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Tasha Tudor.......2007-10-03
If we could all live in a fantasy world this book would probaly be more meaningful. Got this book as a garden/back to nature resource. Not for people who have to balance their families,work and of course money. Skip unless you are an absolute Tasha Tudor fan.
A Dreamy Book.......2007-07-18
I bought a Tasha Tudor print for my daughter's birthday and ordered this book to go with it. It came just in time.
What a treat !.......2006-08-07
The book was a delight, and I enjoy reading it over and over. The gorgeous illustrations are a joy. Tasha has done exactly what she wanted to do in life...spend it simply, and creatively. She is such an inspiration, that I've bought several of her other books, as well as one of her videos, "Take Joy."
A great pick-me-up!.......2003-09-10
Absolutely loved this book! Just picked it up from the library today on a whim and couldn't put it down. Talk about a match made in heaven (Tasha and Richard). Tasha must have sensed Richard would do her justice, and he most certainly did. Even though this is a libary loan, I am buying this book for my own personal collection. Tasha's philosophy on life and her love for family, theater, crafts, animals, flowers and art was most infectious. I love how she is honest with herself and alludes to creating a paradise on earth, but also acknowledges that she is human and has made mistakes in life, which keeps it all very real. Use your good china, wear your antique clothing, collect vintage seeds and transport/replant your favorite fruit trees if you so desire. Progress with the new, but remember to go back and learn from the oldest, simplest ways of living, as it can afford many unforeseen treasures. Truly admired Tasha's pure connection with animals to the point where she even took in an infant snake and nursed it until it was too big to keep in the house any longer. Wow! Buy your flower bulbs in multitudes and plant them in clumps. See the beauties in the branches of the trees (clip some and take them indoors to enjoy). Smell the flowers. Buy a dog or several. Buy some birds (or 40). Create your own menagerie. Cook with a talking parrot on your shoulder. It's the little things, folks. Have you ever seen a moon-lit rainbow? I haven't, but will be on the look-out. =)I wanna stick my nose in dove feathers and plant flower bulbs at random -- in large clumps -- wherever I please. I wanna get a dog and feed it homemade soup instead of that trash in those metal cans. Tasha claims that lots of garlic in her soups keeps the dogs flea-free. Never too old to learn. I honestly agree with nearly everything Tasha touched on. Step outside of the box. Live life a little. Get back to basics. Note your likes and dislikes. Learn a new craft. Learn something new. Recite your favorite authors' works or poems. Learn to be self-sufficient. Live life to the fullest! No book has touched me like this in a long, long time. I am going to run out and get me a real nice, old bookshelf and start my own dollhouse rooms on each level. I've always wanted my own canoe, but Tasha has given me the courage to seriously look into it. Look at her skin and body.....if she can carry a canoe and buckets of fresh water on her shoulders, so can I at 35. I wanna use my best China and have a yard full of animals that know I love them and love me back. I just wanna be me and Tasha has helped me to see how important that is. Most of all, I want to pass on to my husband and kids that it is okay to be who you are, but always remain open to the simple, free joys we have been given in everyday life.
Thank you, Tasha, for allowing us to enter your oasis and thank you Richard Brown for allowing us to have a sneak peek of Tasha's "paradise on earth".
All her books are great..this one is a gem.......2002-12-20
This was an early Christmas gift along with four other Tasha Tudor books and I LOVE it. Maybe because there is a bit of Tasha Tudor in me or because we live in a small cottage in the Sierras and have chickens, goats, vegetable, herb and flower gardens and love many of the same things she loves.
I like the fact that like Beatrix Potter another author I adore, she lives an authentic homestead life and loves her livestock, painting and making things with her hands. And I found some helpful tricks for catching the occasional mouse that gets in the place. And it is nice to read where someone else uses the good china daily and doesn't save it just for company. Or the joy of wearing clothes that some antique dealer would think are to valuable. And as she notes on page 112 "It satisfies me to spin and knit and weave. I love to be self sufficient, to learn how to make everything I use."
She speaks about and there are accompanying photos of the changes of seasons and the joys she encounters along the way. Her goats, sheep, chickens, rabbits and wild birds. Her cooking, spinning and how she plans for the joys in her life.
But I guess one thing I liked so much was her philosophy which she says comes in part from Henry David Thoreau and says "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." As she says "That is my credo. It is absolutely true. It is my whole life summed up."
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The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia: Volume 2: Late Apulians (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology)
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ASIN: 0198132190 |
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This no-nonsense introductory guide coaches novice photographers in every aspect of taking great pictures of their friends and family, from selecting the right type of camera to shooting the actual pictures. Composed of a series of simple, concise discussions—each just two to three pages in length—this book addresses the basics of great imaging without requiring too much study time. Features include a description of camera types and their main components, photo composition guidelines on subject placement and camera angles, information on creating lighting effects, and professional posing techniques. An update of a classic, this latest edition has been freshened with new portrait and product shots and a new section on digital cameras and digital capture techniques.
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great time saver!.......2006-10-11
with the advent of readily available digital photography, the temptation is great to just snap away and toss out the unusable images. this book teaches you how to make the most of every shot, how to think about composition and lighting to get more "keepers". highly recommended!
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very cool book.......2005-10-14
Ok, the book is a little dated -- it talks about film cameras few use any more such as 110 and disk film cameras. And it does spend some time talking about pretty basic things like loading film and holding the camera. But the book has sold thousands and thousands for a reason. It encourages you to have fun with the camera and the prints you can eventually get from it.
There are lots of good ideas for taking pictures of people who don't like to have their picture taken. Fun ideas like asking people to jump for the picture give you ideas for adding more spice to your pictures.
There are a gazillion books about digital photography and post-processing tools like Adobe Photoshop. But what there's a paucity of is books like this one that focus on taking pictures (and getting prints -- don't forget that part) you will enjoy looking at five years from now when your digital camera and computer hard drive either have quit working or you no longer own them or use them.
Reader.......2002-12-06
The idea was awesome, but the follow-through left a lot to be desired.
A beginners book, and not a very good one........2000-07-22
I bought this book because I am looking for ideas on how to put people at ease. But I was disappointed. The book starts with a once-over-lightly discussion of how to take good snapshots of friends and family members. It starts with the basics--types of cameras, film, lighting, and how to take a photo. All standard stuff that can be found in any introductory book. It then gives you lots of ideas for where and when you can take photos (At parties! weddings! when people are having fun!). Again, pretty standard stuff, and directed towards folks who only take pix of the relatives sitting on a couch. But the advice on taking a good phot was incomplete. How do you get a good shot of a person? Take the photo at the right moment. But there was no suggestion on how you do that.
Here's a suggestion: People and Portrait Photograhy, Sean Hargrave, Amphoto. ... Color photos. Beautiful layout. Good sidebars. Lots of ideas.
A beginners book, and not a very good one........2000-07-22
I bought this book because I am looking for ideas on how to put people at ease. But I was disappointed. The book starts with a once-over-lightly discussion of how to take good snapshots of friends and family members. It starts with the basics--types of cameras, film, lighting, and how to take a photo. All standard stuff that can be found in any introductory book. It then gives you lots of ideas for where and when you can take photos (At parties! weddings! when people are having fun!). Again, pretty standard stuff, and directed towards folks who only take pix of the relatives sitting on a couch. But the advice on taking a good phot was incomplete. How do you get a good shot of a person? Take the photo at the right moment. But there was no suggestion on how you do that.
Here's a suggestion: People and Portrait Photograhy, Sean Hargrave, Amphoto. ... Color photos. Beautiful layout. Good sidebars. Lots of ideas.
A must for every snapshooter........2000-06-23
A great little book for the typical shutterbug - someone who wants the results but isn't interested in the science and philosophy behind people photography. I have three cameras: an all-manual Chinon SLR, a high-tech Minolta SLR, and a point-and-click Pentax compact. I've taken great shots with all three (and plenty of lousy ones too!) The info is this book is useful for all levels of proficiency. As I'm sure the case is with most advanced amateurs, friends are always asking me how to improve "their stuff". Usually they don't want to know what "Sunny Day f/16" means or how to use a large aperture to separate the subject from the background, they just want to get better results at the next party or family event. This is the perfect book for them.
Since I have a terrible habit of forgetting the basics and worrying too much about technical minutinae I'll use this book as a review before an event. It's clear, concise and well-illustrated.
By the way, try to remember the title "Don't Take My Picture" correctly. I told someone I just ordered a book called "Don't Shoot Me" and they looked at me kinda funny.
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Heartbroken Angels, Vol. 2
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Heartbroken Angels, Volume 1 (Heartbroken Angels)
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Ripped from the pages of Pulp, these hilarious, disturbing manga cover such outre subjects as religious persecution, schoolyard swordsmen, Otaku-Lolita complex, sentimental yakuza, and homosexual frogs.
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In this biting satire by Twain, a 19th c. Yankee mechanic is knocked out during a brawl, and wakes to find himself in Camelot, A.D. 528, in King Arthur's Court. When the modern mechanic tries to cure society's ills (oppressed peasantry, evil church, etc.) with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire - all hell breaks loose!
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Origami in King Arthur's Court: An Adventure in Folding
Lew Rozelle
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Boo Hoo Lew.......2003-01-18
The worst part about this book is that it [draws] you in with reasonable looking cover models. Origamists have thirsted for a great castle for years; this one is definitely a mirage that will leave you parched.
Once inside, however, prepare for the worst looking, worst locking, and by far the worst folding.
You could make better people by crumpling aluminum foil. The castles are nothing more than poorly-locking, crease-ridden bands of paper...
For fans of origami, medieval times and big projects.......2002-04-10
There are some confusing directions (such as the difference between a "connector" and a "sleeve"and when and/or why to use each when assembling the castles). My son loved the castle I made, but I'm sure he doesn't realize the hard work involved in making what for him is a big paper toy. Still, it was a worthwhile project for me and I'm glad I tackled it. I never made any of the figures, so I never experimented with laminated papers. Maybe another time...
A very disappointing book.......1999-02-06
I had brought this book expecting it to be a good book. However, I found out that the models needed more than one sheet of paper and would require gluing and cutting which totally turn me of. Obviously if you don't mind these kind of things and don't want any challenge then this book is for you
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Arthur King's Castle
Glenn Manterfield
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Release Date: 2003-05-21 |
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A tragi-comedy in the best English tradition, this is the story of Arthur King. Toilet attendant, agony aunt and crusader for all that is right and proper, Arthur is the hub of the local community, but by chancing upon an old enemy he becomes inexorably and increasingly embroiled in a spiralling sequence of dangerous events until he ultimately reaches his own life-or-death climax. It shouldn't happen to a toilet attendant, but it does!
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Fugitive from the law.......2005-09-09
Glenn Manterfield has stolen much money from many people from all over the world and then disappeared.He has ripped off many people including clients of his currency trading firm, landlords, credit card companies, artists. The police in Sheffield England, Bandon and Dublin Ireland are looking to question him.
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King Arthur's Camelot: A Pop-Up Castle and Four Storybooks
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Sir Lancelot and the Ice Castle (Hopscotch Adventures: King Arthur Stories)
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on January 15, 2001. The length of the article is 514 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: King of the Castle? How About Mayor of Jacumba?
Author: Arthur S. Grupe
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Date: January 15, 2001
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King Arthur's Magic Castle
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The Nineteenth-Century German Lied
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The development of the piano, together with changes in culture and society, led to the transformation of song into a major musical genre. This study of the great lieder of 19th-century composers Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf also includes lesser-known composers, such as Louis Spohr and Robert Franz, plus significant contributions from women composers and performers.
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When singing became art.......2006-03-04
In the first half of the nineteenth century a series of composers combined with the invention of the piano facilitated the development of singing as a dramatically different art form from that which went before. Here came together the lyric poetry of Goethe and Heine and the music of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms to create songs of unparalleded beauty.
In this book Ms. Gorrell describes the times and the music that was being developed in this time. It is a very nice piece of schlorship about a time when the musical world was in flux and a time that didn't last very long. It a time that was a landmark in the definition of song.
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Go, and Catch a Falling Star: Pursuing Popular Culture
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This entertaining and mature work illustrates the effect of the media on popular culture and how together both the media and popular culture shape our daily lives. Fishwick does an excellent and convincing job as he shows how popular culture studies give us a better understanding of who we are, who we want to become, and who we should become.
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John Bruce, O.B.E. Journeyman Plumber
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John Bruce was one of Canada\'s most colourful, effective and longest-serving General Organizers of any North American union. This book covers the first 34 years of his life and includes a summary.
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