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Whole Cloth.......2001-10-10

Laurel Reuter is the co-author of this book, not a contributor as you assert.

An inspiring history of cloth, art and civilization.......1999-06-03

If you've heard the buzz about this book, it's true. If you are at all concerned with cloth, fabric or fibers in association with art, especially art with a capital A, you need to see this book. And read it. Devour it, might be a better phrasing. Authors Constantine and Reuter can give you a better recommendation:"When we conceived this book over a decade ago we predicted that cloth would bind artists from the Art Fabric movement to those working in the more traditional fine arts. By publication time the book has become a historic record of the breaking down of all categories in art as mixed media and installation have invaded every aspect of contemporary art. Indeed, the use of cloth in works of art is not a movement but an all-pervasive trend adopted by artists of every cut and color. Sometimes cloth is the entire work of art, sometimes a component or a fragment. However, just as thread is assumed into material, cloth has been assumed into the fabric of twentieth-century art."Both authors have impressive credentials in contemporary art. Constantine served as curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) for over 20 years and has organized exhibitions at MOMA and the Smithsonian. She has authored many publications for MOMA as well as the books Tina Modotti: A Fragile Life; Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric (with Jack Lenor Larsen) and The Art Fabric: Mainstream (with Larsen). She also has credentials as an art historian and educator. Reuter founded the North Dakota Museum of Art (that state's first art museum) and serves as its director. Also, she has curated over 100 exhibitions of and published extensively on contemporary art.First, they give a history of cloth as it relates to civilization. Then they discuss cloth and the industrial revolution and the arts in the early 20th century. On page 32, they launch into their discussion of cloth and contemporary art painting, installation, fashion, performance, photography they touch it all, including even some art quilts. Inspiration abounds in the wide array of art pictured, and the text reads like a popular novel for anyone remotely interested in either cloth or art, but especially to those wrapped up in both. This review orginally appeared in Art/Quilt Magazine issue #10 and appears here with permission of the author and publisher.

Cut from Whole Cloth: An Immigrant Experience

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Cut from Whole Cloth: An Immigrant Experience
Richard J. Franke
Manufacturer: Swan Isle Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Accomplished businessman Richard J. Franke offers in Cut from Whole Cloth an intimate account of the American immigrant experience, recounting the moving story of his grandparents' struggle to build a new life in turn-of-the-century America.
Franke draws on extensive primary sources to create an engrossing narrative of his Catholic grandfather and Lutheran grandmother as they flee religious intolerance and economic adversity in Germany and immigrate to America in 1884. They settle in Springfield, Illinois, where they start a family and business and live out the American dream—with its attendant perils and promises—as their business evolves from a tailor's shop to a modern, thriving dry cleaner. Their story is one of strife, frustration, and success. Franke chronicles how they struggle to raise a family in a foreign culture with radically different values, as the old world morals that fuel their prosperity give rise to ancient family tensions that haunt each new generation.
By turns charming, wrenching, and poetic, Cut from Whole Cloth is an intensely personal yet timeless tale that will appeal to nearly every descendant of immigrants.

Hard Times: A Fable of Fragmentation and Wholeness (Twayne's Masterwork Studies (Cloth), No 166)

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Hard Times: A Fable of Fragmentation and Wholeness (Twayne's Masterwork Studies (Cloth), No 166)
Deborah A. Thomas
Manufacturer: Twayne Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

MAGAZINE OF HORROR - Volume 2, number 4 - whole number 10 - August 1965: The Girl at Heddon's; The Torture of Hope; The Cloth of Madness; The Tree; In the Court of the Dragon; Placide's Wife; Come Closer; The Plague of the Living Dead

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MAGAZINE OF HORROR - Volume 2, number 4 - whole number 10 - August 1965: The Girl at Heddon's; The Torture of Hope; The Cloth of Madness; The Tree; In the Court of the Dragon; Placide's Wife; Come Closer; The Plague of the Living Dead
Robert A. (editor) (Pauline Kappel Prilucik; Villiers de L'Isle-Adam; Seabury Quinn; Gerald W. Page; Robert W. Chambers; Kirk Mashburn; Joanna Russ; A. Hyatt Verrill) Lowndes
Manufacturer: Health Knowledge
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Binding: Paperback

My Magic Cloth: A Story for a Whole Week

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My Magic Cloth: A Story for a Whole Week
Heide Helene Beisert , and Naomi Lewis
Manufacturer: North-South Books (Nord-Sud Verlag AG)
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Sketches of soviet Russia: Whole cloth and patches

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Sketches of soviet Russia: Whole cloth and patches
John Cushing Varney
Manufacturer: N.L. Brown
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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The Whole Cloth

Manufacturer: Gina White
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ASIN: B000FNU30O

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A Whole New Light (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))

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When friendship takes a different turn...
Never have sex with a friend
One of her best early works
Could have been better. 2.5stars
To Love Again...Amazing Early Work... 4.5 Stars!

A Whole New Light (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))
Sandra Brown
Manufacturer: Random House Large Print
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ASIN: 073932747X
Release Date: 2007-11-27

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From the heat of an Acapulco night...

Cyn McCall knew she could always count on her late husband's friend and business partner, Worth Lansing. He could make her laugh and forget her problems. She could tease him about his many romantic entanglements. The last thing Cyn expected was to find herself longing for a man who could never settle down.

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When friendship takes a different turn..........2006-09-07

After being widowed at a very young age, Cyn McCall has always turned to her husband's best friend for support. But while both trust each other implicitly, neither of them has ever expected that their friendship could lead to something more serious.

When Worth's date cancelled out on him on the last minute, Cyn just conveniently happens to decide to drop by his place for a visit. With only a few hours before the flight, he manages to convince her to go to Acapulco with him. But when an innocent trip leads to a passionate encounter, their relationship is suddenly put to a test and things will never be the same as they start to see each other in a whole new light. While the awkwardness is something to be expected, it is the jealousy that surprises them both, especially Cyn. While Cyn used to be amuse by Worth's flings and sexual encounters, she now feels a pang of jealousy and insecurity. As for Worth, the thought of another man being a part of Cyn and her son's lives suddenly becomes unthinkable. No way is he going to keep encouraging her to start seeing other men! And this is where the fun begins...

I absolutely enjoyed how Cyn and Worth did their utmost to make each other jealous. It injected some humor into the story. The author has also done well in developing the characters, the romance and the sexual tension between the main characters. You'd really feel the tension building between them, and the simmering Acapulco heat was a great backdrop for the story. Although the sub-plot featuring the politician's daughter was something I could have done without and won't bother elaborate on, I am impressed with this book especially since this is one of Sandra Brown's earlier novels. If you are after a nice, quick and entertaining read, A WHOLE NEW LIGHT is just the book for you.

Never have sex with a friend.......2005-10-12

Some people can make that work but as you can see in this story they tend to be mean and hateful to each other. It was a little weird for me because Cyn's late husband and Worth and her were all great friends. They should have kept it that way. I enjoyed it better when they were joking with each other than when they were shooting evil darts at each other.

One of her best early works.......2005-06-29

I really enjoyed this book. The type of books Sandra Brown writes today are comprehensive with character development and detailed plots lines. Before that, she used to write the smaller novels under different pseudonyms, where the plot line was a simple "boy and girl fall in love" formula, and that's what this book is, so you have to judge it on it's own merit, not on the books that she writes today. Having said that, this was just a delightful book, one that I read in under two hours, and one that I enjoyed so much, that I pick it up from time to time and read it again, because it just reads so quickly.
The basic storyline is that Cyn, Tim and Worth were best friends through college, and Cyn and Tim married and had a son. When their son was two years old, Tim was killed in a car accident. Worth was always there for Cyn and her son -- as a dear friend. They had the type of comfortable male-female relationship that Cyn could always pop in on Worth at his home, lean on his shoulder for advice about coping and just having a good friend to hang out with. Worth was a handsome ladies man, and would tell Cyn about his exploits with women. Two years after Tim's death, things change between them. Worth gets invited to spend the weekend in Alcapulco with his latest girlfriend, a travel agent, but at the last minute, she can't go, but the tickets and room are bought and paid for, so she tells him to go anyway w/o him. Worth decides to go, to get away from the stress of his job as a stockbroker, but that evening before he leaves, Cyn pops in to tell him her woes at work as a social worker at a hospital, about how her life is stressed out, too, with having to care for a 4 year old, and about a handsome doctor who keeps asking her out, that she has no interest in. Worth gets the great idea for her to spend the weekend with him in Alcapulco, two friends just hanging out on the beach. Cyn has some reservations and she's not an impulsive person, but Worth convinces her to go. When they get to the luxurious hotel room overlooking the ocean, and the whole ambience of the place, they both start looking at each other in a whole new light. They end up in bed together and have the best passionate love that either has ever had. This is the dilemma, though. They were best friends, and this is either the greatest thing that could have happened to them, or the worst, because they know they can never go back to being just friends like they were, and they don't know if they can/should go to the next level of a romantic relationship. Sandra Brown handles this story excellently, because she wrote it the way it could really happen, not just in a fantasy novel. Cyn and Worth don't want to lose that close friendship they have, but they are so unsure what do now. They are in limbo. There are some very touching and some very funny conversations between these two as they struggle with themselves and with each other about how to move forward. It's a winner.

Could have been better. 2.5stars.......2005-05-28

Now, I usually have a BIG PROBLEM with love stories that involve a lover whose spouse died and they take up with a relative or best friend, however I can admit it, I did enjoy this book despite myself. Although, because of my convictions, I can only give it 2.5 stars. I think the same story with a similar premise and without the best friend thing would have been much better. I'd read it again though. But Mrs. Brown has penned better.

To Love Again...Amazing Early Work... 4.5 Stars!.......2003-07-09

Very impressed with this early book from Ms. Brown. Showing us that love can bloom again, and sometimes even brighter than before in the least likely place...

Cyn lost her husband 2 years ago and she is finally getting her life together and dedicating it to her son when her husband's best friend and her best friend sexy heartthrob Worth asks her to use the ticket meant for his weekend fling with him because he doesn't want to go alone to Acapoco, Mexico.
His sexy 'fling' can't go at the last minute and Worth knows Cyn needs a break. Finally talking her into leaving her life behind for some innocent fun and sun with his best friend things can't seem to get any better...until Worth finds himself looking at Cyn in a whole new light once they arrive in the tropical paradise. Then he wonders if things can go from great to bad in so short a time... and they do.
An innocent kiss causes shockwaves and causes a chain of events that leads them to make some very risky choices.

Riddled with guilt for ruining her husband's memory, Cyn packs up early and things only turn further for the worse when the two best friends realize it wasn't just the tropical sun that caused the crazy attraction that night...its in their blood now.
Can they save their friendship before its ruined? Can Cyn admit she can love again? Will they let their hearts heal finally?
Very emotional and touching. I loved it. Worth was amazing and a true hero. Definately worth the read...

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Title: Claims of invalid 'shroud' radiocarbon date cut from whole cloth.(SPECIAL REPORTS)(Shroud of Turin)
Author: Joe Nickell
Publication: Skeptical Inquirer (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
Volume: 29 Issue: 3 Page: 14(3)

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Cut From the Whole Cloth an Immigrant Ex

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Cut From the Whole Cloth an Immigrant Ex
Richard J Franke
Manufacturer: Swan Isle Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OOTQK2

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Playboy celebrates its 50th anniversary with this lavish collection of the very best of the magazine's photography. More than 250 full-color photographs, chosen from the ten million images preserved in the Playboy archive, chronicle five decades of brilliant, life-affirming art. Playboy: 50 Years revisits the girl next door, the sex symbols, and the gods and goddesses who shaped our culture. It visually tracks the changing politics, fashions, and mores through the frenzied peak of the sexual revolution and beyond - from the almost nostalgic eroticism of the 50s bachelor, a martini his secret of seduction, to the highly charged images of modern sexuality. Celebrity models such as Raquel Welch and Cindy Crawford, along with interview subjects such as Mohammed Ali and Salvador Dali, and infamous bunnies such as Anna Nicole Smith and Pamela Anderson reveal all. Portfolios devoted to the bachelor pad, the perfect cocktail, fashion, and sports cars celebrate Playboy as the ultimate wish book. From the history-making red velvet shot of Marilyn Monroe, "posed with nothing on except the radio," to the highly charged images of such masters as Herb Ritts and Helmut Newton, this book is a breath-taking photographic tour de force. The definitive gift of the season, Playboy: 50 Years is also the only book being published in the fall to coincide with the launch of the magazine's 50th anniversary.

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Perfect Item.......2007-01-19

I purchased this as a gift for my husband and he absolutely loves it. The book is done very tastefully and it's truly a work of art.

Fifty years of memories and coming of age.......2006-07-05

I think I saw my first playboy at my friends house, his Dad had every issue since the fifties and I fell in love with the girl next door. I remember even then that the photography of playboy was somehow different from the other magazines such as Life and Look. I enjoyed this book so much that I bought three copies for friends who also lived those playboy years!

Not bad, but not worth buying........2006-05-07

"Playboy The Photographs" wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't good enough to buy. My recommendation is to look at it at a book store and save yourself the money. Check out "The Playboy Book" and "Inside The Playboy Mansion". These were vastly superior books compared to the "Photographs".

Pictures of Pictures.......2005-12-06

For a photographic book, i was expecting better quality pictures. To me, most of the pictures look like "pictures of pictures". if you expect the high quality crisp images and excellent color quality images of Playboy, i think you will be disappointed. I am.

Classic.......2005-12-05

Can't Imagine not going to the Newsracks&Not seeing Playboy. It's been Part of My life for a long time.I Loved this Magazine big time.always kept a big ole stash.all those fine Beautiful Ladies would have me all dizzy&Knocked out,funny thing was:I wasn't even drunk. the Sight of Beautiful Ladies looking so Hot&whatnot just left me under a spell.seeing Racquel Welch(who is still very Hot) still warms up my room.Great Photos&Memorys. Props always to the Man Hugh Hefner for making it all happen.

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Playboy 50 Years the Photographs
Jim Peterson
Manufacturer: CHRONICLE BOOKS @
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SNU6Z8

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Playboy: 50 Years of the Photographs
Jim (text) Petersen
Manufacturer: San Francisco: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VL07CY

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Playboy 50 Years of Photographs
Jim Peterson
Manufacturer: San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OMKVGM

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Playboy 50 Years the Photographs
Jim Peterson
Manufacturer: CHRONICLE BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N65TUC

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Playboy: 50 Years: the Photographs
James R. Petersen
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N6ARAO

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A hyserically funny and real story of lesbians.......1999-04-18

Serial Monogamy is the story of all lesbians. The processing, the search of good loving is a constant in every lesbian life. Or that it seems. Sociologically fabulous.

Excellent book, one of her strongest works.......1997-03-20

This book, the pre-quel to Unnatural DTWOF, is hyterical. Mo and her friends go on with life (78-126) and there are several characters who have disappeared in later books, notably Mo's therapist. Highly recommended

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Office spells is a HOOT- fundie Wiccans, chill out!.......2002-11-15

I love office spells!
It is clever, hilarious and full of actually very useful and fun spells....that WORK!
I noticed another reviewer, a fellow Wiccan (yes, I am- really) is bent out of shape by this- sounds pretty puritanical to me! To me, magic is fun and free- like this excellent book- worried about what others think? Avoid ALL magic then!
I highly recommend this book!...

Glain

Helped me alot.......1999-12-19

This book helped me a lot at work and let me let off some stress I recomend it to everyone that has office stress.

Horribly detrimental to real witches.......1999-11-01

Nothing wrong with the writing of this book, just the content. I don't know if Sophia is a real witch or not. It would hard for me to imagine her as one after reading this book. It's fluff. Offensive, unethical fluff. Worse yet, Christians in my community are holding this book against real witches and Wiccans as a perfect example of how we are "casting evil spells" on them. This book is a huge set back for those who follow the Goddess. I would never ever cast a spell for someone else without asking permission first, and only then if it were for healing or very positive purposes. To leave a book on your desk to make your co-workers nervous would be unethical for most witches and just serves to reinforce faulty, scary ideas about witchcraft. Witchcraft is not about revenge or hokey Hollywood powers but about getting in touch with Deity through nature. If this author really is a witch, then she has sold out her sisters' cause, in my opinion, for commercial gain. I find that heinous.

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