As someone who's hobby is re/creating illuminated manuscripts, I found this book to be a great help in getting me past the hurdle of attempting to do gilding on some of my own work. Ms. Whitley's no-nonsense approach, step-by-step instructions, examples and photographs of her gilding her own pieces helped me overcome my nervousness in dealing with gold leaf.

This book is a must for anyone wanting to 'leap the hurdle' and utilize gold leaf in their own manuscript illuminations. This book goes onto my 'working reference' shelf...it's not going to be collecting dust for quite some time.

For centuries artists and illuminators have applied gold to paper in order to decorate and adorn manuscripts. Professional manuscript restorer Kathleen Whitley's The Gilded Page: The History & Technique Of Manuscript Gilding explains in detail both the antiquarian and modern techniques of manuscript gilding including the tools, methods, and materials employed in flat, raised, and patterned gilding used on manuscripts and paintings. Impressively researched and written, we are authoritatively offered the step-by-step techniques of applying and burnishing gold in an immanently sensible and easy-to-understand text that is enhanced with dozens of rare illustrations drawn from The British Library, the British Museum, and other institutions, along with Whitley's own photographs and drawings. The Gilded Page is an enthusiastically recommended addition to any bibliophile reading list and reference collection.

I bought this for a long plane trip for my 2.5 yr old son who loves other Arthur books. He had fun with the stickers, even though he is too young to grasp the concept of placing the stickers on the respective words, he enjoyed the story, and I enjoyed having a lightweight book that kept him entertained for quite a while.

My 2 year old LOVES Arthur-she's too little to read, but we located the "blue" words and then found the related sticker to match them. She loves the story and when she's older, she can read the words. This book also have a whole page of stickers to use to create your own story. She loved this! Great book!

"Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown" contains "Peanuts" strips from the years 1959 and 1960 where in addition to his travails over flying a kite Charlie Brown becomes a brother with the birth of his sister Sally. However, it takes a while for Sally to actually appear in her first strip (playing spin the milk bottle with Snoopy), at which point she almost costs her big brother a chance to be the goat in yet another baseball game. However, the real star of this particular collection is clearly Linus, who spends his time throwing rocks in a vacant lot, fretting about the future and the peace of the world, falling very hard for his new teacher, Miss Othmar (he does not worship here, he is just very fond of the ground on which she walks), and teaching Charlie Brown about the Great Pumpkin. Then there is the great danger Snoopy faces when he wakes up one morning and discovers a giant icicle poised perilously over his doghouse; fortunately he is actually sleeping IN the doghouse instead of ON the doghouse. There is also the appearance of Pig Pen, Snoopy's conversations with leaves, and yet another Beethoven's birthday to be celebrated. You will also be pleased to notice that several of these strips made their way into the first animated "Peanuts" television cartoon, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

This is the ninth Peanuts reprint book. This book contains strips from 1959-60. Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

This book is the truth about the way Rodeo used to be. All of the stories keep you wanting to read more and more and not put it down. You get to know Chris from the time when he was getting his first horse all the way through till he was a World Champion. I have been a fan of Chris LeDoux Music for many years and after reading the book you relate alot of the song to his own experiences of stories that where told during the book. If you are intersted in music by Chris LeDoux or just wana have a good time reading about an old rodeo cowboy this is the book for you.

I bought this book a few years ago when I was at the National High School Finals Rodeo, in Gillette Wyoming. I went with a friend to watch. After reading the book I was so Pumped up I vowed to make it back to Gillette not to watch but to ride. And the next year I did just that. I made it in the steerwrestling as Louisiana Reserve Champion for 1994. The very next year I returned again but this time as Louisiana State Champion. If you rodeo or like rodeo I urge you to read this book you'll love it! If you want to know more about it email me at Jared.J.West@usa.conoco.com

Anyone who's every rodeo'ed or thought about going do the road, pick this book up, through your rigging on and hang on for a wild 8 second ride!

As both a former rodeo cowboy and long time Chris Ledoux fan, I found this book a very excellent read!

I actually read this book about 4 years agoand thought that it was an excellent review of Chris's life. I began listening to Chris at an early age and was very interested to learn more about his life and this book was just the tool i needed. There are some excellent pictures of Chris riding broncs, and others of him in his younger years. I highly recommend this book to any one who is a Chris Ledoux fan.

If you have ever been to the Monterey Peninsula and played just even one or two of the famous courses there, this book will be that stimulus to allow you to relive those rounds or to think ahead to new ones on those most famous (and exclusive) courses.
Nearly every hole at Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Cypress Point are pictured and a good amount of the holes at Poppy Hills, Monterey Pennisula CC, Spanish Bay and Pacific Grove are included as well. You can practically feel the damp and crisp morning air or hear the seals barking offshore through the pine forests as you flip through the pages of this book. If ever there was a great bedtime book for golfers who want to have pleasant dreams about one of the world's best (if not the best) golfing venues, this would be that book.

A beautiul book although the first copy I ordered had a defect from the publisher. Half of the pages in the book were upside down.

I was given this book (and it's matching stickers and magnets) as a xmas gift for my 5YO son who loves dinosaurs and monsters and now he is OBSESSED with it and wants it read to him every day! It has totally gotten him interested in greek mythology and given him a very impressive knowledge of the characters that most adults can't claim. He even asked to go to the library for more books on greek mythology - i got a few but nothing can hold a candle to this one. it's just so geared towards kids and is written in a lively, fun and conversational style - the illustrations are great too. I'm going to give it as a gift whenever i get the chance!

Greece! Rome! Monsters! is an engaging children's picture book by John Harris about fantastic mythical beasts. The legendary Chimera, Griffin, Minotaur, Phoenix, and many more are each summarized in a two-page spread and brought to life with simplistic, stylized color illustrations by Calef Brown in this magical bestiary which is especially recommended for beginning to intermediate readers.

This one is just another timeless artpiece of Gerald A. Brown at his best in his prime time, simply wonderful, period. The movie was also not bad. Readers who failed to read his books would not understand what a real thriller could be achieved by a great writer. Unique writing style, amazing plot and scenario, outstanding charaters...the praise could go on and on.

I've ready everything Browne has written, and this one ranks at the top. One of the few books I have read more than twice. It's the kind of adventure novel you read when you're down with the flu for 3 days and can take it from start to finish--you won't want to read it in several sittings!

If you file forms with the SEC and can't always remember what number is for what or just want a quick review of all the forms and what's in them then this book is great. It also shows how you can use a web basded information system from GSI to access these forms to find precedent language or the history of some deal. Quick easy read or desk top reference.

Today corporate America is under pressure to reform. Individual investors are looking to the government for assurance that Wall Street and the board room are operating honestly and openly. The role of the SEC has come to our attention more now than ever. This primer on the SEC provided me with a good reference on the SEC, it's operation and structure, and it's mission.

I recently became a guardian of my young nephew but could not afford and didn't want to deal with a lawyer. This book made it possible. It layed out the steps in a well structured manner. I was very satisfied with my purchase. The forms it included with the book were just great. Buy it.

As an attorney who regularly represents clients in guardianship proceedings, I strongly recommend that my clients read The Guardianship Book so that they understand the sometimes confusing process. In some cases, I hand the book to my clients during our first meeting, as "homework" to read before I will prepare and file a petition. For those who cannot afford an attorney, I recommend this as a resource that will save considerable time and avoid court hearing delays. For clients who can afford to pay my fees, the book still saves my time explaining many issues -- the $25 book can easily save $250 in attorney fees. (Mark J. Welch, Pleasanton, CA)