Signs Books

I'm thrilled with this easy-to-follow book. Lots of photos of a "real Mom" signing useful things. It's broken into activities: around the house, out and about, toys, games, daily routines, crafts and the alphabet. There are descriptions on how to execute the signs. I'm looking for more books by the author. This one got me started with my 7-month-old...and I want to learn more! Maybe in a couple months the little guy will sign what he's thinking about (I can hardly wait!).

It is a very nice book, lot of words and ideas where to use those words

I love this set. But, don't buy it if you have already bought Baby Sign Language Flash Cards: A 50-Card Deck plus Dear Friends card because they contain the same cards. Buy one or the other, they are great. I'm giving the other set to my MiL to use with my 5mo neice. Soon my daughter will be able to communicate with her cousin. I look forward to the day.

I just finished reading this wonderful little book. I am a big fan of Monta's first book and used signing with both my daughters. In reading "Sign, Sing and Play" it was great to know that my second daughter did a lot of the same things Monta's second child did when it came to signing... understanding signs, but not signing back to me. Now that I've tried several of the games and songs with my baby, she's signing like crazy! Thank you, Monta!

This book helped me to go beyond the basics of signing and start having some fun! My 11 month old daughter's signing has accelerated dramatically from many of Monta Briant's suggested activites. Excellent book!

This book contains a wealth of information on the history and evolution of symbols. And it has the widest range and depth of symbols and their variations. With my degree in neuroscience and psychology, I also appreciated the insights and reminders about the deepest aspects of sybol/sign recognition.

The type and layout may need to be refined, but this is a real book, about real design--not just another portfolio piece by some design firm/publisher coalition that makes glossy books.

I have been a professional designer for a few years without having gone to design school. This is one of the most valuable books I used to gain the knowledge I use in my profession.

This has to be one of the greatest design books ever written.

This book contains a wealth of information on the history and evolution of symbols. And it has the widest range and depth of symbols and their variations. With my degree in neuroscience and psychology, I also appreciated the insights and reminders about the deepest aspects of sybol/sign recognition.

The type and layout may need to be refined, but this is a real book, about real design--not just another portfolio piece by some design firm/publisher coalition that makes glossy books.

I have been a professional designer for a few years without having gone to design school. This is one of the most valuable books I used to gain the knowledge I use in my profession.

Signs and Symbols: their design and meaning is a rare book in the realm of graphic design texts. It is one of the few that I have ever read that offers an expert practitioner's meditations and speculations on the roots of the visual symbol.
It is also about the only graphic design book with which I have ever found it worthwhile to argue. In the early 1920's Paul Renner laid out fourteen rules for typography, the first of which is that non-conformation to the rules is acceptable as long as they are considered. Frutiger's book is similar in that he doesn't offer formulae or recipes. Instead, Frutiger posits first causes-some of which I disagree with-and builds an argument for intelligent understanding and practice, something virtually absent from the discussion of all applied design. This book provides a singular contribution by a world renowned practitioner of the discipline of a personal, highly informed perspective of the origins and visual parameters of written language.

A book all about form: the essence of design. This is definitely something every real designer should read at least once and by the time I finish it I'll probably have learned as much about typography/design/marks/form as a year's worth of my design program.

I was so fascinated with this book as a gift that my husband gave me for Christmas, that I in turn gave it to my Mother, Step-Mother and Grandmother for Mother's Day this year... knowing they would all thoroughly enjoy it as much as I have... I have the fortune of my husband reading a few chapters to me in the evenings every now and then... and even if he re-reads some of the same passages, it is still so wonderful to hear it again... You will not be disappointed, and if you pay attention you will see her strategy as it were.

I HAVE HEARD MY FATHER TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK FOR MANY YEARS. BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A COPY AS IT WAS OUT OF PRINT. I WAS SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GET ONE. THE BOOK IS SO INSPIRATIONAL. I LOVE IT.

Etter was a champion of the Faith. She lived through great emotional hardship and still served God unwaveringly. Through her God healed and spoke to a generation. She was the grandmother of the Pentecostal movement.

Bearing the emotional wounds of a tragic childhood, Maria Woodworth-Etter embarks upon the journey of motherhood only to lose her children, one heartbreak after the other. The sufferings of her life were so great that sorrow nearly broke her. I have read her book but I still don't undertand how she managed to endure. Who would have thought that God would chose such a person to imprint His Name and dispaly His power upon a generation?

If God wanted to prove that He choses the weak and foolish things of this world in order to confound the strong and the wise, He found His vessel of choice in this little woman, Maria Woodworth-Etter.

A shy and timid woman, barely able to utter a word in public, Maria Woodworth Etter became one of the most legendary vessels of God since the early church age. When she took the platform and opened her mouth He filled it with His Words, and with power. Her natural voice was small but when the anointing of God came upon her she could be heard clearly from a great distance. Travelers passing through the villages where her meetings were taking place would find themselves falling under the "slaying anointing" or "falling down anointing" as custom would call it, as they came near her meetings. Record has it that railroad men finding passengers falling down mysteriously would suddenly realize that Mother Etter was preaching nearby, and they would understand what was happening to these passengers in their railroad cars. In both the Old and New Testaments it is recorded that there were times when people could not stand in the Presence of the Power of God. And this was just one manifestation of her ministry.

Some of the greatest miracles of God ever recorded were wrought in the ministry of this unlikely little woman. An awesome record of the outpouring of the Holy Ghost in her generation, this book is an inspiration. If He did it once He can do it again. And if He could use her, perhaps He could use...well.

For every student of the great moves of God this book is a must read, and a keeper for your library. You won't want to part with it. I predict that you will make a special home for it on your shelf alongside the works of John G. Lake, Smith Wigglesworth, Kathryn Kuhlman and the few others like them.

Not sure that you believe in miracles but would like to read about them and about the people used to perform them? This is a great place to begin. But remember, faith does not come from reading about miracles, it comes from knowing the miracle giver, and by reading His book. The books of Maria Woodworth-Etter will point you there.

An anointed(still!)record of the meetings of Maria Woodworth-Etter(1844-1924)in her own words and sermons as well as contemporary reviews, testimonies of healings, and eyewitness accounts of the real power and presence of the Holy spirit . Though the coming of the Lord for the church may not have come as soon as she seemed to be saying, I believe she spoke as the Lord directed in a prophetic voice. I would recommend this book to any one searching for God as well as to those who long to see His power today.

Carol Ann Kimble has released her second book of the trilogy "Cobwebs Off The Lens" effective November 1, 1997. I have read it and find it more incredible than the first with more of a hands on approach for the reader. A "must buy" for anyone wanting to "Experience Love & Joy". When you read it you wonder if she wrote it specifically with you in mind.

I saw potential in all my friends and saw that they were the ones keeping themselves from achieving their goals. We can blame others for holding us back, yet the responsibilty is ultimately ours. Read this book and find out how easy it is to take on our responsibilty and make choices that help us reach our goals. Bett

My mom was going through a messy divorce that involved domestic violence and was struggling with the ways she thought she had failed. Carol helped her realize her importance, to her children, herself, and the rest of the world. It did change her life. Rob

This changed my life and the way I participate in life forever. Everyone is looking for the answer, "How to live life to its fullest." Carol teaches you simple concepts that are easy to implement to make that difference in your life. It is about releasing fear & doubt to be who you want to be

Thank God for Carol Ann Kimble. This book is empowering. It lets you know that we have the power and responsibility to release our fears and doubts, anywhere, anytime. In doing that we get back in touch with our Love Energy within and begin to experience more love and joy in our lives instead of more despair. Let's all celebrate! Sally Ferr

Richard A. Lupoff is a master of the pastiche and has a track record four decades long to prove it. I know that because I've recently collected most of his novels and short story collections and am in the middle of reading them. But I sheepishly admit that I've never read much by the authors he's pastiching. So my review is not like all the others, by long-time fans of Conan Doyle, Robert Howard, Jules Verne, H.P. Lovecraft or Robert Louis Stevenson.

How do the stories stand up as actual stories rather than pastiches? Very well. Lupoff writes clearly and unambiguously and even when he's piling on the adjectives (Lovecraft?) or the adverbs (Verne?) the pictures he paints are vivid. The twists at the end of his stories are not O.Henry-pat, but leave the reader with a sense of satisfaction tempered with a curiosity about the 'rest of the story'.

The main thing that comes through in Lupoff's pastiches -- even if you don't snap to who the pastiched author is -- is his love and respect for the original. He's probably already done it, but I look forward to his writing some pastiches of the authors that I DID read back when I probably should have been discovering Lovecraft and Howard: guys like Richard S. Prather, Fredric Brown and Philip Jose Farmer.

Richard Lupoff's shorter fiction has been collected before, but none of those prior volumes zeroed in on a single aspect of his fiction. As the liner notes for his CLAREMONT TALES states, "Richard A. Lupoff refuses to be restricted to any genre." As a result, while his work in these collections never disappoints it's often somewhat diffuse. Not so in TERRORS, where all the stories have in common an underlying element of fright. But they don't suffer from the humorless scariness of many of the writers whose work Lupoff pastiches here. Instead, they're lifted from the stygian depths of his literary influences by his light touch and unerringly appropriate humor.

The lead story, "The Crimson Wizard," is a semi-autobiographical pulp yarn (Lupoff in his young kid years), and that delicious pulpiness carries over into the two stories that follow, "The Crimson Wizard and the Jewels of Lemuria" and "The Golden Saint Meets the Scorpion Queen." Another, "The Horror South of Red Hook," is a delightful Lovecraft-style send-up of what Lupoff felt when he accepted a position with IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, and moved there with his family. There are other stories besides the first three that are pure pulp, others besides "Red Hook" that evoke HPL, and there's even one Sherlock Holmes/HPL combo.

I'm hard-pressed to pick out a few favorites (I've just paused here for quite a while trying to do so) because they are all, each in its own unique way, great reads. Like several of the other reviewers, I stretched out the reading of the book in order to maximize the duration of my pleasure. And now I'm looking forward to VISIONS, the next up by Dick from this publisher.

Richard Lupoff has been letting his readers in on his own fears for a good many years. After a lot of practice, he finally makes it perfect in his collection of stories, "Terrors".
Besides fear, the book also displays love -- his love for the world of old pulp fiction magazines, and of comic books, and of old time radio drama. All these elements are featured, one at a time, in this pararama of stories. Is it only me who finds most of the TV shows, so homogenized with the same ethnically diverse characters that they are faceless and indistinguishable from one another? That will not be the case with these Lupoff tales. Each one is unique. You don't have to digest them all in one setting -- although that is permissible -- but you can read one whenever you can catch fifteen minutes between work or other activities. You could even buy a couple of copies to have one at home or in the office, or in the car or on the patio. Let's hope Lupoff can keep scaring the pants off us -- it is cooling -- chilling in fact -- in these summer days.

I've always enjoyed Mr Lupoff's stories, although I never thought of him as a writer of horror or terror - too much warm humanity in his stories to do a Clive Barker (for all I understand Mr Barker, as a person, as distinct from the writer of his stories, is quite warm and human himself).

So I got a copy of this book.

Immediately I was set back by the Introduction which talked about the tradition of literary pastiche and August Derleth. With talk about culling from HP Lovecraft and Edgar Rice Burroughs and Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert E Howard. And I'm thinking "Come on - are these substandard comebacks that need such an arcane introduction. Can't they stand on their own?"

Well, they do - and beautifully. And the fact that -- I will admit it here - I never read much Burroughs other than William, and - cardinal sin for a sci fi fan - I don't like HP Lovecraft, never did. So fine - string me up - hang my gibbous body from some dark leafless eldritch branches of a dead New England tree. Don't like him, never did, never felt there was enough of a discernible lack of horror in our world to want to read some writer of baroquely entangled humorless tales of doom from below. In the words of my late father - "Feh."

That said, this is a collection of truly delightful stories. And sure - I could see some tips of the hat to other writers, but it doesn't matter because the stories work one-to-one, writer-to-reader, regardless of style. Example: In "At Vega's Taqueria" I, the reader felt reality shifting out from under me the way sand disappears under your toes at the beach as the water comes in and out. Not LIKE Fredric Brown, but as mind-playing as his stories were in the 50's.

"Whisperers" has a reference to Lovecraft, but I really loved the story, so if he's doing a Lovecraft pastiche, I'd say he's a much better writer. And "The Secret of the Sahara" revives the old punchline story style, and like an O Henry OR that famous famous sci fi short "How To Serve Man," gives the reader a delightful "Ouch" enjoyment at the end. Shaggy dogs abound.

This is a collection of stories written by a master at his peak, the sort of stories that can only be written by a writer after 70 or 80 or 90 years of perfecting his craft. (I can't remember a time in my life when there weren't Lupoff stories, and I'm in my 60's - so what is he? 100? 200?) Ok, that's supposed to be funny, but there is a playfulness to these stories that less accomplished writers just can never pull off (check out any popular network sitcom for an example).

I have been having a grand old time reading these - haven't read all of them yet, just one every day or so - savoring them for quiet moments, not wanting to run through the book and run out of stories to read for the first time.

This is an antidote for the press and nastiness of our daily world -- read a story on the bus or train to work, read on at lunch. More fun than I've had reading short stories in a long long time (maybe since my Fredric Brown days). Small press, short run - grab one for yourself while they're still around..

Howard Pearlstein

This is a great collection of stories, and they fit together like parts in a jigsaw puzzle.

Terrors starts with an introduction by Fred Chappell. He examines the types of stories in Terrors and what makes them work. This was great because he explains the attraction many readers have to pulp and Lovecraftian pastishes.

Right out of the gate, The Crimson Wizard, The Crimson Wizard and the Jewels of Lemuria, and The Golden Saint Meets the Scorpion Queen take the reader into the world of pulp. On one page you're reading about a character who is listening to a 1940's radio show, and in the next story you are INSIDE the radio show!

There is also a feast of Lovecraftian tales in the mix too. The Horror South of Red Hook, Lights! Camera!! Shub-Niggurath!!! are some great reads. And there are other good Lovecraftian stories and pulp-ish adventures. There is even a Sherlock Holmes/Lovecraft combination!

Overall this is a wonderful book. The cover is beautiful and in itself it is a story. I've spent much time looking for things in the background.

The production quality of the book is superb as well. I ordered the paperback, but there appears to be a hardcover that was available at one time. I'm not sure what the differences are, so I can't talk about that.

This is a fantastic collection of Richard Lupoff's stories and a great price for 360 pages.

I was amazed what a page-turner this was, for a story so carefully documented. Even so I found myself frequently in the middle of a deep muse pondering what his story teaches us about communication, isolation and contingency, not to mention injustice stemming from racism and patriarchal attitudes toward the minority who communicate without speech. I noticed I was also learning a surprising amount about broader social and historical movements (American, southern, racial, psychiatric, deaf cultural, and more), without ever feeling bogged down. Truly impressive.

I learned much about the social movements that I've long found fascinating (reconstruction, Jim Crow South, the KKK), have been a part of (mental health, deinstitutionalization, disability rights & ADA) or been close to (deaf culture). How inspired of the authors to recognize that this one man's life story could illustrate so much modern American social history. I was profoundly moved by the suffering, silent dignity and enduring humanity of Junius Wilson. This is an elegant, revealing and vivid story.

i happpened to move to wilmington, n.c just when this story was coming to light in the press. i was gripped by the story and read every article that came out in follow up. when this book came out i had to have it.
to find out a deaf man was treated this way for a crime he did not commit is just.....well uspeakable.
the begining starts with a nice history of area and people. a lot of the begining is spectulaion and dead on at that. no one will ever know what junius' thoughts were in those early years. the story becomes more gripping when the facts start to arrive, via medical reports and staff and friends. it is truly a heartbreaking read. it still haunts me.
i recommend to everyone. the book is a nice piece of historical racial record. schools should add this to their curriculum.

It's a Southern horror story, and a courtroom drama, and an exploration of language and isolation, and a biography of an ordinary man caught in a senseless system. And it's all true. And it's frightening, and it's fascinating. It's the twentieth century US, through one man's story.

Burch and Joyner have produced a wonderful example of what historical research can teach us. Mr. Wilson's story is heartbreaking but treated with respect and a gentle touch by this authors. The horrors experienced by this man speak for themselves and artfully told by these researchers and writers. This is a book that will appeal to many for many different reasons and leave all shaken. Perhaps it will also inspire others to help make the future brighter for others. I can think of no better use of historical facts than to improve the future.

No kidding copies of my great-grandfather's books are scarce! I'm buying my own copy, so I don't have to fight anyone over theirs! All I have to say is that sometimes the best fun is had on the way to getting there.

I'm not sure what I was hoping for when I saw this book being offered. I just had to have it, so I eventually ordered. Upon reading through it, it is somewhat interesting with a lot of little tidbits. It is just not as great as I was hoping.

I am Patrick A. Gainer, whose name my late father, Dr. Patrick W. Gainer gave me so I would not be called "Junior". Any review I might give would be biased by my love and respect for him and his scholarship. All I can say is that I doubt any one who reads this book will disagree with me.

This collection is a rare treat. The information contained in its 177 pages is a goldmine for writers, folklorists, and storytellers. Want to know how to cure a wart, stop a bleeding nose, or to tell when rain is coming? It's all here. Ghost stories, tales of witches, weather and nature lore, tradtional mountain social activities and folk remedies combine for a great read.

I LOVE this book. It's chocked full of surprising and interesting West Virginia folklore such as superstitions, home remedies, ghost stories, appalachian dialect and more. It's highly reminiscent and entertaining. This book is a real treat. Availability is increasingly limited. I am from the same town as the author (now deceased) & had to order my copy from FL. Even his family didn't have a copy to spare.

I work as a campus Pastor and this book was very helpful to me in reaching out to students that deal with the issue of rebellion.

If you are in Ministry, education, are a parent, are in leadership, or work with people of any kind this book will give you insight on solutions to the struggle of rebellion.

Read it for yourself or the ones you love.

This book got my attention from the title. It's confrontive but not negative in the least. I found it helpful to get to "know myself" and do so safely.

I really think everyone should read this book. It can only help.

This book was so helpful I've made sure all my friends have read it.

A religious perspective without being preachy and negative. Just honest.

Do youself a favor and buy this one.

Powerful tool to uncover the hidden attitudes we all carry.

I was impressed with it's cotent and directness without harshness.

Go buy one.

This is an uplifting book, but it is somewhat repetitive. It did help my when I was really down after the loss of my brother, but it seemed that every chapter was quite predictible. Either way, it's an easy read.

Mr. Kane has written a powerful documentation to the power of love, love that exists as: love of friends, love of home and most important, love of family and God. He uses his prose convincingly to present the facts surrounding the occurances that have occurred involving the number 41 ( and other events ), since the passing of his son in the Station Fire on 2-20-03. He lets the reader judge for themselves and presents the facts logically and honestly. It is his honesty that will make a believer out of whomever reads this book; and this honesty is propelled forward by the love he has for his family and for his son, Mr. Nicholas O'Neill. This book is a must-read as a true testament of the power of love and healing in the time of grief. I, for one, cannot wait for the next book from Mr. Kane.

Since I live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and am familiar with the Station nightclub tragedy and the story of "41 signs of hope" I wanted to read the book to have a more personal account of this tremendous loss that the writer has experienced. His re-telling of all the "signs" is amazing, believable and heartfelt. I read each chapter and had goosebumps through all the pages of this story. Read it and see and "feel" for yourself

A great book for people who feel they have been getting signs from departed family and friends and think no one will believe them. Also would be great for those people who don't know what signs they could be getting. I found it very helpful and comforting to hear of the authors signs affirming that our loved ones do try to let us know they are around us at times. We suffered the loss of our 22 year old nephew (Josh) in a motor cycle accident, who also wrote poems and left some wonderful things behind it has inspired us to do something with his art. Thank you for writing this book.

I bought several courses. The cards offer basic concepts in small bites. The information was relevant to what was presented by my teacher. The cards and CD's gave good review before exams and a head start at the start of the new school year. The cards had a lot of questions; you can carry them in your pocket and learn a few each day. The software was easy to use. It is like the cards but on the screen. You can take a test or just review. Front is question, click for answer on back of card. The software can also show the cards on the screen at random, first the question, then the answer. They change every few seconds. That keeps you reading and wondering what's coming up next. It's entertaining while you're studying.

If you want a nice selection of essential words you should purchase parts 1, 2 and 3 of Exambusters Signing Cards (Sign Language, More Sign Language and Even More Sign Language)The photographs of handshapes are a nice change over the drawings you see in most signing books and you can form sentences by laying selected cards in a row. My ten-year-old daughter and her friends used them as a guessing game one afternoon and they learned from them quickly. Good for anyone who is beginning the lauguage. Slip a few in your pocket and study them on the way to class!

The photographs on these cards are more helpful to learn from than the drawings you find in most signing dictionaries. You can form sentences by laying cards in a row and they are fun for children to learn from also. They would be helpful to anyone who is beginning American Sign Language and excellent to refer to any time.

These flash cards are a great tool for someone who wants to teach themselves sign language. I've memorized and learned at least 100 signs in about a week. I do wish that the cards were laminated to avoid bending. And some of the signs aren't completely clear. But,they are an overall good investment.