Kaye Wood's Strip-Cut Quilts is a 96-page, full-color compendium of easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for 30 fund and different quilt projects, as well as 23 quilt block techniques. Specifically designed to accommodate quilters ranging from beginner to advanced, Kaye Wood's Strip-Cut Quilts is a very highly recommended and totally "user friendly" instruction manual enhanced with more than 20 photos and dozens of illustrations showcasing these superlative quilting projects.

Kenneth Josephson's Retrospective is a phenomenal view of life through the artistic eye of black and white photography. Josephson's pictures-within-pictures are interesting and fresh, a new take on a theme that others have tried, but not mastered as well as Josephson. If you like black and white photography, this book is a must. I saw the exhibit at the Whitney in NYC, and purchased the book afterwards. Unlike some photography books, where the pages don't capture the magic imparted by the prints when seen in person, this one does -- beautifully.

If you want to build stuff for your kids room, this book will show you how. This book has some great ideas for furnishing a kids room or play area.

There are detailed instructions for each project with full color picture. For each project there is a detailed list of the tools that you are going to need.

My favorite is the Game Table. Any kid would love this.

The instructions for the 25 projects are well written and illustrated for the beginner as well as those how have done needlepoint for years. The color photographs are of high quality, making the finished projects extremely enticing to make. Each project not only has a description of the item, but also a well written brief history of the origin of the specific item to be stitched. The color charts was well illustrated and easy to follow. Thirteen pages are dedicated to materials and techniques from how to make the first needlepoint stitch to framing, hanging, finishing, making knotted fringes and tassels. This area of the book is a Big Plus! One last comment, This is truly a great needlepoint book!

This is the tale of Ralph de Aix of Normandy and of William Rufus-King of England. Ralph is a huntsman who desires knighthood and eventually lands of his own. He finds he cannot achieve his goal anytime soon in Normandy with his present lord and decides to look elsewhere for advancement. Advancement comes in the shape and guise of William Rufus, son of William the Bastard of Normandy. Ralph really cares about Rufus, on a genuine level of friendship, but is willing to do what it takes to succeed at court. Rufus, not known for normal "appetites" is attracted to Ralph and their strange relationship begins. Ralph endures Rufus in the hope of being granted lands after knighthood.

A run down Chenna's Tun is his "reward" for "services rendered." However, he tries to make a go of it and with current knowledge of the god Herne, becomes involved in the Saxon cult where he becomes a "lord" in his own right. There is much action and mystery involved in his life but not much money. He wants a wife and in time finds one who is, in the beginning, reluctant to leave her childhood home. As time goes on, things do not improve. Weather and health disasters are a never ending concern and many people hunt the "royal deer" in order not to starve. This brings about the most important role Ralph will ever play in his life, starring Rufus and Rufus' younger brother Count Henry, soon to become King Henry I of England.

Medieval life is brought realistically back to life as is a lessor known religious cult. Anand's style of writing keeps the reader emeshed in a life of intrigue, mystery, danger, and scandal, in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Many of her novels are out-of-print but are well worth the search! They transport the reader back into time.

Wood has put the "war" back into the Wars of Religion. This volume contains a magnificent analysis of the French royal army and its operations. The nature of the military conflict, particularly in the early wars of religion, had serious consequences for the crown, the state, and French society as a whole. His thesis is that the crown failed to deliver a knock-out blow to the Huguenot rebellion in the early wars due to an incomplete "military revolution" (the problems of logistics, supply, personnel, financing, social organization, etc. that all needed to be solved by early modern states in order to field effective standing armies). This led to a state of endemic civil war that lasted for over a generation. This book is an essential contribution to the fields of military history, warfare and society, the Wars of Religion, and early modern France. Now, we need someone to write the equivalent analysis of the other side...

This book contains detailed plans for making twenty different wooden items for your kitchen. Most of these projects are for the woodworker that I would call "lightly experienced," while a couple (such as building a gateleg table) might require a little extra experience. The power tools required for these projects include the circular saw, drill, jig saw, power sander, belt sander and router. This means that these projects are good for anyone experienced enough to have build up even a modest collection of tools.

The projects themselves include a list of power tools required, construction materials, a cutting list, exploded diagrams (I love these!), and step-by-step instructions, complete with many color photos to help you on track. Each of the finished products is highly attractive, and a worthy addition to any kitchen.

One important thing: this book is a spiral book, which means that it lays flat on a workbench, and holds its page without having to weight it down. I really enjoy this feature! I highly recommend this book.

In case you are interested, the twenty projects are: wine & stemware cart, plate drying rack, spice holder, vegetable bin (which came out beautifully!), pantry cabinet, mug rack, bread box, pot racks, recycling center (which the kids helped me to decorate), stepstool, cookbook/recipe holder, cookbook easel, utility cart, cooling rack, paper towel holder, silverware caddy, kitchen island, trivet, serving tray, and gateleg table.

Candice Bergen has always handled herself with style. She is very much her father's daughter. Both of whom had reserved mannerisms, had difficulty of expression; yet had great admiration of one another.
Her bearing and appearance indicates that she is a lady. She has always been a rugged individualist with a sense of humor that could make one blush, Candice has a little-seen side that the public isn't privy to.
As I read her autobiography, although she is of my mother's generation, and I younger. Despite her father's vocation, although he was very, very accomplished, he was conservative. Which, is how he raised his two children. Like my life, she grew up privy of privileged. Attending Westlake School for Girls in Bel Air at a time when it still had a boarding school, which was abandoned not long after she graduated. Yet with many changes long ago, propriety still matters there. She went east to college. To my great surprise experienced the same thing as I did not very long ago. She studied art history, and had a passion for photography. She is infinitely sophisticated and is extremely knowledgeable about art and comedy. As she wrestled with the dilemma of leaving college without a degree. Candice has proven that having a college degree doesn't automatically mean a girl can step right into the job of her dreams.
To open the right doors, often what's needed is a business skill your prospective boss can use. And, as her motto of life is the old legend: "follow your bliss." Which, is great advice whatever someone chooses to do in life. One should never say, 'I might have, when they never even tried.' Candice appreciates life.

this book by constantine is a good book for anyone who wants to get an eye full of the wood that grows on our earth . the book gives you a review of all the proporties of the wood and or if the wood is safe to use or if there is a toxisity in the wood that is harmfull to us such as osasge orange (maclura pomifera). this can get dermititis on contact with certain individuals . the dust is very fine if sanded and can be harmful if inhailed. this is a native tree of arkansas to texas and is olso in southwestern ontario. if you can get a copy in your hands for a short period of time read it from cover to cover again and again to familurize yourself with the woods around you .

Not only does this book contain critical information not found anywhere else but it is written in a style true to the artist himself and the Yoruba oral tradition. If you are a carver you will find valuable information that relates to the process traditionally trained Yoruba carvers use to do their work as well as technical information about wood and tools. It is also valuable for the scholar intersted in the social status of the artist in Yorubaland before Europeans and how this particular artis has come into his own since colonialism and independence. But most importantly it was written by the artist himslef and is true to his personality. This type of document is rarely written by a person of Lamidi Fakeye's experience and status in Yoruba carving. This book reflects on the past while being rooted in the present situation of a Nigerian artist today.