Boola Boola Flyboy

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Send an Electronic Postcard Now! Boola Boola Flyboy David Tilghman Harris David Harris, self-titled Boola Boola Flyboy, recounts his flying during which the reader, as an imaginary co-pilot, will share the thrills, suspense, terror, and romance experienced by a World War II fighter pilot who often admits he didn't know whether he was coming or going. Concurrent with his personal trials, he developed a keen sense of history in describing a wartime society totally committed to winning the war against the Axis. Along the way, the author also describes his encounters with risks in the air and romance on the ground as a “There's No Tomorrow” syndrome that appeared to be the norm, rather than behavior rationalization. Finally, his encounters with vertigo, a fighter-pilot's worst enemy, reveals the stark reality of flying blind in the clouds, out of control, and in a death spiral—a condition that caused thousands of aerial casualties, particularly in the ETO. As a reader, do NOT bail out before the final landing! You will be glad you stuck it out with the Boola Boola Flyboy!

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Not True.......2004-09-21

I gave this book to my father who was in the 78th FG and in the 82nd FS at the same time as the author. He says he never knew him as a pilot or as an intelligence officer. This book sounds like complete fabrication. Any pilot who got lost as often as he says he did could never have made it through flight school.

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An intimate look at Fromm

Wonderful book

Erich Fromm: His Life and Ideas
Rainer Funk
Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews:

An intimate look at Fromm.......2007-07-25

I have loved the works of Erich Fromm since I was a sophomore in high school. His impact is immense, though his relevancy has been belittled by the Frankfurt School (omitting his contributions - and his development of the basics - of their major theories). When I heard of an Erich Fromm biography written by his long - time companion, Rainer Funk, I was excited. I bought the book as soon as I could, and I was very pleased with it. It has a lot of photos of and relating to Fromm that are hard to find, and give an intimate look into his life and ideas - not just what his ideas were, but why he thought them. Fromm's semi-autobiographical work, "Beyond the Chains of Illusion" offer a bit of insight into his life, but it is interesting to see the characters actually given faces. This book is great for anyone interested in Fromm, whose humanism is hard to surpass. It explains in the way only Funk could what Fromm's life was like.

Wonderful book.......2007-05-12

This book is an illustrated biography of one of the most well known psychologists of the 20th century. Fromm had a varied career and his fame spread far beyond the confines of traditional psychoanalysis and sociology. This biography, written by his literary executor, Dr. Rainer Funk, outlines the life and work of Erich Fromm in a good way.

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wonderful picture of an Autistic child.......2007-08-09

I purchased this book to give to friends and family members; and I was not disappointed.
I am fortunate that my 4year old Autistic son, is quite high functioning, but there are so many things in this book that have a resonance for us as a family.
I gave this book to the nursery staff at my sons nursery school as a present. The staff all read it and found it as touching as I did. I think it also illustrates a very important point, that is of 'acceptance'. I have found it very liberating to go with my son's world rather than rail against it. Thoroughly recommended.

kid friendly informative, yet still innocent.......2007-06-11

This is a great classroom resource for any teacher of pre-k on up to 4. I am amazed at how much children can grasp and this book will help them to understand their friend, who may be challenged. I am keeping it on my shelf at school next school yr.

Amazing story about a family with autism.......2007-03-11

As a therapist who works with children with autism, I really enjoyed this book. It teaches children that although their siblings may be different they can still love them and take care of them. I really enjoyed the way the author described what Ian saw on his walk that differed from what other children would see. I also liked how the sibling evolved from thinking that their brother was "weird" to understanding that he is different and still loving him. I was a very well written story about autism and families

A great read book for kids!.......2005-10-21

I purchased this book to help other kids understand our 5 yr. old daughter, Tori, who has autism. I sent it to school and they read it to the kids and the teachers thought it was great. Tori loves us to read "Ian's Walk" just about daily.

Ian's Walk: A Story About Autism.......2005-09-23

We are fortunate enough to have an inclusion class in our building that services children with autism. As an experienced kindergarten teacher, I was looking for a book that would appropriately explain "autism" to my regular ed. class of 5 and 6 year olds. And, Ian's Walk: A Story About Autism is MOST appropriate! :-) Is shows that even though Ian looks like any child in my class, his brain works differently but that's okay. My children know that THE most important part of any person is their heart. So, even though Ian may think differently, as explained in the book, he has a very kind heart. And, that is what matters most! :-)
Also, may I suggest Someone Special Just Like You by Tricia Brown to use along with Ian's Walk. In Someone Special...it has beautiful photographs of children using walkers and wheelchairs, etc. My class can visually SEE that the children are "different" and better understand the concept of a disability. But again, I stress a person's heart being THE most important part of any person! Then, the next day, I read Ian's Walk... and the children then see that Ian looks like us but acts differently. :-)
If anyone out there has other suggestions, please email me.
Most sincerely,
Cindy Buckley
buckley.cynthia@bpsd.org

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Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism

Manufacturer: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0606276831

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England

It's become my fish Bible.

Practical but attractive recipes for busy people

Gourmet food from a small boat galley

Even Better than Rachael. Buy it Twice!!

Real Fast Food
Nigel Slater
Manufacturer: Overlook TP
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1585674370
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Book Description

Nigel Slater is one of the world's most accomplished food writers. Winner of six Glenfiddich Awards for his food writing and shortlisted for the prestigious Andre Simon prize for this book, he has had an enduring effect on cooking and helped bring to prominence a new generation of British chefs, including the Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver, and Nigella Lawson. His down-to-earth style and infectious enthusiasm has won him a loyal following both here and in the UK, where has been a number one bestseller.

Imagine shredded basil leaves stirred into buttery mashed potatoes and a slice of pork pan-fried with fennel, followed by a juicy sliced white peach dropped into chilled white wine. That's Nigel Slater's fast food! Real Fast Food is an inspirational collection of 350 enticing recipes with simple techniques and assertive flavors that can be completed in less than thirty minutes. It's the ultimate modern-day cookbook, filled with recipes for everyone who enjoys good, unpretentious food.

Customer Reviews:

England.......2007-05-07

Love this book and this author. Fresh and different from the American market, which at times seems to be forced fed to all of us.

It's become my fish Bible........2007-03-07

I keep the fish chapter bookmarked ever since I tried my first recipe (Pan fried salmon with capers and vinegar) and have since been using this exclusively for weeknight dinner fish dishes. I haven't ventured outside this chapter (intend to) but the simple yet delicious and company-worthy recipes I've worked into my rotation are worth the purchase. The title could be Fast and Simple Yet Pretty Impressive Dishes. As we speak, "Broiled Spiced Fish Steaks" are in the oven.

Practical but attractive recipes for busy people.......2007-01-15

Nigel Slater is an imaginative cook and both his books of 30 minute recipes are unusual and very practical. His "30 minute recipes' is even better but both are great for the cook returning home after 7pm!

Gourmet food from a small boat galley.......2006-03-20

I am not a great cook - I have a gourmet quality wife who loves to cook for relaxation - but for 8 months we were long-distance commuters. I lived on a very small houseboat - meaning everything had to be carried in, water was at a premium, and there was a limit to the amount of electric stuff I could use at the same time. With a 2-burner hot plate and a copy of Real Fast Food as my primary reference, I was able to cook a fair number of the recipes to produce a most impressive meal with minimal trouble.

It is by no means a health-food diet - if you don't like butter and olive oil, this book is not for you. But if you like to make a good showing from time to time with food that tastes great and is not that expensive to prepare - reach for this book first.

Even Better than Rachael. Buy it Twice!!.......2006-02-07

`real fast food' is one of the English culinary writer, Nigel Slater's latest books, which in many ways is much more friendly to American audiences than many of his earlier cookbooks, right down to the silly conceit of putting his title in all lower case instead of the way we were taught in fourth grade to capitalize titles of things!

Two of the more obvious Americanizations are the presence of his nibs' Jamie Oliver's blurb on the cover that `Nigel is a genius' and the subtitle saying that the book contains `350 recipes ready to eat in 30 minutes'. This puts the book in almost direct competition to Rachael Ray's latest offering, `365:No Repeats' which actually was published after Slater's volume, so one may say that Rachael is cribbing from the Brits this time. One less obvious but very gratifying change is the fact that all of Slater's recipes in this book are done using Imperial measurements rather than metric measurements. That is, everything is in spoons, cups, ounces, and pounds rather than in grams, kilograms, and milliliters.

The very best thing about this book is that the qualities which made his earlier books so good, it was worth puzzling through all the metric units are still here in this `mass market' issue. Slater starts out on the right foot with me early in his introduction on ingredients when he gives me a corollary to Marold's Law of Fast Cooking in that he strongly recommends using fresh herbs for all `fast food' cooking because it takes too long for the virtues of dried herbs such as thyme to develop in quick cooking dishes. And, fresh herbs are invariably more expensive than dried herbs.

I should warn you that this book does have more than a few dishes that should more properly be considered `simple' or `easy' rather than fast. This should not be surprising, as `simple' cooking has been Slater's ideal from his earliest books.

I confess to be pretty fond of Rachael Ray's approach to fast cooking in that she always genuinely aims for being done within 30 minutes, she uses very few prepared ingredients and she uses lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. I believe Slater does Rachael one better by bringing his deep love and knowledge of his ingredients to us to understand and use, instead of following Miss Rachael's scripts without learning much beyond the particular recipe.

Rather than organize his recipes around courses or types of dishes, Slater promotes our understanding by organizing his book by ingredient and within ingredient, by method. For instance, like all great food writers, he has lots to say about what you can do with eggs. One of the most delightful things I found in this book is his take on making scrambled eggs, on which he devotes much more love and attention than he does to that most finicky dish, the omelet. This may be do to his French influence, as I almost fell out of my chair when I read Slater saying that the French always seem to manage to find a simple approach to food.
Since most of us see the Italians, or at least their British disciples such as Jamie Oliver, Rose Gray, and Ruth Rogers, as the great recipe simplifiers, it's unusual for those of us brought up on `Mastering the Art of French Cooking' to see French techniques as simple, but dust off your Elizabeth David and Richard Olney and you will find French simplicity aplenty.

Slater is one of those rare food writers who actually admits to not liking a particular kind of raw ingredient. In his case, it is the Brussels Sprout! I find this odd, because I was always especially fond of Brussels Sprouts, even as a child, and even in preference to some of its cabbage family relatives. It is simply beyond me how someone can rhapsodize about artichokes, and not like Brussels Sprouts. Well, Slater actually doesn't rhapsodize about artichokes, and in this book he actually gives us the best times and methods for dealing with the little sprouts, so I forgive him.

I don't believe Slater is a genius. I just believe that where Jamie Oliver is ebullient and something of a force of nature, Slater is articulate and insightful about what works in cooking and what goes together with what.

You should be warned that Slater trades good tasting food done simply with a fair number of concerns about the heavy use of both saturated fats and carbohydrates. The man simply loves bacon, butter, heavy cream, potatoes, and beans! And why not. A little bacon or anchovies, cream and parsley would make shoe leather taste good.

The bottom line is that you will learn a lot more about cooking technique and ingredients from Slater, even in this `quick cooking' book than you will from just about any other cookbook writer, including both Rachael Ray and Jamie Oliver. If you are already a Slater fan, this book offers a great reference to quick meals which follow his principles, when you don't have time to mine his deeper books, especially his most interesting and important book, `Appetite'. If you are unfamiliar with Slater, but you like good cooking, you can get no better introduction to his eloquence than in this volume.

Very highly recommended.

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'Nothing extravagant, nothing careless or slapdash - just nice, uncomplicated food.'
Epitomy of Simple Comfort Food which Tastes Good. Buy It!
my kind of cooking...
My new go to cookbook
This man's a real cook! No Messing..

Nigel Slater's Real Food
Nigel Slater
Manufacturer: Fourth Estate
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'Nothing extravagant, nothing careless or slapdash - just nice, uncomplicated food.'.......2006-08-11

The rear cover quote says it all:-

" Glasgow Herald:- Slater's paean to the chip butty is the closest cookery writing has got to poetry since `Elizabeth David' described how to make mayonnaise; these are recipes that you could set to music......he makes you hungry. Even if you do try reading this in bed you probably won't stay there for very long."

More than 120 new recipes that are `nothing extravagant, nothing careless or slapdash - just nice, uncomplicated food.'

320 quality shiny pages split over 8 chapters:-

Potatoes
Chicken
Sausages
Garlic
Bread
Cheese
Ice Cream
Chocolate

sandwiched between an introduction and a concise index.

Photographs from Jonathan Lovekin, but.....maybe a very tiny criticism here........not one of every dish.

Having said that this is an award winning, best selling book and it is not difficult to see why.
Nigel's unique flair for casual, creative writing shines through making this much more than just another cookery book.
It's one to keep on the coffee table rather than the kitchen bookshelf.

Useful tips head each chapter, such as `in search of the perfect sausage`..........

`The hot potato - the culinary equivalent of a big, fat hug.' Perhaps it is the pleasure I get from squashing a naked, virginal steamed potato into the gravy of a lamb casserole, or..........'

`I can only think of one or two things that are sexier in the mouth than crisp, flaky pastry and hot flowing cheese (and one of those is an oyster)................'

`Cheese should melt rather than cook. The point of heating cheese is............simply to allow it to soften and ooze.'

`Surely the perfect baked potato is crisp, salty and rough outside, all `fluff and butter' within........'

`The more you pay for your chicken the better it will probably be. It takes a while for a farmer to raise a proper chicken............'

NS acknowledges other cookery writers with a few of their own recipes eg Alastair Little, Nigella Lawson, Rowley Leigh and Peter Gordon.

Our favourite recipes:-

Chicken with Vermouth, Tarragon and Cream

`Toad' ( `I am not sure that getting fancy with a classic dish like Toad in the Hole can come to any good.....This dish has a homely quality that defies meddling')

Crisp Fish with Garlic, Chilli and Basil

Pork with Mushrooms and Garlic

Grilled Aubergine Salad

Basic Lemon and Vanilla Cheesecake

Hot Ice Cream Pudding

Nigella Lawson's Sticky Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate Cornflake Cakes

Overall a book that goes far beyond the realms of 'cookery book', and definitely worth the excellent price Amazon is offering it at today.

Epitomy of Simple Comfort Food which Tastes Good. Buy It!.......2006-02-05

`Nigel Slater's Real Food' and `Real Cooking' by Nigel Slater (name above the title, of course) are two great expositions on the real joy of cooking. Slater characterizes his point of view in the motto to `Real Cooking' as `There is too much talk of cooking being an art or a science - we are only making ourselves something to eat.' With this sentiment, Slater dismisses the Shirley Corriher / Alton Brown `kitchen science' camp on the one hand and the Keller / Boulud / Girardet `haute cuisine' camp on the other. In some ways, this also dismisses the high-end culinary magazine crowd as you may find in `Bon Appetit', `Gourmet', and `Martha Stewart Living'. While this seems to dismiss a goodly portion of the modern culinary establishment, it really does not. Slater is certainly in the same camp as his nibs, Jamie Oliver, his good friend, Nigella Lawson, and Oliver's mentors, Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers of London's River Café. In fact, if I did not know that Oliver was primarily influenced by Gray, Rogers, and Gennaro Contaldo, I would have guessed that Oliver was a Slater disciple from the word `GO'. I am happy to say that there are plenty of important cookbook writers in the United States who can easily be considered to be in Slater's camp. Leading the list is probably Jacques Pepin, especially with his various quick cooking books such as his latest `Fast Food My Way'. I do not wish, however, to give the impression that Slater is all about fast cooking. He is certainly about simple cooking in the same sense that Richard Olney describes in `Simple French Food', but he is a whole lot more about being in love with the sensual qualities of food and how well those qualities of various foods mix together in the most effective way.

What is certainly true is that both Slater and Oliver represent the kind of cooking I enjoyed on my two trips to England, primarily the kind of cooking I saw at some of the better pubs in Hampshire and in London suburbs.

Both of these books are primarily about recipes and the salient qualities of particular classes of food. For a study of Slater's `philosophy' of cooking in depth, see his recent book `Appetite'. These two books are even organized in very similar ways, in that each chapter presents a particular raw material or class of raw material. The more traditionally organized `Real Cooking' has chapters on:

Fish & Shellfish
Chicken & Other Birds
Pork, Bacon, and Sausages
Lamb and other Meats
Pasta, Beans, Rice & Grains
Vegetables
Cheese, Snacks & Puddings

The later book, `Real Food', which is also the tie-in book for a Television Series (not seen in the US, to my knowledge) is more to the point, with chapters entitled:

Potatoes
Chicken
Sausages
Garlic
Bread
Cheese
Ice-cream
Chocolate

The chapter on bread is a good indication of Slater's point of view, in that he gives us nothing on baking bread, but just about everything you may want (this side of Nancy Silverton's sandwich book) to know about making some really interesting and unusual sandwiches. Similarly, the sausage book says nothing about how to make sausages, only how to make the very best use of them.

True to his word in his `motto' quoted above, you will find not one word about the relative fat content of milk and cream, the emulsifying power of an egg, or calibrating the temperature of your oven. On the other hand, you will find much about, for example, the relative tastes of pork, beef, and lamb fat and the virtues of free range raised poultry. Here is one strong point of contact between the articulate and reflective Slater and the ebullient and emotional Oliver (or our own Emeril Lagasse, if you wish). Both will rhapsodize at length over the qualities of a nice thick layer of fat on a chop from an artisinally raised hog.

For those of you who do not like `chatty' cookbooks, both of these books may be preferable to the very discursive `Appetite', although both of these books do have their share of culinary poetry before the recipe details. Neither book is as extreme as `Appetite' in the direction of teaching us to cook without a book. You can easily pick out a recipe from these books and make them without a lot of background reading or culinary skill. But never confuse `simple' with `easy' or `fast'. While Slater may do the Rachel Ray gig in other books, these books have their share of slow marinades and braises. They also have their share of whisking, filtering, and thickening techniques.

The other side of the coin is that Slater's palate is extremely simple. Aside from his protein or starch of choice, few of his ingredients go far beyond the simple pantry of milk, cream, butter, basic cheeses, parsley, flour, lemon, lime, bacon, sage, thyme, bay, bread, olive oil, rice, stock, garlic, and mushrooms. Unlike Sir Jamie, Slater is about as down home English cooking as Paula Deen is about Savannah cooking.

The biggest difficulty an American is likely to have with Slater's recipes is that they are all make heavy use of metric units for weight and larger volumes in place of ounces, pounds, and cups. Even though I was a chemist thoroughly familiar with the metric system, I had to dig out a good conversion table to remind myself that a pound was about 450 grams. A lesser difficulty may be with Slater's names for common food varieties such as potatoes, although he almost always specifies `waxy' or `floury' potatoes rather than the English varietal name.

The other main difficulty with Slater's recipes is that they are all paradigms of high fat, high sodium, and high cholesterol preparations. They are definitely dishes to be eaten when the occasion calls for serious comfort food.

If you like Jamie Oliver or Nigella Lawson, you will really like Slater!

my kind of cooking..........2005-01-18

I return to Nigel Slater's cookbook, Appetite over and over again. He give's us great recipes, and then teaches us how to vary the recipes - an invaluable skill in the world of cooking and eating! Bravo Nigel.

My new go to cookbook.......2003-05-31

In Real Food, Nigel Slater manages to invoke the feeling and quality of comfort food but goes beyond that with some of the bold and certainly delicious flavours he encourages us to explore. Every recipe that we have tried out of this book has been a huge success. It's great to find a book where the recipes are simple without being boring. Don't comb through the book looking for the low-fat gems, instead enjoy these delicious recipes in moderation.

This man's a real cook! No Messing.........2000-01-19

Nigel Slater is a real cook. His books are a joy to read. He makes you want to jump-up and cook. He inspires.. A no-frills cook. Comfort food is OK. His traditional recipes are soothing, pleasing, comforting. - Food Porn!

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Real Good Food
Nigel Slater
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Nigel Slater
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Nigel Slater
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"Price Guide" Baloney ! ! !

The Official Beckett Price Guide to Football Cards 2006 Edition 25 (Official Price Guide to Football Cards)
Dr James Beckett
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ASIN: 0375721029
Release Date: 2005-09-13

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ORGANIZE, DEVELOP, AND VALUE YOUR COLLECTION!

Build a robust, winning collection with the 2006 Official Price Guide to Football Cards, the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date price guide available. Completely revised and illustrated throughout, this guide lists over 125,000 football card prices and features prices for full sets and individual cards, from 1948 to the present, of more than 40 brands, including Action Packed, Bowman, Collector’s Edge, Donruss/Playoff, Fleer, Leaf, Pacific, Playoff, Topps, and Upper Deck.

• CLEAR IDENTIFICATION. Every football card is identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, team, and player.

• PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. Here you’ll find valuable information on the history of football cards, how to buy and sell your cards, how to understand card values, and how to store and care for your cards.

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Unhelpful price guide.......2006-06-29

I was very disapointed in this item. The book skips several years. I would not recomend this item to someone who is trying to look up a large amount of cards. You will be upset when it does not have the information you need.

"Price Guide" Baloney ! ! !.......2006-02-28

I'll make this short and sweet. I thought this book would be helpful when going to sportscard shows. I felt I wouldn't have to carry a big book around. But this book is so superficial you are better off just taking the Monthly or Beckett Plus Price Guides. DO NOT waste your money on this book. I returned it to Amazon.

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Very Nice Book Wonderful Instructions a bit Retro Tho

the word fringe should not be in the title

Very useful workbook.

Terrific Tassels & Fabulous Fringe
Cari Clement
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Practical Tassels: Revealing the Secrets of How to Make the World's Most Gorgeous Fabric Decorations

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This book explores previously unreleased techniques for saving time and money using inexpensive and readily available tools (an accordion hat rack makes wonderful tassels) and easy-to-find yet unique materials. Make expensive-looking, elegant tassels from regular yarn and wood pieces found in any hardware store using time-saving tools available in most yarn, craft, hardware, and discount stores.

More than 40 tassel and fringe projects include a mosaic-topped tassel made from a deodorant cap, a silk flower topped tassel made from foam, and a colorful key tassel made from embroidery floss and an empty sewing thread spool. Also included are numerous patterns for making fringed projects including a table scarf, footstool, and beaded lampshade. There are as many types of tassels and fringe as there are tastes in crafting.

40+ tassel and fringe projects.
Step-by-step directions with helpful illustrations.
Inexpensive materials and tools yield spectacular results.
Elegant Applications chapter shows how to incorporate tassels and fringe in any dcor.

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Very Nice Book Wonderful Instructions a bit Retro Tho.......2004-04-27

This is a great book for the beginning tassle maker. I agree with the other reveiwer who said the word 'fringe' does not belong in the title. The many illustrated instructions are very easy to follow ( shows how to make with machine and by hand) and the material lists are realistic items you can buy locally. My only complaint is it seems a bit dated, such as from the '70's with the color combinations and photos, of course that does not affect the usefulness of the book. Colors can be changed and photos are just for examples after all. It is still a GREAT book for learning and I am thrilled to have it but if you are looking for more contemporary designs I might recommend a Susan Dickens Book or something else more recently published.

the word fringe should not be in the title.......2001-11-21

This is a very nice book if you are trying to learn about tassels -their history, how to make them, projects, how to use them. However, other than defining the term "bullion" fringe, if your interest was in learning how to make fringe as well as tassels, you will be out of luck, as was I. More comments from me are unnecessary because the other review is fair and comprehensive - I just thought other potential buyers should have this point clarified.

Very useful workbook........2001-01-24

From the introduction: "This book focuses on tassels that are relevant to us, that we would like to use for our homes."

After reading many books available on tassel making, I found this book to be very easy to understand, and practical to put into use. The author is the president of CC Product Company/Bond America, manufacturer of the former Bond knitting machine. She obviously has explored a number of different applications for tassels and shares her knowledge with the reader. She has developed tools, available through her company, but also shows ways to improvise these tools.

Her use of "found" objects (deodorant caps, film canisters,) and common yarns and threads make this craft a fun and inexpensive project. Yet, she also shows elegant heirloom-quality tassels of chainette, rayon floss, ribbon and mohair yarn.

Included is an extensive resource list with addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for supplies.

The 40 projects are rated for difficulty, have a materials and tools list and show easy-to-follow and beautifully illustrated instructions. Each project is shown practically life-sized and in full color.

A truly delightful book.

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Garden Lovers.......2002-02-03

This is a very well done book on different concepts of gardens, we have a personal interest in this book as a few of the pictures are from our winery. Beautiful gardens, gives a person some great ideas to create their own special place.

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The definitive Franz Liszt -- all 3 of the volumes! .......2007-05-09

This will probably be one of my shorter reviews [A sudden shout: "Yeah, right Doc!"] because I can quickly cut to the chase, to wit, Dr. Alan Walker has produced in this painstakingly researched 3 volume biography [spread out over 25 years during the research] with this 1811-1847 book being the first in that series, the 'definitive' Franz Liszt! This trilogy is a must read for those interested in Liszt and, IMO, is not only the definitive Liszt from "the" acknowledged authority and foremost Franz Liszt scholar but a decided asset to the Liszt biographical literature per se.

Two more comments: Watch the Amazon vendor prices for the 'hardcover' editions! Originally, these were rather pricey books in hardcover [although well worth it! Knopf quality!] but I was able to get 'used' albeit literally mint hardcover editions of the 3 volumes from 3 separate Amazon vendors. What's that? Sure! The original harcover editions were, in order of publication, $25.00, $39.95 and $45.00. I'll generally check out the hardcover offerings over the paperback editions in most of my books and sometimes there are some really exceptional buys out there although if it's a choice between 'good' and 'very good' pay the few dollars extra for the 'very good' or 'like new' grade notations.

Finally, check out among other of Dr. Walker's tomes on Franz Liszt, "The Death of Franz Liszt: Based on the Unpublished Diary of his Pupil Lina Schmalhausen" which is quite an eye-opener with regard to the "treatment" [or lack of same therein] of Liszt prior to his demise. As I said when I reveiewed that book, I trust the source of the diary find as well as the findings and its editing, annotations and examination via Dr. Walker as to the veracity of the Schmalhausen remarks. I quoted the remarks of the conductor, Felix Weingartner, who was 'there' at the time and his own observations [et al] lend credence to the Schmalhausen diary.

So too, and if finances permit and you want Franz Liszt a la mode, get the 3 volumes in one swoop plus the Lina Schmalhausen diary book which was edited and annotated by Dr. Walker in re the death of Liszt and finally, putting it all together, the 2005 published Dr. Alan Walker 'capstone', if you will, "Reflections on Liszt." See my reviews on those two tomes as well.

Doc Tony

What's that? Why not! Doc Walker with a straight white haired wig resurrecting Steve Allen's "Meeting of Minds" and doing the one and only "F. Liszt" as a sort of latter day counter-balance to Victor Borge's 'interpretation' so to speak in that classic Mike Wallace skit! Who better than Doc Walker to play Liszt and concurrently know what he's talking about! Ahhhh! That's the rather cogent difference!

A sudden voice: "What about Doc Walker's Chopin and Schumann tomes?" Fine! They could be played next! ;-) [as I place much trust in Dr. Walker's sense of humor! But the obvious compliment of his research is clearly evident!]

Superb accomplishment - enlightening.......2007-04-11

As a music student in the 70's the subtext when discussing Franz Liszt was that he was a showman who leaned on his empty virtuosity. Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Schumann on the other hand, were the true romantic artists.

It's taken me over 35 years of studying piano and music to get to the point where I would read this wonderful biography of Liszt, and my eyes have been opened even wider about the wonderful artistic character of Liszt and his completely indespensible role in 19th century music.

This book (I have all three) is a wonderful read, at some times it is "laugh out loud" funny, and is filled with musical examples that perfectly illustrate the points that Mr. Walker makes.

If you are a musician interested in the piano, or the Romantic period, you owe it to yourself to let the scales fall from your eyes, and read this enlightening exposition.

Great Biography Of The World's First Rock Star.......2006-08-15

Alan Walker deserves 5 enthusiastic stars for making his life's purpose the writing of Franz Liszt's definitive biography, and succeeding nearly as well as humanly possible considering the availability of the always-emerging Liszt materials throughout the years. For me, I would have liked to have seen an even more musically-oriented life of Liszt. More than a few times, Walker mentions that eyewitness accounts exist of important concerts, only to refer us in a footnote to some person's diary (probably only available in some Transylvanian dialect if you could ever find it) rather than telling us about it himself. Meanwhile we're treated to almost painfully detailed renderings of Franz's love life with Marie D'Agoult and the many domestic dramas which haunted him as his pursued his life on the concert trail... but these are minor quibbles. The book is great, no doubt about it. Poor Liszt, he was the busiest piano virtuoso in history at that time, traveling in various carriages and carts across thousands of miles of potholed roads where he was jolted mercilessly and endured illness, exhaustion, rain, mud, snow and ice while he raced to his next gig. He was literally thrown to the ground violently at least twice, when wheels dipped into ditches or the drivers fell asleep and the whole carriage overturned. (It's sad and sobering to realize that this is exactly how the original bassist for the rock group Metallica, Cliff Burton, was killed more than 150 years later on a lonely road in Sweden. He was sleeping on the band's tour bus when it overturned. In a similar accident, singer Gloria Estefan was lucky to escape with her life.) Somehow, despite these gritty and dangerous travel conditions, Liszt performed a grueling succession of mostly triumphant concerts everywhere from Italy to Scotland to Russia before he decided he had been bounced around quite enough thank you, and settled down to compose and teach in Weimar, where Volume two of this epic biography begins. Towards the end of Volume 1, I began to feel as if author Walker's spark was fading slightly. And lo and behold, as I began reading Volume 2, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that the intervening years in which the author was researching the next installment had allowed him to completely recharge his batteries, and present part 2 to the public with a fully-renewed sense of brilliance, wit, and passion for his subject matter. Highly recommended reading for biography buffs interested in great musicians and composers!

10 stars for this phenomenal achievement.......2006-07-29

This is simply the standard of Liszt biography. The fact that Alan Walker researched enough to fill three volumes is an achievement enough, but you know what else makes this biography so good? It's fun to read. Without a doubt, anyone interested in Liszt will find anecdotes, insights, illuminated facts, and even musical analysis of the most colorful and exciting character in classical music: Franz Liszt.

I've read this book twice, actually, and the second time was even more enjoyable. This owes to many things: Alan Walker's superb writing style, eloquent organization (gives the pedantics many footnotes to absorb at the bottom of the page) and a fine cohesion of thoughts and ideas put into each chapter. Sometimes I can't help but enjoy the biography as I would a novel. Yet Walker does not write it like a novel and clearly sets out to chronicle Liszt's life from his youth all the way to his retiring from the concert stage. In between these pivotal times, Walker manages to debunk myths, explore Liszt's underrated music from his virtuoso days, and examine other characters who interacted with the Hungarian composer. Walker is always focused on Liszt but never detracts by discussing Clara and Robert Schumann's reactions, or Sigismond Thalberg, Chopin and even Alkan. Walker depicts their perspective of Liszt and goes on to explain why there were so many misunderstandings.

Stories of Liszt's true meeting with Beethoven, his exciting romance with Marie D'Agoult, the duel with Thalberg, his generous nature to play for charity, and so many enticing stories of his concert days all help to shed light on what a remarkable man Liszt was, and at such a young age, too. The whole book is an exquisite panorama of Liszt's character, detailed through his letters, his travels, his music, and his legacy as researched by the author. What Walker has done is set the standard for the way Liszt should be viewed in the history books. For so long, musicologists were almost feeding us false information. From the really low ones we were even getting propaganda that he was a womanizer, a cheat, some kind of vulgar pianist, and even a fraud. Walker candidly mauls those old and incorrect views into the dust; he explores and accurately dispels the myths and ignorance that so many people harbored and still harbor for him, and for that I feel thankful.

Never have I read a biography twice like this and found the second reading even more engrossing. There is never a dull moment, never a chapter that slows down. To be fair, the only chapter that was uninteresting was the prologue and biographical information of Liszt's family. Despite that, once you're absorbed into Liszt's young world with Czerny, his move to Paris, and his tours all over Europe, it's like being on a rollercoaster ride during the whole book.

Bottom line: Liszt lovers must read this book; it's the best wealth of knowledge to get on the young Franz Liszt and it is written in a way that doesn't just educate, but also entertains. Highly recommended.

Perfection is here!!.......2003-06-03

I don't need a thousand words to express my admiration for the deepness of this Liszt's biography by Alan Walker. The research evolved unto these should have been formidable. The unique comparison for such a work of 30 years of research is the Work of Liszt itself. We cannot immagine how Alan Walker got all these informations, he seemed to really know what Liszt made all days in his life.
In a word: Incredible !!! Get it!

Franz Liszt Volume One The Virtuoso Years 1811-1847

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Franz Liszt Volume One The Virtuoso Years 1811-1847
Walker Alan
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
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Franz Liszt, Volume One (1): The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847 (ISBN: 039452540X)

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Franz Liszt, Volume One (1): The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847 (ISBN: 039452540X)
Alan Walker
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf Publ.
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FRANZ LISZT. THE VIRTUOSO YEARS 1811 - 1847; THE WEIMAR YEARS 1848 - 1861; THE FINAL YEARS 1861 - 1886. 3 VOLS.

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FRANZ LISZT. THE VIRTUOSO YEARS 1811 - 1847; THE WEIMAR YEARS 1848 - 1861; THE FINAL YEARS 1861 - 1886. 3 VOLS.
Alan Walker
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Franz Liszt;: Volume one, the virtuoso years, 1811-1847
Alan Walker
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This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century, and one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry. Setting Gordon's life and work amidst the political, cultural, and religious upheavals of his society, Stanislawski attempts to counter traditional stereotypical readings of Eastern European Jewish history. As a prominent and passionate exponent of the Jewish Enlightenment in Russia, Gordon advocated a humanist and liberal approach to all the major questions facing Jews in their tortuous transition to modernity--the religious reform of Judaism, the attractions and limits of political liberalism, the relations between Jews and Gentiles, the nature of modern anti-Semitism, the status of women in Jewish life, the possibility of a secular Jewish culture, the nature of Zionism, and the relations between Jews in the Diaspora and the Jewish community in the Land of Israel. His personal story is a fascinating drama that both symbolizes and summarizes the cultural and political challenges facing Russian Jewry at a crucial time in its history, challenges that remain pertinent and controversial today.

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Russian Poet / Soviet Jew
Maxim D. Shrayer
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0742507807

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Based in part on archival materials, Russian Poet/Soviet Jew examines the short and brilliant career of Eduard Bagritskii (1895-1934), a major Russian poet of Jewish origin. Shrayer provides a short biography, an examination of the problems of Jewish identity and Jewish self-hatred, and interviews with contemporary leaders of Russian ultra-nationalism to explore Bagritskii's Russian/Jewish dual identity. The book also includes the first English-language translations of Bagritskii's major works, along with rare archival photographs documenting the trajectory of his life and career.

Russian Poet/Soviet Jew: The Legacy of Eduard Bagritskii.(Book Review)(Brief Article): An article from: The Modern Language Review

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Russian Poet/Soviet Jew: The Legacy of Eduard Bagritskii.(Book Review)(Brief Article): An article from: The Modern Language Review
Katharine Hodgson
Manufacturer: Modern Humanities Research Association
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This digital document is an article from The Modern Language Review, published by Modern Humanities Research Association on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 469 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: Russian Poet/Soviet Jew: The Legacy of Eduard Bagritskii.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Katharine Hodgson
Publication: The Modern Language Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
Volume: 97 Issue: 4 Page: 1046-1047

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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