A Paul Green Reader (Chapel Hill Books)

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North Carolina's Paul Green (1894-1981) was part of that remarkable generation of writers who first brought southern writing to the attention of the world. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1927, Green was a restless experimenter who pioneered a new form of theater with his "symphonic drama," The Lost Colony. A concern for human rights characterized both his life and his writing, and his steady advocacy for educational and social reform and racial justice contributed in fundamental ways to the emerging New South in the first half of this century.

A Paul Green Reader makes available once again the work of this powerful and engaging writer. It features Green's drama and fiction, with texts of three plays—including the Pulitzer Prize-winning In Abraham's Bosom and the famous second act of The Lost Colony—and six short stories. It also reveals the life behind the work through several of Green's essays and letters and an excerpt from The Wordbook, his collection of regional folklore. Laurence Avery's introduction outlines Green's life and examines the central concerns and techniques of his work.

A native of Harnett County, North Carolina, Paul Green was a devoted teacher of philosophy and drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Paul Green Reader
Green Paul
Manufacturer: UNIV OF NC+PRESS
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A PAUL GREEN READER. Edited with an Introduction by Laurence G. Avery
Paul. Green
Manufacturer: UNC Press,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N769FA

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Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. The Lady is evil, but so, too, are those who falsely profess to follow the White Rose, reincarnation of a centuries-dead heroine. Yet now some of the Company have discovered that the mute girl they rescued and sheltered is truly the White Rose reborn. Now there may be a path to the light, even for such as they. If they can survive it.

Customer Reviews:

Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

A bit of a change of pace, here. There is a major focus on a character in a town that it turns out is harboring Raven, who is doing some organlegging, and also Darling.

Plenty of the usual undead wizard nastiness, as well. There is basically part of the two camps of wizards storyline, as an attempt is made to bring back The Dominator (again). Yet another L v D epic.

Needless to say, there is a battle, and why a career in the Company is maybe not that great an idea.

eat your heart out, Steven Erikson. This is the way to tell a story!.......2007-03-25

After the glory that was The Black Company, I expected more of the the same from Glen Cook in Shadows Linger: soldiers on the move, lots of bleak gallows humor, a desperate hunt and doublecrossing with The Lady's Soultaken, and lots of interaction between the various members of The Company. In short, a near carbon copy of the first book, only with a slightly different objective. Like, what so much of fantasy seems to be. Shadows Linger is NOT that book. At all. Shadows Linger is something else entirely.

The story here is two fold. First (or second, actually) is that of Croaker and a small band of the Company sent to distant Juniper to discover a way to combat the threat of The Dominator that is cropping up there. Croaker, the Annalist of the Company, has serious doubts of the Company betraying its morality by following The Lady. He also knows something that can get him killed and the Company destroyed: Darling, the girl Raven rescued in The Black Company - she is the reincarnation of the White Rose, the enemy of The Lady.

The second aspect of the story is that of Marron Shed, a innkeeper in Juniper trying to get out of debt and who knows a man named Raven and a girl named Darling who is working at his inn. Marron Shed's story, which should have no connection at all to what we think The Company is all about, but is an interesting story about the changing morality of a desperate man. Through Shed we see what Raven is up to and how Raven is still working to get as far away from The Company and The Lady as possible.

These two stories weave together in alternating chapters that reveal more about the world of The Company and the threats The Lady faces, about The Dominator, about the Company and its history, about The White Rose, and about the threat The Lady poses to The Company.

With characters like Croaker, Raven, Marron Shed, Goblin, and One Eye Glen Cook delivers a powerful tour de force of a novel. Shadows Linger is no less a powerful work of fantastic fiction than The Black Company is. This is high praise indeed because The Black Company was one of the more outstanding works of military fantasy out there. Shadows Linger takes the series, even only at the second volume, in an entirely new and unexpected direction. The direction it takes, however, is a wondrous one and one which shows the range of Glen Cook as a creative force. In a series which could easily be the same novel after the same, Glen Cook has already shown that he is willing to pick apart The Company and his characters and that the only driving force is to tell a good story.

He tells a great one.

-Joe Sherry

Fast-paced and Engaging Fantasy.......2006-12-15

Wow, after not having read fantasy for years due to endless descriptions of everything and everyone, good and evil, archetypes, heroes and villians, I lucked out when I randomly picked up this book. It's an awesome read. Cook doesn't bother with much explicit description; he leaves it all to show, which he does with an economy of words that keeps focus on the white-hot story. The climax had me leaning out of my seat, which almost never happens these days - sadly - since I've read so many frigging books. With casualties galore I had no pre-conceived notion of the outcome.

I also really enjoyed the easy use of names. No apostrophe-ridden tongue twisters. No olde English, German, or nominal languages. No foreign language content at all. Here are the character names: Croaker, Goblin, the Lady, the Dominator, the Limper, Whisper, Soulcatcher, Elmo, the Captain, the Lieutenant, Marron Shed, Asa, Lisa, Darling, Raven. You might say it's unimaginative, true, however the easy names frees the reader to enjoy the plot. I found them quite liberating.

As far as descriptions of actions: they were sparse. When damage to people was described it was far more effective.

Overall I'll be reading a lot more Glen Cook and actually am kicking myself for not reading more fantasy as he reminded me of how good it can be.

I have to comment on one of the reviewers giving it a 1 star.

One-star: "Instead we are treated to some guy who double-crosses his wife, some guys who steal urns from an underground cemetary and some mentions of the black company. It took 200 of the 300 pages to even mention the White Rose. After reading the disappointing first book in the series, I was hoping that this one would shed some light on what that first one was lacking. It just confused me more."

Eh, the White Rose was mentioned in the first pages as being the Rebel's motive. The Black Company was mentioned at the same time when Croaker and friends were wiping out rebs. No one double-crosses a wife in the entire book, so I have no idea where he got that. Yes there is a guy who steals urns from the underground cemetary (aka 'catacombs') and that guy is one of the main characters named Raven.

One-star: "There is absolutely not a single interesting or well-developed character in 'Shadows Linger'. At least the first had Croaker, but even he is cast aside as a second string character. The names flit right past the reader, without anything to hook the reader in. Perhaps the characters themselves are the 'Shadows' that 'Linger'... shadows that would be fortunate to be called one-dimensional."

Croaker was the first-person narrator for approximately half the book, and he was well-developed, not second-string. The other principles were Raven, Marron Shed, and Darling. As far as what's needed to hook the reader in, it would be the action involving the characters, their needs and desires and appeal. Cook is very light on physical descriptions, yet it's quite easy to imagine the characters through their actions and even just names. The description of the Lady was something along the lines of: "We'd gotten older but she was still beautiful. She'd always remain 20. Her hair was stunningly black, and men could melt into her eyes. She was a focus of such glamor it's beyond physical description, and describing her is useless anyway as this wasn't her real form but the one she chose." The rest of what the reader picks up of the Lady's image comes from people's comments on her, what she says and does, etc. On the eve of the big battle in the story, there's no hurrah speech BS, this is what she says: "The black castle is a hole in the bottom of the ship of the Empire. We must stop it now lest we sink." Bam - I love it!

One-star: "That aside, the story itself was just uninteresting. There's more plot development on the back cover blurb than there is in the actual novel. Some of the plot elements had absolutely no motivation behind them. It was as if Glen Cook was purposely leaving out details like "Why on earth are they doing this?"

Why on earth are they doing this? Plot: Mortal mercenaries begin to find their souls to the chagrin of their employer, the Lady, who can kill them with a thought. Around this central plot we have: A deserter from the Black Company wages a one-man campaign to save the reincarnation of the White Rose in the harshest of lands at the edge of the Empire. A wastrel bar owner redeems himself in life. The Lady battles her ex-spouse, the Dominator, in a fight to maintain control of the world.

No plot? Yeah, right. Just like the Black Company was never mentioned, the White Rose wasn't in the book till the end, someone double-crossed their wife. Uh-huh.

Three Corpses to Go, Please..........2006-05-29

With the battle at Charm over, and the rebels in disarray, the lady responds to a request from the lord of Juniper, and sends the Black Company to investigate some strange events in that ancient city. A dark castle has risen up, and those who touch it quickly die. The Lady suspects the worst, and the Black Company is, once again, her pawn.

In the same city, Raven and Darling hide while Raven prepares to flee as far as he can from the Empire. Darling, the White Rose incarnate must hide from view until her time, when the comet crosses the sky again. Raven, and an innkeeper named Shed, gather the dead from Juniper's frozen streets and sell them to the dark castle. As they begin to mine the city for its corpses they trigger a series of events that will, inevitably bring the Black Company face to face with an evil even more dreadful than the Lady herself. The Dominator seeks to return, and in Juniper those loyal to him work at opening the door.

All the old characters (those that survived Charm) are back in this sequel. The viewpoint shifts from Croaker to third party depending on the part of the tale you're in. This isn't my favorite form of story telling, but it works here as Shadows Linger strikes the balance between the story of the Black Lady and the beginnings of the White Rose story arc. One Eye and Goblin continue their squabbles as comic relief, and, as always, the Fallen fly their carpets overhead.

It is surprising that, some 20 years after it was written, this series continues to strike the reader as something fresh and inventive. Glen Cook marked out a special ground where heroes and evil have no clear cut boundaries. The world hangs in the balance and dirty maneuvers in back alleys are just as important as desperate battles. Cook displays maturing writing skills enough to satisfy the most jaded reader.

Enjoyable book, decent sequel.......2006-05-26

This was a fun book to read. It introduces a couple of new far-from-perfect characters (shed and asa), and continues the previous novel's interesting depiction of fantasy as a competition of various less-than-angelic sides rather than a struggle between good and evil, as many fantasy novels do. Characterization was believable enough, and in the context of the style and content of the previous novel, it is hard to find fault with this one. Well-written and well worth the read. I do think the first novel in this series was much more enjoyable.

spoilers follow, including spoilers for 'the white rose' as well

That said, a few things seem worth comment (having just re-read this book)

1) dropping raven out of the novel half-way through was a bit annoying, though all raven does here in this story is sell corpses and kill people and THEN sell their corpses.
2) It seems clear that the Limper was considered murdered by the Lady at the end of this story.
3) even worse, raven having 2 faked deaths in one book is even more annoying. I honestly wonder if Cook had planned to leave either Limper or Raven dead after this story and then found it better not to when he wrote The White Rose.

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A long struggle

This was a Bolo Book?

Another Bolo story... read it twice!

Pure Excitement

Cold Steel: Bolos Book 6

Manufacturer: Baen
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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A long struggle.......2003-01-10

I've read all of the Bolo books since day one and have fond memories of the stories - some being better than others. However this book was a real, real struggle to finish. Not enough about the Bolos, too much on the humans and creatures they were fighting. Could easily have been condensed to 20 - 30 pages. Get it to complete the set but don't expect too much from it.

This was a Bolo Book?.......2002-12-31

They weren't needed in this story - the Concordiate could have sent a few dozen grav tanks to fight the Tersae.

The novel starts out smooth, a once peaceful world, is smashed by war, and Bolos and their commanders risk their existence to fight the attackers. But the novel's most touching plot line of a Bolo modified for a mining colony ends in the middle of the book. The novel then concentrates on the warfare that erupts around the humans, that evolves into almost trench warefare, or Korean war style conflict.

Bolos do arrive in the nick of time and save the day, but a couple dozen grav tanks could have done the same thing it seems. And - the humans did as much as the Bolos to save themselves. More hellbore shots were made to get a bolo unstuck from the mud - than there were in anger. If this novel was to demonstrate that a Bolo can do more than fight in thermonuclear environments, and fight jungle warfare - it was done in a poor manor. Having read many of the Bolo books, it was downright dissapointing to see the hellbores fired only four or so times against enemy targets.

The plot line went into a major 40-60 page deviation about a scientist making first contact with the Tersae. But this was drawn out far too long. And if you are a Bolo book fan, you always know how many pages there are until you get to the italics.... 20 pages into this muck of first contact, I finally skipped the other 40, and it had no impact on the rest of the story.

As a novel, it is _good_. But as a Bolo novel, it was dissapointing. I had to decide hard between a one star and a two star. The touching story line of the mining bolo earned it a 2nd star.

Another Bolo story... read it twice!.......2002-12-20

This is Book 6 in the Bolo series, originally created by Keith Laumer. The action takes place on a remote mining colony world that has an... indigenous population of a sort... that no one knew existed previously.

When things go sour, the colonists enlist the aid of the bolos... one of whom, Dirk, is an obsolete hulk that has been converted to a strip mining machine, and another, Senator, who is an upgraded antique who does not have proper control over his weapons systems.

For those not familiar, a bolo is a self-guided tank of sorts, though they are much more massive and powerful than any tank currently in use by anyone... it would be more accurate to say that they are land-going battleships on treads... though even that analogy is flawed. Bolos... at least the later marks are self-aware and there are not many forces that can stand against their might.

As badly prepared as these particular bolos are, the massive metal soldiers do their best and inspire the efforts of the Human colonists as well. The Humans are down to using WWI marble throwers, longbows, and a Sharps breech-loader... but they hold their own against an enemy that is not the real enemy.

With Humanity embroiled in a dispute with the Deng, not much effort can be spared to defend the colony. This book also introduces the Melconians to the time-line, with whom Humanity is destined to have another Galaxy-wide conflict that will leave both races barely enough genetic material to survive.

Like all the bolo books, this one is worth reading twice. The self-sacrifice and dedication that these living machines display will inspire the heart of any desk-bound warrior. Go ahead and buy it, if you like action-adventure, and/or hard science fiction, you won't be disappointed.

Dale A. Raby
Editor/Publisher
The Green Bay Web

Pure Excitement.......2002-08-05

There are two types of AI(Artificial Intelligence)that stand out very favorably in my extensive reading and viewing of sci-fi books and TV. One is Star Trek's Data, who, other than his presumably deceased evil twin, Lor, is literally in a class by himself. The other is a gigantic, self aware battle tank called a Bolo. Bolos are numerous, evolving over the course of decades, even centuries into different classes and types. Of the two, I have found the Bolo to be the most compelling. Why? Picture a war machine endowed with enough firepower to glaze a planet,yet embued with the soul of a poet. This incongruity is all the more remarkable in that there is nothing remotely anthropomorphic about these machines in the physical sense. Unlike Data, whose resemblance to humans makes it easier for audiences to identify and sympathize with his desire to be human. The Bolos featured in the four books I've read so far, have no wish to be any more or less than what they are. However, they have all demonstrated the best qualities of human nature: honor, loyalty, integrity, duty,even humor. Their abilities to speculate and philosophize on matters unrelated to their programming makes them more than self aware, that designation, in my view, being a diminishing one, but sentient in very humanlike sense. The stories in Bolos: Cold Steel, continues in that fine vein of portraying not only the destructive capabilities of these facinating machines, but providing us with their thoughts in delightfully rendered first person sequences. The setting is a volatile planet called Thule, which is being exploited by the Confederation, a human dominated entity. The planet is rich in the type of deposits important to the Confederation's war against a hostile species. Suddenly, Thule's colonists find themselves under attack by natives whose existence escaped the notice of Confederation surveyers. The indigenous population is Stone Age primitive, but armed with hi-tech weapons and using them to devastating effect. Confederation reinforcements, including Bolos are sent to the rescue. There's a lot of great action in this book, not all restricted to Bolo combat. The non-Bolo characters, I'll call them organics, are interesting and suitably complex. But it's the Bolos who are the stars of the show. There was one minor, but persistent problem that the writers of each story shared: their referal to Thule's natives as aliens. If a population is indigenous to an area, it cannot be alien. Other than this redundant mistake, Bolos: Cold Steel, is a worthy contribution to the Bolos' ongoing saga.

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Cold Steel: Bolos Book 6
Keith Laumer
Manufacturer: Baen
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000MCAZU6

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Great Biblical Teaching

Releasing the Ability of God Through Prayer

Effectual Prayer

Guaranteed to revolutionize your prayer life!!

Good book about faith in general...

Releasing the Ability of God Through Prayer
Charles Capps
Manufacturer: Harrison House
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God's system of answered Prayer! God's Word is alive and powerful. It is living substance. It is law in the world of the spirit. Prayer is governed by spiritual laws and is designed to work for you. It is more powerful than the laws of nature that rule the universe today. Many times our prayers have bound God. When you learn to pray faith-filled words, you release God's ability and bring Him on the scene in your behalf. Your Legal Right! Under the New Covenant contract sealed by the Lord Jesus Christ in His own blood you have a legal right to enter the throne room of God. You can stand in God's presence without fear and be completely free from a sense of guilt. You can ask God to intervene supernaturally in your behalf. God's Word never changes --It changes things! God gave you His Word to put you over. He designed it to work in every area of life. His Word works, and it isn't limited by time or distance. Effective prayer using His Word will destroy the kingdom of darkness and release the ability of God in the earth. Learn how you can pray God's Word to obtain victory over obstacles and difficulties in life.

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Great Biblical Teaching.......2006-11-11

Finally, a book that teaches the serious Christian how to pray effectively. Ever wonder why your prayers aren't answered the way you want them to be? Well, this book tells you why and shows you how to correct your prayers so that you will have an effective prayer life. I wish I had had this book 10 years ago. If you really want to pray with power put aside all you "think" you have learned so far about prayer and start over with this great book. If you are willing and you are ready to hear what God says about prayer instead of listening to what most Christian leaders are telling us this book is for you. Only serious, committed Christians should get this book. It is a must read.

Releasing the Ability of God Through Prayer.......2006-07-06

I read it from the perspective of trying to find something that didn't stack up with Scripture. I couldn't. Loved it.

Effectual Prayer.......2004-10-04

Charles Capps shines a very bright light on a critical subject: the power of prayer. "Prayer is the legal right to ask God to supernaturally intervene on your behalf." When taken in this context, excitement, expectation, and enthusiasm about prayer will increase dramatically!

Clapp also describes the power of the spoken word. The power of life and death is in the tongue and Clapp counsels wisdom and courage in speaking words of faith, blessing, and healing.

Both new belivers and tried and true saints will enjoy and be edified by "Releasing the Ability of God" - it will invigorate your prayer life with new faith and put the reader in remembrance of God's word and His faithfulness to perform it.

Guaranteed to revolutionize your prayer life!!.......2004-01-11

This is certainly not your typical book on prayer. It is full of powerful truths that have been hidden from the Body of Christ for centuries. One thing that has held Christians back is the fact that they never really learned how to pray. This book will change your prayer life forever! I recommend it to every believer!

Good book about faith in general..........2003-07-26

While I do not agree with all Charles Capps has to say, I do believe that he shares some important truths that have long been neglected by the Church.

Though any truth may be taken to an extreme, to deny it all together is just as bad if not detrimental. Is Charles a "name-it-and-claim-it teacher? If by this you mean that we have the authority to name a scriptural promise and "claim" it then yes, Capps is definately in this camp. And we all should be as the scriptures teach that whatever God has provided by his Grace, we can claim by faith. All of the promises are "Yes and A-men" so where specific promises are concerned, you do NOT have to pray and see if God wants you to have what He has already died to give you!

Also, a major complaint made in other reviews is that Capps teaches that we are not to pray to Jesus. This is scriptural! Jesus Himself declared that "in that day ye shall ask me nothing..." We are to go directly to God and ask for He is our Father and we are His children. We are to go to the Throne in His name--not pray to Jesus. This is Bible. This is teaching straight from the Master and yet because Capps said it, it's now heresy? Get your theological thumb out of your mouth and grow up!

Some of Capp's detractors seem to have a very shallow understanding of what the Bible teaches in regard to faith and prayer. Some believe in a "No-Fault" religion.

They simply pray and if God says yes on that particular day, then fine--the prayer is answered. And if not, Cay sera sera. Either way, it is not the fault of the person praying. NO, this is wrong. Whether or not your prayers are answered depend a whole lot more on you than on God.

Lastly, no, we are not God but there are plenty of scriptures that talk about the power of the tongue. To say that Capps is into "heresy" is simply theological pride, ignorance or a combination of both.

Critics of this type of message had better be careful to call what God has said "heresy." I believe most of those who do not understand this type of teaching are better off keeping their mouths and their pens shut until they get a little light on the subject. Otherwise, it is to contribute to your own folly.

Finally, while I agree that there can be misuse and abuse of ANY doctrine, to reject a teaching without understanding it is foolish.

I highly recommend this book. Read it with your spiritual eyes open and with your Bible.

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Releasing the Ability of God Through Prayer
Charles Capps
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Tasty and Easy

Good recipes but inconvenient number of servings

Great Recipes!

Great Book

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Family Circle Eat What You Love & Lose: Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen
Peggy Katalinich , and Susan Mcquillan
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Release Date: 2004-12-14

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When the test-kitchen crew at Family Circle decided to lose weight, they needed a plan that let them keep their jobs--eight hours a day testing and tasting recipes--and continue to enjoy food. "It's all about the calories," nutritionist Susan McQuillan told them. She designed the "Eat What You Love & Lose" plan: a sensible, healthy way to limit portions and average 1 to 2 pounds of weight loss a week.

The key: eat about 1500 calories a day through moderate--rather than supersize--portions, and substitute lower-calorie foods that satisfy the same taste requirement as high-calorie food cravings. If you're eating less, each food has to be tasty, so the 225 recipes are designed to be flavorful and satisfying: Orange Chicken and Peanut Salad, Pasta with Spicy Red-Pepper Cream Sauce, Shrimp-Gazpacho Soup, Fish Burgers with Caper Mayonnaise, and Caribbean Chicken Curry, for example. A selection of 100- to 200-calorie sweets include Berry Shortcake, One-Crust Fresh Peach Pie, Choco-Mocha Angel Food Cake, and Cinnamon Coffee Custard. All recipes include nutrient values.

Eat What You Love and Lose gets back to sensible dieting--the kind that helps you lose weight steadily and keep it off because you have no need to return to your earlier way of eating. --Joan Price

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What happens when six dedicated foodies who are paid to eat need to lose weight? After years of cooking and tasting as many as ten different dishes a day, the staff of the test kitchen joined that majority of Americans who want to lose anywhere from 10 to 30 pounds. So the test-kitchen team went on a 15-week diet and the results were amazing: Every single team member met or exceeded her or his weight-loss goal. Now, on the Eat What You Love & Lose plan, you'll benefit from their experience and wisdom with a sensible 14-day program and more than 250 fast and fabulous recipes that get the best flavor out of every calorie.

Because the plan is so flexible, it's easy to follow. And because the recipes are so delicious, you'll never feel deprived. All of the main dishes weigh in with fewer than 350 calories -- most with substantially less -- and all of the desserts contain fewer than 200 calories. Enjoy these and many other tasty dishes and watch the pounds melt away!

Customer Reviews:

Tasty and Easy.......2006-11-16

I cook from this book several times a week and I've yet to find something that I wouldn't cook again or that I wouldn't serve to guests. I'm not the best or most patient cook, so I really appreciate the quick and easy aspect. A couple of things to consider - one of the ways they reduce calories is by using veggies such as peppers and zucchini to stretch normally high calorie meals. Also, many of the recipes are very flavorful, not necessarily spicy, but lots of strong sauces and spicing. If you don't like those things, this might not be the book for you....luckily we do.

Good recipes but inconvenient number of servings.......2005-07-07

I got this book as I'm always on a lookout for great tasting healthy recipes. I have made a few dishes from the book and all of them turned out well (blueberry cottage cheese pancakes were especially good). So I have no complaint about the quality of the meals. However, our family consists of two people and I usually cook for two nights - read 4 servings. The MAJORITY of the recipes are for 6 servings. It is highly inconvenient as 6 doesn't adjust easily to 4, and I don't like freezing leftovers.
Because of this issue, I rarely look in the book when I'm searching for a recipe.
If you have a big family or don't mind freezing leftovers then I would reccomend the book, as the recipes are good. But if you're single or have two people in your household, you might want to look elsewhere for your everyday cookbook.

Great Recipes!.......2004-10-26

I am the very definition of a foodie. I'm also health conscious.

WOW! I've had this book for a few months, and I got it used figuring if I didn't like it, no big deal. This week so far I've made the chicken pot pie, sugar cookies, and pumpkin spice muffins. They all have come out wonderfully and you cannot tell they are low-cal!! Tonight I'm making the mustard dill pork chops with pumpnickel stuffing and tomorrow onion & pepper braciole! I bet you didn't think you could eat that stuff and have it come in at under 400 calories!!!

I'm not even a reader of family circle, but this book is probably one of my most used cookbooks :)

Great Book.......2003-09-16

I have never enjoyed diet books and have always felt that diets really only promote unhealthy eating. But this book is different. The recipes were delicious. (I have a difficult time believing that each serving falls within the calorie requirement...they're that good.) It also emphasizes portion control with food variety which actually gave me a more balanced and healthy way of eating. I don't alternate between starving and overstuffed. I even do better at restaurants. I don't know if I've lost weight yet but I feel better and that was my goal in the first place.

Get this book for the cooks in your family.......2003-09-08

I got this book from the library and tried several receipes before I decided to order several copies for my family and friends. I hate to count (or even think about) calories, and this book does it for you. You do not have to be on a diet to use this book. The receipes have lots of flavor and variety.

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Release Date: 2001-03-06

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Each month, millions of readers turn to Family Circle for recipes they can count on to fetch rave reviews at the dinner table. Since “Busy Woman Cooks” is one of the magazine’s most popular features, Family Circle’s editors have now created an indispensable cookbook with a wide range of dishes to make in a hurry–all in an engaging, clever format.

At a glance, readers of Family Circle Quick & Easy Recipes can use icons to choose the right recipe for any given night; the seven choices range from “Five Ingredients or Less” to “One Pot,” “Quick Cook,” and even “No Cook.” The flavors in each selection are just as fresh as the book’s concept. While it offers a hearty helping of old-time favorites, flavorful international choices are included, too, with great ideas for every course: Sesame Shrimp Salad, Chicken Enchiladas, Pork Marsala, Ratatouille and Polenta, and dozens of innovative pasta dishes can all be on the table in a jiffy. Even dessert is a snap, with quick-and-easy techniques for unheard-of weeknight treats such as Chocolate Mocha Cake and Key Lime Pie. Nutrition information is included with every recipe as well.

Designed for hectic nights when both the kids and the stove need attention at the same time, this is the ultimate rescue manual for tasty, tried-and-true meals the whole family will love.

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Here are the catagories...........2006-03-17

-SOUPS AND SALADS
-PASTA
-FISH AND SHELLFISH
-POULTRY
-MEAT
-VEGETABLES
-DESSERTS

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Women's Circle: For Cooks on the Go

Manufacturer: Magazine Printers, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1559932031

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Informative, interesting, and inspiring!

A necessity for any Chintz Collector

Beautiful book worthy of "coffee table" presentation!

A very beautiful and informative book on chintz!

Beautiful photos of gorgeous china

Chintz Ceramics
Jo Anne P. Welsh
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0764304518

Book Description

The brilliant floral bouquets adorning chintz ceramics are displayed in over 400 full-color photographs. The major English chintz manufacturers, Royal Winton, James Kent, Lord Nelson, Shelley, Crown Ducal, and Empire, are discussed and many examples of their chintz wares are identified and shown. Over one hundred patterns are amply illustrated, including the popular DuBarry, Rosalynde, and Summertime patterns.

Lesser known firms and American importers are also explored, along with the Japanese manufacturers of hand painted chintz. Manufacturer's marks are identified and dated. Chintz ceramics were introduced in the late 19th century, and rose to great heights of popularity in the first half of the 20th century as they were exported around the world. A value guide is included with newly updated prices

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Informative, interesting, and inspiring!.......1999-07-25

This book clearly shows the author's enthusiasm and knowledge of chintz ceramics. Beautifully illustrated and packed with information for both the novice and experienced collector of chintz china. Highly recommended!

A necessity for any Chintz Collector.......1999-07-24

For any serious collector of Chintz this book is a must. It is clearlly set out and easy to understand. The passion and love the writer has for Chintz is apparent.

Beautiful book worthy of "coffee table" presentation!.......1999-07-14

Excellent presentation on chintz pottery and ceramics without making it look like a manual. The type of book you'd want in your collection as a show piece.

A very beautiful and informative book on chintz!.......1999-07-11

This book is absolutely gorgeous. Of course, it is full of very useful information for chintz collectors. It is very educational for any one interested in learning more about chintz ceramics. However, the best thing about this book is its beauty. I just love to look at it time and time again.

Beautiful photos of gorgeous china.......1998-06-05

If you are at all interested in Chintz dishes, this is the book to own. I personally want to sell a few pieces and would like to have the author's address. She has a wonderful collection as shown in this colorful book.

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The Chintz Collectors Handbook and Price Guide.

The Chintz Collectors Handbook
Francis Joseph
Manufacturer: Wallace-Homestead Book Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1870703030

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The Chintz Collectors Handbook and Price Guide........2000-04-04

Very good! It is a good guide of chintz manufacturers, patterns, and shapes, particularly of Royal Winton. Alphabetically organized. Detailed descriptions of patterns. Interesting price guide.

The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Chintz

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"The" book on chintzware
Susan does it yet again!
A breathtaking must for anyone interested in Chintz

The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Chintz
Linda Eberle , and Susan Scott
Manufacturer: Charlton Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0889681880

Book Description

A catalogue so thorough collectors refer to it as a bible, this full-colour publication covers all the major and minor Chintz makers. Featuring over 20 makers, nearly 200 different patterns, current pricing and over 30 pages of shapes, this catalogue contains essential information for the Chintz connoisseur and novice alike.

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"The" book on chintzware.......2006-11-27

Simply the best guide to chintz patterns and pricing. Very well researched, and the shapes and catalog pages at the back are especially helpful. I do wish the pattern photographs on each page were both larger and of better quality, though ~ that would seem a better match with the sterling quality of the rest of the book.

Susan does it yet again!.......1999-11-28

Year on year Susan updates and adds to the definitive chintz guide. A mine of priceless information. Well presented, beautifully illustrated and an absolute essential for anyone even remotely interested in chintz pottery. This third edition is a must!

A breathtaking must for anyone interested in Chintz.......1998-07-02

This is a stunningly beautiful book packed completely with beautiful photographs. For someone interested in collecting chintz, this is the absolute best thing I've found for learning about the range of patterns. That range is far more extensive than one would expect from the sparse collections of chintz at antique shops and shows. This book will fire the imagination!

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Classic work, both in West and in China, on the intricate geometric window grids is a rich source of patterns and ideas for wallpaper, stained glass, fabric work, embroidery, more. 372 lattice designs never before published, expand Dye's earlier classic work. Frames, borders, octagons, swastikas, intricate patterns. Introduction.

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The New Book of Chinese Lattice Designs.......2005-07-06

The second best book on Chinese Lattice Designs, the first also by Daniel Sheets Dye (Chinese Lattice Designs). This is a very worthwhile addition to the first book and contains a wonderful selection of illustrations. It is not a repeat of the first book, and the larger format provides for larger illustrations. If you are into flat pattern design this just brilliant.

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A quick, helpful read, easily absorbed and it STAYS WITH YOU

This is not an interior design book. This is strictly for the Soul

For those without taste!

Planning for a home, not a showcase

Thus the difference between a house and a home.

A Home for the Soul: A Guide for Dwelling With Spirit and Imagination
Anthony Lawlor
Manufacturer: Clarkson N Potter Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0609801295

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Mindfulness has become a common religious buzzword. In A Home for the Soul award-winning architect Anthony Lawlor shows us how to decorate a home that encourages mindfulness from every bathroom and bibelot. Despite a (perhaps unavoidable) tendency toward camp and solipsism, the stunning photographs and insights into the potentially sacred details of domestic living prompt you to pay closer attention to your immediate environment. For example, "Books are like small altars, each page serving as a threshold for crossing into realms of broadened vision." Investing the items around us with soulful symbolism is like living in a temple of one's own design.

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Anthony Lawlor is known as the architect who brings soul to design. His acclaimed book The Temple in the House showed how to and the sacred in architecture. Now, in A Home for the Soul, he reveals how our houses and apartments can become havens of inspiration and renewal.

"From the moment we're born, we seek to find home." Lawlor says, "Yet, despite this primal longing, our dwelling places often disappoint us." In A Home for the Soul, we discover that the depth and meaning we seek is right in front of us if we but have the eyes to see. Lawlor teaches us how to develop a consciousness about the spiritual possibilities inherent in our interior surroundings; he shows how to recognize the sacred in material form. "Each time we bathe," says Lawlor, "we not only cleanse the body, we refresh the spirit. Each time we open our front door, we enter a universe of connection and signifcance."

Lawlor leads us on a journey through each room of the house, opening our vision to hidden possibilities. We discover, for example, how a stove expresses the transforming power of nature, how clothes closets reveal our inner personalities, and how home of ces display our talents. Lawlor shows us the mythological and archetypal meanings within the common objects of daily life--such as a bed, a bathtub, a pair of shoes, or a loaf or bread.

The author also offers practical suggestions for arranging or building soulful homes. He explains how to use wood, tile, brick, and stone to express qualities of the spirit and how to use furniture and personal objects as allies in creating meaning.

Finally, Lawlor shows us how to construct a Mandala of the Soul--a wood cabinet with compartments for housing the symbols of home that have particular personal meanings for each reader.

In these pages, we come to understand how all the rooms we live in can form a sacred place of wholeness, a home that cares for and uplifts the totality of mind, body, and soul.

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A quick, helpful read, easily absorbed and it STAYS WITH YOU.......2006-12-13

Beautifully and intelligently written, this book is not another "how to hang a picture" or "the feng shui of sofa." Rather, it advises simple, practical ways of enjoying our surroundings and transforming home processes into meditations. It's not menial and tedious to do your dishes or dust once you've been enlightened. Chores become soul-satisfying ritual and enjoyable exercises in mindfulness. Lawlor helps you transcend mundane materialism and to thoroughly appreciate every minute you spend in your home. Aside from the beautifully written text and wonderful photography, YOU SHOULD BY THIS BOOK IF... you're deadly tired of housework drudgery and wish you could just be delighted by sunlight on your newly swept wood floors-- you no longer appreciate the fragrance and texture of freshly laundered terry towels-- your house is just a Mortgage Albatross around your neck-- you feel engulfed in belongings and are contemplating Great Grandpa's arrowhead collection for Goodwill-- you don't have time or energy for church or yoga--- REJOICE! This is YOUR book.

This is not an interior design book. This is strictly for the Soul.......2006-10-24

This book is not for anyone who is looking for an interior design book. This book is strictly for the soul. We live in a world where we are in a rush to do everything. We rush to clean our homes, eat, bathe, etc. This book explains in detail what each room represents and how it aids in healing us within. Being in the moment of cleaning, cooking, cleansing, enjoying that cup of coffee in the morning, that sunset we take for granted. The joy of putting different elements in our homes and how it makes us feel within. Our home is a place for healing us within, rejuvenating us, that place to go for tranquility and get away from the madness. We have to stop regretting the past or worrying about the future and be in the moment. Doesn't matter how much money you have you can still create a place that you can truly enjoy and call a home. Get it "a home for the soul", not the body.

This book is a must have. As a result, I actually enjoy cleaning my home and no longer refer to it as a chore.

For those without taste!.......2003-01-06

This book seems to be written for people that have no taste in interior design/arrangement. For them it gives lots of ideas but not enough photo's for my taste. Reading through the book I figured it had been written 20 years ago because of the way it looks, but it is actually a 1997 book. I think the author needs to read a book on how to make a book feel like it has some soul to it!

Planning for a home, not a showcase.......2000-11-08

If you are looking for lots of ideas for floor plans, design or decorating ideas, this is not the book you want. If you are looking for a book that will help you create a space that feels like "home," this book will help you think about what that means in terms of your space.

Lawlor takes an unusual approach to his subject by first examining each living area with respect to the Greek gods typically responsible for that space. Before one dismisses this as a New Age thing, study the ideas behind the activities represented by that god. It's simply his "hook" to get the reader to continue on, to think about what this space is intended to do in the routine of life. As a storyteller, I was thrilled to read of his ideas for planning one's living area, which should be a space for stories, music and social interaction. He does not ignore the ever-present television, but he does suggest planning for lively, involved social interaction, which we all crave but often lack in our busy lives.

He does give general suggestions for room layouts if you are in the planning stages of construction, and closes each chapter with his vision of the ideal layout for that living area. He suggests materials, colors, furnishings and accents for each specific area, so that if you are looking to change existing space, you'll find that, too. Anyone who places a priority on books as a major furnishing component will win me over every time, but his vision of planning for a home, not a house, has appeal as well.

Thus the difference between a house and a home........2000-04-13

Light a few candles. Put on the tea kettle. Find the most comfortable spot in your home and settle in. This book will transport you to the essence of your soul room-by-room. There are many ideas on how to turn your space into a nurturing nest, and not all fluff--many practical ideas that make a huge impact. I highly recommend this book.

Home for the Soul, A : Guide for Dwelling with Spirit and Imagination

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Home for the Soul, A : Guide for Dwelling with Spirit and Imagination
Anthony Lawlor
Manufacturer: Clarkson N. Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KXKI36

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There may be prettier or more expensive books on the development of simple logos, but none better than this look at the work of a single project and the issues it must balance.

Customer Reviews:

Get what you pay for.......2007-10-10

It's interesting to see how he goes through the process of developing a logo, but it's not news. If you want to walk through the process with him, it's a decent primer, but if you already develop logos or logotypes, this isn't new info or comprehensive enough to give you more fodder to process.

But...if you've never developed a logo, this is a bit of good info on how the process works.

A Small Wonder.......2000-06-28

A bit like a poem, this slim volume manages to do a lot with very few words. Through the story of one very smart designer creating a logo for one very particular client, Mr. Skaggs manages to cover how to handle client relations, how to keep creative juices flowing, how to move through a structured design process, and what a logo needs to do to be successful-- all without losing the narrative flow of the core story. I've read many descriptions about what a logo needs to be successful, and the golden rules (visibility, memorability, etc) but because of the context of his tale, here each rule makes sense. Moreover these lessons apply just as easily to the whole of the design process, and not to just to creating a mark.

I was surprised when I got the book in the mail: no glossy pages, no color pictures, just cream pages with black and white sketches, more like a children's book than a design book. But this book had more to say to the reality of design than many of those glossy $50 monsters. Great for designers, clients, and the curious... I can't imagine anyone --insider or outsider --who wouldn't enjoy this book.

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