I wish the other review had been posted when I ordered this to save me the trouble of buying and then returning it. The pages are filled with period paintings and portraiture - excellent primary resources for research, but it would have done better to have photos of actual garments to survive the era (there are plenty in excellent con
I wish the other review had been posted when I ordered this to save me the trouble of buying and then returning it. The pages are filled with period paintings and portraiture - excellent primary resources for research, but it would have done better to have photos of actual garments to survive the era (there are plenty in excellent condition in museums and private collections around the world), but that's just me being nit-picky. Unfortunately, before long, many of these titles start reading the same, hoping to capitalize on the management trend of the moment. It's an excellent volume and an important resource for anyone studying the period.. This book is of immense help to all artists who want to implement an easy to use system for marketing work, keeping in touch with collectors and having an on-line presence. perfectamente! This book ,2nd edition, is far superior to the 1st Editionthe pictures alone make it so much more interesting, and the text is outstanding.This covers all of Europe in detail. The writing is breathtaking. Giving us a lot to discuss.. The book is readable, easy to follow and use. there are NO beaded flowers in the book, so I question if the reviewer was reviewing the correct book. Leopold was
Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life. Horses and riding helped her to survive until she was sent to a foster home at 15, when a young raccoon became her next lifeline. From Booklist In a thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals, psychologist Slater (Welcome to My Country, 1997; Opening Skinner’s Box, 2005) shares that she was raised in a troubled suburban home, her mother gradually deteriorating with mental illness. --Nancy Bent . A country lane, with its animal inhabitants, became her refuge from the strangeness at home. When she received a bicycle for her birthday, young Lauren began to explore the area and discovered the edge of town and then the country. Years later, Slater still finds the swan to be her muse. A stint as a veterinary technician provided a brief hiatus in what she felt was a year of drudgery when a young swan, victim of an attack by a snapping turtle, was fitted with a prosthetiSlater’s questions follow her to a foster family, her own parents no longer able to care for her. She describes her intense love for the animals in her life without apology and argues, finally, that the works of Darwin and other evolutionary biologists prove that, when it comes to worth, animals are equal, and in some senses even superior, to human beings.From the Hardcover edition.. A stunning new book about the role of animals in our lives, by a popular and acclaimed writer From the time she is nine years old, biking to the farmland outside her suburban home, where she discovers a disquieting world of sleeping cows and a “Private Way” full of the wondrous and creepy creatures of the wild—spiders, deer, moles, chipmunks, and foxes—Lauren Slater finds in animals a refuge from her troubled life. Slater’s husband is a born skeptic and possesses a sternly scientific view of animals as unconscious, primitive creatures, one who insists “that an animal’s worth is roughly equivalent to its edibility.” As one of her dogs, Lila, goes blind and the medical bills and monthly expenses begin to pour in, he calculates the financial burdenShe served as the clinical and later executive director of AfterCare Services. . Lauren Slater is the author of six books, including Welcome to My Country, Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir, Opening Skinner’s Box, the short-story collection Blue Beyond Blue, and Love Works Like This,which chronicled the agonizing decisions she made relating to her psychiatric illness and her pregnancy. Slater lives and writes in Harvard, Massachusetts. Slater has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2004 National Endowment- Title : The $60,000 Dog: My Life with Animals
- Author : Lauren Slater
- Rating : 4.70 (810 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-6-1
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 264 Pages
- Asin : 0807001910
- Language : English
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