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INTRODUCTION

For me no flowers can match the endlessly varied colours of Lisbon in the sunlight.
Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1933).

Lisbon (Lisboa), Europe's most westerly capital, is fast becoming one of the continent's most vibrant cities. Set on a series of hills overlooking the broad estuary of the Rio Tejo (River Tagus), most visitors are struck by its stunning location and effortless beauty. But its historic significance and faded charm also embrace a modern and forward-thinking lifestyle. Old men still grill sardines on cobbled streets in front of crumbling mansions, but alongside you'll find cosmopolitan bars and restaurants, many of them influenced by the tastes of African and Brazilian immigrants from Portugal's former colonies. It's an immediately likeable place, perhaps gentler than any capital should be; a big city that remains human in pace and scale.

Lisbon is officially the European Union's least expensive capital city, with a cost of living half that of London's. Once, however, it was one of Europe's wealthiest cities, controlling a maritime empire that stretched from Brazil in the west to Macau in the east. Many of its grandest buildings were destroyed in the Great Earthquake of 1755, and much of today's city dates from the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. At its heart is the eighteenth-century grid of the lower town, the Baixa (Chapter 1), enclosed by a switchback of hills and linked to surrounding districts by a network of cobbled streets. Its elegant, mosaic-studded squares - filled with cafés, buskers, businesspeople and streetwise dealers - form the hub of central Lisbon's daily activity, while to the west is Chiado, Lisbon's most elegant shopping area. East of the Baixa, the leafy shell of the Castelo de São Jorge commands superb views from a craggy hill, with the Alfama district (Chapter 2) sprawling below. This is the oldest, most traditional part of Lisbon, a village within a city, whose steep, whitewashed streets are so narrow that vehicles fear to enter.

At night the focus shifts to the Bairro Alto (Chapter 3), the upper town, west of Chiado, and best reached by one of the city's unique elevadores (funicular railways), which - along with the city's trams - crank their way up outrageous gradients. The Bairro Alto shelters some of the city's best restaurants, bars and clubs, while to the west of here (Chapter 4) lie the wealthy districts of Estrela and Lapa, the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, effectively Portugal's national art gallery, and the Alcântara docks, a former industrial port area now given over to cafés and nightlife.

Heading further west, out along the Tejo, brings you to the historical suburb of Belém (Chapter 5), 6km from the centre, from where many of Portugal's great maritime explorers set sail to explore the new world. The extraordinary Mosteiro dos Jerónimos is the most impressive of Belém's maritime monuments, while the turreted Torre de Belém is perhaps Lisbon's most recognizable landmark. Heading north instead from the Baixa, the tree-lined Avenida da Liberdade (Chapter 6) runs to the city's central park, Parque Eduardo VII, just beyond which is the outstanding Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - a museum and cultural complex with an extraordinary rich collection of ancient and modern art. The suburbs of outer Lisbon (Chapter 7) stretch to the north and west, containing - among other sights - the city's zoo and perhaps its finest palace, the Palácio dos Marquêses de Fronteira.

It's to the east, however, where Lisbon is fast developing its contemporary credentials. Five kilometres east of the capital, the futuristic Parque das Nações (Chapter 8) occupies the former Expo 98 site, and has developed into a hugely popular theme park, with a whole host of restaurants, bars and attractions, including Europe's largest oceanarium.

The individual sights aside, Lisbon's big attraction is its daily street life, and nothing beats watching the city's comings and goings from a pavement café over a powerful bica coffee or Portuguese beer. Getting around is half the fun, whether taking one of its ancient trams, riding a ferry across the breezy Rio Tejo, or speeding across town on the metro, whose stations are decorated with adventurous contemporary art. And if you're fit enough to negotiate its hills, Lisbon is a great place to explore on foot: get off the beaten track and you'll find atmospheric neighbourhoods sheltering aromatic pastelarias (patisseries), traditional shops, and shuttered houses faced with beautiful azulejo tiles. There's a buoyant nightlife - some say the most hip in Europe at present - which ranges from the traditional fado clubs of Alfama to the glitzy clubs in Lisbon's redeveloped docklands. You're just as likely to hear music from Brazil and Africa as the latest club sounds, while Lisbon's bars and restaurants stand comparison with the best in any European city.

If you want to escape from the city for a while, the beautiful hilltop town of Sintra (Chapter 21), northwest of the city, is a must. Easily reached by train, its lush wooded heights and royal palaces formed Byron's "glorious Eden" and remain a UNESCO World Heritage site. If you're interested in Portuguese architecture, there are also the Rococo delights of the Palácio de Queluz or the extraordinary convent at Mafra to the north to visit. The sea is also close at hand, with the lively beach towns of Estoril and Cascais (Chapter 22) just half an hour's journey away. The best nearby beaches, however, are south of the Tejo (Chapter 23), along the Costa da Caparica, where Atlantic breakers crash on miles of superb dune-backed sands. Further south still lie the more sheltered waters off Sesimbra, a popular summer resort which sits at the edge of the craggy Parque Natural da Arrábida.

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A good guidebook for a short trip.......2000-06-01

I used this book for a recent 3-day trip to Lisbon. The maps in the back are really helpful, but the info in here wasn't as good as other books in this series. It made it difficult to really get a coherent sense of the area before arriving. Still, it makes a good reference for a short trip and the small size makes it great for carrying around.

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These conversations with Hitler took place in the last year before his seizure of power and the first two years (1933-34) of the National Socialist regime.

The Voices of America's Destruction and the Life-Giving Life-Celebrating Antidote

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The Voice of Destruction
Hermann Rauschning
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Hermann Rauschning
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Hitler's Overt Genocidal Plans against Jews and Slavs: Early Manifestations
All Jews should read this book!
FICTION

The Voice of Destruction
Hermann Rauschning
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Hitler's Overt Genocidal Plans against Jews and Slavs: Early Manifestations.......2007-06-18

This book has also been published in the English language under the title: HITLER SPEAKS.

Covering events mostly from the early to the middle 1930's, this book fills an important gap in the development of Hitler's thinking. It comes after MEIN KAMPF (1923-1925) and the then-unpublished HITLER'S SECOND BOOK (1928), but before HITLER'S TABLE TALK.

Rauschning elaborates on Hitler's attitudes towards Poland. It becomes obvious that the Fuhrer never saw the 1934 Polish-German Nonaggression Pact as anything more than a temporary expedient, and that he never seriously considered accepting Poland as an ally against the Soviet Union (p. 119). This adds refutation against the claim that WWII had been triggered, in part, by "Polish intransigence".

A common Nazi anti-Semitic theme is the one about Jews being vermin (presumably fit for nothing other than extermination). Interestingly, Nazis also thought that way of Poles. Albert Forster, the Gauleiter of Danzig (Gdansk), referred to Poles as lice (p. 110). (So did Joseph Goebbels, in his diaries).

Rauschning elaborates on Hitler's obsession with Jews. He believed that it was driven in part by Hitler's fear of his partial Jewish ancestry (p. 235).

In his MEIN KAMPF and SECOND BOOK, Hitler had vilified the Jews, and presented Slavic lands as ones to be conquered for lebensraum purposes and filled with German settlers. But what exactly was to be done with the Jews and the Slavs was left to the imagination of the listener. Not so here! Hitler makes direct threats against both Jews and Slavs as biological entities. He speaks of using both Jewish property and Jewish lives as hostages in response to the anti-German actions of other nations (pp. 88-89). (This foreshadows his infamous January 1939 statement, in which he said that, if "international Jewry" caused another war, he would destroy Europe's Jews in response.) He first speaks of resettling Czechs in Siberia (p. 38) and then, repeatedly complaining about the great fecundity of the Slavic peoples (p. 33, 137), proposes to solve this problem through such measures as keeping men and women separated for years (p. 137). He quips: "There are many ways, systematical and comparatively painless, or at any rate bloodless, of causing undesirable races to die out." (p. 138). (In time, the Nazis did implement both active and passive genocidal techniques against the conquered Slavs, as discussed by Raphael Lemkin. The Nazis also worked to develop mass-sterilization methods, preferably ones that could be used covertly against the intended victims).

In this book, Hitler develops his anti-Christian themes, but not as strongly as in the later HITLER'S TABLE TALK. In this work, Hitler refers to Christianity as an effeminate, Jewish invention (p. 49, 235). He trusts that the dogma of the Vicarious Suffering of Christ will give way to acceptance of the new Leader-legislator, who will liberate the faithful from the burden of free will (p. 225). Hitler also clearly exhibits the views of a moral relativist: "There is no such thing as truth, either in the moral or in the scientific sense." (p. 223).

Nazism is often misrepresented as a form of extreme nationalism. In fact, Hitler believed that the concept of the nation was a political expedient of democracy and Liberalism (p. 232), and was just as outdated as the concept of the dynastic feudal state that it had replaced. He wanted the concept of the nation replaced by "purely biological values". (p. 233).

Nazism is also commonly misrepresented as a form of capitalism. In actuality, Hitler scorned both Communism and capitalism, just as he had done earlier in MEIN KAMPF and the SECOND BOOK. In the present work, he commented: "The classless society of the Marxists, he [Hitler] contended, was madness. Order always meant class order. But the democratic notion of a class order based on the moneybag was equally mad. A genuine aristocracy was not born out of the accidentally successful speculations of bright businessmen." (p. 39).

All Jews should read this book!.......2006-03-15

To understand why, read my related essay at: http://www.hashkafah.com/index.php?showtopic=22001

FICTION.......2005-02-03

This book was published in late 1939 by a disaffected minor official from National Socialist Germany. It contains some of the more lurid anecdotes of Hitler's life, supposedly based on
numerous personal conversations between him and the author.
You are referred to the article in the German newsmagazine,
Der Spiegel, 37:92-99, 1985. A Swiss schoolteacher, Wolfgang
Haenel, demonstrated that the book is a compendium of works by
Ernst Juenger, Erich Ludendorff, Guy de Maupassant (the short story, The Horla) - in short, fiction. Dr. Rauschning had no
private conversations with Hitler and met him (formally) only
a couple of times. The book is no longer cited in histories and
biographies of the era. This is not to say that it is without
historical significance, as the Soviets entered it into evidence at the Nuremberg trials and it may well have influenced the judges into handing down more severe sentences than they otherwise would have done.
PS Dr. Rauschning died (a farmer!) in Portland, Oregon, in 1982.
Before that, he was quoted: "Herr Haenel will mich entlarven!"
(Mr. Haenel wants to expose me!)
Those with a genuine interest in seeing this article, and who cannot obtain it themselves, may write me at: Eric Rachut, M.D., 12641 FM 2601, Moody, Texas 76557.

THE VOICE OF DESTRUCTION (Hitler Speaks)

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The voice of destruction;: Warning to the West,

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The Walls Come True: An Opera for Spoken Voices : The Structure of Destruction : Part II (Messerli, Douglas, Structure of Destruction, Pt. 2.)

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Douglas Messerli
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Parallel universe at the Times: WMDs in Iraq? It depends on whose story you read. (Voices).: An article from: Columbia Journalism Review

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Parallel universe at the Times: WMDs in Iraq? It depends on whose story you read. (Voices).: An article from: Columbia Journalism Review
Liza Featherstone
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This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 795 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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Author: Liza Featherstone
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Date: July 1, 2003
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Interesting, but sometimes confusing.

Great to learn more about autism

A touching, loving memoir

Wonderful sequel

An honest, not sentimental, look at an autistic's world

Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism
Clara Claiborne Park
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Reprising her own now classic work The Siege, which covered the early years of her autistic daughters life, Clara Claiborne Park gives us a moving, eloquent portrait of Jessy as an autistic adultstill struggling with language, with hypersensitivities and obsessions, and with the social interactions that most of us take for granted, but at the same time achieving more than her parents could have ever hoped for, becoming an accomplished artist, and growing into an active member of her family and community.

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Interesting, but sometimes confusing........2004-06-18

Exiting Nirvana" is a mother's account of her autistic daughter, Jessy, and Jessy's life from her teens until the time the book was was published, when Jessy was in her early 40s. I found that the way the chapters of the book were presented was a little bit odd. Instead of starting with Jessy's teens and moving forward, showing her progress that way, the author divides the chapters into aspects of Jessy's behavior and life: i.e., the way Jessy talks and the ways she thinks. I found that some of the chapters seemed to be haphazardly written. Ideas didn't seem to flow easily from one paragraph to the next and were hard to follow. The author spent a lot of time discussing Jessy's obsession with numbers and this portion was especially confusing. I wasn't sure exactly what point the author was trying to get across...other than the fact that Jessy was obsessed with numbers and tended to look at the world that way. Later chapters, however, were quite well written, and I think the author had easier time discussing Jessy's life when Jessy herself was easier for the author to understand.

In many ways I thought the book was too short. I wanted to know more about Jessy, particularly about how she interacted with her father and her siblings, which the author barely touches on. We know that Jessy has siblings, but how Jessy fit in with them and interacted with them is rarely mentioned. There is a brief mention of Jessy moving the family cat's water dish, but that was the only clue that the family had any pets, so I was also left wondering how Jessy interacted with the family's pets.

However, I do think that "Exiting Nirvana" is helpful in understanding the way an autistic mind works, and is an interesting read for that alone.

Great to learn more about autism.......2002-03-26

Existing Nirvana: a daughter's life with autism, by Clara Claiborne Park, is a book about Jessy, the author's daughter, growing up with autism. Although it would seem to be hard growing up with autism, rather than focusing on the negative, Park shares the story of her daughter focusing on her differences from `normal' people in society and stressing the remarkable progress Jessy has made despite her abnormalities. This progress has allowed her to mentally and socially move more and more from her own world, `Nirvana', into the world in which everyone else operates. By giving an account of Jessy's life, the reader becomes more aware of the disability and its characteristics. The book focuses on they way individuals with autism think and even their speech. The speech portion of the story is more focused on Jessy specifically because her speech was worse than most individuals with autism. Park uses journals and pictures Jessy has drawn to looking deeper into her speech, thought process, portraits, and her current living. Through these different aspects, the reader becomes enlightened on the type of characteristics that define autism.
One of the many strengths of Exiting Nirvana is that readers receive an accurate account of autism by the specific analysis of the way individuals with this disability think and respond to situations. In addition to this, it shows the possible personal growth from childhood to adulthood of someone with autism. One of the weaknesses is that Park does not focus on Jessy's negative qualities. Although they are not totally ignored, the book idealizes autism by continually expressing Jessy's happiness. "She is still happy. I can't think of another woman in her forties who is more content with who she is, less likely to question how she lives or what she does" (Park, 9). The struggle of having a child who is autistic is not emphasized to the extent that it probably exists. This is partially because Jessy has showed so much improvement as she has grown up. Besides the idealism of the parenting necessary with autistic children, Exiting Nirvana is a great book to learn more about autism and the impossible improvements by looking at an actual person's life.

A touching, loving memoir.......2001-05-18

Clara Claiborne Park describes her daughter Jessy, an autistic woman in her 40's and discusses how her daughter has changed in the years since she wrote The Siege: A Family's Journey into the World of an Autistic Child, which ended when Jessy was 8. The book is an eloquent argument for the education of autistic children, and a detailed glimpse into the family life of an autistic person. Park describes different aspects of their life in a matter-of-fact manner-- no whining or victimhood here. Her love of Jessy is obvious, and there is no complaining, but it becomes obvious through the descriptions of Jessy's behavior and personality that their life has been difficult. It's also obvious how well Jessy has been cared for and loved. It's refreshing to read this book because the Park family just seems so, so good, and that's unusual to come across these days.Parks is a great writer-- the book is intelligent and readable. I'd recommend this book for any family with an autistic child, and for anyone who is just interested in thinking about how love, personality, and intelligence relate

Wonderful sequel.......2001-03-23

This is a wonderful sequel to her earlier book, The Siege. I enjoyed being able to follow her daughter's life and see how it all turned out. Clara Park writes about her daughter with so much love and insight into all the positives and negatives of raising a challenged child/woman. Yet she so clearly admits there is so much they will never understand. I would have liked to have seen more written about how the rest of the family interacts with Jessy - the focus is somewhat narrow. Recommended for any parent or person that works with others with any type of disability. This book will heighten your sensitivity!

An honest, not sentimental, look at an autistic's world.......2001-03-12

I read an excerpt of this book in Harper's magazine before I found the book itself and was mesmerized by the account of living with an autistic child - written by of the parent of one. It is clear that Clara Claiborne Park, the mother of Jessy Park, has also tried to understand her daughter's perceptions of the world, at least as much as any non-autistic person can, and to reveal that world to "outsiders" (those with no first-hand experience being with an autistic person). She has done an admirable job. I've read quite a bit about autism and autistic children and this book ranks among the best. In addition to her own feelings, Jessy's mother uses Jessy's own quotations and poems to try and help others understand her daughter's world. Like another relatively well-knonw autistic, Temple Grandin, Jessy is a "high-functioning" autistic. She can hold down a job, she has had art exhibitions of her drawings and she attended school for many years. Still, her world is far from what most of us would call normal and her social interactions with people outside her family are still rather limited. She has trouble with unexpected changes in her usual routine and she has never fallen in love, at least not with another person. She sees the world in minute detail in some areas, creating drawings that are extemely precise and accurate, and yet fails to grasp the subtle nuances of social give and take, the emotional vocabulary so many of us take for granted. What I found particularly fascinating about this book was the way it changed my perspective about what normalcy is. If you read this book, would strongly recommend getting a look at Jessy's drawings wometime, whether at an exhibition or however else you may find them (perhaps searching down that back issue of Harpers; wish I remembered the issue off the top of my head). Her drawings of routine objects, particularly houses, are striking for their attention to detail and a shimmering vibrant sense of color that goes beyond simple copying of what is in front of her eyes. I wish I could see the world as she does for just one day, not because it would be better than the way I see the world now, not because I have any romantic illusions that the autistic leads a charmed life (no one reading this book could feel that way) but because I would like to know what that world was like, in all its beauty, pain and alienation.

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Must have for every knitter

Certainly lots of stitches, but no context, perhaps translation issues

Takes me away from plain stockinette

a good book

Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns

Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns (Knitting)
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With 142 different stitches, from the basic stockinette to openwork embroidery, aplus a variety of beautiful knitting projects, this comprehensive guide is the knitter's bible. It offers a virtual treasure chest of possibilities, all illustrated with diagrams and explained in easy-to-follow detail: classics such as the seaside chain, rung ladder, diamond, and staggered squares; dozens of cross-stitch variations; several kinds of slip stitches; two-color stitches, including creative reliefs and daisy patterns; jacquard; and more. Beginners can use the directions to learn the fundamentals and master this popular craft; more experienced knitters will pore over the pages for fresh ideas that will take their work to new creative levels. It's a must-have for anyone who owns a set of knitting n

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Must have for every knitter.......2007-09-15

I have a great collection of books; some are by designers, others compilations from knitting magazines or their editors. This book is a basic for every knitter's library. Since there are many books available, you need to know what makes this book special. It shows you the stitch; graphs it for you, but also writes out the verbiage for the stitch, which is what most knitters are used to.

Certainly lots of stitches, but no context, perhaps translation issues.......2007-06-25

I'm trying to teach myself knitting, and I am trying lots of stitch patterns as I go. I was thrilled at first to see how many patterns this book had, but after a while, it frustrated me. There is absolutely no context to the patterns---no comments, no advice, even very little division into sections. The patterns also seem to use notations and terms that are not the same as most I see. I saw this book was translated from Italian, and I wonder if something was lost in translation. It also seems physically cheaply made, as if the pages might fall out at any times. But it does have about the most stitch patterns of any book I've seen, if you can understand them!

Takes me away from plain stockinette.......2007-05-08

I've only been knitting for about a year, and haven't ventured past rib and stockinette. I've found pattern books to be focused on the pattern, without too much information about the actual stitch they are charting. This was the book I was looking for! "How-to" for the actual stitch. My plan is to knit separate blocks (sort of like a knit sampler), and join them into a throw. With that plan, I hope to teach myself different stitches and make my sweaters more versatile.

I did my first block using the Ladder Rung stitch. Some readers expressed disatisfaction with pattern accuracy. I did not find this to be true. I used the instructions for Ladder Rung, and my sample looked exactly like the one pictured. I did find the stitch instructions rather "crammed together." When a line wraps around to the next line for the same row, it is hard to keep glancing back and forth to see if you are on the right line. For example:

Row 1: xxxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx

Is much harder to follow than:

Row 1: xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

I will try copying the instructions out so that 1 line contains 1 row.

I'm pleased with the investment, and look forward to integrating these stitches into my knitting projects.

a good book.......2007-05-07

This is a very interesting book if you are interested in new knitting patterns!

Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns.......2007-03-08

This is exactly what I was looking for. Had lost my old stitch pattern books in moving. It has ALL the stitches I had used and wanted to use again in one volume!!

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Excellent & Comprehensive Knitting guide!
GREAT! Book
It's Okay...
an excellent book
#1 Knitting Resource (after my mom)!

Big Book of Knitting
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950 color illustrations! A marvelous, oversized, every-page-in-full-color celebration of knitting! Beginners will find everything they need to make their first knitting projects, and experienced knitters will love the sensuous photos of the creative process and the finished projects. From needles to fabrics, all the essential techniques appear, along with a variety of stitches and weaves--not only the basics, but intricate double-face, jacquard, and intarsia. Add buttons and buttonholes, zippers, borders, and pockets. Weave or embroider one of many popular designs onto the fabric. Finish off with charming touches like pompons, piping, fringes, and tassels. The projects, all accompanied by charts and patterns, are breathtaking: colorful socks, gloves, and mittens; sweaters; vests; polos; and pullovers. Trim size: 8 1/2 x 11 1/4.

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Excellent & Comprehensive Knitting guide!.......2007-07-28

I love this book! I bought it about 5 years ago and I've not regretted it once. The photographs make it easy to learn, and the drawings are clear. I learned to knit from a one-page leaflet when I was in high school, but I never finished a project until I got this book. It opened the world of knitting up for me. I am now getting ready to start teaching knitting and I want my students to start with this book. I can't think of another book I've seen that is so comprehensive and clear in its instruction. It takes you from the basics to the advanced painlessly and makes it all seem much easier and possible to achieve. This is really the only technique book you will ever need.

GREAT! Book.......2007-04-08

This book is well worth the price.
Buy it if you want to know more about knitting.

It's Okay..........2007-03-09

Not very useful if you don't have much experience and most of the patterns are made in dark colors and is hard to see them. Many patterns but again, only useful if you have a lot of experience in knitting.

an excellent book.......2007-01-19

This is a very good knitting book for beginners, and even for proficient knitters. It teaches every basic skill and provides beautiful patterns. I love this book very much

#1 Knitting Resource (after my mom)!.......2006-07-09

I am a knitter who learned from a pro--my German mother--who creates her knitted works without patterns. Since this is how I learned to knit, this is how I create my pieces. While this book has some patterns (not necessarily ones I would make), it is more of an inspirational book for designing and creating your own unique work. This book is essential for the knitter who is ready to venture beyond someone else's patterns and begin creating her (his) own patterns. It covers such important finishing details such as how to create "seamless" seams, various collars and sleeve patterns in addition to beginning details such as how to cast on using the "kitchener's rib" which creates a very VERY professional (and store-bought) effect. This book is my go-to resource when I find myself attempting to decipher a confusing pattern written by another author. Also, INVALUABLE to any knitter, is the chart on page 51 which tells the reader how many stitches to cast on based upon gauge--this allows the reader/designer to make pieces that fit perfectly! Happy Knitting!

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Good & Interesting Knitting Stitch Dictionary

Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns
RCS LIBRI
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1402708300

Book Description

With 142 different stitches, from the basic stockinette to openwork embroidery, and beautiful items to knit as well, this comprehensive guide is the knitter’s bible. It offers a virtual treasure chest of possibilities, all illustrated with diagrams and explained in easy-to-follow detail: classics such as the seaside chain, rung ladder, diamond, and staggered squares; dozens of cross-stitch variations; several kinds of slip stitches; two-color stitches, including creative reliefs and daisy patterns; jacquard; and more. Beginners can use the directions to learn the fundamentals and master this popular craft; more experienced knitters will pore over the pages for fresh ideas that will take their work to new creative levels. It’s a must-have for anyone who owns a set of knitting needles.

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Good & Interesting Knitting Stitch Dictionary.......2006-12-28

This is a good knitting stitch dictionary, but if you are just starting out, look for the Barbara Walker dictionaries which are the classic foundations of the field, to see if you would like them as well or instead. A few notes:

- The description is wrong, it has 550 stitch patterns, not 142 as stated in the editorial description.

- As of this moment that I am writing, this same book is available in a miuch cheaper printing in the US, see ISBN 1402727631 (or search for the same title).

Every pattern has a large finely detailed swatch photo, text instructions, and charted instructions, with a chart symbol list with each pattern. It is a translation of an Italian dictionary, so at times the terminology is not quite what would be used in the US. Also it could stand a decent index.

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Great beginner's book

Big Book Of Knitting
Katharina Buss
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OZELAG

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Great beginner's book.......2007-07-01

I had explored other beginning knitting books but I was finally was able to conquer the basics with this one. The illustrations are the greatest thing about this book. Instead of drawings, there are clear photographs of each technique described which I found much more helpful because it actually looks like what you are doing! Overall, I think its a great beginner's book. My only disappointment was the patterns. They just weren't my style (Kind of 80ish), but the instruction is great and covers everything from the basics, buttonholes, color knitting, finishing etc. Overall a great starter book.

Big Needle Knits for the Home (American School of Needlework #1375)

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Big Needle Knits for the Home (American School of Needlework #1375)
Scarlet Taylor , Svetlana Avrakh , Carolyn Pfeifer , and Sandy Scoville
Manufacturer: American School of Needlework
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1590121090

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The 6 projects in this book use larger needles in sizes 11 to 17. Six Projects -- Knit-Twis Lattice Rug, Shadow Cables Throw, Woven-Look Throw, Richly Textured Afghan, Moonlight Throw & Pillow

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Big Book of Scrap Crochet Afghans

Manufacturer: House of White Birches
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1592170048

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From ripples to reversibles, mile-a-minutes to motifs, and plaids to one-piece wonders, these beautiful afghans will turn yarn scraps into colorful and creative works of art.

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Big and beautiful

Great Big Crochet Afghan Book
American School of Needlework
Manufacturer: American School of Needlework/Asn Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1590120000

Book Description

This impressive full color collection offers 47 cozy crochet afghans in many different styles, textures and color combinations. Includes innovative ideas for every home using a variety of beautiful readily-available yarns.

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Big and beautiful.......2007-03-22

This is one of the best afghan books i have seen. The designs in this book are georgeous and include granny squares, ripples, mile-a minute, filet, 3d florals and even one for double ended hooks.
There are a couple of patterns suitable for baby and children's throws, including a cute kitten stitch.
Each pattern has a lovely coloured photograph, easy to follow instructions and charts where necessary. A small basic stich guide and filet review is included in the back.
The book has 47 patterns in total.

McCall's Big Book of Knit and Crochet for Home and Family (Chilton Needlework Series)

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McCall's Big Book of Knit and Crochet for Home and Family (Chilton Needlework Series)

Manufacturer: Chilton Book Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0801972531

Bernat Handicrafter The Big Book of Ski and Sports Sweaters for Men, Women and Youngsters (Book #53)

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Bernat Handicrafter The Big Book of Ski and Sports Sweaters for Men, Women and Youngsters (Book #53)

Manufacturer: Emil Bernat & Sons Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000V15WVK

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Knitting Instructions for winter apparel, 1950's.

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Big Book of Baby Knitting
Mary Healey
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Textbook Binding
ASIN: 0827752032

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Best Info Yield in a small book!

The Backyard Vegetable Factory: Super Yields from Small Spaces
Duane Newcomb
Manufacturer: Rodale Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0878577726

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Best Info Yield in a small book!.......2003-03-26

This book packs more information on organic vegetable gardening in a concise, ejoyable format than any I've ever seen. I always reccomend it to people who want to start or improve their veggie garden. From soil improvement to companion planting, choosing space saving/container varieties to chemical free pest and weed control, this reference has it all. Even how to blend your own natural fertilizer, how long seeds are viable, etc. Can't go wrong with this one!

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This mega-best seller provides sixty-five practical, easy-to-follow lessons to develop the much ignored right-brain tendencies of children. These simple yet dramatically effective ideas and activities have helped thousands with learning difficulties. Includes an easy to administer screening checklist to determine hemisphere dominance. Engaging instructional activities that draw on the intuitive, non-verbal abilities of the right brain, a list of skills associated with each brain hemisphere and much more. All grades

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In the third grade my son was convinced he was retarded!.......2006-06-08

Then I read this book and applied a few of the very simple exercises into his everyday routine. Last year he received his MFA in photography and experimental animated film from the California Institute of the Arts. He now has a job at USC and is excited that one of the benefits it offers is free classes. He wants to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering! Most importantly he is happy and proud of himself, with good reason.

This book saved his life!

Unicorns are Real.......2005-09-08

This book gives a basic description of a right brained visual learning style and some very easy to implement strategies for helping right brained learners.

We are just starting to learn.......2003-06-01

about brain mysteries and learning. Her book helps to make a dent in that pathway of mystery. She gives practical advice as well as personal stories to support her point of view. This is a must have for any teacher.

great resource.......2002-08-27

This book is a fantastic resource for activities on right-brained learning. Vitale's format is very easy to follow. The lessons are practical and easy to use. I have used this book in my classroom and have found that the lessons engage students and help them to understand difficult concepts.

A key to unlocking the door.......2000-11-28

I read this book twelve years ago. As a homeschool mom it helped me understand the ways I needed to work with my child. Now, as he approaches graduation...he is a musician and speaks two languages fluently. I will never forget the day this book fell into my hands!

Unicorns Are Real: A Right-Brained Approach to Learning

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Unicorns Are Real: A Right-Brained Approach to Learning
Barbara Meister Vitale
Manufacturer: Warner Books Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000T8IKMS

Unicorns Are Real : A Right-Brained Approach to Learning (Right Brain-Whole Brain Learning Ser.)

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Unicorns Are Real : A Right-Brained Approach to Learning (Right Brain-Whole Brain Learning Ser.)
Barbara M. Vitale
Manufacturer: Jalmar Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HMPKEM

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Unicorns Are Real : A Right-Brained Approach to Learning (Right Brain-Whole Brain Learning Ser.)
Barbara M. Vitale
Manufacturer: WARNER
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000K3KF52

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Internationally renowned as one of the twentieth century's wittiest writers and most original artists, Beatrice Wood at the age of 100 is as energetic, graceful, and inspiring as ever. In a series of duotone portraits made during the last 18 years, Wood's longtime friend, photographer Marlene Wallace, has captured with sensitivity and elegance the essence of this remarkable woman. Including Beatrice Wood's mischievious and penetrating insights into everything from politics to the mysteries of love, Playing Chess with the Heart is a touching tribute to the imagination and open mind of an extraordinary creative spirit.

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Love, Love, Love this book!.......2006-10-30

Absolutely stunning, glorious and sensual black and white photos of Beatrice Wood.

B. Wood conveys in her photos that life can be lived with enthusiasm and zeal at 100 years old.

She inspires me on every level as a woman.

A small yet magnificent book.

Playing Chess With the Heart : Beatrice Wood at 100

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Playing Chess With the Heart : Beatrice Wood at 100
Beatrice Wood
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NRC95E

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