1000 Lights, Vol. 2: From 1960 to Today

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Light up your life: Luminary design since the invention of the light bulb

Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are history's most interesting electric lights, from Edison's first light to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles are represented here—Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Pop, Radical, Post-Modern, and Contemporary—in 704 pages of truly illuminated works.

This definitive reference work is a must-have for collectors and design fans.

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Picture Book.......2007-01-10

If you just want to see alot of lights with basic information, this is the way to go. Real pretty.

The condensed version.......2006-10-04

The Fiells previous effort covered the period 1878 to present in two volumes, each with 1000 lights. Charlotte Fiell is half of the original team. So this edition will be half as satisfying for detail lovers, and twice as good for those who want just the big hits. The text and captions are in English, French, and German. I wished for more complete details in a single language. 1000 Lights provides a great visual experience for design fans.

Painting Textures in Acrylics (Leisure Arts Series, No 35)
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Painting Textures in Acrylics (Leisure Arts Series, No 35)
Wendy Jelbert
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PAINTING WILDFLIFE TEXTURES:STEP BY STEP_Learn from 50 demonstrations in watercolor, oil and acrylic.
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PAINTING WILDFLIFE TEXTURES:STEP BY STEP_Learn from 50 demonstrations in watercolor, oil and acrylic.
Rod Lawrence
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Landscape, seascape in acrylics: Technique and textures (How to series)
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Landscape, seascape in acrylics: Technique and textures (How to series)
Maurice Harvey
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This book traces the various ways in which Victorian writers, photographers, publishers, and consumers translated the idea of photography into an ideal of arrested time. The possibility of arresting time was the symbolic currency of all those in the business of selling poetry to a wider audience through popular forms such as the gift books, travel guides, magic lantern shows, working men's editions of verse, celebrity portraits, memorabilia, and mementos. Beginning with an analysis of early photographic reviewing cultures and the first photographically illustrated verse anthologies to be published in England, Helen Groth then traces the cultural permutations of literary and cultural nostalgia that the work of poets such as Wordsworth, Scott, Barrett Browning, Tennyson, and lesser-known poets such as Augusta Webster and Agnes Mary Frances Robinson inspired in Victorian photographers, publishers, and critics alike.

Victorian Photography and Literary Nostalgia

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Victorian Photography and Literary Nostalgia
Helen Groth
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Family Men: Daddy's Little Helper/Because of the Baby (Midnight Sons Series 3-4)
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It Takes A Lot To Become A Family Man With Scruples.

A great addition to Midnight Sons!

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A realistic look at romance in Alaska

Family Men: Daddy's Little Helper/Because of the Baby (Midnight Sons Series 3-4)
Debbie Macomber
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It Takes A Lot To Become A Family Man With Scruples........2006-07-02

They are all "family men" because of the baby. It all starts out that way. Lois Lane had a boy but did not marry her son's father. Instead, she lets another man be his daddy. As "Midnight Sons," a bush plane charter business brings women to Hard Luck, Alaska, things start to boom again. Chuck had planned to cruise to Alaska for this year's birthday; as a family man, he changed plans to lead a group full of two buses around the Hawaiian islands, as it would be more profitable -- and that's what "Dolly" wanted. Claiming to be the loving father of two sons ("He's the best person I know." a starfish), he inadvertently entered into the other's nasty campaign. After all he is a family man. Nothing is private with that group of family men who can get attitudes, but won't accept a woman who gets on her high horse. "You've changed your attitude and now are the good ole girl we all know and love." Love? They love only themselves and no one else.

Little Chrissie, now nine, decided that her school teacher, Bethany Ross, would be the perfect wife for her dad, Mitch Harris, and mommy for herself. Matt used the age-old, reliable male way to conquer his ex-wife, Karen. This is America's "last frontier" full of proud, stubborn men desperate for the company of women, willing to take risks, those with the courage to change their sterile lives to involve a man, any man. They are recruited to move near the Arctic Circle to work at the Hard Luck Cafe, to entertain the male-dominated small population. Friendship is different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, it is based on love ...free of jealousy, knows neither criticism nor resentment, and is freely entered into, freely given, freely exercised. Friendship is human. Perfect friendship is rarely achieved, however, with some disagreements inevitably occurring, at the most inopportune times. Some seek more than friendship, intent on becoming family men with power over those they choose and others.

A great addition to Midnight Sons!.......2006-02-27

I enjoyed this and all volumes of the "Midnight Sons" series.

delightful.......2003-10-17

Every now and then I feel the need to read a romance that is easy and fun to read. Macomber has written two books in one that is a double treat. They both are centered in Alaska so that one gets the additional gift of learning a little about that state. The first is about Bethany Ross who is the new teacher and Mitch Harris who is the law among other things in the town of Hard Luck, Alaska. Mitch is drawn to Bethany but fights his attraction because of the death of his first wife and he figures it won't be long before her bags are packed and she is heading for greener pastures. Bethany has come to teach, but her main objective is to find and learn what she can about a man called Ben. She isn't planning on leaving for a while, and of course she is drawn to Mitch but can't figure him out. She feels he is as attracted to her as she is to him but he acts the opposite-and then there is his daughter who tries to be matchmaker. The second story is about Matt and Karen who are now divorced. Karen grew up with a father who couldn't keep a job and the financial insecurity that resulted. Matt had begun to do the same thing and she decided she couldn't deal with it so she left him and divorced him. Matt buys and old lodge that needed fixing up and put everything into it, but he still loves Karen and she still loves him. His sister, who Karen has remained friends with, is getting married and wants Karen to be in her wedding. After getting Matt's okay that it won't bother him if Karen is in the wedding, her plans evolve. You guessed it, Matt and Karen have a one nighter and then Karen leaves. Karen finds out she is pregnant and because the pregnancy is making her ill she agrees to stay at Matt's lodge until after the baby is born, in seperate bedrooms, of course. The rest you will have to find out for yourself. If you want a nice relaxing evening reading a fun but not to strenuous book, this is right up your alley. I enjoyed the book.

midnight sons 1 2 3.......2001-09-24

I have read all 3 books and was glad I had all in hand before reading, I thought the outcomes were very predictable, I was disapointed that there was not more substance to the characters. If I had not had all 3 it would have been hard to follow. Hard Luck, Alaska was a great setting for these books, life is hard and time moves slowly when far removed from cities and family

A realistic look at romance in Alaska.......2001-08-19

It is obvious from the start that Ms. Macomber has done her homework as far as Alaska is concerned. She has the perfect mix of characters in the small Alaska town of Hard Luck and just the right number of inconveniences that one would encounter living above the Artic Circle.

The first short story about Mitch and Bethany is truly heartwarming. Equally sweet is the happy ending Bethany finds to another part of her life. That section of the book was hard to put down.

The second story about Matt and Karen was good, but the constant bickering and on and offs of their relationship got to the point of belaboring the issue. I think that with one or two of their arguments omitted, it would still would have worked. It got to the point in 'Because of the Baby', that I kept reading because I felt obligated to finish the book. Maybe looking for some redeeming quality.

Overall, I have to say that the book is great for some nice, light reading. They are stories with warm and sincere charcters. I have bought several more of her books, because they are well written and tasteful. And even if Matt and Karen went at each other at bit too much for me, Ms. Macomber is an author will worth following.

Daddy's Little Helper
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healing the past and walking into the future...

Daddy's Little Helper
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healing the past and walking into the future..........2006-04-06

I am very much enjoying this series by Debbie Macomber. The people of Hard Luck seem to be genuine and loving. A place where community is vital to the well being of all those that live in it. The people show genuine concern for one another and are always willing to lend a helping hand.

Mitch has buried such deep hurts withing his heart and is trying his best to not fall in love with the lovely new school teacher.

Bethany has her own past haunting her and she is struggling with her new feelings for Mitch and the reason that she has come to Hard luck in the first place.

Could love really transpire between two people who are trying to run away from their feelings?

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Daddy's Little Helper
Bil Keane
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Daddy's Little Helper
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Pebbles Flintstone Daddy's Little Helper

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Pebbles Flintstone Daddy's Little Helper

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Pebbles has a series of adventures while helping daddy (Fred) with household chores.

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DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER

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DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER
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healing the past and walking into the future..........2006-04-06

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healing the past and walking into the future..........2006-04-06

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Three Smiths in the Wind: Low Man on a Totem Pole, Life in a Putty Knife Factory, Lost in the Horse Latitudes
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Harry Allen Smith
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3 (Three) Smiths in the Wind (Low Man on a Totem Pole, Life in a Putty Knife Factory, and Lost in the Horse Latitudes)
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H. Allen Smith
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After World War II, leading western powers focused their attention on fighting the "Red Menace," Communism. Today, as terrorist activity is increasingly linked to militant Islamism, some politicians and scholars fear a "Green Menace," a Pan-Islamic totalitarian movement fueled by monolithic religious ideology.

Such fears have no foundation in history, according to Vartan Gregorian. In this succinct, powerful survey of Islam, Gregorian focuses on Muslim diversity and division, portraying the faith and its people as a mosaic, not a monolith.

The book begins with an accessible overview of Islam's tenets, institutions, evolution, and historical role. Gregorian traces its origins and fundamental principles, from Muhammad's call to faith nearly 1,400 years ago to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, and the subsequent abolition of the Caliphate. He focuses particular attention on the intense struggle between modernists and traditionalists, interaction between religion and nationalism, and key developments that have caused bitter divisions among Muslim nations and states: the partitions of Palestine, the break up and Islamization of Pakistan, the 1978 revolution in Iran, and the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Today Islamist views range across the entire spectra of religious and political thought, and Islamism is anything but a unified movement. While religious extremists have attempted to form a confederacy of like-minded radicals in many countries, much of the Muslim population lives in relatively modern, secular states. Gregorian urges Westerners to distinguish between activist Islamist parties, which promote--sometimes violently--Islam as an ideology in a theocratic state, and Islamic parties, whose traditional members want their secular political systems to co-exist with the moral principles of their religion.

Gregorian emphasizes the importance of religion in today's world and urges states, societies, and intellectuals to intervene in order to prevent Islam--as well as other religions--from becoming the political tool of various parties and states. He recommends continuing dialogues between modernist and traditionalist Muslims, as well as among the educated, secular elite and their clerical counterparts. He also urges U.S.-led efforts to engage and better understand the diversity of Muslim communities in the United States and the world.

Lamenting widespread U.S. ignorance of the world's fastest-growing religion, Gregorian calls on "enlightened citizens" to promote international understanding, tolerance, and peace.

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Excellent Presentation of the Middle Ground.......2007-10-19

I thought this book presented a balanced view of Islam - not alarmist in nature, but at the same time not pretending that there are not fundamentalists that attempt to use Islam to justify their actions. Quick and easy read - completely enjoyed it.

A Book On Islam That Engages Your Intelligence, Rather Than Insulting It .......2007-09-04

"Huntington [Samuel P. Huntington, author of THE CLASH Of CIVILIZATIONS And The REMAKING Of The WORLD ORDER] and others who write about a clash of civilizations do not recognize that class, tribal, family, personal, ethnic, cultural, economic, and national interests have always defied a unity of purpose that transcends all these divisions. As shown above, instances when the Muslim world was a unified monolith have been extremely rare. Throughout Islamic history, the gravitational pull of regional, dynastic, and since the nineteenth century nationalist interests has consistently outweighed the spiritual affiliations of some idealized, transcendent, organic umma. If history is a guide, it shows that in Islam, as in most major religions, there is a broad gulf between the ideal of unity and the realities on the ground." (ISLAM: A MOSAIC, NOT A MONOLITH, pp. 110-111).

The above paragraph provides the gist of Vartan Gregorian's excellent book, dispelling certain myths about both the Islamic world and Islamist extremism which are being promoted by some politicians, journalists, writers and religious leaders in the West.

Gregorian shows that the idea of a totalitarian Pan-Islamic juggernaut determined to engulf the world and submit it to "sharia" law not only is unlikely it has no historical foundation. While the fears of Islamist extremism are naturally not unwarranted and should be taken seriously, Gregorian also wants us to keep in mind the intense struggles between modernity and traditionalism, as well as religion and nationality in the Muslim world. Indeed, except for relatively brief periods in history, the Umma (the Muslim community) has mostly existed in a world fragmented by rival dynasties and states, willing to ally themselves with outsiders against each other. He reminds us that "Sharia" law, dreaded by many as some sort of universal Islamic system of punishment and coercion, is not a unified body of law, but rather exists within four specific schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi and Hanbali), each with their own levels of interpretation.

Islamist ideology itself is shown to be quite varied, running through a spectrum that includes the most uncompromisingly fanatical to those more moderate and willing to work within the system and participate in electoral politics. Gregorian goes further to explain Muslim extremism as historically a tool that's been used both by and against western dominance. What started as a reaction to the presence of European colonialism in North Africa and the Near East was also nourished and utilized by Great Britain and the United States against Marxist and other socialist movements in the region during the Cold War.

Despite popular conceptions, fostered by governments and media for their own advantage, Gregorian finds Islamism to be in decline. After the defeat of the Soviets in Afghanistan the Islamist movement fractured and struggles with competing constituencies and agendas. While acknowledging it as an optimistic view, Gregorian references Gilles Kepel (from his 2002 book, JIHAD: The TRAIL Of POLITICAL ISLAM) on the belief that "the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, represented not a growing threat from Islamist extremism but the reverse: they were a symbol of its `isolation, fragmentation and decline.'"

Vartan Gregorian was born in Tabriz, Iran, but is from an Armenian background. In addition to serving as president of Brown University, founding dean and provost of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, and president of the New York Public Library, Gregorian is presently the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. ISLAM: A MOSAIC, NOT A MONOLITH grew out of a report submitted to Carnegie's trustees in the summer of 2001 on the need to promote public understanding for America's Muslims and also the need to ease their integration into American society. After September 11, 2001, the report took on a global perspective, developing into the more comprehensive survey that is this book. The next time you are in your local bookstore, wandering in either the Middle Eastern History or Religion aisles, ignore the glossed-over apologistic junk of Karen Armstrong on one end and the Islamophobic polemics of Robert Spencer on the other. Instead, choose to give this book a look over. You won't be disappointed.

Most of us know almost nothing about Islam.......2007-05-16

A very fascinating introduction to Islam. Should be required reading.

Readily accessible to non-specialist general readers.......2003-10-13

Islam: A Mosaic, Not A Monolith by Vartan Gregorian (President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York), is an informed and informative survey of the Islamic faith since its inception some 1,400 years ago. Examining Islam's tenets, institutions, changes, role in history, crucial questions that have caused strife among Muslim states, and a great deal more, Islam: A Mosaic, Not A Monolith is readily accessible to non-specialist general readers, yet thoughtful enough in its study and presentation of complicated issues of faith, politics, and culture to be of considerable value for scholars and dedicated students of Islamic Studies as well. In view of contemporary American efforts to combat the threat of international terrorism arising from fundamentalist Islamic extremists, Islam: A Mosaic, Not A Monolith should be present in the collections of every school and community library system in the country.

Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Church and State

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Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Church and State
Alan L. Chan
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Church and State, published by J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 730 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: Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith.(Book Review)
Author: Alan L. Chan
Publication: Journal of Church and State (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State
Volume: 46 Issue: 3 Page: 647(2)

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