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The New Banner Book
Published in Paperback by Morehouse Publishing (October, 1998)
Author: Betty Wolfe
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This book is FOR BEGINNERS
I just received this book and one glance through it makes me wish I hadn't ordered it. This book is definietly for beginners.

Excellent banner making reference
Although I did not get her first book, I recently purchased this one in hopes of figuring out how to make a banner for our church. This book covers it all. It talks about fabric choice, design considerations, using Christian symbols, words, colors, how to make tab hangers, poles, tassels, the works. There are 4 pages of beautiful color examples of banners that people have made (32 of them). She encourages the reader to design their own. I can't wait to get started.


Pro Magic: The Art of Professional Deck Construction
Published in Paperback by Wordware Publishing (November, 1997)
Authors: George Baxter and Charles Wolfe
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Ugh!
Here is a book that seems like it should be great for a Magic player, but in the end, it is a waste of money. PT interviewees have very little to say, and practically no informatin can be gained from this book that you can't get from ... other magic sites.

Hmmm~
This book is very hard to understand...I should say, i dont really understand it..I recommend to buy another book rather than this.


In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling
Published in Hardcover by Popular Press (August, 1997)
Author: Peter Wolfe
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Troublesome
I was disappointed in Mr. Wolfe's effort. His knowledge of Serling appeared to be limited. I will reserve the right to keep away from Wolfe's work in the future.

For Zone addicts only and maybe not then
Don't even bother to read this book unless you have seen all or most of the TV shows and/or have memorized Marc Scott Zicree's Twilight Zone Companion. The author presumes extensive knowledge on the part of the reader. I've been a fan of Rod for almost 40 years, and I found this book difficult. The author does make some interesting points and new insights, but they get drowned in his stream-of consciousness style that is constantly jump-cutting from show to show and point to point without continuity. The book struck me as disorganized, even though he has chapters with names. Another irritant is his criticism of production errors, when his own writing and editing is inexcusably sloppy. He constantly gets details wrong, especially characters' names. This is important because he seems to find meanings in each person's name that I'm not sure Serling even thought of. He expounds on the meaning of the name Christopher, when the character is actually named Christian. In an episode involving two brothers, he mixes up the names repeatedly in discussing the plot. A character named "Jeff" he often refers to as "Jess"; unfortunately there is another episode with a main character named Jess, in which the same actor starred. He nitpicks about background noises from microphones and bandaids on actors' fingers until it makes you crazy. I also disagree with some of his premises. I think Serling did want the show to be about the paranormal rather than everything being projected in the characters' own minds. I believe in the paranormal; I get off the train right where Willoughby is supposed to be. Part of the wonder of the show is that the paranormal exists side by side with a very normal setting--the point is the episode could happen to you, with a little imagination. The author seems to lack this quality.


Alarms and Epitaphs: The Art of Eric Ambler
Published in Paperback by Popular Press (December, 1993)
Author: Peter Wolfe
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Disappointing.
This book is full of ramblings that present Wolfe's position that Eric Ambler is not the master of intrigue that he is widely-acknowledged to be but, rather, is a somewhat mediocre aspirant to such status. In my view Wolfe largely misses the most important point of Ambler's books: they are only superficially novels of intrigue. More fundamentally they are expositions on human strength and frailty as well as human behavior, especially under stress. That Ambler is able to explore such matters so skillfully in the guise of highly-entertaining novels of suspense and intrigue is a sign of genius not mediocrity.


Tribes
Published in Hardcover by Clarkson N. Potter (May, 1997)
Authors: Art Wolfe, Deirdre Skillman, David Maybury-Lewis, and Art Wolf
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Good pictures but pook texts
Dear Sirs,
You can find very good pictures of some tribes all over the world but texts are very poor. As I mentioned there are some tribes but where are others? It was a disappointment for me because I couldn't find a lot of tribes from Africa and Asia which I hoped to find. Therefore I would recommend to find other books in tribes if you are looking for real book and information in it.


Tom Wolfe's Treasury of Patterns: 90 Patterns for Dog Carvers
Published in Paperback by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (01 January, 2000)
Author: Tom James Wolfe
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Should be Called Tom Wolfe's Sketch Book
While the drawings in this book are well done and, many times, amusing, they by no means constitute patterns for the wood carver. The are nothing more than line drawings and as such, could be found in any coloring book of dogs.

True patterns should consist of front side and back, or top views of the subject and Mr. Wolfe doesn't provide this for any of his drawings. What he offers is one view, mainly side view, of the subject, not true patterns at all.

Mr Wolfe does state in his introduction that he shows only one view and that's because he prefers to work from one view, however Mr Wolfe is writing this book for the general public and most of us aren't quite as artistically inclined as Mr. Wolfe, something he should keep in mind. Also, I didn't know that the book contained drawings in the singular view until I'd order it, paid for it, received it, and read Mr. Wolfe's intro. By then it was too late.

I would definitely not recomend this book to anyone who isn't an experienced carver.


Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble
Published in Hardcover by Silver Burdett Pr (March, 1998)
Author: Rinna Evelyn Wolfe
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1, 2, 3 Moose
Published in Paperback by Sasquatch Books (November, 2003)
Authors: Art Wolfe and Andrea Helman
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Alakshak: The Great Country
Published in Hardcover by Sierra Club Books (October, 1989)
Authors: Art Wolfe, Art Davidson, and Galen A. Rowell
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All our own work: New Zealand'a folk
Published in Unknown Binding by Viking ()
Author: Richard Wolfe
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