Boy Scouts on Old Superior (Or: The Tale of the Pictured Rocks)

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Twenty-five true stories about the competence, self-sacrifice, valor, and perseverance that enabled scouts to help tame the Wild West.

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Tales of an Old Scout
Earl E. Kinder
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Boy scouts on old Superior: Or, The tale of the pictured rocks

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Boy scouts on old Superior: Or, The tale of the pictured rocks
G. Harvey Ralphson
Manufacturer: Donohue
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Old Guess Markham;: Or, The cavalry scout. A tale of the siege of Richmond (American tales)

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Old Guess Markham;: Or, The cavalry scout. A tale of the siege of Richmond (American tales)
J. Thomas Warren
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Old Kit The Scout A Tale of the Swamps
W. J. Hamilton
Manufacturer: Arthur Westbrook
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ASIN: B000GR0A7K

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Babbage as a man of extraordinary breadth.......2004-02-19

While Babbage is rightly mentioned in any book covering the history of the computer, he is often wrongly presented as somewhat of a crank. His life is generally described as that of a genius whose ideas were far ahead of the times and as a person who spent enormous amounts of personal and public funds in single-minded attempts to build machines that never worked. In fact, he was a man of extraordinary breadth and depth of interest, and his original difference engine worked very well. Furthermore, it can be strongly argued that the economic gains due to the fast and precise computations performed by his difference engine and the improvements in machining accuracy more than returned the public investment in the project.
Hyman does an excellent job in describing the totality of the life of Babbage. Even though I have read a great deal about the history of computing, until I encountered this book I had no idea that he was also a talented commentator on the social, economic and political changes taking place in England at that time. The industrial revolution was in high gear and Babbage was one of the leaders. His interests in all things mechanical are well documented as well as his numerous writings.
Babbage was also an experimental scientist who constantly discussed improvements with those who were making them. At the time, most of the mechanical improvements were being made by people with little formal education, but with a great deal of practical experience. The majority of the members of the scientific establishment were reluctant to get their hands and bodies dirty by entering the factories, but Babbage never hesitated. He was also very instrumental in the creation and expansion of scientific societies, although he also wielded a very caustic pen in describing the pompous irrelevance of some of the members.
Babbage also commented extensively about the relationship between the owners of the factories and the workers. His approach was to examine the problem in a scientific manner, largely refusing to take any side based on emotion. Many of his comments emphasize cooperation between the two groups and one can see some of the modern concepts of revenue sharing, worker ownership of stock, employee training and benefits. Babbage's writings were very influential and controversial, they were a strong influence on Karl Marx and Frederich Engels, who took a quite different approach. He was also an advocate of free trade and foresaw much of what went wrong in the British Empire.
Charles Babbage has always had a place on my list of technological heroes, but after reading this book, he has been allocated a higher rank. He was a man with a great deal of understanding of how English and western societies were changing and many of his fundamental ideas of computing were over a century ahead of his time. Given the enormous economic benefits of the computer, had all of his projects been funded to completion, England may have remained an industrial powerhouse well into the twentieth century.

Published in the recreational mathematics e-mail newsletter, reprinted with permission.

A Superb Read; Not What I Expected.......2001-07-15

I read this book last year (2000) after reading a book of Ada Lovelace's letters (mostly to Babbage). I had purchased my hardcover copy at the Computer Museum in Boston MA back in the late 80's or early 90's, but had not read it because it looked daunting and dry. Was I wrong! This book is very readable and utterly fascinating; in fact a page turner that I could hardly put down. I've been looking for a softcover (or even another hardcover) for some time, so I could loan to friends. How delighted I am to find one! Babbage was a fascinating character and this book not only illuminates the man but also the times and the politics and the other fascinating technological events and efforts of the day. The discussion of the "great gauge wars" (the fight for the "ideal" width for railroad tracks) and Babbage's involvement was delightful. It appears he may have invented the first working strip chart recorder. This book was delightful and I got so involved with Babbage that I cried when his death occurred and the book ended. He was a giant among scientists and yet was frustrated all his life, by petty politics and short-sighted politicians, in the effort to build his stupendous and wondrous machines. A wonderful story, full of technological history. Other highlights: descriptions and pictures of the machines (of course); description of the effort to build a tunnel under the Thames river (by the the Jr and Sr Brunels); Babbage's methods (at times he did all phases of the work for his projects) and his workshop; his notes on working out the operation of the machines; family life; involvement in the technical societies of the day. (The book of Ada Lovelace's letters is also highly recommended if this is an interesting area for you.)...

The Computer was Invented well before Reticulated Electricit.......2001-05-12

In the early 19th century, a moderately well-off and very well educated Englishman dreams up an elaborate calculating machine for doing log and trig tables. When he begins this project, the railroad and the telegraph do not yet exist. The machine tools and manufacturing methods of the day are not up to the task, so the Englishman pushes out the envelope. He more or less succeeds in building his machine, but the British government is not interested.

The inventor goes back to the drawing board, and dreams up a much more elaborate machine, still all mechanical and steam driven, that essentially embodies all the abstractions of a von Neumann machine. Data and instructions are fed to it via punched cards. His collaborator for a number of years, and the author of the best description of the machine and what it can do, is Byron's daughter. The inventor is well known to all intellectual Britons of his day, including Charles Dickens. The inventor even realises that Boolean algebra may prove important for the sort of machine he is struggling to build. The Italian government is fascinated. But the British government again cannot be bothered, and thus refuses to fund the first computer. And so all that we have are hundreds of detailed blueprints.

The above, and more, is a true story, told in this remarkable book. After this book was printed, IBM paid to have Babbage's machine built by a Swedish team. It works as Babbage expected it to, and is exhibited in the IBM museum in Armonk NY.

CHARLES BABBAGE: PIONEER OF THE COMPUTER.

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CHARLES BABBAGE: PIONEER OF THE COMPUTER.
Anthony. Hyman
Manufacturer: Princeton Univ. Press,
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Charles Babbage : Pioneer of the Modern Computer

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Charles Babbage : Pioneer of the Modern Computer
Anthony Hyman
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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ASIN: B000MBTA6M

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Charles Babbage. Pioneer of the Computer.
Charles, 1792-1871] HYMAN, Anthony. [BABBAGE
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SIAZF4

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“Books are like puzzles,” write Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. “The author’s ideas are hidden, and it is up to all of us to figure them out.” In this indispensable reading companion, the Goldstones–noted parent-child book club experts–encourage grownups and young readers alike to adopt an approach that will unlock the magic and power of reading.

With the Goldstones help, parents can inspire kids’ lifelong love of reading by teaching them how to unlock a book’s hidden meaning. Featuring fun and incisive discussions of numerous children’s classics, this dynamic guide highlights key elements–theme, setting, character, point of view, climax, and conflict–and paves the way for meaningful conversations between parents and children.

“Best of all,” the Goldstones note, “you don’t need an advanced degree in English literature or forty hours a week of free time to effectively discuss a book with your child. This isn’t Crime and Punishment, it’s Charlotte’s Web.”

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Worth the investment.......2007-09-18

As a teacher, this book gave me a fresh perspective. The authors walked their groups through a few main concepts: sntagonist, protagonist, climax, and point of view. They were able to take these basic ideas and turn them into excellent and thoughtful discussions. In a test heavy culture, it is refreshing to see that there is another way to teach reading comprehension

Deconstructing Penguins is very redundant.......2007-04-15

I was so excited to receive this book due to the rave reviews. However, I had expected a book that would give me new and exciting ideas on how to get students excited about reading. Instead they reconstructed their book club sessions word for word which nearly drove me crazy and focused on protagonist and antagonist to the point of exhaustion. I cannot imagine any student enjoying one of their book clubs. If you are already a teacher I would not recommend this book.

Another winner from the Goldstones.......2007-03-14

I have been a fan of the Goldstones since reading their books on book-collecting, e.g. Used and Rare, Slightly Chipped etc. This book is different, it is about how to approach book discussions for both young and old. I am the parent of a two year old girl, and books are a big part of our lives [I am a book collector myself]...although this book may still be too advanced to put into practice with my little one, it really gives me great ideas on how to go about discussing books in a more interesting manner, and sets me up with great guidelines for beginning a parent/child book discussion group a couple of years down the road. I look forward to more enlightening works by the Goldstones.

How teachers should teach reading.......2006-07-31

As a fourth grade teacher I am dismayed by how many students are already disengaged by reading. A wonderful supplement toreadings about literature circles, this book changed the way I ran book clubs. It reminded me of the engaging mystery of quality literature - and the reminding is helping me bring that wonder to my students.

A great inspiration and model for parent-child bookclubs, but also a model for all teachers that I have not found anywhere else.

Bring on the penguins.......2005-11-27

"Deconstructing Penguins" empowers parents to believe they can have real debates about literature with their children right now, even as early as second grade! This is very exciting stuff. I can't wait to revisit some of the classic titles on the authors' reading list, such as Babe and Charlotte's Web, from a totally different perspective. For anyone who wants to start a parent-child reading group, this book is a god-send. Moreover, "Penguins" presents the most cogent approach to reading groups for adults or kids. In the years I've participated in book groups, including Great Books, I've always felt something was lacking from the discussion despite lots of bright people asking bright questions. After reading "Penguins," I now know what was missing: a unifying theme or framework for analyzing the book's true meaning. "Penguins" gives you that framework and a whole lot more. The authors show they understand great literature, as well as the minds of children. If only more libraries could be as leading edge as the authors' library in Westport, Conn.!!

Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading

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Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading

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ASIN: 1417674717

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A simply superb repository of old country flavor and culinary creations that have weathered the test of time

Mother's home cooking

A classic!

From childhood

Mennonite Community Cookbook: Favorite Family Recipes
Mary Emma Showalter
Manufacturer: Herald Press (PA)
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Binding: Plastic Comb

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ASIN: 083613625X

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good food.......2007-03-18

I grew up in a Mennonite home and many of these foods, I've given this to cookbook to many of my friends and extended family members. Some really great dishes, try the graham cracker fluff it's a favorite at our house.

A simply superb repository of old country flavor and culinary creations that have weathered the test of time.......2006-03-07

The Mennonite Community Cookbook is a major compilation of eleven hundred recipes drawn from Mennonite cookbooks and updated with standard measurements and directions but otherwise unaltered. These simple yet flavorful dishes were contributed by Mennonite families all over the United States and Canada, and include such offerings as Old-Fashioned Bean Soup, Salmon Roll with Egg Sauce, Toasted Spice Cake, and Baked Stuffed Turnips. Each recipe is quite short, yet the instructions are crystal clear and easy for cooks of all skill and experience levels to follow. The Mennonite Community Cookbook is a simply superb repository of old country flavor and culinary creations that have weathered the test of time.

Mother's home cooking.......2005-10-27

I acknowledge the Madman's points: most of the recipes in this book do not conform to today's dietary standards. But bear in mind that this book was first written over 70 years ago. That's when my mother got her copy. She still has it with the cover's half-torn off and pages stuck in loose and scribbled on. This was a Pennsylvania Dutch housewife's book of recipes for Pennsylvania Dutch housewives. They weren't worried about waistlines or BMI numbers. They needed to feed their families who worked in the fields or guests over for a holiday feast.

I also agree that the strength is the desert section, but that is the specialty of the PA Dutch. My brother, sister, and I would spend winter days with mother making cookies from the recipes and I even took a turn at making the cream puff recipe once for a church social. They turned out great!

Not only is this a wonderful recipe book, but to me, it is a family treasure.

A classic!.......2004-06-16

OK, it's a little old-fashioned, but it's a relic of a bygone age, and many of the recipes deserve to be given new life.

The weaknesses are mostly in some of the main-course recipes that, by all appearances, can be extremely fatty and greasy. Speaking as someone who just lost 30 pounds, I don't need that! But they're probably good for an occasional indulgence.

The cookie, cake and pie recipes are the book's strongest point. Saucepan Fudge Cake is easy and unbelievably good, and Rochester Cake (also labelled as Grandmother's Favorite Cake) is outstanding, a layered spice cake with a raisin filling and topping. It's a great favorite of mine for parties.

The recipes for pickles, jams and jellies will probably interest a lot of people in reviving the dying art of home canning.

There are recipes that probably don't work at all in today's world, or are probably not up to modern tastes. A Russian "birthday cake" is pumpernickel bread, sliced and spread with cottage cheese, and the recipe is probably presented more as a historical curiosity than anything else. Another recipe, for a "Pork Cake", is something like a cross between a fruitcake and a meatloaf and will probably make modern cooks gag.

Still, there are many good good good recipes in this book. Hearty old-fashioned fare, not something to base one's diet from, but a great addition to a cook's library.

From childhood.......2004-02-08

I have known this cookbook ever since I was a child. I can't imagine not having this cookbook in my house.

Mennonite Community Cookbook (Favorite Family Recipes)

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Mennonite Community Cookbook (Favorite Family Recipes)

Manufacturer: Herald Press
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ASIN: B000E66VOE

Favorite Family Recipes from the Mennonite Community Cookbook

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Favorite Family Recipes from the Mennonite Community Cookbook
Mary Emma Schowalter
Manufacturer: Harald Press
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000VJVYNC

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Favorite Family Recipes from the Mennonite Community Cookbook
Mary Emma Showalter
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Mennonite Community Cookbook Favorite Family Recipes
Mary Emma Showalter
Manufacturer: John C. Winston
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ASIN: B000H5BJLC

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Mennonite Community Cookbook: Favorite Family Recipes
Mary Emma Showalter
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Mennonite Community Cookbook - Favorite Family Recipes

Manufacturer: The Mennonite Community Association
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HATWB6

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Fourteen hundred mouthwatering recipes from old Mennonite cookbooks, brought up to date with standard measures and directions. Simple but wonderful country cookery contributed by Mennonite families all over the United States and Canada.

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Mennonite Community Cookbook. Favorite Family Recipes
Mary Emma Showalter
Manufacturer: The Mennonite Community Association
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ASIN: B000WXXSXQ

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Mennonite Community Cookbook favorite family recipes by Mary Emma Showalter. Home Economics Department, Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Va

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Mennonite Community Cookbook: Favorite Family Recipes
Mary Emma Showalter
Manufacturer: The Mennonite Community Association
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O8NVN6

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Mennonite Community Cookbook Favorite Family Recipes

Manufacturer: John C. Winston Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HF2KQ0

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The history, technique, and uses of various knots, from the very basic to the most complicated, are explored in this encyclopedia. Each entry is presented with step-by-step instructions.

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Andrew_s lost and found mitten campaign leads to hilarious situations. Principal Green recruits Andrew to deal with the tidal wave of mittens that has overtaken the school -- only to be surprised by his final solution to the problem.

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Mixed Feelings
A mitten knitter's review
Pretty good book
M-m-m-m-m-m Yummy Mittens
Can a book on just mittens be useful to all knitters? Yes!

Magnificent Mittens
Anna Zilboorg
Manufacturer: Xrx Books
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The bold mitten designs in this book feature geometric patterns, embellishments, and cuffs. Detailed instructions and innovative techniques including a "tip first" method will engage both novice and expert knitters.

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Mixed Feelings.......2007-10-05

I didn't think this book lived up to its reputation as a collectable pattern book for colorwork mittens, especially given the price it goes for today in the used book market. I thought the directions were difficult to understand and follow - since the pattern calls for knitting from top to bottom with an unusual approach for knitting the tips. I didn't think the top to bottom approach was an improvement, however, if you prefer increasing your way down, rather than decreasing your way up to the top, you might like this approach. I also didn't like the approach to breaking up the pattern with plain stitches or a stripe along the sides of the mittens. The gauntlet style of these mittens is what initially made this book stand out as unique in my mind, however, for practical purposes, unless you are wearing these mittens over a rather large and bulky coat sleeve, they will more than likely not stay up, thus all the models are seen wearing them with their arms held upwards. Overall, I only saw 3-4 patterns that I thought were outstanding designs in the entire book. Perhaps a different choice of colors might have made them more attractive - the author seems to prefer all bright colors rather than the subtlety of graduated colors and heathered yarns which might have softened up the finished appearance. It was a little strange to also read the author discourage the reader from following her very own designs in the book. Perhaps if it were still being sold for the original price it might be worth picking up for the few good designs inside, if you have the patience to learn a different approach to knitting mittens than the more common approach found in other books.

A mitten knitter's review.......2005-05-04

Beautiful mittens are these, all of which demand competence with colorwork, up to seven colors in some cases (some of her color choices are pure genius, some are alarming). The pattern charts are derived from many sources (a lot of geometric designs from weaving), mostly Turkish, but include a couple of Fair Isle charts, too. Except for two children's patterns and one for a man's hand, the mittens are all the same size: they seem all meant to fit Ms Zilboorg herself. The mittens knit up to 25 stitches across the back and the palm each, with a border around the edge of either 2 or 3 stitches. The total circumference of the hand is therefore about 54 stitches (give or take a few, depending on the pattern), at a tension (gauge) of 6 to 6 ½ stitches to the inch. Most have a large flared gauntlet that can be pulled over the cuff of the wearer's coat or jacket.

They are knitted from tip to cuff, not in the other direction. This is opposite to the mitten design that most Western knitters are familiar with, and instructions for the cast on technique are extensive, detailed, and are both illustrated and photographed. Ms Zilboorg prefers a peasant thumb with no gore (which she ingeniously calculates to fool the eye into disappearing by using the same patterning as the hand itself; she calls it an "invisible thumb"), but also includes some designs with a thumb gusset attached at the side of the mitten, instead.

The biggest drawback to this book's approach is its unswerving adherence to one basic mitten design structure. An unvarying knitting gauge is unhelpful for those who prefer yarns of different weights, or for a mitten wearer whose hand is a very different size (especially bigger). Many traditional Latvian mittens, for example are knitted with a circumference of at least 88 stitches, which would produce a small potholder with Ms Zilboorg's gauge. She advises simply changing yarn weight and needle size to produce a larger or smaller mitten. (Marcia Lewandowski's FOLK MITTENS, by comparison, presents an equally varied selection of mittens, but in many yarn weights and gauges and construction plans.)

Ms Zilboorg is, by cheerful admission, an "opinionated knitter" in the tradition of the late Elizabeth Zimmermann, to whom she tips her cap in warm tribute. Although she frequently invites the reader to modify the patterns to suit him- or herself, this does presume both the ability and the willingness to spend the time to do so. She presents her opinions with the certainty of conviction and experience, but can adopt a gently patronizing tone that some readers have found lightly offensive: "...mittens should be made in wool. People who are allergic to wool should do without knitted mittens." For heaven's sake, one can knit mittens in any fibre one pleases. And one chooses to glove one's hand for many reasons, not solely to trek through Arctic tundra.

As noted in other reviews, the book suffers dearly from lacking an index. Instructions and techniques are copious and detailed; no one should be without them! But when she refers to a technique in the text that accompanies a specific mitten, without a photographic memory the reference will not be easily found. This forced me simply to read the book from cover to cover one afternoon, and create my own index on a sheet of paper.

As an avid knitter who almost always modifies a pattern, I found this book to be right up my alley. Given my preferred knitting tension and the yarns available to me, there is not a pattern here that I have not needed to adjust, sometimes greatly. I did, however, buy this book expecting to do just that: fuss and tweak. Those who prefer mitten patterns already worked out in several sizes will be frustrated. This is a book mostly for at least a confident intermediate, although I know some exuberantly gung-ho novices who have had great success through a combination of enthusiasm, a cool head, and a good sense of humor. Beginners beware: the learning curve is steep.

Pretty good book.......2002-10-04

I wanted to rate it 4 and 1/2 stars.

I like this book. It has lots of patterns good for other small items like hats and socks. It has a good explanation of the "toe-up" (or I should say, "top down") method of knitting, much better, in fact than the explanation in her sock book. Her other directions are fairly clear as well.

The only real drawback to this book is that you will have to make a copy of the basic instructions (which appear only at the front of the book, not with each pattern), and a copy of the chart for the particular pattern you're knitting because this is too big a book to comfortably carry around with you.

M-m-m-m-m-m Yummy Mittens.......2002-01-03

I love to knit mittens and socks. I am just a bit more than a novice knitter having made plain, serviceable socks and mittens, with interesting yarns. So these patterns are a big departure for me from my usual. I found the instructions easy to follow although sometimes, I "read into them", where perhaps a more experienced knitter would know just what to do. However, I did indeed go ahead and the mittens came out exactly as they were supposed to. The edgings are a beautiful embelishment to an already lovely item. Even the simplest one makes a just right finishing touch. Anyone who likes to knit, even a novice, would probably enjoy this book and will find something beautiful to knit for themselves or as an appreciated gift for someone special. My only criticism is the same as Anna's (previous review) is that one has to flip back and forth from directions to pattern. So for the next project, a trip to the copy store will be right after the yarn shop.

Can a book on just mittens be useful to all knitters? Yes!.......2001-02-08

I resisted buying this book at first, even though I admire Anna Zilboorg's work a lot. (see her books Fine and Fanciful Hats, Fancy Feet and Socks for Clogs and Sandals to see more of her creative, colorful designs.) BUT...was I ever pleased with this book when I got it.

Turns out the value is not just for the mittens, which are in every sense magnificent, but also for the techniques she uses to embellish the cuffs, and for the color patterns and colorways.

The mittens themselves have HUGE deep gauntlet cuffs that make them suitable wear for dress coats. Could be good with a cape for dramatic evening wear if you are going out somewhere COLD. The cuffs are further enriched with fringe, embroidery, duplicate stitch, and other edgings. A method is given for lining the mittens with angora if you choose, to make them extremely comfortable and very warm to wear.

The patterns are based on Turkish color knitting, eye-teasing repeating patterns that are quite different than Fairisle or Norwegian knitting. These are related to Islamic art, where repeating, interlocking geometrics are used since Islamic art forbids the representation of anything from nature. The colors are rich and exciting. In addition to the color and embellishment, Anna Zilboorg provides several ways of attaching the mitten thumb (on the palm or side "sore thumb sticking out" methods.)

BUT...even if you don't want to knit a single mitten, the techniques for fringe and edgings, plus the color patterns are useful for pillows, sweaters, hats, socks, and more. Either way, this book is a visual treat (wonderfully photographed and printed by XRX press) and a treasure to own for any knitter.

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Magnificent Mittens
Anna Zilboorg
Manufacturer: XRX BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TTPXXQ

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This practical, down-to-earth guide gives tools for raising emotionally healthy boys in a culture that preaches stoicism for men. Some of the suggestions revolve around attitudes adults should cultivate in dealing with boys. The book also describes practical things adults can do to enhance boys' mental and emotional health. Each chapter includes an activity for home as well as school.

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This book does not talk much about emotional intelligence..........2002-08-29

On the positive side, this book is a checklist of fairly obvious parenting issues with boys. It also offers a long list of bromides. Examples from the 200 recommendations in this list are: Be yourself [as a parent, I suppose]; Don't tease [mixed messages are hard to decode]. Some recommendations are better than others, e.g., Stop the glorification of violence. Some of the "quotes" from men look so canned that they seem to have been made up.

On the negative side, this book addresses only peripherally emotional intelligence, which is something it said it would help you raise. For instance, the authors say very little about boys regulating and coping with emotions, their expressive behavior, or relationship building. In addition, the authors say nothing about ethical values which are meant to be part of emotional intelligence. After all, con men have emotional intelligence: they read their mark carefully. The difference is that their behavior is divorced from ethics.

Too bad.

This is a companion book from the same publisher about girls' self-esteem. Parents might find that book relatively more helpful.

Those interested in raising and teaching boys must read it!.......2000-06-12

"200 Ways to Raise a Boy's Emotional Intelligence: An Indispensible Guide for Parents, Teachers & Other Concerned Caregivers" is a very advisable guide for those who are daily dealing with the challenges in raising and educating boys. Its authors have sucessfully achieved to write a book that contains practical suggestions for those interested in growing boys' skills and avoiding future deficiencies. In a world where it is becoming each time more difficult to prepare kids towards the outside challenges, this is a helpful guide that can, if followed its suggestions, bring additional advantages than those who relate to boys' traditional education. A real must-have for parents and teachers!

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The devotion of Henri Matisse to the human figure led him to make portraits of many different sitters--members of his family, fellow artists, professionals in other fields, patrons, and various others. At key points in his career, he was also an obsessive observer of himself, creating intense series of self-portraits. This pioneering book, with some 200 stunning illustrations, offers the first comprehensive account of Matisse's activity as a maker of portraits and self-portraits. Matisse scholar John Klein goes beyond standard approaches to portraiture that focus on questions of likeness and expression of character. He considers the transaction that produces a portrait--a transaction between the artist and the sitter (even when the sitter is oneself) that is social as much as artistic. Klein investigates the various social contexts of Matisse's sitters and finds that differences among these contexts produced different kinds of portraits and self- portraits with different goals. This was in part due to the personal and social identity of the sitter, but partly also to Matisse's self-perception with respect to the sitter and his goal of engaging the genre as a mode of personal expression. Klein also addresses the vexing question of whether depictions of hired models can be considered as portraits and concludes that they lack the social context that is necessary to portraiture. Through the psychological and contextual examination of Matisse's portraits and self-portraits, Klein throws new light on an important body of work by this influential artist. The author also discusses the portrait practice of some of Matisse's contemporaries--Picasso, Kirchner, Bonnard, Vallotton, and Boldini--to develop fresh insights into the status of portraiture within twentieth-century art as a whole.

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More than artbook - it is an art appreciation book.......2002-03-21

Matisse Portraits by John Klein (associate professor of art history at the University of Missouri-Columbia) is a comprehensive survey and analysis of the artwork of Henri Matisse, who especially devoted himself to human figure and portraits of sitters. Klein goes a step further to provide an in-depth, scholarly commentary upon individual works and the aggregate body of Matisse's portraits. Filled with black-and-white and color illustrations of Matisse's artwork, Matisse Portraits is more than artbook - it is an art appreciation book, filled with discourse and thoughtful analysis. Highly recommended for academic and art school collections, as well as true art aficionados with an interest in the work of Henri Matisse.

Henri Matisse, autoportraits: Exposition du 4 juin au 11 septembre 1988

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Henri Matisse, autoportraits: Exposition du 4 juin au 11 septembre 1988
Henri Matisse
Manufacturer: Le Musee
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 2907545051

Matisse Portrait Drawings: 45 Plates (Dover Art Library)

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Excellent book, excellent price.

Matisse Portrait Drawings: 45 Plates (Dover Art Library)
Henri Matisse
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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Excellent book, excellent price........2001-01-17

This book includes many protraits done by the great Matisse. They are all simple and elegant. Matisse fans should not be without this book.

Matisse Portrait Postcards in Full Color: 24 Ready-To-Mail Cards

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Matisse Portrait Postcards in Full Color: 24 Ready-To-Mail Cards
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Matisse: A Portrait
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Matisse: A portrait of the artist and the man (Books that matter)

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Sotheby's Cataloue Principally of Diaghilev Ballet Material (Decor and Costume Designs, Portraits and Posters)

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from costumes for Nijinsky to sets by Matisse. Filled with illustrations, a few in color. rare piece 178 pages

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This Gorgeous Book is a Must-Have If You Love Drawing!

Matisse: Visages decouverts, 1945-1954
Henri Matisse
Manufacturer: A. Biro
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This Gorgeous Book is a Must-Have If You Love Drawing!.......2006-02-13

"Matisse: Visages Decouverts" (i.e. "Matisse: Discovered Faces") is an exceptionally beautiful catalogue of a large exhibition of Matisse's figurative drawings from the last decade of his life. Originally shown in Paris, almost all of the works reproduced here were unknown and previously unpublished. Although Matisse is known as the great master of color, this book focuses almost totally on the black-and-white drawings. The "discovered faces" of the title are those created by the smooth action of Matisse's hand. Although the drawings are - for the most part - images of Matisse's closest companions (namely his favorite model Lydia Delectorskaya and his young grandsons and granddaughters), almost none of the drawings may be described as "portraits" in the conventional sense. By this period, Matisse's style was almost exclusively linear, indeed almost ancient Egyptian-like in his ability to capture the essence of an individual face and expression in the fewest number of lines imaginable. Although some of the drawings recall the heavily worked charcoals of the 1941 "Themes and Variations" series, most are astonishly, deceptively simple, executed in a few sweeping curves, arabesques and right angles that - if looked at closely enough - seem to allow the viewer to literally reconstruct the movement's of Matisse's hand as he moved pencil or brush across the blank white paper. The images - almost completely busts or close-ups of faces - only become more and more abstract and refined as the 1940s give way to the 1950s, and culminate in an astonishing series of "Masks," where the human visage comes to resemble a Japanese Zen ink drawing rather than a living person. The book itself is a gorgeous object - the spare design and high-quality paper, as well as the nonstop use of white (the most mysterious of hues) provide the reader with physical as well as visual pleasure. While to the uninitiated, Matisse's late drawings may look crude, unformed, and no better than the cartoons in your Sunday paper, to the true conoisseur, the elegance of the line, the use of negative space and the flawless composition of just about every single image put any resemblance between cartoons and Matisse to shame! These images are so sophisticated that they look primitive. If your heart cries out for some purity and elegance in an increasingly dirty and ugly visual arena, why not buy this book, rest your eyes, and elevate your spirit!

Arbit Blatas' School of Paris: Portraits of Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, Cocteau, Derain, Van Dongen, Dufy, Gromaire, Leger, Lipchitz, Maillol, Marquet, Matisse, ... Utrillo, Vlaminck, Vuillard, Zadkine

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Henri Matisse: Trente Reproductions De Peintures et Dessins Precedees D'Une Etude Critique.... De Notices Biographiques et Documentaires et D' Un Portrait Inedit De L' Artiste, Par Lui-Meme, Grave Sur Bois Par Jules Germain

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Henri Matisse: Trente Reproductions De Peintures et Dessins Precedees D'Une Etude Critique.... De Notices Biographiques et Documentaires et D' Un Portrait Inedit De L' Artiste, Par Lui-Meme, Grave Sur Bois Par Jules Germain

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A stand-out among Holocaust memoirs.......2001-07-18

Fanya Gottesfeld-Heller recounts her girlhood years as a Jew during World War II, spent in increasing poverty and restriction and in the midst of horrid cruelties. Born in the shetl of Skala in Poland, in what is now Ukrania, Mrs. Heller was 15 when, in the middle of the night, the Germans arrived to round up the town's Jews. Any Jews captured were herded out of the town, forced to dig their own graves, and shot--among them, Mrs. Heller's grandparents. Her grandfather, first one in the family captured by the Germans, led them to the hiding place of his wife, among others, in the hope of saving his own life, but was forced to watch their deaths and then killed. Mrs. Heller survived because her adored father had constructed a hideaway for their large family. But that night began four years of increasing privation: near-starvation, the desperate search for someplace to hide or someone to hide them, loss of family members, grotesque cruelties by the villagers. Mrs. Heller's admirer, Jan, a Gentile carpenter, first hid her at his house, then arranged with a former employee of Mr. Gottesfeld for the immediate family of four to be hidden at a farm. Their food and their accomodations became increasingly restricted, until they spent several months in a space behind the chicken coop, so small that if one moved, all had to move; they starved, lying in their feces and covered with lice. Mrs. Heller also recounts the story of her developing love for Jan, and the strange turns that war brought to that love. Mrs. Heller writes beautifully. The engrossing story moves quickly, but retains the details and descriptions that vividly portray the shtetl, her family and their saviors, and the extreme privations they suffered. She is unstinting in her portrayals of wartime, telling us the worst as well as the best; but all of it in a matter-of-fact way. It was a privilege to read this book and spend a little time with this remarkable woman.

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