Five Star Expressions - The Geisha's Granddaughter (Five Star Expressions)

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Mitzko, the granddaughter of a Geisha, is caught between two opposing worlds of old Japan and new America. Her indomitable desire to heal lifts her above this bitter conflict. Her heroic father, her reed-like mother, and the American boys and men are the powerful characters that populate her world. This coming-of-age novel is a beautifully written saga of personal resilience and the story of a woman's special humanity despite life's terrors.

Chayym Zeldis' work has been called "brave and monumental" by the Chicago Tribune Book World, and "beautiful and elegant" by the Los Angeles Times.

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engaging historical novel.......2003-09-18

Though a geisha, Mariko had a binding relationship with an older man. However, her occupation forbids her to ever marry. When she gives birth to a son, she gives the child Akira to her brother who raises the lad as a farmer. When his uncle dies, Akira goes to America to live with Mariko's other sibling on an isolated farm. They live amiable together for eight years until the older man dies.

Akira continues to work the farm though only a teen. When he meets his fifteen-year-old neighbor Komako, he knows he has met his life's mate. They marry two years later and have a fine life together until World War II breaks out. He loses the land and both are incarcerated in a camp. So that their daughter Mitzko lives free he joins the American army. The Americanization of Mitzko has begun even while her parents keep feet in both worlds.

This engaging historical novel provides readers with a taste of how Japanese-Americans felt while adjusting to a new world, when WW II shatters that world with the accompanying internment, and the assimilation during the baby boomer era. The tale is also in some ways a coming of age tale, but that serves as a backdrop to the post WW II era. The ensemble cast paints quite a picture as the audience sees in depth what life was like for Japanese in America over a three decade or so period. Though the action is somewhat limited, fans of deep vivid looks at a bygone time will appreciate the Americanization of THE GEISHA'S GRANDDAUGHTER.

Harriet Klausner

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Geishas Granddaughter
Chayym Zeldis
Manufacturer: THORNDIKE PRESS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SN7UAC

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Over a year has passed since the defeat of the Great Foulness, and the ravaged earth has begun to heal. Lost for generations, the signet rings of the Four Great Houses---Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan---have been restored to their rightful heirs. And Ashen NordornQueen, mistress of the Land of Ever Snow, looks forward to a life of peace and happiness with her beloved husband and their newborn son---only to learn that an ancient evil still threatens all that she holds dear.

The Mother Ice Dragon, the fearsome progenitor of her deadly breed, has awakened from slumber to menace the world anew. Legend holds that only the Dragon Blade, forged from the scales of her vanquished mate, can slay the deadly female dragon, but the Dragon Blade has been lost for ages.

As Ashen embarks on a perilous quest to find the mystic sword, she leaves her castle and homeland in the care of her closest friends, including Rannore, Lady of the Rowan, who soon faces danger of a different sort....

Dragon Blade continues the saga begun in To the King a Daughter and continued in Knight or Knave and A Crown Disowned.

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The Mother Dragon.......2006-06-15

Dragon Blade (2005) is the fourth novel in The Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan Cycle, following A Crown Disowned. In the previous volume, the Dowager Queen Ysa, Zazar and Ashen used their various magics to defeat, and maybe even to destroy, the Great Foulness. Ashen became pregnant again by Gaurin and this time she is bearing an heir for NordornLand.

In this novel, kings and ambassadors are coming to the new Castle of Fire and Ice for the coronation of Gaurin and Ashen as the King and Queen of NordornLand and the naming day of their son. They bring grand gifts for the royal pair and for the NordornPrins. Rohan has brought a gift of mystery and challenge: a solid silver Ice Dragon box with a hidden drawer.

Within the concealed compartment is a necklace of nine small teeth and a document in the archaic language of Rendel. Zazar translates the manuscript, but it raises more questions than answers. Ashen decides to travel to Galinth, the ancient city in the Bog, to present this mystery to the antiquarians there.

Ashen, Zazar and their guards take ship with Rohan, Anamara and young Obern to New Vold and then ride on to Galinth. On the way, Ashen meets Nayla, the new Wysen-Wyf of the Bog, and receives a warning of someone of indiscernible gender at the Castle of Fire and Ice and of great upset there. Ashen resolves to watch for such a person when she returns to the castle.

At Galinth, Ashen meets Master Emmorys and Tusser, an old friend who is assisting in the restoral of the city. She is shown relics retrieved from the ruins and is presented with the long lost sapphire signet ring of the House of Ash. She is also entrusted with the delivery of the signet rings for the Houses of Oak, Yew and Rowan to the appropriate persons. Although she learns little in Galinth, Master Emmorys vows to forward any future information on Ice Dragons and the Dragon Blade.

On the way back to NordornLand, Ashen delivers the signet ring of the House of Yew to the Dowager Queen Ysa. She is welcomed with every sign of pleasure and soon finds herself allowing the Dowager to accompany her to the Castle of Fire and Ice. Little does she know that Ysa has inadvertently awakened a noisome creature buried under one of the towers of Yewkeep. Now Ysa wants only to flee the monster before it consumes her.

This novel is subtitled The Book of the Rowan and is presumably the final volume in the series. While the Great Foulness is probably dead, the Mother Ice Dragon may well be dwelling within the ice and snow of the north. Ashen is determined to find the great Dragon Blade to protect the region from the dragon broods.

This novel lacks some of the zest and suspense of the first three works in this series. The Great Foulness is defeated and now the heros and heroines are cleaning up the remaining bits of corruption. The Mother Ice Dragon is only one of these remnants.

The Dowager Queen Ysa is, of course, the false friend of which the omens have warned. Ashen is still putty in her manipulating hands for most of the book. Too bad the noisome creature doesn't really have a chance to *eat* the trouble making lady.

Recommended for Norton and Miller fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of magic and high adventure.

-Arthur W. Jordin

The worst Andrea Norton I ever tried to read........2006-05-24

I believe an Andre Norton was the first fantasy novel I ever read. As a teen-ager, I thought Witch World and books like Beast Master were wonderful. Now that I'm (much) older and wiser, I think the genre has grown past her, but most of her later books were at least amusing for quick read, even the co-authored ones. 'Dragon Blade', however, seems pedestrian, pedantic and just plain boring. I haven't read the first three books in the series (fortunately for me)and I assume this one suffers from trying to explain what went before. I can't see any reason to have published this except to cash in on the attention caught by Norton's death.

Recommended.......2005-11-27

Interesting story, great characters, and strong female characters. I have enjoyed all of the books in this cycle. As the series continues, the characters are taking on more depth and complexity.

The author has a sly sense of humor, so pay attention.

fabulous fantasy .......2005-07-27

The Nordon monarchs Ashen NordornQueen and Gaurin NordornKing are looking forward to peace, spending quality time together and with their infant son having recently defeated the Great Foulness ice dragon. However, their tranqulty ends when Ashen finds a letter inside the false bottom of a box containing a gift; the note explains that only the legendary DRAGON BLADE can kill the Mother Ice Dragon.

Corageous though wary, Gaurin leaves to find the blade made from the scales of the enemy's deceased mate that will finally end this nightmare. After her sposue left, Ashen disocvers a map that shows where the DRAGON BLADE and the Mother Ice Dragon lair are located. She sets off to catch up to her husband while their land has a new foe, a rogue troll destroying anything in its path.

The fourth tale in the Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan saga is a fabulous fantasy especially when the exciting story line follows the escapades of the Nordorn rulers. The action is fast-paced and never slows down even when the Troll threat takes fans down a sidebar that is fun to follow by bringing in other favorites from previous books, but also weaves a thread that takes away from the grand adventure. Still fantasy fans will gain immense delight from this fine tale.

Harriet Klausner

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A Great Remake.......2006-10-06

Kikaider is a Japanese superhero/android character who has appeared in manga, tokusatsu, and anime. The story is fantastic, but the original anime and manga paid tribute to Astro Boy in stylized animation and this turned most people off. Thankfully, this new manga strays as far from the original style as it can while still maintaining the same themes and general look and feel.

The first book focuses on Mitsuko Komyoji, the daughter of Dr. Komyoji, the scientist who created Jiro aka Kikaider. She is bitter, distant, and cynical. Then one day her father, who she thought dead, sends her to meet her "sister" along with her protector, Kikaider. Events quickly escalate as the mysterious new sister is attacked by robots in Dr. Komyoji's old lab.

The series' theme can be summed up as androids being more compassionate than humans. It was based originally on Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and the theme is very apparant through the manga.

Warning! This new series is NOT for kids! It comes wrapped with a label saying such, but amazon does not list it that way. This in no way diminishes the quality of the series, but it's still not for the youngsters ;) The warning is due to nudity (no sex), language, and most likely violence (although there are plenty of much more gory stories out there)

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Somebody Ought to be stoppd

Great insight on religious cults!

very well written and informative.......

Many lessons to be learned as her life unfoldes into.....

"Theres One Born Every Minute"

Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years As a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult
Miriam Williams
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Company
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An explosive first-person account by a young woman who spent fifteen years in a sex cult called the Children of God, which encouraged "sacred prostitution" and taught that "The Lord is our pimp."

Miriam Williams was an idealistic child of the sixties who, at seventeen, accepted an invitation from a "Jesus person" to visit a commune in upstate New York. She would soon be prostituting herself for a perverse cult that used sex to lure sinners to the Lord -- and this is her shocking, searingly honest account of a fifteen-year spiritual odyssey gone haywire.

The Children of God turned its female devotees into Heaven's Harlots, leading strangers to the love of God by enticing them with the pleasures of the flesh. At its height, the cult boasted 19,000 members around the world: In such places as France and Monte Carlo, young women, Miriam among them, mingled with the rich and famous to save their souls, and in this unsparing, unnerving autobiography, she'll identify some of her high-profile "clients." She left this bizarre world in an attempt to protect her son, born through an arranged marriage and kidnapped by his father.

Now, in a clear, compelling, cautionary tale, she shares both her extraordinary existence as a holy whore and the daunting experience of rebuilding a normal life -- an ordeal that led her to found a group dedicated to helping other cult survivors reclaim their souls as well.

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Somebody Ought to be stoppd.......2007-07-03

Well I thought I had seen it all - i have been abused all my life - friends relatives ministers and I guess that is why i was interested to read this book. I was hooked on drugs for years becasue of what I went through - I got clean and then got hooked on oxycontin for so long - i couldn;t ven tell the time of year sometimes becuase i was in a haze so much and peopel would coem along to my house and do sex to me and I woudln't even know it my husband at the time was also an addict but he had a job and he woudl lock me in the house with no car keys when he left for work. He said it was to keep me from driving but I know it was to keep me from escaping to myself and to freedom. I got free and got a job and cleaned up Now things are better - I have two full itme jobs and manage to make ends meet most of the time I tried to join a church a while back and I think maybe it was a church like this. I went a few times but then peopel were always being asked to take off their clothes and do sex things and that made me uncomfortable. I lost my sponnser becuase i said I wouldn;t go back to this place with her - her name was Rochelle - but she said if I didn;t iek the church i didn;t like her. This lady in this book stuck around way too long I had to do lots of dirty things in my life but I wastrying to survive and was also high most of the time. she was not high and just did it becasue of the minister;s orders. One thing I have learned from books and groups is never to let a man have oer over you - they will do you dity and laugh to their frinds about it . Even if a man is a man of God they will still do it. Mymother got hooked up with a minister and we were run out of town by a whole group of angry Christians. My mother died of shame - and an alchoholic liver. So stay away from cults and men.

Great insight on religious cults!.......2007-05-28

This book is a real eye opener for those that are unfamiliar with religious cults, it explains many different reasons as to why one would join one and why they would stay. This books gives a personal account for how and why one can be easily persuaded to join a cult, it also gives great inspiration for those that are trying to re-connect with society after being a part of a communal cult for many years. I really enjoyed this book and admire the author for telling her story! This book is a great journey into one's self discovery and triumph!

very well written and informative..............2006-07-10

I have never heard of this author..but I loved this book..
I am a avid reader of books about the sex industry, and
have read many...Ivy League Stripper is great,,and the new
book "Dance to Despair (Memoirs of an exotic dancer) by
Rebeckka Sathan Black are both excellent memoirs that you
should read......

Many lessons to be learned as her life unfoldes into............2003-10-10

I thought that it was brave of her to write that book, she shared such detailed information from her life. The book is not badly written as some stated. I found this book interesting enough to start and finish it. It was very interesting how her life unfolded; she never really stayed in one place, always moving around, always something is happening, so there was always something to read. I heard of cults, but this was something. I never knew that people could fall into such shameful life, so willingly.

It was interesting that she was first felt ashamed after she received money for sleeping with a man. But before that, many nights in bed with many different men, did not shame her. I was interested in her thought process, as you read it, you think, how can she possibly do this, and then, what else is there that she will fall into. And then you have their main leader, when I think of him, reminds me of people such as Hitler. Both got people to follow their crazy ideas. But this guy was something, exremely selfish, insane maybe.

She got my attention when she mentioned that those who used to be very conservative, strict Christians, and then crossed over to their cult. It was them who were most wild in their family after being so conservative. Personally I don't get it why some people found it to be boring, it was her life that you read about, as it was. And trust me, her life was not boring. It was anything but boring. How can you be bored in that kind of life?

At the end you admire her for what she overcame, and then became successful.

"Theres One Born Every Minute".......2003-09-17

As I started to get into the book, my constant thought was "How can this woman be SO stupid" Mirmiam was a pretty bright woman with her whole future in front of her and she ruined her youth and looks by joining a "clut" who used woman and humilated and degraded them. I kept skipping pages to see when she would please "smarten up". Having five children was very irresponsible when she could not even handle her own life. I was glad she finally wised up and left. If any good will come of this book, I hope young women will take heed and never let this happen to them. Hopefully women of today are brighter. I do feel for Miriam through, with that face she could of gone so far. A depressing book, but at least the end showed some promise for her family.

Heaven's Harlots - My Fifteen Years As A Sacred Prostitute In The Children Of God Cult

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Heaven's Harlots - My Fifteen Years As A Sacred Prostitute In The Children Of God Cult
Miriam Williams
Manufacturer: Eaglebrook/William Morrow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IY3QR2

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Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years as a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult
Miriam Williams
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NZW29E

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Cooking Pleasure

Major Addition to Spanish Culinary Writing. Buy It.

Mouthwateringly entertaining

The Food of Northern Spain: Recipes from the Gastronomic Heartland of Spain
Jenny Chandler
Manufacturer: Pavilion Books, Limited
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 186205679X

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This sumptuous cookbook amply demonstrates why Spanish food is the new inspiration of the culinary world.

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Cooking Pleasure.......2006-08-05

This is a small, but very choice cookbook, simply chock full of the most delicious looking recipes. It is simply perfect for cooks - at any skill level - who like to cook healthy, home-made food without spending twelve hours in the kitchen. It also has a lovely, well written guide to the rarely mentioned northern provinces of Spain - Galicia and Asturias, especially - which has now made it my ambition to visit them for myself. However, if your idea of "Spanish" cooking is Mexican or Central American, let this one alone; it is traditional European home cooking with enough of a gourmet touch that you can serve a formal dinner party but not so complicated that you cannot make it for the family. I think this is one book that everyone who likes to cook should have on their kitchen shelf.

Major Addition to Spanish Culinary Writing. Buy It........2006-07-27

`The Food of Northern Spain' by culinary writer, Jenny Chandler contributes much to achieving parity between writings on regional cuisines in Spain and Italy. This is such a popular genre nowadays, there have been a few less than luminary titles recently, but this one is a real winner.

It will take a close look at the map of Spain to understand the region of which Senorita Chandler is writing. It is easy to think of it as only the northern Atlantic coast of Spain, west of the Pyrenees, but she is really taking the entire line, virtually all along the same meridian of latitude, from northwestern, Celtic Galacia to the very urban and modern Catalonia on the Mediterranean coast, including the landlocked Navarre and parts of Aragon.

The appropriateness of this choice is clear once one has read important recent books on both the Basque and Catalan cuisines, both of which tout their subject as Spain's culinary center. Senorita Chandler makes the excellent case that this entire region, distinguished primarily by deep valleys in mountainous terrain and rough seacoasts, taken together, is the culinary heart of Spain.

While this does not appear on the surface to be a very scholarly study, a la Coleman Andrews or Paula Wolfert, of this cuisine it is really much more studied and revealing of the soul of its subject than other recent oversized travelogues of Spanish cuisine.

The author begins with a chapter of Background on each of the regions comprising her chosen territory. While giving us not much more than two pages per province, she manages to evoke the spirit and resources of the region as brightly and as passionately as a much longer discourse.

Next, is an excellent chapter on the Storecupboard and Cellar on the principle ingredients of the regions. I am taken by the fact that she begins not with olives and olive oil, but with peppers. It is crystal clear from every book I've read on Spanish cuisine that the great variety of peppers arriving from the New World are as much an influence on the food of northern Spain as the tomato is for the cuisine of southern Italy. A bit of reflection tells me that peppers as a class are a far richer addition than tomatoes, as the range of colors, sizes, and flavors of peppers is far greater than the similar range for tomatoes. There is just so much variety you can squeeze out of a plum tomato, even if it was grown in the shadow of Vesuvius. This little essay on peppers also reveals something about Spain that I have known for years about far-flung former Spanish colonies such as the Philippines, but which never came to the fore in other books. This is the fact that to Spaniards, canned produce is just as good as fresh, it's just different, not inferior. This will become obvious to you the next time you pass the 30-foot long Goya section of your supermarket. The Goya brand is Spanish, not Mexican, as I was want to jump to before actually looking at a can of Goya beans and a bottle of highly regarded Goya olive oil.

Next in importance, especially for the northern marches, is cheese. I was delighted to discover here that the famous Spanish Cabrales cheese is actually a mix of milk from cows, sheep, AND goats. The catalogue of cheeses is not as large or renowned as the great Italian or French cheese kingdoms, but it is pretty important and sizable. This section is rounded out with essays on Olives and olive oil, Pork, Pulses (legumes, beans), salt cod, Crustaceans, Mollusks, Cephalopods and Wild Mushrooms.

In the land of tapas and pinchos (very characteristic of the north), you would expect the next section on matching Spanish food and wine. This is not as exhaustive as Penelope Casas' coverage in `The Food and Wine of Spain', but it is illuminating and very easy to read.

The recipes are organized as one would a traditional cookbook, by type of dish or course. These are:

Light Bites and Tapas, featuring pinchos of olives, anchovies, foie gras, chorizo, and croquettes. The obvious centerpiece is the recipe for tortilla espanola. The description is lovingly given, but may be just a bit less detailed than Senora Casas' recipe in her book `Tapas'. Senorita Chandler also doesn't give us the scoop on how it is served (usually in wedges in the South and cut into cubes and stuck on skewers in the North). I am especially happy to see her recipes for empanadas, with both tuna and pork fillings.

Soups and Starters, featuring a gazpacho with asparagus and a gazpacho with beetroot, a blended mushroom soup, a squid soup, tuna tartar, grilled scallops, and Escabeche.

Salads and Vegetable Dishes, featuring a tuna mixed salad, a spinach and ham salad, and vegetable stews reminiscent of Ratatouille.

Rice and Pulses, featuring two of the most famous Spanish dishes, Cocido and Paella. Interestingly, Ms. Chandler agrees with most others that it is Cocido and not Paella that is the apple of most Spaniard's culinary soul.

Fish and Shellfish, with lots of salmon and salt cod dishes. Hake is very popular here, and Sea Bass is as common here as on the Chilean coast.

Poultry, Meat, and Game, featuring some really surprising combinations such as chicken and prawns and partridge with chocolate. And, some of the steak recipes are gorgeous.

Sauces and Seasonings, with Allioli (with no egg!) et al.

Desserts, with fritters, flans, and coulis.

This book succeeds in its task of really making you interested in the cuisine of the author's chosen regions. While the author doesn't push scholarship, there is both learning and passion aplenty here, all appropriate to its subject.

An excellent foodie read AND cookbook.

Mouthwateringly entertaining.......2005-11-10

Jenny Chandler's style is truly unique. She combines the most enticing dishes and mouthwatering photography with a fabulously dry wit. Indulge your senses!

The coffee trees of Northern Spain. (inside the family-owned Spanish coffee company Sociedad Espanola de Alimentos, S.A.): An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal

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The coffee trees of Northern Spain. (inside the family-owned Spanish coffee company Sociedad Espanola de Alimentos, S.A.): An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
Jonathan Bell
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This digital document is an article from Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, published by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. on October 1, 1990. The length of the article is 1548 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The coffee trees of Northern Spain. (inside the family-owned Spanish coffee company Sociedad Espanola de Alimentos, S.A.)
Author: Jonathan Bell
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$Soil quality under food-processing wastewater irrigation in semi-arid land, northern Spain: aggregation and organic matter fractions.: An article from: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation$
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Soil quality under food-processing wastewater irrigation in semi-arid land, northern Spain: aggregation and organic matter fractions.: An article from: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
I. Virto , P. Bescansa , M.J. Imaz , and A. Enrique
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 9272 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.

From the author: Keywords: Aggregation, canning industry, organic matter, soil quality, wastewater irrigation

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Title: Soil quality under food-processing wastewater irrigation in semi-arid land, northern Spain: aggregation and organic matter fractions.
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Food of Northern Spain
Jenny Chandler
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This stunning new book, arranged alphabetically by subject areas, captures the essence of the successful Flint Faience Tile Company's highly diversified production between 1921-33 in Flint, Michigan. The history of this ceramic tile company, its major designers, and the designs and styles of its products are woven throughout a tapestry of more than 825 color photos illustrating both rare and popular tiles. Showcased are Art Deco and Arts & Crafts style tiles, animal and nursery rhyme designs, geometric motifs, plants and flowers, dramatic murals, and much more. Many sections feature photo documentation of these collectible tiles installed in homes, schools, churches, restaurants, swimming pools, and more. Present day values are provided in the captions. This fascinating and informative A to Z collector's book is a valuable addition to the library resources of any tile and ceramics collector or maker. 8 1/2" x 11" 808 color and 24 b/w photos Price Guide/Index

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Great book! Wonderful History Great Photos!.......2005-10-24

Outstanding book!
So impressed, I contacted the author because my son's school built in 1929 has Flint Faience Tiles in it.
The Author wished he knew of my son's school (Stiles) aka Oakland Steiner -- when he wrote the book
Both the book and the author have a wealth of information on these tiles -- Just facinating..
BUY THIS BOOK
An amazing piece of history & Amazing photos - beautifly done

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Yoshinobu Ashihara, one of Japan's most celebrated architects, develops in this book a cross-cultural perspective on how people actually see and feel urban spaces. His study spans East and West, ranges from traditional villages of Japan; the Italian Apulia, and the Aegean to New York, Chandigarh, and Brasilia.

Many of Ashihara's insights grow out of his reconciliation of positive-negative, yin-yang polarities. For example, he considers the demarcations between interior and exterior, private and public spaces in both Japanese and Western architecture and town planning, and the reversal of "figure" and "ground" in Italian piazzas. He also explores the differences between daytime and nighttime scenes, convex and concave shorelines, and the intimate, contained urban spaces associated with Medieval towns (and the outlook of Camillo Sitte) as distinguished from the grand, expansive spaces associated with Baroque cities (and the outlook of Le Corbusier).

As might be expected from a writer whose architectural designs are as much concerned with the intimate details as with the broad strokes, Ashihara's theoretical considerations are rooted in actualities that foster practical applications. He introduces an objective measure of various kinds of urban spaces by calculating the ratio of street width and building height, and takes into account the influence of such realities as climate, culture, history, and childhood memories on the shaping of human habitats.

The book is extensively illustrated with photographs of the sites discussed - street vistas, urban night scenes, squares, residential neighborhoods, landmark structures - and with maps, plans, and diagrams.

Yoshinobu Ashihara holds the chair of architecture at the University of Tokyo. He continues his teaching on a part-time basis and his designing and building on a full-time basis.

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The Aesthetic Townscape
Yoshinobi Ashihara
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The Aesthetics of Townscape
Robert J. Goakes
Manufacturer: Hyperion Books
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ASIN: 0864390319

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Ludicrous to the point of hilarity.......2007-09-18

This book has no proof of ANY kind to back up it's completely insane claims. It claims that Mars (the planet!) is solely inhabited by black people. I have seen these two ladies (the authors) on TV and they are clearly out to make a buck, at the expense of looking like complete loonies. Do they even believe what they wrote? That is very, very unlikely. The book's price is as insane as the authors claims. This is not recommended. It's an expensive joke, no matter what your race.

After Reading This Book, You, Too, Will Believe.......2005-03-31

A very convincing account of the UFO contactee/abduction phenomenon. The author details how the contacts began and gives the reader frank insight into the nature of her response. The reader follows the author as she writes about her spiritual journey and how it culminated into multiple visitations from extraterrestrials. I was amazed to learn about the kind of people that populate Mars, and possibly other planets in our universe.
If you only read one book on the contactee phenomenon, this is the one.

Speaking the Truth.......2004-04-08

I enjoyed this book because the writer led you in a way that you may draw your own conclusions about her story. I hate when writers force thier opinions upon you. This book was different because the writer only wanted to share her experiences with you. She asked that you keep an open mind and accept her reality as being real to her. The book is suppose to be helpful to others that might have had similar experiences. She wants others who are going through this to know they are not alone, and that there is help out there for them.

Is there life on Mars?.......2004-04-08

Ever been to the motherland? I have. Ever been on the mothership? Not yet. Shurlene Wallace has been there and I want to go too. She has taken the trip many times and has met many of our super ancient spiritual Ancestors. This is the first book I have read that connects African people living in America to ETs. We are on Mars too! Look at the word Mars. MA=motherland. The way of the mother is to do no harm. The word arm is in Mars and in harm too. The Great Mother Goddess has a long arm (for reach and protection). Who's face is that on Mars? Is this the face of MA? Think about it...MA on Mars. Two of her daughters have chosen to let us know that we are not alone. Want to take the trip? Read from the Motherland to the Mothership. I did, and I'm ready for the trip.

GOOD WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.......2003-11-14

I LOVE EVERYWORD AND ALL THE TRIPS SHURLENE HAD.I TRULY BELEIVE IN OTHER WORLDS AND LIFE IN THIS BIG UNIVERSE!I AM VERY HAPPY I FOUND THIS BOOK. I THINK THEIR IS A LOT OF HUMANS HAD EXPERIENCED TRIPS;THEY JUST DID'T WRITE A BOOK OR NOT GOING TO TELL ANYONE, BECAUSE PEOPLE CLOSE TO THEM WILL THINK THEY'RE NUTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SHURLENE IS EVERYDAY PEOPLE SO HAPPEN TO WRITE A TRUE STORY OF HER LIFE. WELL DONE SHURLENE AND LENA. I LEARN A GREAT AMOUNT ABOUT LIFE IN THE OTHER WORLDS. THANK YOU FOR WRITING YOUR BOOK! I LOVE IT!

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