Scottish Wild Flowers

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- Sequel to 'Scots Roses' - Over 350 individual watercolour drawings - Excellent guide to plants - Arranged in groups according to colours

Scottish Wild Flowers (Collins Complete Photo Guides)

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Scottish Wild Flowers (Collins Complete Photo Guides)
Michael Scott
Manufacturer: HarperCollins UK
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0007197365

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A reissue of the bestselling guide to over 350 species of wild flowers to be found throughout Scotland. An ideal pocket guide to over 350 plant species found throughout Scotland. Each species is illustrated in full colour with a comprehensive description, plus the plant's English, Latin and Gaelic names. For ease of use, the plants are grouped together by the type of habitat in which they can be found, including Highlands, Lowlands and Coasts. A places to visit section details over 35 of the best sites for finding some of the most attractive and special species of wild flowers in Scotland.

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Flower Fairies of the Countryside
Cicely Mary Barker
Manufacturer: Peter Bedrick Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Scottish wild flowers (Viewing Scotland series)

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Scottish wild flowers (Viewing Scotland series)
Trevor Beer
Manufacturer: James Pike Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Scottish Wild Plants: Their History Ecology and Conservation (Discovering Historic Scotland)

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Scottish Wild Plants: Their History Ecology and Conservation (Discovering Historic Scotland)
Phil Lusby , and Jenny Wright
Manufacturer: HMSO Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0114958025

Borders Memories & Wild Flowers of the Scottish Borders

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Borders Memories & Wild Flowers of the Scottish Borders
Nell Hardie
Manufacturer: Salts Estates Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Collins Scottish Wild Flowers
Michael Scott
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8RTNO

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Scottish Wild Flowers
Mary McMurtrie
Manufacturer: Antique Collectors C
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K71WDM

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Scottish Wild Flowers (Collind Guide)
Michael Scott
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8IOPQ

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Wild Flowers
Sara Boyes
Manufacturer: Stride
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Useful pocket guide

Ljubljana: The Bradt City Guide (Bradt Mini Guide)
Robin McKelvie , and Jenny McKelvie
Manufacturer: Bradt Travel Guides
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Slovenia: The Bradt Travel Guide

ASIN: 1841621161

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This guide to Ljubljana, Slovenia, puts this culturally and historically rich city--and very accessible European capital--on the map for travelers to explore. Hotels, restaurants, cafes, and bars are covered in detail, along with the history and culture of this "green capital" known for its parks and gardens.

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Useful pocket guide.......2006-11-29

Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (10/06)

It truly warms my heart to see my beloved Ljubljana finally get some recognition and attention. Robin and Jenny McKelvie obviously love and enjoy it a lot, and that is clearly evident from every page of this pocket-sized guide to the capital of Slovenia.

Let me talk about the positives first - I absolutely love the format of the guidebook. It definitely fits in a pocket, and that is a great thing when traveling. I loved the way the content is organized - in clearly defined and well researched sections, covering every aspect of travel.

Starting with the `Context' section, which one should definitely read when getting ready for the trip, the McKelvie's do their utmost best to explain the convoluted history and not too easy to understand present of Ljubljana and its people. The next two sections, `Planning' and `Practicalities' are going to be extremely valuable for all of your planning needs. They are detailed and contain lots of useful information.

The following sections, `Accommodation,' `Eating and Drinking,' and `Entertainment and Nightlife,' plus `Shopping,' list an amazing array of choices for every taste and every budget. Quite a few of my all-time favorites are there and I even found a couple of places that I did not know existed. I'll have to check them out on my next visit home.

The next three sections, `Walking Tour', `Sightseeing' and `Beyond the city' provide a wealth of details on places to visit. They should keep you busy for a while for sure. I also found the last section, `Further information', very useful. It contains information on magazines, books, maps and more and it would be useful for anybody who plans to spend a longer time in Slovenia.

That leaves us with two sections that did not impress me. The first is the `Language' section. While useful, it contains quite a few mistakes. I bet that a person who orders a mushroom soup, but gets a bean soup, will be greatly surprised. And if you really want a horse steak (really a foal steak...), you won't get it if you order it according to the words in this section. There are several misspellings and several totally wrong words, as well as grammatical inconsistencies in this part (jabolka is plural, yet the English version uses apple in the singular form, which should be jabolko etc.) Misspellings and other mistakes are strewn throughout the entire book. I believe it would be advisable to hire a Slovenian proofreader for those parts, and I'd be glad to take that role...

Another section that was a slight disappointment is the photo and map section. There are only four photographs in the book. I'd like to see more of them, since I believe that they would give one a better appreciation of the beauty of Ljubljana. The maps are not very detailed and the transportation map won't be of much use to somebody unfamiliar with the city without marking at least the most important bus stops on the regular map as well.

Overall I found this guidebook useful and well written. The authors are clearly enthusiastic and appreciative of all that Ljubljana has to offer. As to the mistakes, I am certain that they will be corrected in the future editions. This, after all, is only the first edition.

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Why this book, and why now?

A Quick But Pleasing Read

Matt Cvetic is a hero and he is treated like one here.

I Was a Communist for the FBI: Matt Cvetic: The true life and times of undercover agent Matt Cvetic
R. E. "Gus" Payne
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1418488437

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When asked to join the Communist Party as an informant in the FBI, Cvetic was told he would have to give up his life as he knew it. He infiltrated the part and served in his undercover role from 1941-1950. He endured nine torturous years during which he never had a minute of peace or confidence that he would not be discovered as a mole and killed by his comrades in the party. What were the secrets of his survival? Cvetic was what he had to be to do what he had to do. Cvetic could be cruel and kind, violent and gentle, petty, generous, cheap, cunning, naïve, crude, and frankly, dishonest. He learned to live a life of lies. Truthfully, self-preservation was the essence of his existence.

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Why this book, and why now?.......2005-04-07

40 years after Matt Cvetic's death, and long after Cvetic was forgotten in the public mind, Daniel Leab's's hardcover, "I Was a Communist for the F.B.I: The Unhappy Life and Times of Matt Cvetic" stands as the definitive biography. Payne's slim little tome (published through vanity-press publisher AuthorHouse) however reads like someone who was a secret admirer of Cvetic, and just couldn't stand to see Leab have the last word.

It seems like Payne started out with the idea of writing an apolgia or a eulogy, but once he get rolling can't help but confirm all that had been said about the man. A Poor Man's James Bond FBI wannabe (think: Incrediboy) whose gonzo-like independent 'investigations' made him too much of a gadfly for the FBI to ignore, Cvetic rode the coattails of Sen. Joseph McCarthy to fame with only a few crumbs of funding from the political right. By stretching his threadbare FBI connections, the former salesman and low-level government employee got the attention he was looking for and stretched his particular brand of anticommunist agitprop into a career long before pundits like G. Gordon Liddy and Ollie North would do the same.

Payne's book doesn't add much to the story of Cvetic, and its lack of footnotes, unaccredited attributions and mantra-like commentary ('Cvetic risked his life for Nine Years investigating the Communist Party' appears over and over again) makes one wonder what the point is. To the author's credit, Payne makes little attempt to cover up Cvetic's many flaws - although the overall effect is rather sad. ("He was a drunk, a womanizer and a self-promoter - but he was patriotic, and he never got rich!") I imagine the tone might have been different if Leab's well-researched book hadn't been published first.

The last half of the book (and I do mean half - pages 40 through 80) contain mostly speeches of the day unrelated directly to Cvetic and "random thoughts" about the McCarthyistic climate of the time. Purely filler, but interesting - it's not pretty sticking up for the times of HUAC and McCarthy, and the author doesn't try to.

A Quick But Pleasing Read.......2005-02-22

A thin book retorting the criticism of Matt Cvetic, famous FBI informant who worked inside the Pittsburgh area Communist Party for nine years. Cvetic testified against the CP a month after Joe McCarthy made his charge that there were over 200 communists in the Federal government helping to direct policy. Warner Bros. made a film of Cvetic's life entitled I Was A Communist For the FBI. There was also a radio show. "Gus" Payne makes the point that Cvetic's personal life and attributes have no bearing on the validity of what he reported to his FBI handlers (Cvetic drank, loved publicity, and smacked women around). Furthermore, Payne argues, Cvetic's character was not out-of-the-ordinary for a spy: gift of gab, narcissistic, hooked on the exhilaration of living a secret life, suffering periodic attacks of nerves, and (after his cover was lifted) bathing in the limelight of how slick he was. The FBI paid Cvetic the last seven years he was undercover, and Payne argues that this was only right considering the sacrifices and danger Cvetic endured for many years. His family practically disowned him, his mother died still thinking he had gone communist, and there was a real danger he would be found out and murdered. In the end Cvetic delivered to the FBI over 300 names of active members and conspirators, CP legers, and the names of dummy communist front organizations.
One does not need to read Cvetic's book to enjoy Payne's evaluation of it. Payne explains thoroughly and quotes widely from Cvetic. Payne leans to the right politically, but-like it or not-communist spy rings did indeed run roughshod through the country for ten years. They got going well by the middle 1930s and did not come under intense investigation until after WWII ended. Meanwhile the spy rings helped get Russia the atomic bomb. Cvetic's book-as well as Herb Philbrick's I Lead Three Lives-is a worm's eye view of B level Communist Party workers in the trenches, directed by secret cabals of elites, striving for the success not of communism but of the Soviet Union. This was a quick but interesting read. I recommend it.

Matt Cvetic is a hero and he is treated like one here........2005-01-01

I have read other accounts of Matt Cvetic of Pittsburgh as undercover FBI agent 1941-1950 for the FBI but this is the only one that respects the man for what he did. He risked his life and family life for the sake of his country but is portrayed as a money hungry boozer by some authors. I really appreciate what this author did.

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Do suicidal tendencies run in families? This and questions, concerning a macabre homicide and arson, form a pivotal pattern in this true account of suicide in an American Family----A story certain to ignite your ?what-ifs? and freeze your worst fears.

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With the possible exception of the vampire bat, no North American animal has been the source of more superstitions, the subject of as many legends, or the object of more exaggerated claims than the Gila monster (HELODERMA SUSPECTUM). Not only is the Gila monster America's largest and only poisonous lizard, it is our slowest moving saurian, the only reptile having an armored hide, and the only lizard with a forked tongue like a snake's. No biologist has yet discovered a Gila monster nest or observed a Gila monster hatching in the wild. Add to these phenomena the fact that more than 99% of the Gila monster's life is spent out of sight below the surface of the ground, and you have the makings for a very mysterious creature indeed. Authors David Brown and Neil Carmony have examined the available literature to write a very readable account of the lizard's natural history, including descriptions, fossil records, distribution, temperature and moisture regulation, reproduction, longevity, predators, and population status. They also document its relationship to humans and folklore; its venom; bites of humans and other animals; and bite. The lore of the Southwest is replete with wild claims and fantastic stories about Gila monsters, selections of which introduce and enliven many subsections of the book. The authors then proceed to dispel such myths with accurate, well-researched discussions of the scientific data. This entertaining and informative volume will be enjoyed by anyone interested in reptiles, the Southwest, or the lore of desert creatures.

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Ignore the cover and read the book.......2000-02-23

It is an unfortunate fact of publishing that the people who design book covers are not the same as those who write the books. In fact, authors frequently have little or no say over how their work is packaged. I suspect this is the case for Brown and Carmony's excellent work on Gila monsters.

It is true that Gila Monster, Facts and Folklore of America's Aztec Lizard carries errors on the back cover, but there are none in the text. Indeed, Brown and Carmony communicate their fascinating subject in a manner that is both readable and accurate. They present not only a complete picture of Gila Monster biology, but also a fascinating look the animals' cultural significance. I heartily urge this book for anyone who has an interest in the herpetology, natural history, or folklore of the American Southwest.

promotes misconceptoins of the lizard.......1999-08-16

The overall content of the book was good and easily readable, but especially on the cover the authors stated some out and out untruths about the Gila Monster. The Gila Monster is not the only lizard with a forked tongue or with an armored hide as the authors stated. The varanids and teiids also have forked tongue and at least some have armored hides. I tend to disagree with a few other comments made in the book, but at present these are just my opinions and need more research before I can justify an argument against them. The book was interesting, but have some suspicion when reading as to whether or not it is all correct.

Good introduction to the lizard.......1998-07-24

Fascinating information regarding early envenomations in the American West, a good bibliography, and wonderful introduction to the subject suitable for any naturalist.

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crochet stitching bible

Handy little dandy

Must Have

So much that I didn't know I didn't know, you know?

Amazing Reference

The Crochet Stitch Bible
Betty Barnden
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

Crocheting | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0873497171

Book Description

Author Betty Barnden shared her knowledge of needlecraft design with embroiderers in The Embroidery Stitch Bible--now she uses her expertise as a hand-knitter to bring readers The Crochet Stitch Bible. This is the book crochet enthusiasts have been waiting for. Hundreds of traditional and contemporary stitches are photographed and accompanied by detailed charts in this essential illustrated reference.

More than 200 crochet stitches are each clearly explained with a photographed sample, row-by-row instructions, easy-to-follow symbol charts, and comprehensive descriptions of all the associated techniques. Whether novice or expert, this book provides clear guidance for all skill levels with additional chapters on basic techniques and materials, a stitch identifier, and a how-to-use section.

* More than 200 photographed stitches accompanied by detailed instructions * Includes a stitch identifier for easy reference to all 200 stitches

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crochet stitching bible.......2007-06-27

I saw this book at craft store. Of course I bought it from Amazon and saved ten dollars or so. I have been crochet knitting for over 45 years and have been always using lace yarns. This is my first challenge to make afghans using thick wool yarns. This book has many samples shown with diagrammes. They also show color combinations using many complex designs. I have already crochetted 1/3 of the first afghan for Christmas project. It gives lots of ideas for people who has experiences but excellen book for the first timers, too. The title shows...

Handy little dandy.......2007-05-13

So happy that I purchased this handy little dandy! I like that it not only gives written instructions but also a diagram. I also purchased "Crochet Answer Book" which I guess is a good reference but I don't know if I needed it. What I am really pleased with for the Stitch Bible is that it has a spiral binding so I can keep it open while working and excellent pictures, you can see close up details. Highly recommend to those who are new to crochet and those who aren't but want ideas and want to make their own patterns.

Must Have.......2007-04-06

This book is a must have for anyone interested in learning to crochet or broadening their expertise! Excellent!

So much that I didn't know I didn't know, you know?.......2007-03-10

I was so blind before. I had no clue about patterns. I thought patterns were what my mother used to sew my clothes back in the day. Besides stitches, this book teaches how to understand the language used in patterns. It is very easy to understand for the beginner and good for the experienced later into the book.

It's smaller than I thought. The photos are very clear and enlarged to show detail in some instances. It is spiral and easy to chuck into a crochet yarn bag.

You will need some yarn if you're eager to jump right in... where can I get some patterns? And advice please comment, thanks.

Amazing Reference.......2007-03-09

I have found this book incredibly handy. There's an excellent selection of stitches and for each one there's a photo, written directions and a schematic. It's also organized fantastically, with a thumbnail directory. It's also compact and spiral bound, so it's perfect to have out when crocheting. I think it's great for beginners as well as advanced crochetters. I wish I could find something comparable for knitting.

Scripture Afghan: 24 Pattern Stitches Inspired by the Bible (Leisure Arts Leaflet, 2770)

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Scripture Afghan: 24 Pattern Stitches Inspired by the Bible (Leisure Arts Leaflet, 2770)

Manufacturer: Leisure Atrs, Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000G0K248

Product Description

Provides general instructions for making this attractive afghan, followed by the instructions for 24 different stitches for the afghan squares. A Scripture quotation heads the instructions for each stitching pattern. For example, for the Crown Stitch, the quotation is from Proverbs 12:4: "An excellent wife is the crown of her husband..."

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It's true; growing roses can be easy. In this beautiful and engaging book, Tom Christopher shows you how. By selecting the proper rose for your climate and soil you can have excellent results with a minimum of care no matter where you live. As a group, easy roses include dozens of different species and hundreds of cultivars from which to choose. In a delightfully readable way, Tom Christopher introduces you to the "easy pleasures of easy roses."

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Easy Roses for North American Gardens
Thomas Christopher
Manufacturer: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SI7N0O

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Easy Roses for North American Gardens
Tom Christopher
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MHMW0W

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Written in a child-friendly tone that mirrors a one-on-one conversation with Dr. Bennett, this self-help guide is designed to assist children in conquering bedwetting. Although appropriate for parents and caregivers, the conversations and activities are meant for children to read alone or with a parent. Full of practical tips and a specific program for overcoming this embarrassing condition, this guide covers topics such as waking-up practice, bedwetting alarms, and how to handle sleepovers. Cartoon characters Bladder Man (a superhero) and Nephron put a humorous spin on the subject and help explain the causes of bedwetting, and numerous examples of others that share the condition show children that they are not the only ones who are affected. Simple activities keep children engaged and help them grasp how their urinary system functions, while Q&A sections provide more detailed information for parents.

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Excellent book.......2007-07-29

This is the ONLY book you will need to help your child become dry! Dr. Bennett made it so fun and easy to follow for both my daughter and me. My daughter is 7 and was very excited when we started reading the book together and planning out our program. Dr. Bennett explained everything, from the physiological to the psychological in a way that was interesting and engaging for both of us. I would read the book late at night and always find something useful to review with her the next day. The hardest part was seeing my daughter get disappointed when she would be wet after several dry nights, but Dr. Bennett tells you how to deal with every possible situation in a light, easy to understand way, so that you, as a parent, can procede with the confidence that your child needs from you. This book and the whole experience has created a precious memory and a special bond between me and my daughter. My daughter was completely dry in 3 months. Thank you, Dr. Bennett!!!

Waking Up Dry: A Guide to Help Children Overcome Bedwetting.......2007-03-08

This book is written for kids but parents will learn alot, too. My 9 year old loved it. Dr Bennett begins by describing how common bedwetting is among grade school aged kids. He gives simple statistics that helped my son feel that his problem was shared by many kids, probably other 9 year olds in his class! Even though our family has been through medication, alarms, diet changes and fluid restricting for over two years (yes, two years) we learned a tremendous amount. My hunch is that kids younger than 7 years of age might find the reading level above their ability, so maybe reading to the child might be the answer. I loved it and so does Sam, age 9 1/2.

Helpful strategies for a tough problem.......2006-08-16

We found this book extremely useful. When we bought the book, our 10-year-old son was wetting his bed every night. The book was clear and entertaining (for parent and child alike), and the strategies were both humane and effective. During the two months before his 11th birthday, our son wet the bed once, thanks to this book.

Great Results.......2006-05-24

At the request of my daughter about 3 weeks before her 6th birthday, my daughter asked for help to get dry by her birthday. I bought this book and, within two-three weeks, we were dry. My daughter and I read the relevant part of the book once, discussed it several times before going to bed and, poof, we were dry after keeping the chart for 2 weeks. The book was fun, relevant, easy to use, not overly academic and proved that, where there is a will (and some good academics behind you such as this book), you are golden. Looking forward to my 4 year old's turn.

A Great Bedwetting Book.......2005-10-24

"Waking Up Dry is an outstanding resource for parents and children; it alleviates the negative feelings associated with bedwetting and carefully outlines successful treatment plans to help children become dry at night. Waking Up Dry is a book that all doctors who treat bedwetting should recommend to their patients." Preston Smith, MD FAAP FACS, Pediatric Urologist

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An intimate and revealing portrait.--George Plimpton

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When the Narcissist Codependant met the Bipolar Alcoholic..........2007-08-05

This book should definitely be used as a fine example of relationship pathology. It has nothing to do with the artistic life of a genius, just about a woman's idea of her importance by association. Reading it is actually nauseating on so many levels; and this dysfunctional relationship claimed an innocent victim at the end. Spare yourself this self-referential piece of trash.

dont read this garbage.......2007-07-12

Not that Pollock was a great person himself...but dont read this creature's book...she is a vain, superficial,predatory,skank...her ticket to her success lies directly on Pollock's death and death only...had he lived..he would of tired of her or she would of found a more immediate artist to use...and would even be th"c" celebrity she is today...

A good book for all the wrong reasons.......2005-05-04

Although Ruth Klingman is a clumsy writer (ie we silently went into the silent house.), the book was of value based on the time period it explores.
The story takes place in Jackson Pollock's last year, when his life became totally unravelled. He has alienated his friends and colleagues;started an affair with Klingman; his wife seperated from him and he spent most of his time either drunk or otherwise unable to function. If you can get beyond Ruth Klingman's overblown efforts to make this a romance story (which it is not), It tells of Pollock's unnerving behavior in the final few months before his death.
There is significant art world gossip about Ruth Klingman during this time. She is said to have asked for a list of the best painters in New York at the time and when she was told the best was Pollock, was said to lay claim on him immediately. Within a year of Pollocks death she had started an affair with #2 on the list (Willem de Kooning) which lasted on again off again until 1962. I think the only reason she didn't also have an affair with Franz Kline (#3 on the list) was because he died before her final break up with de Kooning. Because of these stories, her claims in the book that she loves Pollock forever and that he is the only person she ever loved is hollow. It seems she wants the reader to think she is both a sympathetic character and more important than she really was. It comes off as pretentious. It would have made her both more believable and more sympathetic if she would have told of what she has done with her life since the accident in 1956 and perhaps included an honest assessment of her life in the afterward.
However,I would recommend this book, not as a sole source for his biography, but to flesh out other biographies on Pollock.

Still trying to cash in after all these years.......2003-09-25

A poorly written, self-serving book written by a bit player who is still feeding on Pollock 47 years after his drunken, ignominious death. Pathetic.

Traitorous Art Tart's Account of a Falling Star.......2003-01-05

Ruth Kligman's account of her "love affair" is tacky, self-serving and poorly written. It's a shame that this adultress continues to live off of a "fame" taken at the expense of the suffering of others through the exploitation of a great artist's demise, a "friend's" death, a undeserving wife, etc. etc.

Love affair;: A memoir of Jackson Pollack [i.e. Pollock]

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Incisive insider's view of the Jackson Pollock nobody knew

Love affair;: A memoir of Jackson Pollack [i.e. Pollock]
Ruth Kligman
Manufacturer: Morrow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0688002323

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Incisive insider's view of the Jackson Pollock nobody knew.......1999-03-15

This book has everything going for it: fame, excitement, love, historic figures, and it is an engrossing read. You will not find this information anywhere else; it seems that the last months of Jackson Pollock's life (with the author by his side) have been erased from the Official History! This book should be reissued now!

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When Robert J. Rider died in 1961, he left to his descendants a typescript text, tentatively entitled Flashbacks, which would eventually become Reflections on the Battlefield. Broadly autobiographical, this text offers a unique account of its author who fought as an infantryman while also serving as a chaplain, thus exposing himself in peculiar directness to the ambiguities of chaplaincy service on the battlefield. A further particularity is that Rider was in a minority among chaplains, being a Methodist chaplain. In August 1914, Rider, aged twenty-five, was about to begin his third year of training for the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodist church, at Handsworth Theological College in Birmingham. Two months later he had enlisted with the First Birmingham Battalion, later termed the 14th Battalion, of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Rider's first-hand accounts of Ypres, the Somme and Arras reveal a man morally opposed to war and yet adamant that Germany and her allies needed to be defeated. Reflections on the Battlefield provides us with a personal and valuable contribution to the present-day debate about the contemporary understanding of the ethics of war, as expressed on the World War I battlefield.

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