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- Italian Fever
- Pleasant enough but not much happens
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Italian Fever: A Novel
Valerie Martin
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ASIN: 0375705228
Release Date: 2000-05-09 |
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Italian Fever is a strange soufflé--half mystery and half squib on American innocence and European experience. In Brooklyn, Lucy Stark, an author's assistant who has "come to prefer liberty to passion," despairs over her boss's latest manuscript. "DV's books were always awful, but what made this one worse than the others was the introduction of a new element, which was bound to boost sales: There was a ghost in the villa. DV had gone gothic." But then the phone rings, and she learns that DV will scribe no more, having died under strange circumstances in Ugolino. At least his demise will afford Lucy a vacation of sorts--a stay in Tuscany so that she can identify his body, sort through his effects, and perhaps divine the cause of his death.
Of course, from the moment her plane lands, she suffers from cultural disorientation, and worse. Why, exactly, is her handsome if humorless chauffeur, Massimo, so solicitous? Why is DV's villa in fact a farmhouse? And are its proprietors, the Cinis, conspiring to keep her from the truth? Then there are Lucy's Nancy Drew-like discoveries--a terrifying drawing of DV and a mysterious love letter. And is the scratching at the walls a sign from DV's ghost or something more quotidian? All in all, our heroine can't sort out hallucination from Italian provocation, which is all too much for someone who has long prided herself on her clear sight.
Though Valerie Martin's seventh novel has its share of stomach-clenching moments, it is most successful in its many comic scenes (not something this talented author has hitherto been known for). Whether Lucy is trying to break through Massimo's defenses or get to the bottom of the Cinis' behavior, she is usually miles from the truth. Meanwhile, Martin offers up a host of memorable minor figures, from DV's ultrasophisticated New York publisher to the quail-consuming, epigram-spouting Antonio Cini, who gets most of the good lines. When Lucy tells him that she's forever in Massimo's debt, he languidly responds: "Forever, that must be a tiresome sensation." Though Italian Fever is never in the least tiresome, its biggest mystery is how Martin--who has written so strikingly of possession in The Great Divorce--is here far stronger on satire than the supernatural. --Kerry Fried
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"Acutely observed...charmingly old-fashioned."--Los Angeles Times
In
Italian Fever, Valerie Martin redefines the Gothic novel in a compelling tale of one woman's headlong tumble into a mystery, art, and eros.
Part romance, part gothic suspense story and wholly entertaining,
Italian Fever is the story of the awakening of Lucy Stark, an American pragmatist. Lucy leads a quiet, solitary life working for a best-selling (but remarkably untalented) writer. When he dies at his villa in Tuscany, Lucy flies to Tuscany to settle his affairs. What begins as a grim chore soon threatens Stark's Emersonian self-reliance--and her very sense of what is real. The villa harbors secrets: a missing manuscript, neighbors whose Byzantine arrogance veils their dark past, a phantom whose nocturnal visits tear a gaping hole in Lucy's well-honed skepticism. And to complicate matters: Massimo, a married man whose tender attentions render Lucy breathless.
Smart, sophisticated, achingly beautiful,
Italian Fever is one of the most original and compelling novels of the year.
Customer Reviews:
Italian Fever.......2007-06-12
Hmmm...I hope that when I finally visit Italy, I am not struck by such a fever! I read this book for the setting and the cultural immersion, which was beautifully and satisfyingly described, however I found the storyline to be very dark and difficult to follow, and I never really warmed up to the characters. So while I reslihed in the details, I plodded through the plot.
Pleasant enough but not much happens.......2006-10-10
This book kind of reminded me of 'Room With A View' full of pleasant characters set in Italy but nothing much happens and the reader is left unsatisfied by the end. Unfortunately the writer didn't use her skills to inject any drama, or suspence or twists into the narrative.
This was written by Valerie Martin?.......2006-05-19
Based on my previous reading, I know that Valerie Martin is capable of writing a great novel with a coherent, tight plot, rich characterization, and a very strong undercurrent of hidden meaning and symbolism. "Italian Fever", however, does not have any of these qualities. There is some beautiful writing about Rome in this book, and the sensual descriptions of food, art, and scenery appeal to the armchair traveller. But the gothic/mystery elements were weak and did not track coherently through the book. After reading it through twice, I was left wondering what I had missed. I know Valerie Martin is a great author, but I failed to find any depth or meaning in this book.
entertaining and erotic.......2004-12-14
Sometimes the "livin' is easy," and so is the readin' found in Valerie Martin's sixth novel Italian Fever. This entertainingly erotic romp through Tuscany is buttressed with all the requisite divertissement: an illicit doomed-from-the-start affair, a mysterious death, plus a ghost.
When mega selling, meagerly talented author DV is found dead, his assistant, Lucy Stark, is dispatched to a small Tuscan village to oversee the novelist's interment and sift through his belongings. DV's sudden demise is a puzzle, as is the whereabouts of Catherine Bultman, an artist with whom he shared a remote, gloomy villa.
Lucy hopes to find the remaining chapters of DV's latest manuscript despite a disdain of his work so great that "when confronted by her employer's contributions to the world of letters," she experiences "a steady elevation of blood pressure and an involuntary clenching of the jaw that made her face ache."
Upon her arrival in Rome she is met by a representative of DV's Italian publisher - Massimo Compitelli who is, of course, blessed with the "wonderfully tan skin and thick black hair one associates with the country."
At first apparently bored and disinterested, Massimo later warms to Lucy, eventually becoming her advocate and protector. He even nurses her through a bout with an unexplainable illness that leaves her feverish and weak. But, never fear, not so weak that she cannot couple with an ardent Massimo who has tendered a sensuous massage, and then vowed that they will try hard not to break their small bed.
The farmhouse in which Lucy is staying was once owned by the Cini family, a group she considers sinister. Unable to find the actual site of or salient details concerning DV's death, she grows increasingly uneasy, disturbed by scratching sounds, and terrified by a voice she believes to be that of DV.
But these mysteries take second place to her fascination with Massimo. Once her business is complete, she agrees to meet her Italian lothario in Rome for a final two days. It is there that, thanks to the younger Cini, she finds Catherine who is "all light - golden hair, hazel eyes, pale, creamy skin." Massimo is, of course, enchanted.
Torn by jealousy and filled with desire, Lucy determines to make her last evening with her lover one "which was to burn her image ineradicably into the landscape of Massimo's memory." A decision leaving Lucy sadder, wiser, and with a greater degree of self-awareness. She was not, as she had thought "a practical, principled woman who was perfectly content to look on the folly of others with distant sympathy, but a foolish, impressionable creature, as much a prey to longings and cravings, as eager to justify her own impulsive behavior with an appeal to the sovereignty of passion over reason, as anyone else."
Passion not probity is what Ms. Martin's latest is all about, which is what may make Italian Fever contagious.
Mixed Up Salad.......2004-11-25
Though I was prepared to read a good novel that would bring back memories of my visits to Italy, I was quickly bored with the main character, Lucy Stark, and her self-centered yearnings and obsessions. This character clearly hadn't lived much, raised a child, lived through a famine, or experienced much suffering. Her main posture is one of feeling superior, but for no apparent reason. I was fed up with her in a hurry, and skimmed much of the book without losing anything significant. The best parts were observations about art and travelogue-like descriptions of scenes in Rome. The rest of it was the usual blather about love and lust, affairs with romantic Italians (how stereotyped and insulting!), and a "mystery" that amounted to a hill of beans. I advise looking at the beautiful Titian on the cover of the book and then quietly putting it back on the shelf. Want to read a book about affairs? Try Anna Karenina or how about Madame Bovary?
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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Definitely not as good as the first volume. Partly because you know more about the characters, I think, and they were basically settled after the first volume. This one throws in a voluptuous jungle queen style heroine for Tom to dally with, for one, but still quite enjoyable overall, even if the focus is taken off the more interesting characters from the first book.
Very Good Start for Terra Obscura.......2007-07-18
I set my expectations low on Terra Obscura. Even though it has Alan Moore's name attached he's not the writer only the co-plotter and I've learned from experience that stories merely `co-plotted' by Alan Moore tend to pale in comparison to those fully penned by Mr. Moore. Having said that Terra Obscura was a pleasant surprise. The art is well done and I found the story engaging throughout. It boils down to a murder mystery with Grant Halfrod (The Magnet) trying to track down the killer of his longtime friend and associate Lance Lewis (Space Detective). Meanwhile some kind of expanding null field has opened up near the Grand Canyon shutting down all technology and releasing demon hounds.
I love a good mystery and the more I read Terra Obscura the more I wanted to read and there's not much more you can ask from a good story. The payoff at the end was perhaps a bit of a let down but it certainly wasn't a flop. One thing I have to note is that the artist, Yanick Paquette, LOVES large breasts. All the female characters appear to be in a competition to see who has the largest boobs. Seriously, on Terra Obscura Power Girl would be mocked for her small, flat chest.
The characters have Alan Moore touches in the sense that they tend to be more archetypes than fully fleshed out humans. The Terror is the only truly unique character of the bunch. This may seem like a demerit but it's rather in line with Alan Moore's tendency towards super hero deconstruction. The American Crusader, for instance, is the typical Superman knock-off with shades of Captain Atom. However, unlike Superman who is written as the quintessential hero with regards to brawn, brains, heart and wisdom, American Crusader is a surly alcoholic with a tendency towards suggesting the most direct and often violent solution to any problem. I would imagine it's a rather realistic portrayal of a colossally powerful character with average intelligence. Why use subtlety when you have the power to smash any problem into submission.
The dialog in Terra Obscura isn't up to Alan Moore's standards and the ending didn't quite measure up to the build up but overall I felt satisfied with the book. It's a nice change of pace from DC and Marvel. I apologize for mentioning Alan Moore so much since the actual author is Peter Hogan but if you're going to list Mr. Moore as the author this is the price you pay.
The Heroes are Back! Now What?.......2004-11-04
Terra Obscura is a world almost identical to Earth. It was discovered by Tom Strong. In Tom Strong Vol. 2, Tom was enlisted by Tom Strange to help Terra Obscura from an extraterrestrial threat that was destroying his world. This volume takes place several years later.
Now that the alien threat is gone, the members of SMASH (Society of Major American Science Heroes) are having to deal with a world that is much different from the one before they were frozen for thirty years. Tom Strange has disappeared and SMASH is pretty much defunct. One member has been killed and his old partner is out to solve his murder.
But during the investigation, strange things begin to happen in the Grand Canyon and a zone where nothing scientific works is slowly growing. Soon it starts to spread faster and the existing members of SMASH must reunite and fight this new menace as more and more of the country falls under the zone.
An interesting world, mystery, and storyline. Definitely an enjoyable read although it would be a good idea to read the pre-story in Tom Strong Vol. 2. I look forward to more from these characters and their world.
Terra Obscura.......2004-08-08
Awakened from a 40-year induced slumber in the pages of 'Tom Strong - Book Two', the heroes of Terra Obscura live on a parallel Earth in Alan Moore's Tom Strong continuum. 'Terra Obscura' follows these heroes after they were awakened.
The story begins as a pretty good mystery involving mysterious superhero deaths, supernatural desert anomolies and a fascist, sentient computer program with the personality of a deceased hero. It's a quick, light read and not nearly as good as the intro in 'Tom Strong Bk II'. This may be partly due to Alan Moore's reduced role (he's listed as co-plotter). Moore has set the bar pretty high when his name is attached. This one is not bad - I enjoyed it - but, I'd recommend the 1st 3 Tom Strong graphic novels and the ABC Sketchbook first.
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Terra Obscura #1 August 2003
Alan Moore and Peter Hogan
Manufacturer: America's Best Comics
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ASIN: B000UGWCRS |
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Terra Obscura #2 September 2003
Alan Moore and Peter Hogan
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ASIN: B000UHADNM |
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Terra Obscura #4 Vol. 2 January 2005
Alan Moore and Peter Hogan
Manufacturer: America's Best Comics
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ASIN: B000UGXYAM |
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Terra Obscura #6 February 2004
Alan Moore and Peter Hogan
Manufacturer: America's Best Comics
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ASIN: B000UGZV4E |
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Direct sales edition comic book published by America's Best Comics. Revives obscure Golden Age heroes in all-new stories set in the modern day. A spin-off from Alan Moore's Tom Strong title. Book 1 of 6.
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Direct sales edition comic book published by America's Best Comics. Revives obscure Golden Age heroes in all-new stories set in the modern day. A spin-off from Alan Moore's Tom Strong title. Book 2 of 6.
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Terra obscura: Vermessung einer Personlichkeit : 55 Fotobilder mit Textbeitragen
Joseph Gallus Rittenberg
Manufacturer: Ars vivendi
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Terra Obscura #3 October 2003
Alan Moore and Peter Hogan
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ASIN: B000UHC47K |
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A master of science fiction, a voice of the changing counterculture, and a genuine visionary, Philip K. Dick wrote about reality, entropy, deception, and the plight of being alive in the modern world. Through his remarkable career Dick has established himself as a writer of the first order and his dreams of the future have proven to be eerily prophetic and even more prescient than when he wrote them.
Vintage PKD features extracts from The Man in the High Castle, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, VALIS, and stories including “The Days of Perky Pat,” “A Little Something for Us Tempunauts," and “I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,” along with essays and letters currently unavailable in book form.
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers, presented in attractive, affordable paperback editions.
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Susan Wylers indispensable classic is back in printnow better than ever, with more than a dozen new menus, over 70 new recipes, and a wealth of updated strategies The original edition of Cooking for a Crowd won great praise all around: Florence Fabricant named it one of the New York Times best books of the season. Perla Meyers, author of How to Peel a Peach, advised, Keep this book as a reference whenever you are entertaining. And Rose Levy Berenbaum, author of The Cake Bible, declared, She puts together the components of a dinner with the passion, perfection, and ease of a master painter. The game plans . . . enable any cook to impress without risk. This new edition builds on the premise of the originalthat many a home cook can manage the occasional dinner party for 4 to 6, but when it comes to entertaining a crowd of 10 or more, the logistics become exponentially more complicated. Wylers ingeniously user-friendly combination of creative menus, do-ahead game plans, and crowd-pleasing recipes makes it possible for any home cook to entertain on a large scale. Wyler has expanded the volume to include over 225 recipes and 35 menus for a variety of sizes and occasionssuch as Tuscan Lunch for 12 to 16, Black and Orange Halloween Party for 24, even a Wedding Supper for 50. A perfect balance of inspiring and instructive, Cooking for a Crowd is a must-have for all home cooks who want to bring large groups of family and friends together at the table.
Customer Reviews:
Ok, glad I didn't spend more.......2007-10-10
I bought this book thinking it would help with my frequent hosting of large crowds, but it didn't help at all. It might help IF I needed obscure, expensive ingredients and gourmet friends. I needed something way more practical.
Great Menus for Entertaining!.......2007-09-27
This book has some really spectacular recipes and great entertaining menus and ideas; I can see many family and friends get-togethers or other parties in my future and I'll certainly use this book. However, I generally plan menus and cook for a crowd in a church setting -- families, students, elderly members, and occasionally, homeless people who are in our inner city neighborhood. Our ability to "stay in business" means we can't afford to buy the types of ingredients many of these recipes require or cook foods that might not have the kind of appeal that personally invited guests would appreciate. More importantly, a lot of the recipes probably take way too much time for volunteers with limited interest and/or ability to prepare. So while it probably won't be much help to me in my volunteer position, I believe I'll use it for personal entertainment purposes and that's why I'm going to add it to my cook book library!
My New Favorite Cookbook.......2007-06-11
I bought this cookbook because I was preparing to organize the food at a camping retreat for 30, but it turned out to be one of the best everyday cookbooks I own. The cookbook is arranged by type of event, from a small family dinner to a large wedding supper. Most of the recipes are for 20 or less people, although a few are written for 30 or more. The strength of the cookbook is in the emphasis on technique and on pre-preparation, where possible. If a dish can be made a day to a month or more before serving and refrigerated or frozen, the author tells you. The other strength is in outdoor cooking and barbecueing, which was the subject of the author, Susan Wyler's, first cookbook, Tailgate Parties. These recipes are downright inspired. The recipe for Texas Barbecue Brisket is the best I have tasted, because it is smoked outside for only two hours, then baked at low temperature in the oven. This results in a much moister brisket than smoking overnight, which is the typical method in other cookbooks. Wyler has also perfected Pulled Pork, by boiling the pork shoulder on the stove for several hours and smoking it at the finish for flavor - the moistest, most wonderful you have tasted! Her recipes for cornbread (there are two) are both delicious and moist, and they both freeze well. The Coleslaw recipe is deliciouis without a drop of mayonaise and is ideal for a picnic.
This is a great cookbook for anyone who entertains (even if you entertain casually outside) or who cooks for a large family or for church or charity events. We all need to occasionally make a salad for 20 or a meal for 10. There is a great section describing how to cook a traditional Thanksgiving meal, as well as another which describes the cooking of a holiday ham. There is even a nice section on alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, with recipes and recommended amounts for a crowd. When I was preparing to cook for the retreat I mentioned earlier, I bought 5 cookbooks aimed at cooking for large groups, but I never use the other 4. This is a great cookbook, and everytime I cook from it and take the dish to a potluck or party, I get rave reviews. I would highly recommend it.
Excellent Resource.......2007-03-17
Great menu ideas, good recipes.
This cookbook is a gem! A lot of quantity-cooking cookbooks have recipes for things like slop and canned-cream-of-whatever-soup special. This book has simple, classy recipes along with strategies for serving a crowd of people.
All of the recipes I have tried from this book have been great. Once you see her proportions and suggested quantities, it is also easy to scale other favorite recipes to serve a larger group of people.
This contains recipes and menus for different-sized crowds and for different occasions (from elegent dinners to picnics).
Excellent resource. Highly recommended.
GREAT COOKING IDEAS FOR PARTIES.......2005-11-21
This is a very practical book, fool of wonderful recipes. Very well written, simple to follow. I've only had a chance to try a couple so far, but with great success. Black and Orange Halloween Party for 24 was simple enough to do, and an instant hit. The Chocolate Chili with Beef, Pork, and Black Beans was to die for. I can't wait to try other dishes from this book. Highly recommend this cookbook.
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Kennels are important for a wide variety of reasons. Pet owners frequently need them as boarding facilities during vacations, periods of upheaval or transition or whenever it becomes impractical for a cat or dog to be left at home. Serious enthusiasts need practical facilities for dealing with multiple animals and turn to kenneling to meet their requirements. Hobby kennels frequently become professional ventures offering boarding and grooming services while others are begun as businesses stressing pet boarding or housing show animals.
If you have a serious interest in kennels, this valuable reference, by one of America's most respected authorities on the subject, will be your indispensible guide whether you are building, buying or converting part of your home as an animal environment.
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A gentle initiation into the kennel world.......2002-03-03
Someone bought me this book on kennel management and as I've read the others on the market, at first glance I thought it would be of no interest and sadly a waste of their money. But I enjoyed it. You don't read over 200 pages written by a man with such experience and not learn something. It's my opinion that this isn't a high profile reference book for the already initiated, wanting factual A-Z information. (Jim Krack writes an amazing book if you want this.) Nor is it for the new-age, big bucks commercial operator-to-be, dealing with dogs as if they are plastic houseplants. It would more likely be of use to the upgrading hobbyist or novice wanting to know the fundamental arts and craft of kennel operating, and most likely will be starting with a very modest one from home. Mario shares his knowledge through his experience, examples and testimonies. His skill is not bombarding the novice with too much information and jargon. Instead he picks on a few key issues that only someone who has served (I quote from the profile page) " an extensive apprenticeship" knows that if you don't get right, or cut corners in the beginning, you'll spend forever putting it right. Some of his examples get multiple concepts over very well to someone who has not experienced them before. I like this book because it is well written and from his personal perspective and experiences. It's a stepping-stone that the novice can build upon. And also, I bet he didn't just blindly list products to use from a mailing list, but because he tried them or knew someone they had worked for. His simple odor control worked perfectly for me, while others have failed. The type of building panels he recommended for the small operator, proved to be just right. This in itself paid for the book. It's my recommendation that the simplicity of this book is not its weakness, but its joy, because only truly experienced people can simplify complicated issues so that beginners may begin to learn.
Written 13 years ago, very simplistic and outdated........2000-04-29
This book might be good as a simple review for children interested in kennels. I found it to be very simplistic and filled with a lot of "common sense" information. If you are really interested in reading it, check your local library, it is just not worth the money.
A complete waste of money as a reference book........1997-12-06
A major disappointment for the serious kennel builder. Its only merit, perhaps, is as a starting point for further research in kennel design and management. It has very, very few useful tips or practical advice a kennel builder needs to make educated decisions when constructing or modifying a kennel. Management suggestions are simplistic at best and leave the reader with more questions than answers. Provides almost no advice in the most practical and crucial areas such as what kinds of paint and construction materials are best suited for kennels, or how to effectively heat and cool, structure a drainage system, etc. Although there are less than a handful of books on this subject, steer clear or consider this book a starting point for more research. I just completed a huge boarding and dog training facility and didn't find one truly helpful tip from this book.
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Expanded and updated with new photos and information, this 2nd edition will be a must have for anyone who collects or wants to learn about chipped Indian artifacts in the knife family. With an emphasis on prehistoric times, the book is loaded with photos, values and identification guidelines to help identify blades as to general time-period and, in many cases, help date sites where such artifacts are found. Includes information about different regional materials and basic styles, how knives were made and for what they were probably used. This book will appeal to all levels of collectors, parents, and even armchair adventurers wanting to know more about our countrys long-ago past.
Lar Hothem is a collector of Native American artifacts for more than 40 years. Hes published more than 20 books and hundreds of magazine articles on Indian artifacts.
-200 new photos.
-16-page color gallery.
-Focus on prehistoric Indian knives.
Customer Reviews:
A great artifact information source.......2000-03-30
I found this book to be a great source of information on arrowheads and knives. His hypothesis on the difference between arrowheads and knives makes sense.Filled with great photos. I would reccomend this book to the novice and experienced collector alike. Many photos you won't see in the Overstreet guide and other publications.
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The Quilter's Guide to Rotary Cutting (Contemporary Quilting)
Donna Poster
Manufacturer: Chilton Book Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0801981301 |
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Rotary cutting for very traditional quilts.......2000-06-19
I accidentally picked up both the first and this newly revised edition at the library and found the revised edition very like the first. There are some new shapes and quilts but the techniques remain the same. The author does introduce the concept of speedily cutting out pieces for quilting but does so with line drawings only. Considering that her method often involves the use of tape to outline the shapes to be cut, I think at least one photograph would've been beneficial in illustrating this method. Obviously it MUST be good since this is the second edition but I was unfortunately unimpressed by it. The 20 quilts - rated from beginner to advanced - are also average, not too exciting. The Piney Woods quilt, rated "beginner" doesn't have adequate instruction on how to piece the tree trunk piece for speed cutting. and I assume the blocks requiring applique, inset piecing and partial seaming are for instruction in those methods but, again, a photograph would've served well in these instances. The author states that hand sewing certain pieces, like the hexagon, by learning to eyeball the seam allowance is easier than inset piecing on the machine but even after re-reading the paragraph, I still didn't quite get it. I wonder at some of these selections for beginners working alone. Overall, I think a Leisure Arts book on scrap quilting would be a better introduction to speed cutting and/or piecing, even without the rating system or lengthy introduction.
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Interiors in Color: An Inspirational Guidebook For Color at Home
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
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Interiors in Color: An Inspirational Guidebook for Color at Home
Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
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ASIN: 157145683X |
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This book is a lavish, beautiful guide to putting the magic of color to work. Whether setting a mood, hiding or highlighting architecture, or transforming dull rooms and drab hallways, Interiors in Color will teach readers how to use color to add depth, light, and excitement to any area of the home. With more than two hundred room ideas and palettes, this book offers a tour of a variety of lovely room styles brought to life in full, vibrant color through lush photographs and images. Through rich hues that envelop walls and ceiling, the light touch of pastels and icy pales, or designs infused with jewel tones and dramatic contrasts, this special book will help readers use and master color in a room like the best professional designers.
Customer Reviews:
Not inspiring.......2002-12-18
I love books on color in interior decoration, but I was disappointed in this one. Despite being published in 2001, the pictures look outdated. The interior decoration style represented in this book is 1980's decor at its worst. It is mostly overdone floral chintz and blindingly bad color combinations. Even the "Modern-style" pictures look outdated.
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There are too many other better books on color to waste your money on this one.
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Color in Your Home by T. Evelegh
This is a great book for beginners. It has one of the best primers on color using easy to understand language and with many examples. Instead of being sectioned by color, it is sectioned off into neutrals, pastels, the mid-tones, the brights, and the deep tones. The photos are beautiful. The style is modern country and/or feminine (but not overdone) color schemes.
Color Your Home Beautiful: Ideas and Solutions
It has beautiful photos, a variety of well-chosen color combinations in a variety of styles, dozens of color swatches, useful tips, and quotes from designers. The only style that is not well-represented is minimalism/modern.
Color Design File by Geddes-Brown
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She does a great job of covering the basics of color, and there are beautiful photos. I like the fact that there are pockets for swatches and magazine inspirations. Her personality shows through in her writing. This book shows only Loft style.
Think Color by Tricia Guild
This book is better for inspiration than specific tips on how to use color. It shows a very bold, but tasteful, use of color and color combinations.
Book Description
Packed with full-color artwork, production sketches, mecha and weapon designs, exclusive interviews with key staff and more, Full Metal Panic! The Anime Mission is a voyage deep into the creation of the Full Metal Panic! anime.
Customer Reviews:
A fun read.......2007-05-12
This book is a great read for any fan of the series.
Great buy!.......2006-01-31
I purchased this book for my boyfriend for christmas and I've kind of stolen it back (we live together so it's not a big deal lol). This is my favorite anime of all times. I love the story, I love the characters, and I especially love Sousuke and Kaname together. Even my boyfriend who "doesn't like anime" loves this series and wants to cosplay from it! *omgshock* I reccomend EVERYTHING that has to do with this series!
FMP! Everybody Panic!.......2004-04-14
Full Metal Panic is an awesome show. I'm a girl and I think that the show is for both guys and girls personally. This book has stuff that goes on in the anime within it. A perfect item for your FMP collection.
Nice book!.......2004-03-03
I just got the book today, so I haven't looked at it in great detail... but the overall impression is great. Too bad that only about the first 1/3 of this book is in color...
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