Buffoons, Queens, and Wooden Horsemen: The Dyo and Gouan Societies of the Bambara of Mali

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Funniest book I've read this year!.......2003-03-05

Couldn't put it down. Was really fast-paced and funny in a whacky sort of way. Reminded me of the movie "Office Space." The characters were well-potrayed.

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A brilliant and fascinating biography of the most important psychoanalyst since Freud and Jung.

This beautifully written and long-awaited biography is the first full-scale life of the great British psychoanalyst, a major figure both in psychiatry and as a principle influence on the leading child development experts of our time, including Brazelton, Spock, and Stanley Greenspan.

A pediatrician turned analyst, D. W. Winnicott rose to prominence in the stormy days when the followers of Anna Freud were battling those of Melanie Klein for the right to be called Freud's true intellectual heirs. This rich, witty, and insightful story probes the autobiographical sources of Winnicott's influential concepts, such as the "holding environment" so crucial to psychotherapy and the "transitional object" known to every parent as the "security blanket." Winnicott's astonishing career involves many of the great figures in psychoanalysis and psychology, not just Klein and Anna Freud but the whole eccentric Bloomsbury scene including the Stracheys, R. D. Laing, and the controversial Pakistani prince and analyst Masud Khan.

Readers of Oliver Sacks, Janet Malcolm, and Peter Gay, as well as anyone interested in the great explorers of human nature, will find this book passionately absorbing.

Customer Reviews:

Winnicott in depth, in thought.......2005-09-18

The finest book on DWW I have read. It is several books in one: a biography, an intellectual biography, and an account of the goings-on in London's PSa circles, weaving together the personal and the ideas which arose at the time. This book is an excellent elaboration of the earlier bio of DWW by Kahr.

Nathan Szajnberg, MD
Cl. Professor, UCSF
Wallerstein Research Fellow in Psychoanalysis
Member IPSR, UC Berkeley

Face to Face with Children: The Life and Work of Clare Winnicott

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Face to Face with Children: The Life and Work of Clare Winnicott

Manufacturer: Karnac Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1855759977

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“This book is primarily about the ways in which psychoanalytically informed social work set out to help troubled children in the middle decades of the previous century. As such it represents an invaluable historical record. But I believe it has much wider contemporary relevance and resonance. Pointing backwards to the rediscovery of lost values, it also has significant links with the very cutting edge of twenty-first century social care.” – From the Foreword by Jeremy Holmes, Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit University College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic

This book presents the life and work of one of the leading British social workers of the 20th century. The wife of Donald Winnicott, an analyst of Melanie Klein, a wartime innovator in helping evacuated children, a teacher and mentor to a generation of British social workers and a gifted psychoanalyst, Clare Winnicott’s life encompassed a remarkable richness of relationships and accomplishments. As well as documenting Clare Winnicott’s life and career, this book also contains valuable and pragmatic career strategies for assisting parents and other care-givers in the difficult challenge of creating and sustaining facilitating environments for troubled children.

Winnicott Studies: The Journal of the Squiggle Foundation : A Celebration of the Life and Work of Marion Milner, No. 3 (Winnicott Studies)

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Winnicott Studies: The Journal of the Squiggle Foundation : A Celebration of the Life and Work of Marion Milner, No. 3 (Winnicott Studies)

Manufacturer: Karnac Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 095101742X

Winnicott: Life and Work.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

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Winnicott: Life and Work.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology
Janet Etzi
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000CSLFK4
Release Date: 2005-12-13

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1223 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Winnicott: Life and Work.(Book Review)
Author: Janet Etzi
Publication: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Page: 247(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Winnicott Life and Work
Rodman F. Robert
Manufacturer: Perseus Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UE8VTS

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Hearing about the destructive compulsion of bulimia nervosa, outsiders may wonder, "How could you ever start?" Those suffering from the eating disorder ask themselves in despair, "How can I ever stop?" How do you break the cycle of bingeing, vomiting, laxative abuse, and shame? While many books describe the descent into eating disorders and the resulting emotional and physical damage, this book describes recovery.

Psychologist Sheila Reindl has listened intently to women's accounts of recovering. Reindl argues compellingly that people with bulimia nervosa avoid turning their attention inward to consult their needs, desires, feelings, and aggressive strivings because to do so is to encounter an annihilating sense of shame. Disconnected from internal, sensed experience, bulimic women rely upon external gauges to guide their choices. To recover, bulimic women need to develop a sense of self--to attune to their physical, psychic, and social self-experience. They also need to learn that one's neediness, desire, pain, and aggression are not sources of shame to be kept hidden but essential aspects of humanity necessary for zestful life. The young women with whom Reindl speaks describe, with great feeling, their efforts to know and trust their own experience.

Perceptive, lucid, and above all humane, this book will be welcomed not only by professionals but by people who struggle with an eating disorder and by those who love them.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing Book.......2005-09-24

After combing through several books on bulimia, this one was like a breath of fresh air. It was like reading about myself, actually seeing how women contracted and healed from bulimia. It gives me hope that we all can.

Best book on eating disorders I have ever read!.......2003-11-10

This book is incredible. After suffering from anorexia and bulimia for the last four years, I have constantly looked for books on eating disorders. I found it not only easy to relate to all of the people who contributed their stories, but also extremely inspiring to know that other people out there have had the same "crazy" thoughts as me! This is a open-to-any-page-and-start-reading book. Truly awesome.

This book is AWESOME !.......2003-01-03

Finally, a book that gets to the heart of how a person with an eating disorder really feels and what is really helpful. As someone who previously had an eating disorder, and has read a ton of books on the subject, I can honestly say this is the best one I have read so far. A little more expensive but WELL worth it, to anyone struggling with an eating disorder. It hits home so much sometime that it just made me cry - very, very helpful.

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Great basic recipes to build on, veggie or not!

Practical And Healthy

Innovative, flexible, easy and beautiful too!

A Lifesaver for this Omnivorous Mom

Heidi is great!

Cook 1.0: A Fresh Approach to the Vegetarian Kitchen
Heidi Swanson
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 158479335X

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For the beginner cook, cookbooks are often overwhelming, loaded with complex recipes, extensive lists of exotic ingredients, and long preparation times. Heidi Swanson-photographer, designer, and passionate home cook-understands. In Cook 1.0, she combines her love of fresh, simple vegetarian fare with her creative know-how to create full-flavored recipes that take less than an hour to make.

Completely original in its approach to the kitchen, Cook 1.0 features 40 basic recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes, sides, desserts, and drinks, and then provides easy-to-read tables to show delicious, inventive ways to build on them. The scrumptious variations include Pumpkin, Mint, and Ricotta Pizza; Creamy Mushroom Pot Pie; Apricot Summer Tart with Macadamia Shortbread Crust; and Ice-Cold Blueberry Lemonade. These delicious, flavorful recipes will appeal to vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. Swanson's unique mix-and-match strategy allows the home cook to personalize recipes according to family preferences, seasonal produce, and, perhaps most important, available time. Cook 1.0 also features gorgeous food photography taken by the author. For the modern kitchen novice, it's the perfect operating system. AUTHOR BIO: HEIDI SWANSON founded ChickClick.com in 1997. The site became one of the most trafficked female networks on the Internet; as a result, Swanson was profiled in such national publications as USA Today, Fast Company, Entertainment Weekly, and The Wall Street Journal. Swanson is an enthusiastic, self-taught home cook with a fresh, contemporary perspective on how to approach basic vegetarian cooking.

ART SMITH is the personal chef to Oprah Winfrey and author of the best-selling Back to the Table. He contributes frequently to O magazine.

Customer Reviews:

Great basic recipes to build on, veggie or not!.......2007-07-20

This book is full of great basic recipes, from basic tomato sauce and salsa to biscuits and pancakes. There are lots of recipe variations and suggestions for the addition of spices, nuts and fruits to vary your creations, which is great for anyone not sure how to pair flavors or mix things up. Great to put together a nice meal with friends and family, built around vegetarian tastes or those of omnivores.

Practical And Healthy.......2007-01-08

This book strikes a perfect balance between being health-conscious and flavorful. I really love the pictures and simply layout of the book. Nothing is beyond my skillset (which isn't very advanced!) and everything is also fairly quick to make. It covers all the meals of the day quite well (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) with all the foods I'd like in each (I have a real soft spot for pancakes!) so it can serve as your primary veggie cookbook.

If you don't want to spend a whole lot of time cooking, and want something healthy, yet tasty! -- then this is the book for you!

Innovative, flexible, easy and beautiful too!.......2006-12-10

I don't cook a whole lot (but I love to whenever I have the time), nor am I a vegetarian -- but this book is a wonderful resource! The receipes are delicous, the instruction is clear, the grids give way to customizing each recipe depending on your personal tastes, and the photography and colors throughout the book are stunning. I've always received positive feedback from the dishes I've made and I've lent this book to a number of my colleagues who went onto buying it since it didn't make sense to keep photocopying receipes. I'm looking forward to 2.0!

A Lifesaver for this Omnivorous Mom.......2006-12-08

This review is long overdue. I am an omnivore, with a mostly omnivorous family. Imagine my surprise when, two years ago, my teenager announced one evening (after a visit to a lovely farm with adorable baby cows) that she was going to stop eating any land animals. Turns out, there is a word for that:pescatarian. Back then, I didn't know that, and being faced with the prospect of trying to cook healthy vegetarian meals for a developing teenager made me want to pull my hair out. I worried that I would either end up with a malnourished girl, or that the food I cooked would be so unpalatable that she wouldn't eat it. I also didn't want to have to cook one meal for her, and another for the rest of the family. If she would make this journey, then so would we. I tried various vegetarian books, only to find tofu-pushing, bland recipes that I had a hard time tempting my whole family with. Then my sweet sister came to my rescue, telling me that her friend Heidi wrote a little book I might like...and she mailed me Heidi's guide.

I call it a guide because that is what we used it for in the beginning. Heidi takes the time to explain the ingredients, the basics of how to cook them, and advises on the utensils and other things needed. She scatters useful advice throughout - it isn't a book that I just pull out when I need a recipe. I actually sit down and read it for the extra encouragement I need to keep our family on-track. I have two other children, 6 and 8. They loved their hot dogs and hamburgers. I don't know any other children their age who now rave about risotto and mushroom pot pie! My husband is a Food and Beverage Director for a luxury resort. Sometimes, after hearing about the menus he puts together for his hotel, I feel a little intimidated about what I offer him at home. This is a true sign of the success of Heidi's book: my carnivorous, German husband, Mr. Foodie, LOVES these dishes. Yes, he still likes sausages, schnitzel, etc. But he will dig into the corn, coconut, and curry soup like there is no tomorrow...

Now, being more sensitive to the other vegetarians in the world, I always bring a dish from Heidi's book when I attend parties or potlucks. For our first vegetarian Thanksgiving, we were invited to a friend's home. The prospect of dining on Tofurkey didn't seem appetizing, so we made and contributed the mushroom medley fritatta and the roasted sweet potatoes to the Thanksgiving Feast. My kids had to wrestle to get some of the food we brought onto their plates! We ended up bringing home empty food containers, and I noticed there was ALOT of leftover turkey...everybody there just couldn't get enough of our vegetarian dishes.

The best part is the ease with which I can prepare all this food. I enjoy cooking - I actually collect cookbooks. So I can say from experience that Heidi has a great formula with the format of this book. She gives you the basics for the core of the dish, then she offers a chart of various ingredients you can add in order to make different dishes out of that core recipe. It really simplifies things for the reader, and the various ideas for ingredients really make a difference in preventing food-boredom with my children.

Again, thank-you, Heidi, for a well-written, well-planned guide to vegetarian cooking. We are two years into the game now (I thought it would last 6 months) and my well-worn copy of Cook 1.0 doesn't even make it back into my cookbook collection; I keep it out on my counter for quick reference. And my little vegetarian? Her new lifestyle has NOT turned her into the wraith I feared...she is 5'9" now, and a star on her school basketball and volleyball teams.

Heidi is great!.......2006-07-18

The cookbook is simple, the recipes are great, and the blog is wonderful!

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Silent Victims: Recognizing and Stopping Abuse of the Family Pet
Tom Flanagan , and Pamela Carlisle-Frank
Manufacturer: University Press of America
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761833978

Book Description

Silent Victims offers students, professionals, and laypersons an overview of the most critical scientific and anecdotal findings about the antecedents and consequences of animal cruelty. The research presented includes notable studies on the factors associated with animal abuse, including the perpetrators, abusive environments. The book also offers readers an insider's look at animal cruelty; real life tales weave theories and research findings with applied fieldwork, and examine commonly used strategies and techniques for recognizing and addressing animal abuse cases.

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THIS BOOK ROCKS!!!

BUY THIS BOOK

Superstar book!

Inspiring

Holiday Knitting Looks Enticing

Handknit Holidays: Knitting Year-Round for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice
Melanie Falick
Manufacturer: "Stewart, Tabori and Chang"
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1584794542

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For many people, the best part of the winter holidays is the anticipation: planning the perfect gifts, decorating the house, looking forward to seeing family and friends. Holidays can be particularly special for knitters, whose preparations often start months in advance and involve their own creations. In Handknit Holidays best-selling knitting author Melanie Falick presents an eclectic collection of more than 50 original gifts, decorations, and clothing pieces for Christmas, Hanukkah, and the winter solstice, providing year-round inspiration for knitters of all levels.

Created by top knitwear designers, the projects include colorful ornaments; funky and classic Christmas stockings; a wire-and-bead menorah; sparkly ribbon scarves; a poncho and matching dog sweater; and a range of super-quick projects for that last-minute holiday rush, from a Santa hat, to elf caps, to flower pins. Rounding out the volume are a few grand projects-an Aran tree skirt, a patchwork afghan, a lace shawl-destined to become family heirlooms, plus features on such topics as the origin of the Christmas stocking, the meaning of the winter solstice, knitting for charities, strategies for finishing holiday knitting (on schedule!), and even a delicious recipe for festive crescent cookies.

Beautifully photographed by Susan Pittard, Handknit Holidays is a creative celebration of the holiday season and a treasure for all knitters who seek to bring more of their own handwork-and artistry-into their daily lives and their holiday festivities.

Customer Reviews:

THIS BOOK ROCKS!!!.......2007-09-21

I love this book. The variety of patterns in this book are great. I can't wait to start knitting Christmas presents. I plan on making the ruffle scarf first.

BUY THIS BOOK.......2007-08-24

For some reason the cover of this book just turns me off. I wasn't interested in it forever. Until of course, I was at a bookstore thumbing through it. I had to buy it. There are some fantastic knits in there. The Santa hat is a MUST make. I plan to do it for this holiday. There are also lovely, strange and totally enticing sweaters, socks and such. The patterns also seem to pass the gamut of easy to quiet difficult and there is a section on gifts, knitted gift packaging and bows.

Superstar book!.......2007-01-07

This is a beautiful book, more than a useful book. I haven't made anything from it yet, and I don't know whether the patterns are faulty or unclear -- but the photographs sure are gorgeous!! Some of the patterns I am sure I will never make (like some of the hats, specifically), but the inspiration is wonderful! It makes me eager for the holiday season.

Inspiring.......2007-01-03

Very inspiring. The beautiful photography and selection of projects makes the reader feel all are possible.

Holiday Knitting Looks Enticing.......2006-11-05

I loved browsing through this book and planning my holiday gift knitting. I wish I had bought it in the summer so I would have had more time to make some of the lovely projects in the book. Lots of great ideas...some easy...some challenging. J.M.

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patterns that are interesting and doable
Lots of Projects
Disappointing!
Agressively average
It's just OK

Knitting in the Round
Jeanne Stauffer
Manufacturer: DRG / House of White Birches
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1592170390

Book Description

With circular-and double-pointed needles, discover the pleasure of having fewer seams to sew at the end. And for larger projects, you won't have long straight needles poking out to the side.

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patterns that are interesting and doable.......2007-10-12

I have been knitting in the round since I read EZ's Knitting Without Tears in the 1970s; I think this book has appealing and doable patterns. I am at the stage in my knitting life that I don't want to do formulas to figure out patterns, or have to have a bachelor's in fine arts or be a master knitter to knit something useful or enjoyable for myself or others. I also grow weary when confronted with extensive lists of "possibilities" instead of clear directions. I recommend this book!

Lots of Projects.......2007-08-08

It sounds like some of the reviewers expected quite a lot from one little book. I see quite a few things I'm interested in trying out.

Two things jumped out at me right away: the instructions that show how to knit with double-pointed or circular needles are laid out with descriptions and photos for right-handers, and separate descriptions and photos for left-handers. Also, each pattern has a little symbol beside the yarn that shows what weight that yarn is (such as "5-Bulky") so you can easily substitute different yarn of the same weight.

Disappointing!.......2006-05-13

I expected this book to have either more theory or more patterns or more of both. Someone who is already familiar with the concept of knitting in the round will probably not learn much from the book. Someone who is interested in learning may find the instructions to be somewhat vague. Someone who is looking for inspiration won't find much information. I own more than 100 needlework books and this is one of the few that I wouldn't feel compelled to keep.

Agressively average.......2006-03-04

I'm afraid I have to agree with some of the other negative reviews. For one thing, it's difficult to say for whom the book is actually intended. A new knitter might be too intimidated by circular needles or double points to enjoy it, but by the time he or she is more accomplished, the book will not provide a real challenge either. For the money the beginner would be better off with any of several "learning to knit" books out there with patterns geared to encourage their efforts and help them progress. Most experienced knitters are probably more interested in a new challenge, but other than busy fair isle prints, there aren't many of those in this book.

It's just OK.......2005-12-13

I can't figure out if it's the photography or the patterns but honestly nothing really jumps out or stands out in this book, it is the same old stuff and I agree that you would be better served getting an EZ book instead.

Knitting Year-Round (Better Homes & Gardens)

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A good variety
Great Knitting Patterns
Look before you buy
Year Round Knitting keeps the needles flying

Knitting Year-Round (Better Homes & Gardens)
Better Homes and Gardens Books
Manufacturer: Better Homes and Gardens
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Binding: Hardcover

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With a variety of knitting styles, this book offers updated ideas for garments and projects for the home for knitters of all skill levels

Twenty easy projects that ensure success for knitters with limited experience

Beautiful full-color photography visually stimulates and inspires new creations

Knitting basics guide beginners and refresh more-experienced knitters to ensure each project is successfully completed

Customer Reviews:

A good variety.......2004-11-12

Although I am really just starting off in knitting and haven't build up enough courage to do the patterns, I can't wait to try some. A good variety of patterns for all seasons, most for women, some for kids, some for men, even one dog sweater and one or two home projects, sizes S to XL. I really like the cotton summer patterns the best and the advanced winter ones. A bit skimpy on beginner projects (but quite a few intermediate) and this is not a "how to" knitting book but great to line up projects once you get going and build up your skills. Will keep me busy for a long time!

Great Knitting Patterns.......2004-03-09

The first time I saw this book, I skimmed it lightly. Then when I went back through it, I realized what a treasure it really is for knitters. The designs range from Beginner to Easy to Intermediate to Experienced. But one of my very favorite things about this book is that I can find most of the yarns they mention! Some knitting books use obscure types of yarns, and even when I am careful to "check my gauge" it never turns out like the pictures. Even our local yarn shop often hasn't even heard of the yarns that some books recommend.

This book uses yarns that you can find at Hobby Lobby, or Michaels', or even Walmart (for the Baby Denim cotton yarns). The types of yarns listed include Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride worsted, Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky, Patons Classic Wool worsted, Muench Yarns Bali sport weight, Lion Brand Homespun bulky weight, and Patons Bumblebee Baby Cotton. There are still some yarn types I've never heard of, like Sandnes (Swedish Yarn Imports) Lanett superwash, Wendy Velvet Touch sport weight, and so on. Still, I'm relatively impressed with the availability of many of the yarns, and the yarns I've not heard of do not look that difficult to interchange (famous last words, I realize).

As far as the patterns themselves, I'm already halfway through a sweater and looking forward to doing the mittens -- there are several mitten patterns using Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky. I don't particularly care for some of the colors chosen in the patterns, but that's what is fun about knitting -- you can choose your own colors and be creative.

The more I've gone through this book, the more I've liked it. It's a great addition to any knitter's library.

Look before you buy.......2003-12-02

This is a nice book but a lot of the patterns were a little dated. A wide range of patterns and a good book to buy if you want to make a number of basic knitted pieces -- just check it out before you buy. If you have a number of books with mitten patterns, or hat patterns, you may not need this book. The baby and kids clothes are cute, but there is only a few patterns of each.
Definitely not the young, trendy styles you may find in another book: it all depends what you are looking for.

Year Round Knitting keeps the needles flying.......2003-11-30

I really liked this book. It features 75 beginner and intermediate projects, beautiful and fast to accomplish. My favorite, so far: the northwoods carigan. Yes! I actually made a beautiful fashionable cardigan with some easy but complex looking intarsia! Get this book and enjoy taking your knitting to the next level.

Easy Machine Knitting, Misses' Round Neck Pullover Sweater, No M452

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Easy Machine Knitting, Misses' Round Neck Pullover Sweater, No M452
McCall Pattern Co
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Knit 4 Seasons: 36 Exclusive Designs for Year-Round Fashion

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Knit 4 Seasons: 36 Exclusive Designs for Year-Round Fashion
Sue Curl , and Erika Knight
Manufacturer: Scribner
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Binding: Hardcover

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Machine Knitting in Fine 4ply, Includes Patterns for Men, Women & Children, Charted Varieties, Raglan sleeves, Vests, "v" and Round Neck, Polo Neck, & More, English & American Measurements

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Machine Knitting in Fine 4ply, Includes Patterns for Men, Women & Children, Charted Varieties, Raglan sleeves, Vests, "v" and Round Neck, Polo Neck, & More, English & American Measurements
Bramwell
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000QRL72W

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Men's Classics (Volume 96)
Bernhard Ulmann Company
Manufacturer: Bernhard Ulmann Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NJYDL0

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Directions for knitting men's sweaters. All styles, all weights, all sizes to 46, with Choose-O-Matic guide that helps you choose the style you want, in the weight you want, in the yarn you want.

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Something more than a journeyman and less than a superstar, Joe Jackson has a reputation for being a reclusive and prickly character. But he refuses the low road with A Cure for Gravity, a resolutely non-lurid autobiography of a man who considers music to be a noble calling. It matters not that the author was once lumped in with England's insurgent first-generation punks and new-wavers; here Jackson insistently focuses on his development as a composer, player, and performer, approximately in that order. Born to modest means in a setting where a sickly, creative youngster such as Jackson was regarded with suspicion, if not contempt, the young Brit was trained in the classics and developed his keyboard skills, playing everything from cabaret to progressive rock before finally setting off on his own as a sharp-tongued, ska-influenced Angry Young Man. A more sophisticated musician than his rag-tag running mates (he's recently released an ambitious fusion of pop, jazz, and classical elements dubbed Symphony No. 1), Jackson revels in the intricacies of his craft--as much or more than he does in telling his own up-from-the-gutter tale. Old new-wavers who remember the author from his 1978 Look Sharp! debut and devotees of his more stylish early '80s recordings may be caught off guard by the short shrift Jackson gives his actual recording career; indeed, he shrugs off a couple decades in the final pages of the book. But the articulate, idiosyncratic author is clearly more interested in addressing what makes a musician than what happens once a musician has it made. --Steven Stolder

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Since the release of his first best-selling album Look Sharp in 1979, Joe Jackson has forged a singular career in music through his originality as a composer and his notoriously independent stance toward music-business fashion. He has also been a famously private person, whose lack of interest in his own celebrity has been interpreted by some as aloofness. That reputation is shattered by A Cure for Gravity, Jackson's enormously funny and revealing memoir of growing up musical, from a culturally impoverished childhood in a rough English port town to the Royal Academy of Music, through London's Punk and New Wave scenes, up to the brink of pop stardom. Jackson describes his life as a teenage Beethoven fanatic; his early piano gigs for audiences of glass-throwing skinheads; and his days on the road with long-forgotten club bands. Far from a standard-issue celebrity autobiography, A Cure for Gravity is a smart, passionate book about music, the creative process, and coming of age as an artist.

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If you're obsessed with music.......2007-10-02

Anybody interested in music should read this book by Joe Jackson. Its a musical autobiography, covering his life in music from his childhood up to the point where he made it as a 'popstar'. I use the quotes around popstar because Joe Jackson was always more than a popstar and if you have an interest in Classical music or Jazz you might also find this book interesting.

Jackson is interested in most forms of music, he talks about Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, the difficulties of playing solo Piano gigs, the many musicians he played with, the madness of being in a band and some of the awful gigs he did. So whether you've played in a pub band, or you play in an Orchestra there is something here that will interest you.

For the musical snobs out there, Joe Jackson studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has letters after his name (LRAM in percussion). This shouldn't be relevent but some people will avoid this book just because he is/was a pop star.

This is well written by Jackson, on occasions funny, and to anybody who who has obssessed about music in the same way as he has you will find it an absorbing read, regardless of what form of music you like.

A look into creative genius.......2006-02-23

Joe Jackson's music entered my mind in 1978 and has lodged there ever since. He's one of the few pop musicians I followed for more than two albums, because he continally reinvented himself. It was a great discovery to find that he had written an autobiography.

The focus is on his musical development up to the point when his LP "Look Sharp!" made him famous, but it is also informed by what happened afterwards. I enjoyed this book very much, and dusted off the turntable to play his records again. They are every bit as great as I remembered them.

One of the better written musician biographies.......2005-04-01

Joe Jackson is a very good writer, certainly better than many of his peers in the music business. This book covers Joe's early years, before he even was known as Joe, and works its way through his formative development as a young man and dedicated musician, up until the success of "Look Sharp"

While I am a fan of Joe's early work, especially Look Sharp and I'm The Man, I think this book would appeal to non-fans as well. It comes down to basic writing skill, and Joe's got it. The book flows nicely from start to finish, never bogging down with unnecessary details of rock band debauchery, or getting too preachy. The pacing is just about perfect, with a nice balance of interesting, humorous stories and personal opinions about music, and life in general.

Joe Jackson tells a good story, and for fans, the stories alone are worth the price of admission. In addition to the entertaining stories and a very honest revealing of his life and early development of his career in music, Joe sprinkles in astute observations and opinions about music and the entertainment business along the way. While always remaining true to his passion for music, Joe keeps his ego in check, which enhances the success of the book by making him someone that the reader can identify with.

A better writer than Marilyn Manson, Dee Dee Ramone, and many other musicians; and providing much more insight than your average biographer, Joe Jackson tells his own story with heart, humor, and insight. Pick this up new or used, you won't be disappointed.

He knows nothing.......2004-04-17

I am very upset about Mr. Jackson's comment on Workinton, England. He obviously doesn't really know the place. It is where my mother is from, and it is filled with such beauty and warmth. I suggest Mr. Jackson take another visit.

A Lesson on Pursuing One's Passions..........2001-07-04

All I can say is that you don't have to be a musician to enjoy this book. If you are a human being and dream of of pursuing a passion then read this book. Funny, moving and instructive.

A CURE FOR GRAVITY. A Musical Pilgrimage.

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"A refreshing and stimulating look at Jewish vaudeville, theater, and movies sure to revise our understanding of the Jazz Age."
--Deborah Dash Moore, author of GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation

"In this engaging and accessible book, Merwin describes a much more empowered generation of Jewish show business than is suggested by previous work. A fresh and provocative perspective on familiar material."
-Harley Erdman, author of Staging the Jew: The Performance of an American Ethnicity, 1860-1920

"Clearly written, carefully researched, and thoughtfully argued, In Their Own Image fills important gaps in existing scholarship. This book will appeal to anyone interested in American Jewish culture, American theater and film history, and American popular culture."
-Joel Berkowitz, author of Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage

The Jazz Age of the 1920s is an era remembered for illegal liquor, innovative music and dance styles, and burgeoning ideas of social equality. It was also the period during which second-generation Jews began to emerge as a significant demographic in New York City. In Their Own Image examines the growing cultural visibility of Jewish life amid this vibrant scene.

From the vaudeville routines of Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, and Sophie Tucker, to the slew of Broadway comedies about Jewish life and the silent films that showed immigrant families struggling to leave the ghetto, images and representations of Jews became staples of interwar popular culture. Through the performing arts, Jews expressed highly ambivalent feelings about their identification with Jewish and American cultures. Ted Merwin shows how they became American by producing and consuming not images of another group, but images of themselves. As a result, they humanized Jewish stereotypes, softened anti-Semitic attitudes, and laid the groundwork for today's Jewish comedians.

An entertaining look at the role popular culture plays in promoting the acculturation of an ethnic group, In Their Own Image enhances our understanding of American Jewish history and provides a model for the study of other groups and their integration into mainstream society.

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This book is superb.
Story of the Forging of the Jewish American Identity !
I loved it!
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Jazz Age Jews
Michael Alexander
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Jazz Age Jews tells the stories of Arnold Rothstein, the gangster accused of fixing the 1919 World Series; Felix Frankfurter, the defending lawyer for the infamous Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial who went on to become a Supreme Court justice; and Al Jolson, who starred, in blackface, in the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer. These three minibiographies, elegantly written by historian Michael Alexander, compose one big story about Jews in the 1920s who thought of themselves as outsiders. Most historians explain this situation as an effect of anti-Semitism; Alexander argues that Jewish outsider status was a theological phenomenon. Jews who migrated from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought with them the belief that "humiliation and alienation were signs of being God's chosen people." Therefore, "In America, when Jews were not being marginalized, they identified with those who were," as demonstrated by the three life stories in Jazz Age Jews. Their stories, as told by Alexander, are "are about making it but thinking you haven't. They are about being there but believing you are held back." They offer succor to all Americans who "despite evidence of their own success, understand themselves best by identifying with those who have least." --Michael Joseph Gross

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By the 1920s, Jews were--by all economic, political, and cultural measures of the day--making it in America. But as these children of immigrants took their places in American society, many deliberately identified with groups that remained excluded. Despite their success, Jews embraced resistance more than acculturation, preferring marginal status to assimilation.

The stories of Al Jolson, Felix Frankfurter, and Arnold Rothstein are told together to explore this paradox in the psychology of American Jewry. All three Jews were born in the 1880s, grew up around American Jewish ghettos, married gentile women, entered the middle class, and rose to national fame. All three also became heroes to the American Jewish community for their association with events that galvanized the country and defined the Jazz Age. Rothstein allegedly fixed the 1919 World Series--an accusation this book disputes. Frankfurter defended the Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Jolson brought jazz music to Hollywood for the first talking film, The Jazz Singer, and regularly impersonated African Americans in blackface. Each of these men represented a version of the American outsider, and American Jews celebrated them for it.

Michael Alexander's gracefully written account profoundly complicates the history of immigrants in America. It challenges charges that anti-Semitism exclusively or even mostly explains Jews' feelings of marginality, while it calls for a general rethinking of positions that have assumed an immigrant quest for inclusion into the white American mainstream. Rather, Alexander argues that Jewish outsider status stemmed from the group identity Jews brought with them to this country in the form of the theology of exile. Jazz Age Jews shows that most Jews felt culturally obliged to mark themselves as different--and believed that doing so made them both better Jews and better Americans.

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Great book!.......2003-06-16

This is an absolutely first rate book about American Jews in the 1920's and the efforts of several Jews, including Al Jolson and gangster Arnold Rothstein, to find a comfortable place in American society. This book has it all- crime, entertainment, law, bootlegging, etc. and is really, really difficult to put down. Excellently written and absolutely riveting

This book is superb........2001-11-27

Dr. Alexander has provided us with an indispensable book. He manages to combine deftly different fields of scholarship, and his book is admirably lucid and short. Historians of modern religion, modern Jewry, ethnic identity, and plain old American history should read this book. In fact, they are professionally derelict if they don't. As for the rest of us, those just interested in a page-turner, this book has sex, violence, gambling, and, if not quite rock and roll, at least a precursor of it.

Story of the Forging of the Jewish American Identity !.......2001-11-27

This is one of those books that's virtually impossible to put down once you've started. With an anecdotally proven thesis (that I happen to agree with strongly) whether you agree with it or not, it definitely gets you thinking... not so much about why the three individuals chosen identified with the subcultures they did, but why they received such strong support in the community. One might wonder though whether is was what they stood for, or really, simply "colorful" characters simply "making it" by becoming celebrities - - even if some of some of what they did was a "shande". Still, it is part of the Jewish conscience to integrate into American society yet "feel" if not be somewhat of an outsider, so perhaps they were the ultimate symbol of this - - Jews living the American dream... yet living on the fringes of it as well.

Written like an E.L. Doctoreau novel, Alexander tells the stories with ease and insight, painting great portraits of the men and the era... This is one of those books you lend out to all your friends, and buy new new copies when they're not returned when you get that inevitable urge to read it again !

I loved it!.......2001-10-16

Jazz Age Jews -> a catchy title for an insightful, informative and, above all, interesting book on the Jewish relationship to organized crime, law and entertainment in the United States. This book grips you from the "get go" and is extremely difficult to put down. I plan on buying additional copies as Hanukkah gifts for my friends and family (and anyone else who just likes a good story).

Review by S. Summerhayes.......2001-10-12

Dr. Alexander's storytelling, research and wit combine to form a deeply persuasive and delightfully entertaining book. Novels such as this coax us to reevaluate not only our shared public history, but to revisit the modern psychology of celebrity and faith as well. Yet this book is neither about religion nor history, but rather is a straightforward and balanced account of the explosion which results from genius hearing in one ear the call of contemporary greatness, and in the other the call of an ancient people.
Immensely readable, this book deserves a place in every bookcase (and, incidently, would make a fine bar mitzvah gift).
SS

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Andrea Most
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This digital document is an article from American Jewish History, published by American Jewish Historical Society on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1480 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Michael Alexander
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