Frank Lloyd Wright Interior Style & Design

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This legendary architect's vision wasn't limited to mere structures. Many of Frank Lloyd Wright's "organic" home furnishings have become bona fide classics, as well-known as the buildings for which he designed them. This stunningly illustrated survey of Wright's stylish interiors delivers an up-close look at his designs in furniture, fittings, ornamentation, lighting, art glass, fabric patterns, carpets, and even crockery. Informative text and fantastic color photography document the revolutionary methods, techniques, and materials with which the visionary 20th-century architect transformed the indoor spaces of domestic, public, and religious buildings

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12x12 now that's a big book.......2007-03-27

Ya gotta keep that size in mind when yer thinkin' about this book. There's about a picture per page virtually all in color. About 17 of those fill the page. And each one of those photos is pretty spectacular because of it and, of course, because they're of various shots of interiors of FLW's buildings. The book spends about 2 to 6 pages or so on 18 case studies of particular buildings. There's some nice pictures of vases and glass with most of the book focusing on various interior shots. About a quarter of the book is text. The information provided is interesting. I got to admit that I love a large FLW book with as many giant color photos as possible. In that regard I'm a little let down here as most of the photos are 1/2 to 2/3 page size. It's a nice book and the size itself really adds to the beauty of it given the subject. I paid around [..]for it on amazon.com and I think I'm happy with that. [...]

The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright

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"Must" reading for all Frank Lloyd Wright fans and students.

The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright
David A. Hanks
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

Decoration & Ornament | Interior Design | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Interiors

ASIN: 0486407306

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Determined to create a completely integrated environment, Wright designed not only buildings, but furnishings, fixtures, appliances, decorative items and more. Noted architectural and design authority David Hanks has provided an informative, insightful text, along with over 200 line drawings and photos. 219 black-and-white illus. 24 in full color. New preface by the author.

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"Must" reading for all Frank Lloyd Wright fans and students........2000-02-04

This presentation was the first to focus on Wright's decorative art, rather than his usual architectural achievements, and was originally published as a catalog to accompany a major exhibition. Over 200 drawings and photos provide a fine survey of Wright's decorative designs, while chapters discuss his work in various mediums. Recommended for collection which already have books on Wright's architectural works, but who seek a well-rounded portrait of the artist.

Decorative Designs Journal Insert Refill

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Decorative Designs Journal Insert Refill
Frank Lloyd Wright
Manufacturer: Pomegranate Communications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Stationery
ASIN: 076491703X

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Decorative Designs Notecards
Frank Lloyd Wright
Manufacturer: Pomegranate Communications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0764913956

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THE DECORATIVE DESIGNS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
David A. Hanks
Manufacturer: Studio Vista
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0289708591

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Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank L. Hanks
Manufacturer: Plume
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0525482520

The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright (Published on the Occasion of an exhibition by Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts)

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The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright (Published on the Occasion of an exhibition by Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts)

Manufacturer: Superintendent of Documents
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000EBTP56

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Excellent

Frank Lloyd Wright
David Hanks
Manufacturer: Studio
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

Decorative Arts | Design & Decorative Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

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Excellent.......2001-08-07

This tremendous book, brought to you by the nation's favourite pizzeria, shows a genius at work. What is evident in the work of Lloyd Wright, and what can certainly be seen in this magnificent retrospective, is his continual striving to incorporate innovation with consistency in order to create an architectural grammar which was, though eclectic, uniquely American. Take, for example the Larkin Building, in which the architect showed his willingness to experiment with new materials and technologies. Just as Lloyd Wright innovated with air-conditioning, plate-glass windows, integral desk furniture and suspended toilet bowls, so the Domino's Master Piemaker brings an almost symphonic unity to his work with multifaceted swathes of mushroom, cantilevered tranches of melting cheese and geometric designs hewn from pork. As David Hanks says in his helpful introduction "The romantic spirit that Wright brought to all his buildings is that same unabashed virtuosity that is brought boxed and piping hot to your door (thanks to their revolutionary new HeatWave packaging system) when you phone for a delicious Domino's pizza from any one of their 6200 franchised stores worldwide".

Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection

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Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection

Manufacturer: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HBIL1M

Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection, Second Edition

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Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection, Second Edition
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MTU4WI

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Filled with Beautiful Pictures. Wealth of Information.

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Collecting light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (Untitled 20)
James Alinder
Manufacturer: Friends of Photography
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0933286112

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Finally, a book that describes how homes for the aged, long-term care facilities, and seniors' centres can successfully compete in the philanthropic marketplace.

This fundraising primer explains how to:

Turn a one-time donor into an annual supporter for life.

Assess the capacity of potential major benefactors.

Create the optimum conditions for a capital campaign that will raise the most money, in the shortest time, and at the least cost.

Understand the dynamics of attracting a seven-figure gift.

make sure that the fundraising tail never wags the programmatic dog.

Turn an unexpected and unsolicited bequest into an opportunity to attract deferred gifts from other potential prospects.

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Don't Leave Home Without It!!

While You're Away

Easy + Fun = Super

The Business Traveling Parent: How to Stay Close to Your Kids When You're Far Away
Dan Verdick , and Scott Pollack
Manufacturer: Robins Lane Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Pregnancy & Childbirth | Women's Health | Personal Health | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 158904004X

Book Description

Secret code e-mails, treasure hunts and the traveling ABC's are just a few of the dozens of ways you can stay close and in touch with your kids when you are far away. "A great going-away present to tuck into any parent's suitcase."-Publishers Weekly

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Don't Leave Home Without It!!.......2001-02-21

This is a terrific book. The author gives some great ideas on things to do before you leave, when you are gone and when you get home again. The ideas are simple and fun for the kids. If you can't be at home as often as you'd like, then The Business Traveling Parent really offers some simple solutions to staying close to your kids. This is also a great gift for any busy executive, salesperson, or anyone who travels more than they would like to.

While You're Away.......2000-06-09

I really like the concept of parents staying in touch with kids when they have to travel. One idea from the book that I like is to take pictures to show or send to the child so they can see what it's like where you are. Better than postcards, and sweet, not necessarily a new idea, but a great reminder. Sending secret emails and faxes sounds fun too.Cooking together on the night you return and making something special from the place/country you've been is excellent. Such nice ideas, and not too much to handle for the traveler. These are lucky kids whose parents do these things with them ... and I bet they are the kind of parents who don't want to be away from their kids very often.

Easy + Fun = Super.......2000-06-09

I happened to meet the author at a conference in Chicago recently, and what a great guy! His humor and smarts combine to be a sure-fire interesting book writer. So, I read the book, and it ! is! filled with really easy, fun ideas, tips, and tricks for staying involved with your kids when you're away. Nobody is saying it takes the place of being at home with them, but sometimes you just have to travel, and this makes it fun for the kids to keep in touch, as well as giving great ideas for what to before and after. This book is really interesting, and so is the author, Dan. I really enjoyed the fresh ideas in this book. Thanks, Robins Lane Press!

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Ask a Southerner to name two things most important in Southern history and you are likely to get the same answer again and again; Robert E. Lee and Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.

Robert E. Lee and George Pickett had a lot in common. They shared a military education, a Virginia birthright, even a middle name. One was the epitome of the southern gentleman; the other led the most dramatic, tragic, and studied assault of the Civil War. Both graduated from West Point (one first, the other last in his class), both are remembered fondly by Southerners, but few realize that great animosity existed between these two icons of the Confederacy.

Lee is the demigod of the "Lost Cause" legend but is often blamed, and took responsibility for, the disaster of Pickett's Charge. Pickett was the only general officer that Lee ever removed from command during the war. He fled the country at war's end to avoid a war crimes trial for having hanged 22 Union soldiers in North Carolina. Years later he returned and often remarked of Lee, "That man had my division slaughtered at Gettysburg."

Dr. Richard Selcer, a Texas college professor, here explores the complicated and contentious relationship between these men and their images through history. This is a critical book for those who seek to truly understand the American Civil War and Southern culture as a whole.

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In this book, the compilers have brought together more than 1,800 references to literature relating to the Blackfoot. About one third of the citations are annotated, and an author index and a general index simplify the utilization of this valuable resource tool.

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i don't think i could even rate it that!.......1999-10-27

it hardly had any information, i could have wrote a better book myself!

Blackfoot language and culture: A selective bibliography of supplementary learning resources (early childhood services - grade 12)

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Blackfoot language and culture: A selective bibliography of supplementary learning resources (early childhood services - grade 12)

Manufacturer: Language Services, Alberta Education
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0773205012

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From an Ornithologist

More pretty fluff on hummingbirds

Gorgeous photos and fun, informative read!

Gorgeous photos, smart writing -- what's not to like?

Hummingbirds: Jewels on Air
Melanie Votaw
Manufacturer: Running Press Book Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
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The World of the Hummingbird

ASIN: 0762414944
Release Date: 2003-04-29

Book Description

Magical avian creatures that dart and hover, the 340 known species of hummingbirds are native only to the Americas, in habitats as diverse as tropical forests, deserts, and the cold mountaintops of the Andes. Enter the world of these tiny, beguiling creatures, and learn about their migration habits, aerodynamic capabilities, wing speed, and structure. Learn how to attract hummingbirds with plants and feeders and how to photograph them, with tips on equipment, flash and film speed.

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From an Ornithologist.......2005-11-22

I take issue with the prior review, as I am one of the ornithologists that the author consulted in the writing of this book. It should be noted that a coffee table book will not have the length to be extensive, nor will it be able to include every detail regarding its subject.

More pretty fluff on hummingbirds.......2005-09-26

From the abysmal accuracy level of many popular books on hummingbirds, it seems that book editors figure they don't need quality text by a knowledgeable author as long as they've got a bunch of spectacular photos to seduce people into buying the book. Unfortunately, "Hummingbirds: Jewels on Air" follows this disappointing pattern: Gorgeous to look at and even readable, but painfully short on substance. Neither the author's professed enthusiasm for the subject nor her previous writing experience seems to have prepared her for the challenge of writing a credible book on hummingbirds.

I'd love to see a list of resources the author used in her research, because I suspect that she just repeated inaccurate and outdated information from other popular books without bothering to correspond with bona fide hummingbird experts or consult scientific references for verification. There are too many examples to list, but here are a few:

* The author states, "You would have to eat 20,000 calories daily or 50 pounds of sugar to keep pace with just one hummingbird." Actually, in the case of a hypothetical 150-pound person eating like a Ruby-throated-sized hummingbird, it's more like 130,000 calories or 70 pounds of sugar.

* The author repeats the myth that bats have poor eyesight, when in fact the bats to which she's referring are nectar-feeding specialists with large, sensitive eyes that help them locate their flowers. A later statement about bats feeding at hummingbird feeders suggests that the author is unaware that not all bats feed on nectar and that in the U.S. those that do are found only along the Mexican border.

* The statement that bats and insects cannot feed from long tubular flowers is incorrect. Many bat-pollinated flowers are tubular, including some tropical species of Datura or angel's trumpets, and nectar-drinking bats have extremely long tongues that allow them to reach the sweet stuff inside. Hawk moths also have very long tongues for feeding from tubular flowers (remember the one in "Silence of the Lambs"?).

* Likewise the claim that insects can't hover to feed on flowers; this will come as a huge surprise to the bee flies and hawk moths, which feed at flowers like hummingbirds do (and have probably been doing so for millions of years longer). The book later contradicts itself with a reference to the hummingbird-like flight of "hummingbird moths," a name applied to several smallish species of hawk moths, also claiming that these moths are larger than some hummingbirds (some hawk moths are larger than some hummingbirds, but not the ones that are commonly confused with hummingbirds).

* The statement late in Part One that hummingbirds "are the smallest birds in the world, equivalent in size to a human thumb and weighing no more than a penny" leaves the reader with the mistaken impression that all hummingbirds are that small and contradicts a size comparison between the smallest and largest species that appeared 11 pages earlier.

I gave this book two stars because it's not the worst book on hummingbirds ("Hummingbirds of North America" by Dan True is the top contender for that title, IMO), but it's still a long way from the best book on the subject. I was tempted to give it a third star just for the photos, but that wouldn't be fair since the author didn't do her own photography and photographers don't receive royalties on books like this.

Since "Hummingbirds: Beauty in Flight," with text by Arizona hummingbird researcher Karen Krebbs, is apparently out of print, "The World of the Hummingbird" by Robert Burton might be the best alternative for a general-interest book on hummingbirds. Burton's British and so can't claim anything close to Krebbs's in-depth familiarity with hummingbirds, but he's a well-known naturalist with several other bird books to his credit.

Gorgeous photos and fun, informative read!.......2003-06-25

This is a great introduction to hummingbirds. The text is delightful for all ages, and the photographs are stunning. These creatures are amazing, and I was surprised by so many things about them. I was also surprised that I didn't lose interest reading about them. From a birdwatching relative, I understand that the book has a lot of useful information for the novice as well as the veteran, and I've also been told that some of the species pictured are very rare to see in a book. I had no idea that hummingbirds come in so many different varieties with head crests and odd tails, not to mention their fascinating feeding, nesting and migrating habits. We all know they can fly like no other bird, but they sleep in an almost dead state? Truly amazing! My kids and I have really enjoyed having this book, and I have to say that my birdwatching relative prefers it to most other comparable hummingbird books on the market.

Gorgeous photos, smart writing -- what's not to like?.......2003-06-16

This is a wonderful coffee-table book! I've read it twice and still find myself picking it up at odd moments, paging through it, lost in the beautiful pictures. I can't qualify as an expert on birds, or even a more-than-casual bird watcher, but even so, I used to spend hours of my vacations in New Mexico on my relative's deck, mesmerized by "hummers." This book has reawakened my fascination with them! The spritely writing compresses a vast amount of potentially soporific information into a lively account of hummingbirds' peculiar aerodynamics and physiology, of habitat and appetite, of "livin, lovin and fightin." (Did you know hummingbird intimacies last from 2-5 seconds? That should make all of us feel better. But since they live only 3-5 years, and have to eat every ten minutes, it doesn't.) It also includes a section on the care and set-up of your own hummingbird feeder, and the hummingbird in myth and folklore. Oddly enough, this book didn't come to me through a love of hummingbirds but of poetry -- I'd read the author in a back issue of a poetry journal, looked her up in a bookstore, and found this. No wonder the prose is so enjoyable! But it is the photos that keep me coming back -- in life you tend to get a glimpse of hummers in your peripheral vision. This book brings them to a full stop, in glowing color.

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