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Louisiana Gardens
Mary Fonseca & Steven Brooke
Pelican Publishing Company
PO Box 3110, Gretna, LA 70054
1-56554-306-8 $19.95 (pb) 1-56554-305-X $29.95 (hc) 1-800-843-1724
Superbly illustrated with the stunning photography of Steven Brooke, Mary
Fonseca's Louisiana Gardens showcases that state's traditional gardens,
plantation gardens, arboretums, parks, commemorative areas, and nature
preserves will awe and inspire gardeners everywhere. From the Louisiana State
Arboretum (the first state-supported arboretum in the United States) to the
Audubon Park and Zoological Gardens (featuring the work of renowned landscape
planner John Charles Olmsted and a world-class zoo that is home to more than
1,800 animals), Louisiana Gardens is an splendid presentation and
horticulturists' delight offering helpful maps of directions ever flower bed
from Afton Villa Gardens in St. Francisville to Zemurray Gardens in Loranger.
Zaftig: The Case for Curves
Edward St. Paige
Darling & Company
PO Box 4399, Seattle, WA 98104
1-883211-17-4 $30.00 1-800-354-0400
A Yiddish word, "Zaftig" means ripe or luscious and is commonly applied to very
curvaceous women. Edward St. Paige's Zaftig: The Case For Curves celebrates
these women in the history of art by showcasing thematically relevant works by
Rembrandt, Titian, Correggio, Lord Leighton, Diego Rivera, Rubens, Renoir,
Reginald Marsh, Picasso, Giovanni Bellini, Ingres, Klimt, Mucha, Tamara de
Lempicka, and Camille Bombois. Arguments for feminine substance are arranged
thematically and include an attack on the cult of thinness; a defense of zaftig
as a natural state; exploration of eras (such as the Victorian age) in which
abundance was preferred; and an examination of subcultures in which heavy women
rule (as on the opera stage). Zaftig: The Case For Curves will fascinate and
engage art lovers, and is highly recommended for women's studies dealing with
cultural perceptions of the ideal feminine form -- and every woman who has ever
been chained to a diet!
Carrara: The Marble Quarries of Tuscany
Joel Leivick
Stanford University Press
Stanford CA 94305-2235
0-8047-3308-2 $60.00 http://www.sup.org
Joel Leivick's Carrara is a truly stunning collection of 44 black and white
photographs of the renknowned marble quarries and quarry workers in and around
Carrara, located in the northern Italian province of Tuscany. The individual
photographs are printed as tritones capturing both their delicacy and detail.
They are preceded by an introduction that describes Leivick's goals and
experiences as a photographer working at Carrara, as well as providing a brief
outline of the region's geology and long history of marble extraction. In an
informative Afterword, anthropologist Alison Leitch discusses the culture of
quarry work and the role of landscape in historical memory. The photographs of
the Carrara quarries reveal a vast and dramatic landscape reaching down from
the mountains. Leivick's Carrara is a superb and memorable collection that will
prove of intense interest to students of photography, and the non-specialist
general reader with an interest in the history of Italian marble and the lives
of the famed Carrara marble quarry workers, past and present.
The Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques
Hazel Harrison
Running Press
125 South Twenty-Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
0-7624-0465-5 $24.95 http://www.runningpress.com
Now in a newly revised and updated second edition, Hazel Harrison's The
Encyclopedia Of Watercolor Techniques offers step-by-step demonstrations of
more than thirty-five techniques for working in a wide range of water-based
media. With clear and informative photographic illustrations, Harrison explores
traditional watercolor as well as more experimental methods and "tricks of the
trade". The Encyclopedia Of Watercolor Techniques presents techniques in
context, showing how particular methods are ideally suited to particular
subjects and features a gallery of finished works from professional artists
using widely differing styles and techniques. The Encyclopedia Of Watercolor
Techniques is an highly recommended addition to the personal, art school, and
community library watercolor art instructional reference shelf.
Old Fishing Lures & Tackle: Identification and Value Guide
Carl F. Luckey
Krause Publications
700 East State Street, Iola, WI 54990-0001
0-87341-728-3 $29.95 1-800-258-0929
Now in a fully updated and expanded fifth edition, Carl Luckey's Old Fishing
Lures & Tackle: Identification And Value Guide continues to be the benchmark
publication and reference guide for collectors of lures and tackle from the
"golden age" of American angling. Luckey provides accurate and reliable pricing
and value information enhanced with hundreds of new photographs and
illustrations. Old Fishing Lures & Tackle: Identification And Value Guide is
simply indispensable for the serious collector in terms of a proper assessment
of basic values in this fast popular and specialized field of antiques and
collectibles. Three other outstanding identification and value guides by Carl
Luckey and available from Krause Publications include Depression Era Glassware:
3rd Edition, Antique Bird Decoys And Duck Calls: 2nd Edition; and Luckey's
Hummel Figurines And Plates.
The Volkswagen Bug Book: A Celebration of Beetle Culture
Dan Ouellette
Angel City Press
2118 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 880, Santa Monica, CA 90403
1-883318-00-9 $30.00 1-800-949-8039 http://www.angelcitypress.com
The Volkswagen Bug Book explores the popularity of the Volkswagen Beetle and
examines how this personable automobile with a dubious past came to endear
itself to millions of Americas so that there are now numerous "Bug" clubs and
collectors of this instantly identifiable little car. The Volkswagen Bug Book
features chapters on Bug history, Bug lore, and Bug art written by a man who
has been driving Volkswagen Beetles for almost thirty years and is personally
acquainted with their various nicks, bumps and scratches. In addition to his
own remembrances of Bug love, Dan Ouelette tracked down personal anecdotes and
emotional stories from other bug lovers, as well as the detailed history of the
car (researched in part from the archives of the official Volkswagen museum)
that launched the invasion of inexpensive, four cylinder, high miles per
galleon, no frills foreign cars that bucked the big-car trends and traditions
of Detroit and created an irresistible and insistent consumer demand for better
cars, better build, and less expensive to operate. The Volkswagen Bug Book is
further enhanced with rarely-seen historical photos and whimsical Bug shots.
Designing Tessellations: The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns
Jinny Beyer
Contemporary Books
4255 West Tughy Avenue, Lincolnwood, IL 60646-1975
0-8092-2866-1 $39.95 1-847-679-5500
Tessellations are motifs or patterns that interlock perfectly to flow across a
surface. From antiquity to the modern age, they have been utilized for
decorative purposes in architecture, needlecrafts, and the arts. In Designing
Tessellations: The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns, Jinny Beyer deftly
interweaves inspiration and technique showing the reader how tessellations are
made and how to create tessellations themselves. Through the artistry of M.C.
Escher and the visual excitement of ancient and contemporary arts and crafts,
Beyer demonstrates how these complex designs are achieved and reveals that
thousands of intricate and beautifully patterns are made possible by
manipulating even the simplest of shapes. Designing Tessellations is an
invaluable, seminal and enduring contribution to art and craft design history.
A Dictionary of Natural Products
George Macdonald Hocking
Plexus Publishing, Inc.
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
0-937548-31-6 $133.50 1-609-654-6500 1-609-654-4309 (fax)
A Dictionary Of Natural Products: Terms In The Field Of Pharmacognosy Relating
To Natural Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Materials And The Plants, Animals, And
Minerals From Which They Are Derived is primarily devoted to an arrangement and
explanation of items relating to natural, non-artificial crude drugs from the
vegetable, animal, and mineral kingdoms. This comprehensive, 994 page reference
presents a detailed compilation (gleaned from hundreds of hours of research) of
medicinal, pharmaceutical, and related products appearing on the market as raw
materials, occurring in drugstores, utilized in folk medical practice, and
found in chemical manufacturing processes. With its more than 18,000 entries, A
Dictionary Of Natural Products is an superb and unequaled resource in the field
of pharmacognosy designed to meet the reference needs of students and
practitioners in the health professions, alternative medicine, and related
fields of trade and industry.
The Financial Aid Book: The Insider's Guide to Private Scholarships, Grants and
Loans
Student Financial Services, researcher & compiler
Perpetual Press
PO Box 30414, Lansing, MI 48909
1-881199-01-0 $24.95 1-800-807-3030
Now in a new, fully updated and expanded second edition, The Financial Aid Book
lists, identifies and describes more than three thousand sources of private
financial aid for students seeking to discover the maximum number of financial
aid sources best suited to their particular needs and circumstances. The
Financial Aid Book catalogs financial aid recourse for every academic major
from Business and Communication to Liberal Arts and Cultural Studies. This is
the key to winning a scholarship or grant based on the student's ethnic origin,
the parent's or student's employment, activities and memberships, military
background, disabilities, musical ability, athletic ability, community service,
academic interests, hobbies and personal interests. With its step-by-step
advice on applying for aid, guidelines for writing winning essays, sample
application essay, and sample letter of request, The Financial Aid Book is an
invaluable planning tool for high school students, vocational students,
undergraduates, graduates, post graduates -- and their parents!
Uncle Sam's K-12 Web
Laurie Andriot
Information Today
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
0-910965-32-3 $24.95 1-609-654-6266
Laurie Andriot has researched and compiled a unique guide to Federal Government
Websites of particular value and interest to K-12 educators, students and
parents. Andriot's Uncle Sam's K-12 Web is divided into three major directory
sections, each of which provide easy access for readers with annotated entries
that include site name, URL (website address), description of site content, and
target grade level for student sites. Uncle Sam's K-12 Web will enable students
to safely surf the web while enjoying the many fun and educational websites
offered by government agencies and entities. School medial specials,
librarians, teachers and parents will find Uncle Sam's K-12 Web to be an
invaluable and comprehensive guide to the wealth of educational material
available for free and online from the Federal government. As an additional
service to students, teachers and parents, Laurie Andriot also offers regularly
updated information and links on her own website: http://www.fedweb.com
Learning Process Skills
Stanley R. Riley
Academic Therapy Publications
20 Commercial Boulevard, Novato, CA 94949-6191
0-87879-946-X $15.00
Stanley Riley's Learning Process Skills is an excellent introduction and
overview of the learning process as it occurs in the human brain. Individual
chapters are devoted to Visual Processing (sequencing, memory, abstraction,
figure-ground discrimination, perceptual constancy discrimination, blending and
segmenting discrimination); Auditory Processing (sequencing, memory,
abstraction, discrimination); Verbal Processing (production, response);
Kinesthetic Processing (perception, coordination, learning, memory); Abstract
Processing (integration, non-verbal concepts, concentration); and Remediations
(remediation plans, summer). Learning Process Skills is enhanced for the
educator with appendices providing a useful bibliography, a list of
preliminary evaluation tests, and a list of verification tests. Highly
recommended.
The Occult Technology of Power
Loompanics Unlimited
PO Box 1197, Port Townsend, WA 98368
1-55950-009-3 $8.00 1-800-380-2230 http://www.loompanics.com
Not since Machiavelli's "The Prince" has there been such a uniquely revealing,
astonishingly candid, and deeply insightful instructional manual on conspiracy
and its use in controlling the lives, beliefs and behaviors of the general
population. The Occult Technology Of Power includes lectures on the role of
fraud in nature; occult (as in hidden or secret, not in the sense of magic or
the supernatural) knowledge as the key to power; the economics of central
banking; the function of the central bank in the mature finance capitalist
system; social and business legislation and policy; the role of public
education; prestigious associations and secret societies; as well as covert
operations and intelligence. The Occult Technology Of Power is enhanced for the
reader with an excellent bibliography for further reading and study.
Able Greenspan
Reviewer
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