Ornamental Turning: A Work of Practical Instruction in the Above Art ; With Numerous Engravings and Autotype Plates

Ornamental Turning: A Work of Practical Instruction in the Above Art ; With Numerous Engravings and Autotype Plates
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Ornamental Turning: A Work of Practical Instruction in the Above Art ; With Numerous Engravings and Autotype Plates
John H. Evans
Manufacturer: Astragal Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1879335352

Book Description

Evans, like his contemporaries, the Holtzapffels, was a manufacturer of high quality lathes; but he was also an accomplished turner and, for 33 years, the author of many articles for English Mechanic, a leading journal of the time. His broad combination of engineering and practical experience, along with his literary skills, makes Ornamental Turning one of the most useful books in the field. Clearly written and richly illustrated, with over 190 detailed line drawings and 19 plates, it provides a complete coverage of the subject. Included is information available nowhere else: a chapter on DawsonUs geometric slide rest, details on the design of many types of apparatus, and a brief chapter on electrotyping. This is a complete reprint of the original 1886 edition. 344 pages. 192 line drawings, 19 half tones. 51/2" x 81/2". Soft cover.

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not so good detective book
Light reading
Delighted to find this wonderful author.
Won't win the Pulitzer Prize but it's a great cozy mystery
Read it for the pleasure of the Welsh culture

Evans Above (A Constable Evans Mystery)
Rhys Bowen
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Evan Only Knows (Constable Evans Mysteries)
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ASIN: 0312168284

Book Description

First title in a new mystery series set in North Wales, introducing amateur sleuth but professional village policeman Evan Evans.

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not so good detective book.......2007-08-09

Because I liked the first book in the Murphy series by the same author, I tried this series - didn't even make it through the first ook - too much swearing.

Light reading.......2006-11-17

This is the first in a series of murder mysteries written by Rhys Bowen. Constable Evans is a policeman living and working in North Wales. The author knows this part of the world very well, and writes in the style of Agatha Christie. This book served me very well as light reading while travelling. Rhys Bowen has also written another series of murder mysteries with an Irish heroine by name of Molly Murphy. Both of these series are very well worth while.

Delighted to find this wonderful author........2006-05-28

Rhys Bowen is a new author for me and I am delighted to have discovered this series of mysteries. I enjoyed Evans Above for many reasons. The mystery is actually a good mystery. All the clues are given and discernible (if you read carefully) so all the action takes place in a very logical progression. The characters are very likeable and read like real people. The location descriptions are clear and recognizable even to those of us who live here in the "flatlands". I liked Evan Evans. He was not a bumbling, stumbling idiot but neither was he a self promoting intellectual who always knew what the clues meant but had to keep the meaning hidden until the last moment so that he got all the credit.

A pleasant, enjoyable read that captured my interest immediately and held me in suspense so that I really wanted to know what was going to happen. I enjoyed it so much I was not even tempted to flip to the end to solve the mystery, I wanted it to unfold just as this talented author wrote it.

Won't win the Pulitzer Prize but it's a great cozy mystery.......2004-06-27

This is the first in the series and my first by this author, but I was not disappointed. It took 25 pages or so to get into the book, but after that, I kept wanting to get back to it.

The Welsh setting (in a village by Mount Snowden) figures large in this book. Constable Evan Evans (how much more Welsh a name can you get?) is a Welshman (Welsh is his first language, English his second) who (even though he was on track to be an inspector) has taken a humble position as the village constable after his father's tragic death. It's a good thing, because two bodies appear, apparently the victims of climbing accidents -- but Evans doesn't think so. The powers that be have a very low opinion of village constables and dismiss him and his theories, but he keeps plugging away. In the meantime, there's this child-killer on the loose that everyone is looking for.

The mystery is full of the village types (including a Major who runs the Swiss chalet style inn and the two ministers' wives whose husbands pastor the two adjacent chapels in this village). Evans spends much of his time dodging single woman (or the grandmothers of single women) who regard him as a catch.

Evans is likeable and the plot of the mystery was flawless -- kept me guessing until the very end. I look forward to reading more in this series.

Read it for the pleasure of the Welsh culture.......2003-06-27

The first installment in the Constable Evans series of Welsh mysteries introduces us to the quiet village of Llanfair, at the foot of mount Snowdon in Northern Wales. With its slate blue cottages and warm townsfolk, it is the last place on earth for murder. Or is it? Faster than you can say "bore da" (the Welsh "hello"), Constable Evan Evans - "You can't get more Welsh than that, can you?" (Page 213) - is whisked away from his weekly sermon at church when the terrible deaths of two apparent climbers take place at the famous mountain, quite furtively. An investigation immediately opens but Constable Evans doesn't get much help. He has to deal with some eccentric superiors who would not accept his hunches about the two deaths being connected, even though they happened in two different spots at Mount Snowdon.

Poor Evans doesn't have it easier on his personal turf either. Two local women are on his track: one exuberant barmaid and a demure school teacher who are at each other's throats over him, a landlady who overfeeds him Welsh delicacies, and the local minister's wife, who expects him to be at her beck-and-call for everything from tomato theft to flowerbed trampling.

This is a complex mystery that starts off with two murders, but it develops into an engaging puzzle of disappearances, child crimes, robbery, etc.; where Constable Evans always tries to find "a connection". As the book progresses, this becomes his mantra, as the confusion increases and the so called connection seems most elusive, but it's always lurking in the background, until it eventually turns up.

I didn't find the denouement all that fair to the reader. As a matter of fact, it is impossible to discover whodunit on the book's evidence alone because a vital piece of information is missing until, all of a sudden, we're confronted with the murderer. Withholding information in a mystery is a serious crime (get it?). The evidence, the clues, must all be well hidden and sometimes even presented deceptively; but they must always be there, and the reader must be able to sense them. This is not so in "Evans Above". Luckily, however, this country cozy is entertaining enough, when at the same time reflects the fierce nationalism that makes this part of the UK stand as a land on its own. The local customs and the spirit of the people come through, giving the book its true value. As it says in the prologue, one doesn't think of Wales as a foreign country, but in fact it is. It is one of those places I'd like to visit some day, and, thanks to books like this one, I know I'll keep it in my heart.

Above the night: [Poems]
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Above the night: [Poems]
Henry Oliver Evans
Manufacturer: B. Humphries
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Rhys Bowen 3 Hardcover Set: Evans Above, Evan Help Us, Evanly Choirs (Constable Evans Mysteries, 1 thru 3)
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Rhys Bowen 3 Hardcover Set: Evans Above, Evan Help Us, Evanly Choirs (Constable Evans Mysteries, 1 thru 3)
Rhys Bowen
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VUQPTY

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Set of 3 hardcover by Rhys Bowen in the Constable Evans Mystery series. Evans Above, Evan Help Us, Evanly Choirs.

Ornamental turning;: A work of practical instruction in the above art

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Ornamental turning;: A work of practical instruction in the above art
J. H Evans
Manufacturer: D. McKay
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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The case of Evans v. Rowe: In the exchequer chamber in which tithes were decreed to be paid for oak timber of above eighty years' growth, with observations

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The case of Evans v. Rowe: In the exchequer chamber in which tithes were decreed to be paid for oak timber of above eighty years' growth, with observations
William Eagle
Manufacturer: S. Sweet
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Federal land bank bonds: Opinion of former Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes confirming validity of the above bonds and their exemption from taxation

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Federal land bank bonds: Opinion of former Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes confirming validity of the above bonds and their exemption from taxation
Charles Evans Hughes
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The Nelson Sword v. Lord Denman's law, or, What is libel?: Being illustrations of the summing-up of the judge, the shrewdness of counsel, The triumph of ... ... T.A. Evans, plaintiff in the above case

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The Nelson Sword v. Lord Denman's law, or, What is libel?: Being illustrations of the summing-up of the judge, the shrewdness of counsel, The triumph of ... ... T.A. Evans, plaintiff in the above case
T. A Evans
Manufacturer: T.A. Evans
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Righteousness before God;: A sermon, delivered in the Baptist Meeting House, Society Hill, at the funeral of the late Mrs. C. Evans and Mrs. R. Holloway. ... M'Iver, mother of the above named ladies

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Righteousness before God;: A sermon, delivered in the Baptist Meeting House, Society Hill, at the funeral of the late Mrs. C. Evans and Mrs. R. Holloway. ... M'Iver, mother of the above named ladies
William Dossey
Manufacturer: Chatham Press
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The Throne of Scone (Keltiad)
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Fantastic !!

A Satisfying Ending

This Whole Series Rocks!

The Throne of Scone
The Throne of Scone (Keltiad)
Patricia Kennealy
Manufacturer: Roc
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Binding: Paperback

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Fantastic !!.......2006-06-11

I just loved this book ... and all the books in The Keltiad series. PKM is a very talented writer - this story is just so creative, the description of Keltia and all the worlds is so clear, and the characters are so well defined you feel you almost know them. The storyline is quite complex yet so effortlessly comes together and I loved the rituals and blend of magic/futuristic elements giving a fantastic story and ending.

This story can appeal not just to sci-fi readers - anyone who loves a great adventure story would love it.

Please PKM ... continue writing more books in the series. It's just great.

A Satisfying Ending.......2002-02-28

The mythic quest - in space this time. Following the clues written by Keltia's greatest Bard, Aeron goes off to gain the tools and knowledge needed to reclaim the Keltic throneworld - and gains allies and an empire in the process.

This Whole Series Rocks!.......2001-08-07

Loved it! This book proves what many readers know but seldom see; a book CAN have complex characters and plot; one doesn't have to be sacrificed for the other. Plus detailed cultures, and lots of action. You get a real FEEL for the places and the people. Character and location names were a bit difficult, but don't let that faze you; read it!

The Throne of Scone.......2000-09-08

I thought this was a great follow up to the previous book, the copper crown. Aeron's journey ties this trilogy and the tales of Arthur trilogy together while advancing the story. I can't wait for the next Aeron book.

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another winner from PKM
Interesting despite itself
Keeps you glued to the page
An excellent conclusion to the trilogy about Aeron

The Throne of Scone (Keltiad)
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Manufacturer: Roc
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Binding: Paperback

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another winner from PKM.......2002-02-07

The Throne of Scone is the conclusion to the series of Aeron Keltaid books and proves its ending is as entrancing as the beginning. The whole trilogy should be read, though you could still just read this and have an enjoyable read. It's awesome and per usual with PKM you have brilliant characters and luscious descriptions of the settings (makes you want to move to keltia). This book also makes you wish Aerons saga could just go on and on --it's that good! Well worth the trouble to get yourself a copy.

Interesting despite itself.......2001-05-13

I know I had read and enjoyed this (and its antecedent "The Copper Crown") before, so I read both again. Memory is not perfect, though. Though the conceit itself is interesting (Celts in Space!), and though this book is better-written than "The Copper Crown," Kennealy-Morrison is completely at a loss when it comes to describing action, location, a character's appearance (beyond the most superficial descriptions), or much of anything else. The faint whiff of racism doesn't help, either. These books are simply badly written, and much less appealing now that I'm now longer so starry-eyed about "the magickal Celts" as I once was. O.K. for a lark, but I'd check 'em out from the library rather than buy them.

Keeps you glued to the page.......2000-05-12

The Throne of Scone is an excellent conclusion to The Copper Crown, keeping you glued to the pages as you read. I would suggest that it's better to read the Silver Branch as the last of the three, even though chronologically it takes place earlier; I believe the author wrote it after Copper Crown and Throne of Scone, and you understand the detail more when you know more about Aeron's future.

An excellent conclusion to the trilogy about Aeron.......1998-09-14

An excellent conclusion to the "Aeron" series. The main protagonists are joined by a supporting cast of very interesting characters. The story provides an interesting answer to the age-old question of Arthur's fate, whether posed on Earth or Keltia. Good must triumph and evil fail, but it takes the class of a writer like kennealy to make the old story worth reading again...& again...& again. Buy it.

The Throne of Scone the Second Novel of the Keltiad

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The Throne of Scone the Second Novel of the Keltiad
PATRICIA KENNEALY
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The Throne of Scone: A Novel of the Keltiad

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The Throne of Scone: A Novel of the Keltiad
Patricia Kennealy
Manufacturer: Bluejay
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OU1CZS

THE TALES OF AERON SEQUENCE - Book (1) One: The Copper Crown; Book (2) Two: The Throne of Scone; Book (3) Three: The Silver Branch - The Keltiad

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THE TALES OF AERON SEQUENCE - Book (1) One: The Copper Crown; Book (2) Two: The Throne of Scone; Book (3) Three: The Silver Branch - The Keltiad
Patricia (Kennealy-Morrison) Kennealy
Manufacturer: Signet Books - Roc Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NRVDV0

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Throne of Scone
Rh Value Publishing
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0517677210
Release Date: 1988-10-24

The Throne of Scone - the Second Book of the Keltiad

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The Throne of Scone - the Second Book of the Keltiad

Manufacturer: Bluejay Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HKBKIE

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Meet an interplanetary rabbi whom must destroy a leavened monster by Passover...A dybbuk who wishes he was dead....A fetus who fights his Guardian Angel...Fantasy and science fiction stories that bend the limits of the imagination.

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More fantasy than SF, but good for some laughs at Purim time.......2005-02-03

Euwell Gibbons once said of the Jerusalem artichoke: "It's not an artichoke and it's not from Jerusalem, but otherwise it is well-named." We could say the same for this anthology. Most of these stories are not SF, they are fantasy tales based on themes from Jewish mysticism. (I am using as my criteria the usual expectation that science fiction has some element of SCIENCE in it.)

"My Clone and I" would qualify as SF. So would "The Night of the Leavened Bread" which, although it is about a golem, also features Baruch Rogers, Space Rabbi. The rest are about kabbalah magic, demons, dybbuks, golems, and angels. (This seems to be a problem with Jewish SF in general. Jack Dann's "Wandering Stars" anthologies also contain more fantasy stories than SF. I look forward to the day when Jewish characters can pilot spaceships and build robots without being plagued by hackneyed dybbuks and golems. )

Next question: are these really stories for children? Well.... They are definitely stories ABOUT children, in that the main characters are kids. But they strike me more as high-school level parodies, patterned on the Yiddish stetl tales of Sholem Aleichem. "A Dybbuk in North Tonawanda" even retains Aleichem's dialect style. It could just as easily be taking place in Kasrilevke as in the USA. However, this style requires a familiarity with Yiddish (or at least Yinglish) to get a lot of the humor.

To get the jokes in "The Night of the Leavened Bread," you need to recognize things like "221B Bakery Street" as a play on Sherlock Holmes' address. Ditto for some "yeshivish" themes and puns that would go over the heads of the average kid outside the Orthodox Jewish community. (For that matter, "Baruch Rogers," a take-off on Buck Rogers, is more a joke for the over-50 grandparents who might be reading this out loud.)

"Lip Service" is a piece of in-group theological humor that is more like hermeneutics than a story. It tells of a fetus that did not forget all the Torah it had learned in the womb at the moment of birth (like it was supposed to do) retained an imperfect understanding and "caused a lot of trouble for the Jewish people" by making up its own religion 2000 years ago. (Yes, it's probably a reference to Jesus, but all is fair in parody and satire.)

Now, having done all this nitpicking, I can still say I liked the book. Once you get past the misleading cover title, there is quite a bit of good Purim Torah here. It's creative, it's funny -- it's just not science fiction.

Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child's Restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes
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A book for all ages...a jewel in my collection.

Read this early on the weekend so you can cook later!!

Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child's Restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes
Alice L. Waters
Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, is the brainchild of renowned chef Alice Waters. Fanny is Alice Waters's daughter and Fanny at Chez Panisse is a collection of 46 recipes that are simple, delicious, and fun to make. The first third of the book tells the story of Fanny's adventures at Chez Panisse and introduces many of the people who work and dine there. There is Bumps, a family friend who lives on a boat and makes special bread; Carrie, the florist who supplies Chez Panisse with its bouquets; and Jean, a customer who prefers to eat in the kitchen rather than the restaurant because "That's where the food and my favorite people are." Through Fanny's eyes, the reader glimpses the inner workings of a quirky, wonderful restaurant and the people who run it. (Fanny says she's not sure who runs Chez Panisse--"I think Chez Panisse runs Chez Panisse.")

The rest of the book is taken up with Fanny's favorite recipes divided into sections such as "Carrots, Cucumbers, and Bell Peppers," "Corn," "Garlic," "Fruit," and more. Recipes range from raita to Peach Crisp and Roast Chicken with Herbs, and are easy to follow with some adult supervision. Though Fanny at Chez Panisse is primarily aimed at children, the recipes in it are delicious enough for adults to enjoy as well. And remember, the family that cooks together has a really great meal to show for all that togetherness!

Book Description

Chez Panisse is a restaurant in Berkeley, California, run by Alice Waters and her large group of friends. Her daughter Fanny's stories of this busy place are a friendly and funny introduction to the delights of real restaurant life, and her recipes show how easy and inexpensive it is to make good food with basic ingredients and simple techniques.

Opening up the magic world of cooking to children, Alice Waters describes, in the words of seven-year-old Fanny, the path food travels from the garden to the kitchen to the table. Teaching kids where food really comes from not just from the market but from farms and people who care about the earth, Fanny at Chez Panisse has lessons on the importance of eating with your hands, of garlic and of composting and recycling. It is also a delightful beginner's cookbook with 46 recipes that will tempt children into the desire to cook and eat with whole hearts, alert minds and all the senses. From banana milkshakes and green apple sherbet to cherry tomato pasta and black beans and sour cream, as well as spaghetti and meatballs, french fries and pizza, there is something here for every child to prepare and enjoy.

Customer Reviews:

A book for all ages...a jewel in my collection........2002-03-31

This book is written as Fanny telling about her life with her mom, the fantastic chef Alice Waters(she wrote the book). MyDaughters & I share in our love of this book, to read it...enjoying the pictures which are wonderful to the eye. then the bits on cooking and the pleasure of food & preparing it along with flavor is shared in such a great way. Allow yourself to sit down and get lost in the spirit of this book.

Read this early on the weekend so you can cook later!!.......1997-11-09

Alice writes in the voice of her daughter about her daughter's favorite recipes and adventures at the restaurant. Wonderful reading and DELICIOUS recipes. At first looks a little like a children's book, but great for adults!

Fanny At Chez Panisse, a Child's restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes, (Stories & Recipes from Daughter of the Cafe's owner)

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Fanny At Chez Panisse, a Child's restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes, (Stories & Recipes from Daughter of the Cafe's owner)
Alice et. Al. Waters
Manufacturer: Harper Collins
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ASIN: B000NDH6YW

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Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child's Restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes
Alice Waters
Manufacturer: Morrow Cookbooks
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Binding: Paperback
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The Healing Touch for Cats: The Proven Massage Program for Cats, Revised Edition
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The Healing Touch for Cats: The Proven Massage Program for Cats, Revised Edition
Michael W. Fox
Manufacturer: Newmarket Press
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Binding: Paperback

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The landmark The Healing Touch: The Proven Massage Program, now updated and revised.

Distinguished veterinarian and animal psychologist Dr. Michael W. Fox shares his pioneering 6-step massage technique through detailed illustrations, photos, and easy-to-read instructions, and provides information on how to understand your cat's anatomy, develop a massage routine, use massage to diagnose illness, and integrate it as part of overall care for your cat.

This proven massage program for cats helps affirm the human-animal bond by providing instruction on why cats need massage, how to understand your cat's body language, how to give a diagnostic or therapeutic massage, and how to keep your cat healthy. 40 b/w photos, resources, index.

Customer Reviews:

Forget about it........2007-04-07

I really expected more. I was disappointed that the pictures were in black and white, items were really old or fairly new looking. The subject is so deep, I feel the author just skimed the surface.

Is that it?.......2000-04-15

As a collector of religious items, I was eager to find a book dealing with them. Then I opened this book. It was useless. It appeared to be nothing more than a personal collection display in drab black and white photos with no worthwile information on condition, value, and so on. Religious collecting is often overlooked and needs a good price guide...this one just isn't it!

This collector's book is a $20 drink coaster........1999-10-26

I've collected rosary beads for years; it is the most commonly asked-for religious collectible in antique stores, as well as holy water fonts & bottles, religious medals/jewelry & church interior items--none of which are properly addressed in this travesty of a collector's book.

About Time!!.......1999-09-05

Its about time we religious art collectors get a book on collectibles. I was disappointed it was in black and white, but it was GREAT to finally see such a book exist.

Very disappointing!.......1999-07-07

This book contains NO useful information, offers only grainy black & white photos. The information with each photo is nothing more than a description of the color of each item, very little info on the ages of the pieces. Nothing that would help you identify, date or value a piece.

Book Description

More bendy toys! Dark Horse is busy at work on more bendable characters from Matt Groening's Futurama (to accompany our smashing Bender bendable!). Leela, an attractive humanoid cyclops with purple hair, is also a star of the show as captain of a Planet Express ship. Leela comes packaged with a gun accessory, which fits into her hand. Each comes packaged on a printed blister card.

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This book restores a little-known advocate of Indian rights to her place in history. In June 1889, a widowed Brooklyn artist named Catherine Weldon traveled to the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory to help Sitting Bull hold onto land that the government was trying to wrest from his people. Since the Sioux chieftain could neither read nor write English, he welcomed the white woman's offer to act as his secretary and lobbyist. Her efforts were counterproductive; she was ordered to leave the reservation, and the Standing Rock Sioux were bullied into signing away their land. But she returned with her teen-age son, settling at Sitting Bull's camp on the Grand River. In recognition of her unusual qualities, Sitting Bull's people called her Toka heya mani win, Woman Walking Ahead.

Predictably, the press vilified Weldon, calling her “Sitting Bull's white squaw” and accusing her of inciting Sitting Bull to join the Ghost Dance religion then sweeping the West. In fact, Weldon opposed the movement, arguing that the army would use the Ghost dance as an excuse to jail or kill Sitting Bull. Unfortunately she was right.

Up to now, history has distorted and largely overlooked Weldon's story. In retracing Weldon's steps, Eileen Pollack recovers her life and compares her world to our own. Weldon's moving struggle is a classic example of the misunderstandings that can occur when a white woman attempts to build friendships across cultural lines and assist the members of an oppressed minority fighting for their rights.

“A wonderful poignance, a bittersweetness, the haunting loneliness of the plains hangs over this `search' . . . a fascinating project.”--Peter Nabokov

“A fascinating story, well told and engaging. It will be eagerly embraced in the area of women's studies and will find interested readers in history and anthropology, as well as a large general audience.”-Raymond DeMallie

An exploration of the life and times of a white woman who became Sitting Bull's advocate and friend, living on the reservation with the chief and his family during the final year of his life.

Customer Reviews:

A brilliant and courageous book.......2002-10-11

This beautiful work reminds me of one of my favorite books of all time, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. Like Anne Fadiman, Eileen Pollack has an amazing sense of structure and of the important, risky, daring questions to ask. She confronts what others might shy away from, and she makes sense of it all for us. I loved learning about the brave and almost-forgotten Catherine Weldon.

Some of the key questions raised for me by this book are: what does it mean to be an insider, or an outsider, in a particular group or in a country? Does the outsider have any possibility of understanding/aiding/participating in another culture? How do we help or harm each other? Which tragedies are preventable, and which inevitable, and why? Pollack seems to show the same courage and dedication as her subject -- Sitting Bull's great-great-granddaughter invited her to participate in ceremonies not usually open to outsiders. Her trust is well repaid by this remarkable book.

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