I had never tried whitework before buying this book, but I am glad to own it. It contains a good introduction to the stitches involved in whitework. I found I couldn't put it away - I actually wound up embroidering quilt squares so that I could try as many of the stitches as possible. It helps to have a previous background in sewing and embroidery, but this is a good way to branch out.

The introduction consist of the history of white work, materials for white work, and transferring the designs. Intructions for white work stitches includes stem, chain, lazy daisy, running, backstitch, straight stitch, seeding, satin, padded satin, long-and-short, french knots, overcast, buttonhole, feather, herringbone, chevon, star, shadow, couching, and lattice filling. The designs are beautiful. The only thing I find wrong is it's paperback. With use though the years it will fall apart. Get your stapler ready!

Rob Carter is a fine typographer and a great teacher. This book, however, is not so much a tool as it is a display case. Don't buy this book if you want any instruction on working with computer type that you can't get from analyzing projects for yourself.

All the "Working with the Computer Type" series have the secret code to understand the modern contemporary graphic design.This one is a winner on the complex corporate identity world.

These Sourcesbooks on the Civil War are one of several series produced by the Library of Congress to provide a look at American history in terms of historical prints, photographs, journals, and maps, all drawn from the nation's library. "1863: The Crucial Year" looks at how the tide finally turned for the Union against the Confederacy because of what happened during the first few days of July of that year in a small village in southern Pennsylvania and a city overlooking the Mississippi river.

As with all of these volumes, "1863: The Crucial Year" begins with a Timeline of Major Events for that year, divided into parallel columns covering what was happening At Home and Abroad with Military Events. Although the book is divided into two parts, (I) High Tide for the Confederacy and (II) Triumph and Turmoil for the Union, it does follow a chronological rather than sectional organizational pattern. Part I starts with the Emancipation Proclamation and ends with Lee's decision to move north for the second time in the war. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the battle of Antietam in September 1862, but it did not take effect until the first day of the new year (in between was the disastrous defeat of the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg). The main focus of this first part is Ulysses S. Grant's siege of Vicksburg, although it also looks at the costly Union victory at Murfreesboro, the attack on Fort Wagner (the climax of the movie "Glory"), and the battle of Chancellorsville, where Lee made his most brilliant strategic move and ended up losing Stonewall Jackson. The best illustrations in this first part are the lithographs, particular of the attack on Fort Wagner and Lee's final meeting with Jackson.

Part II focuses primarily on the Battle of Gettysburg, following through to Lincoln's Gettysburg address (for which we see both the one photograph of Lincoln at Gettysburg and a draft of the speech in Lincoln's handwriting), along with the fall of first Vicksburg and then Port Hudson, along with the battles of Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain in eastern Tennessee. While I have enjoyed looking through these various sourcebooks, not just for the Civil War but also those on Colonial America and the American West, the illustrations in this particular volume, overall, are not as good as what I have seen elsewhere. Maybe it is because there was a concerted effort NOT to duplicate photographs and drawings we have seen before; certainly most of what is in this book are illustrations I do not recall having seen before. Still, these sourcebooks are always worth a look.

A must have for the graphic designer. Good color and tons of nice samples. I work in a design studio and find this is one of the first publications the staff looks at for inspiration when starting a new project. I wanted my own copy but found out it's ....should I say more.

This is a very interesting book with a fairly broad appeal. It examines themes in the work of Angela Carter in a way that is very accessible. For the demanding student, there are more useful books - this book does not aim to go into the works in such depth as more specialist texts, but this is mostly a virtue. One can read this without needing specialist knowledge of critical technique, which for me makes it priceless! Recommended.

I think it is a good book because it tells about how people make friends. Libby was bored until Annie Bananie moved to Barry Avenue. In the beginning Annie really likes Libby, but Libby thinks Annie Bananie is a little weird. But by the end they both like each other. Libby's grandma hates dogs, but she kisses Annie Bananie's dog so that Libby could be president of their dog club. And Libby was never bored again.

This is a long overdue book for those interested in the history of NASA during the 1970s. The author, Mark Damohn, really catches the spirit of the times. The book is very well written and obviously a lot of research went into this book. The book is primarily about Jimmy Carter and NASA, which from an academic standpoint nothing has ever been written about. Back Down to Earth dramtically shows the relationship between the White Hose and NASA during an important transition time in NASA's history between the Moon Landings and the building of the Space Shuttle. This book is a must for anyone interested in NASA, space policy and the history of the 1970s. It is a book that is an easy read for the interested general public and book that will be respected by those in the academic community.

My friend had this lying on his coffe table, and I picked it up and glanced through. Wow, was I amazed about how startling, but easy to understand this book was wirtten. Of course, If you don't care for reproductive health, then this book will bore you out of your mind

First, I am biased. I worked with Ms Jurey in the "White House basement" and on presidential trips as one of her VOA radio broadcast engineers for more than seven years during the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations.

Having said that and because I was personally involved, I found her book to be very interesting. I can attest to its historical accuracy.

Ms Jurey's wrote her VOA radio reports in a style that any world-wide short-wave radio listener could understand. This book is written in the same style.

I recommend it to journalism students, particularly students who intend to go into Radio-TV journalism.

Opposite the introduction to "Behind the Lines: A Sourcebook on the Civil War" is a Currier & Ives print of a Northern family preparing for the father's departure for the front. The print represents the two main sections of this book, with Part I devoted to Politics and Civilian Life while Part II covers Life in the Army. The book begins with A Timeline of Major Events covering from April 1861 to April 1865 divided between Behind the Lines and Military Events.

The goal of these Sourcebooks is to make available to students (and teachers) many of the original visual documents preserved in the Library of Congress. Consequently you will find within these pages prints, broadsides, maps, paintings and other works from the Library's special collections divisions. This particular volume has some notable color illustrations, including a painting of a freeman reading news of the Emancipation Proclamation and some fascinating Civil War advertisements for Original Red Cross Biters and Cuban cigars.

Politics and Civilian Life looks at the Southern and Northern leaderships, civilians fighting soldiers, and contrasts Southern economic problems with the expansion of Northern industry. After looking at African Americans and the war, including the Emancipation proclamation, the Sourcebook covers the Copperheads and the efforts of women both North and South. Life in the Army looks at recruitment and camp life on both sides, and tangential aspects like the press in the field, war time photography, and medicine.

Other Sourcebooks on the Civil War cover "Prelude to War," "The First Battles," "1863: The Crucial Year," "The Road to Appomattox," and "One Nation Again." There are also sets of Sourcesbooks on Colonial America and the American West, all of which are excellent sourcebooks (duh) of historical prints, photographs, journals and maps, all drawn from the Library of Congress. Certainly with the wonderful modern technologies of photocopies and scanners both teachers and students can find a way of incorporating some of these illustrations into reports, bulletin boards and the like.