You don't have to be a 'quilter' to appreciate this magnificent CD! I can say that with the upmost assurance, since my fingers have never-ever put needle and thread to cloth--can't even sew on a button! But, thankfully, I have friends that can and do!
After seeing this stunning CD at a friends house, I have recommended it non-stop to anyone and everyone who has any appreciation of 'coffee table books,' art, women in their element, women outside of their element, history, living history, quilts, crafts, sewing, and photography.
This one little book of quilts and exerpts from their creators immediately grabs your attention then sweetly places you in the lives (albeit for a split second) of a handful of women. They are women from all walks of life who have unpretentiously created not just a quilt, but a personal and cultural work of art--a treasure for us all. They each share something they unique experienced while in the process of making their quilts. Each quilt is brilliantly displayed in this CD. This colorful CD, the women and their work can forever be part of our own lives. Thank you Dottie Moore and Michael Harrison!

This excellent Oxford anthology edited by Michael Harrison presents a great choice of mostly classic, well loved poems and some newer works. The poems are accompanied by lovely, funny and effective illustrations in black and white or colour by diverse artists, which capture the tone of the poems very well.

I think the younger children will especially enjoy the nonsense verse by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll or the funny poems by Hilaire Belloc. Children and parents can read this anthology together and let the cadenzas and rhythms of the poems suffuse their minds and hearts. Since for me, on these pages Blake's 'Tiger' again burned bright, I felt the tragedy of Noyes's 'Highwayman', was enchanted by Tennyson's 'Lady of Shalott' and Keats's 'La belle dame sans merci'. Shakespeare cast his own spell with his beautiful sonnets and I had great fun with Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. As a sailor's daughter I enjoyed the sounds, smells and sights of Masefield's 'Sea fever' and Yeats's 'Wild swans at Coole' and 'Innisfree' have always been favourite poems.

A great introduction to wonderful poetry and not only for children.

This is a lovely little book containing on the left pages one or more core principles of emotionally (& spiritually) healthy family life (with none of that saccharine & righteous moralism that often afflicts books of this genre), and on the adjacent, a reproduction of a captivatingly creative graphic - perhaps an oil or acrylic or chalk - on high quality stock. Visually alluring and emotionally pleasing.

Only about 50 pages of "back to core principles" reminders which we so often need.

I'm planning on buying several as "no special event" gifts and looking forward to seeing more of their work.

This is a book especially devoted to explain the pathophysiology of the fetal diseases by showing solid data and updated references. Very useful for research, presentation, and patient care.

This is the long-awaited third edition of the Unborn Patient, and a review of the contents holds promise for an ambitious and rather complete look at the field of fetal therapy. That the editors have amassed an international cast of contributing authors, each a recognized expert in his/her specialized area, is a tribute and testament to the respect and role the editors, especially Harrison, hold as pioneers and perhaps even mavericks in this fast and everchanging field. The book is well thought out and composed; chapters are well written and edited. Carry-over chapters from previous editions are substantially updated to include world experience-to-date as well as the present state of the art for treatment of particular anomalies. This is especially true of the chapter on CDH, whose history for treatment and evolution of techniques for intervention is beautifully and thoroughly documented, and makes for interesting and informative reading. In fact, this chronicle could serve as a template to describe so many other controversial medical therapies in their infancies and eventual acceptance into practice. In addition, the third edition ventures off into emerging therapies such as minimally invasive surgical techniques, surgical robotics, fetal cellular therapy, etc. Unborn Patient is replete with exquisite illustrations and lush black/white and color photos. (The clever cartoons are particularly revealing and ironic.) The far-reaching but detailed scope of this latest edition will make the book an excellent source of information and a useful reference guide for medical and lay communities alike. Given where the field of fetal therapy is today, it will be interesting to see how poised, equipped, and prepared medical professionals and indeed society as a whole are to handle the options, risks, and decision-making involved with the fetus emerging as a full-fledged patient.

This book is a wonderfull display of british artwork, it is also extremely informative and a trully usefull and pleasurable book to have. I can not recomend it highly enough.

What a great way to introduce to students in the classroom: Poetry and the change of the seasons. I am a future educator and I will use this book in my language arts class. Students will be able to relate to the poems and hopefully create some of there own.

This is the book to buy after you've learned the basics of Tcl/Tk. The emphasis is on Tk, with lots of hints and tricks along with great advice and examples. Their explanation of how to make platform-independent use of Tk's options database is worth the price alone. (Maybe you don't think you need this, but you'll use it after seeing how it works!) Advanced topics include class bindings, "click, drag, drop", balloon help, animation, pipes and sockets, client/servers, cross-platform issues and much more.

This book is truly useful because its examples are accurately explained. It is possible to read just the parts matching your own needs. Easy to read, nice pictures, really good. In my opinion, some examples like the paned window manager or the hierarchical browser are sufficient reason to buy these book. "Merci beaucoup" to the authors.

Once you have mastered tha basics of TCL/TK, then this book is a must read. It covers some very elegant programming techniques that are possible in an interpreted language, such as TCL.

This book helped me get a good start in my Accounting college courses. It lays out the fundamental principles of Accounting simply and clearly. Its emphasis on the process leading to, creation of, and analysis of financial statements, would be very helpful to anyone who may need to understand just what a company's financial statements really mean

This is an easy book to follow. Lots of exercises for practice and the answers are in the text so you can check and see if you got it or if you need to study more.

I recently read the first part of Don Quixote, and I have to say that I was expecting a real snoozer. And I have to admit that, yes, Cervantes does drag on a bit. But critics of the novel's length are doing the work a misservice. We must remember that this book was written well over four centuries ago, when the very concept of a linked narrative must have been more than enough to hold the reader's interest. Cervantes's energy sizzles off the page at times, and you can tell he's really having fun with the work. I loved almost everything about this book, and while I might have liked to see it trimmed a bit, I still think Cervantes did a bang up job. Oh. One more thing. I lot of people seem to like Sancho more than Quixote. I'm totally the opposite. Quixote is the dreamer, the one who dares to look at things that never were and say " They might be giants ". I for one think thats boss.

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote obviously centers around the title character, Don Quixote. Quixote was originally known as Alonso Quixano, La Manchan noble, who was content with reading stories of knighthood and chivalry and tending to his estate. Eventually, after reading these books, he decided it is his responsibility to set out with someone else in his village (Sancho Panza, his squire) to right the wrongs of people across Spain. Sancho Panza seems to be a very grounded person, but he admires Don Quixote so much his good sense disappears. In the beginning, Panza agreed to leave his family and travel with Quixote only because he promised Panza he would become the governor of the first island they came to; when this doesn't happen, Panza doesn't leave because he loves to company of the eccentric Quixote.

All the adventures Don Quixote goes on are in the name of his love Dulcinia, and although she never makes an appearance in the book she seems to embody chivalric ideals. Unfortunately for our protagonists, Don Quixote often has confusion with the real and imaginary, mistaking inns for castles, grazing sheep for conflicting armies, windmills for enemy enchanters and traveling monks for wizards transporting a princess against her will. All mistakes are blamed on a powerful necromancer, who is Don Quixote's mortal enemy (since all knights have them.) Although Quixote is mocked by many, in the end they mimic his restlessness and discomfort for what is considered "normal" in society.

Overall, I'm glad I read Don Quixote even though it was longer then I bargained for. The book helped me get a better picture of what life was like in Spain during the Renaissance period. I learned simple things like there actually were windmills in other parts of Europe besides the Netherlands and more complex things like exactly what chivalry and its ideals consist of.

The Adventures of Don Quixote is a must read classic for everyone. I thoroughly enjoyed the charm and wit of Cervantes tale of misadventure of the great knight. Don Quixote's imaginary spirit and pure devotion to chivalry is a noble quality often lost in this modern day and age. I dearly loved this book, and often found myself laughing aloud at humor written ages past. The world needs more Don Quixote's indeed.