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Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations.
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Beginner's Guide to Victorian Restoration.......2007-04-04
Restore your old Victorian era home to what it could have been like when it was first built.
Need Univeral HInts that are centuries old. .......2007-03-22
Purchased the book because of its influence of this author on William Morris and the later Arts and Craft Movement. The author spoke as an architect who emphasized purchasing well crafted items and goods for the home, and design the entire home with one simple theme throughout the entry hall to the bedrooms. It had an influence on the Arts and Craft designers who started to incorporate textiles, pottery, furniture, and metal works for all of the customer's needs.
Beyond the historic references, the book was revealing to the modern designer and family seeking household purchases. All of us inherit lousy furniture and then buy one item at a time, and wonder why the house does not fit together. The author clearly states that we must know and seek out specific items that fit and go together to create a livable
A Helpful Overview.......2007-01-04
We'd bought an Eastlake Victorian which had been restored inside and out. As we desired to furnish appropriate to period (1890), this book was a fine beginner's/general guide to style lines, detail, and what to avoid. Also helpful in choosing furniture pieces, draperies, and objets d'art. No color pictures except the cover, so one might want to purchase another similar book with pictures of restored rooms in similar homes for color guidance, trims, room set-up, etc.
Well-Written but Few Illustrations.......2006-07-26
Well-written and informative, but did not fill the need I had. I was looking for something with illustrations and the few line drawings included did not help. Still, I rate it four stars, because it was well-written.
Authentic Victorian Decorating as easy as 1-2-3.......2000-07-25
Moving from a country primitive home to a 1890's Victorian home that needed restoration in every single room, this book was my bible! Charles Eastlake (credited with wonderful Eastlake style)explains how, why and where to do every room from the screens to the windows to the walls to the floors. His simple diagrams and easy to read explanations made restoring much easier. With still a few rooms to finish, the book never leaves my bedside table (which, of course, is Eastlake style!)
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Steffi Roettgen's first volume, Italian Frescoes: The Early Renaissance, 1400-1470, was called "by far the finest book on the subject" by Everett Fahy, chairman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. If this second volume, focusing on the Renaissance from 1470 to 1510, is even more beautiful, it is because the artists represented here--including Boticelli, Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi, Perugino, and Fra Angelico--represent, as the subtitle puts it, "the flowering of the Renaissance." The 470-page book, which documents fresco cycles by more than a score of artists in 16 different locations, is organized by place, with each chapel, sacristy, or cloister treated separately, in its own chapter. The mostly uncaptioned color plates fill the large pages in a carefully organized sequence, according to maps of the buildings (or ceilings or walls) that are shaded to show each cycle of paintings as it is pictured. Roettgen's text, translated by the excellent Russell Stockman, is masterly--clear and authoritative, descriptive and interpretive--but the success of Roettgen's great undertaking also depends largely on the photographs by Antonio Quattrone, primarily, and Fabio Lensini. Quattrone in some cases has captured the frescoes' balance, color, and realism--and their lovely details--with the kind of clarity that no one has brought to them before. His lighting is shadowless, his camera centered and still. These remarkable photographs give the reader a privileged view instead of the dim, squinting one we normally have, from below. It's almost like being on the scaffold with the artists themselves. --Peggy Moorman
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Extraordinary!.......2004-01-19
If you've ever stood in Florence's Santa Maria Novella,looked up at the walls to either side of the altar, and wanted to know more...this book and it's companion volume are exactly what you would wish for. These books are beyond description, both for the quality of their photography and the background and interpretation of the fresco cycles they present. As another reviewer said, please - produce a few more of these beautiful books covering other Italian fresco work!
THE ABSOLUTE BEST EVER.......2002-01-08
These books deserve a 1000 rating, never have these frescoes been covered this well by anyone. The people who have seen these books would agree they are beyond superb. I have seen some of these frescoes and you cant even get behind the altars to get a dead head on shot and most churches wont let you use a flash for photography.
Even if you could use a flash you would never get the brightness of diffuse illumination these books have captured so well, crisp but all the subtle color blends are captured.
These books allow you to see some details you would not see standing in the churches unless you had binoculars,even then the angle would cause distortion.
The color accuracy is great, it is too bad it is not cost effective to print on a satin surface paper as this would provided some of the glow effect real frescoes have, the sheen surface is unique to fresco alone and hard to reproduce.
Credit not only goes to the author and photgrapher but to Abbeville press for stepping up to the plate, this would have been a publishing risk,and for Abbeville to back such a venture with such outstanding quality puts them at the top of the stack in the world of Art book publishing.
These periods of art will never be re-captured, nor will patrons or artists ever tackle projects of the scope found here. This art represents one of the outstanding moments in human evolution. The treatment of fresco at this level is long overdue as most art books cover oil painting, drawing, pastel, printmaking, and sculpture.
I should also mention the great job they did in selecting artists, with all due respect to the "BIG M" , (Mr.Michaelangelo, the vaticans most abused poster boy ),it is great that other outstanding artists from this period finally are allowed to get out of The Big M's shadow in the publishing world. (For every one book about Fillipino Lippi, there are 50 about Marble Mikey, I love the guy,...TOP CHISEL...TOP BRUSH but his fame has left a lot of other good artists ignored by publishers when it comes to fresco,Raphael gets covered a lot, but never the Hall of Constantine, like Romano did a hack job...)
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE FRESCOES AND THESE BOOKS, PLEASE WRITE TO ABBEVILLE PUBLISHING AND DR. STEFFI ROTTGEN AND SUGGEST THEY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY, MID, AND LATE BAROQUE AND EARLY NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE FRESOES IN ITALY. MANY OF THESE PALACES ARE NOW CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC SO THE WONDERFUL FRESCOES WILL NEVER BE SEEN, THE ONLY HOPE WOULD BE THAT ABBEVILLE OR SOMEONE LIKE THEM WOULD TAKE UP THE CAUSE.
We need
1) Pitti Palace -Pietro Da Cortona rooms and The Hercules room
NO PHOTO TAKING IS ALLOWED
2) The Altieri Palace - Carlo Maratti,and freinds
3) Barberini Palace - Pietro Da Cortona (Details)
4) The Borghese Palace
5) The Pamphilli Palace and Dore
6) Maybe Luca Girodano at Medici in Florence
7) Farnese Palace
8) Some Conca, Chiari, etc.
there are a whole truckload of fresco's from Baroque Rome
9) some --- Venice, Balogna, and Naples(Tiepolo, Veronese, and Tintoretto are covered in a lot of other books).
These books are well worth the price, keep them coming Steffi!!!
Best art photography I've ever seen!.......1998-05-02
This book (and it's predecessor -"The Early Renaissance")provides a comprehensive and easily approachable - not to mention magisterial - review of the art of fresco painting. The text is authoritative and should satisfy both expert and neophyte alike - but the glory of the book is the colour photographs by Antonio Quattrone. I've been collecting art books for nearly 50 years and have never seen colour photographs to match his magnificent work.For those who are unable to see these frescoes in situ, their beauty - and brilliant colour - will come as a revelation.
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Photographer, makeup artist, interior and set designer, and creator of extraordinary objects, Serge Lutens is an image-maker of genius. His first book--published in 1992 and printed in 16 colors--was an event in the publishing world. With his second book, Lutens returns to reconfirm his art, which brings together pure aesthetics and a quest for perfection.
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EXPRESSION OF BEAUTY.......2001-04-06
FOR SEVERAL YEARS I'VE ADMIRED SERGE LUTENS WORK FEATURED IN MANY FASHION MAGAZINES. I COULDN'T PASS UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY OWN ONE OF HIS BOOKS. AND OF COURSE, I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH ITS CONTENTS: A COLLECTION OF PICTURES DISPLAYING AN ARTISTS' REMARKABLE INTERPRATATION OF FEMALE BEAUTY. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW HE MANIPULATES FEMININE BEAUTY TO IT'S FULL POTENTIAL WITH HIS USE OF PLAYFULLY SOPHISTICATED & AT TIMES EXOTIC MAKEUP & COSTUMES. WHAT ARTISTRY!.
EXPRESSION OF BEAUTY.......2001-04-06
FOR SEVERAL YEARS I'VE ADMIRED SERGE LUTENS' WORK FEATURED IN MANY FASHION MAGAZINES. I COULDN'T PASS UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY OWN ONE OF HIS BOOKS. AND OF COURSE, I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH ITS CONTENTS: A COLLECTION OF PICTURES DISPLAYING AN ARTISTS' REMARKABLE INTERPRATATION OF FEMALE BEAUTY. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW HE MANIPULATES FEMININE BEAUTY TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL WITH HIS USE OF PLAYFULLY SOPHISTICATED & AT TIMES EXOTIC MAKEUP & COSTUMES. A BEAUTY THAT JUSTIFIES LIFE.
The STUNNING and MAGNIFICENT Serge Lutens's world.......2000-01-07
I have no word to describe the beauty of these pages. Serge Lutens is one of the most talentuous image-makers of these last years. You might have already seen a few of his photographs for Shiseido ads : in this book, you have a fascinating survey of his work and art. The beauty of the colours, of the make-up, of the objects and clothes... It's a perpetual joy for the eyes ! Lutens's work is completely original, far from traditional simple advertising pictures. Discover a world of magic, of fantasy, of beautiful (almost unreal) women... and you'll fall in love with Serge Lutens's visions too !
stunning.......1999-10-24
this is really a wonderful book.the expression on the faces, almost a real fantasy.
Magnificent photo collection of fantasy makeup.......1998-11-27
This is a splendid appearing photo chronicle of Lutens' images from 1973 until present. His images are most commonly seen as the stylized Shiseido advertisements. He describes it in the introduction as: "The imaginary where finery and rupture distill. Characters of precise contour, black essences, calligraphy of bodies..." This is an "art" book and not a how to book such as Kevyn Aucoin's "Making Faces". Visual observers, photographers and artists may delight. Those interested in the cosmetic techniques and products applied rather than the overall result may be disappointed. Overall a beautifully printed work of art that would make a memorable gift.
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L'Esprit Serge Lutens: The Spirit of Beauty
Serge Lutens
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WHAT EXQUISITE BEAUTY!.......2003-03-06
THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT OVERSIZED BOOK DEPICTING THE WORK OF "A GREAT MASTER OF BEAUTY"--SERGE LUTENS. LIKE HIS SECOND BOOK TITLED "SERGE LUTENS"(1998), HIS FIRST BOOK IS A CARESS TO THE EYES EXPOSING THE VIEWER TO THE MOST EXQUISITE INTERPRETATIONS OF FEMALE BEAUTY. SERGE LUTENS HAS THE VISION & ABILITY OF A GENIUS WHEN IT COMES TO PORTRAYING SUCH BEAUTY. IT IS A MUST FOR FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS & STUDENTS. I'M HOPING THERE'LL BE MORE BOOKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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It Doesn't Take Much to Attract a Crowd (Peanuts Collector Series, No 5)
Charles M. Schulz
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Big Brother, Newspeak, Room 101, Doublethink. Few writers can boast the brilliant legacy of George Orwell, both in his numerous additions to the English language and in his profound influence on world literature. This book attempts to bring to life the man behind the words. It explores the influence of his childhood and Eton education, his experience as a policeman in Burma, his deliberate plunge into poverty and his experiences in the Spanish Civil War in the creation of the consciousness of the man who produced Animal Farm and 1984. The book includes new material on Orwell's complex and sometimes reckless sex life, new evidence of his being hunted and spied on in Spain, his paranoia about possible assassination, the strange circumstances of his first marriage and his deathbed wedding to a woman fifteen years his junior. This new material enables this biographer to cast new light on Orwell, the inner man, as well as on Orwell, the great author.
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An Inside view of the GREAT author.......2006-03-16
The title is indeed descriptive as the author probes the inner workings of the great author - Eric Blair (aka George Orwell). Bowker exposes the dualism of Blair/Orwell to describe many of the man's layers.
Blair, in his twenties, was a policeman for the empire in Burma. He came to loathe the job and what he did. Just what he did can only be conjectured - but one can imagine the power of a colonial authority in Burma in the early 1900's. In later years George Orwell would write about power in a far more pervasive atmosphere - notably in his two great twentieth century works - "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
While it is true, as Bowker says that his two major works were miss-interpreted, they are so substantial and multi-faceted in scope that they can be given many different interpretations. In their beauty, power and longevity they are multi-faceted. I feel that Bowker left out one for "Nineteen Eighty-Four" which is the cult of mediocrity (as seen through the proles). We certainly have been experiencing this for many years on TV, newspapers and magazines which constantly aim for the lowest common denominator.
Also, while Bowker explores Orwell's relationship to several British authors (Maugham, Wells), he has skipped over the American side. What about Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tools" which is the most popular book on the Spanish Civil War. As Bowker points out it was Orwell's participation with the Republicans in Spain that led almost directly to "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Also what of Sinclair Lewis whose social satire books were extremely popular during Orwell's era?
Nevertheless he does paint a portrait of an extremely troubled man - his many affairs, his constant health problems. His dualism to experience poverty with people who were barely literate I found perplexing and as Bowker says anthropological. His accent would immediately set him apart and made him ill-suited to assimilate with homeless people - even though it led to his `poverty books'.
Also Orwell could miss-read events - he sided with Chamberlain on the Munich appeasement. During the onset of war (the London Blitz) he predicted a forthcoming revolution to a classless society.
Bowker's description of Orwell's essay on Dali's paintings is illuminating. Was Orwell seeing something of his inner self in the surreal and underworld Dali paintings - perhaps getting an all to close glimpse of himself in Burma, his philandering and sexual mis-treatment of women (Orwell was not one to shy away from direct sexual approaches to woman).
Orwell died at age 46 - what other major works were hidden within him?
REVIEW OF GORDON BOWKER'S INSIDE GEORGE ORWELL BY JOHN CHUCKMAN.......2005-06-22
This book is the best of the newer Orwell biographies, but it still falls short in some respects. Bowker does a far better job than D. J. Taylor at creating a sense of continuity and purpose in Orwell's life. Bowker is a good writer, occasionally showing bits of inspired analysis, but still there are passages of utility-grade stuff.
The two biographies, Bowker and Taylor, published in the same year, offer readers an opportunity to compare two quite different treatments of the same life, treatments that both use previously unknown materials. Taylor's treatment is more episodic and seems to lose no opportunity to highlight something dark, unflattering, or unpleasant about Orwell.
Bowker gets at Orwell's quintessential Englishness. I was happy he used exactly that word, Englishness, which I think is an important and appealing aspect of Orwell. It is a word I've always associated with Orwell much as I do with figures such as Dickens or Graham Greene. This is a quality virtually ignored by Taylor, unless you accept his references to old-boy school snobbery as a rough substitute, references I believe are clear distortions.
Bowker is sympathetic to his subject without ever being servile or sentimental, a position which is right for a biographer. While Taylor makes some effort to convince us of his old admiration for his subject, his words ring false. Taylor displays strong antipathy towards his subject, releasing it slowly through the book, and to my mind this is never the correct position for a biographer. Moreover, the clash between Taylor's claims of admiration and his clear antipathy introduces a howling note of falseness that warns of the author's intent.
Bowker does an excellent job of summarizing the saga of Orwell's widow (his second wife) Sonia and his literary legacy - a tale in which the new Cold War becomes an important element - an interesting topic with which Taylor doesn't do much. Bowker also does a nice job of explaining why a biographer would write about Orwell despite the author's well-known wish that he wanted no biography.
The portion of new material in either book dealing with Orwell's sex life does not shed a pleasant light on part of his character. I couldn't help thinking of passages in Benita Eisler's Byron dealing with the poet's grotesque servant-boy swapping and Mediterranean tours to buy boys in various countries - activities that would put him in prison today - passages that frankly left me feeling as though I needed fresh air. No, Orwell wasn't as twisted as Byron, but he was double-dealing in his sexual affairs and apparently sometimes found the charms of young girls selling themselves in exotic lands an irresistible purchase.
I very much agree with Arthur Koestler's observation, quoted in Bowker, "I don't think George ever knew what makes other people tick, because what made him tick was very different from what most other people tick." Orwell was in many ways what contemporary speech might describe as "out of it." He was, if you will, an authentic English eccentric. This may help explain why Orwell was such a powerful critic and observer while remaining a second-tier novelist.
In a way, something like this may be said of many incisive critics and great artists. The divine Mozart with his scatological letters and often buffoonish behavior. Beethoven's constant moving to new apartments, thunderous emotional storms, and self-destructive attachment to a worthless nephew. The ticks and quirks of the magnificent Samuel Johnson. Dicken's unbelievably obsessive, compulsive behavior.
At the more extreme end of the scale, we have Rousseau's bizarre temperament, always ready to attack friends and admirers. The strange Herman Melville who may just have murdered his wife. Marcel Proust's sadistic penchant for sticking pins into live mice.
Sometimes I think it is better just to enjoy the work of genius rather than digging too deeply into the lives of its creators. For this reason I am almost fearful of reading Norman Sherry's third volume on Graham Greene (reported to focus heavily on the unsavory aspects of Greene's life), one of my favorite twentieth-century writers and critics. But then again, we want to understand, and we find it almost irresistible to read about the lives of artists we have come to love. And whatever unpleasant we may learn, it remains the greatness of their work that drew us to them.
Orwell wrote some of the twentieth century's best essays and occasional pieces, and, in 1984, not long before his death, he displayed a kind of penetrating political insight rarely seen before or since. Since great writing is so often the work of mature people, we undoubtedly missed a great deal when he died at 46.
An Absorbing Read.......2003-09-28
I studied George Orwell years back in College and wish I had had this book to read then. It's the best I've read so far, not only well and clearly written and firmly-based in research (including some fascinating new discoveries), but also a real page-turner. I hadn't realized how adventurous Orwell's life was (not only as a man but also as a man of ideas) and how closely his writing followed his experiences. This book is very convincing in exploring Orwell's state of mind - as a down-and-out in London and Paris, as a fighter in Spain, living through the Second World War in England, and writing '1984' at the start of the Cold War. It also very good in showing just how his last two books were misunderstood in the US. I took this book to read on a plane trip and found myself absorbed in it completely till we landed.
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Terminator: The Authorised Julian Dicks Story
Kirk Blows
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Stupid Book.......2003-10-29
Do NOT get Elizabeth Bing's book about losing weight after pregnancy... it was a waste of time and money.
Most of this is common sense... the rest is just plain useless.
Get Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell -After Pregnancy by Waterhouse instead.
New mothers should make time for this book.......2000-05-09
Books like these often get shoved aside in the upheaval that overtakes a woman after the birth of a baby. The night table is cluttered with diapers, wipes, burp rags, nursing pads and baby care manuals. Who has time to waste reading? Especially about a depressing subject like losing all that baby weight?
For this book, you should make time. It gives one of the most clear and concise descriptions of just how pregnant women gain weight, and the physiological steps required to lose it. There's no manic Jane Fonda exhorting you to pull in those flabby abs, just a sensible diet, exercise guidelines and survival tips from childbirth preparation expert Bing.
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Life and politics in the Special Air Service.......2003-08-20
Cameron Spence served with the SAS during the gulf war, this is his story. As one of many new authors recounting there experiences in the British Armys elite forces Spence has gone out of his way to give us 'Civvies' a taste of life in the SAS.
Spence has a story to tell but he goes beyond that, he gives us an insight into the politics and dark humour that make the SAS so fascinating. As well as describing the engagements they encountered while in Iraq, Spence also describes the effect these events had on himself and the rest of the unit. The main 'action' part of the book happens just past the mid way point, but the story continues with minor engagements, enough to keep any action junky reading till the end.
This book isn't just about the SAS being the greatest force in the world, its about the people within this elite unit, the way they deal with the pressure they are under (often through humour and pulling pranks on each other) and how different there role is to the regular army divisions.
I gave this book 4 stars because it lacks a little in the action department and talks a little to much for my liking to make it a 5 star. But its a fantastic book regardless.
In to the mind of the SAS.......2000-07-11
Sabre Squadron, the first book by Cameron Spence, is a thorughly enjoyable and grittly realistic view of the SAS operations as part of 'Desert Storm'. It gets right down to the nity grity of what was going through the authors mind during battle, during night time reconasance missions and during the periods of "Down Time" when there is nothing else better to do than contemplate life and home. Spences style is that of continous flow for lack of a better word for it. It keeps you constantly interested through out and is very detailed without you even knowing it. This is a clasic example of the role of the Special Air Service and any fan or enthusiast would be mad not to get it.
sabre squadron.......2000-06-08
This book is brilliant. I hold tremendous respect for these guys. Spence's writing is so good that you feel that you were actually there. I have read this book a couple of times and still can't put it down. Along with Andy McNab this is the best book writen about the gulf war. Again it shows that although the British force are small compared to the US. We are the best and this book proves it.
disappointed........2000-05-19
Having previously read two extraordinary - in my opinion - accounts of SAS operations, I found this book to be a disappointment and not nearly as enjoyable a read.
As interesting as the mission may have been to those involved, it seemed as though the author devoted far too much paper to describe in detail events that were, to be frank, quite boring and inconsequential. It also didn't help that what appeared to be the climax of the book occurred only half-way through, and left the last half of the book to simply fade off.
For first-time readers of this type of book, you may find it very interesting. I have already read two such books, and found this to be a rather dull in comparison.
Epic story.......2000-04-05
Gulf War. People think airplanes, cruise missiles, tanks and Saddam Hussein when they hear those two words. The British SAS were there before the land war began. They were in Iraq, Scud busting.
This book describes the horrors of war, both physically and mentally. It is action packed with very close calls and the battle at Victor Two.
I couldn't put this book down. It gets you involved and the descriptions are very realistic, you won't have trouble picturing the events, terrain and the people in your mind.
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Sabre Squadron
Simon Raven
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Release Date: 1989-01-13 |
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Part of a series of witty, sparking, comedy and suspense filled series set in post WWII England; each of the books can stand-alone. A young Cambridge academic begins to research his professor's old papers and involves the soldiers of the Sabre Squadron in a dangerous and suspenseful adventure.
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Adrian Samuel Sharps was born, literally, to a military life. His grandfather, Augustius, served as a Sargeant Major in the "Buffalo Soldier" campaigns against Indians in the Southwest. His father, Adrian, fought in Cuba in 1898 and in the trenches of the Western Front in France during the First World War.
The Sharps family, respected Arizona ranchers, have high hopes for young Samuel--a college education, taking over the Sabre Ranch, and raising a family there. But America's wars have haunted the family for seventy years, claiming some of its members, and Samuel, too, hears the call.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Samuel takes down the battled sabre his father and grandfather carried into war and makes his way to Tuskegee, Alabama, where, for the first time in history, black men are being trained as combat pilots.
Samuel Sharps bears many burdens, not only the bigotry that dogs the steps of all "colored" people in the South and in the army, but also his family's illustrious history, symbolized by the sabre he carries.
In Wings of Honor, Tom Willard tells the story, both poignant and exciting, of this third-generation fighting man and the obstacles he overcomes to become a member of the all-Negro 99th Pursuit Squadron--the "Red-Tail Angels"--flying P-40 Warhawks and P-51 Mustangs over North Africa, Sicily, and France in the Second World War.
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"OUTSTANDING STORY, JUST OUSTANDING.......1999-10-31
I read the first book, "BUFFALO SOLIDER" by TOM Willard. It is a shame this author does not get better credit for his work. The book stores fail to given him top billing. I guess this book is NOT YET ready for main stream AMERICA. I suggest people take a chance at reading this book. You will not regret it. All of them are great.The Best reading of fiction on this subject in a long time. MR. Willard if you read these reviews, I suggest you get these books into film. People, These Books Are Good. " DON'T PASS THIS ONE BY IN YOUR BOOKSTORES"
One man's story of becoming a Tuskeegee Airman.......1999-03-10
The Black Sabre Chronicles follows the lives of four generations of a military African-American family. Wings of Honor, third in the chronicle, is the story of Samuel Sharpe, grandson of one of the original Buffalo Soldiers, and soon to be a Tuskegee Airman. When World War II breaks out, Samuel Sharpe knows he has to fight for his country. His grandfather and father did it, and he wasn't about to break tradition. Little did he realize the actual horrors that war would bring. After being accepted at Tuskegee and receiving his wings, Samuel experiences the very real horror of war. His squadron is sent to North Africa and Europe to escort the bombers during their raids over Europe. During one of these escorts, Samuel's plane is shot down. Finding himself behind the enemy lines, Samuel puts his Arizona tracking and sharpshooting skills to good use and carries on the proud name of Sharpe in the military.
Tom Willard has done an outstanding job of presenting the story of the Tuskegee Airmen in a fictitious setting. He keeps the historical facts straight while keeping the reader totally absorbed in the thrilling story of Samuel Sharpe. For all those young adults who think history is dry and dull, I heartily recommend Black Sabre Chronicles for a history lesson at its finest.
Great.......1999-01-21
The Sharps family saga continues with Sgt Major's grandson who goes to fight the Germans despite the fact it's his fellow countrymen are a greater threat to him
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Western Supremacy: The Triumph of an Idea
Sophie Bessis
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Sophie Bessis book gives a thorough history of colonial and developmentalist thought. Bessis tells the story of the West's relationship with those parts of the rest of the world it came to dominate. Bessis follows this trajectory, from the conquest of the Americas, through the slave trade and the scramble for Africa, the White Man's burden, Manifest Destiny and the growth of "scientific" racism, on to decolonization, the ideology of development, and structural adjustment.
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This digital document is an article from The Australian Journal of Politics and History, published by University of Queensland Press on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 978 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.
Citation Details
Title: Western Supremacy: Triumph of an Idea?(Book Review)
Author: Martin Stuart-Fox
Publication:
The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 50
Issue: 1
Page: 149(2)
Article Type: Book Review
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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Parent/child workbook on understanding sexuality and Christian purity
Customer Reviews:
Pure and Practical Parental Process.......2005-09-14
Part of my mission as the State Director for the American Family Association of Colorado is to educate and motivate people in the realm of morality and sexual purity. Therefore, when I came across Jeff & Pam Koehlinger's book "Protecting His Workmanship," I was very moved and impressed with the content and quality of their workbook. This manual is educational, understandable, practical and bibical. While the material is Christian-based, the process is not preachy, simplistic or condescending but flows in a parent-child interactive fashion. I highly recommend this book for parents ready to set sail in the uncertain and ofen turbulent waters of how to teach sexuality and purity to their children. I wish that this comprehensive manual would have been available when I was teaching my two children about sex, their feelings and behavior, and maintaining a moral standard.
This Book Will Change Lives.......2004-12-15
I have been very impressed with this book. My husband and I are planning on using it when we have children who are ready to talk about sexuality. This book thoroughly covers sexuality using biblical principles. Going through this book as a couple with your child would strengthen not only your parent/child relationship but also your marriage. The book is wonderfully practical. It doesn't just relay truth about sex, it also helps the reader brainstorm and think about how they can apply these principles to their life. I also appreciated how the authors distinguished between hard and fast biblical principles (saving sex for a marriage relationship) and personal convictions (teen dating...). I believe this helps the book appeal to believers from all sorts of denominations and backgrounds. Basically, I recommend the book to anyone who wants to teach their child about sexuality from a biblical perspective.
This is exactly what I've been looking for.......2004-12-08
When our kids were younger my wife and I searched and search for a biblically based resource on how to discuss sexual purity with our teens but came up empty handed. We had to improvise and do what we could on our own with our 3 teens. Was it firmly grounded in biblical truth? No. Was it as interactive as we'd have liked it to be? No. Did it involve both my wife and I for all the kids? No. Was it a positive, life altering experience for my kids? I doubt it. So it was definitely far from perfect but it was the best we could do at the time. Now that our kids are all young adults and in college we continue to pray for their sexual purity and continue to seek resources to assist them. When we heard about this book we were so excited to get our hands on a copy. And when we got it and read through it we were incredibly pumped. This was it! It was exactly the resource we'd been looking for all those years. Even though our kids are now young adults we plan on giving them each a copy as a powerful addendum to what we've already taught them and a key reference to help guide them as they move forward with their lives. We hope that one day they too will utilize this wonderful book with their own kids(our grand children). What a incredible tool this book is for parents!
Protecting His Workmanship is a Blessing to Parents!.......2004-11-06
I have recently purchased four copies of Protecting His Workmanship. Two of the books are for our family and two will be given as gifts. Four copies may not be enough as I realize how many other people can benefit from this book! I've read through the workbook in its entirety and find it to be an excellent tool for educating our children in the area of sexual purity and God's plan for them in regards to sexual intimacy with a future mate. My husband and I plan to go through the workbook with our eldest daughter when she turns 13. We anticipate this study to help us as parents become more comfortable with the topic of sexuality as it relates to our child. We pray that one of the results of this study will be that our daughter knows she can come to either of us with any questions she has in this regard. We, along with many other parents, also desire to protect the workmanship that God has entrusted to us and this book will make that enormous job easier to accomplish. We are very thankful to Jeff and Pam Koehlinger for sharing with other parents and children what began as a personal work for their own family!
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