Celtic Borders and Motifs (Design Source Books)

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Celtic Borders

Celtic Borders and Motifs (Design Source Books)
Lesley Davies
Manufacturer: Search Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1844480704

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Celtic Borders.......2007-09-21

Plan to pass this on to someone that I think can do close work with a steady hand.

Celtic Designs and Motifs (Dover Design Library)

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not enough
Courtney is a guy!
so many uses!
Designs by well known artist

Celtic Designs and Motifs (Dover Design Library)
Courtney Davis
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486267180

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This exciting and versatile treasury of over 100 designs offers artists many different types of Celtic motifs, both abstract and pictorial, all expertly adapted from authentic Celtic sources. The wide variety of sizes and shapes range from full- and half-page rectangles, triangles, and circles to frames, borders, corners, and medallions.

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not enough.......2006-11-15

not so much imagery as i had hoped. most of the designs are that of rugs and not of actual knots and different designs. and there arent many images. the book is thin, and didnt give me a lot to go on since i am using it for tattoo designs.

Courtney is a guy!.......2001-11-04

Just an aside comment on the above review...Courtney Davis is actually a guy, not a gal. He's really nice and a very considerate person who loves his art, check it out if you get a chance!

so many uses!.......2000-12-12

These stencils are great! I have used them to decorate a cake, for glass etching and in my classroom for my students to make stationary. I am still finding uses for these wonderful stencils.

Designs by well known artist.......2000-03-31

If you haven't seen the Courtney Davis celtic tshirts you may not know who she is. If you have, you probably own several, and already know to get this book. You may even have some and not realize it, many examples of her work are sold at Celtic fairs. The designs in the book are clear and good, can be used (with a little work with scizzors, transfer pencils and plastic sheets) for either stencil, embroidery, a background for the paint-on stained glass decals, or scanned in for any purpose you would like.

It's definitely a book to buy if you are building your celtic crafts collection.

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Celtic Motifs (Design Ideas)
David Balade
Manufacturer: Search Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Effects: Techniques and Projects Featuring Transfers, Stamps, Stencils, Inks, Paints, Mediums, and More

ASIN: 1844482111

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Revealing the keys to many Celtic symbols, this guide offers a better understanding and appreciation of the history and culture of Celtic art through illustrations and patterns artists can apply to any medium they choose.

Celtic Beasts: Animals Motifs and Zoomorphic Design in Celtic Art

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Celtic Beasts

Celtic Beasts: Animals Motifs and Zoomorphic Design in Celtic Art
Courtney Davis , and Dennis O'Neill
Manufacturer: Blandford Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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8 pages in color & 95 b/w illustrations. Journey along a spiritual path to meet mythical serpents, shape-shifters, and other fantastic creatures whose origin can be traced back to the earliest Northern European civilization. The Celts not only relied on animals for survival, but they respected, learned from, and honored them. Awe-inspiring illustrations and faithful narrative take us back to the time of goddesses, stone carvings, cave paintings, and beyond, to gain greater insight into the history and lure of the Celtic beast. Trim size: 8 1/2 x 11.

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Celtic Beasts.......2004-02-15

If you've seen my arms you know that I'm quite enamored with the Celtic style of art. This book is the best compilation of zoomorphic celtic art that I have run across. But besides all the great art there is lots to read. Fairly extensive looks at what the symbology and meaning of each individual animal was to the ancient Celtic tribes of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Celtic Design: A Sourcebook of Patterns & Motifs

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Celtic Design: A Sourcebook of Patterns & Motifs
Rh Value Publishing
Manufacturer: Gramercy
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517121786
Release Date: 1995-09-24

Contemporary Celtic Motifs: Includes CD with Over 200 Motifs

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Contemporary Celtic Motifs: Includes CD with Over 200 Motifs
Alex Sherman
Manufacturer: Batsford
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ASIN: 0713490616

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Celtic designs, with their intricate knotwork, dizzying spirals, and repetitive tessellation have a magical quality, both to those who view them and the artists who create them. The timeless beauty of these ancient forms is reinterpreted here in more than 200 original designs. This invaluable collection is a resource that will inspire artists and crafters in every medium, from drawing and lithography to jewelry, ceramics, stained glass, weaving, embroidery, quilt making, and carpentry. The images may be copied unchanged, or modified to suit the user—either of which can be done digitally, thanks to the CD that comes with the book. Anyone whose heart is drawn to the Celtic tradition will find this unique sourcebook absolutely stimulating.

Celtic Design: a Sourcebook of Patterns and Motifs

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Celtic Design: a Sourcebook of Patterns and Motifs
Iain Zaczek
Manufacturer: Studio Editions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VBD5P0

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191 PAGES. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE. PUBLISHED IN LONDON, 1995. THIS EDITION REPRINTED LONDON, 1996.

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Eye to Eye Women: Their Words and Worlds. Life in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean As Seen in Photographs and in Fiction by the Region's Top Women Writers

Manufacturer: Serpent's Tail
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1852425814

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Must reading.......2000-06-02

This book is must reading for anyone who has any hope of understanding the unintelligible -- New York government. With an insider's view and an outsider's objectivity, author Peter Slocum offers a fun and fascinating look at New York, its characters and why it is what it is today (dysfunctional). Hy Rosen's classic cartoons are a constant reminder that we never really had to take any of it seriously. All in all, a fun read for anyone remotely interested in Empire State politics.

From Rocky to Pataki: Character and Caricatures in New York Politics

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From Rocky to Pataki: Character and Caricatures in New York Politics
Hy Rosen
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MHTUO8

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2nd book of Nakazawa's autobiographic epic

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Masterly and painful.......2007-09-10

Barefoot Gen Volume Two picks up where volume one leaves Gen just after the explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima. It a gripping and very painful story of survival in the fist terrible time after the bomb devastated Hiroshima. For those that survived the bomb and the deadly radiation, life has now become a desperate fight for survival in a harsh and brutal world. If you have read Volume One, you cannot skip this one, just as you have to read Volume three and four too.

Time to face reality........2007-06-24

Volume 1 & 2 of Nakazawa's famous comic series about a boy called 'Gen' and his life in Hiroshima during the WWII and soon after the atomic bomb. The first two volumes of this series are probably the most important ones. After I read the first two volumes, I just had to lend them to everyone I knew. If you read this story, you'll realise how silly to hear some popular opiniton 'Dropping two atomic bombs in Japan was necessary to end the war'. Nakazawa says that each and every event is true. You'll see, for example, that two young brothers fight against each other for a little grain of rice. The bombs were dropped onto civilians in the middle of the two cities, and, in Hiroshima alone, 100,000 people, including western prisoners of war, were killed instantly, and the pain they suffered from afterwords was tremendous. The way some of Gen's family members, including a new born baby sister, were slowly dying is simply too sad to look at. But the reality is that it actually took place and was caused by human hands.
I sincerely hope that many people will find an opportunity to read this book at least once in their life-time, and I strongly believe that this book will enlighten the whole world with its message: 'what really happens when a nuclear bomb is dropped onto humanity', which hasn't really been talked about in history books for some reason. But I think it's time to face reality.

Series continues strongly........2006-09-21

Keiji Nakazawa, Barefoot Gen: The Day After (New Society, 1988)

The story of Barefoot Gen, spunky atomic bomb survivor, continues in this second volume of the four-part series. It's not a stretch to predict that how you feel about The Day After will probably reflect how you felt about Barefoot Gen, without much variance.

The Day After (which, in fact, covers the next two days) opens just after the end of Barefoot Gen, and is concerned entirely with the survival of Gen, his mother, and his baby sister Tomoko. Gen's task during this time is to find food for the family, and this quest takes him on a number of small side adventures the present a much larger picture of the greater Hiroshima area after the bomb than the first book provided of Hiroshima before the bomb. Gen meets a number of different people, helps some, and learns that even after the bomb, when everyone around him is shrouded in misery and horror, the banality and prejudice around him doesn't disappear-- in fact, people are worse than they were beforehand. Nakazawa, as is his wont, tells us all this in his stories, and never allows his messages to get in the way of his storytelling. Ironically, Barbara Reynolds' introduction to this edition is a perfect contrast to Nakazawa's story; it's awfully-written, ham-handed, flat-out wrong (Reynolds harps on about American denial of responsibility for Hiroshima, and she's writing ten years or more after the release, and vast popularity, of John Hersey's Hiroshima) polemic whose sole purpose in inclusion, it seems, is to highlight how subtle Nakazawa is. Skip the introduction. Or, if you're a completist, read the book first and come back to the introduction afterwards, so it won't taint you.

This is very good stuff. Well worth your time. *** ½

The triumph of the human spirit.......2003-05-10

Barefoot Gen: The Day After is volume two of a four part series. It tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of seven year old Gen Nakaoka. Based on the real-life experiences of the author, Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb. They have no food or shelter and are surrounded by the dead and dying. Even the soldiers sent in to gather and burn the dead bodies are succumbing to the radiation sickness and dying. No one understands what is happening and there is no one to turn to. Gen goes in search of food for his mother whose breast milk has dried up from malnutrition. Alone he faces the horror of the devastation and the destitution of the people of Hiroshima. This the hardest of the four books to read because the carnage of the day after the bomb is almost beyond belief. Gen's compassion, humanity, and determination makes this an inspiring book about the strength of the human spirit. Although the graphic scenes may turn some people off, this is still an important book for its message on the dangers of nuclear war.

The work has been wonderfully translated from the Japanese original: Hadashi no Gen. It was originally published in serial form in 1972 and 1973 in Shukan Shonen Jampu, the largest weekly comic magazine in Japan, with a circulation of over two million. The drawings are all in black and white. This US edition was published as part of a movement to translate the book into other languages and spread its message. It is a wonderful testimony to the strength of the human spirit and the horrors of nuclear war. There are a few introductory essays at the front of the book that help to put this book into perspective. It is a powerful and tragic story that I highly recommend for anyone interested in the topic.

Powerful.......2002-08-28

I stumbled across this graphic novel in a used bookstore, not having any idea the impression it would make on me. This is an incredibly powerful story, very effectively told through the medium of comic art. It is an affirmation of the power of visual media, and an example of how comics can be used for much more than funnies and fantasies. It is also probably the most effective anti-nuclear material I have ever come across.

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Mel Bay Sacred Solos for the Flute Volume 2 Book/CD Set
Mizzy Mccaskill , and Dona Gilliam
Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
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Another artistically beautiful and popular solo collection for flute! Selections include "Ave Maria" by J. S. Bach/Gounod, "Sonata in F" by B. Marcello, "Chorale from Cantata No. 140" (Wachet Auf) by J. S. Bach, a medley of six traditional Christmas carols, and more. All works are arranged for flute (or violin) with piano and organ accompaniment. A convenient pull-out part is included for the soloist. The included CD contains both organ and piano accompaniments for all pieces in the book. Introductions have been added where necessary to establish tempo and allow the soloist to enter with the recorded accompaniment at the proper time.

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The writings of Alexander Pushkin, Russia`s celebrated poet and thinker, have strongly influenced Russians` views of themselves and their past. This book examines for the first time the full range of Pushkin`s fictional and nonfictional works on the subject of history and considers his ideas on the relation between chance and necessity, the significance of great individuals, and historical truth.

Dostoevsky and Romantic Realism: A Study of Dostoevsky in Relation to Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol (SRLT)

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Dostoevsky and Romantic Realism: A Study of Dostoevsky in Relation to Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol (SRLT)
Donald Fanger
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Chekhov and Russian Religious Culture: Poetics of the Marian Paradigm (SRLT)
Julie De Sherbinin
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Creating and Recovering Experience: Repetition in Tolstoy

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Creating and Recovering Experience: Repetition in Tolstoy
Natasha Sankovitch
Manufacturer: Stanford University Press
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ASIN: 0804732159

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The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy’s art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device—or rather, complex of devices—to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Repetition is shown to be essential to his style, to his understanding of characters’ psychology, to the structure of his work, and to his interaction with readers. In short, it defines much of what is “Tolstoyan” about Tolstoy.

Following a discussion of the epistemological and psychological beliefs that shape Tolstoy’s use of repetition, the author explores the effects and implications of repeated verbal elements as they function in the discourse of characters and narrators. She develops a concept of “novels of length,” which are distinguished from ordinary “long novels” in that length is essential to their themes and purposes. A complex dynamic of memory, forgetting, and reminders (repetition) structures both the characters’ evolving identities and the readers’ changing apprehension of the text.

The author next discusses Tolstoy’s use of repetition to shape relationships among characters, and considers the connection between these relationships and thematic development in his novels. She concludes by exploring the intertextual repetitions in Tolstoy’s oeuvre, which are seen as part of a process by which allusions among works create a revealing sense of the author’s developing career.

In examining the link between Tolstoy’s repeated verbal elements and his broader concepts of structure and meaning, the book combines close readings of key passages in the novels with an exploration of larger theoretical issues: the dynamics of reading and sense-making, the ethics and aesthetics of memory, and the function of language as a system of cognition and communication. As a result, the book contributes not only to studies of Tolstoy and the genre of the novel but to our understanding of the relations among rhetorical, cognitive, aesthetic, and ethical aspects of great art generally.

Russian Modernity: Politics, Knowledge and Practices

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Russian Modernity: Politics, Knowledge and Practices

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Russian Modernity: Politics, Knowledge, Practices

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Russian Modernity: Politics, Knowledge, Practices

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ASIN: 0312225997

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This book is the first concerted effort to place nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia in European context, as well as to understand Soviet Russia against the historical background of Imperial Russia.

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Soviet Theory of Knowledge (Sovietica)
J.E. Blakeley
Manufacturer: Springer
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Soviet Theory of Knowledge.

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