Customer Reviews:
Smile was only two-thirds complete.......2004-10-29
I agree with Chris's review far below, which states that Priore was operating under a misconception. Brian Wilson has stated that the album was supposed to have three movements, and that only two movements (2/3 of the entire album!) had been completed at the time the album was scrapped. I think Priore was trying to convince himself that the Smile album wasn't actually "lost," and that whatever bootlegged versions he'd strung together at home were close to the real thing. Nice try.
Other than that, though, the book contains the most thorough collection of Smile-related essays available, so it gets three stars from this old-school Wilson fan.
Smile was nearly complete.......2004-10-29
The review below is incorrect in stating that Smile was only about 75% finished. The Smile tapes are readily available as bootlegs, and they clearly show an album that was pretty much finished. The song bits had not yet been sequenced, and the Beach Boys' vocals were not completed on every song. However, the album was very near completion, and almost everything that's out in the current Smile was already in the original. In fact, it took Brian only 2 weeks to complete Smile for performance and release in 2004 -- that's how close to finished Smile was.
Waiting for the shoe to drop.......2004-08-18
Priore's book is a fantastic feat of journalism, or archival detective work, take your pick . . . Yes, it's sloppy looking and somewhat outdated, but it has the genuine thrill of the chase that you find in a book like Symons' QUEST FOR CORVO or in Richard Holmes' biographical investigations into the lives of the British Romantics.
Soon, they say, Brian will have finished and released SMILE after all these years, and surely all of us wonder, can it possibly live up to the SMILE of our imaginations? We're waiting for the other shoe to drop, will it be a success? Or will I wind up a broken man too tough to cry?
A thrilling book for those who love rock history.......2004-05-22
Now SMiLE is finished, and it will be in stores this September. This makes Priore's scrapbook/history tome about the 1966-67 SMiLE era that much more interesting and valuable. I don't have much to add to previous reviewers (and my five-star rating should indicate how I feel about the book), but I'll just note this: Domenic Priore painstakingly assembled this book as a fan's labor of love, almost as an underground project--and years later, when Brian Wilson and his band premiered the completed SMiLE in London, Priore was selected to write articles for the tour program. So now he's an officially sanctioned historian of SMiLE, lending the book even more credence.
Domenic Priore's lookback at SMiLE.......2003-08-26
This book has so many interesting things about the period in the Beach Boys' life from early 1966 through 1967 and beyond. What interested me about Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile! is that there is proof that the Beach Boys were not as square as once believed. The music from the unreleased SMiLE album is absolutely like none other before or since. Brian Wilson's position on top of the music world after Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations was soon brought back to earth when many different things got in the way of the making of such an artistic album. Although most of the book contains news clippings from the time period documented, it worth reading and investigating even though you really don't know what happened. If you really want to discover something new about the Beach Boys, check this book out. You will not be disappointed!
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Stop, Look, and Listen for Trains (Safety Town)
Dorothy Chlad
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From Farm to You (Look, Listen, & Speak)
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At the Mall (Look, Listen, & Speak)
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At the Park (Look, Listen, & Speak)
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Listen Look & Think: A Self-Regulation Program for Children (With Tape)
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- for advanced knitters
- Gorgeous Victorian stuff! (and some weird stuff, too)
- Good for accents
- not for MY home
- Classic Nicky Epstein, but you may prefer other books
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Nicky Epstein's Knitting for Your Home: Afghans, Pillows, and Accents
Nicky Epstein
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Customer Reviews:
for advanced knitters.......2006-02-27
I am an intermediate knitter, and these patterns are intimidating for me. You need to be very comfortable with color techniques before getting much use out of this book. Not for the faint of heart!
Gorgeous Victorian stuff! (and some weird stuff, too).......2002-03-26
If you like the Victorian style, I think you'll love many of the designs in this book. I've never seen knitting patterns like this before, and find this book extraordinary.
There's an afghan that takes it's inspiration from Victorian needlepoint (a.k.a., Berlinwork), with a black background and jewel tone fruits; a striking Christmas afghan with a dark background and trumpeting angels; a cable afghan with raised fruits; a diamond lace afghan with insertions of ribbon; a knitted photo frame; a cute "gentleman's sampler" that looks like it's a quilt made of squares from old sweaters; and knitted lampshade covers that are very feminine and Victorian/Edwardian. There's also an amazing afghan that's inspired from an old tapestry. The piece de resistance is an afghan that looks like it's copied from an 18th or early 19th century embroidery sampler.
Then there are items that would fit into any home: A classy cable afghan & pillow; a glorious counterpane afghan and pillow that's very feminine; a diamond afghan; some pretty pillows; and an afghan with what looks like appliqued knitted leaves on it.
I also really appreciate the few doily patterns that are included.
There are wackier things, too, which I like less: Knitted animal pillows; three-dimensional fruits for a fruit bowl; a not-very-attracrtive teddy bear; a fur pillow; an afghan featuring a golfer and a pillow that looks like a giant golf ball; and some "celestial" and almost hippie looking designs.
This book's problem doesn't come so much from it's designs, in my opinion, as from the difficulty of the projects. A few might be suitable for a beginner (some of the pillows and maybe the lampshades); others are rated "intermediate," but it seems that most are pretty complicated.
Even so, this book is inspiring, if nothing else! I highly recommend it.
Good for accents.......2001-07-14
This book isn't as bad as it is made out to be. The designs are mainly good for accents, not for decorating your entire home with and I think that the animal pillows would be adorable in a child's bedroom. All in all, a good book if you have a room that needs just a little bit of zaniness. As a twenty year old knitter, I am more open to wilder themes. If you want some lovely afghans or some crazy additions to your home, then this is the book for you.
not for MY home.......2001-04-12
Loved this author's hats, and her embellishments reference book is quite good (though did she have to include such things as k1p1 and k2p2 ribbing???), but this book goes beyond cute and fun and whimsical into weird and goofy and gaudy. Not one thing that shouted "make me" in the whole collection.
Classic Nicky Epstein, but you may prefer other books.......2001-02-06
Nicky Epstein is known for knitted embellishments and very decorative intarsia (color picture knitting) designs. Some of the projects here have been published elsewhere (the Zodiac throw was I think in a series of issues of Knitters.) As to weirder things like knitted ornamental fruit (?) and lampshades, I suppose they have a place in shabby chic, or even could be interesting knit in chenille. Knitted lampshades are not unusual in Germany; a common home item is a hanging shade on an octagonal wire frame, knit of lace in nice natural colors. Kinda cute.
However, I prefer Nicky Epstein's Knitted Embellishments book as a reference; lots of useful techniques with I cord to make Celtic Knotwork on afghans and pillows, fringes and tassels. You might also look at Erica Knight's Home Decor knitting book or Judith Shangold's Design Source Book of Home Decor, with an Amish inspired throw.
If you want some stunning intarsia throws, this is a great book to have. Otherwise, for knitting items for the home, I think you'd be better off with the other books mentioned here.
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Water is almost magical, an attraction to the eye and the ear--and even the most modest garden can showcase a water feature, along with a wide selection of plants that thrive in this damp environment. Whether you're creating a miniature pond, fountain, natural pool and bog garden, or cascade, you'll find out about edging; fish to stock; buying, preparing, and planting the right flowers and foliage; and wildlife. A plant directory covers submerged and deepwater varieties, water lilies, marginals, and more.
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La organización que representa a los mejores pediatras de la nación, así como a las investigaciones y procedimientos más avanzados y actualizados en el área de los cuidados infantiles, responde a todas sus preguntas sobre la salud y educación de su hijo. Encontrará consejos útiles y tranquilizadores para educar y cuidar de su hijo, que abarcan desde los preparativos para el nacimiento del bebé y cómo enseñarle a su hijo a usar el baño, hasta cómo fomentar su autoestima.
También encontrará una guía indispensable para identificar y tratar los problemas de salud más comunes durante la niñez, así como instrucciones detalladas para saber actuar en situaciones de emergencia.
Completo, preciso y actualizado, El cuidado de su hijo pequeño le ofrece:
• Recomendaciones fundamentales para cuidar de su hijo desde la lactancia hasta los cinco años
• Una guía sobre los logros evolutivos en los aspectos físico, emocional, social y cognoscitivo
• Una enciclopedia completa sobre salud infantil: lesiones, enfermedades, anomalías congénitas y otras discapacidades
• Consejos útiles para la seguridad de su hijo, dentro y fuera de casa, y en el auto
• Recomendaciones para elegir un buen programa de cuidado infantil
• Reflexiones sobre temas familiares, como la rivalidad entre hermanos, adopción, formación de una segunda familia y consejos prácticos para las madres que trabajan fuera de casa
• Y mucho más
Customer Reviews:
Muy completo.......2007-08-04
Cuando compre este libro estaba buscando una guia completa y detallada para el cuidado de mi hija de menos de 1 mes y este libro resulto ser exactamente lo necesitaba y mas. Es muy facil de leer, esta muy actualizado y ademas de brindar consejos sobre el cuidado en general del bebe tiene informacion util sobre el desarrollo y los cuidados medicos en cada etapa. Este es un libro que todo padre deberia comprar.
Its a must for parents (es un libro obligado para padres).......2007-06-27
Im writing in spanish and english my review since the book is in spanish
EN- The book has a lot of useful advices, it comes divided in ages since age 0 and you can follow your son progress until 5 years, and also has a section of helpful hints (for example what to do when your baby gets a wasp sting)you can get a lot of information from this book, I havent finished it because its too big, and my baby has 3 months now, so I think this book will last for a while, even for the following babies :)
SP-Este libro tiene muchos consejos útiles, viene dividido en edades desde 0 años y puedes seguir el progreso hasta los 5 años, además de que contiene una sección de consejos rápidos útiles (por ejemplo que hacer cuando el bebé recibe una picadura de abeja)puede obtener mucha información de este libro, aún no termino de leerlo debido al gran tamaño y a que mi bebé tiene 3 meses aún, pero creo que durará bastante tiempo este libro, aún para los siguientes niños :)
Customer Reviews:
El manual de usuario del bebe que no te entrega el hospital.......2003-02-02
Este es un excelente libro para todos los nuevos papas y mamas.
Es el como un manual de usuario que desgraciadamente no viene acompañado del bebe cuando te lo llevas a casa.
Definitivamente lo debes tener a la mano ya que el contenido es muy completo y te saca de apuro.
Te puede resolver situaciones antes de tener que recurrir con el medico aunque de ninguna manera sustituye la atencion medica.
En mi caso lo hemos complementado con las indicaciones de nuestro neonatologo y pediatra.
Mucha suerte y felicidades por la personita que amas.
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- Pawprints Upon My Heart
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- PEKINGESE CHAMPIONS, 1987-1999
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