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Now in full color, 200 Years of Dolls, 3rd Edition is the most easy-to-use comprehensive identification and value guide designed for both novice and experienced collectors of vintage dolls, dealers, auction houses, and appraisers. With updated pricing, new color photos, and new manufacturer marks listings-the principle tool used for identification-the third edition of this best selling book will serve as an invaluable resource.
With thorough historical information on 180 different manufacturers, readers will gain a better understanding of the dollmaking industry. Pricing grids contain values for variations of the same dolls, providing the most accurate pricing available. Collectors will find detailed descriptions for each of the 5,000 doll listings and more than 300 brilliant full-color photographs. Covers cloth, china, vinyl, antique, molded, French, and German dolls plus much more!
-5,000 listings for dolls, each with detailed descriptions and accurate, up-to-date pricing -More than 300 full-color photographs -New manufacturer marks listings-the principle tool used for identification
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Third edition: Doll Identification by Herlocher.......2007-06-14
I refer to this doll book often. Any author who attmpts to include 200 years` worth of antique and collectible dolls in one book has quite a feat ahead. But the author does a wonderful job. This hardback book is printed on quality paper.The photos are very nicely taken.Information is very helpful.
Over 275 doll manufacturers are included in a lovely coverage.......2005-09-06
Dawn Herlocher's 200 Years Of Dolls Identification And Price Guide, 3rd Edition unlike competing doll guides, over 5,000 dolls of all kinds are identified from Raggedy Ann editions to Barbie. The book comes packed with color photos - but the inclusion of manufacturer's marks, comparison charts and histories is what makes 200 Years Of Dolls so special. Of course, there's the latest pricing to aid in valuations. Over 275 doll manufacturers are included in a lovely coverage.
Outstanding! Definitely the new standard in doll collecting.......1997-05-11
This book has been so helpful to me and my friends this author has covered everything
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Shows step-by-step techniques required to create beautiful batiks and tie dyed textiles. Exploring the history and tradition of both methods, it covers every phase of their creation, from selecting proper equipment and supplies and setting up a studio to planning and completing finished works of art. Over 100 photographs, 28 diagrams.
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Don't buy this book if you want to learn how to batik.......2006-11-11
Discussion of the history of batik is very through, unfortunately, that is not what I was looking for. Also, photos are black and white, and not easy to follow.
The section discussion how to batik is relatively small compared to the material in the book, and not easy to follow, as the photos are black and white and somewhat small. I recommend Creative Batik over this book, if you want to learn how to batik.
What a dissappointment.......2004-07-02
Tie dye is about color and feeling. The book is in black and white. How can you teach tie dye and batik in black and white. Waste of time!!!
Informative by disappointing as well.......2003-08-26
This is the kind of book that needs a lot more color illustrations. The information was great, but my problem is that the book did not inspire me very much and I think this kind of book should do that.
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practical book.......2001-10-06
A very straight forward practical book. Batik and Tie Dye Techniques focus' on the beginner's needs for basic tie-dye stuff.
Excellent teaching and learning tool, inspirational.......1999-01-25
This book provides a complete technical summary of batik and resist-dye techniques, with unusually high design quality ... very inspirational.
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The Villa As Hegemonic Architecture
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A mom's work is never done. Between keeping the house clean, doing the laundry, making the meals, and shuttling the family around to soccer practice, ballet recitals, etc. moms have got their work cut out for them! But what about the fun stuff? What about the stuff that will make a child's eyes glitter with anticipation and excitement? And where can a Mom learn these invaluable tricks?
The Mom's Guide to being a Superhero is a mother's one-stop guide for over 100 skills and tricks for adding that extra touch. The book is a humorous, yet highly practical approach to what people need to do in order to spend a full day with a child (let alone three of them). It will be illustrated with line drawings, and will include such skills as:
• Make dresses for Barbie out of pillowcases • Tell a great story starring the kid(s) in the house • Fly a kite • Weave a French-braid and cornrows • Make your own Play-Doh and Silly Putty • Draw five important cartoon characters
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What Moms (and Dads) Need To Know.......2006-02-09
If you want some quick ideas of activities to keep the kids occupied, then this is the book for you. Most of the ideas take up only a page or two, but it gets you started. There are more than 150 ideas (from making a puppet theater, to juggling, to catching worms and even building them a home).
You get crafts, skills, recipes, and how to fix things that are important to kids.
If you don't know how to make a paper airplane or mend a plastic toy, then this book may rescue you.
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In this compelling memoir by a writer, mother, and feminist, Jane Lazarre confronts the myth of the "good mother" with her fiercely honest and intimate portrait of early motherhood as a time of profound ambivalence and upheaval, filled with desperation as well as joy, the struggle to reclaim a sense of self, and sheer physical exhaustion. Originally published in 1976, The Mother Knot is a feminist classic, as relevant today as it was twenty years ago.
âA modern feminist classic, certain to leave its readers changed from the experience of reading seldom spoken truths.ââMaureen T. Reddy, from the Introduction to the new edition of The Mother Knot
âA powerful autobiographical account. . . . Lazarre slugs it out with her own demons and the Great American Good Mother Myth. It will frighten people who don’t like to have their myths messed with, but a lot of others will breathe easier because of it.ââLouise Berkinow, New York Times Book Review
âBeautifully written . . . . The Mother Knot says the unsayable, crackling with insights. . . . At once profoundly consoling and terrifying, her finds are universal.ââBarbara Seaman, Washington Post Book World
âA wholly original and important book. . . . I cannot imagine a woman who would not be moved, or a man who would not be enlightened.ââAdrienne Rich
âThe Mother Knot deserves a permanent place in the stirring body of testimonial literature American feminism has given rise to.ââVivian Gornick
âMany women will see themselves in Jane Lazarre’s beautifully written autobiographical account of her experience of motherhood, which is full of contradictory feelings and the conflict she felt between the portrayal of ideal motherhood and reality.ââGuardian
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Parenting- the hidden thoughts of a mother.......2005-12-01
Mother Knot, an autobiography by Jane Lazzarre shows a different but very real reaction and perspective of a mother who is raising a child. Uncontrollable crying, bathing, feeding, and just being with your child is a handful, but some mothers are afraid to tell people the struggles, anger, frustration, and pain they go through when raising their child because they fear that people will see them as an inadequate or even bad mother. Thus there are not many stories by parents on how much they struggled when raising their children. In this book, the pain, confusion, and struggle Lazzarre goes through as a mother is very vivid and moving. She describes her frustrations with her child, her husband, and herself and through out the book we see how she learns to deal. Mother Knot is definitely and eye opener on how much mothers and fathers struggle and give up so much for their children.
Eye-opening!.......2000-02-22
I had heard The Mother Knot mentioned and recommended highly in a few other books I've read, including one I read recently that prompted me to order it and read it for myself. It's a short book, but it's packed with eye-opening details that distill and debunk the mother myth. Although written in the mid-1970s, this book feels as fresh as if it were written today, and its insights into the reality of life for new mothers was refreshing and enlightning. I recommend it very highly for every woman, mother or otherwise, and for every man. If it doesn't enlighten you as to your own experience or possible experience, it will awaken you to the reality of mothers everywhere--and to your mother's reality.
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Deborah Tannen's #1 New York Times bestseller You Just Don’t Understand revolutionized communication between women and men. Now, in her most provocative and engaging book to date, she takes on what is potentially the most fraught and passionate connection of women’s lives: the mother-daughter relationship.
It was Tannen who first showed us that men and women speak different languages. Mothers and daughters speak the same language–but still often misunderstand each other, as they struggle to find the right balance between closeness and independence. Both mothers and daughters want to be seen for who they are, but tend to see the other as falling short of who she should be. Each overestimates the other’s power and underestimates her own.
Why do daughters complain that their mothers always criticize, while mothers feel hurt that their daughters shut them out? Why do mothers and daughters critique each other on the Big Three–hair, clothes, and weight–while longing for approval and understanding? And why do they scrutinize each other for reflections of themselves?
Deborah Tannen answers these and many other questions as she explains why a remark that would be harmless coming from anyone else can cause an explosion when it comes from your mother or your daughter. She examines every aspect of this complex dynamic, from the dark side that can shadow a woman throughout her life, to the new technologies like e-mail and instant messaging that are transforming mother-daughter communication. Most important, she helps mothers and daughters understand each other, the key to improving their relationship.
With groundbreaking insights, pitch-perfect dialogues, and deeply moving memories of her own mother, Tannen untangles the knots daughters and mothers can get tied up in. Readers will appreciate Tannen’s humor as they see themselves on every page and come away with real hope for breaking down barriers and opening new lines of communication. Eye-opening and heartfelt, You’re Wearing That? illuminates and enriches one of the most important relationships in our lives.
“Tannen analyzes and decodes scores of conversations between moms and daughters. These exchanges are so real they can make you squirm as you relive the last fraught conversation you had with your own mother or daughter. But Tannen doesn't just point out the pitfalls of the mother-daughter relationship, she also provides guidance for changing the conversations (or the way that we feel about the conversations) before they degenerate into what Tannen calls a mutually aggravating spiral, a "self-perpetuating cycle of escalating responses that become provocations." – The San Francisco Chronicle
Customer Reviews:
I'm Wearing THAT..........2007-10-06
A worthwhile read, both informative and validating. The early examples of mom-queries ("You're not wearing that, are you?"; "I could rip that roll right out of your hands"; "Are you planning on quartering those tomatoes?") and Tannen's "interpretations" had me arching my eyebrows. These are "really" examples of concern and caring? C'mon. You can talk to me 'til you're blue in the face about metamessages, but as far as I'm concerned, the above remarks don't need psycho-interpreting: They're just plain out of line no matter where they come from, whether it's the person who raised you or a stranger.
My other critique is the editing. What's with it these days? Why does a prominent author like Tannen stand for slipshod editing? Why pay a publisher? I marked up my (used) copy, and for certain could shave 10% off the text, and it would read better. One prominent annoyance was the felt need to cite e-mail as the medium via which information reached the author, even when it wasn't relevant, which in most cases it wasn't. That alone could've saved a few superfluous paragraphs. Why don't publishers outsource to...the likes of me? I could save them big buck$ and improve their product. It's beyond comprehension.
That having been said, once past the first chapter, Tannen is on the mark and knows her subject. Unlike some other reviewers, it doesn't bother me that her background isn't in the "right" field. If you've got something to say and therein lies truth, as far as I'm concerned, that's all it takes, and Tannen has it.
Good discussion, little solutions.......2007-09-25
"You're Wearing That?" is a frank review of the various dynamics in discussions between mothers and daughters, and it is helpful to have each angle pointed out and made clear that you're not alone in your dysfunction. In that way, the book was therapeutic.
On the other hand, it offered little solution to the problem, other than to recognize that is what you're doing, that those are universal problems, and why the female nature unwittingly recreates these situations. The basic format of most of her examples went something like, "The mom said this, the daughter took it wrong, the mom was surprised and hurt." And the general thrust of the advice was, "Moms, don't give too much advice. Daughters, they don't mean it that way so don't overreact."
I sensed that perhaps the author's recent loss of her mother led her to cast a more generous light on dysfunctional mothering communication, giving it the benefit of the doubt, while her late realization at how she'd misunderstood her mother led her to cast daughters' perceptions as the problem.
Perhaps that is true in more healthy families, but what if they DO mean it that way? There was some discussion of darker dysfunctional relationships, but not much advice about what to do to change that or heal from it, which left an otherwise comprehensive discussion quite lacking.
You're Wearing That?.......2007-08-13
Deborah Tannen does a wonderful job of discussing the way mothers and daughters use conversation/knowledge of each other to communicate. Enjoyed it immensely and want to pass it along to my sister, friends and daughters!
Interesting.......2007-07-28
I enjoyed reading this book, as it validated many of my own concerns with my daughters and my my mother. The interviews from other mothers as well as Tannen's own experiences enriched her basic points. Though I read 99% of the book, I skipped over portions that were not relevant to me. I do recommend this as a good resource for both mothers and daughters.
There are Better Books to Understand this Dynamic.......2007-06-11
I kept looking for the educational background of the author and there was nothing, i.e. degree in Women Studies, et al. In my opinion, the books to understand relationships is: The Verbally Abusive Relationship and Controlling People, both books by Patricia Evans. In many 'stories' in this book, what came up for me was Abusive Realtionship/Controlling People. There were so many 'stories' that I would categorize into 'abusive=put-downs, etc'; or controlling behavior=Mom trying to control daughter, visa versa. What about mutual respect, supporting each other in who they are? I didn't like the tone of: never good enough, if you do this then I will love you more. Patricia Evans books are a great teaching tool to learn and recognize abusive realtionships/controlling people. I have also attended seminars to learn about different personality/communication styles. The author did not indicate anything that she was knowledgable/had studied different styles.
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How Does Schooling of Mothers Improve Child Health?: Evidence from Morocco (Lsms Working Paper)
Paul Glewwe
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Can get this in a library...........2001-04-26
You don't have to buy this book, you can get it in a library in the Journal of Human Resources 1999.
Its a pretty good paper with interesting findings.
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The mother/child papers
Alicia Ostriker
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