Hidden art of Homemaking. Ideas for Creating Beauty in Everyday Life
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    Edith Schaeffer
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    ASIN: 0842314202
    THE HIDDEN ART OF HOMEMAKING: IDEAS FOR CREATING BEAUTY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
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      		THE HIDDEN ART OF HOMEMAKING: IDEAS FOR CREATING BEAUTY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
      Edith Schaeffer
      Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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      ASIN: B000MGZRRI
      The Hidden Art of Homemaking: Ideas for Creating Beauty in Everyday Life
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        Edith Schaeffer
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        Glass Beads from Europe: With Value Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
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        • A well-meant, but flawed attempt.
        		 Glass Beads from Europe: With Value Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
        Sibylle Jargstorf
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        ASIN: 0887408397

        Book Description

        The various worldwide uses of glass beads, from antiquity to the modern time, are presented in this new book, along with the fascinating evolution of the beadmaking industry. From roots in Asian and African glassmaking, the European beadmaking industry is shown to have developed in response to political and economic factors of international trade and keen businessmen who saw potential profits, 475 color photographs, illustrate the different styles uses, and patterns of glass beads that originated from or influenced the European industry. Phoenician, Celtic, Viking, Venetian, African, Bavarian, Bohemian, Dutch, French, and Russian styles that were made for symbolic, fashion, magic, and controversial uses are shown. Even today's foiled, flower, mosaic, pearl, bronze, and fancy beads are discussed and shown. As beads play an important role in ornamentation today, this book will be of interest to a wide circle of creative people. The price guide reveals the current collector's market for popular bead types.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Very comprehensive and informative.......1999-06-20

        I really devoured this book. The photographs show all the important types of older European beads beautifully, and the text was well researched and written.

        I was pleasantly surprised by maps explaining the whereabouts of the beadmakers, having lived in Germany.

        This book was written from a highly refined and educated passion.

        3 out of 5 stars A well-meant, but flawed attempt........1998-02-09

        Ms. Jargstorf's 3rd book on bead research is her most ambitious, and most provocative. She is on the most solid ground when discussing the beads of Germany and Central Europe. Her discussion of ancient beads is problematical, as very few of these are pictured to relate to the text. She offers a great many ideas and theories, but presents very little substantiation. Some of her ideas are just silly, or misinterpretations of history. The photographs are variable in quality and reproduction, are not numbered, and often do not enhance the text. The "Value Guide" is given in British Pounds Sterling, and is therefore not very useful. The most interesting beads are merely said to be "rare"--and no value given. As such, this section is almost pointless. I recommend this book, but only if the reader remembers that it has serious flaws, and is spurred to do some cross-referencing to other sources of information.

        In Dog Years I'd Be Dead: Garfield at 25
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Detail review of Garfield in 25 years
        • We LOVE Garfield!! Thanks Jim Davis for your humor!
        • A hilarious history of Garfield
        • A Beautiful Book!
        • AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!
        		 In Dog Years I'd Be Dead: Garfield at 25
        Jim Davis
        Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 0345452046
        Release Date: 2004-06-01

        Book Description

        Experience twenty-five years of the furry phenomenon known as Garfield with this fun, in-depth, and lavishly illustrated book.

        Jim Davis’s grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis, was a big, cantankerous, outspoken man. Garfield is a big, cantankerous, outspoken cat. Coincidence? Of course not. The cartoon affectionately modeled on his grandfather has propelled creator Jim Davis–and Garfield–into the realm of comic superstardom. In this book, you’ll get a unique look back at the humble beginnings and enormous success of America’s favorite feline.

        In Dog Years I’d Be Dead takes a comprehensive look at everything Garfield– the comics, the television shows, the zillions of products (who on the planet hasn’t seen the grinning plush doll suction-cupped to a car window?), and, of course, the fans. You’ll get the inside scoop about the pioneering comic-strip books that set the standard for the industry with a shape now called the “Garfield format.” You’ll venture into the studio where the voice talent recorded TV shows, and hear about the antics of special guest stars like Jonathan Winters and Buddy Hackett. Loaded with never-before-seen archival gems from Jim Davis’s personal collection and tribute cartoons from legends like Beetle Bailey’s Mort Walker, Blondie’s Dean Young, and The Family Circus’s Bill Keane, this is a book to treasure.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Detail review of Garfield in 25 years.......2005-09-11

        This is a detail review of Garfield. Not only Garfield but also the products of Garfield in whole world. If you didn't know much about garfield, you can find a lot of information in the book. It's a great book for Garfield's Fans.

        5 out of 5 stars We LOVE Garfield!! Thanks Jim Davis for your humor!.......2005-01-30

        If your a Garfield fan this book is a must! It's great!! It gives you lots of info on what's become of Garfield over the years. Jim Davis is the "King of Humor" to have come up with so many funny ideas. I was a fan when I was growing up and now my step-kids are all fans thanks to all my old books.
        I bought this book for the kids but I ended up reading it as well. This book is the link of where Garfield came from, and celabrates his wonderful 25 years.
        Thanks for making people laugh for so many years all around the world Jim Davis!

        5 out of 5 stars A hilarious history of Garfield.......2005-01-06

        If there is one thing from my childhood that has remained a part of my life as an adult, it is my love for that fat, orange, cranky tabby cat named Garfield. I recently received "In Dog Years I'd Be Dead: Garfield at 25" as a present. It is a coffee table book that looks back at the history of the fat, orange tabby. This book is an extremely comprehensive look at everything Garfield. It goes into details about everything from commercial ads to the classic cartoon series "Garfield and Friends". As a diehard Garfield fan and an artist, I appreciated seeing the earlier, rough sketches of Garfield strips. This book may be a couple of years old but it certainly covers pretty much everything that the fat cat has given to the public. I especially loved seeing some of the more sillier photos of Jim Davis and Garfield. Another favorite moment is the section with all the counterfeit Garfield products. For some reason, I find something fascinating about something as ugly as those counterfeit products. "In Dog Years I'd Be Dead..." is the ideal coffee table book for diehard Garfield fans. Great intro by columnist Dave Barry.

        5 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Book!.......2003-07-23

        This book makes a wonderful gift for anyone! You'd wish you got one for yourself too!

        5 out of 5 stars AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!.......2003-01-03

        This book is soooo awesome! it was so cool to see what the old garfield comics looked like! I recomend this book for any garfield fan! Soooo AWESOME!!!
        In Dog Years I'd Be Dead: Garfield at 25
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          Jim Davis
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          ASIN: B000OVFU96

          How to Make People Think You Are Normal (Truth about Life)
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            Ben Goode
            Manufacturer: Apricot Press
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            Sergei M. Eisenstein's Potemkin: A Shot-By-Shot Presentation (Da Capo Paperback)
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              David Mayer
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              Selections from a Dave Brubeck Christmas
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                Dave Brubeck
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                Dave Brubeck, the genius of jazz, provides us with his distinctive renditions of Christmastime favorites. Titles are: Away in a Manger * Cantos Para Pedir las Posadas * "Homecoming" Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * O Tannenbaum * Silent Night * To Us Is Given * What Child Is This (Greensleeves) * Winter Wonderland.

                Word Game Winning Dictionary (A Signet book)
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                  Bruce Wetterau
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                  High Velocity Culture Change: A Handbook for Managers
                  Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
                  • Very impactful.
                  • Exactly what's wrong with modern management
                  • Worse than Chinese Water Torture
                  		 High Velocity Culture Change: A Handbook for Managers
                  Price Pritchett , and Ron Pound
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                  ASIN: 0944002137

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                  Delivers 22 specific guidelines on how to manage your part of the organization for high-velocity culture change. You'll also learn how you can avoid the management traps that cause most efforts to fail. This handbook will prepare you and your management staff for the rigors of the agonizing process that is culture change. It will also prove how and why the pain is well worth the cost. If your management staff is going to achieve a dramatic culture shift in record time, High-Velocity Culture Change is a must-read for every player on your team.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  4 out of 5 stars Very impactful. .......2007-02-23

                  Depending on the current state of you company's climate and/or culture, this book can provide some very poigniant insight as to how to manage yourself and your teams. The concepts and principles are dynamic, hard hitting, and thought provoking. I highly recommend this quick and easy read, if you presently find yourself in the midst of a cultural evolution.

                  1 out of 5 stars Exactly what's wrong with modern management.......2006-12-08

                  This is perhaps the worst example I have encountered of terrible advice, wrapped in a package of nonsensical and even self-contradictory aphorisms. This is par for this sort of "book" (it's not a book, it's a pamphlet) - what is unusual is how violent the language of the book is... nothing like trodding over and destroying those who don't understand your vision for organization change. The book presents untestable hypotheses, uncited claims, and essentially no tools or mechanisms for actually doing the things they instruct you to do (not that anyone should do anything these authors suggest). If your organization is passing this book around, you should strongly consider whether this is an organization that values rational thought - and thus whether you should work there. Sad that you can't give negative stars - this book will hurt your organization.

                  1 out of 5 stars Worse than Chinese Water Torture.......2004-02-27

                  If a fourth grader had written at this level I'd send them back to third grade. Follow up the poor writing with an approach which can only be described as derived from brainwashing techniques, and you come up with a book that is more painful to read than undergoing Chinese Water Torture. The writer bombards the reader with poorly worded rephrasings of the same thing, again and again. He throws the rephrasings at the reader multiple times. The author switches his words around and repeats the same premise over and over. Get the idea.

                  On TOP of this, the premises seem to go along the lines of:
                  Change is good.
                  Change must happen.
                  Promote Change.
                  If people don't like your change get rid of them.

                  There is no consideration given to analysis, progress, fixing actual problems. The upper level manager at my company who promoted this book also cost our company more than $31 Million because she was addicted to changing things. I call that sort of thing a Legacy change, as in "look at what a good job I did, I changed things." It promotes change over results. Change for change sake does not equal progress.

                  This book is even more painful than an Ayn Rand novel.

                  Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
                  Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                  • one of the best books I've read
                  • A very interesting, if somewhat dry and academic, book
                  • An Excellent Candidate for Course Syllabi
                  • Heat Wave: Social Isolation in Chicago
                  • Heat Wave
                  		 Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois)
                  Eric Klinenberg
                  Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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                  On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Meteorologists had been warning residents about a two-day heat wave, but these temperatures did not end that soon. When the heat wave broke a week later, city streets had buckled; the records for electrical use were shattered; and power grids had failed, leaving residents without electricity for up to two days. And by July 20, over seven hundred people had perished-more than twice the number that died in the Chicago Fire of 1871, twenty times the number of those struck by Hurricane Andrew in 1992—in the great Chicago heat wave, one of the deadliest in American history.

                  Heat waves in the United States kill more people during a typical year than all other natural disasters combined. Until now, no one could explain either the overwhelming number or the heartbreaking manner of the deaths resulting from the 1995 Chicago heat wave. Meteorologists and medical scientists have been unable to account for the scale of the trauma, and political officials have puzzled over the sources of the city's vulnerability. In Heat Wave, Eric Klinenberg takes us inside the anatomy of the metropolis to conduct what he calls a "social autopsy," examining the social, political, and institutional organs of the city that made this urban disaster so much worse than it ought to have been.

                  Starting with the question of why so many people died at home alone, Klinenberg investigates why some neighborhoods experienced greater mortality than others, how the city government responded to the crisis, and how journalists, scientists, and public officials reported on and explained these events. Through a combination of years of fieldwork, extensive interviews, and archival research, Klinenberg uncovers how a number of surprising and unsettling forms of social breakdown—including the literal and social isolation of seniors, the institutional abandonment of poor neighborhoods, and the retrenchment of public assistance programs—contributed to the high fatality rates. The human catastrophe, he argues, cannot simply be blamed on the failures of any particular individuals or organizations. For when hundreds of people die behind locked doors and sealed windows, out of contact with friends, family, community groups, and public agencies, everyone is implicated in their demise.

                  As Klinenberg demonstrates in this incisive and gripping account of the contemporary urban condition, the widening cracks in the social foundations of American cities that the 1995 Chicago heat wave made visible have by no means subsided as the temperatures returned to normal. The forces that affected Chicago so disastrously remain in play in America's cities, and we ignore them at our peril.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars one of the best books I've read.......2007-10-15

                  If you like nonfiction that reads like a page-turner, you will love this book. Klinenberg examines this amazing event in Chicago's history from every possible perspective: meteorological, historical, political, economic, sociological, anthropological, geographical. It's a brilliant work and reads a lot like "The Perfect Storm" in that you learn about a fascinating and true event, but you learn so much more, in unexpected directions. Highly, highly recommended.

                  4 out of 5 stars A very interesting, if somewhat dry and academic, book.......2007-09-11

                  On Thursday, July 13, 1995, the temperature in Chicago climbed to 106 degrees Fahrenheit. Over the course of the next week, while the city sweltered in the stifling heat, and power grids failed, people began to die - often senior-citizens that felt trapped in their own homes. Before long, the nation was treated to images of the Cook County Medical Examiner's office storing bodies in refrigerated trucks donated by a meat company, while city officials sought scapegoats. By the time the heat wave ended, after July 20, some 739 more people had died in Chicago than was statistically to be expected, at least 485 of whom had died directly from heat-related causes.

                  In this book, author and assistant professor of Sociology, Eric Klinenberg, looks at what happened during that long and torturous week, what were some of the root causes of the disaster, and what can be learned from it. Overall, I found this to be a very interesting, if somewhat dry and academic, book.

                  I do, though, have two minor complaints about the book. First of all, while the author excoriates then recent city-wide reforms that were still in the process of being implemented during 1995, he does not address the problem of Chicago's lack of a health diversity of political opinion (the last non-Democratic mayor was elected in 1927). The problem of Chicago's one-party rule has made it a byword for incompetence, corruption and downright criminality to this day! Secondly, while the present Bush Administration's tepid response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans has drawn much criticism, Mr. Klinenberg fails to mention the then Clinton Administration's complete and utter disregard of the events within Chicago.

                  But, that said, it is an interesting book, perhaps the only one on this terribly tragedy that is now almost completely forgotten.

                  5 out of 5 stars An Excellent Candidate for Course Syllabi.......2005-02-26

                  The only think I would add to what has been said already is that this book should be strongly considered for courses that emphasize the interaction between medicine and public health. Unlike other books written about the urban condition, this book focuses on a single public health problem and presents it from both scientific and sociodemographic perspectives. Medical and public health students alike stand much to gain by reading this book.

                  3 out of 5 stars Heat Wave: Social Isolation in Chicago.......2004-12-18


                  Over the summer of 1995, the area surrounding Chicago experienced extreme weather conditions that exposed people to a heat index reaching 126 degrees. The result was devastating to the community; a record number of deceased bodies were discovered as a direct result of heat exposure. The hot, humid air stalled over Chicago for one long week. When it was finally dissipated, it left residents of Chicago scared and confused. City streets had failed, electricity use had peaked and many lost power, and power grids had completely collapsed. It was a disaster that was heard around the world.
                  Between the dates of July 14 and July 20, 739 Chicago residents died from heat exposure. Every year, heat waves kill more people than all other natural disasters combined. However, they often are not heard of or spoken about. This is due to the fact that they are not physically damaging and that most heat wave victims are those who are socially isolated from their community. These groups often are composed primarily of elderly, poor, and those who choose to be isolated.
                  Heat waves directly are linked to these isolated groups, and until now, were not given any attention. Many are left vulnerable to disaster by not being connected into the community. Eric Klinenberg examines the tragedy that took place in Chicago and draws attention to the social, political, and institutional groups that all were involved in the situation. Heat Wave ties in isolation, inner-city neighborhoods, city services, and the news media as integral parts of the disaster that resulted from the heat wave in Chicago.
                  The first problem examined by Klinenberg was isolation. Many of the victims perished alone, without any companions nearby. Of the 739 bodies that were found dead, 170 of them went unclaimed showing the intensity of loneliness of those who perished. Klinenberg says that elderly isolation is the result of demographic shifts, crime, spatial transformation, and substance abuse problems. Adding to the problem, many of the elderly people lived in sealed rooms that did not allow for windows to be opened.
                  In the following chapter, Klinenberg examines the urban neighborhood and relates social structure to the isolation theory. He concludes that high poverty plays an important role when evaluating who is at risk for heat waves. Klinenberg emphasizes that these segregated areas do not allow people to establish social connections. Depleted buildings and violent crimes lead to further isolation. Once isolated, an event such as a heat wave disproportionately places certain individuals at an elevated risk to be affected by a disaster situation.
                  After examining the urban neighborhood, Klinenberg discovers that services provided by the city were not equally distributed. He concludes that support services should not be in the hands of government control. When you place the power into institutional organizations, services are distributed unequally and only offer aid to certain groups of people. Many people struggle to keep up with those benefiting and give up the chase for the services offered. Without adequate services, such as air-conditioning, people are placed at elevated risks from dying from a heat wave.
                  In his last analysis of the Chicago catastrophe, Klinenberg ties in the news media and their relevance to the heat wave in Chicago. The way the news is distributed is tied in to fit what specific people want to hear. For example, suburban residents were often not informed of the underlying problems related to the heat wave. Instead, the mayor spoke only of the event as being a natural disaster that could not have been avoided. Often, the people not affected by disasters are those that speak of the event. They are able to shape what is talked about and displace talk over the social problems related to the disaster.
                  Together, the factors discussed helped shape the events involved with the heat wave in Chicago. The socially isolated people seemed to be at the highest risk from the disaster. This incident represented how different groups and unrepresented and how certain people can control what is taken out of an event. Klinenberg closely examines the socially isolated to show that connections are important, and one is in threat without having connections.
                  However, Klinenberg fails to mention how certain people are motivated in different ways. He follows the thought of being isolated as a threat to one's health. Little talk is given to those who choose to be isolated. While some people feel as though they need people around them, others feel that isolation is the only way to break away from the mass crowd. Isolation does not result from one factor alone. People choose to remove themselves from society for many different reasons.
                  Also, Klinenberg fails to mention what is needed to change the current situations in Chicago. It is important to understand what happened in Chicago, but it would be hard to change the situation without a well-thought plan. Social and political institutions seem to be a starting point for most changes. We need to draw attention on how to change corrupt practice from political institutions. We must establish equal rights again and allow everyone to have access to city services. Without a plan, things will continue to go as they always have and attention on unequal practices will be displaced.
                  The disaster that occurred in Chicago was not the heat wave itself; it was the underlying social problems that stemmed from the heat wave. This put certain groups of people at elevated risks for heat related death. Attention must be given to heat wave disasters; they cause more deaths every year than all other natural disasters. The victims deserve equal rights and services. By doing so, life can be protected and shared among all groups of people.

                  4 out of 5 stars Heat Wave.......2004-12-17

                  Klinenberg's investigation of the conditions and outcome of the 1995 tragedy deals with issues of human interdependence and examines the importance of local and regional communities in preventing future catastrophes of this kind. Heat Wave takes a natural phenomenon and penetrates to issues of economic and social depravity, the echelon of neighborhood that one resides and the solitude that extends from those circumstances.
                  Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. .(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of Urban Research
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                    		Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. .(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of Urban Research
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                    Title: Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. .(Book Review) (book review)
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                      		Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
                      Eric Klinenberg
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                          Inequality Reexamined (Russell Sage Foundation Books)
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                          4 out of 5 stars The Philosphy of Economics.......2003-06-06

                          The most basic idea, that one person's equality is another's inequality, is explored in detail. Sen illuminates many of the flaws in standard economic thinking, and how the philosophical underpinnings of economics guide and distort economic reasoning.

                          5 out of 5 stars Fantastic- and I don't agree with a word of it, either!.......2001-08-01

                          I read this book in one sitting, and let me say it is a great book.

                          It is odd so few books are written on such a basic philosophical question as equality, and reading mister Sen is akin to drinking a cold glass of water for a man in a desert of political philosophy.

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                          That having been said, I agree with none of it. I do not value equality in any way, and my politics are thoroughly aristocratic and Old Right. So perhaps the possible reader should take that into account: I have nothing but praise for mister Sens books, and this book in particular is an excellent dive. Perhaps praise from a trenchant enemy is worth more than praise from the ideologically like minded.

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                          Inequality Reexamined. (book reviews): An article from: Southern Economic Journal
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                            Clair E. Morris
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                            Title: Inequality Reexamined. (book reviews)
                            Author: Clair E. Morris
                            Publication: Southern Economic Journal (Refereed)
                            Date: July 1, 1994
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