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"Deborah Crombie might be the most British of American mystery novelists," said an astute reviewer in reference to Mourn Not Your Dead, the fourth book in her excellent series about Duncan Kincaid, an inoffensively upper-class Scotland Yard superintendent, and Sergeant Gemma James, his rougher-edged partner and lover. In addition to her finely tuned ear for the subtler nuances of Britspeak, Crombie--a resident of Richardson, Texas--achieves a rare and therefore enviable balance between the details of her characters' private lives and the plot of each particular book. That delicate balance is especially welcome in Dreaming of the Bones, when Kincaid's former wife, Dr. Victoria McClellan, threatens his personal and professional equanimity. A Cambridge don, Vic has been writing a biography of poet Lydia Brooke, who claimed kinship to the distinguished World War I bard Rupert Brooke, and whose suicide five years before is now beginning to appear suspiciously like murder.
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After twelve years, the last person Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid expects to hear from is his ex-wife Victoria. But this is no social call. In her biographical research on troubled poet Lydia Brooke, Vic's uncovered reasons to believe Lydia's death five years ago was
not suicide.
Much to Kincaid's surprise--and the unease of his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James--he finds he can't refuse Vic's request to look into the long-closed case. The police report raises questions, but not enough to reopen the investigation--until a second death occurs, this one clearly murder.
Now Duncan and Gemma must sift through a tangle of relationships, secrets, and lies to find not just a killer, but a secret which will change their own lives forever.
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A bit uncredible........2007-05-21
After reading Leave the Grave Green as an audiobook and enjoying it thoroughly, I was tempted to read more Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James mysteries. I picked out Dreaming of the Bones. While Deborah Crombie is a skillful writer, and there were many things in the story I enjoyed, there were a number of plot elements that I found uncredible that detracted from this sequel. I did not find a credible motive for the main murder nor the accidental murder years earlier that started the chain of deceit. It just didn't work for me that the whole group of kids would have hidden a foolish crime or an accident the way they did. To have a successful mystery you have to have a believable premise that delivers at the end, and this one didn't.
A powerful tale of love and loss.......2006-02-28
Reading this book was an emotionally draining experience-the kind that always comes after reading a thrilling literary novel. Many of the characters in this book feel loss in one sense or another, but it's the way Crombie conveys this that make the book so potent. With magnificent characters and startling plot twists, this elaborate whodunit keeps you guessing up until the end. Even though I was disappointed by the identity of the killer, the book was still worth it. Superintendent Duncan Kincaid gets an unexpected call from his ex-wife, who is writing a biography of ill-fated poet. Asked to look into the poet's suicide, Duncan finds some inconsistencies but the police refuse to reopen the case. Suddenly his ex-wife is murdered; poisoned just like the poet. Now Duncan and his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James, must find out who murdered the poet in order to expose his ex-wife's killer.
Got to Love It.......2005-10-15
I love Deborah Crombie's work and this is one of her best.
Gripping story.......2005-08-22
I have recently found this series and find it quite a joy to read. What keeps me coming back is the way Ms. Crombie develops the relationship between Kincaid and James. Their relationship is not free of stumbling blocks and this adds to the realism of the story. This novel, in particular, does a wonderful job of introducing the reader to Kincaid's ex-wife, Vic. The mystery which evolves is compelling in its own right, but what I enjoyed the most was the way Kincaid and James are changed by the outcome. A quick read.
Not up there with Elizabeth George..........2005-05-24
I read this book after hearing comparisons to Elizabeth George and that it had won an Edgar Award. I was somewhat disappointed. I didn't think the plot was very engaging (I had no trouble putting the book down) and I never really developed an affinity for the main characters Kincaid and Gemma. I never felt the book read as a true Enlish mystery. It felt more like the author had plugged in some British slang, some facts from a Cambridge travel guide, and had the characters drinking tea every other page. There was no shortage of possible culprits and the ending was a surprise. Maybe going into it expecting it to be as good as an Elizabeth George ruined it for me.
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The Dreaming of the Bones and Calvary: Manuscript Materials (Cornell Yeats)
W. B. Yeats
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The second and last of a series of four adaptations from the Japanese Noh theater, "The Dreaming of the Bones" and "Calvary" were paired in their first printing together in Four Plays for Dancers. In writing these one-act plays, Yeats worked through for himself the psychology of betrayal and its consequences for humanity. This book reproduces the complete set of extant manuscripts that preceded publication of both plays. In addition to a perceptive introductory essay, the book includes several appendixes of Yeats's notes and commentaries on the plays from their preparation in 1921 onward.
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i liked it.......2002-07-15
Well, I do NOT play the rpgs, sorry so I can't tell you how this relates to that, but from an outsider's pov this was an interesting foray into another magical world. I don't think one should read this by it's self, rather read this in one sitting with the other two books.
Mildly disappointing........2000-06-23
The first book of the trilogy of which this book is the second, "The Toybox", did a very good job of being a self-contained story, rather than obviously the first third of a trilogy. So I had hopes that this book would not suffer from "middle-book-itis", as so many second books (or movies) do. Even Tolkein failed in this regard; none of the books of his trilogy can stand alone. In the "Star Wars" movie trilogy (not counting the most recent prequel) the second movie, "The Empire Strikes Back" suffers from this fault. And this book, too, cannot stand on its own.
Still, while it refers back to the events of the first book quite a bit, and doesn't really have a satisfying ending of its own, it does do a better job of at least ending at a reasonably plausible break-point than many middle books of trilogies do, and the writing is still enjoyable (if not quite as much so as in the first book) and the characters are as compelling as ever. Obviously, if you've read the first book and enjoyed it, you should continue with this one. But be forewarned; you won't find an ending here; one could plausibly have read just the first book, stopped there, and not felt cheated. One cannot do that with this book; it will be necessary to continue to the third book of the series.
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Hawaii and Menehune.......2001-02-03
for Changeling: the Dreaming. The 2nd in the Immortal Eyes trilogy (preceded by The Toybox, followed by Court of All Kings), Shadows on the Hill covers the chimerical Hawaii setting, and includes the story material for the second part of the Immortal Eyes chronicle. it also introduces the Menehune, the islands' native fae.
the biggest problem with this book is that it spends too many pages detailing characters, pages that could have been better spent giving more detail to the various Menehune Callings (the four divisions of the Hawaiian fae) and their culture. the focus of the book is on the European Kith, and treats the native fae as a sidenote.
the setting material is good, and open-ended enough to set Chronicles in Hawaii entirely for many years, though a good bibliography would have help fill in the holes.
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Every child has the potential to reach his or her personal goals, and will benefit from this collection of stories from "tweens" who have achieved success in different aspects of their lives. According to the twenty-two kids that were interviewed, keys to success include finding a good role model, being a loyal friend, and not being afraid to try new things -- realistic advice and strategies that will motivate young readers in their own endeavors. The New Edition of 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids contains the interviews which appeared in the 2001 edition, along with updates on where some of those kids are now. Find out if their "secrets" have helped them in the long run, or if their blueprints for success have changed over the past five years. The book also features several new interviews with motivated tweens, sure to inspire kids and the adults that care about them! Themes include overcoming obstacles, problem solving, confidence, and peer pressure.
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An excellent inspirational and motivational book.......2007-01-06
Now in a new edition featuring updates concerning where the kids interviewed in the first edition are now and what they're doing, 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids is a compilation of true stories about successful tweens, each with a personal strategy for achieving his or her goals. From a skateboarder to an actor, a drummer, a ballet dancer, a magician, and much more, each young person describes largely in his or her own words the challenge of honing personal skills, as well as the rewards of achieving progress towards one's dream. An excellent inspirational and motivational book, especially recommended for grade school library collections.
Colourful book on national anthem brings history to life.......2005-02-17
This year, 2005, marks the 125th birthday of our national anthem. What most people don't know is that it started out as a French-only song written to celebrate a holiday in Quebec, long, long ago, and grew slowly, like our nation. This book tells the story of that long journey.
Picture a palacial ballroom in Quebec City on the night of St. Jean Baptiste day, June 24, 1880. Five hundred guests are on hand for a banquet -- the crowning event of an international celebration of the French in North America. The Governor-General is here, along with Quebec's Lieutenant-Governor and the Honourable Wilfrid Laurier, plus senators, judges, mayors and delegates from across Canada and New England. They sit at six long tables laden with delicacies: salmon, turkey, capon, roast beef and lobster salad. For dessert are ices, creams and pies of strawberry, peach, raspberry, rhubarb and plum. What a party! All that's needed is a song. And the organizers have just the thing: a tune freshly-penned by one of Quebec's most renouned composers: Calixa Lavallée.
Lavallée hailed from St.-Hyacinthe, Que., and his resumé shows that nothing ever changes: He had to go south to succeed. Lavallée enlisted as a musician in the Union army in the U.S. Civil War, emerging wounded and honourably discharged. He then found fame writing operas in New York, Boston, Paris and London. Returning to Quebec in 1880, Lavallée found his compatriots buzzing with plans for celebration. The habitants had heeded the Catholic Church's plea to make babies, and the French felt powerful and proud. Party planners asked Lavallée for some music. The words came from another son of Quebec, Mr. Justice Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
After the meal at the Quebec City banquet hall, the band of 100 trumpets struck up, accompanied by a choir. "Electrified by an unstoppable impulse," reported those who were there, the crowd stood and heard for the first time the brand-new song, whose words existed only in French: "O Canada." Over the next 20 years, the song became a hit in Quebec, sung in churches and on all formal occasions; 2,000 schoolchildren sang it to the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), when he visited Quebec in 1901. Then the tune spread east and west -- but with no English words.
People across Canada began to compose their own English lyrics, and by the 1920s, English Canadians sang 200 different versions. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, seeking an official English O Canada for the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927, asked his chief archivist to write Canadian Clubs from coast to coast, asking for "a copy of the text used by your club." The replies, as preserved at the National Library, show that Stratford sang, "O Canada! Beloved country thou; Hope's holy wreath adorning thy young brow," while Toronto sang, "Lord of the lands! Beneath thy bending skies; On field and flood, where'er our banner flies."
Amid this confusion, one version stood out, written in 1908 by yet another son of Quebec, Montreal judge Robert Stanley Weir. Rather than translate the French, Judge Weir captured the spirit: "O Canada! Our home and native land." The federal government chose to publish Weir's song for the 1927 festivities, and it is the song we sing, with minor modifications, today.
The song spread in World War II and by the 1960s won its place as the country's national song. But it was still not official. Finally, in the wake of the 1980 sovereignty referendum, the House of Commons showed a rare common purpose, and on June 27, 1980 voted unanimously to pass the National Anthem Act. Exactly 100 years after its birth, O Canada finally became the nation's official anthem.
Sumptuously illustrated with full-colour collages and photographs, this book is a must-read for every child who belts out O Canada at school in the morning, and wants to know more about where it came from.
Good Insight Into What Makes Kids Succeed as Kids.......2001-10-11
7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids tells the stories of real kids and what makes them successful as kids. It provides good insight into what it takes for kids to be happy and feel a sense of accomplishment using actual stories from about 15 kids, both boys and girls, from Canada and the U.S. Kids can read this to see how other kids have handled situations similar to those they may be facing themselves, whether it's moving or dealing with problems at school or any of numerous other challenges children have to face and overcome. It can inspire kids to bring out the best in themselves.
Surviving and thriving in the pre-teen jungle.......2001-10-05
Imagine you're 11 years old. You are performing a magic show in front of 50 children. You pull out your "magic wallet" out of which you can make flowers appear. Only, they don't appear. What do you do?
In 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids, David Armstrong, a child magician in Toronto, describes how he overcame that challenge. In all, 22 kids from across North America share stories of their success in this book, aimed at kids aged 8-12. Meet a skateboard champ, a pianist, two singers, a drummer, a gymnast, a female hockey player and many more kids.
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- neat little cookbook for those of us who are culinary challenged
- Dude Food: Rcipes for the Modern Guy
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Dude Food: Recipes for the Modern Guy
Gideon Bosker ,
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The Bachelor's Guide: To Ward Off Starvation (The Bachelor's Guide)
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Think the fridge is just a place to stash the six-pack? Best-selling authors Karen Brooks and Gideon Bosker (whose Atomic Cocktails and Patio Daddy-O have sold over 100,000 copies) come to the rescue with Dude Food. Taking any guy from zero to sixty in the kitchen, Dude Food means maximum payoff and big flavors with minimal effort. Impress your boss with You Go, Risotto or woo a date with a Candlelight Caviar Omelet. Keep that Monday night football crowd in-line with Macho Nachos, or just thrill everyone you know with Jammin' Dishwasher Salmon (hold the soap!), Schroom Service, or the irresistible Electric Love Lounge Chocolate Chip Cookies. Dude Food is the essential guide to hip, contemporary, dudeful cooking.
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I stand unimpressed.......2007-07-24
Although this book has an excellent presentation the recipes are not appealing at all, particularly if you are only making dinner for one. There is only one chapter in the book dedicated to this ("The Lone Ranger") with very unappealing dishes. It seems that most of the "better" recipes are geared toward impressing guests rather than satisfying the "lone" college student's hunger.
neat little cookbook for those of us who are culinary challenged.......2006-02-20
This is a cute little book, written in the style of 1960's mod--betty crocker. Written with the bachelor in mind, the recipes are delectable, yet non-challenging. They even have an EASY version of Baked ALaska, who knew that was possible? Makes a great gift for anyone that could use a no nonsense reference guide in the kitchen.....
Dude Food: Rcipes for the Modern Guy.......2005-07-05
Although this recipe book was very nicely laid out, I thought the recipes were a little too complicated and required more ingredients than the normal bachelor would keep in his cabinets. I bought this book for my 21 year old nephew and was hoping for some very basic recipes for a young man on a budget.
Not for the novice!.......2002-12-18
I ordered this book for my baby brother. I enjoy cooking and often entertain. As an experienced cook I could prepare these dishes but even I am put off by anything that requires me to zest three lemons. I've found that my husband is much more daring in the kitchen and he admits some of the recipes would be fun. The book offers witty commentary and the "dudes and don'ts" of entertaining are terrific. If you are looking for wit and special meals for the weekend this book would be fine. For everyday survival, this is not what you want.
Dude Review.......2000-09-28
At first, I was turned off by even receiving this book as a gift. I am 22, green behind the ears, and fresh out of college. Yes, I've had my fill of Ramen and Mac & Cheese, but thought that this book was, well, beneath me. I thought that until I actually made some of the recipes. My dinner companion (girlfriend) was astounded by the food--I'm sure it helped that I made her faves! As soon as she walked in she commented on how great my place smelled. The dinner was fabulous, and made me love Dude Food. Dude Food is the only cookbook I own, granted it is not by any means thourough, but it is a great starter for guys like me. The recipes are simple to follow and every possible pitfall is laid out for you and explained. One of these days, when I stop ordering in, I'm going to try some more recipes.
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A comprehensive guide to the art of falconry including information on training, breeding and how to begin the sport.
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Not for North America.......2007-03-23
It should be noted that this book is geared toward the sport as practiced in Britain. If you are considering Falconry in North America, you should consider other books as the laws vary considerably. I wish this had been noted in the description, as I had to return this book.
An Excellent Introduction to a Wonderful Hobby.......2005-09-02
I have recently taken up falconry, and have found this guide to be an absolute godsend. I now know how to best feed my dear falcon, and even how to nurse him back to health when he is under the weather.
My falcon, Gustavo, is now regularly bringing me freshly killed rabbits.
Falconry is, of course, not for everyone. You need patience, some financial means, open space and a sense of tradition and decorum. For those of us who meet these criteria, it is a noble and rewarding hobby- nay, lifestyle.
The Modern Faconer.......2003-01-01
A comprehensive guide containing all you need to know about falconry - breeding, history, the laws, the schools, displays, equitment, and veterinary care. Walters takes you step-by-step through everything, and manages to keep the information interesting. A definate must read.
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This is one of a collection six coloring books that will take fans into the world of the first live action Harry Potter movie. Each coloring book from this series comes with a special "extra" item and includes a cut-out character on the back.
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Harry Potter Sorting Hat Ceremony coloring book w/ stickers.......2001-11-18
It gives kids something constructive to do in their spare time, instead of playing video games all day long. It also helps kids to develope better creativity skills by having them pick how the finished product will look.
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Vintage coloring book featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Pluto, the Mad hatter, the 3 Little Pigs, Dumbo, Goofy, the Nautilus, a Country Bear, Teddi Berra, and the theme park.
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This is one of a collection six coloring books that will take fans into the world of the first live action Harry Potter movie. Each coloring book from this series comes with a special "extra" item and includes a cut-out character on the back.
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The book.......2003-06-05
It is a good couloring book and has cool pictures and a cool glowing wand!
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EXTREMELY RARE!!!! Saintin Francois Jozan (1797-1867), French painter noted for still lifes, fish and boats. Also a Professor of Drawing and Painting in Paris. Publisher was located at 629 Broadway, New York.
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Collectible Coloring Books
Dian Zillner
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Coloring books are a hot new field just now being discovered by many collectors. This beautiful book includes 500 full color photographs of coloring books published during the last 100 years. A history of coloring books, as well as information on the subjects of each of the books is also included. The fields of special interest covered include: television, movies, personalities, dolls, paper dolls, advertising, comics, cartoons, Disney, and history.
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Rare and hard to find fun activity and coloring book with over 30 stickers.
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Coloring book featuring the characters created by Hugh Lofting as portrayed by Rex Harrison and others in the 1967 film.
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Happy Hours to Color
Whitman Publishing Company
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Vintage coloring book.
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HARRY POTTER COLORING ADVENTURES: LEARNING TO FLY gives children a chance to color in all of their favorite characters and scenes from the HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE live action feature film. With all new art, and packaged with three lightning bolt shaped crayons, the book invites fans into Harry's exciting adventures as they color in one magical scene after another. LEARNING TO FLY is one of six HARRY POTTER COLORING ADVENTURES, each of which comes with a different cutout character on the back cover, encouraging kids to collect them all!
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Good for younger fans.......2005-07-25
Got this for my 5-yr old's b-day...she can't read the book yet but LOVES all the movies, and this is right up her alley! The lightning bolt crayons also got her attention!
Good.......2002-02-02
I think this book is all right but is not enough but if like to color or Haryr Potter buy it!
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The poem that created Santa Claus — color its vivid images in these new illustrations by John O'Brien. Detailed drawings follow poem verse by verse. St. Nick, sugar plums, on Dasher and Dancer!
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This book examines Nancy's contribution to the arts of interior decoration and garden design by chronicling her own homes and gardens. These are Mirador, a Virginian country house, etc.
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Excellent read.......2007-06-27
I truly enjoyed this book. The pictures were excellent quality and representative of the text. For the professional decorator or a person interested in house decoration it is funny and informative. I highly recommend this book.
Nancy Lancaster:English County House Style.......2007-02-09
Book was not what I expected. Book was recommended by a decorator who said Nancy Lancaster was her inspiration so I was expecting more decorating and less biography-like book. It does make an excellent coffee table presentation!!
A classic tale of high style.......2007-01-18
This book is sumptuous and entertaining. Martin Wood weaves a fascinating story of the founder of English County House Style. If you love biography, decorating, and history along with beautiful photographs, renderings, and paintings of exquisitely decorated rooms, this book will fit the bill! A lavish feast for sight and soul.
United States to Great Britain: Shared Style.......2006-08-30
This book takes the reader from the style of America in the early years of the 20th century to the life she created in Britain. Many aspects of style were shared in the two countries, but many are unique to each. It is interesting how Nancy Lancaster blended the two worlds into a grand country style that was appreciated by both. Her childhood home in Virginia was her inspiration throughout her life and helped set the style she was so well known for.
Adrift in the Cozy, Comfortable, Tasteful English Tradition!.......2006-04-10
Martin Wood is an excellent biographer and chronicler of style and in this richly illustrated monograph on Nancy Lancaster he makes use of his own credentials as a garden designer and interior designer to praise the virtues of a lady few of us know.
Nancy Lancaster gained her reputation as a gardener and designer of gardens whose only clear rival has been Gertrude Jekyll. But Martin Wood increases her stature by naming her the creator of the English country house style. His writing style is fluid, humorous, tender and informative, giving all the biographical data about Lancaster's heritage, youth, and life in a manner that makes what seems to be a picture essay become a page-turner novel!
Lancaster devoted herself to recreating the English Country atmosphere, though she was a born and bred American. Her own various homes as well as those of people who engaged her expertise demonstrate how even the most modest dwelling can breed the charm of the English Country house. Her gardens are like dream sequences out of Arthur Rackham and her taste in balancing room space with the gracious furniture and window treatments and light is impeccable. The Book is filled with some very lush photography that takes the time to scrutinize her concepts as well as pleasure the eye over her accomplishments. This is far more than a design book. This is a book about a life and how it extended into creating a personal world of quiet dignity and beauty. Grady Harp, April 06
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Iberia and the Mediterranean World of the Middle Ages: Studies in Honor of Robert I. Burns, S.J. : Proceedings from Kalamazoo (The Medieval Mediterr)
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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Eighteen studies, many based on archival evidence or new methodologies, some proceeding from novel angles, explore the history and culture of Iberia, Italy, and the Mediterranean World in the Middle Ages. The studies were originally presented at the 27th International Congress of Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo in 1992, and have been collected in honor of Robert I. Burns, S.J., the distinguished medievalist and historian of Mediterranean Spain. Most of the studies mirror the honoree's scholarly interests: Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations in medieval Iberia, the economy and society of the Mediterranean World, religious polemic and ecclesiastical history, and medieval personalities and institutions. Ten of the studies concern aspects of cultural symbiosis or inter-religious relations in a pluri-ethnic society; and at least an equal number relate to the literary and social history of the Catalan-speaking lands of Mediterranean Spain.
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Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collections of Modern Illustrated Books
Julie Mellby
Manufacturer: Hudson Hills Press
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This invaluable publication provides fascinating essays on many aspects of artists' books. Includes illustrations more than 100 in full color and includes a comprehensive checklist of every book in the collection.
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Ardently commended to the attention of bibliophiles.......2003-05-22
Splendid Pages: The Molly And Walter Bareiss Collection Of Modern Illustrated Books is a remarkable tribute to the Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, the foundation of the singular and remarkable collection of Book Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art where author Julie Mellby is a curator. Full-color photographs of timeless books along with essays and insights regarding the collection make this a most unique and inspirational artbook showcasing the great books of this impressive collection and their unique illustrations. Splendid Pages is ardently commended to the attention of bibliophiles and academia.
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Splendid Pages: Modern Illustrated Books
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Ka Lei: The Leis of Hawaii
Marie A. McDonald
Manufacturer: Ku Pa'a Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
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A beautiful book.......2000-12-22
Marie McDonald has not only created a book of beauty, but it is useful as well. Her photographs of lei are outstanding, and she takes it to the next level with detailed instructions on how to make many of the lei. I enjoy looking at the beautiful lei and daydreaming of returning home someday to Hawai`i nei.
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