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American quilts are among the hottest collectibles, and this colorful new volume in the groundbreaking Miller’s Treasure or Not? series is an indispensable guide to this popular subject. Stella Rubin, a well-known dealer with more than 25 years of experience in quilts, identifies what makes one quilt worth more than another, and explores a wide range of designs from different eras: Colonial through the Industrial Revolution, Victorian to Colonial Revival and the Depression eras. On each spread, full-color photos of two quilts, related in style, technique, or intended use, appear on facing pages, surrounded by captions and notes highlighting each quilt’s “value features”—those factors, such as material, design, condition, and authenticity, that account for the item’s relative market value.
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Just the info quilt collectors need.......2004-06-30
This is the kind of informtion I need. Brief history of the type of quilt, things to look for that make one quilt more valuable than another within the design catagory, interesting informative bits and realistic pricing guidelines (at least from what I know first hand). This is the kind of book for which I would like to see periodic updates. One of the best pricing guide books for quilts out there. THe only reason I did not give 5 stars is that I wish it were even larger !
An EXCELLENT book for quilt lovers everywhere!.......2003-09-08
This is a wonderful book. It shows you a lot of classic quilt styles and compares two excellent versions of each style. All the quilts are priced, and the reasons for the valuation of each quilt are explained with easy-to-understand call-outs. My only regret is that this book hasn't been turned into a series. Whether you're a experienced collector or a newbie, you'll love this book!
Curl Up and Read This!.......2002-01-21
Enjoyable format allows for either casual perusing or more serious study of quilts, their history, design and value. Good pictures and useful, easy to interpret information. Highly recommend.
American Treasures.......2001-12-23
If you need a quick way to learn the styles and values of American Quilts, this book is for you. Though I don't agree with the comparison values on some of the quilts, I find that those new to collecting and identifying the quilts in today's market will find this book helpful. This book provides an overview, not a comprehensive study.
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If you are serious about retiring and maintaining your present lifestyle Financial Independence will show you how. This book has several new and intriguing ideas about using real estate in your investment portfolio. The retirement planning section is full of useful insights about money. The investment section's liberal use of graphs makes short work out of what could be a complex subject. The investment focus is on asset allocation, indisputably the most important investment concept to master.
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This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on June 16, 2003. The length of the article is 663 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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- A Blown Opportunity
- What's Good Is SO Good.....
- A little effort could have made this a much better book
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O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors
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Melissa Pierson
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O.K. You Mugs is an unusual collection of essays--a book full of writers writing about actors without once making cracks about their relative intelligence. It is a wildly varied collection that jams deadly serious film critiques up against swoops of poetry, but all the pieces are united by a genuine love of cinema--be it Dave Hickey's ode to Robert Mitchum's eternal cool or Manny Farber's bracingly crabby essay on the death of real acting in movies. In a refreshing change of pace, character actors are given just as much space as leads, if not more. Homage is paid to both to Thelma Ritter's solid but always welcome screen persona and the quiet genius of Margaret Dumont, the remarkably dignified dowager in the Marx Brothers movies. The best pieces will send you straight to the video store--Greil Marcus's essay on the chameleonic evil of J.T. Walsh will have you eagerly rewatching a half-dozen terrific oh-he-was-THAT-guy! performances with renewed appreciation. John Updike's "Suzie Creamcheese Speaks" is also a revelation, exploring the surprisingly tough and pragmatic private persona of screen good girl Doris Day. An entertaining and thought-provoking collection for actors and movie fans alike. --Ali Davis
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O.K. You Mugs is a smart and stylish anthology of original writings on character actors--some famous, others not--who have left indelible marks on the movies and on our imaginations.
Geoffrey O'Brien on Dana Andrews, Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau, John Updike on Doris Day, Patricia Storace on Madhur Jaffrey, Dave Hickey on Robert Mitchum, Jacqueline Carey on Margaret Dumont, Greil Marcus on J. T. Walsh, Linda Yablonsky on Thelma Ritter--these are only a few of the twenty-six pairings of writer and actor included here, each one wickedly insightful and warmly appreciative. As Luc Sante (who profiles a "rogues' gallery" that includes Leo G. Carroll, Wallace Beery, and Nick Adams) and Melissa Holbrook Pierson (whose subject is Warren Oates) write in their preface: "As they reappear in one film and then another, it is as if they are returning in our very dreams: these characters take on character." In these lively and provocative essays, we are reminded in new and revelatory ways about what made these actors live so vividly on the screen.
Wonderfully engaging,
O.K. You Mugs is a singular contribution to the literature of film history and appreciation.
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A Blown Opportunity.......2004-05-13
There are two standout essays in this collection. One, by Robert Polito, wherein he recalls meeting a very down-and-out Barbara Payton at the Coach And Horses bar on Sunset Blvd. in LA (the bar is still there, too, go visit it). The other is Geoffrey O'Brien's excellent meditation on Dana Andrews. I picked up this book when I read actor Nick Adams' name on the dust jacket and in Luc Sante's essay, and because the theme of the collection, appreciations of character and cult actors, seemed intriguing. Unfortunately, the final result is a huge blown opportunity. The essay on Timothy Carey is a perfect example of what went wrong. There are also too many essays about actors who are huge stars by any measure-Doris Day, Mitchum, Liz Taylor-who have been written about aplenty, and the essays about them are not good enough to merit their inclusion here. There are so many interesting actors who either were once stars and have become underappreciated or never became stars but remain interesting. Sadly, this book doesn't begin to do justice to them.
What's Good Is SO Good............2000-03-14
Having read the posted reviews,I began to challenge my own previous judgment about this book.It's hard to disagree with the criticisms---maybe I'm just a soft touch for this sort of writing.The way I figure it--if there's one really outstanding essay among the bunch--my money spent will have been justified.So--did this book deliver? I say yes---no regrets on my part for having bought it.You're not likely to go for all 26 entries(I didn't),for it's all a matter of taste in the end.The Barbara Payton piece alone covered the cost for me.It's an up-close memoir of a kid growing up among the sleazy environs of a Sunset Blvd. dive where he encountered,and was befriended, by the notorious actress turned hooker-and-dipso---a priceless recollection of the Hollywood community and it's fading stars in free-fall.The Mitchum piece was fine by me---I've read other latter-day hep-cat appreciations of Mitch,and this one is as good as any---if the actor had not survived to enjoy(?) such a disreputable old age,he might have become a genuine cult immortal.John Updike on Doris Day is outstanding---even if you're only a casual viewer(or listener)of her work.I thought "Rogue's Gallery" was just great---Luc Sante should do an expanded version of this with profiles of more actors---his insights are flat on the money."Warner Bros.'Fat Men" gives us Sydney Greenstreet and Eugene Pallette---Hey,those two guys are worth my $18 anyday.Then there's Angelo Rossitto(excellent)and a neat piece of detective work wherein Stuart Klawans tracks down the "shoe-shine" man from the arcade number in "The Bandwagon"---the idea itself is inspired,and the execution lives up to it.Those are my favorites,but there is other good stuff---if you like offbeat essays on underappreciated film players,you'll be well rewarded here.
A little effort could have made this a much better book.......2000-02-23
This collection of 26 essays, supposedly devoted to "character" actors and actresses, seems, at first, to be enjoyable enough reading for those of us who love the movies. Until, that is, one notices that there are essays concerning such "superstars" as Liz Taylor, Robert Mitchum, and Doris Day, which, although interesting and fun to read, really have no place in a book like this. There is a noticeable dearth of articles concerning supporting actresses, and ethnic actors of both sexes are essentially ignored. Including more pictures would have helped identify actors who are not immediately recognizable to those of us born in the second half of the twentieth century, as well. A little more effort on the part of the editors could have made this mediocre volume a much better book.
Essays, good, bad and awful.......1999-10-29
This is a highfalutin version of what is sometimes called a "bathroom book." Lots of brief, easily, uh, digestible essays on actors, from mainstream superstars to barely remembered character people and cult and camp figures. The book has the feel of something thrown together within a couple of weeks of securing the book contract. There are some nice pieces here, like Manny Farber on movie acting, Geoffrey O'Brien on Dana Andrews, Updike on Doris Day, Michael Weldon's heartfelt if dully written rundown on Angelo Rossitto. But then there's the unbearably precious or preening pieces like one where the author is pretending to be Timothy Carey, and worst of all a laughably self-absorbed "tribute to Robert Mitchum" by an art critic who thinks he probably would have become Robert Mitchum's cool best friendor something if only he had ever met him but he didn't meet him, see, because he was afraid Mitchum would disappoint him. One cringes at the un-coolness of it. Overall, editor Sante might have been better off looking for pieces by more learned film writers rather than using some of the wispy contributions in this medium-grade collection.
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The two sections of Channel Surfing, dealing respectively with youth culture and racial politics, may not appear to have much in common with each other at first. But Henry A. Giroux has an underlying class critique that binds them together. Young people are being barraged, he argues, by consumer culture messages that consistently identify them as alienated outcasts. They are also being assaulted by racial messages "targeting black youth as criminals while convincing working-class white youth that blacks and immigrants are responsible for the poverty, despair, and violence that have become a growing part of everyday life in American society." Although the balance between academic jargon and pop culture is somewhat precarious, Giroux's thesis is packed with the consideration of detail that marks useful cultural criticism.
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Kate Moss wears a sexual pout in a Calvin Klein ad. Kurt Cobain's suicide is held aloft as the archetypal example of teen alienation. What truth, if any, is contained in these depictions of today's youth? What message about our children is being transmitted? In Channel Surfing, Henry Giroux turns his gaze to this barrage of media images and sees a message that sells our children short by damning them to the preconceived role of alienated outcast. Surfing from one channel of communication to the next, Giroux builds up a complex web of associations between characters in films, tarnished real-life teen idols, and sexualized presentations of nubile young clothing models to show us the dark vision of our children that rides the airwaves and inhabits the print media. Channel Surfing, Henry Giroux's most fascinating and intriguing book yet, is sure to create controversy and debate at the same time that it calls for a more ethical attitude towards the prospect of our children's future.
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giroux needs to try something new.......1999-07-21
while the topics are compelling, giroux has written too many collections with essays that contain secondary sources and materials. one gets the feeling he watches a film once or reads one article and then pontificates a frankfurt school-based rant.
Ground-breaking philosophy of the war against youth.......1998-10-12
A lot more people should be buying Giroux's cogent attack on the Left-Right-Center war against adolescents and his articulation of a new imagery of millennial youth.
A terrific analysis of the impact of culture on youth.......1997-05-13
Henry A. Giroux has written a compelling series
of essays on the effects of culture on how our
society imagines youth. By tracing how our media
culture portrays issues of race, Giroux clearly
illuminates how entertainment is much more than
a diversion for the masses. He argues forcefully
and convincingly that our media culture is a
powerful teaching technology that affects how
society views issues related to race, gender,
and youth. Rejecting the notion that media
culture can be "read" in an endless variety of
ways, Giroux points out how economic and
political forces emphasize and promote one "reading" over another and how these limited readings of our media culture have come to influence our perceptions and behavior toward
people of color, women, and youth. Focusing on
both the "politics of representation" and the "pedagogy of the popular," these essays confront the empty rhetoric of the right (espousing family values while simultaneously cutting social programs) and suggest many helpful strategies and tactics for overcoming the malaise and cynicism that seem to be endemic to our society. Imbued with a vital sense of social justice and dedicated to creating a culture of hope, _Channel Surfing_ is a book that demands attention.
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Teach Us to Number Our Days: A Liturgical Advent Calendar
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This practical handbook for homes and church communities helps to enrich the Christian celebration of Advent through the creation and use of an Advent calendar. Written for people of all skill levels, Baumgarten provides instructions for a calendar made of paper or junk mail, a no-sew felt version, and a fabric version for more advanced sewers.
Teach Us To Number Our Days, however, is more than a simple crafts book. Baumgarten provides readers with a brief history of the development of Advent in the Christian calendar, as well as detailed explanations of the various Christian symbols that can be used during the season. Paying attention to both the Old and New Testament symbols, as well as the Sundays of Advent and the Great 'O' Antiphons from December 17-23, this book is a complete guide to Advent for individuals, families, and churches.
Barbara Dee Baumgarten seeks to understand the relationship between visual art and theology. She has a Ph. D. in Theology and the Arts from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She is also a quilter, and teaches quilting to others. Barbara lives with her family in Santa Paula, California.
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Wonderful way to celebrate the season.......2002-11-09
The book guides you through planning and creating an Advent calendar that interweaves the liturgy of the season with your everyday Christmas preparations, giving rich significance to such "menial" things as housecleaning, and serving as a reminder to do everything "as unto the Lord." You can choose from three different materials/levels of difficulty, and each one comes with step-by-step instructions and a shopping list! The book is written from a Catholic perspective, and the calendar is easy to adapt to other Christian traditions. Some days (like the 4 Sundays of Advent) have specific themes, but even the "doors" on those days can be personalized with different decorations and Scripture verses. Other days, you choose something that suits your family -- a school house for the last day of school or a Christmas tree for the day you decorate your tree. Each day's theme also comes with one or more Scriptures, a brief "lesson" and a prayer. For families used to starting the day with a devotional, this puts a different spin on it. For families that aren't, it's a great way to start. I've found a wonderful way of reducing the stress and reminding my family what's really important.
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Microsoft Access 11 is a powerful, relational database software package that makes it easier for you to create and manage complex databases. With Access, you can create a database quickly from scratch or by using and Access database Wizard. Once you've created your database, Access provides all the tools you need to enter and manipulate data. Using Access, you can do the following:
- Quickly start a new database by using the Database Wizard.
- Create tables from scratch or by using a Wizard.
- Add and edit database information by using both tables and forms.
- Manipulate data in a number of tables by using queries and reports.
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Microsoft Access 11 is a powerful, relational database software package that makes it easier for you to create and manage complex databases. With Access, you can create a database quickly from scratch or by using and Access database Wizard. Once you?ve created your database, Access provides all the tools you need to enter and manipulate data. Using Access, you can do the following: * Quickly start a new database by using the Database Wizard. * Create tables from scratch or by using a Wizard. * Add and edit database information by using both tables and forms. * Manipulate data in a number of tables by using queries and reports.
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Thank Goodness..........2006-08-29
Sooo much better than the text I tried first (Idiot's Guide to Access). The entire book is much more simplified. TRULY a beginner's guide.
A non IT person's review.......2005-11-06
I am a doctor and I have been reading various books on access. I realise that access is a very complicated application development database program. It is easy to come to gripes with word, excel and for a non IT person like me, it is very easy to get going with these programs soon. But to do justice to access for your own needs, it has taken me a lot of time to get going and I have lot of way to go yet. But this book gives you the confidence and a grip on the subjet for a beginner and the authors rightly put it on their cover page. 'ABSOLUTELY NO PRIOR ACCESS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY'
I would heartily recommend this book for all novices who have no knowledge of access and want to make simple databases of their own.
Dr Alok Modi MD
This is the one you want.......2004-02-26
Recently I had to pick up Access very quickly since the temp assignment I got was nothing but. After spending nearly half an hour comparing Access books in a local bookstore I decided to get this one and the Microsoft official guide. While the Microsoft guide I plan on returning, this book has been a gem and truly got me up to speed from knowing nothing at all. I skimmed through the first 100 pages in about an hour, referencing the computer in front of me to see what went where, and then the next day I was able with the book's help to design a few reports and a rudimentary database for my boss. The next day forms, more reports, queries, and relationships were added into the mix and I've now, about a week later, made it through most of the book and have a real database up and running.
What I like about this book is that it's very well laid out, especially when I compare it to the Microsoft guide. I had little or no problem jumping between chapters to locate the information I was looking for, and the techniques they work through, for the most part, furnished me with everything I've needed to do. While it's called an Absolute Beginner's Guide, it doesn't pull punches in terms of watering down the material or in unnecessary explanations.
If you don't know anything about Access and need to get up to speed quickly, this is the book you want. The only thing I wished that it included was stuff about setting up security and permissions, but other than that, I think this is a great buy.
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