Miniatures Books

This charming little book is full of technical information and interesting facts about six different dances, but my favorite part is the section covering to-the-point tips on plain old good manners on the dance floor, for both partners. Thanks, Lance Laguna!

What a delightful little book! I ballroom dance and reading was a good review of private lessons. Good advice written in an entertaining way. I've ordered for several of my dance friends. It is more than a card for essentially the same price. Well illustrated with an attractive cover. I loved the 'songbird' tip and must remember to refrain from it! Thanks Amazon Georgia

I'm sorry to say I never heard of Lance Laguna until I read this book. But boy, can he dance! Even though this book is very small, it has a lot of valuable lessons in it. I hope that one day I can take a cruise and learn from the Master himself!

This was the first Japanese craft book I ever owned (I got it for my 14th birthday - I'm now 27), and given the recent popularity of Japanese crafts, I'm surprised that it's not still in print. "Lovable Mini-Dolls" provides patterns for making 165 little (about 3 - 4 inch) felt dolls, including costumed dolls (a pirate, a soldier, a princess, a king, etc), insects, birds, fish, zoo animals and story book characters. Most of these dolls are very simple to make, particularly the animals (I can guarantee that they are easy enough for a 14 year old with minimal sewing skills to make) and colour pictures of the dolls are provided throughout. People who like this book should also consider buying "The Cute Book", which is the closest book to this one, which is currently in print.

The patterns and ideas in this book are adorable. The instructions and patterns (full size patterns) are clear and easy to understand. You'll love it!

This book was definitely worth the price and more! You get 165 different patterns! If this book does not inspire the dollmaker-crafter,then I don't know what to say. The instructions were wonderful with the cute illustrations! Even the novice would understand and create these dolls,no problem. So go ahead and get this book, you won't be disappointed!!

This is a great stress reliever. You have to have a sense of humor to relate to the voodoo doll. It's fun!

I bought several of these to give as small but fun gifts for coworkers during the holidays. They all REALLY enjoyed them.

Make sure you give this to someone with a sense of humor, but it is a great gift if not taken seriously. If someone is expecting working voodoo here, this isn't intended for that purpose. It's just a comical way to say you understand when someone else is frustrated in the work place.

This book has helped me understand snuff bottles and its role in the asian art world. This book is clear and to the point, with fabulous photographs and extremely well written comments. It made me excited about snuff bottles. Clare Lawrence is an inspiring writer. I definitely recommend this book for any one interested in asian art.

This is a book of a private collection of snuff bottles. It shows the very best bottles that a collector can find on the market and how a collector can build up a small but exclusive collection in this genre. It is easy to follow and very well written with superb pictures of the different types of snuff bottles. Every category is shown from jade to enamels to glass and porcelain. If you wanted to find an example of the best snuff bottles from each group you could look in this book. The book itself is a very good size and easy to read in bed! It has extensive cross references and the index is simple to use. The photographs are very clear and the layout is extremely artistic. It is a must for anyone interested in Asian Art aswell as snuff bottles.

This is a book of a private collection of snuff bottles. It shows the very best bottles that a collector can find on the market and how a collector can build up a small but exclusive collection in this genre. It is easy to follow and very well written with superb pictures of the different types of snuff bottles. Every category is shown from jade to enamels to glass and porcelain. If you wanted to find an example of the best snuff bottles from each group you could look in this book. The book itself is a very good size and easy to read in bed! It has extensive cross references and the index is simple to use. The photographs are very clear and the layout is extremely artistic. It is a must for anyone interested in Asian Art aswell as snuff bottles.

On Longing is sensitively written and a must read for anyone interested in art or literature especially artists and writers. I would recommend Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millenium to anyone who enjoyed On Longing.

I might add to the previous review, that this book is also of great interest for those that are interested in the study of objects and collections. Objects in this text are analysed in the miniature and the gigantic revealing their symbolic meanings and values. the analysis on the collection and the souvenir are also fantastic. Being a poet Stewart's book is a pleasure to read.

This wonderful work has been indispensible in my research into collections and souvenirs. Stewart's ability to look at the long history of visual culture and bring in such disparate elements as Pop art and miniature manuscripts makes for a thoughtful and reasoned argument. Particularly notable is her need to cross barriers of medium, writing on everything from children's stories to painting to Tom Thumb weddings. An engaging read that rarely falls victim to theoretical rhetoric. The world needs more writers like Stewart who take their time, slowly unfolding their argument, surveying all aspects of culture, giving high and low culture equal weight.

This is a great jazz etude... Rachmaninoff wrote some really cool harmonies, especially for 1910 or whatever... with polychords, minor major 7ths, dominant b13, block chords... excellent! It's a difficult read, and I still can't play it full speed, but read through this piece and you will feel confident that you can play anything.

for those of u that saw "shrine" i guess u already discovered the "magical" feeling after hearing this piece. w/ this arrangement the piece could be played by two ppl instead of w/ the orch... makes things simplier but sounds just as nice.

I bought this piece of sheet music after my teacher recommended it as a 'good piano competition piece.' I had already worked on most of Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto (also very difficult) and the third movement of Mozart's 17th concerto. I would definitely not recommend getting this piece if you don't have a MAJOR desire to learn it as it is very difficult. However, the piece is extremely beautiful, and technically showy (which is why it is a 'good competition piece') - probably my favorite piece of sheet music at the moment. I have been playing piano for 12 years and would consider myself fairly advanced - but I still anticipate it taking at least 6-8 months to learn this piece, and that's practicing it up to and about 1 hour per day. Rachmaninoff wrote a masterpiece and it is considered today to be one of the most beautiful and difficult piano concertos, up there with Tchaikovsky's 1st. This edition has a limited amount of fingerings, but it is easily readable and not over-edited like some editions. I wholeheartedly recommend it but will warn you again not to attempt to learn it unless you have a strong desire to do so.

This book is one of the best modern text so suitable for beginners who wish to pursue the study of palmistry. A book which is free of jargon and technicalities and is so easy to learn, to follow, to understand the whole book without any difficulty at all. Illustrations in the book are so well designed especially the deck cards for students to remember all that is necessary for hand reading. This book clearly presents all the fundamental knowledge of palmistry. I strongly this excellent modern text to all students and the laymen who wish to know what palmistry is all about.

K.F. Woon from Malaysia.

I've been lucky to have my hands read by the author. Her approach to palmistry is the opposite of the clichéd generalities that the average person has had at a `gypsy fortune-teller' or psychic show. Based on scientific method, I was astounded at the accuracy of her analysis. Marion pinpointed areas of my personality that I thought were known only to myself! It's a fantastic toolkit that is now available to anyone to analyze and understand themselves.

The slant of the book is on relationships: how to find if you are compatible with your mate, what will keep you together, or help you to discover why you're not seeing eye-to-eye. What's amazing is that a lot of it comes down to some very simple differences between the sexes, and Marion Gale has included tips using psychology and scientific studies to further comprehend specific personality traits. Her chapter on shyness I found to be particularly helpful in understanding this commoner-than-you-think characteristic - which often is the spur to great achievement in life.

I would recommend the large-format book which comes with the card deck - both beautifully designed in friendly, cheerful colours and a unique magnetic box. The cards are very easy to use - no hefty book to balance while you're peering at your hands: you just pick the card that matches what's in your hand, flip it over, and the explanation is on the back. The cards are great as gifts, and fun for a `girls' night in'. The book is an in-depth companion and has been both entertaining and enlightening to me. Very highly recommended!

This book is an absolute MUST HAVE for every girl or woman, who wishes to find and keep true love with a compatible partner. The author, Marion Gale, has helped hundreds of women (including myself) to rebuild their self-confidence and find happiness and harmony in their love-life. You can spend your youth trying to figure out human character, or waste years of your life (and tons of energy), trying to make relationships "work," or you can buy this book and learn how to figure out a person in a few minutes, by simply looking at his hands.
Once you carefully read the book, you can carry the convenient deck of cards in your purse and try to read people's hands (not just palms) every time you get the chance to. I promise, you will be amazed.
The book comes in a beautiful package (colorful glossy box), and it would make the perfect gift for your best friend, sister or daughter!

A very small book for very small hands. It introduces your child to some simple words and of course, the pictures are the cutest. Our daughter loved this from the moment we got it for her (before her first birthday). She is three now and we need to replace this book. It's been taped back together many times, but the love good to be too much for it.

"Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Book" is a Random House Chunky Book. It features a series of pictures with one-word labels on the items depicted: chimney, roof, house, tree, leaf, etc. The emphasis in general is on common household objects; this book could be a good educational tool for beginning readers. The book's title character is seen at least once on every colorful two-page spread. With his innocent smile, green hat, and single red sneaker, the Worm is a charming, likeable character with lots of visual appeal.

Chunky books are great for little hands, and all children love Richard Scarry books. I first heard about them when my cousins were little, and started buying them when our first child was born. She liked them, as did our second, third, and fourth child. Our youngest is 15 months old, and Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Book is one of his favorites. He loves to turn the pages, look at the pictures, and ask "What that?". Each page has a simple picture, making it easy to give a one-word answer. Each picture has captions on each element, so that as the child gets older you are prompted to give more detailed answers to the "What that?" question. Buy the Richard Scarry chunky books for your toddler, and keep on buying Richard Scarry books and videos as he/she grows. They are always fun to look at for both children and adults!

Beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written, just full of charm. Very inventive and sure to please. A wonderful way to entertain your child and introduce them to the Yiddish venacular...hilarious and heartwarming all at once!

Here's a delightful story, based on a true event, of the theft of a wagon load of Passover wine from a little Jewish grocer in Cincinatti in 1919.

In case you didn't know, a shelmiel is a luckless and inept fool, lacking enough sense even to change himself (however slightly) for the better. But the reader of this book will have a lot of luck, even if the chief culprits have none.

Besides from offering a great story, this beautifully illustrated picture book is a good reminder of the historical presence of Jewish Americans throughout the U.S., in many capacities.

It's been a while since I bought any new picture books, but if I were still buying them, this one would definitely be on my list.

A delightful book in every way. Lyrically written and lavishly illustrated, Shlemiel Crooks weaves together the Passover story, old St. Louis and gentle humor to produce a "read it again" story.

What could be better than pre-painted plastic miniatures for your Star Wars roleplaying neeeds? I highly recommend these to anyone playing the game or just into collecting Star Wars stuff. The detailing is better than anything I could achieve if I painted them. Open a box and get ready to play!

This is an ideal intro to Star Wars Miniatures, and it's pretty cheap too! If you want to get into Minis start with this one. The only problem is that the board is paper and prone to ripping. Laminate it and you're good to go!

This is a great set to start with. It is also good to use with the other sets. I have the Revenge of the Sith and the Rebel Strike. I love playing this game.