<p>This elegant, attractive address book is the perfect addition to any desk or telephone table. Features 80 address-and-telephone pages with tab indexes and space for noting birthdays, 40 full-color images, and soil-resistant cover.<p> Other Details&#58; Concealed Wire-O 7 1/4 x 7 1/4" Published 1991<p></p>

Tour one of the world's greatest encyclopedic museums. <p>This little volume gathers together the finest treasures of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one of the oldest museums in America and one of the greatest encyclopedic museums in the world.</p> <p>Founded in 1870, the museum features Classical antiquities of exquisite beauty, rare and beautiful Egyptian works, Asian holdings unrivaled in the West, and an outstanding French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection. With notable examples of contemporary art and photography, and many of the most important works of American decorative arts, including an unsurpassed Revere silver collection, this tiny yet comprehensive book offers a visual feast of world art.</p> <p>Other Details: 280 full-color illustrations 320 pages 4 x 4" Published 1998</p> <p>presents some eighteen stimulating temporary exhibitions and collection rotations each year. In addition, there are reinstallations of permanent displays and a nationally famous flower festival—Art in Bloom—which is celebrated each spring. The Museum is constantly growing and changing. For instance, the Garden Court reopened to the public in April 1996. This European garden, with its statues and fountains, dates from 1928 and is located in the heart of the Museum. There are two additional gardens, the West Courtyard Garden and the Japanese Garden, Tenshin-en or "The Garden of the Heart of Heaven." These beautiful green spaces flourish three seasons of the year, providing our visitors with a pleasant retreat and the perfect complement to the Museum's varied displays.</p> <p>Throughout the years, generous donors have not only enriched the Museum's collections, they have also provided endowment funds. The Museum, founded as a private institution, still receives virtually no government funding for its operations. Only a few of the many contributors can be mentioned in this brief introduction. The Museum's Asian collection, considered one of the finest in America and the most comprehensive under one roof in the world, was formed primarily through the munificence of Edward Sylvester Morse, William Sturgis Bigelow, Ernest Fenollosa, Charles Goddard Weld, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Denman Waldo Ross. Morse, a zoologist, traveled to Japan in 1877 to collect marine brachiopods. Once there, he became fascinated with Japanese ceramics and formed a collection of approximately six thousand pieces. Morse then encouraged Fenollosa and Bigelow to visit Japan. These men of great vision formed superb collections of Japanese art, which they brought to the Museum of Fine Arts on their return to the city. Their contributions began the Museum's outstanding Asiatic collection, which now includes works of art from Turkey to the Far East.</p> <p>The tastes of these important Bostonians also shaped the character of the Museum's collection of paintings, which has grown to be one of the foremost in the world, with works ranging in date from the eleventh to the twentieth century. Boston collectors were among the first to appreciate the revolutionary developments of nineteenth-century French art, and the Museum has unparalleled holdings of nearly seventy paintings and pastels by Jean-François Millet. Works by the Impressionists—especially Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir—were eagerly sought by Bostonians and donated to the Museum, and now form a high point of any visitor's tour.</p> <p>The collection of American art is one of the finest in the country. This city of historic and cultural tradition has provided the Museum of Fine Arts with a spectacular panorama of painting in eighteenth and nineteenth-century America. Particularly significant are the Museum's Colonial and Federal portraits, dominated by over sixty works by John Singleton Copley, and the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings from 1815 to 1865, as well as the donation, also from the Karoliks, of some three thousand American drawings that span the nineteenth century.</p> <p>In 1928 the Museum of Fine Arts built a new decorative arts wing to house the American and European holdings and several furnished period rooms. The collection is exceptionally strong in the period of pre-Civil War New England. The European decorative arts and sculptures include a comprehensive collection of English silver and porcelain as well as a marvelous group of French silver, the bequest of Elizabeth Parke and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. In addition, there are fine collections of medieval art, fascinating and rare musical instruments, and a preeminent collection of textiles and costumes. In 1870 Boston was the center of the United States textile industry, and the Museum's founders set out to form a collection to provide access to examples of good design. In 1890 Denman Waldo Ross, Harvard professor of design and a Museum of Fine Arts trustee, established the collection with his gifts of Coptic and Andean textiles; European, Turkish, Indian, and Persian silk weavings; Indonesian batiks; and Middle Eastern rugs. These splendid textiles can be seen in changing exhibitions in the Museum's Textile Gallery and Tapestry Gallery.</p> <p>The Museum's Classical holdings, including Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art, are equally impressive. The Museum acquired its first Classical antiquities in 1872, when a group of objects from Cyprus was purchased from General di Cesnola. The major part of the collection was formed between 1890 and 1910; during this period more than four thousand objects entered the Museum. The pursuit of many of these objects was the work of one man, Edward Perry Warren, the Museum's agent in the acquisition of Classical antiquities. Purchased by the trustees, these objects, many of remarkable quality, form the nucleus of the Museum's classical holdings. They stand today as a monument to Warren's taste and connoisseurship.</p> <p>Unlike the Museum's other collections, that of ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern art was formed largely as a result of scientific excavations. In 1905 the Museum of Fine Arts joined with Harvard University to form an expedition in Egypt based at the Pyramids of Giza under the direction of curator Dr. George Andrew Reisner. Over the forty-year duration of this expedition, the Museum acquired, through the share of antiquities assigned to it by the Egyptian government, exceptionally beautiful and significant Old Kingdom sculptures, a group unparalleled outside Cairo.</p> <p>In 1971 the youngest of the Museum's departments was formed: the Contemporary Art department, which includes art in all media by artists who have emerged since 1955. Abstract paintings constitute an important part of its holdings, including major canvases by Morris Louis and paintings by Helen Frankenthaler and Kenneth Noland.</p> <p>The Museum's collection of prints, drawings, and photographs is one of the world's greatest resources. It consists of approximately three hundred thousand prints, drawings, watercolors, illustrated books, posters, and photographs of American and European origin, dating from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day. The Objects Conservation and Scientific Research Laboratory and other Museum conservation laboratories for furniture, paper, paintings, and Asian paintings are also centers for scientific study and analysis, providing care for the Museum's varied collections.</p> <p>This book provides a tour of just some of the very many treasures housed within the walls of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, some of which, due to their fragile nature, can be exhibited only occasionally. The goal of this volume parallels that of the Museum as a whole: to encourage inquiry and to heighten understanding and appreciation of the visual arts.</p> <p>Malcolm Rogers</p>

An introduction to some of the specialties of Alsace, such as Kougelhopf, Baeckoeffe, bretzels, and choucroute, as well as many of the superb wines for which the region is famous: Riesling, Pinot Noir, Gris, and Blanc, Muscat, Gewurtztraminer, and Sylvaner

This collection of photographs of nature through the seasons have been taken at locations throughout the USA, including: Shenandoah National Park, Oregon Beach and Mount Rainer. Accompanying the pictures are insightful quotations designed to inspire contemplation.

This indispensable book explores the emotional, financial, and even physical changes the father-to-be may experience during his partner's pregnancy. Written in an easy-to-absorb format and filled with sound advice and practical tips for men on such topics as, how to make sense of your conflicting emotions, how pregnancy affects your sex life, and how to start a college fund. This volume reassures, commiserates, and informs. It also incorporates the wisdom of top experts in the field, from obstetricians and birth-class instructors to psychologists and sociologists. This new edition features the latest research on many topics (and there's a ton of it), from expanding sections on overcoming infertility, in vitro, artificial insemination, and other tech-assisted pregnancies, especially where dad is not the biological parent, to updating the sections on childbirth to reflect the fact that about 80 percent of deliveries are now done with epidurals and new information on c-sections as well. Sections on prenatal communication and education are also be expanded. There will be an overall, top-to-bottom review of the content to make sure all the information is relevant to today's young and senior dads.

For the past decade, the same remarkable players have been dominating the headlines for soccer, but, finally, they have met their match! Colombias young star James Rodriguez burst onto the scene in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where he was awarded the Golden Boot as the tournaments top scorer, with six impressive goalshe is the one to watch. In this entertaining and informative book, we follow Rodriguez from his humble beginnings in Ibagu, Colombia, to his meteoric superstardom as a midfielder with Spains Real Madrid. Learn about his personality, family, and favorite hobbies, along with his strengths and playing style. Get to know the major star of tomorrowJames Rodriguez!

283 pages : 12 cm, \"A Tiny folio.\", Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269) and indexes

240 pages : 30 cm Includes index

In the Dinosaurs series, a talented artist and a noted paleontologist have teamed up to re-create the vanished world of the dinosaurs in comic-book form. Each volume in the series tells the action-packed yet scientifically accurate story of a different dinosaur living in its particular geological time and place. At the back of each volume are several short essays, abundantly illustrated with original drawings and photographs of fossils, that explain more about the creatures and geographical settings encountered in the comic. These essays, written in terms that kids will understand, reveal not only what paleontologists have learned about the age of the dinosaurs, but also how they have learned it, by examining fossils and other types of evidence. T. Rex and the Great Extinction , the sixth and last title in the series, takes us back 65 million years, to the late Cretaceous period, when the age of the dinosaurs was drawing to its close. In this world, whose scenery resembles that of our own, we accompany a great Tyrannosaurus as it patrols its territory. Usually it hunts a hadrosaur known as Edmontosaurus , but today it comes upon a venerable Triceratops with a broken horn, and the most epic clash in animal history takes place. The essays following the comic shed light on the mystery of the dinosaurs' extinction.

Practical and inspiring, this delightful book is filled with ideas for furnishing a garden, and making the room outside, whether small or large, a stylish, comfortable place to enjoy the natural world. <p>In his anecdotal text, Jeff Cox explores all the non-plant elements that may be found in a garden, among them fountains, pools, and waterfalls; walls, fences, and gates; paths and walkways; furniture; gazebos and arbors; garden art; birdhouses; treehouses and play equipment for youngsters; and grottoes, groves, and hideaways. He suggests creative ways to incorporate these additions to a garden, provides useful building guidelines and tips, and cautions against pitfalls that can occur, while noting that the best designs reflect the gardener's personal taste. And though the emphasis is on decorating, Cox names the best choices for plants when they are an integral part of a man-made structure-for example, vines for arbors, tropical blossoms for ponds, and flowers for stone walls.</p> <p>An appendix describes more than twenty simple construction projects, and a source list for garden decorations rounds out the coverage.</p> <p>Illustrating the book are 160 specially commissioned color photographs by Jerry Pavia of private and public gardens in the U.S., Canada, England, and France. His striking overviews and garden closeups will prompt gardeners to pay attention to landscapes as well as to the structures, plants, and other details that comprise a memorable garden. This is an irresistible picture book as well as an important reference guide for enthusiastic gardeners.</p> <p>Other Details: 160 full-color illustrations 192 pages 9 x 9" Published 1999</p> <p>is purely human. This part includes the fences, walkways, patios, terraces, arbors, pergolas, gazebos, walls, hutches, skeps, birdhouses, waterfalls, pools, tables, chairs, benches, lighting, and bridges. Here we can also include constructs made from soil, rocks, and water: berms, pits, hollows, grottoes, leveled places, and peaks of the landscape's architecture. In other words, it's everything in the garden but the plants.</p> <p>Here wild nature pretty much gives way to our human desires. Here we are finally in charge, with the power to do what we wish with the land. This power brings responsibility, however. We must remember that we don't see all of nature's purposes, or fully understand her motives. We should create our gardens humbly, and decorate them with as much taste as we can muster.</p> <p>Part of the great, grand fun of creating a garden is to infuse it with personal meaning, or with purely human ideas that visitors can comprehend.</p> <p>Take as an example my clamshell garden. I grew up near the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and digging in the soil of my backyard, I often unearthed clamshells deposited there thousands of years before, when our property was shoreline. Today, I have a small side garden where I have buried many clamshells left over from the times when they were part of our nightly dinners, months or even years ago. Now when I dig there to put in annuals or divide perennials, I usually unearth a shell or two, and I am pleasantly transported back to my early childhood on Long Island.</p> <p>My clamshells are personal; but everyone can relate to another of my favorite garden devices: a place of refuge-and-vista. The refuge may be a bench placed back in the shadows of a leafy bower, and the vista, seen from the bench, is of a sunny, open space where one can secretly watch the world go by. This kind of idea appeals to nearly all visitors.</p> <p>Personal and human expression determines how we decorate our gardens. This book is devoted to describing the many ways people decorate their gardens, and the many things they use in this pursuit. The purpose of decorating a garden-which we often (incorrectly) assume is decorative enough with no help from us-is not to gild the lily, but to enshrine the lily in a place that illuminates its transcendent beauty.</p> <p>--Jeff Cox</p>

A. M. Clevely. Includes Index.

Ursula Buchan's enjoyment of gardening is infectious. Insisting that gardens and plants are meant to be enjoyed, she explains which gardening tasks should be undertaken throughout the year and suggests the best ways to do them. She clarifies basic techniques such as planting, watering, pruning, and propagation, and explains which chores are unnecessary or impractical. Her experiences in creating new gardens and revamping existing ones are instructive, as are her tips on

176pp. Signed. Fine.

New York, Abbeville Press, 1985, album in 8vo quadrato (cm. 25,5 x 25,5) cartonato con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 96 completamente illustrato in nero e a colori (stato di nuovo) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index "First published in the United Kingdom by British Museum Publications, Limited, ©1987"--Title page verso

Our beloved globetrotting rabbit--whose adventures in Letters From Felix and Felix Travels Back In Time have sold more than 200,000 copies--is back! This time he's teaming up with his friend Sophie, and together they have created an activity book that gives children the enjoyment of learning from Felix's experiences through interactive journeys of their own.<p>The Felix Activity Book, inspired by the best-selling books letters from felix and felix travels back in time, is both a learning tool and a personalized album for children to explore time and again.</p><p>Starring Felix the rabbit and his friend Sophie, this departure from conventional activity books features 83 illustrated puzzles, games, and other creative endeavors. The activities focus on geography and history, but they also touch upon many other themes, including language, mathematics, and visual perception. In order to address the diverse capabilities of children of various ages, each exercise is marked with a star scale to evaluate its difficulty level as uncomplicated (H), challenging (HH), or very challenging (HHH).</p><p>Pack your bag--Felix and Sophie are inviting you on a wonderful journey!</p><p>Other Details: 136 pages 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 Published 1996</p><p>Before the Common Era. The Common Era (c.e.) begins with the year 0, so any year that is b.c.e. happened before the year 0. Before the year 0, years counted down. For example, 10 b.c.e. was one year before 9 b.c.e. After the year 0, years count up. For example, 1999 is one year before 2000. Sometimes you will also see the word circa. This means about or around. If someone was born circa 1900, this means we don't know exactly what year he or she was born, but we do know it was sometime around the year 1900.</p><p>Felix and Sophie are very happy that they will be seeing you throughout their journey, and they wish you good luck.</p><p>Are you ready? Grab a pencil and some crayons. It is time to begin your journey.</p>

320 pages : 28 cm One of the world's most respected wine writers provides an introduction to the enjoyment of wine and an overview of the wines of the world in this companion volume to the acclaimed television series. Full of infectious enthusiam and lots of personal tips, this book will soon have you reaching for the corkscrew. 300 full-color illustrations Originally published: London : BBC Books, 1995 Includes bibliographical references (page 312) and index Getting the most out of wine -- How wine is made -- Wine grape varieties -- The world of wine

A day in the life of an American girl, illustrated with Normal Rockwell's iconic images of life. A girl wakes up and tidies her braids before just another ordinary summer day, but some surprises lie ahead! Here is one of Norman Rockwells most popular works, paired with a rhyming text thats perfect for reading aloud or sharing with a grown-up. In classic Rockwell fashion, the almost two dozen pictures will elicit wry smiles of recognition, from young and old, at childhoods everyday pleasures. At the back of the book is a short biography of Rockwell, as well as a note by Mary Whalen Leonard, who, as a young girl more than sixty-five years ago, posed for the charming series of pictures.

The romance and beauty of Ireland's landscapes are presented in breathtaking photographs, with a text emphasizing the stories behind places relatively unchanged for the last 1,000 years. <p>Using photographs of spectacularly beautiful places to tell the history and legends of Ireland, this evocative volume takes us from the Hill of Tara, location of the ancient palace of the High Kings of Ireland, to early Christian sites such as Glendalough, where Saint Kevin founded a center of learning and pilgrimage during the Dark Ages. This is the protrait of an isolated land in transition between pagan Celtic culture and Christianity. Remmants of this shift, over one thousand years old, survive in Ireland today.</p> <p>Romantic Irish Landscapes begins with a brief outline of early Irish history from prehistoric times to the first Viking invasions. The bulk of the book is divided into sections reflecting the political divisions of pre-Christian Ireland. The Middle Kingdom (Meath and Westmeath) was the royal and sacred heart of ancient Ireland. Two evocative names in Ireland are here: Tara, whre the High Kings were crowned and where Saint Patrick laid down his challenge to paganism; and Newgrange, the sacred tomb of Irish legend. The Land of Cú Chulainn (Ulster and the northeast), where St. Patrick is buried, is full of legendary sites, from the Giant's Causeway to the Mountains of Mourne. The Kingdom of Lenster (southeast) contains many of the Viking invaders' settlements, such as Dublin and Clontarf. The Kingdom of Munster (southwest) and the Kingdom of Connaught (northwest) are the most unspoiled parts of Ireland with miles of rugged coastline dotted with ancient forts andmonasteries. This visual and historical overview will be especially appealing for everyone who has visited, or hopes to visit, this haunting and beautiful land.</p> <p>Other Details: 100 full-color illustrations 160 pages 9 7/8 x 9 7/8" Published 1998</p>

In the Dinosaurs series, a talented artist and a noted paleontologist have teamed up to re-create the vanished world of the dinosaurs in comic-book form. Each volume in the series tells the action-packed yet scientifically accurate story of a different dinosaur living in its particular geological time and place. At the back of each volume are several short essays, abundantly illustrated with original drawings and photographs of fossils, that explain more about the creatures and geographical settings encountered in the comic. These essays, written in terms that kids will understand, reveal not only what paleontologists have learned about the age of the dinosaurs, but also how they have learned it, by examining fossils and other types of evidence. Giant vs. Giant , the fifth title in the series, shows what life was like for Argentinosaurus , the largest animal that ever existed. We journey across the plains of prehistoric South America with a group of these outsized herbivores, as they encounter the strange armored sauropod Saltasaurus and the primitive bird Patagopteryx . However, their nemesis, the enormous carnivore Giganotosaurus , is never far behind. The essays following the comic describe the remarkable dinosaurs of the later Cretaceous period, especially the amazingly large species that flourished in what is now Argentina.

Photographs of unusual still lifes describe the development of ideas, exploration, and the judgement of visions

31 pages : 27 cm Flavia and all her friends are very particular about what they like and dislike, but one day, after a talking bird says that it's bored, she decides maybe everyone needs a change once in a while

A Garden For All Seasons Is The Essential Gardener's Companion. Dr. Stefan Buczacki, The Expert Gardening Writer And Broadcaster, Takes You Through Each Season In Turn, Charting The Natural Changes And Providing Not Only A Unique Source Of Practical Advice But Also A Rich Fund Of Inspiration. By Carrying Out The Right Task At The Right Time In The Right Way You Will Save Time And Ensure That Your Plants Grow Well From The Start. Each Season Opens With Fascinating Notes About The Natural Life Of The Garden At That Time Of Year And The Role Of Such Factors As Weather, Day Length, Pests Or Diseases And Rainfall. This Section Provides An Invaluable Basis For Planting And Garden Maintenance. A Garden For All Seasons Then Helps You To Plan Your Garden So That It Is Filled With Interest Every Day Of The Year. Each Part Of The Garden Is Examined In Each Season With Practical Planning And Planting Suggestions For Everything From Herbaceous Borders And Containers To Vegetable And Fruit Gardens. Many Specially Commissioned Photographs Show How Well Particular Planting Schemes Can Work Through More Than One Season. The Final Section Of Each Season Is A Ready-reference Guide, With Many Clearly Illustrated Techniques, To The Practical Tasks That Need To Be Undertaken In The Garden At Certain Times Of The Year. With A Garden For All Seasons Dr. Stefan Buczacki Has Put Together The Perfect Combination Of Down-to-earth Practical Advice And Inspiring Ideas, Beautifully Illustrated Throughout, That Will Bring Garden And Gardener Closer Together And Make It Possible For You To Create A Garden That Will Give Pleasure Through Every Season.

These principles "teach women how to think like grandmothers and discover the grandmotherly way to handle any situation that comes along in their lives."--Jacket

Genve. Barcelona. 1967. Skira. Carroggio. 18x17. 153p.