Sometimes you CAN win your lover back and sometimes you CANNOT. David gives you lots of ideas so you can give it the old "college try." If it doesn't work. . . at least you gave it your best shot and you need to move on. Good reading.

This book was one of my references for a course in the Religion of Biblical Israel. It was pretty helpful as one of a collection of resources.

The watercolors of JMW Turner have the concise, simplified vision of contemporary art even though they were painted in the mid 1800's. This survey shows the progression of this master of light and delicate color from tightly delineated landscapes to the atmospheric , nearly abstract vistas of his late career. The reproductions are supported by quotes selected from writings contemporary to the paintings. This book provides an inspirational overview of the work of Turner and belongs in the library of the serious watercolor artist.

The title of this book should probably be 'Leonardo Da Vinci Origins Of An ARTISTIC Genius'. It was the title that intrigued me and made me want to read this book. Leonardo's education and maturation process in relation to painting is really not that unusual.

This book does demonstrate with a lot of precise details how Leonardo's involvement and association with paintings from his early period can be proven or disproven. In some cases advanced scientific techniques such as x-ray analysis are cited to disprove or clarify statements made by previous authors about Leonardo's supposed involvement in various paintings. This book would be very helpful if someone was, for example, writing a paper about Leonardo's early career as far as exactly what paintings he worked on.

However the mysterious aspect about Leonardo da Vinci is not his painting which he eventually grew tired of and he sometimes didn't even bother to finish his own paintings. The mysterious thing about Leonardo is how did he all of a sudden become (at least in his own mind) an engineer, architect, scientist, etc., when he was never trained in any of these things ? How did someone who was trained as a painter and artist make that transition ? That's where the mystery deepens about Leonardo da Vinci.

As far as the books I've read so far that mystery has never been fully explained other than he was self taught. His art was very important for this transition because it allowed him to record his basically limitless ideas at a time when photography didn't exist yet.

But a good follow on to this book would be called 'Leonardo Da Vinci Origins Of A RENAISSANCE Genius' or 'Scientific Genius' or something like that.

Whether some or most of Leonardo's scientific ideas were valid is I think open to debate. But he did have some of the characteristics required for true genius which are intense curiosity, being very observant, and having almost unlimited energy. And he was a good painter, that much can be stated positively.

The book features around 160 different sets of letterheads. Each set is usually completed by callingcards and envelopes, which can result in mind-boggling design-solutions. Quite often the callingcards are the real stars. In one example, metallic fibres are woven into the card, in another, the card is printed and cut as luggage check cards. The only disappointment is the quality of the printed photographs, as they are sometimes quite blurred (that keeps it from the fifth star). Otherwise a must!

Quick. If you want fast answers for common questions, take it ! Avaiable in Portuguese as well

This book was very good but not exallent in my crateria. It helped me a lot to do my project but I think it could of included more details on each peice of architechture. I recomend this book though because it does help if you are doing a project or what not

Jonathan Martine struggles to protect his gifted daughter who was born aboard a space ship. As the voyage reaches beyond six years both the fuel rods and tempers are burning short. Confined to the ship and isolated from earth, personalities have rubbed each other raw. Both the crew and the captain hate Jonathan Martine and he in turn views all others with suspicion. Into this combustible mix, drops the spark of Shango, the Captain's African thunder god--The expedition discovers an alien civilization.
The early part of this story takes some thought to understand, but once it gets going the characters behave with satisfying believability and complexity.

I found this book extremely helpful for devotionals - both private and in a group. The authors have edited together some of the classics in poetry and prose (i.e. Dylan Thomas, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne, etc.) and have categorized them for liturgical occasions (i.e. baptism, confirmation, eucharist, etc.) as well as more general topics (i.e. nature, art, people, etc.) While some of the excerpts and poems are a bit long for a traditional worship service, if they are woven in as integral elements of worship or devotion - they are quite meaningful. Prior to each poem or passage, there is a description of the context of the author as well as the text. This adds great insight to the meaning and could add other dimensions to its usage. I strongly recommend it for a more wholistic worship or devotional experience.

There are a lots pictures in the book, and explain theories very well. However, solutions for problems are not in this book, have to buy seperately.