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Great book to read.......1999-09-07

This book really let's you know how it was in the midst of the Death Row project. I was really amazed on the life of McKinley Malik Lee, Jr. Buy the book. You will not be disappointed . I hear he is recording great music now (gospel rap) that should be released at the beginning of the year (2000). Wouldn't it be awesome to hear somthing with him and Snoop Doggy Dogg? Platinum baby!!!!! God Bless!!!!!!

tupac is the best ever.......1999-04-19

Ok well Tupac Shakur is the best rapper that ever liver and no one will ever top him. It is a same what happened to him he was very talented and i wish he was still here. I have ever cd he ever maede and he is mostly all i listen to.. I think all the books writen about him are good as long as they say the good points about him to and how sweet lhe was.Tupac Amuru Shakur R.I.P.

Read what realy goes down with Snoop and the Death row crew.......1998-06-02

Just like Li'l Kim says first you get the money then you get the power after you get the power you get the respect. No matter what coast your from most people got respect for Snoop and his crew. Told to you by McKinley 'Malik',Jr. Lee you get the inside info about the rise of Death Row Records. This book is one of the ones that will make you want to keep reading forever. After you read tihs book you'll know more about Suge, Snoop, Dre, and how they came to be.

What a waste of talent........1998-04-04

I am a white female who is into all kinds of music and I found Snoop and 2Pac, both to be very talented people. I felt that reading this book would help me understand the lifestyles of a gangsta rapper. I am afraid all I found was a complete waste of life and talent. Death Row Records was appropriately named. All involved seemed to have encountered death at some time. It's really a shame that people these days are so quick to pick up a gun and use it without regard for human life. Hind sight is indeed 20/20. Nothing will bring Tupac or Biggie Smalls back and still the guns and drugs are out there every day, stealing away the great talents from our world. People wake up. Death isn't the answer to Life, it is only the end of an era.

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Chosen by Fate
Frank B.; McKinley, Lee Williams
Manufacturer: NewStar Media, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HMHCMA

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Wendy Knits

can you give a book 10 stars?

Ok Read/Ho Hum Patterns

Wendy Knits Failed to Inspire Me

Great info in a bargain-basement format

Wendy Knits: My Never-Ending Adventures in Yarn
Wendy D. Johnson
Manufacturer: Plume
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0452287324

Book Description

In this warm, wise, and witty memoir, Wendy D. Johnson takes a look at her lifelong obsession with “casting on” as she chronicles her journey from a crudely self-taught, left-handed beginner to one of the world's most prolific knitters—not to mention premier knitting bloggers.

From the virtues of learning how to knit the perfect sock, to the compulsive need to stash exquisite skeins of yarn in every crevice of one's home, this is the perfect book for every knitter. Wendy also offers tips for avoiding errors, thoughts on knitting gifts for others, and more than twenty original patterns for knitters of every level of expertise: from the ridiculous and irreverent (a cell phone cozy) to the absolutely sublime (your very own luxurious Nordic style pullover).

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Wendy Knits.......2007-09-19

This is a delightful book full of interesting information and patterns, as well as biographical information on the author. Wendy is a lovely lady who has a very entertaining blog. I would recommend this book to any knitter of any skill level.

can you give a book 10 stars?.......2007-07-31

anybody who has read her blog knows how way cool she is. now a book. and the patterns work. what else is there?

oh, yes, and she has the cutest cat in the world to model the patterns (sits right on whatever Wendy is photographing, like any good cat should).

I love love love this book. A keeper.

Ok Read/Ho Hum Patterns.......2007-06-24

I was disappointed in this book. Although it was a cute book to read, it is nowhere as interesting as The Yarn Harlot's Books, and the patterns were nothing special at all, as far as I am concerned. The patterns showed very little imagination, and the sweaters were shapeless and baggy.
You have your basic socks, your plain pullover, your shortsleeved sweater, a sweater with a little bit of cabling, and, oh, look, a cat bed with novelty yarn. There is a vest, a lace shawl, an easy "Norwegian" sweater.
Nothing here you can't find online someplace for free.

Wendy Knits Failed to Inspire Me.......2007-03-25

I know Wendy has a huge following on her blog, but I have tried and tried to read her blog and her book, and it just doesn't inspire me to read on, or to follow her blog.

There are so many knitters out there who have engaging writing styles, and authors of knitting books who do as well (Stephanie Pearl-McPhee comes to mind), that I simply can't see spending my knitting and spinning time on one that isn't as engaging and entertaining. This is one of two books about knitting or spinning I regret having ever bought.

Great info in a bargain-basement format.......2007-02-20

Anyone who's familiar with Wendy Knit's popular blog will know exactly what they're getting from this book. What disappointed me was the quality of the book, and the pattern choices. With the number of gorgeous, full-color knitting books on the store shelves, this one definitely pales in comparison. The photos of the finished objects are in black-and-white, and are so dark they're hard to see any detail. Add to that the fact that the patterns themselves are rather bland and blah, and you may want to think twice before purchasing this book. But if you love Wendy (and who doesn't??) go ahead. Then write to her publisher and tell her you want the next book to include color photos. I'd glady pay a few more bucks for a better-quality book.

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This journal and guide explains how to indentify, harvest, sell, and buy the matsutake, best time to hunt, and Forest Service regulations.

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Indigo Children can be recognized by their high intelligence, intuitiveness, creativity, and energy. They are also can have trouble "fitting in," can be depressed, and in deep emotional pain. Contemporary society has made numerous attempts to help them heal. After-school programs, counseling, medication—all can be good and valid—but their cognitive approach has not addressed the spiritual wounds that cause many Indigo Children to feel out of place in this world.

SPIRITUALLY HEALING THE INDIGO CHILDREN (AND ADULT INDIGOS, TOO!) is the first book to provide a therapeutic process, sourced in the world of Spirit, that celebrates these children's inherent knowing; brings life-changing transformation to their attitudes and behaviors; and affirms their soul-vision of a perfect world. Parents and children play games that take the shape of sacred ritual, to bridge the gap between how they intuitively perceive the world, and the experience of the pain and unjustness surrounding them. This healing process will soften, and hopefully remove, the pain and discomfort Indigos feel in being who they are, and give allow them the space to come into the fullness of their purpose.

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But honour individuality too.......2006-09-07

The author of this book, Rabbi Dosick, collaborating with his wife, an experienced psychotherapist, shows great compassion for metagifted children, and obviously draws on the rich heritage of his faith to create rituals for their spiritual healing. Families who have long been familiar with - and participated in - the ceremonial aspects of formal religion (even if other than Jewish) may feel quite comfortable with proscribed rituals like these. (You are told the exact movements and wording to use.)

However, families whose beliefs fall outside of the scope of organised religion may want more latitude in expressing their personal values, as well as giving their children more choice. Such parents may prefer the books of Maureen Gath or Connie Bowen, for example, or may want to develop their own ideas with input from their child - even to change the healing context altogether.

The important point is that empowerment for each child occurs in a highly individual way; it may or may not be through some form of formulaic expression. Having worked with many similarly gifted children, including my own, I have seen about as many variations as there were children! This, in my view, is part of what makes them "Indigo" and as such needs to be respected.

It must be emphasised that this book is not a parenting manual and isn't intended to be: If you want one you will need to look elsewhere. In rearing such a child (or in "re-parenting" the Indigo child in yourself as an adult) it is vital to cover every aspect of life using a holistic approach. For this reason I would also recommend authors like Michael Mikalko ("Cracking Creativity") Roger von Oech ("A Whack on the Side of the Head") , Tony Buzan ("Mind Mapping") Mari Messer ("Pencil Dancing") Jonathan Mooney and David Cole ("Learning Outside the Lines") and Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons ("Right-brained Children in a Left-brained World.") I also found Ostrander and Schroeder's "Superlearning 2000" invaluable. Wendy Chapman's website for the multi-talented is one of the best on the subject of Indigos, adults as well as children. (As with the title, any reference in the Dosicks' book to adults is afterthought.)

Even though I would not wish to apply this book to the letter, I did find it greatly stimulated my own ideas. However, I did have a reservation: I cannot accept the authors' historical interpretations, particularly regarding the advent of "Indigo" children as being only recent (Rabbi, your Hebrew prophet, Samuel, may well have been just such a child!) Maybe we are simply recognising them more. Neither can I accept the origins of Indigo chldren as so authoritatively given - which is that they are Vietnam veterans reincarnated.

And one last note of caution: Let's not create spiritual elitism in these children. All children are special in some way. In fact, I have had some major soul-lessons from those whom society unthinkingly refers to as handicapped.

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A Wonderful Memory of A Long Lost Photography Gallery

WoW!! This book has changed my life!

Grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy...

Intriguing business vision realized by single ma in the 50s

Limelight: A Greenwich Village Photography Gallery and Coffeehouse in the Fifties : A Memoir
Helen Gee
Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0826318177

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For seven short years, a coffeehouse in Greenwich Village called Limelight was at the center of the art-photography world. There, owner Helen Gee exhibited the works of such luminaries as Harry Callahan, Bill Brandt, Imogen Cunningham, and Lisette Model at a time when photography was not yet considered an art, and the sticker prices on the prints were a mere fraction of what they'd be today. Limelight is Gee's memoir, a story about the coffeehouse she started, the people she knew, and the times in which she lived.

Even without the coffeehouse, Gee's life is like something out of a novel: at age 16 she left home to live in Greenwich Village with a Chinese painter named Yun Gee. The late '30s and early '40s were hardly a time of racial tolerance in the United States, and so their romance was disliked as much for its interracial nature as for the age difference between the two lovers. After the birth of their daughter, Yun Gee developed schizophrenia, leaving Helen to fend for herself and her child. She did this in a variety of ways before finally hitting on the idea of opening a coffeehouse. In Limelight Gee describes the obstacles she faced in starting the place, the people she met while running it, and the eventual problems--both political and personal--that brought Limelight down. This memoir is both Gee's story and the story of the art community in 1950s, both of which are worth telling.

Book Description

In the late 1950s, Limelight was the busiest coffeehouse in New York and the only photography gallery in the country. This is the story of Helen Gee's efforts to open Limelight and her fight to keep it afloat for seven years. The major figures in photography appear in this story--Edward Steichen, Robert Frank, W. Eugene Smith, Berenice Abbott, and others--and so do the big photographic events of the period: the opening of The Family of Man, the publication of The Americans. Gee has her own personal stories as well: raising her Asian American daughter alone, dealing with a landlord with underworld ties and bookies who did business in the hall of her apartment house, and coping with unwelcome advances, quixotic employees, and suicidal photographers.

This is also a portrait of a time when Greenwich Village was a center of creative activity, when actors, writers, painters, and photographers were part of a burgeoning coffeehouse scene. Photography as an art form was coming into its own, and Limelight Gallery made history with some seventy shows. The story of its seven years is amusing and heart-breaking, exciting and surprisingly full of adventure.

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Memory of A Long Lost Photography Gallery.......2001-05-12

A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Helen Gee when she gave a talk before a New York City camera club. I greatly enjoyed both her great sense of humor and knowledge of photography, including its history. All of these are on display in her memoir. Although Helen Gee is not a great stylist, she tells her story in an engaging, conversational style. You share in her numerous disappointments and triumphs, as she struggles to survive as a young single mother, intent on pursuing a career in photography. The book is filled with humorous anecdotes about famous photographers such as Edward Steichen, Lisette Model, Robert Frank, and her problems with greedy landlords and petty gangsters. Anyone who wants an excellent view of life in Manhattan in the 1940's and 1950's as well as a glimpse into an important period in American photography will find this book quite captivating.

WoW!! This book has changed my life!.......2001-02-07

That's a pretty strong statement right? But it is true. This book and the woman who wrote it is simply extraordinary. The time in which she opened the Limelight was not a time that was easy for women in the world of Photography, or even the world in general. She started a business from the ground up and set an example for future generations of women photographers and small business owners. I highly recommend this book to lovers of Photography. She has intimate knowledge of some of the "Masters of Photography". The best part of the book is sadly the end of it, and the last exhibit of the seven years that the Limelight was in business. Her last show was a collection of prints by the Victorian age Female Photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron. A woman who was also an inspiration. I am so inspired by this book and great woman, that I am considering opening up a small Photo Gallery.

Grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy..........2000-04-12

This book is a fascinating memoir of a self-made woman with an original story. Her life comes through honestly while she tells an important story of the photography scene in NY in the 1950s. For anyone interested in Photography this book is like gossiping over a cup of coffee. I really enjoyed it and read it in a couple of sittings. What Helen Gee did was important and it has been overlooked by photographic historians. She has included a very useful (and impressive) list of exhibitions held at Limelight in the back of the book. It is published by The University of New Mexico Press which is doing a wonderful job of providing the most interesting books on photography.

Intriguing business vision realized by single ma in the 50s.......1998-05-30

Even though I missed the heydey of lower Manhattan by about 20 years, the concept of The Limelight intrigued me. Reading Helen Gee's story did not leave me disappointed. As a former single mom, I admire Gee's gumption and resourcefulness in realizing a dream while still keeping the homefires burning, especially during the 1950s. Possibly, without realizing it, Gee also provides the reader with a realistic account of the trials of starting a new business. As a genre, biographies can often fall into boring soliloquys, hero worship, cattiness and/or sometimes, out & out lies. The two things I liked most are Gee's sense of humor and the conversational style she takes with the reader.

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Christopher Tolley has written a fascinating account of the influence of evangelicalism upon eminent Victorians, from the members of the Clapham sect down to the more secular Bloomsbury group. Recording family life (and deaths) was an important ritual in Victorian households, and out of this habit grew a new literary genre, the domestic biography, celebrating individual achievement, family piety, and domestic virtue. Using a wide range of hitherto unpublished material from family archives, Dr Tolley analyses the biographical traditions exemplified by the public and private utterances of different generations of four leading Victorian families: Macaulay, Stephen, Wilberforce, and Thornton. This book is a perceptive commentary on the role of the domestic biography as a testament to the cultural legacy of the Victorian intelligentsia, and the creation of `family values'.

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