Living Color: Master Lin Yuns Guide to Feng Shui and the Art of Color
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent!
  • Too many lists
  • helpful only to the intutive
  • Terrific Guide
  • NEW & AUTHENTIC
Living Color: Master Lin Yuns Guide to Feng Shui and the Art of Color
Sarah Rossbach , and Lin Yun
Manufacturer: Kodansha America
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Using ColorUsing Color | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
Interior DesignInterior Design | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books | Decorating | Decoration & Ornament | Floors | General | Lighting | Painting & Wallpapering | Professional Reference | Style | Upholstery & Fabrics | Windows
GeneralGeneral | Philosophy | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
Psychology & CounselingPsychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books | Adolescent Psychology | Applied Psychology | By Topic | Child Psychology | Clinical Psychology | Cognitive | Counseling | Creativity & Genius | Developmental Psychology | Education & Training | Ethnopsychology | Experimental Psychology | Forensic Psychology | General | History | Hypnosis | Industrial Psychology | Logotherapy | Medicine & Psychology | Mental Illness | Movements | Neuropsychology | Occupational & Organizational | Pathologies | Personality | Philosophy of Psychology | Physical Illness & Psychiatry | Physiological Aspects | Psychiatry | Psychoanalysis | Psychobiology | Psychopharmacology | Psychosomatic Medicine | Psychotherapy, TA & NLP | Reference | Research | Sexuality | Social Psychology & Interactions | Statistics | Suicide | Testing & Measurement
Feng ShuiFeng Shui | Stress | Personal Health | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ParapsychologyParapsychology | Occult | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:
  1. Interior Design with Feng Shui: New and Expanded Interior Design with Feng Shui: New and Expanded
  2. Feng Shui and Health: The Anatomy of a Home: Using Feng  Shui to Disarm Illness, Accelerate Recovery, and Create Optimal Health Feng Shui and Health: The Anatomy of a Home: Using Feng Shui to Disarm Illness, Accelerate Recovery, and Create Optimal Health
  3. Feng Shui: Harmony by Design Feng Shui: Harmony by Design
  4. Feng Shui for Dummies Feng Shui for Dummies
  5. The Modern Book of Feng Shui: Vitality and Harmony for the Home and Office The Modern Book of Feng Shui: Vitality and Harmony for the Home and Office

ASIN: 1568360142

Book Description

Colors are key to the Chinese art of feng shui ("Fung Shway"), a system of placement whose simplicity and ecological good sense have struck such a chord recently in the West. Now Lin Yun and Sarah Rossbach, well known for their introduction to the West of feng shui, have written a fully
illustrated guide to color application in all areas of life: home, garden, clothes, food, environment, health, and fortune-telling. In LIVING COLOR readers will find not only answers to the most common color questions-what color to pick for the new sofa? What color to wear on a job interview or to
clinch an important deal? What colors for romance?-but also rules for a balanced and harmonious life based upon no less an authority than Tao-the way of all living things.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2005-08-23

I purchased this book years ago and found it extremely interesting and informative, not to mention, easy to use. After having lost my copy, I decided to buy it again and am very glad I decided to do so. This book is a classic in the world of Feng Shui, and Master Lin Yun is a very wise and intelligent man. I highly recommend this book.

3 out of 5 stars Too many lists.......2003-11-30

If this is your favorite book, I apologize for not giving it a well deserved 5 stars. I am writing for those who might share my perspective, and do not want to diminish the perfection of this book for many people.

This is only the third book on Feng Shui that I've read. My immediate interest was sparked by reading 'Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui' by Karen Kingston. Wanting to learn more and using my engineering research skills, I combed the reviews here and picked 'Living Color'. My color IQ is nil and I hoped the book might offer some assistance.

Unfortunately, I was too dense to make much of the insights offered. The various matrices of color vs. room or color vs. business or color foreground vs. color background went over my head. I'm already a habitual list/matrix maker, but they are memory aids for recalling 'known' insights. In this case, the original insight eluded me, so recalling it offered me little.

I did enjoy the first 3 chapters, which included preparatory material. Perhaps the book was simply too advanced for me. For example, the notion of a destructive and creative color cycle is very appealing; I just couldn't get a feel for it.

Near the end of the book, the use of color as part of meditation practice is described. I appreciated this section, too.

3 out of 5 stars helpful only to the intutive.......2002-04-20

I am someone who is deeply interested in and in agreement with the foundational principles behind what goes by the name of Feng Shui. And as much as I found this book helpful, I also tried to read it from the point of view of someone who might find the whole FS to be a bunch of BS. And I found it to be wanting in clearer explanations, even if only to explain why and how some of these things were beyond rational explanation.
This book IS about color theory and practice as espoused by the Black Hat Sect Tantric Buddhism (BTB) in organizing the environment - micro and macro. By now the interested reader ought to know something about the historical dimensions that shaped the BTB, especially including the Chinese input over the last 1,000 years or so. That said, I can say that this book is helpful only to those who are artistically inclined and/or familiar with, AND accepting of the logic behind Chinese cosmology and cultural symbolisms. Why?
Take for example, the part where the author mentions that the color white for fences is bad and red is best. She recommends a cure that can be had by tying 9 red ribbons to the fence. Okay, let us leave aside for the moment the issue of whether that is "true" or not, on whatever level. The fact that the author would make such a statement is bound to rub the average American reader the wrong way, which is indeed unfortunate.
The fact that the color white symbolizes death and purity (to the point of permitting no life) to the Chinese is no reason to write off the whole Western practice of investing the color white with other meanings, such as purity (as in chastity), honesty, cleanliness, and new beginning -- all hopeful and positive things.
This book, as good as it could be, makes the same mistake as some of the other bestsellers in assuming that every reader will (have to) simply accept the Chinese cosmology as universal truth. It is not clear why this oversight continues to occur, but it gives the uncomfortable impression that only a particular culture had access to the "real" truth of colors.
This sort of explanation right from the start would have been helpful to the reader: That the FIVE ELEMENTS merely represent the five MODES of Ch'i, and the names (that is, the elements) associated with them were chosen largely for easier memorization and visualization, and thus application to the visible material world, including medicine. They could just as well have been labeled A,B,C,D, and E. (The subatomic particles also have names that are there just for easier identification. Are electrons really electronic?) The names of the five modes don't really matter, but the manner of their interaction does. The reader should not accept the (pseudo) explanation that "metal 'produces' water because water condenses outside a copper pail filled with cold water", or that "fire 'produces' earth by way of ash". Nor should the reader reject it as "bad science" and forego the more interesting stuff behind the immensely complicated system of observation (as well as observances) in FS. The five elements structure is a mnemonic device before it is anything else but the author does not tell you this, and the disinterested reader is left to follow wide-eyed, marveling at the "awesome" wisdom of the Chinese; or to reject it without furthur ado as New Age mumbo-jumbo.

Given that the BTB puts a lot of emphasis on YI (intention, will), and even in its meditation practices it encourages people to activate whatever religious symbolisms with which they feel most at home, it would only makes sense to assure the Western reader that the purpose of Feng Shui is to activate the energy (Ch'i) of one's environment in harmony with one's own psychic disposition, which would certainly include one's own traditional orientation and inculcation of values -- ethical and aesthetical.

This book, I think, can confuse as well as enlighten, depending on the reader's own level of intutional development. Those who are too uncritically enthusiastic about FS so as to accept everything written here, may end up with a mess of colors all over their house. If it's true that 'You can take a horse to the water but you can't make him drink', then it's also true that if you're the horse, you have to figure out just how thirsty you are, and for what.

All in all, this is a good book, but if you are trained to think critically, it may not be the best book out there for you....

4 out of 5 stars Terrific Guide.......2001-12-29

The subject demands illustration and this book delivers--big time! Full of instructive (and beautiful) photography, complimented by thoughtful and useful text.

5 out of 5 stars NEW & AUTHENTIC.......1999-08-12

Lineage is not staying in one place all the time. Lineage is a line of living connections. New can be authentic. You may differentiate between old tradition and emerging tradition. Validity is not merely the province of antiquity. We build on what has gone before.

The Art and Craft of Montage (Art and Craft)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    The Art and Craft of Montage (Art and Craft)
    Simon Larbalestier
    Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

    GeneralGeneral | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
    ASIN: 1857320999
    Mid-Century Montage
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Mid-Century Montage
      Willis Kauffman
      Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Spiral-bound

      Decorative ArtsDecorative Arts | Design & Decorative Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
      ASIN: 1412078334

      Book Description



      Illustrated examples in color of what is involved in the visual experience to understand the principles of art and elements of design, and apply them to what one sees in the environment or actual works of art. How to abstract a design from a selected composition. Examples of student work done in the classroom using these elements based on certain visual impression, as well as several compositions by the author.

      The Art and Craft of Montage
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        The Art and Craft of Montage
        Simon Larbalestier
        Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback
        ASIN: 1857325850

        The Illusion of Life: Essays on Animation
        Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
        • Are you KIDDING!?
        The Illusion of Life: Essays on Animation

        Manufacturer: University of Sydney, Power Institute of Fine
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover

        GeneralGeneral | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
        GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
        CinematographyCinematography | Movies | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
        Look Inside Entertainment BooksLook Inside Entertainment Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
        Similar Items:
        1. Timing for Animation Timing for Animation
        2. The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
        3. The Art of Ratatouille The Art of Ratatouille

        ASIN: 0909952183

        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars Are you KIDDING!?.......2007-09-05

        This book is the most offensive, disgusting rip off I have ever seen.I can't believe someone had the arrogance to make a sequel to the greatest animation text ever written.

        The Illusion of Life by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas is the animation bible. Every animator at every major studio owns a copy. Why? Because it is the distilled knowledge of 2 of the greatest animators of all time, collected during their 50 years of animation experience at Disney. There is no greater book on the subject of animation.

        This is NOT that book. This is a disgusting attempt to use the "Illusion of Life" name to peddle a meaningless "sequel" that has no relation to the original text what so ever. It is insulting, both to animation students, and to Ollie Johnston and the late Frank Thomas. Alan Cholodenko should be ashamed to put this name on his book.

        PLEASE, do NOT buy this book. Buy the real "Illusion of Life" by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas.

        Magical Pokemon Journey Part 4, #4: Pokemon Sleepover
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Magical Pokemon Journey Part 4, #4: Pokemon Sleepover

          Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback

          Action & AdventureAction & Adventure | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          Popular CulturePopular Culture | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          Comics & Graphic NovelsComics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          Science Fiction, Fantasy, & MagicScience Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Ages 4-8 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          PokémonPokémon | Popular Characters | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Comic Strips | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Graphic Novels | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Manga | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          VizViz | By Publisher | Manga | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          FantasyFantasy | Manga | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          Science FictionScience Fiction | Manga | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
          BooksBooks | Pokémon | Amazon.com Stores | us-stores
          Similar Items:
          1. Magical Pokemon Journey Part 4, #1: Bulbasaur's Beau Magical Pokemon Journey Part 4, #1: Bulbasaur's Beau

          ASIN: 1569316775

          Book Description

          Hazel and all the Pokemon head to the park for a game of hide-and-seek. The trouble starts when Peanut decides to hide in a cave.

          Catholic School Kids Say the Funniest Things
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Catholic School Kids Say the Funniest Things
            Mary Kathleen Glavich
            Manufacturer: Paulist Press
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

            GeneralGeneral | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
            ReligionReligion | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
            Interpersonal RelationsInterpersonal Relations | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
            ChristianityChristianity | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books | Authors, A-Z | Bible Covers | Bibles | Books on CD | Books on Cassette | Catholicism | Children's & Teens | Christian Living | Church History | Congregations & Orders | Education | Evangelism | General | Holidays | Jesus | Literature & Fiction | Ministry & Church Leadership | Monasticism | Mormonism | Music | Orthodoxy | Other Denominations & Sects | Protestantism | Reference | Theology | Worship & Devotion
            GeneralGeneral | Humor | Entertainment | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
            Interpersonal RelationsInterpersonal Relations | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
            All 4-for-3 DealsAll 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
            ASIN: 080914106X

            Book Description

            These dozens of anecdotes about Catholic school life have been collected from the Sisters of Notre Dame during their long history of grade-school teaching. Heard in the class or passed on by parents, these true stories will tickle your funny bone while bringing back memories of your children's or your own years in Catholic school. Black and white cartoons throughout highlight the fun.

            A treasury of humor and nostalgia, this book--
            · includes incidents that range from the laugh-out-loud funny to the dear and the poignant.
            · will amuse and stir everyone's heart, whether Catholic or not.
            · makes a perfect gift for parochial school and CCD teachers, clergy and religious, Catholic parents and grandparents.

            Mel Bay Guitar Primer
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              Mel Bay Guitar Primer
              Mel Bay
              Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

              GuitarGuitar | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
              GuitarGuitar | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
              All 4-for-3 DealsAll 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
              ASIN: 078663409X
              Release Date: 2005-01-11

              Product Description

              An easy, carefully graduated note-reading method which provides an introduction to the rudiments of music through enjoyable single-note exercises and solos. As this book includes diagrams and photos of the location of the notes in first position, it serves as a good precursor to Modern Guitar Method, Grade 1. Written for the plectrum style player in standard notation only. Includes a CD.
              Mel Bay's Guitar Primer
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Guitar Primer by Mel Bay
              Mel Bay's Guitar Primer
              Mel Bay
              Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

              GuitarGuitar | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
              GeneralGeneral | Reference | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
              GeneralGeneral | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
              GeneralGeneral | Music | Entertainment | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
              GuitarGuitar | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
              GeneralGeneral | Reference | Music | Entertainment | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
              All 4-for-3 DealsAll 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
              Similar Items:
              1. Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Grade 1
              2. Mel Bay Guitar Chords Mel Bay Guitar Chords
              3. Mel Bays Modern Guitar Method, Grade 2 Mel Bays Modern Guitar Method, Grade 2
              4. Guitar For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)) Guitar For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

              ASIN: 087166822X
              Release Date: 1993-06-01

              Product Description

              An easy, carefully graduated note-reading method which provides an introduction to the rudiments of music through enjoyable single-note exercises and solos. As this book includes diagrams and photos of the location of the notes in first position, it serves as a good precursor to Modern Guitar Method, Grade 1. Written for the plectrum style player in standard notation only.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Guitar Primer by Mel Bay.......2005-02-26

              Very good book to understand and comes with easy pictures.
              Mel Bay Guitar Primer
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                Mel Bay Guitar Primer
                Mel Bay
                Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Paperback
                ASIN: B000IYGGN8
                Mel Bay Guitar Primer
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  Mel Bay Guitar Primer
                  Mel Bay
                  Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback
                  ASIN: B000KZJ34O
                  Mel Bay The Jazz Sax Primer (Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop)
                  Average customer rating: Not rated
                    Mel Bay The Jazz Sax Primer (Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop)
                    Randall Reyman
                    Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Paperback

                    BrassBrass | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    GuitarGuitar | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    WoodwindsWoodwinds | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    GeneralGeneral | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    JazzJazz | Musical Genres | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    Instruction & StudyInstruction & Study | Theory, Composition & Performance | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    TechniquesTechniques | Theory, Composition & Performance | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                    ASIN: 156222090X
                    Mel Bay's Guitar Primer
                    Average customer rating: Not rated
                      Mel Bay's Guitar Primer

                      Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Paperback

                      GuitarGuitar | Instruments & Performers | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                      ASIN: 0685642097

                      Issues and Values in Sport and Leisure Cultures (Csrc Editions)
                      Average customer rating: Not rated
                        Issues and Values in Sport and Leisure Cultures (Csrc Editions)

                        Manufacturer: Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback
                        ASIN: 184126055X

                        Going Global: Unions and Globalization in the United States, Sweden, and Germany
                        Average customer rating: Not rated
                          Going Global: Unions and Globalization in the United States, Sweden, and Germany
                          James A. Piazza
                          Manufacturer: Lexington Books
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Hardcover

                          Labor PolicyLabor Policy | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
                          Labor & Industrial RelationsLabor & Industrial Relations | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
                          GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
                          GeneralGeneral | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
                          DemocracyDemocracy | Government | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                          Labor UnionsLabor Unions | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                          GeneralGeneral | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                          ASIN: 0739103512

                          Kids Can Cooperate
                          Average customer rating: Not rated
                            Kids Can Cooperate
                            CRARY
                            Manufacturer: Parenting Press
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback

                            GeneralGeneral | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
                            DisciplineDiscipline | Parenting | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
                            GeneralGeneral | Parenting | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
                            GeneralGeneral | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
                            Educational PsychologyEducational Psychology | Education Theory | Education | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                            Similar Items:
                            1. Without Spanking or Spoiling: A Practical Approach to Toddler and Preschool Guidance Without Spanking or Spoiling: A Practical Approach to Toddler and Preschool Guidance
                            2. I'm Frustrated (Dealing With Feelings) I'm Frustrated (Dealing With Feelings)
                            3. I'm Scared (Dealing With Feelings) I'm Scared (Dealing With Feelings)
                            4. I Want It (Crary, Elizabeth, Children's Problem Solving Book.) I Want It (Crary, Elizabeth, Children's Problem Solving Book.)
                            5. I'm Mad (Dealing With Feelings) I'm Mad (Dealing With Feelings)

                            Accessories:
                            1. Braun IRT 4020 ThermoScan Ear Thermometer Braun IRT 4020 ThermoScan Ear Thermometer

                            ASIN: 0943990041

                            Book Description

                            All parents want their kids to get along, but often get caught up in solving their children's problems. Kids can cooperate if they have the skills. Elizabeth Crary describes how to teach children the skills they need to solve conflicts themselves.

                            German Helicopters, 1928-1945 (Schiffer Military History)
                            Average customer rating: Not rated
                              German Helicopters, 1928-1945 (Schiffer Military History)
                              Heinz J. Nowarra
                              Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback

                              AviationAviation | Military | History | Subjects | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Military | History | Subjects | Books
                              Weapons & WarfareWeapons & Warfare | Military | History | Subjects | Books | Biological & Chemical | Control | Conventional | Nuclear
                              GeneralGeneral | World | History | Subjects | Books
                              Military ScienceMilitary Science | History | Subjects | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Germany | Europe | History | Subjects | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Aviation | Transportation | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                              History of TechnologyHistory of Technology | Technology | Science | Subjects | Books
                              AerospaceAerospace | Engineering | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books | Advanced Mechanics | Aerodynamics | Aircraft Design & Construction | Applied | Avionics | Gas Dynamics | General | Heat Transfer | Propulsion Technology | Structural Dynamics
                              Military EngineeringMilitary Engineering | Special Topics | Engineering | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Art | Arts & Photography | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              GermanyGermany | Europe | History | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              AviationAviation | Military | History | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Military | History | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              Military ScienceMilitary Science | History | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | World | History | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Aviation | Transportation | Nonfiction | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              Special TopicsSpecial Topics | Engineering | Professional & Technical | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              History of TechnologyHistory of Technology | Technology | Science | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              All 4-for-3 DealsAll 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                              ASIN: 0887402895

                              Book Description

                              Among the makers of these unusual aircraft were Focke-Wulf, Flettner and Wiener-NaustŠdter. , b/w photographs, line drawings, 11" x 8 1/4"

                              Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (American Empire Project)
                              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                              • Complements Web of Deceit
                              • The Devil's Game doesn't go far enough and much of it is based on half-truths:
                              • Best Read in Political Economy or History I've Had in Years
                              • Thought-Provoking!
                              • Goes beyond what most people know about (the mujaheddin)
                              Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (American Empire Project)
                              Robert Dreyfuss
                              Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback

                              GeneralGeneral | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                              IdeologiesIdeologies | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books | Communism & Socialism | Radical Thought
                              RelationsRelations | International | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                              U.S.U.S. | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                              GeneralGeneral | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                              IslamIslam | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books | Allah | Children's Books | General | Hadith | History | Law | Mecca | Muhammed | Music | Quran | Ramadan | Shi'ism | Sufism | Sunnism | Theology | Women in Islam
                              Comparative ReligionComparative Religion | Religious Studies | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
                              Similar Items:
                              1. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
                              2. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
                              3. Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project) Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project)
                              4. State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
                              5. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America

                              ASIN: 0805081372
                              Release Date: 2006-10-03

                              Book Description

                              “The most clear and engaging history of the deadly, historic partnership between Western powers and political Islam.”—Salon.com

                              Devil’s Game is the first comprehensive account of America’s misguided efforts, stretching across decades, to dominate the strategically vital Middle East by courting and cultivating Islamic fundamentalism.

                              Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with dozens of policy makers and CIA, Pentagon, and foreign service officials, Robert Dreyfuss follows the trail of American collusion from support for the Muslim Brotherhood in 1950s Egypt, to links with Khomeini and Afghani jihadists, to longstanding ties between radical Islamists and the leading banks of the West. The result is as tragic as it is paradoxical: originally deployed as pawns to foil nationalism and communism, extremist mullahs and ayatollahs now dominate the landscape, thundering against freedom of thought, science, women’s rights, secularism—and their former patron.
                              Chronicling a history of double-dealing, cynical exploitation, and humiliating embarrassment that continues to this day, Devil’s Game reveals a pattern that, far from furthering democracy or security, ensures a future of blunders and blowback.

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars Complements Web of Deceit.......2007-06-21

                              Robert Dreyfuss interviewed me once, for a piece in WIRED or Mother Jones, and I remember him as a serious, methodical person. It is no surprise to find him producing this meticulously documented and objectively constructed history, a perfect complement to Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush, on whose Amazon page I have a more detailed review of the overall topic.

                              The author captures the essence in his own introduction: the US was so focused on anti-communism and anti-Soviet campaigns that it deliberately chose to sponsor extreme rightist Islamic fundamentalists, fascists in their own way as the extreme right in America is today (see American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America).

                              The author is very specific in addressing how the US feared "nationalism, humanism, secularism, socialism" in its obsession with countering the Soviets, and so it chose to aid Islamic fundamentalists who opposed those more rational and publicly-oriented altneratives. In essence, the premise of the invasion of Iraq, that we are doing it to spread democracy, is yet another big lie--we have been denying democracy to the Arabs every since Roosevelt met with the Saudi king and formed a pact with the devil himself.

                              I totally agree with the author as he documents and sums up his own view that "A war on terrorism is precisely the wrong way to deal with the challenge posed by political Islam."

                              The author offers four prescriptions for US action, and at the end here I list some relevant books that provide a broader context:

                              1) Remove the grievances--US troops in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, support for Israel's genocide against the Palestinians, support for Israel's plans to attack Iran

                              2) Abandon imperial pretentions in the Middle East

                              3) Refrain from seeking to impose preferences--political, economic, cultural, or religious, on the region

                              4) Stop making bellicose threats against Islamic nations from Iran to Sudan (and I would add, to Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, and others)

                              I am reminded by this book of the common sense prescriptions in Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror. The raw fact is that the global literature is coming around to three points of view that are inter-related:

                              1) Bin Laden is largely right and on firm grounds in taking on both the debauched Saudi regime and the amoral unilaterally invasive US

                              2) Dick Cheney has committed so many high crimes and misdemeanors, with similar high crimes at the operational level (warrantless wiretapping on Americans, rendition and torture of all others) that America has lost all moral legitimacy both at home and abroad

                              3) We have the wrong global strategy, indeed we have no global strategy--we are trying to put out a forest fire with a hammer.

                              Some of the reviewers jump to conclusions, for example, the CIA was NOT really trying to ramp up the war in Afghanistan, until Congressman Charlie Wilson made it his personal vendetta. There is a much larger context within which American incompletence at world affairs can be judged, and it includes the shortcomings of the US educational system, the corruption of the US electoral system, and the grotesque dysfunctionality of the "winner take all" US system of governance. I hope some of the books below--or at least my reviews of them--will provide addtional context for this excellent work. See Web of Deceit for detailed comments I choose not to repeat here--the two books are a good combination with some overlap.

                              The American Empire Project has produced some really first-rate books on their chosen theme, and for this they are to be praised.

                              Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
                              The Black Tulip: A Novel of War in Afghanistan
                              Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century
                              Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author
                              Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025
                              The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People
                              The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (The American Empire Project)

                              2 out of 5 stars The Devil's Game doesn't go far enough and much of it is based on half-truths:.......2007-05-04

                              The Devil's Game doesn't go far enough and much of it is based on half-truths:

                              At first I was very excited when I finally received the "Devil's Game" in the mail. Unfortunately Dreyfuss' book was a big disappointment. Let's face it, political science books are nothing more than conspiracy books, and when there's a conspiracy the author should try to get to the crux of the enigma. By circumventing around the fact that the Bush family has been tied to the bin Ladens through companies such as the defunct BCCI Bank and Carlyle Group (an aerospace weapons company who engages in heavy arms dealing around the world, while buying out weapons manufacturers) is very surprising to me.
                              I found myself inquiring as to why Dreyfuss doesn't mention any of this in his book.
                              Most Americans are aloof to these facts, and Dreyfuss makes no attempt to clear things up. This book leaves more questions than answers. How is a reader who is unfamiliar with Middle Eastern politics going to ascertain what is really transpiring when Dreyfuss doesn't mention the fact that George H.W. Bush is still a consultant and stockholder for Carlyle Group?
                              Moreover, the fact that Dreyfuss promulgates that Al'Qaeda is a real terrorist organization is nothing more than CIA propaganda, considering Osama bin Laden is a CIA asset. The bottom line is that Al'Qaeda doesn't exist and Dreyfuss knows this fact because he contributes to MSNBC.
                              Journalist Michael Moran (who is MSNBC's international editor) wrote and in-depth article about bin Laden's ties to the CIA, and ISI (Pakistani intelligence) during the Afghan Wars in the 1980's.
                              And if you skim through the overwhelming evidence, you'll quickly see that even an eight-year-old child could easily ascertain that Al'Qaeda is really the CIA perpetrating false flag operations.
                              Dreyfuss scratches many quandaries on the surface. One issue in particular is the Faustian financial owners of the banking institutions that are orchestrating the events he's discussing. In chapter 7 "The Rise of Economic Islam" Dreyfuss mentions many banks that were and still are involved in funding the Islamic extremist, but what he fails to mention are the names of the individuals who own these banks.
                              And there isn't enough mentioned about the arms manufacturers, military contracting companies, and energy companies that are scamming billions of dollars from the American people and all the other countries in the world. By circumventing around these quandaries, Dreyfuss fails to make the proper connections needed to ascertain how the U.S. Government correlated its hegemonic involvement with Fundamentals Islam. If he bothered to mention the Trilateral Commission and Bilderberger's involvement things would have been much clearer.

                              Remember, the people who are really giving the orders for terrorist attacks own the corporations and control your government!
                              YES MY FRIENDS!!!
                              The orders come from the top of the oligarchic capstone! And Dreyfuss knows it and he's not naming names in this book.

                              Anyway, a couple of banks that Dreyfuss sights in his book are Citibank and Chase Manhattan, but not once did he mentions that David Rockefeller controls both banks and that Shaukat Aziz is the former Vice President and head of the global private banking division of Citibank, and in 1999, Aziz became Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan. The bottom line is the banks are becoming exorbitantly wealthy off these wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine and it dates back to the crusades.
                              I will state what I did like about this book was that Dreyfuss gives a wonderful historical thesis about the history of the conflicts in Egypt, Iran, and a little is mentioned about Israel's role in the whole scheme of events.
                              Unfortunately he sugarcoats over Zionist involvement, and the fact that he refers to the 9/11 attacks, as blowback is an insult to our intelligence. 9/11 was our Reichstag Fire!
                              Also, there isn't much about Saddam Hussein's CIA connections.

                              Furthermore, Dreyfuss sights that in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower's CIA Director Allen Dulles and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles forged an alliance with Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi pan-Islamic movement, which caused the Muslim Brotherhood to reemerge in the hopes of assassinating Egyptian president Nasser. But what isn't mentioned is that the Dulles brothers were members of the Knights of Malta, a secret society that has strong ties to the Vatican.
                              So how deep is the Vatican's involvement is a question that should have been raised?

                              Insofar as the Afghan Wars are concerned I've contemplated that Dreyfuss missed the mark on that issue also. The official story is that the U.S. financed and aided the Muhajadeen in an effort to expel the Russians from the region. The gruesome truth is that the U.S and the USSR were really allies in the Cold War.
                              YES THE COLD WAR WAS A SCAM!
                              The U.S. was funding both Russia and the Muhajadeen in the conflict. Additionally, the Russian government looted the Russian treasury, bankrupting the country.
                              So the inquiry is, is Dreyfuss lying about the events in the Cold War, or is he just ignorant of the facts?

                              There's a lot missing in this book. Overall this isn't a bad place to start your research if you're new to this subject. However, I personally recommend that you read Craig Unger's "House of Bush House Of Saud" first. Unger's book offers a much clearer picture of events in Saudi Arabia.

                              5 out of 5 stars Best Read in Political Economy or History I've Had in Years .......2007-03-01

                              I do a fair amount of this sort of reading and a great deal of research quality reading on the Middle East in particular, yet I found that this book put things together for me far far better than anything I've prefiously come across. Suddenly, after a great deal of reading on the Middle East I feel like I have a strong foundation in the fundamentals which have been at work through the history of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in the Middle East. Thank you Robert Dreyfuss !!

                              Also, as other reviewers have pointed out, it's very well-written and well-referenced. It is very helpful in understanding what is going on in the Middle East today (March 2007).

                              4 out of 5 stars Thought-Provoking!.......2006-09-18

                              Devil's Game" is an account of our efforts over six decades to cultivate the Islamic right in an effort to dominate the Middle East. Dreyfuss contends that this is greatly to blame for the emergence of Islamist terrorism in the 1990s.

                              In the 1950s, the enemy was not only Moscow, but also Third World emerging nationalists in Egypt and Iran. Thus, the CIA tried to overthrow Nassar, despite his immense popularity, because of his independence vs. the Cold War, and worked with the Muslim Brotherhood - a member even tried to assassinate Nassar. Meanwhile, in Iran the CIA got the most political ayatollahs to support an overthrow of the elected government (it had nationalized oil assets) and restore the Shah (the U.S. got 40% of oil rights in return); what was not recognized at the time was the key importance of a young ayatollah involved - Khomeini's mentor, as well as Khomeini himself. In the '60s Arab socialism spread from Egypt to Algeria, Syria, Iraq, and Palestine. To counteract this seeming threat the U.S. joined with Saudi Arabia to export its Wahhabi religious right and Muslim Brotherhood factions. Even after the Iranian revolution of '79, the U.S. failed to recognize that Islamism was a dangerous force.

                              Carter's inauguration alarmed the Shah and encouraged Iranian opposition groups - both due to U.S. pressures and memories of Kennedy's earlier thoughts of replacing the Shah with a less authoritarian regime. Sensing blood the clergy began to mobilize the wealthy landed population against land reform, the Shah was overthrown, and soon we were in the midst of the 444-day hostage crisis.

                              Dreyfuss's most stunning account, however, involves the CIA's assistance to Afghan rebels PRIOR to the Soviet's invasion, and that it was INTENDED to provoke that reaction. Then, to help insure that the Soviet military was then bled to death, the CIA helped train insurgents, sent billions to Pakistan for allocation to insurgents, and even allowed recruiting within the U.S. The Afghanistan insurgency also led to the development of strong funding from private sources within Saudi Arabia, as well as the government's matching U.S. support. Regan's CIA Director Casey then got Saudi Arabia to increase oil production, driving prices down from $28/barrel to $10 - effectively shutting off Russia's source of foreign currency. Finally, Casey pushed the Saudi-Pakistan alliance to launch propaganda, sabotage, and guerilla activity into the Soviet Union's Muslim republics (a dangerous tactic, to say the least - could have led to retaliation against Pakistan). During the multi-year war, another long-term result was that most Afghan moderate leaders were killed.

                              Dreyfuss concludes that only by rapidly withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan, reducing our reliance on the Gulf, and reversing U.S. support for Israel can the U.S. undercut the resentment and hatred fueling Islamism.

                              5 out of 5 stars Goes beyond what most people know about (the mujaheddin).......2006-06-02

                              The tie in to the 1953 overthrow of Mossadegh is wonderful.

                              The only thing I could wish for is a companion volume showing how Britain exploited hatred between Moslems and others, especially Hindus, and even created the first schools that taught religious hatred as part of their divide-and-conquer strategy.

                              I gave this 5 stars because while most people are unfortunately still not clued in on the Carter/Brzezhinsky/Shah and Reagan admin and CIA and ISI roots of the mujaheddin, bin laden, and the taliban, even those people who are clued in don't usually look at the big picture or the long run. Once you realize this is old hat and that the technique has been passed down personally from operative to operative and government to government, a lot of what seems almost absurd or insane as a policy becomes understandable.
                              Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.(Book review) : An article from: Middle East Policy
                              Average customer rating: Not rated
                                Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.(Book review) : An article from: Middle East Policy
                                Philip Wilcox
                                Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Digital
                                ASIN: B000F7CIBW
                                Release Date: 2006-03-28

                                Book Description

                                This digital document is an article from Middle East Policy, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 2067 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: Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.(Book review)
                                Author: Philip Wilcox
                                Publication: Middle East Policy (Magazine/Journal)
                                Date: March 22, 2006
                                Publisher: Thomson Gale
                                Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Page: 140(5)

                                Article Type: Book review

                                Distributed by Thomson Gale

                                Seattle Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species in King County
                                Average customer rating: Not rated
                                  Seattle Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species in King County
                                  James Kavanagh
                                  Manufacturer: Waterford Press
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Paperback

                                  GuidebooksGuidebooks | Reference & Tips | Travel | Subjects | Books
                                  PacificPacific | West | Regions | United States | Travel | Subjects | Books
                                  GeneralGeneral | Washington | States | United States | Travel | Subjects | Books
                                  SeattleSeattle | Washington | States | United States | Travel | Subjects | Books
                                  GeneralGeneral | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                  ReferenceReference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                  BirdwatchingBirdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                                  ReferenceReference | Outdoors & Nature | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                                  GuidebooksGuidebooks | Reference & Tips | Travel | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                                  PacificPacific | West | Regions | United States | Travel | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                                  WashingtonWashington | States | United States | Travel | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                                  All 4-for-3 DealsAll 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
                                  ASIN: 1583551662

                                  Book Description

                                  The Pocket Naturalist Guides introduces novices to common plants and animals and natural phenomena. Each pocket-sized, folding guide highlights up to 150 species and most feature a map highlighting prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions.
                                  Washington Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist)
                                  Average customer rating: Not rated
                                    Washington Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist)
                                    Waterford Press
                                    Manufacturer: Waterford Press
                                    ProductGroup: Book
                                    Binding: Paperback

                                    GeneralGeneral | Washington | States | United States | Travel | Subjects | Books
                                    BirdsBirds | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                    GeneralGeneral | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                    ReferenceReference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                    ASIN: 1889903353
                                    Washington Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalism Series)
                                    Average customer rating: Not rated
                                      Washington Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalism Series)
                                      Waterford Press
                                      Manufacturer: Waterford Press
                                      ProductGroup: Book
                                      Binding: Paperback

                                      WildlifeWildlife | Animals | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
                                      GeneralGeneral | Washington | States | United States | Travel | Subjects | Books
                                      BirdsBirds | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                      GeneralGeneral | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                      ReferenceReference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
                                      ASIN: 1889903140

                                      Book Description

                                      The Pocket Naturalist card is a pocket-sized, folding card which provides simplified, easy-to-use reference to what everyone should know about familiar plants, animals, and natural history. Maps are included to highlight prominent sanctuaries and outstanding natural attractions. Every card is laminated so that it is waterproof and practical for use in the field. This card highlights over 100 of Washington's most familiar mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

                                      Books:

                                      1. Logo Design That Works: Secrets for Successful Logo Design (That Works Series)
                                      2. Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
                                      3. Making Things Public: Atmospheres of Democracy
                                      4. Male Desire: The Homoerotic in American Art
                                      5. Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky
                                      6. Martin Schoeller Close Up: Portraits, 1998-2005 Collector's Edition
                                      7. Metallic Foil Origami Paper: 18 5-7/8" x 5-7/8" Sheets in 9 Colors (Origami)
                                      8. Modern Art, Revised and Updated (3rd Edition)
                                      9. More Than Words: Illustrated Letters From The Smithsonian's Archive of American Art
                                      10. New Challenges for Documentary: Second Edition

                                      Books Index

                                      Books Home

                                      Recommended Books

                                      1. The Accelerated Learning Handbook: A Creative Guide to Designing and Delivering Faster, More Effecti
                                      2. The High Blood Pressure Solution: Natural Prevention and Cure With the K Factor
                                      3. Organic Coatings: Science and Technology
                                      4. The Human Stain: A Novel
                                      5. The Best American Essays
                                      6. System-on-a-Chip Verification - Methodology and Techniques
                                      7. That Baby Woke Me Up, AGAIN
                                      8. One Hundred Years of Valentines
                                      9. Paper into Pots and Other Fun Objects Using Hand-Made Recycled Paper and Papier-Mache Techniques
                                      10. Current trends in comparative endocrinology: Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Com