How to Know the Cacti : Pictured Keys for Determining the Native Cacti of the United States and Many of the Introduced Species

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How to Know the Cacti : Pictured Keys for Determining the Native Cacti of the United States and Many of the Introduced Species
E Yale Dawson
Manufacturer: Wm C Brown Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JC7SZ4

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How to know the cacti;: Pictured keys for determining the native cacti of the United States and many of the introduced species (Pictured key nature series)
Elmer Yale Dawson
Manufacturer: W. C. Brown Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006AYUVY

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Saving the past from disappearing completely.......2000-12-11

Elizabeth Kiritani should be familiar to anyone who has lived in Japan for a while. She has become noted for her knowledge of traditional Japanese culture, and this book is an excellent example of the author's deep knowledge of the subject. In great detail, accompanied by simple but clear illustrations, she explains things that were once common, but are rapidly disappearing. One of the most interesting segments for me was the section on traditional thatched-roof houses. They are plentiful in Nagano, where I live, but I didn't imagine that any were left in Tokyo. Not only does the author interview a person that makes thatched roofs, but she gives an interesting and detailed account of life in a thatched roof home, both from point of view of the older generation who can't imagine anything else, and the younger generation who aren't as enthusiastic. Like all other developed nations, Japan's traditional crafts are rapidly disappearing, as young people become accustomed to convenience and expediency. Kiritani has preserved, in text form at least, an important part of Tokyo's and Japan's cultural history.

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Stolen Glory: The McKinley Assassination
Jack C. Fisher
Manufacturer: Alamar Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0966177215

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Attractive and successful, Joie Davidow presents a confident face to the world. But her carefully applied makeup conceals a secret she has kept for decades. She was born with a port-wine stain, a purple mark that covers most of the left side of her face, including her eye. Tormented as a child, shunned as a teenager, she thought of herself as deformed and ugly until, in her second year of college, she discovered cosmetics that would allow her to hide the mark on her face. She learned to paint on a mask that made her appear normal, if not downright beautiful. Suddenly she was no longer “the girl with the big purple mark.” Behind the mask she was safe, protected from the astonished eyes and unkind remarks of strangers. Her deception was her freedom, but it was also her imprisonment, a threat that never left her. For most of her life she feared that a hot, humid day, a strong wind, an errant tear, or even a fervent embrace would destroy the face she had so painstakingly created, revealing her shameful secret.

While hiding behind the mask, she became a newspaper editor, then a magazine publisher. She sat front and center at runway shows in Paris, London, Milan, and New York. She was an authority on all things glamorous, appearing frequently on television. But alone at night, she washed her face and saw a disfigured woman in the mirror.

Marked for Life chronicles Joie’s coming of age with a facial difference and a family who tried to deal with the purple mark by denying its existence. It is the story of Joie’s search for a man whose love she could trust despite her marked face, and her passion for the man who loved and accepted her.

It is the story of how she refused to be defined by the stain that disfigured her and how, finally, she came to realize that, despite being “marked for life,” she is really just another face in the crowd, no different from anyone else.

Written with honesty, wit, and a true storyteller’s gift, this book will resonate with all of us who have at times felt that we, too, were secretly marked and somehow different from the rest of the world.

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Brave and richly-textured memoir.......2006-04-10

As others have observed, this is a hard book to put down, and worthy of your attention. I happened to be doing research on the lives of people born with birthmarks, but I got much more than I bargained for in this book. In short, Joie Davidow is someone I admire and not merely because of her courage -- she's quite a writer. Highly recommended.

Port Wine Stained.......2004-04-07

Who would imagine that a memoir about a rare form of birthmark commonly referred to as a "port wine" mark would be impossible to put down? Joie Davidow's lover during college chose her over a "certified genius" girlfriend from his hometown. Joie Davidow may not be "certified," but she certainly demonstrates creative genius. In writing about the stigma of growing up with a dark purple "handprint" over half her face, Ms. Davidow also manages to mirror the larger "print" of civilization and its consideration of who passes the "test" for perfection. For example, Ms. Davidow, then a young teen who hates being asked, "What happened to you?" asks an elderly woman why she has a number tatooed onto her arm. The book tells about growing up Jewish in a small mostly non-Jewish town where one isn't to make a "big deal" over anything, including the purple mark; what this means is that she is not to show her feelings about anything. When she first falls in love, her father makes that a very big deal. He (...) stops speaking to his young and rather innocent daughter (other than to insult her), another "mark for life" in terms of her relationships with men. Her training as a singer is also fascinating. If all of this sounds rather heavy and intense, the reader should know that Ms. Davidow has a wonderful and subtle sense of humor. Her writing sings.

Interesting and Entertaining.......2003-10-25

Ms. Davidow is an avid storyteller who has bared her soul to allow us the opportunity to examine the life of someone living with a port wine stain. The birthmark is secondary to the obstacles that probably faced many Jewish women growing up where she did and when she did. I applaud her for her honesty and trust. As someone who has also grown up with birthmarks I can appreciate the pain she has felt, the stares she has endured, and the longing to "be normal" that is evident in her story.

Great book; Great person.

"Marked For Life" is beautiful.......2003-10-12

Marked For Life is "about" a stigma as much as Moby Dick is about a whale; it is surely the central problem, but it is the journey wherein lies the story. The body and its frailties, its betrayals, and its reflection, for better or worse, on our selves is everyone's existential lot, and the pathos in the narrative both gives one perspective, and becomes a real life metaphor for the paradoxes we all live; experiencing pleasure and creative expression through our physical beings while conversely being confined, by gender, appearance, and longings that both drive us and make us want to scream to the void: "I am not this body!"
The "mark" has even broader implications as the author searches for ways to conceal as well as integrate the "problem" as she grows, reflected in the myriad ways the mark is gazed by different people in her life, parents, doctors, lovers and society itself over time and personal growth. The greatest irony of the story is that Ms Davidow is actually quite beautiful, as well as brilliant, but it is the refrain of the book:"If I had been born in another time, another place..." which reminds us of the fragility that physicality burdens us with, and how lucky we are to be here now.

Could not put this book down.......2003-10-08

MARKED FOR LIFE is one of those books that stays with you for a long time. I could not put it down once I started reading it. It is much more than just the story of someone with a port wine stain--it is a story about the growing pains that we all feel in life and the attempts we make to fit in. I recommend this book to anyone who believes that real life stories are more interesting than any fiction. Joie is a talented storyteller and you can't help rooting for her throughout this touching and well-written book. I especially recommend this book for all young women. A must read.

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5 Stars for Inspiration!

400 polymer clay designs:A collection of dynamic & colorful contemporary work

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Inspiration - Pure and Simple

Great for pictures

400 Polymer Clay Designs: A Collection of Dynamic & Colorful Contemporary Work

Manufacturer: Lark Books
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Binding: Paperback

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The Art of Polymer Clay: Designs and Techniques for Creating Jewelry, Pottery, and Decorative Artwork (paperback reissue, Updated)

ASIN: 1579904602

Book Description

Unique creations by top artists such as Nan Roche, Cynthia Toops, Barbara McGuire, and Gwen Gibson make this the best showcase of polymer clay work ever assembled. With everything from jewelry and vessels to art dolls and sculptures displayed in superb color photos, the versatility and beauty of the medium is exquisitely evident. Mosaics, millefiori, canework, and molded, stamped, and embossed pieces: there’s a little bit of everthing to please the eye. Dayle Dorowshaw’s magical Egyptian Spell Book features carvings and image transfers that blend seamlessly with gold leaf, candles, branches, and silver. Luann Udell’s faux-ivory artifacts take their inspiration from the prehistoric art in France’s Lascaux Caves. It’s the largest—and finest—book of contemporary polymer art available anywhere.

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5 Stars for Inspiration!.......2007-02-11

All of Larks 400 and 500 series books are not instructional: they are inspirational. This book showcases some of the best polymer work being done. I have pored over and over it for the past year and I never tire of looking at it!

400 polymer clay designs:A collection of dynamic & colorful contemporary work.......2007-01-12

The variety and different styles and the imagnative uses of polymer clay was wonderful. The book gave great examples of the versitility of this up and coming creative art and craft medium.

Good for inspiration.......2007-01-10

This book is great for ideas to get you inspired. Worth having.

Inspiration - Pure and Simple .......2007-01-08

400 Polymer was my first purchase in this series by Lark, I simply call them my "Inspiration" books, each page draws a gasp as you realise the potential of this much maligned medium, if you had memories of Mum giving you a block of clay to "make and bake' some hideous item as a child, do yourself a favour and check out this book. You will be running to the craft shop to purchase clay and commence your journey. I am in awe of many of the artisans featured. I would like to see Lark list a little more on the artist, such as country of origin and also list the artists websites if they have them. No instructions, but you simply have to have it.

Great for pictures.......2006-11-11

It's great to have pictures, but it would be nice to know a little bit about the artist and how they completed their work. A few of the designs say a little bit, but I just feel the book should provide a little bit more information than it does.
It's not really worth the money.

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Color photos and illustrations throughout.

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Virago Book Of Women Gardeners
Deborah Kellaway
Manufacturer: Virago
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000W6V9XY

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VIRAGO BOOK OF WOMEN GARDENERS
DEBORAH KELLAWAY
Manufacturer: VIRAGO
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S2ZTSS

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Virago Book of Women Gardeners
Deborah Kellaway
Manufacturer: VIRAGO PRESS LTD
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OJJWQ0

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In the company of women

Virago Book of Women Gardeners
Kellaway
Manufacturer: Virago Press, Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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In the company of women.......2003-07-06

The full title of this anthology is "The Illustrated Virgo Book of Women Gardeners". Virago is the division of international publisher Little, Brown &Co that pays serious attention to women's writing. They chose an editor who is herself a student of English Literature as well as a gardener and gave her the daunting task of selecting the most evocative writing from the pens of devoted women gardeners of the last few centuries.

Deciding what to leave out must have been far more difficult than choosing what to include. The editor says "The book aims to be useful, to inspire or amuse. But another editor, even given these three aims, might well have made an entirely different selection." One choice that had to be made was that, with two exceptions, the book contains no fiction. The first exception, and the first extract, is from Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The sEcret Garden".

The editor has divided this anthology into ten sections, starting with "Weeders and Diggers" and ending with "Visionaries". You'll find many famous garden names in there and also some that are new to you. You'll find writers from over a hundred years ago and modern writers, writers with vast acres and paid gardeners with small back gardens and soil under their finger nails. There is a beautifully illustrated section on flower arranging (which is an advanced art in England) and bracing words written by Gertrude Jekyll in 1899 ""I have no patience with slovenly planting..."

This anthology is handsomely illustrated, showcasing the work of women photographers. Buy this book for a woman friend or treat yourself to it. You can open it at any page, the extract coming from any century, and you know you are in the company of friends.

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THE VIRAGO BOOK OF WOMEN GARDENERS.

Manufacturer: P/B
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HFX5MS

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The Illustrated Virago Book of Women Gardeners
Deborah (Edited By) Kellaway
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUE9EY

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Originally published as a single volume, The Heart of Listening has been re-issued as two separate volumes because of public demand for a more concise, portable edition. Milne, a third generation Scottish osteopath, begins by explaining the visionary approach to healing, and how it may be applied to the realm of craniosacral work. In the second volume, Milne details the anatomy, physiology, energetics, and techniques that are the essential core of visionary craniosacral work. His particular genius lies in his ability to weave a delicate tapestry of narrative, poetry, and scientific fact into a fascinating and insightful exposition of the visionary healing arts.

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Highly recommend.......2007-01-09

Hugh Milne's 2 vol. set combines poetry, art, and technique in the field of Craniosacral Therapy. Great insight to the therapist's process, as well as, the client. It goes beyond the technical to the artful and creative process of being with your client, as you help their body heal itself. Not only beautiful, and inspiring, but deals, in detail, with the technical aspects of craniosacral work. It is a definite "must" in the library of the body worker who wants to go beyond the ordinary.

The Heart of Listening: A Visionary Approach to Craniosacral Work Vol 1 Reader Review .......2006-08-21

Well written with a good index, bibliography and footnotes for each chapter. The author's analogies are also quite helpful as it is really a book that tries to teach a feeling, hands on, touch subject. The diagrams are accurate and easy to follow. At times there are references to techniques that are in the next volume. Volume one deals with the background, history and cerebral/philosophical aspects of craniosacral work. These aspects are a key to how the author practices craniosacral work. This is not just a technical manual of how to shift bones. It deals with energetic aspects of healing as well. As I am a veterinarian, the medical aspects were easy to follow. I cannot speak to how someone with less anatomical training would see the text.

Truth Rings Clear and Beautiful.......2003-07-03

If every Massage Therapy School would teach The Heart of Listening's lessons on "transference" and "counter-transference," I believe Hugh Milne would have provided a direly needed understanding and set of constructive guidelines for therapists who are human and therefore tend to get into trouble when in close contact with other humans.

There are many other extraordinarily helpful and interesting stories, explanations and illustrations to be found in The Heart of Listening. If you believe that truth is beauty and beauty truth, I think you would deeply appreciate Hugh Milne's book. It is a fine creative effort, especially in presentation of both the technical and spiritual aspects of Visionary Craniosacral Work.

Another thing I like about the writing: Milne doesn't take credit for someone else's work. Quite the contrary. I noticed meticulous care in giving credit where credit is due. A certain humility permeates this book, letting the reader know the author is not just knowledgeable in a gentle way, but quite honest. Jockeying for "who's the best" status obviously isn't a Milne characteristic.

hmmmm.................2001-11-14

It is interesting to see such divergent opinions and ratings regarding this book. Does it mean that a person looking for texts on craniosacral therapy should accept the average rating for this book to mean that it is middle of the road? Hmmm....I don't think so. For the person seeking out help with their healing process, craniosacral work is only as valuable as the consciousness of the practitioner is clear and open. Milne writes that "presence is more important than technique." He also teaches that it is important to learn the techniques well and to have a fully-equipped, expert tool bag (realizing that this may take many, many years of practice to acquire). Then the practitioner will have just the right technique that may be intuitively chosen for each individual in their own timing and need. It is also important to realize that no one is the sole authority on craniosacral work. If you have undertaken a journey to incorporate craniosacral work in your practice, it would be wise for you to read many books or articles on the work, including the words of Rollin Becker, Don Cohen, Hugh Milne, Michael Shea, Franklyn Sills, William Sutherland, John Upledger and others. The best way to learn the work is to wipe the slate clean before each bodywork session, before each study session, before each class, and let the cranial wave and dreambody of the person offered before you to teach you what craniosacral work is and what is needed. This includes the practitioner accessing his/her own cranial wave as a wisdom teacher. The truth is--craniosacral work cannot be completely written down in any book or completely taught in any class. It can only be wholly known in the place where there are no words. This book just may be the help and the inspiration for you to be able to arrive in the place of no words and no doing, the time/space where the "breath of life" (Sutherland) is united with the blue print for health. The world needs this work. Let us all learn to listen with our hearts, and keep our minds open in the process.

Not the Definitive Text I wanted..........2001-10-03

After reading Elsa Cort's reviews of this text, I was hoping this would be the "definitive text" for CranioSacral Therapy for me that it was for her. Unfortunately, this text added little to my previous studies. Having studied cranial work from the Cranial Academy and CranioSacral Therapy from the Upledger Institute, this text did little to expand my knowledge. For my money, there are better books in the market.

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This acclaimed autobiography by one of the twentieth century's greatest satirical artists is as much a graphic portrait of Germany in chaos after the Treaty of Versailles as it is a memoir of a remarkable artist's development. Grosz's account of a world gone mad is as acute and provocative as the art that depicts it, and this translation of a work long out of print restores the spontaneity, humor, and energy of the author's German text. It also includes a chapter on Grosz's experience in the Soviet Union--omitted from the original English-language edition--as well as more writings about his twenty-year self-imposed exile in America, and a fable written in English.

The autobiography of George Grosz: A small yes and a big no

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Great Art Book

The autobiography of George Grosz: A small yes and a big no
George Grosz
Manufacturer: Allison & Busby
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Great Art Book.......2004-12-06

Text in English, German. x, 246 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Translation of: Ein kleines Ja und ein grosses Nein. Crammed with unique anecdotes and reminiscenses. More than just a chronicle of his own life, it becomes in effect a history of the modern movement and is, says the Stuttgarter Zeitung, "a glorious, exciting book. Grosz was the most rebellious and explosive of artists, the scoruge of militarism. capitalism and the bougeoisie in the 1920s, whose lines "tore like barbed wire" and whose life and work became a legend. His autobiography is is a rich, enjoyable book, here fully available in English for thie first time. Includes index.

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George Grosz
Hans Hess
Manufacturer: Yale Univ Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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George Grosz: A Biography
M. Kay Flavell
Manufacturer: Yale Univ Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0300041454

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George Grosz: An Autobiography
George GROSZ
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WBKQYW

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George Grosz: An Autobiography
George GROSZ
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Little Yes & a Big No the Autobiography
George Grosz
Manufacturer: DIAL PRESS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PZTN0S

Little Yes & a Big No the Autobiography of George Grosz

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Little Yes & a Big No the Autobiography of George Grosz
George Grosz and Lola Sachs Dorin
Manufacturer: DIAL PRESS
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Binding: Hardcover

A little yes and a big no;: The autobiography of George Grosz

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A little yes and a big no;: The autobiography of George Grosz
George Grosz
Manufacturer: The Dial Press
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