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This is a FANTASTIC Reference on Candlesticks. It is informative, giving background information on the companies and their years of operation, showing highly detailed photographs of various candlesticks made by each company, and explaining the differences in lookalikes. There are over 230 pictures of Fostoria candlesticks and over 185 of Heisey, two of the most prolific of the 19 companies represented in the book. I especially like the PHOTO INDEX of all pictures in the book, making identification of unknown pieces a breeze. This 3-book reference series is well worth the money for any glass collector or dealer!

Well-photographed and highly informative, this book does a good job of covering the historical backgrounds and styles of these glass companies. There is a comprehensive sampling of each company's candlesticks, but the key word to remember is "sampling". One will not find every single candlestick design ever made by these companies, but one will find numerous examples. Pricing is fairly good (this is a 2003 book), and while the pages of company patterns at the back of the book are helpful, I would love to be able to have the examples organized by design, rather than company, when searching for the probable maker of a mystery candlestick.

These two volumes are wonderful reference works for candlestick collectors. They contain a short history of each glass company covered in the book and lots of pictures as well as info regarding when each candlestick was produced, approximate measurements, the colors it was made in, etching patterns used, and a price guide. The books also make note of who is currently in possession of the molds. In the back of the book are several pages with small pictures of each candlestick covered in that volume. When you find a match with the candlestick you are trying to identify you can then turn to the page where that particular candlestick is discussed.

A very handy reference work and sensibly organized as well. It has pictures of similar candlesticks side by side so you can compare the similarities and differences in identifying a candlestick. I am waiting impatiently for the third in this series to be released!

Very informative. Even shows fakes and how to tell if it is a fake.

As with Harvey Comics Classics Vol. 1 Casper, Richie Rich was the other Harvey Comic I used to read back when I was three or so with my Uncle Joe, and have kept reading them since.

Richie Rich was kind of Harvey's answer to Uncle Scrooge, James Bond, and Batman all rolled into one. Originally starting out as a filler strip for Harvey's Little Dot, Richie Rich was the wealthiest kid in Richville. Except unlike most rich people, Richie preferred playing with his friends Freckles and Pee-Wee, and enjoying the simpler things in life, even though sometimes his wealth and luck unexpectedly interfered.

Another happened to be Richie's love for Gloria Glad, who only loved Richie for himself, not his money. And always would get upset when Richie dared fuss over her. Of course, poor Richie can never win, since in one strip, Richie decides taking Gloria's advice. Regrettably, the time he decides on doing this, Gloria's trying to demonstrate to her cousin how Richie lavishes her with expensive gifts.

Later in the Seventies however, Richie started doing adventures with his butler Cadbury, as Harvey started introducing more serious tales, especially with their 'Vaults of Mystery' title. And as Ernie Colon mentions, later Richie always had some gadget or other to help him get out of tight spots. But still Richie normally used his wits about him and he was the first 'McGyver' long before the series hit television.

In fact, in HCC V2, you'll see how Richie and Gloria deal with modern day pirates after they shangai Richie's yacht and plan on using it for raiding other luxury liners.

Which was what made Harvey Comics so great, though the villains usually implemented firearms and such, Richie rarely struck back using deadly force. Usually he'd try solving the problem with his wits (and his wealth didn't hurt as well), over using brute force.

In this collection, you'll also see Richie's mischievious cousin, Reginald Van Dough, aka Reggie, and how he started pranking and getting into trouble with Richie. My own regret with the series is, I wish Dark Horse had selected some other tales showcasing the little known characters like Mayda Munny (Gloria's rival), Professor Keenbean, the modern version of Irona, Reggie's sister, Penny, and Jackie Jokers. But the way I see it, DH might be saving them for a future collection, as well as the 'Richie Rich and...' series where later Harvey spawned this spinoff from the titles 'Richie Rich and Casper' as well as 'Richie Rich and Jackie Jokers.'

To this day, I wish I could have found another copy of 'Richie Rich and Timmy Time' since my cousin destroyed my uncle's copy before I had a chance to read it.

Nonetheless Dark Horse has done an excellent job of bringing back the lost collections of Harvey Comics, and I hope these series might encourage them to come out with mini-digest collections of them and other characters, since I still have some of the original digests in my house.

I definitely would recommend this as well as all the Harvey Comics Collection series for those who are avid Harvey fans and classic comic collectors. But also for those who might like to see what comics were like before DC and Marvel took over the industry.

I don't know why cartoon comic strips went out of style. I am glad that there is someone else who has not forgotten them. Richie Rich was one of my favorite comic strips, and still would be if Harvey Comics were still in business.

Just two disappointments: Number one: Most of the stories are printed in black-and-white. The book might be much more expensive otherwise.

Number two: Mayda Munney was one of my favorite characters, and she doesn't appear in any of the stories.

Thank you, Dark Horse Books!

I hate to brag, no I don't. Anyway, I received an advance copy of the
Richie Rich book! It looks really good. If you liked Harvey Comics Classics Volume 1: Casper, you'll love this! (and I have a quote on the back cover...)

There are some minor changes on the cover than the one posted on Amazon here. Instead of "100 Classic Stories 1953-1969", it is actually "125 Classic Comic Stories 1953-1971"! Also, the general release date has been moved up from Oct. 25 to Oct. 17!

There is a small picture of the Hot Stuff book stating that the book will come out in Feb. 2008. This will be Volume 3 in the series.

Really, really enjoy this book.

To paraphrase the quote, I had as much fondness for Harvey Comics as I did my superhero titles. As a child, I got every bit as excited seeing a Harvey title as I did any of the Marvels or DCs. Their bright four-color covers were only a preview of the goodness waiting inside.

When I was a kid, it was an excellent time to be a comic fan. Not only those mentioned above, but also Archie, Dell/Gold Key (which was a treasure in and of itself, what with all of the Disney, Hanna-Barbera, TV tie-ins, etc., under the same umbrella!), Charlton, Atlas, have I listed them all? Whatever the case, it was nothing but good times.

Reading a Harvey comic was like having a ice cold lemonade on a sweltering hot day. You could always count on them to give you a great time and a fun read. Fun, light-hearted, whimsical adventures featuring the likes of Richie Rich, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Spooky The Tuff Little Ghost, Hot Stuff The Little Devil, Wendy The Good Little Witch, The Ghostly Trio, The Sad Sack, Stumbo The Giant, Little Dot, Little Lotta, Little Audrey, heck, a "little" bit of everything;).

Under lesser hands, these characters could easily have become one-dimensional, cloying and downright annoying. But Harvey apparently realized this and took their readership on flights of fancy, oftentimes giving us multi-part stories, putting Richie and Casper (sometimes together) in all kinds of precarious situations.

Richie, in particular, was often aided by the likes of his trusty butler Cadbury, his hardscrabble friends, brothers Freckles, a redhead (also referred to as Tommy in some stories - could possibly have been Freckles' "real" name. Also has been a brunette on occasion.) and the mute Pee-Wee, (who actually spoke one line in the story "Problem Child", the only time I know of that he actually talked), as well as his girlfriend Gloria, a rare girl who was often repulsed by Richie's wealth, liking him for who he was inside. A real jewel, if you ask me. Plus, Richie was often bedeviled by the occasional visits from his obnoxiously snooty cousin Reginald "Reggie" Van Dough, who was the complete antithesis of his cuter and infinitely more lovable cousin. Reggie loved nothing more than pulling pranks on Richie and his very tolerant friends, until his foolishness would ultimately backfire on him, giving the stories happy endings, momentarily humbling Reggie (until returning to prank Richie another day).

In spite of all his enormous wealth, Richie simply wanted to be a little boy who belonged, wanting simply to be "one of the guys", playing sandlot baseball, going fishing, inviting all of his friends to either his mansion, yacht, or on some sort of fabulous vacation, etc.. It is really nice seeing Richie treating Freckles and Pee-Wee as equals and not making fun of them because of their being poor.

Seeing this book in the comic shop was a welcome surprise for me. It was an impulse buy, in which I immediately snapped it up, not knowing about it in the first place (I knew about the Harvey Comics Classics Volume 1: Casper, which I plan on getting very soon). And it has been a fun read. And no, I didn't realize that it was mostly black and white until looking at it, but it didn't take long for me to adjust to that. Sure, it would have been nice to have had color, but that's a minor point. What matters is that for the money, you are getting 480 pages of classic comic goodness from a sadly bygone era which we don't see enough of these days.

Nowadays, I would be hard-pressed to recommend any comic for a child to read, since the market has pretty well grown up. There just aren't as many comics out there for kids, which is sad, since children were the once-intended target audience. It's no wonder kids, for the most part, don't read comics today.

Here's hoping that Dark Horse will rectify this and put out future volumes of these "little" treasures. They could go on forever reprinting them, since there are literally decades of these to reprint. These comics deserve tender loving care and need to be introduced to a new generation (as well as reintroducing those of us in the previous ones). Perhaps D.H. will go the Archie route and market digests of classic reprints to be sold in supermarkets and such. What better way to introduce them, since it obviously hasn't hurt Archie. Now this would be absolutely swell.

Are you listening, Dark Horse? In other words, KEEP IT UP!!!!

Betsy Bishop Thomas brings to life the raw, hardscrabble frontier of pineywoods West Florida in her revealing novel, Homestead, published by Father & Son Publishing, Inc., Tallahassee. And her subtitle tells it all: An Epic Rich With Emotion In the Post Civil War South.
Rather than merely imaginative writing, Thomas craftily turns her own family ancestry-dating from her grandfather's homesteading in the Florida Panhandle in the 1800s-into the real hard but rewarding life in the region centering on Santa Rosa County. Here characters are delicately sculpted from the realities of the time when pioneers drew their sustenance from the precious closeness of the land, and its many laborious hardships tested in their beliefs and faith in God and the Hereafter.
More, she's crafted a touching love story and the evolution of a family, tracing the lives of Nate and Melissa York from their quick courtship, marriage, death of a their first child, and building a home that serves as a haven for other youngsters once dogged by mistreatment by others. There are many layers on trouble and conflict involving other interesting characters flooding their wilderness lives. And in their travail-including building a homestead and a church, an illicit affair, revenge, murder on the Yellow River, a fire that nearly claims their lives-they grow toward as shared common religious faith that is the central theme of their human values.
Yet the real value of Thomas' epic comes from the detailed hardships of their struggle and the speech patterns and wilderness culture-word pictures capturing the old lost times the westernmost corner of the Florida Panhandle, also illustrated a profusion of telling sketches by artist Georgia Williams.
Peggy May of the Northwest Florida Daily News says of Homestead: "Overall, an interesting read, with the author peeling back many layers of various characters' heroics, as well as their shortcomings and perversities, demonstrating, sometimes graphically, that the 'good old days' were sometimes far from good."
The author captures the essence of her revealing, trouble-laden story in the concluding lines: "The house was safe, too, and when Nate thought about it a little more on the way to the house, he knew he couldn't leave. After all, they were keepers of the land. They were strong, hearty stock who had their God to see them through, They were homesteaders, and they would never leave!"
A Florida State University graduate and retired Florida social worker residing in the Fort Walton Beach area, Betsy Thomas casts in fictional structure many of the experiences of her ancestors, yet she's quick to point out most elements of the story are entirely imaginary. Besides an FSU journalism degree, Thomas earned a Master's in Public Administration at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.

With her gifted pen, Betsy Thomas takes us back to the time of homesteading in the Florida Panhandle. We live with Hank and Melissa in their little cabin, sharing their toil and pleasures in the everyday style of the era. We have no nextdoor neighbors, but family can be summoned by bell, or gunshot, in time of need. All the characters have individual personalities marked with virtues and weaknesses that make them real. The story line moves forward building interest page by page.
Thus, with a setting carefully researched; characters that are true to life; and a story to tell, we have a book to enjoy from beginning to end.

I started this book with the idea that it was a book about the past that would simply serve as a History lesson. WOW was I wrong. What a History lesson I got!!! The author got inside of my head and planted visions of the characters and their surroundings. For three days (thats all it took me to read it because I couldn't put it down) I lived with the characters.I began to think of them as real people and became enthrawled by their lives and the drama surrounding them. I began to look at my everyday life in a whole new way. Great read!!! Recommended!

From the first page, this book takes the reader to another place and time. The characters are described and developed so well that they become real and the reader becomes emotionally attached and unable to put the book down. I found myself late for apointments, and buring dinner because I was so wrapped up in what was happening to Nate, Melissa, their friends and families. Just when I thought I knew what was about to happen, the author would throw a curve. Homestead gives the reader insight into Southern life in the mid 1800's in a most unique and intertaining way. This book has it all and is perfect for summer reading or a special gift. My new favorite!

this book is great, and they just came out with a new cookbook called horizons: new vegan cuisine. hopefully they start selling it on amazon so not only the privleged that live near the restaurant can get it!!

So creative and inspiring, yet fairly easy to execute. The tofu "salmon" is a must!

Thia cookbook is easy to follow even for the newer vegan/vegetarian.The results are great!

I bought this cook book after my first visit to Horizon's cafe when it was in Willow Grove, PA. The food was so good, I knew I had to have the recipes. I have made several items from it now, and I have yet to be disappointed. Many of the recipes include seitan, so if you aren't a seitan lover, many of the entrees won't be appealing. I've had meat eaters prefer my vegan jerk chicken wings to the real thing!

This is a very well written book about the iconic Rockefellers and their family estate. It's interesting how the house seems to act as a metaphor for each of the family member's, their interests, their desires. Kykuit is an amazing set peice and the mixture of Jr.'s Bosworth and Ogden Codman classical estate, Sr's wanting the house to be tasteful and not too grand, and Nelson's avande garde, modern tastes. The estate and it's location are breathtaking and the Codman interiors are exquisite. This is a very well researched and fascinating study of the Rockefellers and their Kykuit. I do recommend getting the Rockefeller Family Home: Kykuit, it's very good.

Lee and Robert Dalzell have put together a very fascinating look at both the history of the home that generations the Rockefeller family occupied, how they built it, wrestled over it, disagreed about it and loved it which reflected the complicated relationships of the dynasty. Not unlike many parent and sibling relationships, there were arguments about what their parents' intentions were, Senior's and Junior's, Abby's, etc. and how they lived their lives based on interpretations of their parental affinities. The home (house?) becomes the symbol of the old world of privilege as well as a modern world of the current generation. The house and now the entire estate essentially was cobbled together and pulled apart as each new generation left its own footprints.
I particularly enjoyed trying to separate Lee's from Robert's "story" as well as the intertwining story of the house and the family.

This is much more than a book on the building of a house. It is about three generations of a family, their individual personalities, their character and development over time, all centered around the construction of a house that became a national monument. It is about their time and place in history. It is well written, a delight to read and leaves the reader yearning to know about the succeeding generation.
Bob McGill

I read this book from an architect's viewpoint, and it squares with my experience that there is something about homebuilding that is intensely personal. Much has been written about visionary Designers. In fact, it is the clients who hire and steer those designers who are writing their world views large. I visited Kykuit once and thought the design was quirky for a pile from the mansion age...quirky but with vim & vigor, bold but not bombastic. Now I know how it got to be that way.

During the last 30 years I've had the rare opportunity to read every known autobiography ever published on Howard Hughes, along with incalculable magazine and newspaper articles. In fact, only recently, my "Letter-to-the-Editor", regarding the major overlook as Hughes as one of the Top 20 industrialist of the 20th Century...appeared in the 1998 Man-of-The-Year issue of Time magazine. I guess you may call me a Hughesonian? With this in mind, I must rate Charles Barton examination at the life of Howard Hughes in his 276-page book titled, "Howard Hughes and his Flying Book", as the finest ever published to date. While Barton does not touch on or go into great depth on Hughes' life in motion pictures, Las Vegas, the oil business or any of the plethora of activities the genius of Hughes took on, he does give you an amazing insight into Hughes and the building of the Spruce Goose. It takes a brave writer to delve into the life of Hughes. Few man, if any, have left such a legacy which include multi-billion dollar corporations. I myself have written and published more than 25,000 articles, yet to tackle and succeed with a story on Hughes would be a challenge only worthy of a dedicated and admirable writer like Barton. Not only is Barton a wordsmith but he has done extensive research on Hughes and his association with the Spruce Goose. You are literally taken into the mind and world of Howard Hughes and his associates. Unlike other Hughes biographies which paint just a bizarre human being, we see, true an eccentric man, but one who knew what he was doing and was always one step ahead of the game. While the construction of an enormous airplane like the Spruce Goose might be only of interest to engineers, the reader is brought to believe that the Spruce Goose had a life of it's own...an extension of Hughes. All bases are covered in "Howard Hughes and his Flying Boat" which includes one of the most extensive collection of Hughes photographs ever published along with a catchy book cover drawing of Hughes and his Spruce Goose. Rumour has it that actor Nicholas Cage has in the works to do an epic movie on the life of Howard Hughes. I recommend that Cage, if looking for an Oscar, read over this epic tale of the Hughes, the aviation genius.

I was initially put off by the title, thinking that this might be written for junior readers. But once I began reading it I realized that this was far from the truth.

The book is very well written, and very informative. It gives a very mature insight into the HK-1 project, as well as Howard Hughes himself.

I highly recommend this book to anybody wanting a detailed account of the events pertaining to Howard Hughes and His Flying Boat.

This book was written by, and with, aircraft pilots in mind, but you don't have to be a pilot to enjoy reading it. It covers all aspects of Hughes' brilliance, life at the time, quirks, and headaches with the US Government over the "white elephant" that came to be known as the "Spruce Goose". Terrific reading for anyone who wants to know more about Hughes, or this amazing feat of design. A thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying read.

This book was written by, and with, aircraft pilots in mind, but you don't have to be a pilot to enjoy reading it. It covers all aspects of Hughes' brilliance, life at the time, quirks, and headaches with the US Government over the "white elephant" that came to be known as the "Spruce Goose". Terrific reading for anyone who wants to know more about Hughes, or this amazing feat of design. A thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying read. This book may still be available at the souvenir stand if you should go to see the Flying Boat in person in California.

This "fast read" includes touching stories of love expressed in many ways written by people from different walks of life, from corporate leaders, to psychologists, housewives, etc.It is interesting how the emotion of love is translated in so many ways, yet notwithstanding one's station in life---an emotion we all need and relate to.It is enjoyable to read, and is a well received gift.

What better sentiment than to be told you are loved. This is a book that will make you laugh and cry. It is a great gift too. You can add your own I Am Loved story at the back to make it a special keepsake for a friend or relative. What a great way to say the toughest three words that are not said nearly enough... sometimes we wait until it is too late. Be sure to get some buttons too at their website ...

This "fast read" includes touching stories of love expressed in many ways written by people from different walks of life, from corporate leaders, to psychologists, housewives, etc.It is interesting how the emotion of love is translated in so many ways, yet notwithstanding one's station in life---an emotion we all need and relate to.It is enjoyable to read, and is a well received gift.

All people want to be loved. Barnett Helzberg Jr. of Helzberg Diamonds knew that and also knew that was how he felt when he proposed to his wife Shirley. Barnett had an idea: A button printed with the words I AM LOVED that became an overnight phenomenon. And the message that has continued for more than 35 years has inspired the book I Am Loved.

I Am Loved is a poem about unconditional love and how it impacts our lives. The poem imparts the miraculous and magical feeling of being loved in all of the seasons of a person's life, if only we open our hearts to that love.

I Am Loved is a beautiful message that will warm your heart. And the exquisite illustrations will keep you turning the pages in admiration. Each illustration is a beautiful painting.

Armchair Interviews says: This is a wonderful gift for that special person in your life.

it's excellent because it's said in his own word

I met Michael today at our Rotary Club where he spoke. The man is one of the finest speakers I have heard. He's cute, funny and enlightening. For all of us with children, he reminds us of the importance of patience and never giving up on our kids. In fact his book ought to be required reading for teachers and those in youth services. Never understimate a kid's potential. Always set standards which allow the child to reach for and to "live up to".

This is a factual account of perseverance against great odds by a young boy & man that will make you cry & laugh. If only those of us with everything going for us could be as focused as Michael Long. A joy to read. He is NOT a whiner but a doer.

If Your Dreams are Big Enough, The Facts Don't Count! is a wonderful story about a man with a disability living his life and telling about it in his own words! I read it in ONE day! This book is inspirational to ALL human beings!

Over the years I have read several of MacArthur's books, referenced his Bible commentary, listened to his CDs and seen him on video; and have come to trust his knowlege and judgment on Biblical subjects. He has written an excellent book here on the essentials of Christian spiritual growth.

This book is only 178 pages, but touches on all aspects of the Christian life: consistent Bible reading, frequent prayer, frequent confession and repentence of sin, service to others, fruit of the spirit, witnessing, fellowship with believers, hope and assurance, faith, etc. All these behaviors we understand in the Biblical term sanctification, and MacArthur uses an abundent use of scripture to illustrate what is underway in our lives as new creatures in Christ. While our salvation is entirely a gift of God's grace,we are made to understand that we can, and should, participate in our sanctification.

This book is solid on the fundamentals of an authentic Christian life. At the core of this life is the Holy Spirit living in us and through us. Over time this Spirit conforms us into the image of Jesus. This book is a real practical guide with info you can immediately apply to your life no matter where you are in your walk with Christ.

John MacArthur does one thing best: in-depth, expositional Bible teaching. This book puts his primary strength on display for all to see.

This book is generally intended for new believers, but long-time Christians will reap much benefit as well. MacArthur covers most of the major elements of the Christian life in rich depth. Best of all, after an introductory chapter on Scripture, he starts out with two chapters on glorifying God. This focus keeps the book from solely focusing on the spiritual disciplines.

Granted, MacArthur's expositional skills do present a drawback. MacArthur so thickly packs his teaching with Scripture verses that he seems uncomfortable if he doesn't give you every last Scripture he can find to back up his point. Sometimes it seems like his teaching would be more powerful with a few less verses to back up each point.

There are some other weak points. After Chapter 3, chapters are presented in an order seemingly without rhyme or reason; the book doesn't build in its approach to its subject matter, but merely shifts from topic to topic. It's also a bit strange that the book contains chapters on hope and love but lacks one on faith. The chapter on fellowship does not deliver what it seems to promise; instead of focusing on the role of the church in the believer's life, MacArthur develops his theme around salvation and how to become a member of Christ's body. (It's still a good chapter -- just misnamed. It would probably best fit early in the book.)

But these are minor quarrels for a book that kept me occupied in Scripture readings for roughly six months! The Keys to Spiritual Growth is not one of MacArthur's better-known books, but it's an excellent one nonetheless.

This small, but very valuable book is a goldmine. If no other book, I believe this one would make an excellent book for discipleship/new member classes at a church. It's very concise (178 pgs) and each chapter can be read in a day (13 chapters) or over the course of a week, giving the reader time to mediate on and put into practice what's read in the book. This is one you'll want to lend out to your friends whose spiritual growth you care about.... so buy two copies!

I would definitely urge those who are new in the faith to pick up this book as it will guide you into a right understanding of what faith that isn't dead is really about. As the others pointed out good for discipling and great teaching from one the country's great expositors of Scripture.

Good insight and has some good reminders for those who are more mature in their faith.

MacArthur, as usual, draws most of his conclusions straight from the word of God so not to get off track.

This is the best book Ive ever read! If you r 9-12 read it! youre smaller? get your parents to read it, both of u will injoy it!!! You will soon be transported on a fabulous boat full of nannies towards a billion adventures.

I read this book outloud to my 9 1/2 year old daughter who hung on every word. It was an unusual plot, and of course, it was fun to see that the kids can outsmart the adults at almost every turn. All of the characters were interesting and quirky but believable also. This is a really good book to read together but kids would enjoy it on their own too.

I loved this book which is aimed at an juvenile audience but so full of wry humor that adults will be thoroughly entertained. If you adore the Lemony Snicket books, you'll like this one!

This is the funniest book I've read in a long time and I read LOTS of books! Daisy, Cassian, and Primrose Darling have a father and stepmother who don't pay attention to them and they hate nannies. They have gotten rid of every single nanny they've been given so far --- and plan to keep doing that -- that is until Nanny Pete who is really a burgler comes to take care of them. The kids go on a fantastic adventure. Just wait until you see how! I love this book and hope there is another one coming soon very very soon.