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The Final Mission: Spooky 8
Bob King
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IN VIETNAM THEY TRAINED HIM TO DO WHAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD.For seventeen years, Bob King, who began his military career as a member of the Special Forces Unit in Vietnam, led an incredible double life, carrying out the U.S. government's high-risk missions-- without involving its military. Then, in 1992, King and his men, secret members of a U.S. Tactical Reconnaissance Team, were sent to Colombia. The mission was "an easy breather," until the men walked into an ambush and found out the real reason they were there. They had been sent to die.IN SOUTH AMERICA, HE HELPED THEM FIGHT THEIR DIRTY LITTLE WAR.With three men dead, and King himself wounded, the band of mercenaries began a desperate battle for survival-- and for the truth-- that led from South America all the way to Washington, D.C. Now, in this chilling, action-packed book, Bob King goes public: with the covert operations he carried out, the hidden deals he witnessed, and the horrific shadow war he survived-- against a U.S. government desperate to bury its secrets and its own men.NOW HE KNEW THEIR SECRETS. AND THEY WANTED HIM DEAD.
Customer Reviews:
A Real Rambo.......2006-03-26
This book was written as a means of therapy and to give closure to his secret life. While every effort was made to be accurate, names, dates, places, and events were intentionally altered (p.ix). It is about a secret side to our government that is kept hidden, one that is not elected but controls our lives never the less. The book begins with an easy job that promised big money. (Shouldn't this be a warning?) The team is introduced by their talents. The job was to place some monitoring equipment at a rural airstrip, then return. But an ambush occurred, and team members were killed. They cleaned up the mess, and escaped (pp.62-4). When the remaining members of the team met at the rendezvous in Colorado, they were warned against using a cordless or cellular phone.
Chapters 9 and 10 tell of his entry into the world of black operations in Thailand, where he was involved in transporting "military supplies". In Chapter 16 Chance learns these "military supplies" were opium; this was a forerunner for Iran-Contra drug smuggling. In Chapter 17 Chance found out about the history of his black operations. It was to enrich high-level intelligence operations; they were "the biggest drug dealers in the world" (p.221). All the surviving team members wanted was to be let alone, and not hassled in other ways (pp.233-4). The Appendix gives examples of coded memos from the CIA, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency (what a great cover name!).
A few years before his execution, an excerpt from a letter of Timothy McVeigh was printed in the "NY Times'. It said the Federal Government wanted to recruit him for a secret organization that would execute drug dealers and corrupt politicians in this country and abroad. This book corroborates that statement. The book "Compromised" by Terry Reed tells of higher level drug deals by Government officials. Why were the Spooky 8 teams "contaminated with toxic wastes"? Because they knew too much, and their continued employment presented a future security risk (like that C-5 shot down in 1986 Nicaragua). 1992 was a critical election year. The old saying is still true: "if you sup with the Devil be sure to use a long spoon".
Not buying it.......2005-02-16
A book about a supposed "Black op" from an alleged operator. Does this TYPE of thing happen? Sure. Did this "true story" happen? No.
The book reads as though the author read one of Marcinko's books and said "I can do that". There are some glaring problems with some of the things the author claims to have done for example buying a standard camcorder and leaving it unattended to tape a target for 24 hrs. How many camcorders have you seen that have enough tape and battery life to tape 24 hrs straight? And this is minor compared to his military and combat claims.
There are plenty of books available from real oparators about real secret missions. This is a poor copy of a rogue warrior book.
Bogus.......2004-09-15
There is no doubt in my mind that the United States Government, with CIA, NSA, etc. intervention, sanctions black operations of this sort, but Bob King and this book are complete fabrications of his imagination. From technical mistakes in the content to the picture of the author on the back page, everything this title entails is bogus.
95% Fiction.......2004-05-21
I was riveted by the first 6 chapters as everything seemed quite believable. However, starting with chapter 7, characters and events became implausible and fictional. Key events and characters that moved the story forward were completely based on coincidence.
The lead character Chance has a friend in DC he hasn't seen in a number of years. He asks to stay with her. She has a friend, Beth that coincidently Chance has previously met. What a small world! Then, Beth happens to coincidently know a former SEAL, Kevin Stacey, who works in Black Ops who knows Chance and his predicament. She sets up a meeting. And guess what, he has all this documentation Chance needs to answer his unknown questions. Coincidently, this guy keeps it all in a briefcase that never leaves his side because he can't trust anyone with it. Chance later acquires the briefcase and some of the documents he needs. Inside he finds a note from Stacey saying that he hopes Chance can use the info wisely and that he hopes it will help protect Chance. Give me a break!
What really got me questioning the truth of the story is the incident in Jamaica where Chance accidentally wondered into the wrong neighborhood and had to defend himself from the local hoodlums. A nice little event to move the story along; however I don't believe that this guy is dumb enough to accidentally wonder off into the bad side of town. This character is smarter than that.
I don't question the point the story is trying to make, US Government running drugs to fund secret operations etc. I do question this story however. Chapters 1-6 could well possibly be true; however the remainder of the book reads like fiction or a movie script. It's a great read if you like fiction, but if you are looking for a story that is believable, I wouldn't recommend this book.
You want be able to put this book down........2003-06-01
I have recently become an avid reader, and this book started my hunger. Having read several books throughout college I was not one to read alot, to much going on in life. This book was recommended to me by someone at my gym. Bob King's Spooky-8 The Final Mission was written so well that I felt like Bob King in the story. I was caught up in the more than likely true story of an individual who had served our country well, yet was repaid with the threat of his life being taken from him. How can one not be captivated by a story like this. It would have been easy for an unintelligent man to tell this story in the wrong way, but Bob King does not do that. He reintroduced me to the way a story can be told, and not many books that I have read since have lived up to this mark (although mostly a fiction writter, not even Clancy). Thanks Bob King for such a revitting non-fiction book.
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For readers who believe truth is stranger than fiction, Bob King's tell-all book about the U.S. government's covert operations is an eye-opener. "In a world inundated with deception, media disinformation, cover stories, and lies, it's impossible to know exactly what the truth really means," writes King. "All I know for sure is that a very dark side of our government is in control." King tells how his ragtag team of blue-collar commandos, known as "Spooky 8," was frequently assembled to perform sensitive operations for the U.S. government in Central and South America. King takes a novelistic approach to his story (which purports to be rooted in fact), creating tough characters and macho dialogue. He shares Tom Clancy's love of technical detail and describes the unusual tools used by black-op professionals, such as high-powered amphetamines that "allowed us to work at 150 percent for three or four days without sleep." (The side effects: "At the end of the mission, your body shut down so hard, you might sleep for a couple of days.") The plot revolves around a government conspiracy to eliminate Spooky 8's members on what is supposed to be a simple mission of setting up surveillance equipment in the Colombian jungle. Apparently King and his buddies know too many secrets, and somebody high up wants them eliminated. Fans of Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior won't want to miss Spooky 8. --John J. Miller
Customer Reviews:
A work of Fiction.......2006-03-26
Every read Clancy's _Clear and Present Danger_? This is that, but not as well written. Good for conspiracy buffs.
The Real Deal.......2006-02-16
Hey, everyone - Chance is the real deal, and the book's all true. I know, because I've heard about it from some of the other guys that were on the Spooky 8 team. Sergeant James Frey can attest that the book is a true recollection of the events, as can Sergeants Jayson Blair or Stephen Glass.
Okay, I lied. But so did "Chance". This book would have been a poor excuse for fiction. The fact that it's sold as non-fiction is unbelievable. What an insult to those that actually served in the military.
About the only detail that rings true is in the acknowledgements, where he mentions SFC James D. Cohron, who is indeed missing in action.
Dialog.......2004-01-19
I read this book for a school project, after reading the back cover it sound like it was going to be a good action book, which it was for the most part. After getting done reading the whole book it left me wanting more there was simply put no conclusion, and the dialog between characters was ridiculous, it was some of the worst writing I have ever read. I will give him props for the action scenes that is when the authors writing was truly superb. King says this book is based on true accounts of his own experiences, which I do not believe, mainly because the whole plot of the book was unbelieveable, especially the part about the far seers.
A Real Rambo.......2003-09-05
This book was written as a means of therapy and to give closure to his secret life. While every effort was made to be accurate, names, dates, places, and events were intentionally altered (p.ix). It is about a secret side to our government that is kept hidden, one that is not elected but controls our lives never the less. The book begins with an easy job that promised big money. (Shouldn't this be a warning?) The team is introduced by their talents. The job was to place some monitoring equipment at a rural airstrip, then return. But an ambush occurred, and team members were killed. They cleaned up the mess, and escaped (pp.62-4). When the remaining members of the team met at the rendezvous in Colorado, they were warned against using a cordless or cellular phone.
Chapters 9 and 10 tell of his entry into the world of black operations in Thailand, where he was involved in transporting "military supplies". In Chapter 16 Chance learns these "military supplies" were opium; this was a forerunner for Iran-Contra drug smuggling. In Chapter 17 Chance found out about the history of his black operations. It was to enrich high-level intelligence operations; they were "the biggest drug dealers in the world" (p.221). All the surviving team members wanted was to be let alone, and not hassled in other ways (pp.233-4). The Appendix gives examples of coded memos from the CIA, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency (what a great cover name!).
A few years before his execution, an excerpt from a letter of Timothy McVeigh was printed in the "NY Times'. It said the Federal Government wanted to recruit him for a secret organization that would execute drug dealers and corrupt politicians in this country and abroad. This book corroborates that statement. The book "Compromised" by Terry Reed tells of higher level drug deals by Government officials. Why were the Spooky 8 teams "contaminated with toxic wastes"? Because they knew too much, and their continued employment presented a future security risk (like that C-5 shot down in 1986 Nicaragua). 1992 was a critical election year. The old saying is still true: "if you sup with the Devil be sure to use a long spoon".
loved it.......2003-04-11
i liked the extent of detail and thinking that this book portrayed and it had a great plot and theme.
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Author's book summary.......2002-05-04
So many times have I worked on a dying patient frantically trying to breathe life into a lifeless body. And many times have I questioned myself, "Why don't you give up?" The title of my memoir, "By All Means, Resuscitate," says, "no matter the consequences or the effort required, keep my life going with the caveat: that my intellectual capacity not be impaired." Though my life has not always been happy, it has been fascinating. Some of the high points of my story are:
the closing of a circle beginning with the journey of my grandfather from Europe and my parents to the U.S. and my eventual "aliyah" to Israel.
my Harvard Medical School education -- as the fourth brother in the family to be an M.D.
my evolution from a 'double-talking physician hiding fatal cancer diagnoses from patients to a proponent of assisted suicide to the terminally ill (with a deep bow of humility to the occasional terminal prognosis that mysteriously reverses itself.)
my courtship of my wife by playing duets, she on the violin, I, on the cello.
my delight in my family -- two daughters (one now an M.D.) and a son (now a micro-biologist) and my anguish in not being able to save my other beautiful daughter, a manic-depressive, from suicide.
my encouragement of -- and fear about -- my wife's decision to heal her niece by donating a kidney to her.
my fights against anti-Semitism and segregation in my small Pennsylvania town.
the efforts of my wife and myself to save Russian Jews.
our adaptation to life in Israel, including my often frustrating, sometimes comic, struggles to learn Hebrew, and our lives, and those of our children and grandchildren during the Gulf War -- and beyond ...
A Rich and Rewarding Read!.......2002-04-24
In this fascinating memoir, Dr. David Chamovitz comes across as a Renaissance man of many passions: medicine, music (he plays a mellow cello), family, Judaism, civil rights, Israel. Rescuer of many Russian Jews and compassionate cardiologist to countless patients in the U.S. and Israel, he poignantly relates how he could not save his own beautiful, manic-depressivedaughter from suicide. The author has been frank in revealing his personality, including even a couple of "warts." But that's what makes him, as a characterin his story, so appealing. I enjoy his humor, I empathize with his anguish, and I understand his rages. I was really impressed by the spirituality of a self-proclaimed "rationalist" that comes through in his book. This is a rich and rewarding read.
A TRUE PAGE-TURNER.......2002-03-29
Every moment of leisure that I have, I have been reading this wonderful book and have finally finished it, although like every other page turner that I have read, I did not want it to end! I vote for a sequel.
Inspriring surprise!.......2002-03-21
What a surprise! Self-published autobiographies are often self-aggrandizing, poorly written, trite accounts of otherwise mundane lives. Not so "By all means resuscitate". This book is a mixture of "Sundays with Morry", "Chicken Soup for the sole" and "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe". More a collection of short stories than a coherent novel, Chamovitz has succeeded in presenting relevant parts of his life in a scope that evokes laughter, tears and interest. Major events of the 20th century were played out in Chamovitz's small-town existence, like taking a black to the all-white neighborhood pool in the 60's, dealing with the suicide of an emotionally distressed teenager, and the medical-moral evolution of a patronistic Harvard-educated doctor, to an acceptance of assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Chamovitz's life has obviously been one of continual growth, and an example to all of us who merely accept our daily lives as is. A very easy and enjoyable read!
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It may be time for a closer look at some of our assumptions about addiction. Between the predominance of 12-step programs and incorrect information issued by the press, thousands of people are getting misinformation instead of the help they need. Lance Dodes, in his book The Heart of Addiction, reexamines common myths and provides a world of new recommendations aimed at helping anyone with an addiction, be it to gambling, alcohol, or prescription medications. Rather than focusing on the specific object of addiction, he chooses instead to look at the common desires and emotions present in anyone with addiction issues.
Through years of private practice and work in substance-abuse clinics, Dodes has noticed a pattern behind addiction--a pattern of anger, helplessness, and shame, coupled with a desire for immediate escape from these feelings. In presenting multiple composite cases, he shows us repeatedly that addiction is more than an uncontrollable desire for the substances; it is a behavior pattern with deeply emotional roots. Included are detailed explanations of differences between physical tolerance, abuse, and addiction, as well as an unusual questionnaire that focuses on the underlying reasons for drinking, rather than the more traditional one that covers specific amounts, methods, and results of imbibing. Separate chapters discuss particular issues of teens and couples, and special recommendations for seeking treatment are also included. --Jill Lightner
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Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.
For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain:
- Why we feel the impulse
- Why we feel it when we do
- What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment
In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:
- Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.
- People with addictions are different from other people.
- You have to hit bottom before you can get well.
- You are wasting your time if you ask "why" you have an addiction.
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An Important Perspective.......2007-08-04
The field of addiction counseling has struggled with how to understand and treat addiction for decades. For some, addiction is best understood as a disease that can respond to the standardized treatment of detox, group work and self-help programs, AA in particular, that focus primarily on addictive behavior. For others, addiction is a behavior driven by underlying conflicts and issues that need to be addressed in a treatment process designed for each individual, one that addresses his/her specific underlying psychological dynamics. This book is a comprehensive presentation of that second perspective. It is a thorough discussion of the psychology of addiction. Whether one agrees fully with the perspecitve is less important than the importance of understanding what it contributes to efforts to develop effective intervention with persons struggling with addictive disease. This book does provides the reader with an opportunity to make that assessment.
An enlightening and straight forward examination of addiction.......2007-04-04
A respectable service to addiction by questioning tradition thoughts and treatments. Without trashing other systems, the author transers years of insight and research from his own practice into a framework that is logical, consistent and practical. He deftly removes the overtones of religion, shame and isolation that can (and has) resulted in what I call 'orphaned addicts'. His content inspires rethinking of the addictive process and yields to constructive self-examination without 'preachiness'. A safe-read for anyone who may be questioning their own addictive behavior and a must-read for those familiar with traditional addiction methods.
Swimming Upstream Against the Lords of the New Church.......2007-03-30
I stumbled onto "learned helplessness" and "empowerment seeking" years ago, well before Dodes's book was published, and found them to be useful ideas for my own recovery as well as for -some- of those I work with. The two ideas are bedrock nowadays in most of the more evidence-based (as opposed to purely AA- or bible-based or Synanon-model) treatment programs like those at the Betty Ford Center, Sierra Tucson and The Meadows.
-I- don't see THoA as anathemic or oppostional to Wilson's or "God's" work, but those who call themselves "traditionalists" in AA or bible-based recovery probably will. Absolutist, perfectionistic, black-and-white, either/or, all-or-nothing thinking is pretty much what our families of origin taught us that disempowered us and convinced us of our (learned) helplessness in the first place. Jesus of Nazareth and Bill Wilson addressed this sort of absolutism again and again in -their- work, but did so in such oblique fashion that few can (or do) wrap their minds around it as stated. I rarely see the topic (or anything much about "errors of logic" or "logical fallacies") discussed in AA meetings, even if more experienced "old timers" have picked it up somewhere and cite it in private discussions.
My own examination of Ernest Kurtz's very worthwhile writing on AA's treatment of shame and guilt at SighKoBlahGrr on Google's blogsite takes certain elements of AA and NA to task for this type of absolutism and narrowmindedness. After 29 years of involvement with AA, I see the positives there clearly outweighing the punishments, but not without som dismay. Many quote (or "parrot?") the notion that "lack of power is our dilemma" and "we drank to try to get our power back," but the concepts are usually left set in the firm concrete of quotation rather than the more useful consideration or examination of such ideas in light of our own experience.
Club AA and bible-based recovery tend to dominated by charismatic figures who appeal to such (or issue their own) unexamined, concrete edicts. In the authoritarian world of those who devised their own views from such role models in early life without (heaven forbid!) testing such theories in the real world, what the authority -says- is The Way It Is.
Dodes tackles the issue but does so more adroitly than I have managed to do, and may be able to reach some who continue to experience shame and guilt around the church rooms or the AA clubs because they have bought firmly into the notion that they should continue to "smash their egos" and -remain- powerless in a world that just doesn't work that way.
i liked it..........2006-07-25
I've been sober for 5 years thanks in part to AA, however, while this is good, i still switched my addiction to other harmful activities (gambling). Why, I wondered, could I seem to repress one addiction and another pops up in its place. Ridiculous, who am I fooling, I thought? I need something more.
I see addiction switching as a prevalent occurrence among AA members. - Sometimes less obvious but still there in attitude or action. When the "new" addiction still inhibits growth then what? That's where I was at until I said, "OK I can keep fooling myself or I can look deeper. As such I went to psychiatrist who gave me this book to read. It offered insight and thats what I need that it isn't and hasn't been just a character issue. Never thought it was deep inside.
Believe it or not I was trying to "help" myself overcome "helplessness" by drinking. ADD, recently diagnosed, has made the most sense to me as to why I drank. I couldn't and still don't buy into this business of powerlessness (I'm not an automoton) and I rebelled everytime I was told that's what was needed. - When I entered AA, I kind of said to myself "OK you believe what you want but I just need to talk to people". This is what most helped me to open up. - AA is good for that at least. And it still offers that for me.
Addiction isn't a simple matter and it doesn't go away just because you stop one type. This book offered me a flashlight to see what can be done.
I understand the powerless business advocated in AA but its not good enough for me at least. I am a thinking person for pete sakes. I have free-will.
3 stars because it didn't solve all my issues. Expect a lot, huh?
extremely helpful.......2006-04-13
I consider this book a must-read for anybody involved in this instant-gratification society. I abused alcohol in my 20s to the point of 100 beers a week, plus booze. A few years ago I kicked it by myself - no books, no meetings, no AA. Doctors told me it would be impossible to do without AA. I could never walk into a bar again. Well I do go to bars - for association, occasional fried, greasy food, and to shoot darts. I drink Pepsi. I guess it's just easy for me. When I found and read this book I was astonished how I felt exactly as the author did. Maybe AA works for some people but I find it to be a cult I wish to have nothing to do with. I simply don't agree that people must admit being powerless over their addiction. Why hand your power over to intangible gobbledegook? Dodes is to be commended for his research and well-written prose that can be understood by anyone from 16-96.
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This book, with its compelling photographs, features over 150 recipes from Damian and Johnny's repertoire of beloved Italian dishes with American influence stirred in.
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La bedda tavola di Sicilia..........2007-03-09
Ciao Sicily is a well put together Cook book and informational writting of Sicilian daily meal presentations. The recipes are clear, accompaning pictures illustarte the 'finished' product. The pantry section has an added value: what do I need to make all this happen. One can enjoy a little nostaglia, or learn of a very unique, though, diversed cultural heritage. So, don't sit back.. NO... get ready for a meal from one of the oldest cultural kitchens around.. La Cucina Siciliana... can well be enjoyed with the suggestions and directions of CIAO Sicily. Oh yes, do have a glass of Nero d' Avola in hand and fa saluto a la patria. Aspanu
A superb, gourmet quality addition to regional and ethnic cooking shelves.......2006-01-09
Ciao Sicily: Recipes from the PBS Series "Cucina Sicilia" is a gorgeous, coffee-table sized cookbook of stunning Sicilian cuisine as prepared by restaurant and PBS Series legends Damian Mandola and Johnny Carrabba, in the manner of their relatives both generations past and living in Italy today. Illustrated throughout with full-color photography, Ciao Sicily includes such mouth-watering dishes as Marinated Zucchini, Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Stuffed Calamari, Watermelon Pudding, and so much more. Supplementary sections walk beginning cooks through the basics and techniques of the Sicilian kitchen and the contents of a Sicilian pantry, while an index allows for quick and easy reference. Ciao Sicily is a superb, gourmet quality addition to regional and ethnic cooking shelves.
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Microwaved pressed flowers what a great book.......2007-05-19
I don't often search backwards to do reviews on my purchases from amazon.com, but when I come across a book I think others should truly enjoy, then I leave my opinion. I am currently 56 in the grandma generation and I am the local Flower Lady in my small town where I sell flowers on a card table out front for .10 each. I've been doing it for 13 years as of this season, and it has blessed me in so many ways. And I was thinking how much I would like to preserve this experience of joy in raising flowers for my grandchildren and future generations to look back and learn who I was long after I am gone. So I decided to make pressed flower artwork behind glass. I had seen some at a local craft store and they are just to beautiful to behold. It is gray and wet here in our winters and to have these flowers pressed and in a picture on the wall kind of blesses us in the same way a fresh flower bouquet almost always brings a smile to one's soul. So this book is the huge answer to how to preserve my favorite thing to do and let my family to yet be born, look back and see who I was ... The Flower Lady, kids will see me in town and as if they saw Santa Claus, they will whisper to their moms, "there's The Flower Lady" mom. Can you even begin to imagine the joy that brings to my soul. This book is excellent, clear to understand and really updates the art of preserving flowers. It is an excellent book if you want to try this way to preserve flowers for whatever reason.
Easy, Mistake proof way of pressing flowers, great projects.......2002-04-29
This is a great book for anyone wanting to learn the easy, quick, more mistake proof way of pressing flowers. It's useful tips and wide variety of gorgeous projects make it suitable for crafters of all levels and tastes.
The book starts by helping you choose the right flowers for pressing, including a large chart that lists flower name, color and special notes such as whether it is difficult to press or has a variety of interesting shapes. It also gives some basic information on traditional pressing including instructions on making a press.
Details on microwave pressing are next including making a simple microwave press and step-by-step instructions accompanied by small photos of the drying process. Advice on storage, record keeping improving your results and avoiding common problems is also here. There are even extra preparation tips for dealing with difficult pollen, rosebuds and stems.
Over 20 projects follow including simple cards and stationery and covered items such as boxes and furniture, as well as designs under glass. All projects include a supply list and written step-by-step instructions. The instructions are good with a large full-color picture of the project is shown, but the specific flowers used are not listed. This gives you the flexibility to use your favorites that are available to you. My favorite project, called secret garden, features a vast array of flowers in a frame. I also loved another with flowers pressed in front of a window scene. I enjoyed a rocker decorated with morning glories, pretty scented drawer liners and a collaged musical hat box as well.
A helpful section in the back includes a chart for record keeping and beautiful flower images as well as a good index. I have tried a few pressed flower projects in the past but this book has inspired me to make that the focus of my crafting efforts this summer.
Another Truly Wonderful Book.......2002-04-05
A good overview of traditional presses as well as instructions for using a homemade microwave press. A list of flowers and herbs commonly pressed, including notes for each with pressing tips. Instructions for greeting cards, drawer liners, floral lampshades, boxes, picture frames, flower pots and furniture decorated with pressed flowers, and framed pressed flower pictures with lists of materials, instructions, and over 100 photos & diagrams. 112 pages hardcover
She Does It Again.......2000-06-29
They said it best when they wrote, "Joanna Sheen is a leading authority on pressed flowers and all things floral." It's so wonderful to have a book written by someone who has been doing this craft for 21 years....now THAT'S when experience talks! I've been pressing flowers and other botanicals in books and wooden presses for ages, and I'm so glad to have discoverd the revolutionary method of microwave pressing.
Like all of her books, Joanna takes you step-by-step through the process: when and how to collect the best specimens, materials and construction of your microwave press (as WELL as tips on traditional book pressing and wooden presses), using your press, preserving and storing your pressed flowers when finished, keeping microwave records, tips on improving your end results, common problems and troubleshooting, and then she has a number of GORGEOUS and crafty projects you can use them for. She even gives you some great tips on pressing VEGETABLES, and has a table of suitable flowers to press, including their names, colors, and pressing notes/coments/tips. See her website www.joannasheen.com for some great examples of her pressed flowers, vegetables, fruits, and herbs.
Some of the projects in the book include, but not nearly limited to: decorated scented drawer liner, floral lampshade, pressing and displaying wedding and special occasion flowers, decorated a dressing table, picture frames, a recipe box (with chillie peppers!)and cards, hat boxes, flower pots, bottles, pencil boxes, and various floral framed art.
The back of the book has several blank pages with lines for you to take notes when experimenting on your own, which she recomends in the book. And facing each lined page are gorgeous scans of specimens she has pressed.
If you enjoy plants and flowers in art, and you enjoy crafts, you can't live without this book for your personal library. TRUST ME!
Flowers Never Looked So Good.......2000-05-08
I have two copies of this book--one to use and one to loan to friends who share my love of flowers. It is beautiful. I'm making favors for my niece's wedding with inspiration from this book.
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You're no idiot, of course. You know how to handle new jobs, new houses, and even new cars. But when it comes to raising a baby, you feel like you're starting from scratch. Don't cry! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby will teach you how to care for your new bundle of joy so you can feel confident about meeting your infant's emotional and physical needs. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:
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You're no idiot, of course. You know how to handle new jobs, new houses, and even new cars. But when it comes to raising a baby, you feel like you're starting from scratch. Don't cry! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby will teach you how to care for your new bundle of joy so you can feel confident about meeting your infant's emotional and physical needs.
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Perfect book for first-timers.......2002-02-22
This book was great. It tells you everything you need to know, all in an unbiased form. It gives you all the options. It talks about feeding, diapering, sleeping, illnesses, crawling, walking, talking, etc. Highly recommended. We learned tons!
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
M.D., Signe Larson , and
Kevin Osborn
Manufacturer: Alpha
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ASIN: 159257596X |
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A doctor and a parenting expert guide readers gently through the first year.
When it comes to parenthood, thereÂ's no instructor and class is always in session. Thankfully, there is a course curriculum. This new edition of The Complete IdiotÂ's Guide to Bringing Up Baby tells new and soon-to-be parents everything they need to know to meet the physical and emotional needs of their newborns, from birth through year one.
--Contains a valuable medical reference section with information on first aid, common childhood illnesses, and more
Customer Reviews:
Not So Good.......2007-09-22
We purchased this book as a guide for our new baby and it just wasn't very good. Like most other "Idiot's Guide to" books this book is much too general and not the shelf reference book we were looking for. An example is information on reflux which is something we encountered. The book has about one small paragraph and better information was easily found on the internet.
If you want a great "owners manual" for your new baby there are much better choices out there.
Awesome!.......2007-04-27
If ever there was an owners manual for babies, this has got to be it! I am five months pregnant, and just started reading this book. I am not even done, and I already love it! This book should be handed out by every ObGyn to first time parents!
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- No pictures please
- Biography or Adulation?
- excellent biography of "high priestess of modern sculpture"
- Where's the art?
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Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life
Laurie Lisle
Manufacturer: Backinprint.com
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ASIN: 0595190693 |
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The only biography of this important American sculptor, Louise Nevelson is the story of an artist who became a legend in her time. Born in a Russian village, she grew up in Maine and married a wealthy New Yorker. As her dedication to art grew, she abandoned her husband and neglected her son. She found inspiration in old wood, creating a rich iconography of blackened images. After achieving success at the age of sixty, she adopted an exotic persona while continuing to add to the magnificent body of work that is today found in public parks and major museums throughout the world.
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No pictures please.......2006-07-16
An interesting read, but rather disappointing in that there are absolutely no pictures of the artist or her work (besides the one portrait of the artist on the front cover.)
Biography or Adulation?.......2006-02-25
While this is a very good attempt to understand Louise Nevelson's legacy and while this is one of the most in-depth biographical studies done on her, the author fails to devote more time to Louise Nevelson, the woman, and not The Louise Nevelson, the American icon. The result, unfortunately, is a one-dimensional case study of a truly unique artist. I already know most of about Louise's artistry and, in fact, just about anyone can find information of such anywhere, at any time. What one does not find that easily is the woman who up until the last days of her life, felt an inordinate guilt for having been a bad mother, an alcoholic, and a very difficult person to live with on a daily basis. From my own conclusions, I feel that Louise left behind a truly disfunctional family-- from her one and only son, Mike Nevelson-- down to her granddaughters and great-granddaughters, mainly her elder granddaughter, Neith Nevelson, another American artist whose marginalization from her rightful place as another unique American artist simply because, as the saying goes, no kin of Louise's can be as good or as great as Louise herself. Overall I recommend this book, I just wish that in order to reassess an artist's legacy, biographers don't fall for the habit of glossing over crucial, key elements in a person's development even if those people are those whom we consider as "great".
excellent biography of "high priestess of modern sculpture".......2005-08-02
Louise Nevelson really is one of the great American stories; she came to this country penniless and torn from her country and roots, without identity. she struggled to find exactly who she was and what her art meant to her, often to the detriment of her relationships and far outside the norm of the social expectations of the time. an extremely thorough and well-researched book (the author extensively interviewed the artist herself) that's not always flattering to Nevelson. the author does explore her tendencies toward neurosis, guilt and depression, though always bringing back into context with the development of her artistic vision. the definitive biography of Nevelson, in my opinion.
Where's the art?.......2004-12-03
Not the book to read if you are looking for a critical analysis of Nevelson's art, this biography, while interesting, also fails to make any serious analysis of the connections between her work & her art. I don't know how you can discuss an artist's life apart from her art.
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Louise Nevelson - A Passionate Life
Laurie Lisle
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Louise Nevelson A Passionate Life
Lisle Laurie
Manufacturer: Summit Books
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Louise Nevelson. A Passionate Life
Laurie Lisle
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ASIN: B000NUKT7G |
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LOUISE NEVELSON: A PASSIONATE LIFE
Laurie Lisle
Manufacturer: Summit Books
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- An exhilarating ride with Popski's Private Army
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With Popski's Private Army
Ben Owen
Manufacturer: Janus Publishing Company
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Fighting with Popski's Private Army (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
ASIN: 1857565452 |
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An exhilarating ride with Popski's Private Army.......2000-04-25
If you have read Vladimir Peniakoff's memoir, then you will undoubtedly have an appetite for "With Popski's Private Army" by Ben Owen. It is the essential complement to Peniakoff's book, relating the perspective of his men. Ben Owen's book is a more intimate account of life - and death - in the ranks of the British Army's smallest independent unit, and leaves one missing the company of the men he so fondly recalls. The author gives a vivid portrayel of the warmth of comraderie set against the attrition and suffering of conflict,and breaths life into the discreet cameos of Peniakoff's book. Along with humour and pathos this book is richly adorned with accounts of breath-taking daring, skill and guile. This is a superb account of a vanishing breed, and I urge you to acquaint yourself with these remarkable men. Copies of this book are available from the author.
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Fighting with Popski's Private Army (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Park Yunnie
Manufacturer: Greenhill Books
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With Popski's Private Army
ASIN: 1853675008 |
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This is the story of Popski's famous fighting unit, in the words of his second-in-command. Captain Bob Yunnie, MC, aka Park Yunnie, became the first recruit to the special unit founded in Cairo by Major Vladimir Peniakoff (Popski). As Eighth Army advances towards Tripoli, PPA sets out in jeeps across the desert to mount raids behind the Mareth Line. Yunnie relives the ensuing action at Gafsa and Kasserine, and vividly depicts the sorties which took the men straight across the German Line of Command. As Tunis falls to the Allies on 7 May 1943, PPA train for raids on the Italian mainland. They are dropped by RAF gliders in central Italy, where they set about blowing up strategic targets while waiting for the Allied landings. Yunnie is given his own patrol, and in the narrative that follows, colourful characters flit in and out of the front-line action in the mountains of Southern Italy. Yunnie's account is an honest, extremely personal, expose of the thrills and occasional pitfalls of life with Popski and his men. He captures the tumultuous nature of fighting in a nomadic unit that drifted between British and American command, but whose contribution to the Allied war effort in North Africa and Italy remains immeasurable.
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Book review.......2007-07-13
Excellent book, gives a good account of the activities of a British irregular army unit in action in the later states of WWII in Italy and Germany. This is especially interesting if you have read Popsky's Private Army.
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