Paper The Books

The best book written for beginners & the experienced on scrapbooking.

Easy step by step guide on "how to" making all your pages colorful & professional looking.

Scrapbooking is the number one trend for 2006, and this book "The Scrapbooker's Color Palette" will enhance your goals for perfect pages.

It was so well written and put together! Such neat layouts and chapter on the different color combination. GREAT BOOK!!! I read it through about four times, still going through it now!

I ordered this book after hearing glowing recommendations on the Two Peas message boards. It is very well done. The artwork is inventive, and original, I especially liked the layouts from European scrapbookers. Would have liked a little more how-to because the art is so much fun. The best idea book I have seen in a long time.

This book is so nice! It is hardcover and a great size making it feel very elegant. I love the way the authors have set it up in chapters, it is just full of many wonderful examples. Lots of ideas for working with color combinations, but also just plain lots of great ideas for some fun scrapbook layouts. A good book to reference back to often.

Whether you feel like you've already learned all there is to know about color, and its applications in scrapbooking, or feel you're a total novice, this book is a fabulous & fun reference. With nice big photos & pages to suit every taste and
fascinating interpretations of why the not-so-obvious color combo may very well be the perfect one, you'll find yourself turning to its pages time & again for both inspiration & motivation.

This is the best scrapbooking book that I have ever seen. This huge book is packed with loads and loads of original and very creative ideas. I love all the trick photography ideas, lessons on when to crop and when not to, as well as a LOT of information of journalism. It is an incredible book and probably the only scrapbooking book you will need. Highly recommended.

This book is well worth every penny. From beginner to advanced, it gives you so many ideas you won't know where to start.

I'm pretty picky when it comes to scrapbooking how to books - it always seem they're either TOO BASIC or unpractical, too contemporary, or don't have enough pictures, or don't have enough instruction. This is the the PERFECT book I've found that can work well for anyone's needs.
I have literally found HUNDREDS of ideas just from looking off the examples in this book. I LOVE IT!!!! I think this book has so much variety it could fit anyone's needs. I have had it for over 4 years from the time I was a beginner scrapper to now more experienced and I STILL find myself going back to it for reference and collecting NEW IDEAS even 4 years later! I definitely recommend it! I wish I knew if these authors had created any other scrapbooking books!

This is an very easy to use and understand how to book. It contains a great many ideas that I would never have thought of or attempted without this book. Worth the money. You will use it over and over.

This is a great idea generator for scrapbookers. Nothing is too fancy or involved - just great "anyone can do this" page ideas. Loved it. Gave one as a gift also.

Being a woman who's been married over 14 years, I found Donald Black's "Smart Dating" to be informative, with excellent ideas that are easily implemented, and are valuable to all relationship types, married or otherwise. Originally purchased for my 18-year old daughter, I found the information applied to all ages and relationships, including this "old married couple." Mr. Black's relationship ideas WORK!!

I bought this book because I was considering starting a realtionship and wanted to make sure I didn't screw it up. I never ended up getting into the relationship, but nonetheless I enjoyed reading this book. It offers a comprehensive method to meeting someone, and what to do and discuss in primary dating stages. However, I was looking for a teenage aspect for relationships in this book, none of which Black offers; it gave me things to look out for in the future to ensure success, but didn't do much for me in the present. Being a high school junior, i found it useless to discuss child issues with a girl from math class, etc. The teenage dating world is alot different than the adult, hence Black's infamous cup of coffee really doesn't apply to a high school student. All in all I thank black for speaking to me, even though i didn't turn into the Leonardo Dicaprio I expected from reading the book. heheh

If you keep only one new year's resolution, let it be to buy a copy of Smart Dating and read it. I wasn't sure what to expect when a friend of mine recommended this book, but it was straightforward and easy to read. Much of what Mr Black says makes a lot of sense, but it is kind of like the old saying: "It's so obvious I didn't think of it." I'm glad that I read Smart Dating because Donald Black points out what I needed to think about when i went about dating and looking for a new relationship. It has really helped me start to develop a new outlook on my social life. Now I KNOW I can get the dates I WANT!

Donald Black is just that, a hidden treasure in a sea of would-be "self-help-ists." Instead of trying to sell you on some crazy method or present you with lousy pickup lines, he gives you advice and suggestions that make sense. This is a book for men and women alike. Once you have read it (and it's a fast and easy read), you will come back to it again and again to reflect on Donald's good words of wisdom. You will see changes in yourself and in your dating life after you read Smart Dating.

Forget about being from other planets, Donald Black's advice and suggestions are DOWN TO EARTH! In this day and age, we all spend a lot of time worrying about what we did in the past and feeling guilty or stupid, but this book teaches you how to learn from your past and create a new and wonderful future for yourself and your relationships. Whether you are looking for a commited relationship or if you just want to find interesting people to date, Smart Dating is the book for you.

This book is a great read, a great workbook and a superior way to start on re-thinking your life! I have bought several copies for myself and friends, and am now buying more as gifts. Laurie Levine really knows what she's talking about, and can really help people now matter what their background or situation! She has a gift and is willing to share it with others. If you are looking for something to get you started on improving your life, reducing stress or just being happier, this one is a must read!

In August this year my partner of five years and I separated. Whilst it was a decision we both came to, it was never the less difficult and hard to adjust to a new life. I was wandering through a bookshop wanting to buy a particular book that I thought would assist me through this time. Then I saw "Spiritual Medicine" and bought that instead. It has been a great inspiration and practical help to me through that initial pain and confusion, and also through some other family traumas that have occurred this year.

Yesterday I was feeling rather overwhelmed by everything that has happened this year, and rather angry, but without knowing how to deal with it. I picked up your book, read the relevant sections, did the exercises, and found myself laughing and playing silly card games with my family for the rest of the evening - having a wonderful time.

I am glad that you had the courage to follow your path, because by doing so you have inspired the courage in me to do the same.

Thank you Laurie,

I have found Spiritual Medicine book to be a gem in the wholistic health field. Laurie covers so many interesting and helpful exercises for the body, mind, and soul. I have been implementing many of these in my daily life and found them most beneficial to my personal development. My spiritual journey feels enriched by the words and philosophy that are shared. Having met Laurie personally and experienced her workshops and healing sessions I am also aware of how much she lives what she believes. This I believe is the sign of a great teacher. Thank you so very much for writing what you know so that others may be inspired and helped along in their own journey. I am truly grateful.

I loved this book. It manages to be both immensely practical and also very soothing in times of stress. I don't believe that you could pick the book up without going away feeling better about your life. Laurie offers so many different exercises that there is one for you no matter how you're feeling; 'Spiritual Medicine' reverberates with genuine and sincere feelings, it's like holding a gift from Laurie in your hand. I highly recommend this book - buy it, I believe that even one sentence could be life-changing.

All I can say is that this is a book that everyone needs to have in their collection. I read it, and read it and read it again, just to get a greater understanding on all of the wonderfully useful and intuitive techniques that Laurie uses. It has made me so much more aware of my own place in this world, but also has assisted me in letting go of so many of my preconceptions about what I thought that I knew about my life. I have read so many self-help books over the past 20 years and this is the best yet. It has given me a new and wonderfully easy perpesctive on a life I once thought was hard, unforgiving and in many ways unloving. I would like to say that anyone who has the opportunity to experience this book will in no small way take with them tools that they will be able to use, share and tell others about for many, many years to come. To finish this review all I can say is if you have ever felt alone, unloved, confused, insecure, unappreciated, guilty, angry, frustrated, overworked, jealous, judgemental or indeed any 'negative' emotional state, then buy this book NOW.... NOT TOMORROW, NOT NEXT WEEK, BUT RIGHT NOW!!! IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE MORE LOVE IN YOUR LIFE THEN READ THIS WONDERFUL BOOK NOW.............

"A piece of paper has a special purpose as you will see. You are like this piece of paper, for you, too, have a special purpose." "Spread Your Wings and Fly" is a wonderful tool of exploration into an ancient art and into the self. An origami fold and tell, this book guides in simple steps and through story, to creating a flapping crane. But it does more than that.

This book touches on life's lessons and builds self esteem. How? By demonstration - the first fold makes a triangle from a square, by bringing the opposite points together. The author encourages "think of two of your good points and bring them together." In this gentle affirming way the reader/participant is learning not just a relaxing, satisfying art, but is learning about herself as well.

Mary Chloe Schoolcraft Saunders served for eleven years as an elementary school speech-language pathologist where she used origami to foster the development of speech. Fold and tell is a proven training method of this art but it also serves as a means of helping children to open up and communicate. My young daughter loves the book, the art and the process, as I am sure you will. The illustrations are beautiful and rich, while the diagrams are precise and clear. A wonderful addition to any educators, troop leaders or your own personal library.

Spread Your Wings and Fly is a wise and enchanting book, using the ancient art of origami to teach us about ourselves. By following the simple instructions for folding a flapping bird, children are gratified and delighted to learn that they have the ability to create such a wonderful creature and are wonderful themselves.

Mary Saunders uses the process of folding a flapping bird as a metaphor for the unfolding of life's journey and as a symbol of the unlimited possibilities in each of us. She continues the metaphor poetically in the directions for creating the flapping bird. "Think of two of your good points and bring them together" is the eloquent instruction to fold the paper in half.

The book is beautifully illustrated by Carla Mihelich. The diagrams clearly explain each step of the folding process. In the vibrant illustrations the bird emerges into magical, mythical landscapes and creatures guide and accompany it on its journey of becoming. As the author writes in the preface: "May you and the children in your world experience enduring moments of possibility as you fold the flapping bird and set it flying..."

Spread Your Wings and Fly is a wise and enchanting book, using the ancient art of origami to teach us about ourselves. By following the simple instructions for folding a flapping bird, children are gratified and delighted to learn that they have the ability to create such a wonderful creature and are wonderful themselves.

Mary Saunders uses the process of folding a flapping bird as a metaphor for the unfolding of life's journey and as a symbol of the unlimited possibilities in each of us. She continues the metaphor poetically in the directions for creating the flapping bird. "Think of two of your good points and bring them together" is the eloquent instruction to fold the paper in half.

The book is beautifully illustrated by Carla Mihelich. The diagrams clearly explain each step of the folding process. In the vibrant illustrations the bird emerges into magical, mythical landscapes and creatures guide and accompany it on its journey of becoming. As the author writes in the preface: "May you and the children in your world experience enduring moments of possibility as you fold the flapping bird and set it flying..."

Spread Your Wings and Fly is a wise and enchanting book, using the ancient art of origami to teach us about ourselves. By following the simple instructions for folding a flapping bird, children are gratified and delighted to learn that they have the ability to create such a wonderful creature and are wonderful themselves.

Mary Saunders uses the process of folding a flapping bird as a metaphor for the unfolding of life's journey and as a symbol of the unlimited possibilities in each of us. She continues the metaphor poetically in the directions for creating the flapping bird. "Think of two of your good points and bring them together" is the eloquent instruction to fold the paper in half.

The book is beautifully illustrated by Carla Mihelich. The diagrams clearly explain each step of the folding process. In the vibrant illustrations the bird emerges into magical, mythical landscapes and creatures guide and accompany it on its journey of becoming. As the author writes in the preface: "May you and the children in your world experience enduring moments of possibility as you fold the flapping bird and set it flying..."

The art of Japanese paper folding is called Origami. It is an ancient art, a discipline that has entertained and amazed both children and adults alike.

I learned to fold the Origami paper crane when I was a teenager. It is something I have remembered all my life, and I have always enjoyed showing someone how to make one, or taken delight in seeing the happiness in a child's eyes as the piece of paper turned into a graceful bird.

Spread Your Wings and Fly is a positive affirmation book that you read as you learn to fold your paper crane. The beginning of the book discusses how the author learned to fold the crane and there is even a little history of the art of origami. She also discusses how to use the book and achieving the end result, a flapping version of the paper crane.

But it was getting into the story, into the folding of the crane that really grabbed me. The crane can be a difficult feat if not shown by someone who can patiently teach the art. Ms. Saunders has the pictures of folding the crane broken down into the easiest and most basic way of folding. I followed through, page by page, fold by fold, and while it is a little different than the way I was taught, I had no problem following and achieving a proper and working crane.

Then I went back and read the story. Each fold has a purpose in making the final product. Each time you fold, you are presented with a fold that life can offer you. Sometimes the fold can resemble the shape the paper has taken, sometimes there is a ripple in the fold. While a fold can remind you of a mountain, the mountain can be a big dream or it can be a small one. As you flatten the mountain out, you are reminded that dreams can be squashed also. Wonderful visuals to accompany the process of making the crane, to discovering the folds in your own life, and finally flying free with the finished crane, no matter how life folds for you.

This is beautifully written, well explained, and to top it all off, there are the excellent illustrations, quality print on glossy paper, all of which only compliments the entire work. Together, Ms. Saunders and Ms. Mihelich have given us a book that will provide parents and children with some quality time and some insightful mini-meditations for both of them. Or, if used by a child alone, it is time this child will spend exploring him/her self.

THE BOOK OF BOOKS IS YOUR LIFE BOOK. FILL IT WITH QUOTES AND MEMORIES. FILL IT WITH LESSONS TO PASS TO YOUR FRIENDS, CHILDREN AND MATES. NAMATSE.

As the old cowbow song says, if you're really thirsty you want cool, clear water. THE BOOK OF THE BOOK is cool. It's clear. And it quenches my thirst for the real antidote for thirst--water. And I re-read it often. I still crave soda pop, beer, wine, whisky, lemon-aid, juice and all kinds of literature. I still read all kinds of books. But this one stands out by its bulls-eye shot straight to the essence of my humanity. It's also as disappointing as regular water can be. Most of the time I want Diet-Pepsi. Then THE BOOK OF THE BOOK seems bland and irritating. ButI keep returning to THE BOOK OF THE BOOK again and again. It's funny, too. And the joke was on me.

The value of this book cannot be overstated. It shocks and invigorates the reader, drawing out his or her psychological 'hot points'-the blocks that prevent understanding. But the value goes beyond this: it gets to the heart of the matter, emphasizing what it is that is really important in reading, studying, learning, and understanding. The words in the text may be few, but they pack quite a punch. This book is one that teaches not only by what is written in it but by what it does to the reader. Or, to put it differently, the blank spaces in the book are as useful as those darkened by the print in it. Those who wonder how this may be possible are encouraged and invited to explore this truly wonderful work by Idries Shah.

It is appropriate to warn any person, thinking of purchasing this
beautiful work, that the secret contained within this book is not
meant to be revealed to just anyone. If you are a sincere admirer
of Sufi practices and traditions, then this masterpiece is meant for you. If you are just curious or are not really interested in Sufism, this book will probably enlighten you in a way that you will find emotionally unpleasant. Inside this book, there exists a secret that will be revealed to you and unexpectedly shock you into enlightment.

This astonishing, thought-provoking book is at the same time a delight to read and a challenge to one's every preconception about the role and potential of literature. I'll bet that, like me, you won't be able to put it down until you've finished every word, and that you'll find yourself reading it again and again.

If you want to send cards that will NEVER be thrown away, try these easy to follow steps. Great ideas with many that can be used in scrapbooking.
Have a good day!

Just purchased this book and found it a complete joy. There's step by step directions and photos to help you. At the beginning of each card the book lists the supplies you will need to complete each project. This book is AWESOME * * * * * So easy to use and fun too * * * * *

This book presents a lot of creative ideas and techniques that are easy to follow. The designs are refreshing many looking more complex than they actually are. My son, (age 11), tried his hand at a card too so giving me the time to complete mine! This book is a definite must-have for card makers, scrapbookers and papercrafters alike.

There is a good balance of card projects in this book.

The designs and instructions are easy to follow and supported by great step by step photos that clearly illustrate what the text says. The majority of the cards are easily achievable and some cards, such as the hidden message and pocket present, would be ideal for mass-producing for party invites, birth aanouncement etc.

Sue Nicholson starts off with a section that explores basic tools, supplies, tips and short cuts. This is extremely informative and easy to read.

She includes projects from beginner level through to the more advanced. Having said that the construction of the majority of designs is straightforward, so just follow the steps and prepare to be amazed at what you can produce!

The card decoration includes stamping, stickers, photos and ready made embellishments. All main cards have variations and some of Sue's "try this" ideas are inspirational.

There is a clean, bright airy feel to the layout of the book and this reflects Sues style.

Finally, a particulary innovative idea has been to include a Kids Korner. Great for help to adapt the designs for kids of all ages. A great benefit for parents of crafty children!

Recommended for card crafters that are looking for enjoyable, fun projects as a move away from a basic side folding card.

I was given this by my long suffering husband as an early Christmas gift so I could use it when creating my special Christmas cards!

This is an EXCELLENT book. All the ideas are great, and the cards really lovely to look at. There are lots of ideas to adapt the cards and even younger children can do some of the designs with good results.

And I had a query, contacted Sue, (her em address is in the book), and she got back to me in 48 hours with her suggestion! WOW! I have since made several Christmas starburst cards and received lots of compliments.

First-rate! A must!

Nice big pictures and all in one place. I have tons of Magazines that I have been keeping that this book replaces.

I love making cards - so I go to the bookstore not to buy books to read but to see what's new in the craft department.
I am usually dispappointed with their collection. I finally came across this book and it is absolutely wonderful. The ideas and tips are great. It's full of beautiful illustrations and easy to follow.
You gotta get this book - it IS A TREASURE.

What a wonderful book! A variety of techniques are well described, the layout is pleasing, and the photos clear. Even if you don't need the how-to instruction offered, the book is worth the price just for the card design ideas. My aging eyes would be happier if the Materials List was printed in black or dark brown ink rather than the chosen orange-yellow ink, but heck, the cards are beautiful!

This book is exceptionally great because you're doing more than just rubber stamping, it's rubber stamping and beyond.

The book is well done, has lots of ideas and explains each creation very well. It's a big book and well worth the money. I bought the Quick and Clever Handmade Cards book along with this, it's not done as well and has less ideas and doesn't explain well either.

If you like variety and something different, but easy to do, I highly recommend this book!

Worth every penny. Packed with hundreds of techniques, variations on techniques, ideas, samples. Every time I open it I find something new. Instructions and supply lists clear and complete. I do wish supply list was printed in black ink instead of soft orange but it's ok.

Marbling of fabric and paper has intrigued artesans for centuries. The Ultimate Marbling Handbook explores the art of marbling, materials used, techniques and beautiful images of marbled color captured on paper, fabric and other materials. The colors are vivid, designs are unique and imanigative. Marble patterns fascinate, from the random stone or rock, to the colors combed into repeating patterns, no two the same.

Advanced designs of many artists are shared and techniques are explained. Diane Maurer-Mathison is a gifted artist and has authored a beautiful book suitable for the beginning to experienced marble artist.

An amazing book. I was familiar with the standard marbled papers you see in old (and new) books, but this book shows dozens of styles that I not only had never seen, but would not have even thought possible. Stunning works that are not at all typical "marbling." Gabriele Grunebaum's oil marbleing is really astonishing. The techniques are clearly demonstrated with photographs and diagrams. Buy this book!

I have done Suminagashi marbling for years and have been tempted to move into other types of marbling but have been unable to find good detailed information on material and techniques.

Diane Maurer-Mathison is an old hand at marbling and she shares all her wisdom here. She starts with the easiest marbling techniques and moves into patterns that would challenge a master.

Not only does she tell you where to buy the tools you need she includes detailed instructions on how to make your own tools and grind your own pigments.

She even tells you how to marble fabric, your sneakers, wood, and anything else that will stand still.

And the colored illustrations are breathtaking! I opened the book in front of a friend and her daughters. We oohhed and aahhed over it for a good twenty minutes. It is truely inspiring.

Someone put a lot of time and effort into making this a clear and easy to use guide. I reccomend it highly.

I was really interested i learning to do paper marbeling - had looked all around for kits to no avail so I went looking for books and came across this one. There are a number of different techniques in here: Sumonagashi, oil color, watercolor, marbeling fabric and other materials and then the last chapter is "a gallery of contemporary marbeling." For each of the technique chapters it tells you the materials you need with pictures of them in case the words/descriptions aer not enough and then that's followed by a section on "basic techniques" that are specific to that technique. The writing is clear and straight forward and there are lots of good pictures to help. Following the basic instructions there are advanced instructions. Again, with good pictures and ideas. The end of the book has fabric as well as the gallery -I'm still a beginner so I haven't played around with fabric and the things in the gallery are pretty advanced but they sure are inspirational. For now I'll have fun with paper. Great book though - it has something for the beginner as well as the more advanced artist!

This book has very detailed how-to information and a smorgasbord of effects. It is a beginners and an advanced book all in one. A Good buy!

A historic tract that lives up to its reputation.

It's hard to think that one would read any regency romances without also reading this book.

This was required reading for a graduate course in the Humanities. Wollstonecraft is not easy to read however, she makes a compelling argument. Mary Wollstonecraft viewed the institution of marriage simply as legal prostitution. She believed this to be the case for several reasons. First, the marriage laws in Britain at the time gave men legal rights over their wives including their property. The law also gave men custody of their children in event of divorce, and a woman could not even obtain a divorce without their husband's consent. For women divorce meant having to leave everything of importance in their lives behind. Thus, Wollstonecraft observed that Britain's laws left women in the unenviable position of being treated as mere chattel by their husbands. Second, Wollstonecraft argued that women's downtrodden position in society was not the cause of religious or moral teachings. She was emphatic in her assessment that it was women's denial of the same educational opportunities that men received that made them seem weak and inferior to men. Finally, she believed marriage only chained women to a life of drudgery in the home.

Armed with this information, Wollstonecraft set out to propose in her book A Vindication of the Rights of Women the idea, that equal education for women was the only remedy for this grave injustice perpetrated against them, and education for women would actually strengthen the institution of marriage. She made several prescient arguments to support this idea. First, Wollstonecraft believed schoolchildren needed the contact and interaction with other schoolchildren to develop properly. So, she argued against Britain's system of elitist education, especially its private schools and boarding schools. She advocated for the creation of national public schools, funded by the state, and attended by children from the entire socio-economic strata. Second, she thought it was imperative that both boys and girls must be educated together. The reason Wollstonecraft believed in coeducation, was that when both boys and girls get to know one another from an early age they would in turn, build friendships, and learn to respect one another. Therefore, when women get married, they will be able to serve as companions to their husbands and not just as trophy wives or sexual objects. "Nay, marriage will never be held sacred till women, by being brought up with men, are prepared to be their companions rather than their mistresses." Third, Wollstonecraft asked the question, how society could expect mothers to rear healthy boys capable of functioning as confident and productive men in society if their mothers, who raised them, were uneducated. She was horrified to think of the damage already done to children by uneducated, weak-minded mothers. Wollstonecraft articulates in beautiful fashion her argument for the need to educate women in the following quote. "If marriage be the cement of society, mankind should all be educated after the same model, or the intercourse of the sexes will never deserve the name of fellowship, nor will women ever fulfill the peculiar duties of their sex." This argument only enhances women's roles as wives and mothers. Finally, Wollstonecraft argued that the implementation of her educational reforms would prove to be a key element leading to the improvement of the institution of marriage in particular, and for family life in general. "Contending for the rights of women, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge and virtue."

Recommended reading for anyone interested in history, psychology, philosophy, and feminism.

It is interesting to teach this book and track how students respond to this book, and how differently male and female students respond to the issues Wollstonecraft raises and discusses. We contextualize the book, and then extract it from its time and place and try to place the issues in our own time and place. A lot of great questions can be raised as we contemplate how far we have and have not come, and what can or should be done about that. . .and who shall do it. It is also an arresting exercise to ask students to apply different literary theories as they discuss this text. The idea is to encourage them to step out of their own shoes and into someone else's as they consider these issues. And it gives great opportunity to ask students to try to separate themselves from their own assumptions and stereotypes about gender and gender behavior, and reassess the issues in Wollstonecraft's time and place, and in light of today's assumptions and stereotypes, which can be harder to quantify than some presume.

If you need to read this for a college or high school class, or as part of a women's studies project that you are doing for some other purpose, then I'd like to assure you that it won't be all that painful. You may even enjoy it and wish that you'd found this book sooner, all on your own. I was only assigned to read parts of it, but I finished the book by choice.

It's interesting and well writen. Some of the language and nearly all of the issues that are brought up are inflamatory. In class discussions I compared the book to "Fight Club," and was nearly laughed out of the room, but I am at least partly serious. It does have the edge of a social visionary who wanted to shake things up and blow old fashioned society out of the water. No soap bombs, though, but that's only a technicality.

If you have any choice in the matter I would suggest that you choose this book over stuffier works by less forward thinkers. I swear that reading it won't hurt that badly.

As I read this book, I find myself comparing the authors examples of the treatment of women by their fathers/husbands with the way women are today treated by the media.

Mary discusses how women are to be kept ignorant of all knowledge and only to be valued for their physical charms (almost every ad on TV/in print). The examples of her contemporaries that she quotes are frighteningly familiar.

Why is this so? Who determines that the education of females is not relevant to society. Sure they are allowed to go to school now, but they are still treated with amazing patronization and condescenscion? The amount of my (intelligent) female friends that insist they are dumb/ignorant/stupid/an idiot is disturbing. Maybe now females are allowed to learn, they should also be allowed self esteem.

I think I got sidetracked. This book is a complex and well written argument for the emancipation and education of women. It is as true today as much as it was 200 years ago. It is, however a slow read as the language is couched in the vocabulary of the late eighteenth century and many of the terms are unfamiliar.