If you're into pottery, you'll love the various designs in this book. However, if you actually make pottery, like myself, this book is only semi-useful in that you can get a few ideas from the pieces photographed. There is very little text, and none of it is really informative on the methods used. This book is for the coffee table, not the art studio.

This is a delightful coffee table book featuring an impressive selection of earthenware, porcelain and stoneware. It includes a wonderfully diverse array of styles and techniques masterfully executed by contemporary craftsmen. With over 800 unique pieces, it will provide me with inspiration for years to come.

I loved a shimmering vessel created by Robert Piepenburg and the teapots by Rimas VisGirda with women smoking. I also enjoyed a thrown jump pot with buffalo and abstract nude male/female teapots. I found a whimsical coil-built stoneware plate called indigo sky with a man hanging on to the moon truly delightful as well.

The layout is straightforward. Each piece includes a large color photo and brief information on the techniques used to create it, the artist and the dimensions in both English and metric. The photography and overall quality of the book are excellent. There is also an index including the address of all the artists in the book that is helpful if you wish to purchase from one of them.

Wade Foster had finally avenged the murder of his Ute wife and son. The last of the men who had killed his family lay dead after a ten month search. And now Wade knew that he would soon die too. His wounds were serious, his horse was dead, and he was lying in the middle of nowhere bleeding from two gunshot wounds. Twelve-year old Jeff Williams was chasing his dog when he stumbled across the wounded stranger. The boy dashed back to the ranch house, screaming for his mother, hoping that somehow she could save the injured man. Jeff's mother, Mary Jo, was the widow of a Texas Ranger. She lived on a Colorado ranch with Jeff. The ranch was her inheritance from another Ranger, Tyler Smith, who had wanted to marry her after her husband's death. But Tyler, like her husband, had died in the line of duty, leaving her and her son alone on the frontier. Although Wade was badly wounded, Mary Jo would do her best to keep him alive. It was not simply that she believed in life. She had lost so many people that she loved, that she could not bear to lose even this dusty mysterious stranger. Without even knowing his name, she soon began to care about Wade. As her patient began to recover, Mary Jo learned that Wade Foster was a man with a past not to be discussed. He was a man of dark secrets; perhaps he was wanted by the law. But when Sheriff Matt Sinclair rode up to the ranch to investigate a recent murder, Mary Jo lied to him, saying she had seen no strangers. Wade was concerned that the Sheriff and his posse would discover his dead horse with the Ute-style bridle that his wife had made for him. He feared that the Indians would be blamed for the murder of the white man. Mary Jo went out in the rain to retrieve his goods, and only then discovered that Wade had had an Indian wife. Mary Jo had only bitter memories of Indians, and could not understand Wade's relationship with them. Mary Jo sheltered Wade. He was physically injured, to be sure, but the emotional wounds hidden behind his defiant exterior stirred her feelings far more than his visible wounds. More than merely protect him, she wanted to heal him inside and out. She devised a plan to have Wade stay with her and Jeff, pretending to be Tyler Smith's brother. She told people in her valley that he had been injured in a railroad accident, and that he had arrived on the ranch to help her and Jeff . In spite of himself, Wade began to care about Jeff, and even more for Jeff's mother. He did not understand Mary Jo's affection for him. He believed that a man with so much blood on his hands was unworthy of happiness or even forgiveness. When danger comes in the form of a Civil War criminal, Wade's new life is disrupted, and the welfare of the whole town is threatened. Wade must make a terrible choice. Should he trust Sheriff Matt Sinclair with the truth of his past , risking his freedom and perhaps his life, to protect the woman and child he now knows he loves? DEFIANT is the tale of a man who has lost his faith in the goodness of life who is given a second chance. It is a coming of age story of Jeff, a boy who is forced to make the choices in life that define a man. And it is the story of Mary Jo, a woman who is so afraid to love and lose again, yet takes a chance to find the happiness that has eluded her all of her life in the arms of a bruised stranger. Finally, it is a tale of redemption and forgiveness. Patricia Potter has written a beautiful and powerful love story set on the Western frontier in Colorado. Her sympathetic treatment of the Ute Indians and their involvement with her protagonists is a lesson in culture and history. Her characters are people the reader will immediately care about and will miss when the story is finished and the book closed. Patricia Potter fans have come to anticipate her strong and emotional stories. Again, they will not be disappointed. DEFIANT is powerful and poignant. There are passages in the tale where the reader can only cry, and others that cannot help but to bring a smile to the lips. DEFIANT is destined for the keepers shelf. reviewed by Laurel Chevlen

Wade Foster had finally avenged the murder of his Ute wife and son. The last of the men who had killed his family lay dead after a ten month search. And now Wade knew that he would soon die too. His wounds were serious, his horse was dead, and he was lying in the middle of nowhere bleeding from two gunshot wounds. Twelve-year old Jeff Williams was chasing his dog when he stumbled across the wounded stranger. The boy dashed back to the ranch house, screaming for his mother, hoping that somehow she could save the injured man. Jeff's mother, Mary Jo, was the widow of a Texas Ranger. She lived on a Colorado ranch with Jeff. The ranch was her inheritance from another Ranger, Tyler Smith, who had wanted to marry her after her husband's death. But Tyler, like her husband, had died in the line of duty, leaving her and her son alone on the frontier. Although Wade was badly wounded, Mary Jo would do her best to keep him alive. It was not simply that she believed in life. She had lost so many people that she loved, that she could not bear to lose even this dusty mysterious stranger. Without even knowing his name, she soon began to care about Wade. As her patient began to recover, Mary Jo learned that Wade Foster was a man with a past not to be discussed. He was a man of dark secrets; perhaps he was wanted by the law. But when Sheriff Matt Sinclair rode up to the ranch to investigate a recent murder, Mary Jo lied to him, saying she had seen no strangers. Wade was concerned that the Sheriff and his posse would discover his dead horse with the Ute-style bridle that his wife had made for him. He feared that the Indians would be blamed for the murder of the white man. Mary Jo went out in the rain to retrieve his goods, and only then discovered that Wade had had an Indian wife. Mary Jo had only bitter memories of Indians, and could not understand Wade's relationship with them. Mary Jo sheltered Wade. He was physically injured, to be sure, but the emotional wounds hidden behind his defiant exterior stirred her feelings far more than his visible wounds. More than merely protect him, she wanted to heal him inside and out. She devised a plan to have Wade stay with her and Jeff, pretending to be Tyler Smith's brother. She told people in her valley that he had been injured in a railroad accident, and that he had arrived on the ranch to help her and Jeff . In spite of himself, Wade began to care about Jeff, and even more for Jeff's mother. He did not understand Mary Jo's affection for him. He believed that a man with so much blood on his hands was unworthy of happiness or even forgiveness. When danger comes in the form of a Civil War criminal, Wade's new life is disrupted, and the welfare of the whole town is threatened. Wade must make a terrible choice. Should he trust Sheriff Matt Sinclair with the truth of his past , risking his freedom and perhaps his life, to protect the woman and child he now knows he loves? DEFIANT is the tale of a man who has lost his faith in the goodness of life who is given a second chance. It is a coming of age story of Jeff, a boy who is forced to make the choices in life that define a man. And it is the story of Mary Jo, a woman who is so afraid to love and lose again, yet takes a chance to find the happiness that has eluded her all of her life in the arms of a bruised stranger. Finally, it is a tale of redemption and forgiveness. Patricia Potter has written a beautiful and powerful love story set on the Western frontier in Colorado. Her sympathetic treatment of the Ute Indians and their involvement with her protagonists is a lesson in culture and history. Her characters are people the reader will immediately care about and will miss when the story is finished and the book closed. Patricia Potter fans have come to anticipate her strong and emotional stories. Again, they will not be disappointed. DEFIANT is powerful and poignant. There are passages in the tale where the reader can only cry, and others that cannot help but to bring a smile to the lips. DEFIANT is destined for the keepers shelf. Reviewed by Laurel Chevlen

Elk Talk is a very informative book, which I have found to be very useful and has given me ideas for the upcoming archery season. Mark Henckel and Don Laubach seem to have all there hunting ideas together and are very experinced on the topic of elk calling wether it be for hunting or for enjoyment. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to be a more succesful hunter or just enjoys the world of elk.

I read Elk Hunter about 4 years ago and found it to be a vital part to my elk hunting library. This books gives many ideas and strategies that will pay off when your chasing those majestic elk around. I have used some of the tactics that are mentioned in the book and found them to be quite useful at times. They cover a lot of ground in this book and I would recommend this book to anybody who is looking to start elk hunting . Ever since I read this book I have harvested 4 bulls in 4 years. Do I owe it all to the book you ask? No way. Hard work and leg work is something you have to do by yourself. I would also like to say that this book does not get into the bow hunting side and that was something I just had to deal with. So if your a person who would like to know about elk and the habits then this book will suit your needs just fine.

Many at-risk youth have violent tendencies and an inability to emphatize. This book teaches the adult care-giver, through detailed lesson plans and a comprehensive report of the authors research, a way to teach at-risk youth a sense of moral behavior. While most therapies seem to focus on behavior modification, this program recognizes that lasting change requires more... that is, a development of morality and the ability to empathize with other human beings in society. The book reads like a doctoral thesis (very dry) but an excellent source of information and most importantly, a fully prepared plan that one can implement with their target group.

The Equip Program is easy to follow and provides great pointers to the people conducting the "meetings." This program helps promote positive change in youths through common sense and common language. The "meetings" are easy to implement and the lessons that are learned will help foster positive and productive decision making for a life-time!

As a prescribed book at varsity, I was very glad I didn't waste my sparce finances on this one. Good for your first aquaintance with food science, but very quickly outgrown.

Excellent textbook for students.

this book was ok. I would probably recomend it.

This massive two volume set is my master reference to the engineering sciences. You know that nothing has been watered down when the very first chapter is a review of the fundamentals of calculus. The editor states outright that this work was written at the level of a first year GRADUATE student in engineering. Even though this classic set was published in 1967, it is still a staple in many engineering offices across the country. In my opinion it represents the high water mark of all that was best in the engineering profession.

Volume one deals with the basic sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, graphics, statistics, theory of experiments, and mechanics.)

Volume two deals with the applied sciences (thermal phenomena, heat and mass transfer, chemical energy conversion, turbomachinery, nuclear reactor engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, field theory, electromechanical energy conversion, physical electronics, electronic circuits, system dynamics, material science, machine elements, control systems, operations research, information retrieval, preparation of reports, and computers.)

I wouldn't be too worried about the material presented here being obsolete. Potter carefully chose the from the enduring fundamentals in each area. In fact, it is informative to compare this set with modern references to determine where "dumbing down" may have occured in the modern engineering curriculum.

Coloring books are for kids who like to color. From simple to complex, the excitement is always in the details. Unfortunately this coloring book is boring--the pictures usually have no background and oftentime just have pictures of faces and heads or the characters in their school robes (which by description in the book are black--not all that interesting for coloring). If it weren't Harry Potter, it would be a total bust. But since it is, of course there is some interest and reason to purchase. And the tattoos are fair to good.

Oops-I got the coloring books mixed up; my earlier review relates more to HP and the Sorcerer's Stone coloring adventures (Friendship) with glitter glue. this one with Hagrid is much better. Nice detail in Hagrid's hut and at Gringott's bank. Also the Dursley's appear in it!! This one is a must buy.

This calendar is cool, but the daily pictures are repetitive. Great for a Harry Potter Fan, but I suggest the monthly calendar instead.

If you love the Harry Potter movie, this is really good coz there are lots of scenes from the movie.

Neil Forbes purposely tramped on the heart of the only woman he would ever love, Janet Leslie. He forced her away from him because of the madness in his blood. In all of Scotland, Janet never thought to lay eyes on Neil ever again after his cruel betrayal of her six years earlier. Yet there he stood
among the mourners at her late husband's grave side. Forced to ask for help, Janet turns to Neil only to find him appointed her young son's guardian. Their forced relationship turns up old feelings and causes them to rethink the bond between them, wherever it may lead.
Patricia Potter has written an engrossing story full
of angst, danger, and love. Her straightforward writing style and descriptions help convey the turmoil inherent in the characters and in post-war Scotland. She sets her hero and heroine in an uncomfortable and untenable situation with a plot that moves forward slowly but steadily as the couple faces
the reality of their new positions. The characters grow and develop, rekindling their love, as they encounter each other in every day situations. These are characters worth caring for and a story worth reading, thanks to the author's talent.

In 1738 Scotland, Neil Braemoor learns a lesson about love and life. He knows he loves Janet Leslie with all his heart, but will never have her even though she loves him as deeply. Neil's uncle explains that coming from the wrong side of the sheets makes his blood inferior to the blue-blooded Janet and can only lead to trouble. Neil does the noble thing by stepping away from his beloved. Janet ultimately married Alasdair Campbell when she felt Neil betrayed their love because she cared for Alasdair's three young daughters not her suitor.

A decade is a more than a lifetime in the Highlands and by 1747 many things changed. With the death of his uncle and his cousin and another cousin assumed dead, Neil is the Marquis of Braemoor. At the same time an unhappy Janet prays that her abusive husband dies. When Alasdair does everyone believes Janet killed him. With no safe place within her present home or that of her patriarchal family, Janet flees to Neil for protection. He takes her in only to have their love blaze brightly again, but conspiracies abound to kill both of them.

THE HEART QUEEN is an exciting sequel to the fabulous BLACK KNAVE. In fact it is the Black Knave who kills Neil's cousin. This tale fits quite nicely with the previous book, but nicely stands on its own story line that centers on some positive, some negative, but often strange bedfellow relationships. Within that mix, the charcaters are a powerful cast, not just the charming lead duo. Scottish historical romance fans will relish Patricia Potter's pleasant page-turner.

Harriet Klausner

I was first acquainted with the fictional sleuth Eugenia Potter through Nancy Pickard's "The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders". Ms. Pickard was continuing the character that Ms. Rich had begun. Eager to backtrack, I discovered that Ms. Rich had written only 3 Eugenia Potter mysteries (in addition to the notes for "Chili") before her death. I was delighted to find this one still in print. Obviously carefully researched in the manner of Jane Langton, this book sketched a vivid portrait of a Nantucket winter, offering a range of characters to cheer for and despise. It was refreshing to see an older woman portrayed as the heroine, and what's more, anything but a reclusive widow. She keeps you guessing until the end, then throws in a little drama for good measure. I did not find the other two books, but did read "The Blue Corn Murders", the second Eugenia Potter book by Nancy Pickard, in which Ms. Pickard improves on her style and familiarity with Genia, exhibiting the same flair for research and complex character situations as did Virginia Rich.

Very good book. Sorry that this writer did not get to get on the bandwagon of recipe/mystery stories. Very pleased that Nancy Pickard has begun writing about Eugenia Potter. Would like to read the Cooking School Murders and the Baked Bean Supper Murders just to see how Virgina Rich was developing this character and if Nancy Pickard is keeping true to her form or is she developing a whole new persona for this character.