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The Nuking of Happy Valley and Other Tales Told in the Mess
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Thirty-five short stories and anecdotes told with a twinkle in his eye by the author who spent more than 30 years in the Canadian Army. They tell of incidents, most amusing, some poignant, that took place in Canada and overseas in the "peacetime army" which did not always find itself in peacetime situations.
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Heroes, Martyrs and Villains in Russian Life Sciences
S. E. Shnoll
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Ten years after its original publication, Death by Chocolate remains the ultimate chocolate dessert cookbook. It won the James Beard Award, inspired a television show, and has sold over 100,000 copies. All of the original mouth-watering recipes remain, now supplemented by many new recipes carefully crafted by master-chef Marcel Desaulniers. All preparations and ingredients are included with full-color photographs, allowing mere mortals to create chocolate masterpieces such as the eponymous Death by Chocolate, Chocolate Temptation, and Chocolate Dementia.
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Divine chocolate desserts.......2007-01-29
This is an excellent book. I particularly like it as it has photos of every dessert so you can be inspired by the photos and at least you can see what the finished product looks like. The desserts are a little time consuming but you can probably tackle them over a couple of days. I have made a few of the desserts and I can only rave about them.
The best collection in a single book!.......2006-05-28
I've bought this book probably less than a year ago but I already tried several recipes. I have quite a few books for chocolate cakes recipes, but this is the best for sure. And mainly due to this book, my chocolate cakes have been improving a lot. They take time and are relatively expensive but it worth, especially when you see how people enjoy each bite.
Every party with friends it's always a surprise for them, since I try as many new recipes as I can.
Thanks Mr. Desaulnier for sharing such a great talent!
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This is a keeper!.......2006-03-04
I have had this book for ten years. I have yet to see any chocolate-guised cookbook that compares.
I have not dared to make most of the delights in this book (how DOES he stay so skinny?) but have made many. Not being a trained chef of any sort, the instructions are clear, professional and consise. The hardest parts of creating these confections are not getting the book dirty, and deciding which one to make next.
While some reviews have talked about some recipes being "complicated," only the excitement of finally tasting them should be intimidating. It is very rewarding to treat yourself to these deserts after the labor of making them, knowing they are the same things you could enjoy in the world's finest resturants.
Chocolate is center on stage in all these recipies, and this book has increased my reverence for it 100-fold. (And also spoiled me away from sub-par chocolate deserts.)
Heavenly.......2005-10-03
This book is beautiful to look at in addition to having incredible recipes. Some of them are a bit complicated, but for the most part, worth the effort.
What a way to go!.......2005-07-25
Death by Chocolate is the book of books if you are serious about your chocolate. This book is sublime in its luscious photos...one can almost taste them! Where Desaulniers shines most is in his pragmatic, practical approach to cooking with chocolate is that he uses ingredients and supplies the normal, average Joe can get his hands on...nothing exotic or too difficult.
There is a recipe for every taste and culinary skill-level. Some are challenging, some are average, some are just fun. Whoever would have thought of chocolate popcorn!
If you want to treat or impress anyone, the recipes in this book will do it. Every recipe I've made are met with rave reviews...quickly followed by "can I have the recipe."
Desaulniers' tips, teaching, and advice are a great addition. They are valuable and comforting especially when first attempting to create a delicious chocolate concoction. I have not been disappointed in one recipe I've tried...and, they've all worked. His instructions are easy, clear, and right on.
My only critique is that he includes recipes for white chocolate...pu! As a purist (and owing to the fact white chocolate contains no chocolate), these should be put in the trash or another appropriate receptacle.
If you are or know a serious chocolate hound, this is a great book to give as a gift. I've purchased both editions. Finally, if you only have one cookbook on chocolate this one is it, hands down.
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Great Cookbook with great historical information also........1999-06-02
This cookbook not only gives you wonderful (easy) recipes, but also an insight to Southern Gospel Music. They are also donating a portion of the proceeds to the Southern Gospel Music Museum which I think is really generous!!
FABULOUS COOKBOOK! GREAT SOUTHERN RECIPIES & MUSIC TRIVIA!.......1999-05-31
It's a great cookbook in the 'Southern Dinner on the Grounds' tradition -- great photos and trivia about Gospel Music legends including Bill and Gloria Gaither, Mark Lowry and the late J. D. Sumner and Brock Speer. A book with those great southern recipies alone is worth the price, but with this book you get photos, stories and more. Worth every penny!
good for anyone; fabulous recipes.......1999-05-31
This cookbook has some fabulous recipes. I have been cooking for about 19 years and this book is one of my favorites (I have a collection of over 75 cookbooks). The recipes vary from the challenging and the complex to the very simple that you can whip together when there are time constraints. Really popular at a recent potluck was a chocolate cherry cake recipe that was deceptively simple and yet was a hit with all who tried it. There is also many bits of interesting information and trivia about gospel music personalities. There are fantastic pictures of your favorite stars throughout the cookbook. The personality of the artists is expressed by descriptions of why this is their favorite recipe before each recipe is presented. This is an excellent book for either personal use or as a gift.
This cookbook is absolutely fabulous! My favorite!.......1999-05-31
I am so impressed with this Southern Gospel music cookbook with the wonderful recipes from our favorite gospel music artists and ones that are so generous in sharing their family recipes and some handed down from generation to generation that are known favorites to them! These are also wonderfully priced - so affordable - and make excellent gifts - especially for those that are just starting out - newly married, those that are getting their first apartment and want an excellent cookbook to start out with! I highly recommend this cookbook!!!!
A Combo of two things I love: Gospel Music and Food.......1999-04-11
The book has wonderful pictures of many old time and current Gospel music celebrities. I've tried a few of the recipes and they were delicious. Even if you don't cook, this is a wonderful source book on Gospel music stars.
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Poignant, funny tales about a man and his dogand the lessons learned about responsibility and enduring friendship It is love at first sight when Carlo De Vito, an aspiring book editor, first meets Exley, the rambunctious, rescued German Shorthair Pointer he adopts and who becomes his faithful companion. In 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me, De Vito writes about their experiences growing up togetherand the life lessons that invariably result from their adventures. Ultimately, when his beloved friend is gone, De Vito discovers some truths about love, loss, and lasting friendship. It had been Exleys job to raise me. All that time we had been having fun, going for walks, getting into trouble, being companions and friends in some great adventure. And I had spent so much time teaching him to sit, stay, lie down, roll over. But all along, he had been teaching me. It is the child that makes the man, and in this case it was a dog. All along it had been the dog doing the teaching, not me. How do you like that? And I love him for it to this day and will for the rest of my life. Writing in the heartwarming, bestselling tradition of Pack of Two and My Dog Skip, De Vito captures the spirit of that tie in a way that will resonate with not only dog lovers, but all those who share their heart and home with a pet.
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Not what I expected..........2007-08-29
This book is okay I guess, but for some reason I just couldnt get into it. It wasnt like "Marley & Me" (which I loved. It lacked a little bit of emotion and it didnt seem like someone was just telling me their story about their dog, it just seemed like he was trying to teach me a lesson or lecture me.
10 secrets my dog taught me: lifes lessons from a mans best friend.......2007-05-12
This bookd was so enjoyable i coul hardly put it down. Being a dog lover it brought both laughs and tears. I recommed it for any kind of animal lover who can learn a lesson from a four legged person.
Excellent!.......2007-02-05
This book is so well written and a must read for any dog lover. It truly teaches you life lessons. I learned so much about my dog and myself as I read this book. Fantastic!!
Even better than Marley & Me.......2007-01-27
The author's style and story-telling ability are terrific and the story is touching. Marley & Me was a good book but this is the tale that belongs on the NY Times best-seller list!
Great lessons in a short book.......2005-12-12
As a dog lover, this book really hit the mark. It was short, entertaining, emotional, and provided life lessons (or reminders) to help each reader become a better person. I really enjoyed the story - I laughed and cried. A must read for dog lovers - particularly those strapped for time and tapped for patience.
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Secret Life of Dog Owners
Fogle
Manufacturer: Penguin UK
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Dogs are magnificent observers, far better than we are. They are marvelous at reading our body language, which is why your dog may know-without your needing to explain-that he's being taken to the veterinarian, or that you're depressed and in need of comfort. We humans have a rich vocabulary of body language, but in our preoccupation with words, we have allowed our own instinctive understanding of body language to wither. Dogs read us better than we read them, but that doesn't mean they understand why we behave the way we do. Bruce Fogle, a vet with a vast amount of experience in the field of dog and dog-owner behavior, explains in this question-and-answer guide why dog owners do what they do, why dogs respond in the way they do, and how humans and canines can learn to better understand each other.
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Beading has never been more popular, with more beads available than ever before. Fabulous Beaded Jewelry explores the latest beading trends featuring over 100 stunning step-by-step jewelry projects. From basic to advanced techniques, readers will learn everything they need to make fashionable necklaces, pendants, bracelets, earrings, brooches and much more. Easy-to-follow instructions covering a wide range of techniques and information about the latest trends in beads and materials make this book a must have for anyone interested in beading or making jewelry.
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- The most informative, simplified & beautiful bead book ever.
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All About Beads: A Guide to Beads and Bead Jewellery Making
Maureen Murray
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Beautiful beads.......2002-08-30
This book has some nice features for bead enthusiasts. About a third of the book shows closeup photos of the beads produced throughout the world, with extensive information about the various materials and methods used for creating them.
Following this is a section using clear line drawings of findings such as clasps, wires, and tools, with explanations of how they are used. Line drawings are also used to show techniques, especially a variety of ways to finish the ends with clasps and knots. For me, this is the most valuable part of the book for learning techniques new to me. The directions are mostly good, but there are some that are difficult to follow just by reading. It works better to get everything you need and just start following the instructions step by step until you figure it out. My previous beading experience helped me understand the instructions better.
The last section of the book has an assortment of projects making necklace and earring sets, with line drawings, photos and written instructions. The designs are beautiful but too extravagant for me, and being published a few years ago, a little outdated in style. However, the techniques shown can be used to redesign and create pieces suited to one's tastes.
The most informative, simplified & beautiful bead book ever........1999-02-05
I found this book at the library searching for an art project to help my daughter with. (She's in home schooling.) I've always wanted to learn beading, but this book was very inspiring, and now I can do it. The instructions are the easiest I've ever "seen". Three of my daughters friends want to come over & do these projects with us. The only problem we have is that it's not ours & we have to return it. We want to own this book but it's unavailable.
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Todo Sobre Mostacillas / All About Beads (Todo Sobre)
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All About Beads
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Reflections on Landscape: The Lives and Work of Six British Landscape Architects
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American Red Cross Babysitter's Training Handbook.......2004-04-01
If I had to choose ONE book for a babysitter to carry with them to the job in their backpack, this would be the one! It is a great how-to book written for your teen who babysits in private homes for pay.
Here are a few of the great subjets covered (color-coded with Icons): Getting Off to the Right Start with Professional Behavior; Good Business Practices; Babysitter's Self-Assessment Tool; How to Prepare a Resume for Prospective Employers; Interviewing Parents or Guardians and Assessing the Job; Interviewing Tips; Household Rules and Discipline; Safety and Play; Basic Care (diapering, bottle feeding, spoon feeding, burping, bathing...); Telephone Safety Tips; Tips for Preventing Emergencies; Special Concerns (personal safety, suspected child abuse...); Self-Evaluation After the Job; Leadership in Babysitting; Ages and Stages of Infants Through Teens; Being a Good Communicator with Children; Helping Children to Behave; Correcting the Behavior Without Criticizing the Child... First Aid and Airway Management (simplified for the Babysitter); When to Call 911... and the list of topics goes on and on... all in 161 pages in a 6" x 9" plastic-coated paperback book!
There are other "how-to manuals" out there, but this one was compiled by the American Red Cross, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; Boys and Girls Clubs of America; Boy Scouts of America; 4-H Clubs; Girl Scouts of America; JCC Association; and the YMCA. This is the latest edition, which includes simplified airway methods stipulated in the Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) 2000 Guidelines.
This is a great book for the money, and it's right on target with colors, pictures, icons, and indexes that are easy for teens to use in emergencies.
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American Red Cross Babysitting Handbook- SUPER!.......2003-01-05
I have absolutely no agreement with 2 of the 3 reviews. I think it is way great! My babysitter has this book and the kit that is only sold to you if you take the BABYSITTER COURSE AT THE RED CROSS! I look through the book every time she comes. I think it's awesome! I recomend you call your local red cross and take the cours!
Don't waste your money!.......2002-11-16
I'm sorry but this book would not make my list of recommendations. ... almost every babysitting book has basic First Aid information, but this book went WAY OVERBOARD!!! All it has basic babysitting tips and a lot of confusing First Aid. If you really want to learn First Aid and CPR take the class and then get some other books to remind you of what to do in an emergency. This book is not helpful!
I didn't learn much..........2001-06-20
I recieved this book when I took the Red Cross Babysitting course and wasn't very impressed. I knew almost everything in there (because of common sense). There were a few things that I did learn, like what to do in specific emergency situations, but that's about it. Safety is a number one priority for me and, hopefully, all babysitters, but this just went overboard. Plus, I believe some of the information was inaccurrate and could actually put a child in danger. I definitely wouldn't recommend it for an experienced babysitter and only certain sections to brand new, young babysitters.
Wonderful Guide.......2000-04-30
This book is a great guide for the person who is new to babysitting. It teaches the baby-sitter(young or old) how to safely carry their responsibilty of caring for children. I has wonderful pointers and tips that the skilled babysitter can use or the beginner.
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Celebrating the personal and musical legacy of Tim Buckley, Blue Melody tells the untold story of an exceptionally gifted and charismatic singer-songwriter rebel of the 1960s. Written by Buckley's lead guitarist and close friend, this combination of fond memoir and incisive biography is a remembrance of concerts, tours, recording sessions, friends, family and fellow musicians - and the tumultuous times in which they lived. It is also an informed appraisal of Buckley's dramatic creative odyssey, offering in-depth insight into his complex and sometimes self-destructive personality. The vivid narrative depicts Buckley's panoramic evolution across folk, folk-rock, jazz, avant-garde, and funk-rock, highlighting his refusal to be defined by critical or commercial success. Revealing Buckley's poetic intelligence and captivating humor, Blue Melody recounts dozens of behind-the-scenes stories, plus new information on the circumstances surrounding his alcohol and heroin overdose in 1975 at age 28.
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A True Artist.......2006-01-25
Tim Buckley was a musician from the 1960s and 70s whose life ended tragically at the age of 28 by a heroin overdose. His style was hard to label; he was influenced by a plethora of people, musically by names such as Dylan Thomas and Nat King Cole and literarily by Lorca and Rilke. He refused to be tied down, making CDs as diverse as his folk oriented first album Tim Buckley, his somewhat psychedelic and strange Lorca, and the sexy dance-music album Greetings from LA.
Lee Underwood was Buckley's guitarist and best friend for many years. He experienced countless moments with Buckley and brings memories into this book. His personal relationship with Buckley allows for greater insight into the man as a person and not just as an artist. On the downside, it also makes him incredibly biased, and Underwood is often quite redundant about Buckley's talents. In addition, as many of the stories are based on memories, the book is only vaguely chronological. It also includes a lot of information about Underwood himself, such as his relationships with women and his bout with alcoholism.
Perhaps the biggest hindrance to the book is the fact that most of Buckley's lyrics were unable to be published. Coupled with the inaccessibility of many of Buckley's albums, the reader could feel a bit lost for some references.
The book is supplemented by a few interview transcripts, a discography, a bibliography, and an index.
Many people know Tim Buckley simply as the father of Jeff Buckley; this is how I came to find this book. There are many similarities between the two, some of them are discussed in the text, but it is obvious that the two were very different people. If one finds it difficult to separate the two, this book would be an excellent source.
Even if one does not like Tim Buckley's music, it is easy to respect his musical views and ideas. He was an intelligent man, a gifted artist, and a fascinating musical figure.
a Blue Treasury.......2005-02-20
For those of you who love the work of Tim Buckley, Blue Melody is the final song written on the most important album of all, and the essential companion to your treasured collection of Buckley's music.
In this book, Tim is remembered with love, honesty and respect for his short, but creatively magnificent life. Author Lee Underwood, Tim's lead guitarist and obviously the closest of friends, was a huge part of that life with his own place amongst the shadows and light surrounding Tim. As both a friend and a conceptual helper, Underwood's knowledge and support played an important role in Tim's extraordinary creative evolution.
Blue Melody pulls no punches about the often destructive and hedonistic lifestyle Tim and others led, but that is part of its addictive charm. It is truly the evocation of an age now sadly past, which many of us tragically missed out on.
This is no conventional biography by any means. Most biographies are read from beginning to end and put to one side, sometimes forever. Blue Melody will be dipped into again and again, for a Buckley fact, for the emotions behind a song, for insights regarding the creative process, or the desire to open one's imagination and relive the sights, the sounds, and the lifestyles of the musical age surrounding Tim and his fellow artists.
In Blue Melody, Underwood has created a tapestry of colours for us to enjoy whenever we need to. It is a book that is written with music infusing every word, and packed with the sort of aesthetic and psychological insights this reader wanted to know. He is remembering Buckley not only as a witness of events in Buckley's life, but as a close friend writing with the wisdom of age and the passage of time. He now has the ability to view Tim as a subtle influence on generations of musician since, like a stone cast in the water, whose circles ripple ever outward getting larger as they travel. Buckley was a true original, and a musician well ahead of his time creatively.
One would hope that some time in the future, a similar close and loving friend will write a Blue Melody for Jeff Buckley, a young man who had only just begun to travel in his father's footsteps. Underwood's chapter about Jeff was far more real, fair, balanced, and true than anything else I have heard, read or seen about this man.
This book will always live with my music collection, and there will never come a time when I will not want to dip into it for something to think about. It's that sort of treasure!
Has a few interesting stories, but unprofessionally written.......2004-10-14
BLUE MELODY is a biography of musician Tim Buckley by his long-time lead guitarist Lee Underwood, who worked with Buckley from before this recording of his first album in 1966 to his tragic death in 1975. Underwood not only knew Buckley intimately and can share many stories of his life, but he also appreciated him selflessly and at times the book approaches hagiography.
While the strongest part of Underwood's biography is Buckley's folk period, up until around 1969, I was happy to see him dedicate a great deal of space to the era of STARSAILOR, which Buckley--as well as many fans--considered his masterpiece. Underwood discusses the impact of the album on the music world and concert-goers, and speaks about the musical innovations of that superlative album. The work is divided into two sections, in which the first--the bulk of the book--charts Buckley's life, and the second recounts the circumstances of his death and lasting impact.
This book has a lot of problems. For one, it appears to be a vanity-press offering with little professional editing. Underwood's writing is cliched and repetitious, with the same handful of positive adjectives ("beautiful", "sensitive", "immaculate") used to describe every person he liked. His biggest failing, however, is that he often gets so lost in his memories that Tim Buckley is left beside and the reader wades through Underwood's fond recollections of his own personal life, with all its drug use and illicit road sex.
The last chapter of the book concerns Jeff Buckley, and Underwood swings between lightly praising him and harshly criticizing him as an unappreciative son and a man of limited talent and even more limited acheivement. I found this last section incoherent and quite unfair, for there are many people who are fans of both Tim and Jeff without feeling that the father's career was betrayed by the son's.
BLUE MELODY is a poorly-written and edited recollection that is only for diehard fans of Tim Buckley. I would encourage those looking to know something about the all-too-brief life of this great artist to turn to David Browne's biography of Tim and Jeff DREAM BROTHER.
As only a true friend and sympathetic writer can do it.......2004-09-16
Lee Underwood's "Blue Melody" is an inspired, revealing memoir that could only have been written by someone in close proximity to a beautiful and tragic human life - the artist as fragile human being and as historical event. A unique artist and deeply sensitive witness to life, person, music and culture, Underwood digs deep into memory, impression, music and detail to construct a book on the iconic Tim Buckley, a singer and musical explorer who, the tastes of the listener aside, dug deeper into the human soul and the possibilities of musical expression than most of the more famous legends of "pop" culture.
For a brief overview of Buckley the artist, try reading my review of his Goodbye and Hello; otherwise, Blue Melody is the perfect portrait of the man, his music and his legacy. It is not quite a biography, though it tells a great deal about his early life, his relationships and the arc of his career; it also offers some deeply insightful speculations into the psychological forces that shaped a life of extraordinary openness, love and beauty, and simultaneous self-destruction, interpersonal excess, instability and alienation. From his unique perspective as Tim's best friend and faithful musical colorist (he is a fine and unusual guitarist/pianist himself), Underwood illuminates the often inscrutable paths that Buckley took from one musical inspiration to another. He charts the transformations and distortions in Buckley's personal life that must be seen as the tragic price of living as an acutely sensitive and powerful antenna to the world and to the soul - he comes across as a man barely able to hang onto his relentless need to explore and transform, his desperation to summon and then cast off skins and shells as though ghosts of an untenable life. He felt too much, perceived and responded from within with too much intensity for a sustainable life; as Underwood suggests, through all the pain, it was as though Buckley knew he needed to write and record as much as possible before his time ran out.
Underwood was there with Buckley through most of his albums, through the richness of the New York and California music scenes of the late sixties, and was party and partner in the most wildly creative and diverse period of Buckley's career, as well as co-traveler along the real and figurative roads that took them around the world, between gigs and albums. His writing style is romantic and evocative, but he displays an unstinting clarity and willingness to analyze. A mature writer unafraid of ambiguity and emotional overflow, he offers the rhapsodic sense of a time and a place alongside the irony born of reflection upon blunt facts and an acute awareness of the dark side - a darkness he experienced first hand, both with Buckley, and, revealingly, in painful separation from his friend.
This is a memoir, first and foremost, but it will please lovers of the biographical form, fans of Tim Buckley and students of the American history of the sixties and seventies. It will surely appeal to students of the creative personality who will appreciate a portrait of the quintessential tortured genius whose flame burned out at an age when most flames are still rising.
Recommended without reservation. Now go buy some Tim Buckley CD's, and certainly buy the book.
yea.......2004-02-26
An excellent book, it will make you understand so much about Buckley's inner calling and his music. This book is recommended to anyone who loves music-jazz,rock,funk,avant garde, classical, reggea
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This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century. Unique in its approach, it is structured so that each chapter, which is divided into three parts, covers a specific period and geographical area.
The first part contains an overview, explaining how historical events affected Jews in general and Jewish women in particular. This is followed by a section of biographical entries of representative women whose lives are set in their economic, familial, and cultural background. The third and last part of each chapter, "The World of Jewish Women," is organized by topic and covers women's activities and interests and how Jewish laws concerning women developed and changed.
This comprehensive work is an easy-to-use sourcebook, synopsizing rich and diverse resources. By examining history and analyzing the dynamics of Jewish law and custom, it illuminates the circumstances of Jewish women's lives and traces the changes that have occurred throughout the centuries. It casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals and sets women firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods.
This new JPS Desk Reference title contains illustrations, boxed text, extensive endnotes, and indices that list each woman by name.
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Scholarly, comprehensive, informative - a joy to read.......2003-07-17
A comprehensive view of Jewish women throughout history. I just completed a somewhat detailed course The History of Islam, and found the chapters - The Jewish Women Under Islam: The Near East, North Africa, and Spain; and A Different Voice: Jewish Women in the Lands of Islam particlarly informative. They covered aspects not covered in my course.
The entire book is scholarly, yet easy to read. I enjoyed it and would recommend it highly.
a wonderful book.......2003-05-25
This wonderful new book fills a gap. It enables readers to put themselves into the many different worlds Jewish women occupied over time and compare our lives today to those lived in times past. I highly recommend it as a good read and a fabulous reference book.
Hard to Put Down.......2003-04-16
This book was expeertly researched and beautifully written. The introduction to each era was especially informative. Though conceived as a reference book, it was so interesting that it was hard to put down.
EASY ACCESS.......2003-03-25
The JPS Guide to Jewish Women is a welcome addition to the study of women in Judaism. It is a well-researched and scholarly book. The information is arranged chronologically and geographically and is easily accessed. This book is very readable and would be an excellent text for senior high-school or university.
A Wonderful Book.......2003-03-25
This book is perfect for anyone curious about how Jewish women lived in the centuries before the 20th century. It would also be wonderful for a Bat Mitzvah gift or a gift for a college student. While it is encyclopedic in format and content, the fascinating letters, memoirs, stories and photographs of famous, as well as unknown, women bring their successes, trials, and religious life to the reader with great impact. The excellent index lets you follow any topic over the centuries, and the copious notes answer the ever-present question: where did the authors discover that gem? It is a fantastic value.
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