Essential Care for Dogs: A Holistic Way of Life

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The authors demonstrate how a healthier, happier dog is the key to a deeper and more enjoyable relationship between dog and owner. Mark Elliott, one of the foremost holistic veterinarians in the UK, and co-author Jackie Drakeford, well known in working-dog circles, share their knowledge in a relaxed, easy, and informative style in this unique guide for the modern dog owner.

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The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book)

terrific technique

It seems easy!

Wonderful book

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The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book)
Lark Books
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Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure

ASIN: 1579906117

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Nine master ceramic artists present their personal approaches to sculpting the human figure in a spectacular volume that's both technically illuminating and visually inspirational. The outstanding examples range from representational to abstract, diminutive to heroic. Nan Smith uses a range of mold-making techniques and precise slab construction, while Akio Takamori coil-builds a simplified figure inspired by a Velásquez painting and Christyl Boger creates a lavishly decorated, classically formal figurine. Each featured sculptor discusses the unique attractions and challenges of his or her method, and a series of detailed color photographs follows the artwork as it takes shape. In addition, there's a gallery of contemporary pieces selected by the major contributors. Glen R. Brown, a noted writer on ceramics, provides an insightful, thought-provoking introduction.

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The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book).......2007-08-16

A rich and exciting collection of wonderful artists and a never ending wealth of inspiration. My favorite book of contemporary ceramic art

terrific technique.......2007-07-20

I have always wanted to do large scale figurative sculpture. There are not many books specifically on this subject. I found this book and said, "Yes, this has exactly what I want to know". I find it a wonderful resource. Vicki Stone-artist

It seems easy!.......2007-05-15

Beatiful pages. It seems easy sculpting. It is not. If you can do it, this book does not really help you, but if you don't, you really feel sorry that you can't. It's good anyway to see how some artists work.

Wonderful book.......2007-05-07

This book is very inspirational to the figurative artist. Some of the work is truly spectacular, and all of it is interesting. I was wondering if I'd like this book before I purchased it, but I am certainly glad I did now. In particular, the works of Adrian Arleo, and my favorite, Christyl Boger, stand out prominently.

The parts on casting and molding are helpful as well. I have never seen such a book where proporton and detailing of the human figure at this scale are illustrated in a step by step fashion, and from rolled coil, slab, and pinched clay at that. Just the pictures of various works and styles would be inspiring enough, but here you have multiple how-tos. Some of the details are glossed over in places, but you are given enough information to where you'd be able to attempt this yourself with little problem. Stock up on clay though. :) There are plenty of smaller works, and abstract examples abound as well as realism.

This book is one of my art favorites now. I may buy another copy for a library use, and keep this one for studio abuse. While the end result of a lot of this art may be intimidating to the newbie, given the high level of finish and proportion, you do not want to pin your technique on books where the end result shown is not representative of the pinnacle you could achieve. This book allows you to set your sights high, along with telling you how to get there as well. You'll just need some practice (same as myself) Now if only I had a really large kiln. :) Firing the end result, which is an art itself, is not covered other than sculpture prep such as venting, etc.

In short, this book was a surprise find, one I've not found in my local bookstores, but one which should be among the main titles they carry.

A Very Worthwhile Addition.......2007-04-30

I like this book very much for what it is, and that is a showcase of work and methods that are out there. If you are a clay worker who has a little bit of handbuilding experience, here is a book that will expand your horizons. I've seen many of the contributers in magazines like Ceramics Monthly, and they all have unique working methods that are worth examining. Some of the methods are not described in exceptional detail; but they still make you say things like,"Oh, that's how it can be done!" or "Oh, I never thought of working in that manner." If you want specific detailed instructions on things like slip casting or what have you, get a book on it (The Clay Lover's Guide to Mold Making, another Lark book is a fine example). What these artists demonstrate is synthesis --bringing the techniques together to create the whole, a rare quality in instructional art books. Another thing I appreciate about this book is the photo galleries, which include a broad cross section of work. All in all, I feel this is a well rounded survey book.

The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Tehniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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Nine master artists present their personal approaches to sculpting the human figure in a spectacular volume that’s technically illuminating and visually inspirational. The outstanding examples range from representational to abstract, diminutive to heroic. Nan Smith uses mold-making techniques and precise slab construction; Akio Takamori coil-builds a figure inspired by a Velásquez painting; and Christyl Boger creates a lavishly decorated, classically formal figurine. Each featured sculptor discusses the unique attractions and challenges of his or her method; detailed color photographs follow the artwork as it takes shape. Noted ceramics writer Glen R. Brown provides an insightful introduction.

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In this acclaimed collection of twelve stories, Margaret Atwood probes the territory of childhood memories and the casual cruelty men and women inflict upon each other and themselves. She looks behind the familiar world of family summers at remote lakes, ordinary lives, and unexpected loves, and she unearths profound truths. A melancholy, teenage love is swept away by a Canadian hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds; a potter tries to come to terms with the group of poets who so smother her that she is driven into the arms of her accountant; and, in the title story, the Bluebeard legend is retold as an ironic tale of marital deception. Stark and scathing at times, humorous and compassionate at others, Bluebeard’s Egg confirms once again Atwood’s reputation as the pre-eminent chronicler of our times.

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Short stories, not novel.......2005-07-20

I was a little disappointed to discover that Bluebeard's Egg was a collection of stories, because I was hoping for another impossible-to-put-down novel by Margaret Atwood. Still, her writing style is fantastic no matter what medium she writes in.

Cracking the shell of the egg.......2004-03-05

Upon reading the first few stories, in this collection, I tended to feel in keeping with some of the reviewers who intimated that the stories were lacking in complexity. However, as I began to probe further, and reread some of the stories, I realized just exactly what a genius Margaret Atwood is... Atwood's writing is a painful blend of the comical and horrific, much as life can be. These stories, some of them, made me cry with laughter. The recognition of some of my own inner demons was a little painful, but at least it was vicarious in nature. Such is the beauty of a story.

I found that the story "The Sunrise" was one of the most exquisite pieces of satire on the art process. As an artist bleeds themselves onto the page or the canvas, the public laps it up like starving vampires. Vicarioulsy. Sometimes the artist gives too much, more than they have to give, and then must seek out the inspiration, the muse, if you will, in someone else. Yvonne, the character here, states that she gave too much at one time. She used to be an artist's model. Now she has shut herself off, but she needs light and life, which she gets from painting unsuspecting humans, and basking in the sunlight. She's like a hothouse flower. She is an artificial creation which she presents to the world. Only she knows the real truth. If this is a collection of stories about the painful truths lurking behind people's hearts, here is the ultimate.

Atwood brilliantly satirizes the whole creative process when she says: "Though if art sucks and everything is only art, what has she done with her life?" The symbology throughout the story is one of blatant vampirism, which only the most obtuse could not see. The creation of art and the sordidness of the art world do suck life not only from the artist, but the viewer as well. Just as some of Yvonne's vitality goes into the young man's collage. Atwood says Yvonne will suck the blood of the tulip until it dies,and that she eats a portion of the souls of her sitters, i.e. her victims. Yes, as one reviewer says, the book is rife with symbology, or apparent symbology, symbols for the reader to do with as they will, instead of being spoon-fed.

She pokes fun at the reader and the critic,even before they would have had a chance to read this work, by making Yvonne the artist, a woman who paints phalluses. She pokes fun at how a phallus cannot be seen as a phallic symbol, because it IS phallic, in and of itself. Even the razor blade she calls a 'memento mori'.

The most exquisite satire comes early in the story, when she writes that it is boring to be characterized by what you paint. "There was one advantage though: people bought her paintings, though not for ultra-top prices, especially after magic realism came back in." If magic realism is the use of supernatural elements treated as if they were commonplace, and she is commenting on how boring it is to be taken so literally, to in essence, have no surprises for the audience, as well as making allusions to the whole vampire myth, then this is truly brilliant satire!

For those of us who get it, here is a treasure, a gem, that has to be dug for, not unlike buried treasure. The very thing which kills her artist's spirit, or cuts off her cash flow, is a renewed fascination on the part of the fickle audience with elements of the supernatural, the mythical, the mysterious, the inutitive. They want mystery and juxtaposed images that don't have meaning until you look under the surface. Like the young man's collages which drain her into them. It's too late for her to use that ploy herself, and she said so, earlier. For the ones who get it, Atwood seems to be slamming the critics right out of the starting gate. She's having the first laugh, and I think it is infinitely funny!

Captivated by the Egg........2002-06-03

In the car I always have an audiobook to listen to, and the last weeks I really have enjoyed Margareth Atwood's Bluebeard's Egg and other stories.

This is a collection of short stories written by a master of words, and a master of short stories. When Atwood writes she uses no extra words or sentences, she takes us right to the point, and the point in this collection is human beings. Common human beings fighting for their lives. No heros, just plain people like you and me. Every time a new story starts I think, this one cannot be better than the last, but it happend again and again, the story captivates me, and it is all mornings hard to stop the car and go to work - I want to hear just one more sentence, and then one more.

My favorite story though is the one that has given name to the collection, Bluebeard's Egg. A well known fairy tale, told and given it's own meaning by Atwood, or may be she just shows us the original meaning of the story. Sally, the main carachter of the story struggles with the puzzle of her life, to keep all the pieces together. The center of her life is her husband Ed, but how can she be sure that she is also the center in Ed's life? No one can write about this, invite us into and let us be in the feeling of the story like Atwood do.

Britt Arnhild Lindland

Average Atwood.......2000-07-27

No one will mistake Margaret Atwood for Alice Munro when it comes to short stories. Most of these stories are trifles. Atwood's tendency to be elliptical really gets in the way of any development. Her narrators seem to just be skimming the surface of life with little or no consequence of that. Only the stories "Bluebeard's Egg" and "Scarlet Ibis" really rise above the level of craft, particularly the former. I love the preciseness with which Atwood details feminine rivalry over men! Overall, a hodge-podge of "short fiction pieces," not short stories.

facets of our world.......1999-09-17

This was the first book by Margaret Atwood I read after reading the short story "Happy Ending" in an anthology.

A great writer is easily recognisable. All you have to do is to write a few lines of a novel or a short story. You will just keep on reading and feel sorry when you are closer to the end than to the beginning of the story.

This collection of short stories shows that Margaret Atwood is a major writer and story teller. Of course, not in the pulp fiction or slimy-sweet sense but you need a curiosity for the inner world of soliloquies and self-observations.

However, she does not give us lectures on psychology, but tells us the story and we can live it from the inside.

In three of the stories the seeds of her later novel, "Cat's Eye" can be found, which I was inspired to read exactly by them. Short stories can always be a good introduction or lead-in for writer and reader alike.

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MY GARDEN IN SPRING
E. A. BOWLES
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My garden in Spring
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My Illinois Garden: A Gardener's Journal (My Gardener's Journal)
Cool Springs Press
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Gardening requires time and planning. My Illinois Garden: A Gardener's Journal is the perfect planning tool for anyone who enjoys and wants to improve their garden. It is arranged by week and is not dated so you can start journaling at any time of the year. There are weekly tips on each page, as well as space to record notes, such as "Garden Observations," "What's the Weather Like?" and "What Have I Planted/Transplanted?" Each week also features a page to record any notes you want to add in order to personalize your journal. My Illinois Garden: A Gardener's Journal is a perfect gift for anyone who enjoys America's favorite leisure pastime.

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The One Minute Review

Pleasantly Surprised!

Simple and easy and VERY practical.

The ideal gift for any parent

The One Minute Father (One Minute Series)
Spencer Johnson , and Candle Communications
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Release Date: 1995-10-16

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The One Minute Father is the seminal One Minute book. A man who sees that he has been a better provider than parent learns by trial and error how to be more nurturing. He first learns a more effective way to discipline –– applying One Minute Reprimands. Then his children help him discover two even more important parenting methods –– One Minute Praisings and One Minute Goals. Using these practical methods, a father develops more confidence in himself as a parent, as he and his children enjoy a happier family life. The One Minute Father begins where most fathers are and takes them to where they want to be.

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The One Minute Review.......2006-04-17

I like this book. Sure it may be cheesy and sometimes condescending and pedantic, but it is easy to read. What I like about this book is that it truly teaches parents how to parent in a way that helps children access an internalized sense of right and wrong. It seems like children today, because of our society's lack of social limits, have a shallow sense of right and wrong. There is a difference between not doing something because you will get caught and not doing something because you know that it is wrong.

This technique helps parents communicate in a clear and effective manner what they feel about a situation and attempt to get the child to internalize it. In other words, it teaches parents to help the child become their own parent.

I have used this series of books in my private practice to help clients learn to parent, as well as how to communicate with others. It is well worth reading.

Greg Custer, MS, LPC, MFTI

Pleasantly Surprised!.......2003-02-08

I purchased this book after reading "The One Minute Manager." I was skeptical about how any significant parenting advice could be contained in such a small volume. Still, since the read would be easy and quick, I decided to try it. I was pleasantly surprised!

Johnson does an excellent job of applying the basic principles of One Minute management to the parent/child relationship. In his typical parable style, he describes the One Minute Reprimand, the One Minute Praising, and the One Minute Goal. His depiction of the results with the Father's children is sickeningly sweet and overly dramatic, but he makes his point.

For any father who has read "The One Minute Manager," I encourage him to read this book also. It will truly give new, valuable insights into being a better dad. Buy it and see for yourself!

Simple and easy and VERY practical........2002-05-25

Spencer Johnson always does a good job of breaking an idea down to some key components that can then be built upon to create a positive outcome. I was skeptical of "The One Minute Father" as most people seem to be about all of the One Minute Ideas. Don't let the title fool you. By using the common sense approach to discipling your children, you will eliminate the negative time to small points in time while giving you the opportunity to spend a great deal of time in a positive and rewarding relationship with your child(ren). This is a must read for any parent. The things that we often know but won't believe are possible are possible. I have started following the advice given in this book more regulary and I can already see one of my children turning the corner in how she sees herself and her actions and how the two are not necessarily the same.
Give this book as a gift to yourself and anyone else you know willing to learn how to be a better, happier and more successful parent.

The ideal gift for any parent.......2000-05-03

This book and the concepts it shares with the One Minute (Manager) Series are the basis for the way I am raising my daughter. Manage behavior and unconditionally love the child. It works for parenting, management, and even marital relations. This book puts the principles of the One Minute Manager in the natural context of the parent child relationship. It is a gem of a book. I have given several copies to friends, employees, and in 1992 to my (then) future wife. Not only did I give her the book, I recorded it on cassette in my voice for her to study. She did. We have now (5/2000) been happily "Catching each other doing things right" for over 7 years as husband and wife. In the same way, we have harnessed the incredible power of One Minute style praising and reprimanding our daughter with fantastic results.

The One Minute Father; The qucikest way for you to help your children learn to like themselves and want to behave themselves

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Johnson Spencer
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THE ONE MINUTE FATHER
SPENCER JOHNSON
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The One Minute Father; The Quickest Way for You to Help Your Children Learn To Like Themselves and Want to Behave Themselves

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The One Minute Father; The Quickest Way for You to Help Your Children Learn To Like Themselves and Want to Behave Themselves
Spencer Johnson
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One Minute Parenting: The One Minute Mother/the One Minute Father

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One Minute Parenting: The One Minute Mother/the One Minute Father
Spencer Johnson
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The One-minute Father (One Minute Manager)

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The One-minute Father (One Minute Manager)
Spencer Johnson
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Our Fathers (Five "Ten Minute Play" scripts, includes performance rights for one year at one venue)

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Our Fathers (Five "Ten Minute Play" scripts, includes performance rights for one year at one venue)

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For Community Theatre - Drama - Synopsis: Part 3 of the four-part ten minute play series How to Learn About my Country in an Hour or Less that deals with social, political and taboo issues in post-communist Romania. An exploration of a most taboo subject in a most Orthodox country: homosexuality. In just ten minutes, this play becomes a case study of a sad and old mentality locked in modern times. - Cast: 3 men, 1 woman, 4 total - Performance rights for one year at one venue

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One Minute Father
Rh Value Publishing
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0517462591
Release Date: 1987-03-07

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One-minute Father

Manufacturer: HARPER COLLINS 1 PAP
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ASIN: B000GX170I

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