward through "the impelling force of the Kingdom of God", toward "shalom" -- "an emerging church".
While Van Engen emphasises the necessity to "receive by faith the ONENESS of the church", yet he himself would appear to adopt a sharp exclusivity with regard to "missionary congregations". While he rightly points out that a defective ecclesiology may unnecessarily lead to disunity, this does not appear to translate into a generous view of unity. He defines "missionary congregations" specifically as those which are "called to spread throughout the world the knowledge of the rule of the King", and hold a non-judicial view of salvation. With this in mind, he states that "conversion . . . happens uniquely in missionary congregations". Apparently it would not happen outside of them. There is little to dispel the suspicion that the rest of the Church is of little significance in terms of the central interests of the Church.
On the surface of it, Van Engen would appear to take an uncompromising stand on "the Church's role in establishing justice, righteousness, and SHALOM". Closer examination, however, would appear to reveal a different picture. A characteristic Western duality repeatedly creeps in. He states that the Church has "a debt to the poor and oppressed" -- as though the Church should exist on one side, the poor and oppressed on the other. Not only this, but "incomplete manifestations of the working of the kingdom" are given short shrift, perhaps fatalistically. Van Engen would seem to sense the inadequacy in his views as he notes awkwardly that the Church should "at least struggle more deeply to define" its identification with the oppressed.
While Van Engen gives a useful reminder that we need to "propel the people of God out in ministry in the world", disavowals of disunity, paternalism, domination, and enculturation would surely be too easily deconstructed in his writing.
Fleming, Don. Bible Knowledge Dictionary. Amersham-on-the-Hill, Buckinghamshire: Scripture Press, 1990.
Mistaken Modern Pragmatic Ecclessiology.......2003-09-05
Van Engen makes incorrect case at beginning for the church never really coming into its own, i.e. doing and being what it really is in this world and stage, thus some of the so familiar Biblical sounding tension of "now and not yet." Further, here he separates the church from kingdom of God, which is also an unbiblical move.
From this, he sequences to history of doctrine of the church, i.e. ecclessiology. Reviewing Roman Catholic and Reformed views primarily, he senses the inadequacy of four-fold concept: one, holy, catholic and apostolic church as well as the marks of the church method: Word, Sacraments, discipline (latter, betraying his Calvinistic orientation). Thus, he sequences all this history forgetting Lutheran ecclessiology which gives correctives to all these as well as Eastern Orthodox which he does not address either. From this, it is small step to modern ecclessiology which seeks to break out of this for more ecumenical, dynamic, mission orientation purpose for the church.
Thus, he arrives at book's purpose: the focus of local congregation.
While he provides much of Biblical view at times concerning Christ's church, he is too vague in his conclusions, i.e. confession.
As corrective to all this, interested theologians will pursue Kurt Marquart's monumental work "The Church: Her Fellowship, Ministry and Governance." He magnificently shows from the Bible and Lutheran Confessions how defective ecclessiology (as exhibited by Van Engen) comes from defective Christology--- "Is it possible to discern a pattern in the ecclesiologies of these major versions of Christianity? Without oversimplifying unduly, we may say the traditional Roman Catholicism (before Vatican II) particulary, but also Eastern Orthodocy, externalize the church, while Calvinism spiritualizes her. Lutheran theology, by its innermost logic, understands the church incarantionally."
Such a false division of visible and invisible church understood in wrong sense allows such ecclessiologies as Van Engen's to begin to put purpose of church back under law talk: what real congregations will and must do, rather than means of grace talk about God doing it all through the pure preaching of the Gospel and the right administration of the sacraments.
This book certainly provides one to realize where much of evangelical movement and Fuller is at concerning mission and ecclessiology, Christology, and where they want to make gignatic, non-static paradigm changes to effect more pragmatic numerical growth. Such not only ignores biblical realities, but will not comprehend theology of cross and rejection of truth, apostacy.
Church For Mission.......2000-04-25
Summary : This book covered the theoretical and practical study on Church and Mission .Charles Van Engen gave an extensive and profound definition on the Church which covered from the biblical images , Church History and theological perspective (Part 1 , pp25-86).The Church is one ,is catholic ,is holy and is apostolic.But Charles Van Engen showed that the Church is also mission-intent for God's Kingdom because Christ's salvation and rule are in the Church and for the World .Therefore the church being the only earthly witness for Christ should engage its essence for the Great Commission (Part 2 , pp87-132) . Every local church is God's missionary people to reachout the whole world into the Lost. To accomplish such a mission task ,four elements in the local church : the Goal-setting , the mission-orientated members ,the commissioned leadership and the church administrative system will all be geared towards mission in passion and vision for the whole world (Part 3 , pp133-192).
Comment : Charles Van Engen's presupposition is that the Church in her essence cannot be divided or separated from her commission in mission to the world because the Church is the only chosen witness for Christ. But the issue is : Does the Church lose its essence when her earthly mission fails ? To make some analogy : (1) Does a man lose his image of God or his manliness if he fallen or paralysied ? (2) Does a cat lose its cat-ness if it loses its four legs and still alive ? My understanding is the Church is still the Church though she has not functioned her entrusted mission to the world . It is the same that Christ is the God in person even if he does not want to save his people on earth ! Because he is still the Lord if he did not be my Savior.
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A Treasury of Southern Baking: Luscious Cakes, Cobblers, Pies, Custards, Muffins, Biscuits, and Breads in the Tradition of the American South
Prudence Hilburn
Manufacturer: Perennial
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Muffins
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ASIN: 0060965975 |
Customer Reviews:
Best Home Baking Book.......2000-11-19
This is easily the best home baking book I have used. The only complaint is that she uses salted margarine but she does add that you should add a pinch of salt if you must use unsalted butter. Oleo is the traditional fat. The recipes are clear and easy. She uses self-rising flour in some recipes but also tells how to make your own. A few are clunkers but there are some real gems here: full of freckles pound cake, meltaway blueberry coffeecake, and devil's food cake are just a few great examples. BUY THIS BOOK!
Book Description
Extraordinary cigarette lighters can be found in the strangest of places--in a garage sale, at a swap meet, perhaps even in your own basement. This convenient, hand held guide introduces a history of lighters through a comprehensive, alphabetical presentation of styles, organized according to company name and dating from the late 1800s through the 1980s. In an effort to appeal to new collectors, well-known makers such as Dunhill, Ronson, Evans, Scripto, and Zippo are included, as well as unusual and interesting lighters from smaller and lesser known companies. Never before has a book shown such variety and magnitude of lighters with this much detail and color: over 800 lighters are illustrated along with current market values. Whether you are a collector of lighters or interested in art and design, this book will give you insight into the style, beauty, and value of cigarette lighters. And once you start collecting, it may be hard to break the habit!
Customer Reviews:
Vintage Lighters.......2007-05-15
This is a good book for vintage lighter collectors if you use it in conjunction with The Big Book of Cigarette Lighters.
The Handbook of vintage Cigarette Lighters.......2007-01-16
Good reference for finding lighters and knowing what you have.
The ultimate guide for the lighter collector.......2000-04-11
More than 2o books about collectible lighters have been published in the past years. Many are focused to specific lighter manufacturers. Books with a wide content, covering many different aspects of lighter collecting are scarce and often incomplete. This book is different. It gives a new collector the optimal idea about collectible lighters of this century. Fantastic models are shown in excellent quality and there is not much missing. I am a European collector for many years and I must say this book covers the global lighter collecting quite perfectly. In addition it is both affordable and handy. Congratulation to the editors-
Outstanding! A very informative book on cigarette lighters.......1999-11-17
This is a great book - a must have for anyone dealing in cigarette lighters. It is the only book I know of that gives such a complete over view of vintage lighters. A highly recommended read!
Bob Brockmann New Haven, Indiana
Great lighters, photographed beautifully........1999-11-17
Well thought out presentation of collectable lighters. Pictured items cover the gamut of beginner's basics, to extremely rare pieces that most advanced collectors will never own.
Certainly a "must have" for all lighter collectors, and an interesting historical perspective for non-collectors.
Book Description
Guides the beginner into the most creative—and most demanding—branch of the hobby! Begin with an ordinary kit and build the custom car of your dreams! Learn how, step by step, with tips and techniques from one of the hobby's leading modelers. Covers all the basics of modeling with strong emphasis on bodywork and painting. • Highly photographic presentation with photos of each step • Designed for any skill level • Premier book from a well-known author and modeler, Mark Gustavson
Customer Reviews:
OK book.......2006-03-08
I was intresting. If your into old cars this book is great for you. My facorite part of the book were the hinges tutorial for the doors.
Total necessity for the serious modeler.......1999-07-08
This book is really great and fully explained. It's for the serious modeler wanting to find specific ways to customize. Or the modeler wanting to take that new step further. Anyway it is worth way more than what it costs.
Book Description
The new minimalism is not about bare, white-walled rooms, starkly devoid of signs of human life; nor is it about massive expense and austere living. No longer content with the relentless search for hard-edged purity, many of today's designers have adapted the minimalist vocabulary and imbued it with innovative—yet practical—twists.
Presenting the most exciting interiors from around the world, Practically Minimal offers visual inspiration and ideas to anyone attracted to the minimalist ethos. Here are flexible, livable, enjoyable, and functional spaces that artfully combine the beauty and spirituality of minimalism with an exuberant love of exotic woods and metals, varied colors, playful and mysterious forms, and the requisite respect for natural light, clean lines, and easy living. Drawing on interiors created by a wide range of architects, designers, and residents themselves, the book focuses on five themes: living and relaxing, cooking and dining, sleeping, bathing, and outdoor living. A special Elements section is a rich visual resource of details of the new minimalism, from stairs and storage to materials and textures to lighting and planting.
Here is a style of living that really does marry form and function: it is comfortable, beautiful, affordable, and practical. 250 color illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Emphasizes the idea that less is more.......2003-08-08
Practically Minimal: Simply Beautiful Solutions For Modern Living by Maggie Toy (Executive Editor of the London-based "Architectural Digest") is an informed and informative interior decorating guide which emphasizes the idea that less is more, and openness can be refreshing. Stunning full-color photographs of simple yet charming minimalist layouts illustrate the tips for enhancing aesthetic appeal, comfort, and practicality of large and small interior features. Practically Minimal is a welcome and highly valued addition to professional and academic Interior Design reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Great pictures.......2001-01-13
If you enjoy modern minimal interiors this is a great book. The pictures are beautiful. It puts you in the mind of the great interiors featured in Hype Williams videos. My only complaint is that all the listed resources are in London. If the resources were in the US this book would be rated a 5 star project.
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Big Color: Maximize the Potential of Your Design Through Use of Color
Manufacturer: HBI
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0688169392 |
Book Description
Big Color takes readers through a range of designs showing how successful graphics can be achieved through careful and inspired color choices. They'll find a diverse collection of monochrome, two and three-color designs and more!
Taking some of the most advanced designs in a number of areas, each designer reveals how unique color effects are achieved with either special inks, the four-color process, or with other devices such as color papers or films. Special printing techniques such as silkscreen and stamps are also discussed.
* A unique mixture of inspired creativity and color analysis
* An essential reference for successful design
Book Description
A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This new revised and expanded edition features great photos throughout, with chapters on: Preparation, In Front of the Camera - Before You Shoot, The Take, Characters, Directors, On Being a Star, and much more. "Remarkable material ... A treasure ... I'm not going to be looking at performances quite the same way ... FASCINATING!" - Gene Siskel
Customer Reviews:
listen to what the man says..........2007-03-06
acting is acting and if you can act onstage, you can act on-camera, probaly true but still before you make your move to the silver screen, read this book...Michael Cain reveals insider secrets, tips and straight forward talk about acting from a grand master..what a gem of a book for anyone interested in film...
Nothing but net..........2006-11-10
This book is short and sweet, right to the point and actually pretty fun to read. Michael Caine knows what he's doing (ridiculously obvious comment of the day) and he gives a lot of great tips to actors and filmmakers alive. I am a director and I've read dozens of books on directing and there are things in this slim volume that I have never seen anywhere else.
Spot On.......2006-11-02
Michael Caine's awareness of what makes screen acting different than the stage, and his ability to perform with that awareness and then share it with others is a gift to all actors, as well as those who want to understand what makes an actor great and a movie superb or a bomb. There is nothing better for acting on screen.
a good tool for filmmakers and film actors.......2006-06-01
Caine provides a succinct account of where he's been and what he's learned in the world behind the camera. Tips are thrown at the actor as we visit Caine's memories and experiences in film. There were only a few pieces of knowledge I was able to pull from the text in the end, and in that sense I feel a little shortchanged. But the book was an interesting and easy read, and should be read by anyone whose experience behind the camera has been very minimal or independent.
Main theme: If you want to act and entertain OTHER PEOPLE, don't treat people like [...].
Michael Kane - Acting for Film.......2005-07-29
This is important for actors. I own the video and the book and purchased another copy of the book for a gift for a friend.
Book Description
With the help of his friend and partner, Michael Caine, White sets out to show how easy it is to cook really delicious food for every day. He gives over 100 recipes for everything from scrambled eggs to creme brulee, including detailed instructions for poached salmon, leg of lamb and other staples.
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Marco's Usual Insane Brilliance.......2001-03-14
Marco has come a long way since White Heat. He's grown, both as a person and a chef, but most importantly, as an artist. His vision is clearer, his sauces are more refined, his techniques more deliberate and defined. He continues to push the limits of modern cuisine, and has proven himself to be a master-hence his appiontment to the Hyde Park Hotel, where he earned the coveted 3 Michelin Stars. As a professional chef, I continue to draw inspiration from Marco. He truly is a focused, passionate, and driven artist-with just enough insanity to pull it all off with style. Look at White Heat to see his youthful side, full of rage, drive and determination-then move on to his later works to see his evolution into a mature, poised and disciplined artisan. In a word: inspirational.
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"A spirited autobiography...Michael's memoir may be even more noteworthy for the juicy, offbeat-on-wry anecdotes Caine, a veteran of more than seventy films, supplies with costars."
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He was born Maurice Joseph Micklewehite in London's impoverished East End. And yet Michael Caine emerged as one of the world's most versatile, enduring, and beloved actors of our time. With the easy charm of a natural raconteur, Caine takes us onto the sets and into the homes of Hollywood's most talented celebrities. Candid, vibrant, and warm, here is a captivating self-portrait of a man who is at once sublimely ordinary and freshingly unique, one of the greatest actors in film today.e
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Great read but could have been better.......2003-08-18
Michael Caine is one of my favourite actors, and "What's it all about" is one one fascinating read. It has an excellent witty conversational style, which makes it very engaging, especially in the earlier parts. I always took Caine to be a dyed-in-the-wool Brit (he looks like one, and says so in the book himself) and so was surprised and amazed at the amazing life he's led... brought up in a poor family, survived the World War, went to war in Korea and almost got killed himself, struggled like hell, led a debauched lifestyle, and so on.
"What's it all about" is one of the best autobiographies I've read if you just count the first half, let's say before Caine settles with his family in LA; after this it seems to eschew those little tidbits of gossip, life and human nature for the mundane: what parties/restaurants/hotels/people/homes/flats they went to/ate in/stayed in/met/bought/rented, and so on. This part is quite dull, though it does have the occasional witticism. Also some things are missing... incredibly there's no reference to the one Caine quote which - let's just say - not a lot of people know. Also I'd have liked him not to be silent about his "conquests".
One thing that really got me though is the mistakes... I dont know whether these are just typos or Sir Michael fiddling with the truth a bit. For example, on page 5 (hardcover) he says at birth his weight was 8 lb 2. Later (page 348), this becomes 6 lb 2. Another instance: on page 35 he is 6 ft tall at age 15 having added a foot in two years, yet on page 25 he is 5 ft 11 at age 11. On page 330, he says "Since then I've only drunk wine" as a result of finding out about his excessive drinking. Yet we have many references later to the drinking of all kinds of spirits, including vodka. There are more such mistakes, which makes me think the book wasnt proofread at all.
But all in all, this is a very good read, even if you dont know Michael Caine. If nothing, it at least gives the message that dreams can be achieved if you try hard enough and never give up.
The heroic actor.......2001-10-16
If Michael Caine's life resembles that one of the average actor, next time I request an autograph from Nicole Kidman or Kevin Spacey, I may be dwelling on their heroic background, rather than on their assumingly obscure and profligatious foreground. Maurice Micklewhite's biography is just a piece of inspiration for any quitter. It can outdo Anthony Robbins' tapes any day. A fighter in Korea, a victim of malaria, a reluctant B-movie castmember, a happy hedonist, a drunk, an opportunist, and aventually a model husband and father. He's had it all. Michael Caine carries enormous weight in his movies not just because of his acting guile, but mainly because of his charismatic persona. His diversification of characters portrayed, whether in "The Man Who Would Be King", "Funeral in Berlin", "The Eagle Has Landed" or "The Cider House Rules", offers the spectator the unusual challenge of discerning him from prior roles, a task traditionally reserved to a Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness or Ralph Richardon. Can't help but fall in love with the lad.
A great example of "follow your dream".......2001-06-28
This book is inspiring. Michael Caine knew at a very young age that he wanted to act, and through perseverance, he has become highly successful and one of the most respected actors of our time, with two Academy Awards to his credit. This should serve to encourage those with dreams but who tell themselves "I'll never make it."
This is the real thing. Caine starts at the beginning and tells it all without indiscreet name dropping. He mentions that he does not plan to write another autobiography and so does not want to leave anything out. That makes for a really great read.
But what's really special about this autobiography is how approachable Caine seems to be. He comes across as just a regular guy whom you could approach on the street and say hi. Considering that most of the other autobiographies I've read, however great they may be, still seem like stories told by a celebrity who has deigned to share his/her life story, that in itself is an amazing accomplishment.
Michael Caine's rules.......2001-03-08
Michael Caine, one of film's most durable actors, tells his story through 1992 in the autobiography WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
How many film performers have done as much as well as Michael Caine? For more than forty years, the actor has delivered shining performances in dramas, thrillers and comedies. He's carried flicks as a leading man, shared the spotlight as a costar, contributed to emsemble casts and has even take small roles.
In WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, Michael Caine vows this book is the only autobiography he will write. I hope he changes his mind. I am sure Mr. Caine had to leave a lot of good stories out of his first volume. And since its '92 publication, he has been knighted and won another Oscar. Why not another book?
The most noteworthy aspect of WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT is that Michael Caine, despite having done almost everything you could want to do, has had the same personal and professional ups and downs as you and me. He tells stories we've all been through, such as being nervous about meeting women and his strained relationships with friends. (Of course, you and I would not be pals with actor Terence Stamp.)
This Michael Caine fan wants more movie-making anecdotes. If Mr. Caine does publish a second autobiographical volume, I request a synopsis of the making of each of his ninety-something films. He barely mentions two of my favorites: WATER and especially the obscure comic gem WITHOUT A CLUE.
Bravo to Michael Caine for not kissing and telling. He alludes to the bedroom activity that made the 1960s what it was for the rich and famous but does not name names.
The night Michael Caine won the Best Supporting Actor for CIDER HOUSE RULES, ceremony host Billy Crystal had been making fun of Caine's role in a JAWS film. Yet Mr. Caine did not return the dig during his acceptance speech, despite notorious Crystal bombs such as MR. SATURDAY NIGHT, FORGET PARIS, and FATHER'S DAY.
Unless, of course, Michael Caine's saving those remarks for his next autobiography!
For now, read WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT.
a easy readable and funny book!!.......2001-01-14
I just recently found "what's it all about" in a secondhands shop in holland, were I live.( the book is called "waar gaat het allemaal om"in holland). I found it joyfull to read about sir Michael Caine's live in his own words. I do think he is a real good whriter! he is funny and his work is easy to read. it is very hard to lay the book down!! sascha
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Sir Michael Caine: The Biography
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Born Maurice Micklewhite in London's impoverished East End, Michael Caine went on to become one of the world's most versatile, enduring, best-loved actors. This biography looks at the intriguing life and career of the two-time Oscar winner.
With more films to his name than years—including Alfie, Get Carter, A Bridge Too Far, Cider House Rules, The Quiet American, and The Weatherman—a prestigious knighthood, two Oscars, and countless other awards, Michael Caine is one of the most esteemed actors of his day. Having maintained the balance of critical respect and unswerving popularity, he has established himself as a performer of the highest rank. In this in-depth biography, William Hall sketches a picture of a man who has achieved his success through a mixture of innate talent, cool charm, barbed wit, and shrewd intelligence. He also reveals a man who has known his share of hard times, including the poverty of his youth and the pain of discovering his long-lost brother in a psychiatric hospital. Written by a longtime friend, this is a compelling and affectionate portrait.
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Not Many People Know That (Coronet Books)
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A Very Special Book Review.......2001-03-05
Not many people know that Michael Caine was born in 1933, the son of a Billingsgate fish porter. Then again, not many people would care either, so it is hard to see how this book became the "number one bestseller" that its cover claims it to be. The introduction of this book gives you something of an insight into Michael Caine, the man. Who was he? What moved him? Why did he become whatever it was that he became? It seems that as a young child, li'l Mikey became aware of the power of a well timed fact. Apparently, they make you feel better for not having received a proper education. They are also useful for a bit of one upmanship when you come up against a "know-all". Unfortunately, and it really does pain me to have to point this out to a man of Michael's obvious calibre, it seems that Michael is the know-all. After all, this book is a collection of facts that Michael Caine has put together because he knows them, but not many other people know them. It also seems that, along with his knack for absorbing useless and highly dubious bits of information, Sir Michael Caine has a rare talent for self promotion. Another extremely unfortunate point that has to be made is that many of Caine's `facts' are, even to the layman, clearly spurious. Incorrect, that is, or if not incorrect certainly insanely difficult to verify. Like the fact that `Some soft drinks are made sweeter by adding coal'. Or that `An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of it's own missiles'. Not many people know that. That's because it is NOT TRUE. Or IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE. Michael's only valid point, and I think this is the point on which the success of the book hinges, is that facts, especially highly irrelevant and inexplicably timed facts, can be very funny. They can be even funnier if read aloud in a pseudo-Cockney accent. Believe me, I've tried it. If you want to give it a go, simply peruse the pages of this book and read each useless fact aloud. Pretty funny, huh? And believe me, it gets funnier and funnier the more you do it. Actually, despite its faults, and largely because of them, this book rates pretty highly on my list of things to do in a social setting. And you really can't discount the fact that there is a huge picture of Michael Caine on the front. Now that's a selling point.
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Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Ronald Neame, an Autobiography (Filmmakers Series)
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Now in Paperback! Straight from the Horse's Mouth provides a fascinating, first-hand account of a unique filmmaker, who began his career as assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail, and went on to direct Maggie Smith, Judy Garland, Walter Matthau, and many other prominent performers. The book includes tales of the on-and-off-the-set antics of comedian George Formby, and original accounts of his experiences working with Noel Coward and David Lean. This is not simply an autobiography, but rather a history of British cinema from the 1920s through the 1960s, and Hollywood cinema from the 1960s through the present.
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Born in London’s impoverished East End, Michael Caine went on to become one of the world’s most versatile, best–loved actors. This biography, written with the cooperation of Caine himself, reveals the life and career of this Oscar–winning star.
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70 Not Out: The Biography of Sir Michael Caine
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What's It All About
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Born in London’s impoverished East End, Michael Caine went on to become one of the world’s most versatile, best–loved actors. This biography, written with the cooperation of Caine himself, reveals the intriguing life and career of this Oscar–winning star.
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I nformative Material.......2007-01-11
I thought this book was especially good for letting us know the real Michael Caine - his East London background, his dogged determination to succeed and his progression towards becoming an icon in the movie industry. The revelation about his unknown long lost brother was a surprise. Overall well worth reading.
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And Not Many People Know This Either!: Michael Caine's Second Collection of Amazing Information
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Arise Sir Michael Caine: The Biography
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Born Maurice Micklewhite in London’s impoverished East End, Michael Caine went on to become one of the world’s most versatile, enduring, and best–loved actors. This new biography looks at the intriguing life and career of the Oscar–winning star.
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