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Watson won the CWA Gold Dagger for Double Dealer, a non-fiction exposé of the black market in stolen art Isobel Sadler is dead broke, and the only thing left that might bring in any money is a stupendously bad painting thats been in her family for generations. Its so ugly she cant imagine it would be worth much . . . until someone tries to steal it. Mystified, she turns for advice to art dealer Michael Whiting, who identifies the painting as a 16th-century treasure map, pointing the way to a cache of priceless religious artifacts that were hidden by monks when Henry VIII was dissolving the monasteries. If he and Isobel can decipher the clues in the painting, Whiting reasons, her money troubles will be history. But if they cant decode the painting quickly, Whiting and Isobel could be history themselves. Even as they struggle to translate the arcane instructions laced with references to everything from the Bible to Botticelli a rival is dogging their trail, and hell stop at nothing, even murder, to get his hands on the medieval gold.
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Very Disappointed!.......2007-04-20
One editor review on the back of Landscape of Lies likens it to the DaVinci Code. This is like comparing weak tea to a cup of espresso! This book has none of the depth or tightly developed characters, twists or plotlines of the DaVinci Code.
The dialog and storyline is forced and contrived. Some of the plot developments are ludicrous in their unbelievability. I heartily concur with the other amazon.com reviewer who referred to the tiresome gimmick of the cigars.
Another very annoying habit the author gave our male lead (I guess to try to give him a little personality) is to have him put the word "bloody" in the middle of other words, i.e., imbloodypossible," or "eubloodyreka."
The book felt very shallow and one-dimensional to me. I didn't care about the characters and couldn't ever get very caught up in the storyline. More than anything else I am pretty disbloodygusted for not following my initial instinct and putting the book down after the first 50 or 60 pages when I knew there was just no "there" there.
too much emphasis on cigar smoking.......2007-02-12
Too cute, clever, annoying emphasis on the cigar smoking habit of the male detective. Story did not seem authentic. I read about half and then quit...looked at the end and sure enough, it ends with more whining about the cigar smoking! Such a shame. Seemed like it could have been a good book.
BORING.......2007-02-03
Good God - I hated this book. I pride myself on always completing a novel, regardless of my level of enjoyment, but at three quarters of the way through I had to put this book down. It was so boring and dull. If you have insomnia then this book is for you because you'll choose sleep over continuing to read. Whereas Dan Brown's, DaVinci Code is fast paced, glossy and easy to follow along, this book is rough hewn, painfully unexciting and almost impossible to follow. The clues between the connections in the artwork and the mystery trail are so obtuse that they are not worth one's time in trying to unravel. Overall a very unsatisfying read!
disappointing and boring.......2006-08-02
A recent positive review of Mr. Watson's latest non fiction book, brought me to this fiction book. I was hoping to combine the fun of a mystery with the interesting facts of the art trade. I found none. The story is extremely boring, badly written, and there is more supspense in opening a jar of jam than in this entire book. The characters are predictable, the action slow. Was this book published without an editor ?
Book includes very-cool pull-out painting that you can reference as you read the mystery.......2006-07-14
I love books with art-themes, so I was excited when I found out that this book was about following the clues in a painting. And it didn't let me down. The plot is exciting, with a couple of really appealing people (an art dealer and a young woman who owns the painting) trying to solve the riddle, and a really bad guy who is also trying to solve it for his own evil ends! The author clearly knows his stuff (he's written some non-fiction, too, about the art market), and the information about 16th-century painting is fascinating. And it's really cool that the book includes an insert of the "Landscape of Lies" painting itself, so readers can "play along at home."
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What lies along the highway, just out of sight? How about behind that building? Or under the street? Most of us muse idly about such things as we take our walks or drive our cars, but only a few go further and explore the secret histories of the places where we live. Landscape historian John R. Stilgoe is one of these intrepid explorers; for years he has taught Harvard students to open their senses to the created environment we share, to gently dissect our neighborhoods and public spaces for the knowledge hidden in plain sight. In Outside Lies Magic, he lets us all in on these wonderful secrets.
Guiding us on tracks laid by utility and railroad companies, showing us the hidden territory of postal systems, Stilgoe reminds us that important frontiers lie invisible in our backyards and side streets, waiting for our attention. Though more interested in showing us how to see than telling us what there is to see, his descriptions of power-line right-of-ways, alley-side entrances, and hobo jungles provide compelling incentive for the reader to take his advice to heart and start looking around and asking questions of the community. If you think it's important to "think locally," Outside Lies Magic is an outstanding training manual. --Rob Lightner
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Outside Lies Magic is a book about the acute observation of ordinary things, about becoming aware in everyday places, about seeing in utterly new ways, about enriching your life unexpectedly.
For more than 20 years, John R. Stilgoe has developed and practiced the art of exploring the everyday world around us, where so much lies hidden just beneath the surface, offering uncommon knowledge if we but know what to look for. In this remarkable book, Stilgoe inspires us to become explorers on our own–on foot or on bicycle–and by so doing to reap the benefits of escaping, even temporarily, the traps of our programmed lives.
"Exploration encourages creativity, serendipity, invention," he writes. And while sharing his insights on how to explore, Stilgoe provides a fascinating pocket history of the American landscape, as striking in its originality as it is revealing. Stilgoe dissects our visual surroundings; his observations will transform the way you see everything. Through his eyes, an abandoned railroad line is redolent of history and future promise; front lawns recall our agrarian past; vacant lots hold cathedrals of potential.
From the electrical grid overhead to fences, malls, and main streets, Stilgoe offers a fresh understanding of the links and fractures in our society. After reading Outside Lies Magic, your world will never look the same again.
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the magic of the ordinary.......2007-01-14
This book is the concentrated essence of a life's work. It shows us that connection is still possible in this disconnected age. It shows us that America's history is not captive in printed pages and tv documentaries, but lives all around in the building and in the pulling down, in the shiny new and in the rusted.
Stilgoe does not illuminate the unremarkable, instead he reflects the light that he sees emanating from it. A remarkable achievement. A remarkable book. Highly recommended.
187 pages of romantic drudgery.......2005-09-09
This book just seems to go on and on about all the little things we seem to miss in this electronic era that we live in, at face value this does have some truth to it, I myself was intrigued by the concept. But right from the very beginning you realize that these are things that are worth forgetting about. The book seems as if it was written for the specific interests of an autistic child.
I don't care about the why the grass grows the way it does on the interstate freeway and fail to see why anyone else would either.
Fascinating and Enervating.......2005-02-04
Possibly the most fascinating book I have read since Carl Sagan's "The Dragons of Eden". How often do you read a book that makes you want to get up off your chair (perhaps taking the book with you if you haven't finished yet) and wander off for outside adventures with its tantalizing accounts of what you will find in your neighborhood and town, and their outlying areas?!
Stilgoe draws us out into the "real world" page by page in this exploration of the modern world around us, its intriguing history of urban and rural constructions, and what it all means. A great book especially in that once you have read it, it continues giving to you as you take what you have learned from it and go further into the everyday world with it.
Talking about this book practically makes me jump up and down with excitement over the possibilities. No, wait -- it's LITERAL! I am, in fact, jumping up and down.
Quick, wonderful read - filled with wonder!.......2003-10-19
A fantastic little book that will remind you of wonder, make you wonder at the world around you, and help you stop ignoring the variety and patterns to which we've become numb.
pulling edges to the center.......2001-08-24
Stilgoe makes us consider the ordinary in extraordinary ways. The "solutions" some seek (self-help book overload, I'm afraid) ARE indeed here - you just have to look.
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Landscape of Lies
Peter Watson
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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on July 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1732 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The Lie of the Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape. (book reviews)
Author: Richard Walker
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Title: Reading the Land--Massachusetts Heritage Landscapes: a guide to Identification and Protection: important as buildings are, much of their value lies in their setting, their placement in a landscape, and their contribution to a shared memory.(public education award)
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The Clockwork Convention is now playable.......2003-02-08
The Clockwork Convention has been reworked, for the better! Not only are Iteration X characters more 3-Dimensional, the entire philosophy of the convention has returned to its roots. They are once again the men and women who are out to empower humanity. Though the convention is still the Technocracy's main source of firepower, they have expanded their horizons significantly. In the first Iteration X book, it seemed as though the human spirit was lost in the machine. In this book, the spirit has been found. I highly recommend this book to Technocracy fans with Rose-colored mirrorshades. We are not the adversaries of humanity, but the ones who empower it.
whoh.....these guys are actually cool.......2002-04-07
i found this book at my store and was immeadently smitten by it, i had allways loved implants, so i buy it and i go into more details. it answers almost every question out there about the Clockwork Convention.
this book is awsome and is a must by for anyone who is interested in The Technocracy in the whole.
Making the Convention playable.......2002-02-13
I'll preface this by noting that I have only skimmed this book, reading the bits that automatically interest me.
However, what I've seen impresses me. The first convention books (especially _ItX_, _Prog_, and _VE_) seemed to have been designed solely with the idea that the Technocracy should be made out to be soulless and distateful as choices for PCs. _Guide to the Technocracy_ turned all that around, and ever since then, I have been waiting desparately for the new series of Convention books.
_ItX_ delivers. It's one-person narration, but the one person seems to be broad-minded enough that you can take his views as being somewhat repesentative of the convention. The authors seem to be trying to play down the whole "soulless machines" idea and playing up the "engineer" idea, bring the convention back around to its roots from _Sorcerer's Crusade_.
On the whole, an excellent book. Highly reccommended to anyone who is interested in the Techs. I hated ItX, but this book makes them interesting, and (more importantly) playable.
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Based on the author's extensive studies, Helping Your Depressed Child empowers parents by explaining how to recognize their child's depressive disorder. The book advocates a home wellness program and features a series of steps parents can take to help their child through depression. These steps include finding an appropriate therapy, getting professional help, and understanding pharmacological treatments. Also included is detailed information on techniques like deep breathing, visualizations, and affirmations. With an estimated 2.5 to 4 million children under 18 affected by depressive disorders, this book offers the comprehensive, in-depth help that parents need.
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Here are all the foods that make us feel good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snacks.
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If you have the patience and time . . . .......2007-08-07
As will all Martha tomes, this book delights the reader with glossy color photography of all sorts of yummy comfort food, with an emphasis on texture.
As a rule of thumb, any recipe that contains more than 7 ingerdients is prepared only once. More than a few of the recipes in this book have close to, and in excess of, 20 ingredients. Still, in its pages, are the simpler recipes and a few cooking/baking tips.
Check out this one from a library before committing to even buying a good used copy.
I have yet to like a recipe........2006-09-30
Although there are a lot of comfort food recipes in the book none of the ones I've tried have worked out well.
Comfort foods = fonds memories of being a kid!.......2005-11-04
This cookbook reminds you of when food preparation was king & did not include pouring the ingredients from a box & adding water. Martha's recipes for macaroni & cheese, the perfect grilled cheese sandwich, shepherd's pie, caramel pots de creme or creamy rice pudding with caramelized bananas inspire fond memories.
This is a great cookbook to awaken young cooks & prepare them for living on their own. Growing up in the 70s my mother taught me how to cook from a cookbook at the early age of 8. The recipes in this book remind me of the ones I practiced for my family from the Betty Crocker cookbook I grew up with. My sister & I are both great cooks now & have a close bond with my mother from the time we spent with her in the kitchen, especially at the holidays.
There will be times when a quick meal is all you have time for, but find the time to create some of these homemade comfort foods & remember what enjoying a home cooked meal is about! That's the stuff that memories are made of!
Title States EXACTLY what you get!.......2005-01-27
First of all....i have never made a Martha Stewart Recipe that does not have a thousand ingredients! (other than the Everyday Food Magazine which I LOVE!), so....as some of the reviewers have stated yes there are many ingredients, BUT the end results are well worth the time and effort it takes to go get quality ingredients to make more than excellent food! The macoroni and cheese! (if made the way the direction call and ingredients stated can not be anything but delicious!) AND we use the pancake and waffle recipes constantly! My 4 year old who said yesterday i don't like waffles (because we've been having pancakes)ate them all day long!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything i have tried from this book has been VERY well eaten! I would recommend this over any of the other Martha Stewart Cookbooks i have! And yes it is small, but....packed with great comfort food as stated!
Perfect (almost)..........2003-11-11
My mother bought this book and I ended up receiving it due to my not-so-surreptitious glances and its frequent disappearances from the shelf.
This book is a repository of the most classic and tempting foods I can imagine. They are presented with the Martha Stewart Living twist. For example, although I was curious to try the macaroni and cheese (Sharp white cheddar plus Gruyere? Hmmm...) this dish has become frequently requested and often talked about. Now onto the potato dishes and beyond!
I phrase my only complaint as a warning: if a reader attempts to make certain recipes from scratch beginning to end, be prepared to spend some time :)!
Thanks for reading.
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- Well...the pictures are nice
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- Save your money, please, do it for your chinchilla
- Wondeful!
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64 pages, 6 3/4" x 10". Complete and well written guide covering all aspects of life with a chinchilla including selection, health care, training, breeding, and feeding. Complemented by full color photographs.
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Well...the pictures are nice.......2006-03-27
I bought this book because it was the only one at a local pet store. I knew there were others, but I figured I was saving on shipping and handling. Well, other than pictures galore, I should have just gotten a book with real information. At least twice Barrie says two chins of the same sex should NEVER be housed together...come again? Anyway, I suppose this is okay for the casual reader or picture-hound, but for pete's sake: don't waste the 7 or 8 bucks if you really want helpful information.
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK.......2005-09-22
Do yourself a favor and click on the link above for the author's other books. Note that she has written books on hamsters, koi, gerbils, parrots, and conures.
I am truely amazed that the author is an authority on so many different animals. I have been breeding chinchillas for well over five years and I have rarely seen so much inaccurate information in one book.
Save your money, please, do it for your chinchilla.......2005-02-16
This book is the biggest pile of garbage available for those who are actually interested in ACCURATE information on caring for their chinchilla. If you want to get a book with misinformation to the extreme, then by all means, buy it, but don't say I didn't warn you. The glaring innacuracies, poorly cared for specimens and DANGEROUS information in this book make it just the sort of pitfall a new chin- person should avoid. However, being new to chinchillas as pets, most will not know any better. For a full list of the problems with this book, I'd recommend looking at this website : [...]
You'll find it under the reviews section.
I bought this book, and was pretty disgusted by the inaccuracies. It is sadly common in pet books and it makes it difficult for new owners to separate the wheat from the chaff. After all, it was printed, so it MUST be true... *sigh* You'll get more accurate information on chinchillas from a Google search than from this book.
If my review sounds harsh, there is good reason. Chinchillas are fragile, exotic animals and their proper care is important, not just for their well- being, but for their survival. They are not pets that should be purchased on impulse or without a good general knowledge of what care they need, and, unfortunately, in this book, for every piece of good information on chin care that is included there are ten pieces of incorrect and sometimes downright dangerous information.
Please, save your money, for your chinchillas sake.
Wondeful!.......2000-05-01
This book cotains lots of important info. and glossy pictures. The more you read, the more you find yourself in a chinchilla's colourful world.
Great Info at a GREAT price.......1999-07-23
all around good book with lots of useful info, pics, and randomness..
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American Automobilia: An Illustrated History and Price Guide
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American Automobilia covers automotive art, accessories, tire and oil company collectibles, racing memorabilia and toys. Each collecting category contains history, references and collecting tips and trends culled from the authors' 15 years of experience buying and selling automobilia. Listings include dates, dimensions, descriptions and current values for more than 1,000 items. There are 300 black and white photographs plus eight pages of color.
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Automobilia (Phillips Collectors' Guides)
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Automobilia of Europe: Reference and Price Guide
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A Collector's Guide to Automobilia
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A MUST-HAVE PICTORIAL PRICE GUIDE FOR LOVERS OF AUTOMOBILES!
Becoming a collector of automobilia is simple and fun. If you own anything with the image of a car on its surface, or an object in the general shape of an automobile or part of an automobile, then you possess a treasured piece of automobilia. The Official Price Guide to Automobilia is your superhighway to this dazzling array of collectibles.
[ ] A PICTURE BOOK/PRICE GUIDE SPECTACULAR. This extraordinary sourcebook features more than four hundred photographs, along with background information, detailed descriptions, and current market prices so identification is easy--plus you can use the pricing information to spot bargains or to ensure that you don't sell too low.
[ ] EXTENSIVE. The collector and automobile aficionado will find a wide range of objects spanning the full scope of automobilia: from the late nineteenth century to the present; from postcards and posters to hood ornaments and license plates; from motor car accessories to toy vehicles; and a surprising array of art objects running the spectrum from expensive bronze sculptures to whimsical pieces.
[ ] BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR INSERT. A special color insert reveals the true beauty of automobilia.
[ ] FEATURING THE $5 MILLION BAUSCH COLLECTION. The author's personal collection, one of the largest in the world, contains many rare and unique items. Now you have the marvelous opportunity to see these items.
[ ] WRITTEN BY AN EXPERT. David K. Bausch is a leading collector of antique automobiles, automobilia, automobile toys, and related ephemera. Various parts of his collection have been featured in national and trade periodicals and newspapers.
[ ] SPECIAL SECTIONS. The Official Price Guide to Automobilia includes professional collecting tips, a grand history of automobilia, and an informative state-of-the-market report.
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Writing for those with no bonsai experience, Larry and Shirley Student cover everything from buying the first plant to creating a miniature landscape of rocks, grasses and trees. In between, they describe different bonsai styles, list important tools, explain pruning and pinching and introduce procedures like defoliation. In short, the authors cover all aspects of bonsai, anticipating common problems and offering practical advice gained from years of working with plants. Kurt Seastrand, past president of the Northeast Bonsai Association raves, "A wonderful book for anyone intrigued by bonsai but hesitant to start. It provides the beginner the excitement and confidence to launch into this fascinating hobby."
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A nice overview of a complex art.......1999-08-18
A good book for someone with no bonsai experience. The authors keep the basics of bonsai simple and point the novice in the right direction. Although it would be a good reference to have handy while attempting that first Juniper, the beginner would do well to read other books before going further.
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The External School in Carolingian Society (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vol 1)
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This study explores one means of imparting Latin literacy in early medieval society: the so-called "external school," often presumed to have been a common feature of medieval monastic education. It questions the prevalence of this institution and whether the external school can be used as evidence of relatively widespread literacy among the non- clerical Carolingian population in particular. By precisely defining and chronicling external schooling, M.M. Hildebrandt invites the reader to reconsider conventional notions about the nature of the Carolingian educational program. The author examines the intention of monastic founders and writers regarding education, the effects of missionary activities on the religious training of non-monks, the attempts made by royal and ecclesiastical leaders to rationalize external schooling, and the impact of ninth-century political and economic turmoil on the development of this institution. The scope of this book makes it of interest as a contribution to the current debate concerning the character of medieval literacy as well as a source book for the study of early medieval monastic education.
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Behind the type: The life story of Frederic W. Goudy
Bernard Lewis
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Goudy's Type Designs: His Story and Specimens (The Treasures of Typography Series, Bk. 2)
Frederic W. Goudy
Manufacturer: Myriade Press
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Frederic Goudy deserves to be remembered........2000-10-03
There's much more to the type of Frederic Goudy than Goudy Oldstyle, and you'd be suprised at some of the familiar typefaces that came from his hand. He created over 100 types, including what is now known as Berkely and Copperplate. Most designers are lucky if ONE of their types finds its way into common use. Goudy has at least ten. This is a facsimile of a volume that appeared in Goudy's lifetime. My only complaint is that I wish it had been reproduced on letterpress -- printed pages produced by modern means do not carry the same authority, or produce the characteristic relief of the old printing methods. Nonetheless, we are fortunate to have it available.
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Alphabet and Elements of Lettering
Frederic W. Goudy
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Swing, and a miss!.......2006-11-29
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The Truth About Poverty and Racism.......2001-05-16
John Cooper's Noble Street taught me more about America's race and poverty problems than any history book would ever dare try to. Noble Street is hysterically funny and frighteningly sad. Having read this book I am painfully aware of three things: American racism is uglier than our imaginations will allow us to believe, nobody can destroy a child like a parent, and no one can save a child like a parent. Mabel Scriven is a true American hero who proves that love and faith may not conquer racism and injustice, but they are definitely our best weapons against it. After reading Noble Street you will never again believe that poverty and familial disintegration solely result from the choices of their victims. John Cooper makes it clear that if people had this kind of choice, poverty would not exist in America.
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