Lil Mamas Rules: A Novel

Book Description

Meet Madison Maguire -- a modern-day heroine to embrace and admire. She's feisty, gorgeous, smart, and savvy; on the surface, she appears to have it all. She's single and loving it, playing the field and sticking to the rules of dating she's learned through life's tough breaks. Madison holds her own as she fends off advances from two-bit actors, old flames, and a secret admirer who is determined to bring love into her life.

The rules of the game change, however, when Mr. Right appears on the scene. But just as Madison is ready to follow the proddings of her heart, her life turns upside-down, forcing her to learn a whole new set of rules about love, loss, and trust.

Customer Reviews:

MS. JACKSON DID HER THING!!!.......2007-06-30

This book was a good, funny and serious book! I cried at the end because the book was realistic! This book was too good!

Great Book.......2007-06-13

Li'l Mama's Rules is one of the best books that I have ever read. I really enjoyed the main charater Madison a lot. I thought that the author beautifully wrote this book and put a lot of thought into where she wanted the story to go. I ended up crying at the end of the book but for the most part I spent my time laughing non stop.

If you have not read this book please go out and get it because it is well worth the money.

lil mamas rules .......2007-05-15

This is a good book,I read it long time ago it touches on HIV in young black women.It has a good story to it.It really makes you think.

amazing .......2007-01-21

lil' mama's rules is one of the best books i read i was younger and just getting into books and i couldn't put the book down it really took me 3 days to finish it was sad that she gotten sick but the book stood strong and i love the fact of how she was protective over her sister and i follow her rules (lol) and also that man that loved her omg i fell inlove with him the moment he step foot in to the book but ms. jackson keep it up you got a talent girl and i encourage any female to read this book.

Chicken Head Rules.......2006-11-28

Sheneska Jackson's Lil Mama's Rules is a contrived story detailing the observations of an emotionally immature woman who thinks she knows everything about relationships but knows nothing at all about anything. Poorly written and poorly plotted, this one just isn't bad; it's bad for you.
Meet Madison Maguire a college-educated thirty-year-old know it all without a lick of common sense. A teacher at California's Mighty Avalon Prep School she's developed a laundry list of rules for having a relationship with Black men. Unfortunately she rarely applies those rules to her own life. In the first chapter of the book she's out on a date with Terrence, an actor wanna be she doesn't like. Instead of saying good night at the door she lets him in her home because he says he needs to go to the bathroom. She soon learns it's a ruse when he makes a beeline for her recliner and spends the next three hours watching her TV. Instead of throwing Terrence out, Madison whines and complains about what a jerk this guy is. For the next thirty pages. Thirty pages. In between going on about him, she rambles on about her mother, her sister with Tourette's Syndrome and what a jerk her father was for abandoning her family and what a dog her ex Christopher is. Somehow this rambling passage segues into a flashback involving their relationship. We learn Chris is a jerk for cheating on her. After confessing, Christopher proposes marriage and insists they move to Chicago so he can live out his dream of helping inner-city kids. Even though he knows she's poor and has a job and hasn't completed her degree yet. Poor Madison. She's still pining over a guy who is nothing more than an emotional blackmailer. The kind of guy who twists and bends the truth about situations to benefit himself. The kind of guy who lies manipulates and plays passive aggressive games. He's her mister wonderful; the guy she can't get over.
In between the ranting about Chris and her father, Madison nearly drowns herself in the bathroom sink. Dripping wet, she then goes into the bedroom, gets her journal and writes more of her rules, none of which she follows. All this while Mr. Himbo Terrence (incredibly handsome man with no personality) is still in her apartment. She returns to her living room and instead of throwing him out sleeps with him. Gag.
The next chapter follows Ms. Madison at a day at work at the Mighty Avalon Prep School. The Principal constantly sexually harasses her. We get another flashback story about her affair with the married principal. On top of this some secret Admirer is sending Ms. Madison gifts. She's trying to figure out the mystery while answering phones. Her mother calls work to ask for her to take her to church. In between arguing with her mom, We get more rambling about what jerks her boss, Christopher, her mother and her father are. Everyone is to blame for the sorry state of Poor Madison's life except for Madison. Sista needs a therapist cause she has more ISSUES than a magazine.
Her Gay male best friend (Cliché Alert) Malik stops by and they talk about developing a sex-ed curriculum. He's the only one who can understand her, poor thing. They go over who the secret admirer could be. We get a couple of well written passages about Madison's sister Serena (who should have had her own book) then back to more rambling about Madison's mishaps with men. While waiting at a restaurant for a late date she goes on about a white man she met while answering a wrong number. (yeah, that's smart) She rambles about dating him and almost sleeping with him. I wanted to throw the book across the room. After Flashback 5278, her date arrives five minutes late and she decides to walk out. This is the first and only time she follows her ridiculous rules.
Madison goes to pick up her mother and sister for church. During the sermon, Serena has an episode. Trying to calm her down, Madison finds out that her mother has been splitting pills to save money. After she gets out of the bathroom, The secret admirer reveals himself: Christopher. He wants to get back with Madison. He's grown. He's changed. It's more like he's run out of victims in Chicago and he's returning to California to play his games of emotional blackmail with people he's taken advantage of in the past. Madison walks away.
Madison's mom becomes a pawn of Christopher's emotional blackmail. She calls Madison to insist she get back with him and she hangs up on her. The manipulative Christopher shows up at the school pleading his case. Madison has sex with him in her classroom then walks out on him saying it's over. No, it's just beginning. The more attention a woman pays to an emotional blackmailer, the more he'll be in their face.
Later, she reads about a football player she dated in the obituaries. After yet another flashback story, we learn she's slept with him too (the way it reads sounds like rape to me). Through a convoluted turn of events, Madison attends his funeral and learns from a family member there he died of AIDS.
After the funeral, a panicked Madison gets an HIV test. Her best friend Malik is planning his commitment ceremony. She soon learns she has HIV and goes off. Emotional Blackmailer Christopher is there to save her and proposes marriage. Emotionally vulnerable Madison accepts. Her father arrives to help after not helping the family for over twenty years. Soon after Madison and Christopher are married, the sex ed curriculum is passed and everyone lives happily ever after. Excuse me while I go puke.
Lil Mama's rules is one of the worst books I've ever read. A precursor to the horrid subcategory of women's fiction known as Chick Lit, it has all the elements of a title in that genre: A hapless heroine working in a terrible job with a terrible boss, a Gay male best friend, incredibly handsome man, and some of the worst writing ever to be published. Ms. Jackson's writing style features long rambling paragraphs, shifts in focus from past to present without a chapter break and everything ends with a happy ending through a Deus Ex Machina. The story is directionless. The rules disappear after page 100 and Serena's subplot disappears altogether after page 145 without a conclusion. None of the characters learn from their experiences. Madison comes out of the story the same way she went in married to the same emotionally abusive man she dated. The vicious cycle goes around again and the reader finishes the book angry enough to toss it across the room. It's hard to believe that Sheneska Jackson teaches writing at a college after reading this book. Harder to believe Scribner published a book of this poor quality.
Pass this one by on the bookstore shelf. Instead pick up One of Connie Briscoe or Kimberly Lawson Roby's books.

Book Description

Sometimes the price of destiny is higher than anyone imagined....

Dark Magic, Hidden Destiny

For three centuries a divine prophecy and a line of warrior queens protected Skala. But the people grew complacent and Erius, a usurper king, claimed his young half sister’s throne.

Now plague and drought stalk the land, war with Skala’s ancient rival Plenimar drains the country’s lifeblood, and to be born female into the royal line has become a death sentence as the king fights to ensure the succession of his only heir, a son. For King Erius the greatest threat comes from his own line — and from Illior’s faithful, who spread the Oracle’s words to a doubting populace.

As noblewomen young and old perish mysteriously, the king’s nephew — his sister’s only child — grows toward manhood. But unbeknownst to the king or the boy, strange, haunted Tobin is the princess’s daughter, given male form by a dark magic to protect her until she can claim her rightful destiny.

Only Tobin’s noble father, two wizards of Illior, and an outlawed forest witch know the truth. Only they can protect young Tobin from a king’s wrath, a mother’s madness, and the terrifying rage of her brother’s demon spirit, determined to avenge his brutal murder....

Customer Reviews:

fantasy.......2007-09-02

I'm getting into the story... it's good escape fiction, well plotted with characters one can identify with. I'll read more by Ms Flewelling.

very readable.......2007-06-01

I was intrigued by the uniqueness of the premise of this series. Here, the story follows a noble girl who has been magically disguised as a boy (Tobin) to avoid being murdered by her uncle king who has already killed all potential female heirs to the throne. He (she) isn't just hidden away, but sent to court like all the young nobles. Problem is he doesn't know his secret until 12 years old.

What I found masterful was the fact that the ending is told in the first few pages, but I couldn't for the life of me, while reading the series, work out how events could possibly get to this point. Flewelling just holds the reader captive the whole way.

The narrative is easy to follow, while the style is very easy to read. There isn't much 'action' at all, especially in the first book, but what holds it together is the serial-like nature of the story; we want to find out what happens to these great characters - both good and bad. You'll hate the evil wizard and love some of Tobin's friends; the characterisation is great.

There are some hairy moments with Tobin's ghost-brother and some questions raised about homosexuality and gender (obviously Tobin's confused and Flewelling does it tastefully ), but the series would be appropriate for mature teenagers. I'm not going to tag it as 'gay fantasy' as I don't think it can be typecast in this way. It's probably better labelled as 'feminist fantasy' as the lead character is a strong female.

Overall, a very good series in the mold of Robin Hobb's assassin trilogy.

A Rare Gem.......2007-04-17

I had high hopes for this title from the outset, and the author doesn't disappoint. Flewelling does a marvelous job with both the story and the character development, sweeping me up and keeping me interested right through the full trilogy. The characters are immediately memorable and likable, and the story moves apace throughout. The story hooks *drive* the narrative rather than actually *being* the narrative, and the gimmicky feeling that tends to run rife in this sort of plot is utterly absent.

Flewelling does an amazing job with a number of daunting tasks. When difficult questions of sexual identity arise, she never flinches from them; but her treatment of them is so natural that one is only taken even deeper into the story. She is able to have a matriarchy and strong female characters while maintaining believable, admirable, and equally strong male characters -- no mean task! And her love for the characters and the world they live in are infused in every page. Books this engrossing and enjoyable are few and far between.

Who should consider this book? Anyone! This series is not "chick lit", as this straight, conservative guy can attest to. It's a brilliant fantasy series from an author whose work I'll continue to read over the years.

Lucky Reader.......2007-03-12

If you're reading this review then you are possibly considering purchasing one or all of these great stories. Then let me say reader, you are lucky! When I read the first of this trilogy, I was unaware that it was to be a three-book series. I frequented the local library often to pick up more books to entertain me. Fantasy books are normally my absolute favorite. I came across The Bone Doll's Twin and was immediately interested. So I checked it out and was finished reading it by the next day. Problem? The book was fabulous but it ended on a 'to-be-continued' vibe and I wanted to scream... The story of Tobin as a child left me so excited for more I couldn't believe it was ending. But it was not ending afterall, it was going to be continued in a second book. Luckily by the time I had come across the first book, it was close to due timing of the second book being released. So I didn't have to wait but a couple months, and as soon as it came out, I ran out and got it. Still, silly me, I for some reason thought it was just to be a two book series and that I would find in The Hidden Warrior a resolution to my intrigue and passion over this character and her story. But no, indeed there was to be a third book and I had to wait and wait and wait... It has been almost two years I believe since I finished The Hidden Warrior, and of course over the span of two years you tend to pick up other books and sometimes in a sitation like this you forget that you were waiting for a third book to come out. But my memory would randomly give me a nudge on this gripping story, never letting me fully forget its splendid characters. My review is just to let you know how lucky you are that all 3 of these books are available at one time now and that you won't have to wait extended amounts of times for the next one. That is why you are lucky, reader. Because once you begin Tobin's tale, you will not want to pause.

Lynn Flewelling is an amazing writer that entangles you into her fantasy web and even when you think you've stepped out of her web, you continue to find traces of it sticking to the edges of your mind.

- T.S.

Exceedingly well crafted fantasy novel.......2006-12-11

Although it was the premise which originally intrigued me, it was the writing which truly enchanted. The central characters are human, with believable hopes, doubts, fears, and dreams. Flewelling draws you in with their realistic responses to difficult situations, enticing you to empathize. I very much enjoyed the novel, and look forward to reading the next two in the series. My only complaint was that the ending seemed somewhat rushed, and the mass market paperback edition did not indicate that the novel was the first within a trilogy.(I had bought the novel offline) Now that I know it is part of a trilogy, the style of ending makes more sense, and is far more acceptable.

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Bone Doll's Twin
Lynn Flewelling
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Bone Doll's Twin

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BONE DOLL'S TWIN (TAMIR TRILOGY, NO 1)
LYNN FLEWELLING
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Not Free SF Reader

Unusual and Amazing

a fine read

Totally Engrossing...

The Snake Healer

Dreamsnake
Vonda Mcintyre
Manufacturer: Spectra
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

General | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0553296590
Release Date: 1994-09-01

Customer Reviews:

Not Free SF Reader.......2007-08-30

Dreamsnake is a novel about a healer in a postapocalyptic world. The title object is an animal that has very unique properties that can be used in the protagonist's chosen profession.

So, she promptly loses it and has to try and find another. This means a postapocalyptic road trip, and a couple of companions, a man that helps her and a girl to protect.

Originally, the stories in here were in Analog, and this is what makes up the novel.

Dreamsnake : Of Mist and Grass and Sand - Vonda N. McIntyre
Dreamsnake : The Serpent's Death - Vonda N. McIntyre
Dreamsnake : The Broken Dome - Vonda N. McIntyre

Double serpent treatment.

4.5 out of 5

Backbreaking snake release.

3.5 out of 5

Dreamsnake search disagreement.

3.5 out of 5

Unusual and Amazing.......2005-08-07

This is a delightful and haunting mix of excellent, gripping prose, and a totally new idea for a sci-fi/fantasy novel. The protagonist uses snakes to heal people. I happen to love snakes and have several as pets, but to those of you who do NOT like snakes, get this book and read it! You'll love being freaked out by the author's excellent descriptions of her healing reptiles.

Not that the book is all about freaking out anyone: the story is that the healer's snake, Grass, gets killed by frightened villagers. This is a tragedy because all Grass ever did was help patient's feel comfortable and happy. Without Grass, she can't heal, so she goes on a quest to find another dreamsnake. A unique and interesting surprise ending reveals the origins of the snake.

Part adventure, part ancient medicine, part love story, this is a haunting, lovely book.

a fine read.......2005-05-23

I really enjoyed slipping into the mind of McIntyre for a few hours as I followed Snake (the heroine) around a strange and hopefully alternate future. Part of what I enjoyed is that McIntyre left the reader in just as much confusion over aspects of how this future world worked as she did her protagonist. So as her protagonist found some new knowledge or discarded old false ideas, so did the reader.

There is one thing that I would like to point out for anyone who has not read this book yet, and that is don't go into this expecting your usual form of science fiction here. This is more of a mystical journey where the mood created by the author is half of the fun. I kind of equate this book with the 'Kin of Ata are Waiting' in writing style. Other than that it is unusual against the books that I have stumbled across.

I would highly recommend this book as a light and un-taxing read. It is not Pynchon or Proust, just a gentle pleasant story.

Totally Engrossing..........2004-08-03

I have never been a fan of the fantasy genre. The childish dragons, spells, castles, and elves are not my cup of tea. My friend recommended this book, in spite of my objections. It turned out to be so far removed from the fantasy I have read. I couldn't put it down. No unbelievable spells, witches, or magic swords. Exceptional writing style. Great characterization and story line. This can be read by anyone, even sci-fi haters. I put it in the same class as "A Canticle For Leibowitz". I forgot who wrote that one. Another book that is almost uncategorizable(?). I highly recommend both books for anyone looking to lose themselves in great reading.

The Snake Healer.......2004-05-27

Vonda N. McIntyre fans will recognize many themes in her new novel, Dreamsnake. A boy named Stavin is ill from radiation poisoning as a result of nuclear fallout and needs to be healed. Believe me on this. It's a great theme, and McIntyre uses great detail to describe the situation. This story has more adventure in it than a trip around the world.

As the story opens, Stavin is being tended to by Snake and Grass, two snakes who have healing abilities, but only when they're together. Snake must wrap herself around Stavin's waist and Grass has to lay very still on Stavin's head in order for them to heal him. The operation seems to be going well until Stavin's father, Arevin accidentally drops a rock on Grass and kills her.

Spin ahead two days later to Snake's plan of finding another dreamsnake so Stavin could be healed. Stavin agrees to her plan, but is told that a dangerous road lies ahead. Snake tells him that they'll have to travel through rough terrain to find a dreamsnake because of their extreme rarity. They gather up needed supplies and head off into parts unknown.

One week later Snake and Stavin pass through the forest and encounter a bear. It charges them, but Snake is able to bite it and the bear passes out. The same day, they reach a small mountain range, and encounter a mountain lion. It catches Snake by surprise and slashes her in the stomach. Stavin attempts to save her, but gets bitten badly on the chest. All hope seems lost until two snakes named Jesse and Gabriel bite the lion and kill it. Snake says they need a dreamsnake so she can heal Stavin. Gabriel says that she is one herself and heals both Snake and Stavin from their slash wounds.

As the story whirls ahead, we learn that Gabriel was the victim of a bear many years ago at the same forest where Snake and Stavin passed through. As they were talking about the encounter, a bear lunged from the brush and tackled Stavin. Jesse jumped on the bear and bit it hard, killing it instantly. He told the gang that they needed to seek refuge, so they headed back to Stavin's village.

I don't know if I agree with the story resolution. There is a huge load of twists involved. But I'll say this for Dreamsnake, there was no way in the world that I was putting off reading the rest of this book until I found out everything. Vonda N. McIntyre does a superb job at keeping you hooked to her books. The moment you start reading her works, you become addicted.

Sincerely,

David Bondi
English Student of Excellence, Chemical Engineer

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Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre
Manufacturer: New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc. 1978
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LVDSFC

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Dreamsnake

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Dreamsnake
Mc Intyre
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Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

A survey of the kinds of literature found in Scripture combines the author's Words of Delight and Words of Life. The author clearly explains and offers numerous examples.

Customer Reviews:

Great Book.......2007-02-01

Learned a lot of information concerning the Bible. Easy to read and understand. Great addition for all that teach Biblical courses.

Overkill.......2003-08-23

The book is well organized, highly researched, and well written, but very boring! It simply analyzes biblical literature to death and makes many of the not so interesting and not so well written parts of the Bible out to be much more than they really are. It's a bit like trying to make the phone book out to be a great piece of literature. It isn't. It is a good source of information and that's all. The Bible has some nice literary parts to it to be sure, but the author stretches the value of much of the literature in the Bible. Her focus on the mundane, was tedious, and left much to be desired. I would have much rather had her be less detailed and cover the more interesting and valid aspects of Biblical literature rather than trying to make even Geneologies and redundant historical accounts out to be more interesting than they really are. Frankly, many of the stories in the Bible are really not that well written and to try and make it seem as though they are is just delusion

Ryken's book a Delight.......2000-09-17

I taught Hermeneutics, a course on how to study the Bible, for 13 years at S.C.S.E. I read "Words of Delight" (when it was still a two volume work) six years into my work with the school and found that it fit the bill for what I wanted to accomplish with my students.

The book is divided into four parts treating Biblical Narrative first. Part two focuses on Biblical Poetry; Part Three on Other Biblical Literary Forms and Part Four, The New Testament. Some books treat the Bible as nothing more than literature. But if you are looking for a book that helps you to appreciate the literary aspects of the Bible while at the same time addressing it as the Word of God, this book is for you.

Frankly, I am surprised that someone else hasn't already written a glowing report of this book for Amazon. I recommend it to every Bible student. It is the single-most useful book I have read on the subject. (I would also recommend a work Dr. Ryken co edited, "Dictionary of Biblical Imagery" and "The Complete Literary Guide to the Bible," and a book he co-authored with Jim Wilhoit, "Effective Bible Teaching.")

Oh, why don't I just come right out and say it, "If Leland Ryken's name is associated with it, get it.

Book Description

Following on the enormous success of his best-selling books Making Your Own Gourmet Coffee Drinks and Making Your Own Gourmet Tea Drinks, Mathew Tekulsky now turns his talents to chocolate. He begins with a short discussion on the history of chocolate, how the different types are made (unsweetened and semisweet chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder, white chocolate, chocolate syrup), and how to store and use chocolate. Making Your Own Gourmet Chocolate Drinks then offers more than 100 tasty chocolate drinks, including such delectable treats as Hot Chocolate Royale, Butterscotch Hot Chocolate, Hot Cocoa -- Espresso Eggnog, Chocolate-Strawberry Ice Cream Soda, Chocolate-Marshmallow Blend, Chocolate Malted Shake, Rum Hot Chocolate, Brandy -- Grand Mariner Hot Chocolate, Creme de Cacao -- Frangelico Delight, and Strawberry-Amaretto Chocolate Shake.

With this book, you will be able to bring the taste and spirit of your local chocolate bar into the comfort of your own home and be introduced to the most creative ways of serving both hot and cold chocolate drinks.

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This first-ever comprehensive guide to Heisey glassware covers the early years of the A. H. Heisey Company, from 1896-1924the production period of primary interest to contemporary dealers and collectors. As the earliest pieces produced by Heisey increasingly gain legitimate antique status (100 years-or-more old), it is important that collectors, dealers, and appraisers have access to accurate, comprehensive, detailed, and timely information relating to identification, pattern and color description, production dates, variations, and values. This book is the first to provide both the scope and depth of information needed for confidently buying, selling, and trading in this specialized collectibles area. Complete with up-to-date marketplace values, the guide also includes helpful tips for buying and caring for glassware, and an introduction by leading glass expert, Neila Bredehoft.

-Includes history of the Heisey Company and its founder.
-Identifies all early Heisey patterns produced from 1896-1924 by pattern number and in alphabetical order, including mold dates and an explanation of the patterns origin.
-Contains more than 300 photographs--many in color--of rare and highly sought after pieces.
-Provides previously unpublished information obtained from the Heisey Museum archives.

Customer Reviews:

Color Pictures Make the Book.......2005-03-16

In this book author Shirley Dunbar shares with the reader her research on glassware produced by the A.H. Heisey Company, from 1896-1924.

This book contains page after page of large, full color pictures of the different pieces. This is always joy to have as it makes identifying your piece so much easier. You can also find the market value of each piece which is another great plus.
We are given a history of the Heisey Company and its founder and helpful tips for buying and caring for glassware.
A well researched book that every collector would want in their library.
Shirley Johnson

recent awards.......2002-10-12

For publication: November , 2001

More news about the book Heisey Glassware: The Early Years 1896-1924 ---

At the Mid-Administration Congress of the National League of American Pen Women on October 20th, 2001, in St. Augustine, Florida, a variety of literary competitions were held and Heisey Glassware: The Early Years 1896-1924 won FIRST PLACE in the non-fiction category.

At the same time, The Florida State Association of the National League of
American Pen Women awarded the book, again, in literary competition, FIRST PLACE for a Published Nonfiction Adult Book.

According to reports, this book has become a "classic" for beginning collectors of Heisey Glassware because of its original photographic presentations of the early patterns

Book Awards: National and State.......2002-03-30

As reported in the Fort Pierce, Florida Tribune: This book recently won FIRST place in a National Competition: Non-Fiction category given by the Mid-Administration Congress of the National League of American Pen Women (Spring, 2001) Washington, D.C. and, FIRST place in a competition for a Published Non-Fiction Adult Book, State of Florida, awarded by The National League of American Pen Women (Spring, 2001) in Jacksonville, Florida. The author's bibliography appears in the 2002-2003, 23rd. Ed., of Who's Who of American Women. The book and author were featured on the TV series Collectible Treasures (H&G Network), October 26th, 2001.

The Ultimate Guide to Heisey Collectible Glass !.......2000-07-26

This super 176 page, softbound volume is loaded with more than 300 large, full color photos and 50 black and white photos. All of the items are identified by number, including mold dates,pattern origins, and up-to-date, year 2000 market values. There is a wealth of interesting and useful information to meet the needs of the novice and experienced collector. Every pattern is so clearly shown in amazing detail, even hard to photograph clear glassware. You'll learn who A. H. Heisey was, the classes of glass, buying glass, care of glass, as well as Victorian Patterns, Bands, Grooves and Panels, Evolution of Style, Novelties and Rarities. There's a glossary of terms and much more. Heisey Glass collectors will really enjoy and refer to this book often.

glass review.......2000-06-23

this book is the first book on Heisey glassware to completely cover the early period from 1896-1924. It offers a complete history of the company and includes original color photographs of over 50 patterns along with explanations and dates of origin. It is NOT copies of sales catalogues, but rather an encylcopedia of photos of actual glass pieces. It is highly recommended for collectors of pattern glass, elegant glassware and fine glassware of this time period.

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A-Z of Embroidered Flowers

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Embroidery | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0957906900

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This book shows how to use our homes to realign ourselves with the basic forces of nature: heaven and earth, the four directions, and the elemental energies that arise from them. Based on Tibetan Buddhist teachings on energy mandalas and the practice of space awareness, it includes playful quotes, provocative illustrations, and practical exercises for discovering the inspiration and delight hidden in our homes. And it explains the role of wakefulness in contemplative arts and design. Berliner proceeds from living room to bedroom to kitchen to home office, illustrating with rigorous practicality how we can join space, color, function, harmony, and our senses to create functional, welcoming rooms. She draws on traditional geomantic systems from Celtic wisdom to feng-shui to show that home design and ecology are one and the same, and that intuition and our senses are our most effective decorating tools. Working with wakefulness and natural patterns of energy, we can create enlightened environments—and in this case enlightenment begins at home!

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Enlightened by Design.......2004-05-27

Berliner's book is delightful and packed with useful knowledge. I have read this book twice and used what I learned; it really made changes in my home and office. I highly recommed it.

A Wonderful Book!.......2000-03-18

Enlightened By Design is great. I have another on Feng Shui but it's too esoteric -- this one is much more accessible. I like the way she incorporates many different traditions. Just very happy to have it.

feng shui finally explained.......1999-11-08

A must-read for anyone interested in how powerfully design influences our lives. I hope the author will follow up with another book illustrated by many examples and plenty of before-and-after photos.

feng shui finally explained.......1999-11-08

A must-read for anyone interested in how powerfully design influences our lives. I hope the author will follow up with another book illustrated by many examples and plenty of before-and-after photos.

"... a book feng shui has been waiting for.".......1999-09-06

"The easy and exhilarating emphasis of the text explains how to realign your home with the basic forces of nature: heaven and earth, the four directions, and elemental energies.... It's a book feng shui has been waiting for." Dennis Fairchild. Feng Shui for Modern Living magazine, UK

Painterly Enlightenment: The Art of Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724-1796 (Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History)

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Too much enlightenment ...

Painterly Enlightenment: The Art of Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724-1796 (Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History)
Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0807829560
Release Date: 2006-02-23

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Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) was an Austrian fresco painter known for his bold use of color. Although he has been recognized in the Central European regions where he worked, Maulbertsch has remained outside the general canon of art history. With Painterly Enlightenment, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann recovers the story of Maulbertsch, offering the first comprehensive English-language study of the long-neglected artist.

Kaufmann situates Maulbertsch as a fresco painter at a time of transition to easel painting, a colorist at a time when color was not fully appreciated by contemporary observers, and an interpreter of religious themes at a time when secular subjects were becoming more popular. In this analysis, he is shown caught between the intellectual forces of the Enlightenment and the waning power of the traditional church, thus helping to illuminate the relationship between the Enlightenment and the arts. Kaufmann provides a thorough foundation for the fresh recognition of one of the great painters of eighteenth-century Europe, a leading fresco painter who is a colorist worthy of comparison to the best of his contemporaries, including the celebrated Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

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Too much enlightenment ..........2005-11-25

Kaufmann acknowledges as one of his central aims to introduce Franz Anton Maulbertsch to art historians outside Central Europe, who are, he says, not yet sufficiently aware of his outstanding achievements. A good idea, he thinks, to make him palatable to newcomers is to disperse the aura of 'strangeness' surrounding him - "The present book", he says, "aims to make the apparently strange seem familiar." To me, this seems all wrong - who, e.g., would try to proselytize for Goya by playing down the sheer extravagance of his imagaination and trying, so to speak, to domesticate him? And do believe me, Maulbertsch, in his most visionary moments is in his own peculiar way not far behind Goya, and thus the very thing to do to make his claims to the pantheon of art history truly convincing would be to celebrate Maulbertsch's strangeness and exuberant fancy.

Kaufmann, sadly, has for most of the time a quite different aganda. He focuses on the way Maulbertsch was influenced by enlightenment, the rise of neo-classicism and all the concomitant theories; that is, he 'familiarizes' him by linking him to certain intellectual debates of his times. But unfortunately these were influences that on the whole forced Maulbertsch to rein in his more imaginative sallies und in many cases - especially in large-scale fresco painting - diluted his artistic capabilities. How a great painter of the 2nd half of the 18th century, trained in the school of late baroque extravaganza, tried to come to terms with the emerging ideas of clarity, sobriety and dignity, makes of course a fascinating story, but as the focus of a beginner's guide to Maulbertsch is does not seem particularly suitable. Art historians conversant with the wider horizons of Central European painting might even point out that some of Maulbertsch's colleagues achieved better results when trying to strike a compromise between Baroque training and the neo-classicist demands of the day. The merits of later Maulbertsch have always been a point of some controversy; his dazzling virtuosity in the early stages of his career has never been seriously doubted by anyone looking into his oeuvre.

To what extent Maulbertsch got involved in late 18th century debates is, by the way, a terrain well trodden over in German language Maulbertsch scholarship. Perhaps it is not surprising that so many scholars have set their hearts on it and that Mr Kaufmann has been eager to join their rank: You can fill quite a lot of pages by going lovingly over all those contemporary theories, programmes and reviews that make up the 'discourse' sourrounding late Maulbertsch (or should I rather say the 'discursive haze'?), whereas it is much harder to untangle the various threads that have gone into creating the unique stylistic bravura of Maulbertsch in his heyday.

Still, you might fo course argue that it is good thing to bring Maulbertsch to the notice of the English speaking world at all; and after all there are lots of illustrations (covering all stages of Maulbertsch's career), some of which might indeed make the reader fall in love with Maulbertsch's strangeness in spite of Mr Kaufmann's attempt to tame and civilize him. Regrettably, quite a few of the pictures are of such staggeringly poor quality that it is hard to understand how they could possibly be compatible with the standards to be expected from a unviersity press; pictures that look as if they had been printed in some East European backwater town of the 1960s.

Good work in the tropics: this Durban office building is an enlightened response to a hot, humid climate.: An article from: The Architectural Review

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Good work in the tropics: this Durban office building is an enlightened response to a hot, humid climate.: An article from: The Architectural Review
Matthew Barac
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000W1NK1I
Release Date: 2007-09-14

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This digital document is an article from The Architectural Review, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 541 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Good work in the tropics: this Durban office building is an enlightened response to a hot, humid climate.
Author: Matthew Barac
Publication: The Architectural Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 221 Issue: 1324 Page: 66(4)

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The parables of the dutch.......1998-01-28

This book explores the seduction of graphic design in the style of the compelling dutch.We see the early influences and torments Amercan design took from Denmark.Mr. Purvis goes well into the origins of the illustration found considered a trademark back in the beginning of the 17th century.It is evident that the author studied with riled intensity, pursuing the virile truth in the essence of design.

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Kid-Friendly book.......2005-02-24

I recently ordered this biography for my elementary school library, and it has been so popular that I've had up to 9 students on hold for it at one time. The book is presented in a very easy-to-read format complete with pictures and is written on a 5th-grade Accelerated Reading level. Will Smith is very well-known by the children, and all age levels are flocking to this book. I would recommend it for a school library or individual purchase.

Excellent book on Will Smith's life........1999-09-17

This is an excellent book for students and gives a lot of facts about Will Smith's life. It also has many good morals. The morals are to be as good as you can be and not spend all of your money on 6 cars and 2 motorcycles. You really need to read the book to get the most from the morals that are contained within this book. It is a good book for grades 3 - 12.

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